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Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924

"Michael O'Halloran"

It works two
ways and every friend I've got is economizing for herself, and with every
stroke for herself she is weakening her nation's financial position and
putting a bigger burden on the man she is trying to help."
"Well Leslie--" cried her father.
"The time has come for women to find out what it is all about, then put
their shoulders to the wheel of life and push. But before we gain enough
force to start with any momentum, women must get together and decide what
they want, what they are pushing for."
"Have you decided what you are pushing for?"
"Unalterably!" cried the girl.
"And what is it?" asked her father.
"My happiness! My joy in life!" she exclaimed.
"And exactly in what do you feel your happiness consists, Leslie?" he
asked.
"You and Douglas! My home and my men and what they imply!" she answered
instantly. "As I figure it, it's _homes_ that count, Daddy. If the nation
prospers, the birth rate of Americans has got to keep up, or soon the
immigrants will be in control everywhere, as they are in places, right
now.


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