[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—With regard to this question, the old adage is, as always, true that circumstances alter cases. In my opinion the mother of young children should not leave her house for daily work unless driven thereto by the pinch of necessity—" Die Hausfrau muss nicht eine Ausfrau sein." On the other hand, where such a tie does not exist, the married woman should certainly be allowed the privilege of earning. There are many cases where husband and wife follow the same profession with the happiest results. Nothing is more likely to cement the partnership of life than a partnership to work. The status of the woman is improved by her capacity of adding to the family budget and the loneliness of her existence is lessened. Some of the most successful of our elementary schools are worked by a schoolmaster wedded to a schoolmistress. I am strongly opposed to any legislation which would debar the married woman from her right to teach.
In any case, this is a question for married women themselves to decide, and not one demanding the interference of the
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