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Show MARRIAGE NOT THE WAY OUT Working Girl May Find Her Lo Harder Than Ever When 8he Enters Wedlock. One of the most serious obstacles to woman's advancement In Industrial life Is the general feeling on the part of the woman that it Isn't going to be necessary to work for any great length of time, because the "knight" will soon be coming along, when shai will have a home of her own, declare! Detroit Journal. - "What's the use?" many a woman, has said when It was suggested to her! that she give more thought to herj task. "The work Is only 'temporary. so what Is the use of bothering one's brain with thlnklv out details?" ; The exaggerated expectations o( girls as to the Improvement of thelii lot when married In the matter oil work Is something wonderful. Society! helps to accentuate this belief by) society frowning on woman worker and Insisting that they go to houses keeping and get out of the Industrial grind. '. Now a woman In "the lower walks of life," as one puts It, which mean a woman who Is one of a family wlthl an Income less than will support alB the members on the wages of the! father, cannot escape work by getting; married. i With married life on a small Income) the necessity of work Is more pressing! than when single. For married Ufa presupposes more than one stomach to be fed r one back to bp clothed. In,' due time, ordinarily, there will be! three, four or five mouths to be fed and backs to be clothed. Work? Most! women know little about work until; they are married. So married life Is not an escape from work. The woman who does not! become a "helpmeet," Instead of being) simply a "help eat," has missed her calling In getting married, Just as she! missed her calling when employed lu store or factory or office In not become lng efficient. |
