The Archive · 1940

Woman More Endangered

^From the psychological point of view, women are more endangered than man, This is due to the fact that in present society, woman is placed in second place. The tragedy starts when at the birth of a girl the disappointed family gives expression to its disappointment of getting "only a girl".

The girl, Dr. Halpern said, soon realizes that boys have more rights and freedom and it was therefore not rare to see girls who refuse to play with dolls and who try to copy boys. in conclusion, the speaker discussed various other aspects of mental hygiene, New York Market Steady New York, Feb, 15, Prices on the New York Stock Exchange were steady today during a quiet session in which specials were up from fractions to five points. Many new highs of the year were reached during a session marked by fairly active trading.

Wall Street was interested today in the monthly business summary of Col. Leonora P. Ayres, vice-president of the Cleveland Trust' Company. Col, Ayres, whose opinion is highly regarded in the Financial district, noted that the present business relapse has not yet become very serious. He attributed the relapse to the fact that the preparations businessmen made last autumn were appropriate for the last war, but apparently are not appropriate for this one.

He pointed out that one fundamentally important obstacle to ge-nine recovery is the fact that industrial corporations operating at high levels of production now make much smaller profits than they used to. This discourages venturesome capital, Checks the expansion of enterprise, and in the long run, holds down the national standard of living, he said. With this view the financial district was in hearty agreement.

Chemicals made small gains in today's session, Motors were firm and aviations were mixed. Rails were narrow and merchandisings improved.—United Press.

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