Show MARRIED WOMEN AS S WAGE EARNERS Should a married woman be a wage age earner Mrs Thyra Samter WinsloW who has had the expert expert- experience once ence ence and separated from her hus hue husband x band answers no Except In In- rare and isolated cases the many modern marriages based on the agreement that the wife wire will continue working and re re- retain re- re tain tam her economic Independence inde enden e eare are doomed to failure she declares Chief among the pitfalls that lie in the paths of such couples she lists these The Th husband freed of responsibility responsibIlity of full support of the home is likely to drift along in the busi busl business business ness ness world developing more moro than a part of his potential ability Or the wife is likely to prove prose e the tha better money maker of the two with the result that the husband becomes bec mes Jealous of her ability and dissatisfied Or Or the wife coming home tired tire at night falls to provide the domestic charm charmon on which happy home bome life me is 18 built Or the the failure to have haye children soon opens the way for other com com- complications and dissatisfaction tion which lead to a arm rift Dont think for a minute that I am urging c women to stop creating she says Nothing could I be farther from my own views I know however that unless an an ar are artistic ar- ar artistic woman Js Is able to marry a aman aman aman man with strength and superior Judgment and understanding she sh shand and her marriage and the man will suffer Nor do I think that a woman should not earn carn money I think that a woman should if she Is sin single gle gb or it If sho she Is young oung and willing lUlng willingto to take a chance ion on wrecking her marriage Not that the marriage is sure to be successful if she doesn't but it seems to me inc that there is a better chance for success it If only the man Is employed Mrs Winslow might have e gone further and answered the question How Ilow is marriage m with or without the wife a wage earner to be made successful 1 I |