WORK FOR MEN
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—ln view of the fact that much is being written about unemployment today, "Pin Money for Women," and the general employment of women in men's vocations of pre-war days, I would like to make a few remarks thereon. I am a married man with children, and I have been looking for employment now for some time, and have so far failed in my quest. I might state that I have served my country in two wars—the South African War and the late World War. In all, I have spent 5& years in helping my country. _ Now that I want employment from my country I cannot get it. It is seemingly true, aa Kipling says, when the war is on they fete you and put you in the stalk (theatre), but when the job is over you cannot get a seat in the "gods." Much has been written about women in men's occupations. One has only to visit the business places to see them; they invade everything possible. One cannot see how it is going to do them any good in the long run, for the men to marry them will be few and far between. Some legislation has been enacted for the artisan worker, but nothing, so far as I am aware, for the commercial worker. Why so? I trust that someone whose pen is more prolific than mine would use it.—l am, etc., 09/1901, 16/1919.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 8
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242WORK FOR MEN Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 136, 5 December 1929, Page 8
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