The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 20, 1916, Page 14

~ * i \ 3y - three gold medals to be presented by the United States to Ambassa- - a8 of Brazil and Suarez of Chili, poj la}'ly THE NONPARTISAT\T LEADER A " FI F’I‘EEN An Interestmg Page for Our Women Readers THE DRUDGERY WORK ' “Who will do the dirty work” is the cry that has been raised against every proposed social order whose object is to secure justice and equal opportunities for all people. It is the voice of selfishnessand ignorance, but it must be answered. Early Utopians answered it with an elaborate scheme of compulsory la- bor, while machinery ‘is the answer of ‘modern idealists. But with greatest persistance has this unworthy objection been used against womeén in their courageous struggle for ' emancipation.” To 'be sure, -it is never expressed in such crude language. It is put in fine phrases and much stress is- laid, upon the dignity of woman’s work. But reduced to their essence, the major- ity of these objections mean: if women are given equality with men, who will do the drudgery? It is only the pieople of broad vis- ion and/ unselfish motives who are willing to face the consequences of the question, is woman’s work con- ducive to her best develorment; does it fit her for the motherhood of a superrace? If it does not, then conditions must be changed to meet her needs. No woman whose mental faculties are not developed to the ‘highest, who has not the breadth of vision to enable her to understand the re- lation of social conditions to the home, is fitted to train, a little child. Does woman’s round of drudgery fit her for childtraining? On the con- trary, her children must be neglected in order that the washing may be done and the-meals ready on time. Her mind must deteriorate because she has no.time for study nor oppor- “~tunity fof contact with the broad life of tie world.’ 3 In view of this fact, how must we interpret the favorite and formid- able objection, “Woman’s place is in the home” except that woman’s place is in the home to do its drudg- ery? But who then should do the drudg- ery, since it must be done? And we have an answer—machinery. .Mankind has not lightened his toil by labor-saving devices beeause he has allowed these devices to be put to the service of the few and not to the service of humanity as a whole. Woman should profit from ‘this mistake on the part of man and, when she gains political power, taken into her own hands contrel of the machiery which can, lift from her ‘shoulders the burden of household drudgery. WOMAN ON PAROLE BOARD A woman will head the nsw parole - board, of New York next two years. Dr. city for ' the Kathrine B. ‘Davis has been aprointed to that position and Mayor Mitchel, in. re- ferring to her appointment, said: “I have selected Dr. Davis for ap- pointment to membership on the new parole board. She will occury the prineiral position. Dr. Davis, by temprement, by training and by experience is the best fitted person I can find for the position. _“The signal success of her work as commissioner of corrections is well known to all.. Because of that work and because I want the vast powers of the parole: commission placed in safe and sane hands, it is gratify- ing to me to be able to announce Dr. Dayis' appointment to that commission.” _ WOMAN SCULPTOR HONORED Miss Jeannette Scudder, an active suffragist as well as an able sculptor, was awarded the' designing of the - dors Naon of Argentina, DeG Edited by Audrey A. Harris The Newport : Which the breezes. Another novelty is the “war bride” vell, draped over a small turban and hangs in graceful folds away from the face and to any length down the back. These veils come in several shades and.are very pictur- Still .another- model is the esque above a young face. .'......O.Q........C.b‘...O..C......QO..........". AUTUMN LEAF PATTERN. VER a wide brimmed black and white sailor hat is draped this handsome veil of hexagonal mesh. Hemstitched to the lower border is a wide band of chiffon, which gives character and ballast in Veil Drapes Itself LITIXXYIYIYY XY Y] which is “built in” veil, which is attached permanently to the fur-- ban or narrow brimmed sailor it goes with. These beautiful frivolities come in different meshes, with rich designs of rose leaf and butterfly patterns heav- ily embroidered across the lower berder. small accessories will have one to match each suit or hat. tached to the top of the crown and hangs below the collar bones. guishing feature lies in the use of fur. The ‘woman who takes pride in her One style is at- Its distin- A black net one will be edged top and bottom with ermine, to which the black tails have been returned by fashion: A dark blue veil will have brown fur as its trimming: another will have chinchilla. O PUBLIC DEFENDERS LEAGUE Thirty women lawyers -of Chicago have formed the Public Defenders’ League for Girls for the purpose of preventing any girl from being sent to jail for a first offense, suhsequent- ly to become the prey of professional bondsmen, Members of the League will ask Chief Justice Olson of the municipal court to create a special girls’ court and appoint a woman as judge. The women attorneys have agreed to give one day a month free of charge to the proposed special court, defend- ing young women offenders. COUNTRY NEEDS US We used to ask .for suffrage be- cause women needed it as a means to larger opportunities. But the as pect of the woman question has changed. Women, are now saying, as in the days of the war, “The country needs u:.”—Mary A. Livermore. CANADIAN WOMEN WANT BALLOT With the plea that because they have rendered magnificent patriotic service in a time of national stress they should therefore be allowed to further serve their country through the power of the ballot, Canadian women are making a spirited cam- paign to gain municipal franchise for married women and parlimentary franchise for all. In the administration of a state, neither a woman as.a_ woman, nor 2. man as a man,’ has .any special functions, but the g'lfts .are equally diffused m both sexes. —Plato. Mi hty httle COOFY ration is neces- sary to convince an mtemgent man' 2 ncaleul value. CHILD LABOR BILL The Keating-Owen' child labor bill is now befor Congress. It prohibits the shipment in interstate commerce of any article which is the product of any mine or quarry in which children under sixteen are employed, TO CONSERVE CHILDREN Washington, Jan. 8.—A plea for more generous expenditures by the national government to conserve the youth of .the nation is voiced by Miss Julia. Lathrop, Chicago, chief of the federal children’s bureau, in her an- nual report. She comments = particularly upon the need for developing standards of rural child welfare, physical standards. for children in industry and standards of law for the protec- tion of all children. Three-fifths are Rural - “Three-fifths of the 30,000,000 children in the United States are rural children,” Miss Lathrop said. “The percentage of illiteracy in rur- al communities, according to the 1910 censue, is double that in cities. “Where the rural child labor is great the percentage of child illit- eracy is high. The juvenile delin- quency laws of most of our states are ineffective, because rural proba- tion officers are lacking, and the fig- ures of correctional institutions show that the country is largely represented. Critical Period at 14 Years “As a general rule compulsory school attendance ceases at the age of 14, which educators and physiole- gists know to be the critical period of growth. Yesterday authorities were experimenting on the best -methods of training their minds, of developing their bodily powers. To- day the same - children are beyond the reach of all this costly solictude —they have gone to work.” or the product of any mill, factory, workshop, cannery or manufacturing establishment in which children un- der fourteen are employed, or in which children under sixteen are em- ployed more than eight hours a day or“mere than six days a week or at night. 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