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- Overseas, of 15,000,000 Surplus , Find ‘Supreme Opportunity’ For Feminine Soul to ‘Rise and Do Work the World Needs.’ Mrs. Nancy M. Schoonmaker, Just Returned From Draws Contrasts With Work Women e American Women Are Doing. By Fay Stevenson. Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing of the war have ceased? Co. (Tue New York Evening World.) ‘ Wi are the women in Europe doing now that the activities “Are European society women breaking into trade and business the way so many prominent American women have?” I put these questions to Mrs. Nancy M. Schoonmaker, who has just r turned from a three months’ tour of representative of the Women Vote and t eneral Federation of W en's ( Mrs. Schoonmaker ha made a caretul study of women in tae political and svciai life of the varlous countries of Europe, and will lecture this winter on “Woman's Part in the New Burope and the New Age.” When L asked, “What are the wom- en in Europe doing now?" I saw a sparkle In Mrs. Schoonmaker’s keen brown eyes, Her lips moved once as if to speak, and then she settled back in her chair at the Murray Hill Hotel and politely allowed me to finish my two questions before she suid: “The women of Europe are doing so much Uhat they ought to make us. ashamed, They are going in for poli- tics strong, for social welfare, and studying deeply and seriously every vital issue of the day. Women of England, France, ¢ sweden, Burope as Natfon: gue of ubs Switzerland, Denmark Czecho- Slova, are keenly watching every political mo of their respective sount nd study ng all the ques- tions of the day with an especial in- terest in the League of Nations, Dis- armament, Prohibition and new di- vorce laws ‘ “And this doesn't mean ‘the woman higher up,'" pointed out Mrs Schoon- maker t means every woman, whether peasant or middle class. In several instances, and this is es clally true in Germany, | talked to women who had been servant girls and were holding splendid political positions with a keen knowledge and understanding of situations which was amazing. The women of Czecho- Slovakia are also especially well posted. England, of course, leads all European countries in political work, but when I saw how the ‘new woman’ of Europe is taking hold of national affairs it is a warning to us. “Besides politics, all European women are devoting their time to Social work, such as child welfare, Mlegitimate children, coguardianship of children, women in industry, equal pay for equal work, hours of labor and the greatest question Europe has ever had to face—FIFTEPN MILL- ION SURPLUS WOMPN." Mrs. Schoonmaker paused a mo- ment. Then she lifted her serious eyes to mine and sald: “You asked me if European soctety women were golng into trade or business. In all my tour through Europe I did not once meet such a case. Society women of Europe and all thinking women who have any t!mb at all are devot- ing It to these 15,000,000 surplus women. They are planning the fu- ture of these young girls and women still in their thirties who may never enjoy a home or the companionship of @ husband and children. They have @ problem here which keeps them busy. “Trade and business do not lure the woman of ty when she has such tasks before her,” continued Mrs. Schoonmaker. “But do not think Europe is discouraged over her Problem. Both men and women have decided that this is a great oppor- tunity, a time for the feminine soul to rise to its highest and do much work that is needed in the world, Be- oause many of these women can never marry, all of the thinking men and women of Euro chance for them to f lives to world servic “Many prominen are now planning ways to train th 6,000,000 surplus women to make weir own way, They are being taught e see a ply give great their European 1 trades and business methods, edu- cated to be independent financially. Besides planning ir fe work, many plans are uvdar way for recrea- tion and ¢éversion.” “Sut can they ever satisfy this xeminine longing for a home, for all the feminine things woman holds = dear?" I asked. *All Europe 1s most optim! de clared Mrs. Schoonmaker, it their supreme opportunit woman's chance to devote ‘that temi- nine ‘thing’ which she hus always given to hor home life to the world, There are many questions in Europe to settle, Many women are needed to devote their lives to child welfare, Hlegitimate childrea, tue coguardian- ship of children, a 1 the social questions which the war brought about, “The whole European world has opened itself to woman. She hus 7 litical questions, —s« everything, in lie women of ype are their lot,” concluded maker, "Woman has play in the New rope and she is playing it well. St studying every question of the day and