Show Wily WHY IY WOMEN OMEN WORK I In New York just now there Is an animated discussion of or the working woman problem It I does oes not invade the exclusive and sacred field of the cook lat lady She like lw tho the poor is Is' Is recognized as sure to be he always alway with wih us us But lut the stenographer the tIme clerk cerk the bookkeeper all al all tho thin congregation of women who are doing work vork that formerly fell fel to men men are are receiving the condemning attention of critics who tell tel them they should sta stay at home But nut there hen are arc two sides to the ques ques- tion ton One New York woman writes to explain her own position in the matter matter to to defend herself as a It were ere Here Is her statement of tho the case My 1 mother a young oung brother and myself had an Income of a year car This would have been larger Jarger had not my grandfather with wih commendable Interest In the tho population of tho the countr country country coun coun- tr try left lef nine heirs hehs to his mo modest est es es- es tate I i could also cook sew and play the thc piano but hut who was wa to pay thorent tho thu rent and bu buy the raw materials for forme forme forme me to w wOrk rk up Into food foed food and clothing My few fC 1 music pupils sufficed to pa pay only m my own dentist bills bis It I was forced mo me that I must work or starve I took part of ot our small smal principal and learned stenography We Ve practised the most rigid econom economy r and worked early and late to make both en ends s meet After varied experiences lences I obtained a position polon at 15 16 and md thereafter we Ivell lived In comparative comfort But I Iam Iam Iam am ashamed to confess confes that if any man mun who was receiving 20 O weekly had proposed to me I could have convinced ed myself that I loved him the young oung men thought the they needed the te 20 for cigars athletic clubs cloth clothing InS etc These were necessities ne ne- ne- ne I was wa not one So I was as permitted per per- to usurp some SOt ones one's place till tillI tl I was 27 when I was fortunate enough to love hove e 10 and mar marry o. o n man who received recel ed ell 25 f a n week Wo We have prospered and have havo three children I feel that I 1 have demonstrated that thata a n girl il who is obliged to work for existence ex ex- will wi most thankfully seize the first opportunity to lo desert a commercial commercial commer commer- cial for a domestic life hife During my seven years ears service I 1 met many business business business busi busi- ness women most of whom hoped to marl marry marry- The They would willingly sacrifice met met-i- flee fice and economize but the men arc afraid and women cannot propose For the matter of or that we have ha e never recognized the mortgage of or any man on a job which another person could coul do 10 as wel well The fact that women women women wo wo- men commonly work vork for less les than men would demand and receive for the same service Is no argument against the woman working It I may be an example example example ex ex- ex- ex ample of or injustice on the part of or her has to live hive employer But the girl l C That is J one ne of or the time stock defenses defences of or ortho tho the man even evon when he does docs things which admittedly l h ho ought not do It I ha has been heen employed as extenuating circumstance circumstance cir cir- in cases of or theft Men Ien I 1 I S I guilty of ot stealing have excused themselves themselves them them- selves with the excuse that tho they ha halo hall had to lo lve live And the public h has s been pretty lenient wIh them thorn If Ir the fact fac Is established In what way Is a a. a girl less les' les entitled entitled en en- titled to tOI the lIk like hike defense particularly particular when her offending is no worse than th the accepting of a paid situation Sh She may not confess It I ev even n to hel herself but she site knows wh where Ie her mission mission- IH her 1 sphere Is is She would ather rather a aan ann as asan an nn almost universal r l rule rather b be bc mistress of her hel own home hom the keeper of a good mans man's heart and the tw mother mothe of oC children than titan hammer a typewriter typewrite and bur bury the Ow sordid secrets of a crooked crook crool ed employer In her bosom But nut If Ir no proper man comes along am and offers a heart for her to take care of and if the crooked hut but plausible hu bus husi- husi Iness I- I ness floss man offers her a place at the edge of a typewriter what Is she goIng go go- log Ing Ilg to do 10 GI Girls s are a a good deal like boys In one particular Thc They are In a n great majority of cases poor Sometimes I it itis i Is positively poor In some cases I It Itis I is comparatively poor In others I It Itis I is s superlatively so She likes to have enough to eat cat and humanity means she shall have it I. I As a proper member mem mom her ber of that same humanity she has hasa a right to some good clothes and a little decorative effect in her room She is entitled to a a bit of innocent pleas pleas- ure nrc Sho She Is even entitled to lay up mUne money In bank if It she sho SIl can tb do so But In th absence UK-absence of or the very good defense of tho the girl in the tho New York YOlk case ease quoted we believe e the tho court of public opinion will wi accord the tho young oung woman woman oman a right to work work without without re requiring requiring re- re quiring any explanation at all all And If f any man thinks of or bringing a 3 charge of usurpation against her let lel him first acquaint himself elf with the facts in the case If It I she has lias had hall repeated opportunities opportunities to exchange her place in a amans amans amans mans work for a place In a mans man's home homo and has refused let the writ of or Injunction run against her If I sho she have not then the first man who complains complains com corn plains should bo be 10 the first man to crr carry opportunity to her |