Show M a mw x g g by JOSEPH W lebine amr I 1 mr husband have you over ever complained when the little wife stayed late at bridge club and made you fix your own dinner have you ever chafed chafee over a stack of dirty dishes while the missus enjoyed a vacation atthe at the lake better take it and smile mister because things are looking bad for the man of the house woman using her wiles and wisdom is get ting a strangle hold on the nations purse strings and edging her way into almost every held field of activity once marked for M men en only the time may come when a struggling young business woman asks the man of her choice to love honor and obey to keep house and raise the children all of a sudden after its too late were realizing that american women are in a fair way to dictate how tomorrows social structure shall be fo formed amed women hold or expect to Inherit TO 70 per cent ot of the nations wealth with such a financial weapon in their power it la Is on only ay fair to assume that politics and industry may soon be in their grasp figures are arc overwhelming E eighty per cent of americas outstanding life insurance has been assigned to wo women M since the proud beauties a average a six per cent longer life the than n more mere man in a fair way to collect most of it moreover women constitute 49 per cent of the stockholders in amer american ican corporations they hold titles to 40 per cent of our homes and con control arol 83 85 pet pei cent ot of the national buying power ones once they gain in the business world determined women usually succeed the following list of salaries paid topflight top flight women executives two years ago Is far above average but it will make many a male wage earner jealous sarah M sheridan vice president the detroit edison company edna newton editor the coddo mast publishing company compan y helen Neu secre tary A Sart orlus Drius co sophia it louttit providence R I 1 laundry company head blanche grcen spencer morsel company and valeria bonham president valeria homes inc most women workers arent high powered executives but their aptitude tor for traditional mews men jobs Is amazing A cadiz ohio woman spent 23 years hi a coal mine and a minnesota woman works beside her husband as a lumber jill in the north woods perhaps the most outstanding woman today is mine ame shek wife of chinas cainas ruler and often often consid considered dred the real behind the see scenes 11 es boss of the chinese republic she Is in charge of air forces in the current war with japan and is said to have executed several minor officials for accepting bribes and why women take an important role in world affairs mrs charles A beard author of buffalo N Y an official who ex more than 1700 women for jury service observed that fewer women were disqualified for lack of knowledge of court terms than men women are more honest than men in admitting they dont know the answer to a question he said men try to guess at the answer women just say any they dont know 11 in new york a prominent judge explains that when women are helping decide court cases the attorneys tor for both sides need to sharpen their wits since ladies of the jury will not bow to emotionalism like men surprising it xan alan otter offers rebuttal at this point since eMr mr husband hustind probably feels pretty downhearted its pleasing to run into a friend like sinclair lewis the novelist who says women are not ready to rule america women have been too prone to interfere with things he ha says sayi they have consistently rushed into all sorts of reform movements and made everyone very a ble prohibition was a neat little job put over by the ladies look what it cost the country and the havoc it created before tho the law was annulled were still suffering from the effects of it IL although mr lewis will not find total agreement on his prohibition argument most men will concur that women are upsetting tho tha social applecart apple cart by demanding equal rights while insisting on being div on en all the privileges of men they have not accepted the responsibilities that atlease at least Is the opinion of some gome men who politely stand up in the crowded street car at nigh 4 1 M m N 0 mu 1 RV kf EXX RP 0 t III R M 15 W modern women follow every trade and profession from carpentry t 0 medicine the comely lass in this picture Is getting ready to paint a house on understanding woman says the first sharp distinction between animals and the human race an speaking came when woman started industries and agriculture during the cave years certainly the list of women who have altered world history is tre nien men dous cleopatra josephine queen victoria and joan darc are but a few the list must include the contemporary wallis warfield ld duch duchess essof of windsor while many women owe their sue site cess more to chamY rathan than ability it cannot be denied that the ladles ladies have bave their share of 0 intelligence in a ka k women thousands of them pack into subways street cars and suburban trains each day in metropolitan centers men on even terms for supremacy in commerce industry and politics where hlll it lead giving their seats to business women much to their dismay working girls find this chivalrous custom disappearing the second point in defense of mans mani continued supremacy is a tendency to pay women smaller wages recent united states department part ment of labor surveys show a difference of from 50 to CO 60 per cent between mens and salaries on the same type of jobs season location and occupation seldom alberthe alt alter erthe tho situation tho the reason according to misi misa mary elizabeth Elizabet fi pidgeon who made the study is that work has been concerned largely with unpaid household tasks traditionally and unsoundly consid I 1 ered cred of low money value strong baters haters IIa iera point three and heres a good one Mi sterl Is that women are not the suave diplomats required for success in business when it cornea comes to real hate women are tops ac zi v 21 N miss edna nelson stewardess for united airlines Is one of the large army of trained nurses now following this ro romantic mantlo profession cording to experts in the british divorce courts men being tougher are just meek second raters the learned experts explain that the cruel streak in fen feminine anine makeup comes out especially when the object of their belr hate Is another woman proving that women will never bo be successful in business dealings with other women the same experts say that men forget more quickly women like elephants will never rest until they set get satisfaction it if they think been wronged the fourth point comes from testimony given by the working girl herself an energetic young boston secretary who rushes home with an armful of groceries each night ashes a housewife how much does my salary y really mean to my family she asks A good three fourths of it Is wasted on such expenses ai as a maid extra food luncheons carfares car fares clothes laundry etc that could all be cut out it if I 1 stayed home and did the lob job nature fitted me for in other words tor for about 10 a week im depriving my youngsters of their mother when they need her most and working myself into a nervous stew in the bargain and anyway grumbles her husband it aint fair the tact fact that my wife and several million other women are working keeps my salary down she gets home late every night and I 1 eat canned beans for or supper the beds are never made on time the dishes are never washed and the house looks like a S shambles h a ables it if this foolishness stop pretty soon im going to okay mister answers the wife why dont you try washing dishes yourself now and then which makes a fellow suddenly realize that women always have and always will direct the destiny of mankind 6 0 western newspaper union |