there isn’t @ peasant, a middle woman or ® pociety woman who hasn't her bund to the plough.” @ » MEN More Vain Than WOMEN? } Read What ThcseObservers Say About Them—Then Draw Your Conclusions By Ruth Snyder. New York Rrenine Wenaye oO men more vain than women? This question arises from a recent cable despatch from England, which states that English employers are perplexed by their young men trequentiy asking for al- lerivons off, par Ucularly as it tran. spine they are bent on securing hicnnacks tor personal adornment Th men, according to one of the Hiauagers Of a suige department store, colle siopping for pajamas “with character,’ socks that are “different” and Ges and Wes and (es. Men," he deciares, pend consid erable time discussing cothes und diess to picase woinen to a tar largyy extent tian women dress to pita men, Moreover, the average youn: man in an olfice spends a higher proportion of his income on clothes Copyrt 1 than a woman similarly employed. A ie t{ many young men living at home With their parents spe greater part of their ineoine Oak” ing themselves sartortaily attractive.” This same question arose recently in one of our Broadway restaurants dt was a rainy day. i “Are men more yain than women?" one woman patron asked another hy—why do yo ist a her companion, "4 S#K7" queried “Just watch how many men there are out there carrying their hats un- der thelr coats to keep them dry. Then watch the women. There are two men to every woman passing who seem em care that Aa straw hats are gettin wet. 3 (nee ie it) vanity—or ‘The testimonies of two of our own American women leaders on this point are quite interesting. They are Dr. era H. Parker, Secretary to Int Soclal Hygiene Board, 2 lyn D. Hanson of the Art Institute Extension Department, Chicago. Dr, Parker blames the “he-vamp” for the foibles of the modern girl. These living maniking set such a pace with thelr trick clothes that, In or- der to emulate them, the girl of to- day gravitates to the extreme. “The boys are simply demoralizing the girls,” this guardian of publi morals declare They spend all thelr money on clothes and think that {s having a good time. . . A girl feels she must be as good-looking and attractive as the men If she expects t an invitation to a dance, It the men won't take her the rdepa and Miss EB So nov, be careful, you young men, ho eriticise the dress of the flap- Miss Hanson, while addressing the Art Institute Extension Department in Chicago amused her Ilsteners by declaring that men were much better dressed than women; that when a men appeared in a flamboyant tie the blame rested on friend wife. Miss Hanson also declared that any sort of figure might be camouflaged unti) {t appeared perfect “If she is right—then why are men so vain?" is probably what Mile. Yvette Guilbert would say, If one ts to fudge by a recent remark credited to le, Guilbert. ‘We (referring to women) are nothing but puppets, and the men are ugiier puppets than we. Especially when they are undressed. You only need to see them bathing in the sea in bathing trunks—those achs, those toothplek leg: that is all y charming, ‘I love you. Rut Miss Hanson says big stom- Oh, yes, for we say any sort of firure may he camouflaged until tt appears perfect. Then perhaps— there is the r time on their Cop) 1021, by the Press Publishing Co. This New York Evening World) QUESTIONS. 1, Which State has the greatest number of miles of navigable water? 2. By what name is Satan called in Milton's “Paradise Lost"? 3. Of what is lunar caustic com posed? 4. In what Caverns? : 5. What was the favorite musical instrument of Apollo, the god of mu- sic and poetry? 6. What spice is the dried covering of the seed of the nutmeg? 7. Where is the centre of the mack- erel industry in the United States? 8. Of what country is the Island of Madagascar a dependency? 9. From the roots of what plant is “turkey red’ coloring matter ob- tained? 10. In what body of water are the Magdalen Islands situated? ANSWERS, 1. Louisiana; . of silver; 4, Virginia 7, Gloucester, Mass; 8, France: 9, madder; 10, Gulf of St. Lawrence, \ State are the Luray THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1921 Can You Beat It! «ewe \WHAT'S ‘ALL | AN STUDYING THAT DISPLAY NONCHALANT ¥e POSES TS SHOW MY Cees A LADY FRIEND WHO REPRESENTS A SILK STOCKING FIRM LETS ‘NE HAVE THEN FREE ON CONDITION THAT | MAKE A SUFFICIENT DISPLAY Ta ADVERTISE THE STockINGS ° vo nhi, A The Sympathetic Stranger — 4v sophie trene toe }} Lueile the * ° RE ia an incident that 1s worth splrit of selfishness in time of need, little village, Milwood, Doubtless W t Hite sates mua aaa tino nee Ue, ag, aM, tn aitress : eel vile we t@Sucrillce something along the way- In tho litte village where you have The