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Show MARRIAGE NOT THE WAY OUT Working Girl May Find Her Lot Harder Than Ever When She Enters Wedlock. j One of the most serious obstacles, to woman's advancement In Industrial' life is the general feeling on the parti of the woman that It isn't going to be! necessary to work for any greatl length of time, because the "knight"' will soon be coming along, when shej will have a home of her own, declares Detroit Journal. "What's the use?" 'many a woman, has said when it was suggested to hen. that she give more thought to her task. "The work Is only 'temporary,! so what is the use of botlieriug one'a brain with thlnkli out details?" 1 1 The exaggerated expectations of) girls as to the improvement of their lot when married in the matter ofj work Is something wonderful. Society helps to accentuate this belief by) society frowning1 on woman workers) and insisting that they go to house-i keeping and get out of the industrial grind. ! Now a woman In "the lower walks-of walks-of life," as one puts it, which meanS a woman who is one of a family wlthi an Income less than will support all) the members on the wages of the1 father, cannot escape work by gettlna married. j With married life on a small Income, the necessity of work is more pressing! than when single. For married life; presupposes more than one stomach toj be fed cr one back to be clothed. In; due time, ordinarily, there will bej three, four or five mouths to be fedj and backs to be clothed. Work? Most women know little about work until1 they are married. So married life Is not an escapa from work. The woman who does not) become a "helpmeet," instead of belngi simply a "help eat," has missed herj calling In getting married, just as shel missed her cnlllng when employed In store or factory or office In not beconvi ing efficient. |