The Archive · 1939

Then Men Can Weep

Wives should work outside the home if they want to, decided "ce-eds" (women students) from American colleges who met in conference at North-Western University, Evanston, Illinois, In conference, the ce-eds—You've seen their movie lives, Such winsome push-and-go-eds—Have struck a blow for wives: Alberta, Betty Jane and Patricia have proclaimed That wives should work for gain and Thus feel not so ashamed, They urged "redistribution "Of wealth" upon these lines As being the solution Of worry and its signs: But Eve—although men like her In search of cash to roam, They trust twill always strike her To bring her wages home, —By F. G. H. Salusbury in the "Daily Herald.

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