other night while We gig of life glad to do the act of kind- time to think and money does not By Bide Dudley were driving in the country, all of @ ness which they ull know Is part of mean everything, much of the fine, gudden the automobile stopped dead. the human heritage inner splrit is developed, Of course ¢ by My friends made every effort to get it. How many good mechanics’ would there are mean people in the country, Ce ioue casas have shrunk at the idea of stopping but this man has bad a chance to re. 66 RUN up against one of those ESL i ee hha ile si to take down the magneto and adjust flect on what is right to do, what he absent-minded men tn here this It was a dark and lonely place, yet the fine points in order to get people is going to do, and has not falled to morning,” sald Lucile the Wait- many machines passed by us. We hd on their way do it becolpeag t called to several of them, but they sual thing would have been | should Ike the renders of thia [88 @$ the Friendly Patron yanked ou will have to get some- article to know this man's name—to one foot off the restaurant cat in did) not respond. ; body to haul you in, It can't be done. know that some day, should they be response to an agonizing yow! Soon there came a cumbersome, jt {3 too dark,” and a thousand other passing his way, they can stop at h That # seit i slow, heavy truck that was pulling excuses, but the expedient thing would © garage in Milwood and say ee RO ORIe behind it a disabled car, We stopped hava been done, There 18 4 real man.” His name is “Yes, and, believe me, he was a RE 5 sked this man would he not let Grosse J, Petrsall. If I ad a trust- welrd bird, I hand him a_prett these men and asked them if they i pretty me know where he did his work as a worthy job to do, E would send tor greas é ant could give us some aid in getting the mechanic. He has a Pan ond eae ) o 1 greasy bill of fare and the first thing he saya is, ‘Are they any soup on the menu? car started. — They immediately set to work. One man, the spokesman, soon announced it was magneto trouble. There was not a searchlight, so the work had to 1 says, feeling a bit gay. y'8 soup spots all over it! he orders a boiled egg and I get ‘Th The Jarr Family be done Ceiente in Hae. Gare fant it for him. Well, sir, to show you man, an excellent mechanic, foun ie meting Pap h his way to the trouble—the needle By Roy L. McCardell ue feel ai voladeds ue a ae points in the magneto—a very dell ‘i n ‘8 gone he knits his cute matter to adjust and ditticult to row and says to me that he thinks repair under such circumstance “N° Pleage get up!" cried Mrs, heulthy to go tw sleup (ifat MEP must a’ been bad eh etetatee uae te geen Pe MEY {No won You got tp and sit in this chair and | “‘Bad?" I says. “Well, ail I got to During all this tin man and his |, you are getting fat. jj sit on tnat sofa, Anytuing to keup Say ls you ought to know by this time. associates whistled and spoke abuut Every evening after supper you take you from falling to sivep py time youve et at! the matter in a most jovial way, ‘They the papers and lay down on that sofa Yl ure alone with mo. It's not ve ee Shae ba - Foor took the whole thing a8 a matter of ong yo fast to sleep!” polite, Tam sure > you al like, and says he's certain Seen hd wo fi sleep night here and read to mé Was bav. ‘Then 1 decide to Here they were, with miles and ‘Oh, all right, ali right!" mumble! M J ma the ange with ¢ ; miles In front of them to carry their Mr. Jarr, arising from the couch seuming eagerness oT wasn't going i I says. ‘You just own load, yet they stopped by t Pate pag eenenetais |i Fi ho oxplained st pert wayalde to "give Us what help they Where he had just stretched bimselt wanted to read a little ahs could, It was offered in such a gra- Comfortably with his pipe and paper. “Well, re to me!" command x, he says, “That's cious spirit that I remarked it to “I can read sitting up." Mrs. Jarr. “You used te Iw them I #0 nicely when we were ens waste any more words did the You should take a good, long, brisk The man who big work i poetry, too.” on.such a queer guy, $0 [go about raid: “Oh, lady, it is only common W4lk after dinner,” suid Mra Jarr, “All right, UU read se my business and he leaves, looking u droancy. Anybody ought to do Mt “And go should 1. Tam in this house you now.” sald Mr Jarr bit doubtful, Imagine him telling me f I can help you I am glad of 1 4 Bea ear Koing over to the book cas he ¢ as bad after he's et it bo: That's all there iy about It all day long and never seem to be Wii) it be, Longfellow?” hid soul And w vanted to pay thia “ble to get out for @ breath of fresh = "Oh, — Longfell t The Friendly Patron smiled and man for his trouble, after working for alr."* iris!” Mrs, Jurr Lucile went to the kitchen, When over an hour, he refused to accept It” swe ets ¢ o tee some of Swinbu: fe returned, she sald g that we would in- Ii, let's go out for a walk, then 1 Tito wt i t inded guy was right sist on t said: "Oh, give Mr. Jarr suggested. “It's a fin: a more and a t me 50 cents night; and I agree with you, it will anid Mr. Jarr gatlantl In all my expe ‘ WVOUNEVED: Gy ua: hol ecoA?! ne over wit t ‘ © concluded, “if he wasn't seen any finer spirit € passing °° BROOK: kissed her 1 the it was the only fresh egg we've hud Ttranear than this I'm too tired," said Mrs. Jarr. “It ndom and commenced to in the place Ina week. Maybe you'd In this age of avifish, reckless pass- you had been on your feet all day, as ‘ couple” ersby who are totally oblivious to 7 pave, you woul , ere “ Ko hence; my songs she ndly Patron took beans everything and anybody except thelr + you would feel you hiul exar wilt nea = own comfort, It is refreshing Indeed C8¢ Chough without wanting to go for yet us qo hence together withou! will not know, to chronicle a case of this kind a walk when you were all thee I 1 Eat ian eAWardl aaethe erent P avinan, we Analy euceren iin Rite get plenty of walking doing th i no n winds go, ing the man to accept some ey he - 2 i) of, blow nd and f for his lost time, hanked an use,’ For) 1 d aU ip la ie) : thoush we had b con wn jae een MP nue. for: all’ thes favor on him, when in truth the wile t i iB ; 4 The t vbout it all, however, Cot maids t hat Ana howe we areniiisiet out of our mma, but the know “The demon lassitude, 1 suy we sang a Kel t Know!" edge that the milk of human kindn said Mr. Jarr, and le slumped X n her ear, Beautiful, it, dear?” asked still flaws, and that there are who do pay attention to the stran at the gate, Also that we are losing the he sofa, ow this chair’ would not hear Mr. Jarr. But Mrs. Jarr did not answer, she was fast asleep on the sofa! get right up and sit in "said Mrs, Jurr, “It isn’t “Let us rise up and part; she 3 By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Copyrteht, 1921, by the Press Publishing Oo, Fables for the Fair Keeping a Husband (The New York Evening World.) MORAL: If You Can’t Keep ONE Husband—There Are Others! HEN the husband W Of a beautiful actress, or a world-famous prima donna, Is listed in the “lost, strayed or stolen” column The pussy-cats, whose point of view hasn't changed since the era of President Grant, Negin to yowl as follows: “That's what happens when a woman ¢ How to Reduce By Doris Doscher. Copylght, 1021, by the Prowe Publishing Co (The New York Evening World.) HERE are certain signposts along T the pathway of good health that mark, as it were, different stages of our de- velopment. Tho little child growing rapidly in both bony and muscu-~ lar development requires different kind of foods that will tend to de- velop the frame. Then comes the active period of youthful activities when the bony structure is fully developed but the body has not yet matured to its fullest. This period re- quires also a full nourishing diet, but not necesarily one that contains much for bony development, and then comes the pertod which 1 want to guard all of you against, and that is the one be- tween thirty and forty. You have reached your full maturity and there should be a change In your diet. These are the years during which you are lable to put on excess weight, and excess weight accumulated in middle life is dangerous, and it also tends to hasten the appearance of age. When you have become to a certain extent settled in elther your career or home there Is a feeling of content-. ment which fosters a predisposition to overweight. Now Is the time to wateh your diet so that you shall reduce slowly in welght as you pase this signpost, It seems that many of you are tempted by goodies that are offered at social functions to break from your preseribed diet or else at home yield » the temptation of nibbling between meals, and this, combined with the iecling of contentment [ just referred to, J@ what lays the extra welght on your body. Do not misunderstand me ind think Lam prescribing a lessen- ing of the Joys of living, On the con- vary. you will find by keeping your body ft at forty or older you are Just commencing to live: The diet of course is most Impor- tant, but alde by aide with it comes the set of exercises which {f properly performed, datly persevered in and conquered should make the body re- bound with the same foyous outlook on life, with the same even pulse that you knew at twenty. Time spent in selecting the proper diet and prepar- Ing It Is well spent, Answers to Questions. 1 am sixteen years of age, 6 feet 7 inches in height and weigh 143 pounds. Will you kindly state if | am overweight and how much? Friends tell me that | am not stout but athletic looking as | am very broad about the shoulders. The calf of my leg is rather stout. What can I do to reduca it? BILLIE E. R. ‘or your height 139 pounds Is suf- ficient, but as you are so large for your age I would not advise you to reduce, but to use such exercises that would give you @ better develop- ment; paying particular attention to the massaging of the lega at night and to the exerclaing of the Imbs so ax to have more symmetry in your fleure, E. H—You are the correct weight for your hetght and a Whe wear- ing of the pumps for two years Is ansure the cause of your thick ank'es, and the first thing to do 1s to wear high-top shoes, at least part of the day, and massage the ankles night and morning. Also take th doesn't attend to her real job, That's what she may expect when she goes chasing after a career Instead of staying at home and rock- ing the cradle. When she got a husband, why could- n't she be satisfied with him? (A woman’s highest duty ts to make some GOOD MAN happy!) Any man who marries {s entitled to home life, And he doesn’t want to share his wife with the public. No wonder this husband wouldn't stand for It, No wonder his wife lost him—poor, lonely fellow! She might have known how ft would all end— But let's hope tt will be a lesson to OTHER women!” And yet—and yet— When the husband of a devotedly domestic wife— A Mother of Four— Errs and strays from hie way, Itke a lost sheep, (And he doer, oh, he does!—see al- most any day's headlines) — It somehow looks as if a mere avoid ance of the matrimonial pitfalls that Me in the prima donna’s path were not enough, As if a wife may need something stronger than apron strings to keep her husband bound to her— ; Come, now, doesn't It? : So some of us who belong to tlie Married Liberal Party Emit wisdom to this effect: j “The woman who has no interes! outside her home BORES her hu band— Which ts fatal! ‘ The wife who ts merely a housg- keeper and a child’s nurse | Need not be surprised if her husbangl looks elsewhere for mental comb pantonship and FINDS it. The man who marries a career Does NOT marry a jealous, suspl- cfous, avaricious, henny-mindeti female, Who hangs about his neck like an oli} woman of the sea } And whom he can't help wanting shake!” All of which sounds well until the next tale of a smashed romance © Between an economically indepet: dent Joan and her Darby. a Whether a woman ts old-fashion® and domestic or new-fashioned ary feministic, The matrimont{al toss-up seems to bt “Heads she loses, tails somebody else wins. ‘ However, marriage is a shake-up as well as a toss-up, And if you can’t keep ONE husband, there are others— This is the most helpful hint I can offer To my marttally restless generation) modern leg after-bath rub and the foot bend + ing and circling exercise, Reducing Menu BREAKFAST. Two eggs coddled. Two slices of toast and one pat of butter. One cup of hot milk. LUNCHEON, Spinach with a poached egg. A small corn muffin. A alice of pineapple. DINNER. Clam broth. A vegetable dinner, omitting for- bidden vegetables, A cup of weak tea or a glass of buttermilk, One slice of whole wheat bread. A dish of stewed apricots. By Dr. Frederic Keeping Well H. Robinson, Editor Medical Review of Reviews, | On the Way to Copyright, 1921, by the Prem Publ SHOULD THE FEET BE BATHED IN HOT OR COLD WATER? HE modern physician has traced ning a lar present day lack of at- tention pald the feet Certain trou- les connected with yes, certain Ph t n, frequent ca at neg Mere are covered 18 no rea- set that upon them may yn, bunions or callouses. vught one would say that uid always be used when . In preferenc to cold. tru ore are times, it ab rmer t Ss prefera A f ath is excellen colds a hot foot releves fever; a warm footbath ind and thus acte It will occastonally soothe a headache when all other measures fail. But recently @ well-known ortbos \ New York Evening World.) fl pedic advised one of his patien whose feet were causing him gr trouble to bathe them three or f umes each day In cold water, patient was to change his hose after bathing and the trial was te one week. Within three days the was remarkably relieved and in jess than @ week he declared that he had never felt so fit tm years, It {9 an inexpensive luxury, this bathing of the feet in cold water, But tt Induces a delightful sensation of relaxation, it relieves fatigue and Starts one afresh, no matter how wearisome one may previously have ing mi There worn out are times when the almost ker” procures a new lease gy by merely tmmereing hig d feet int « water of @& t chanced upon then, should be bathed now in hot wator in order to whe relief and at another time in cold water for the same purpose, @ fee