Any one who reads history with his eyes open will be impressed with the fact that this world has always been considered a man’s world. At one period woman was denied every right; she was the slave of man. Rome and Greece treated her as a child. Medieval ages found her working in the fields and supporting large families, while her husband and son fought for rights that could never be hers. The familiar figure of a woman and an ox yoked together and driven by a man well represents the spirit of the past. The Hebrew rabbis made many proverbs relating to woman’s condition: “When Jehovah was angry, he made woman.” “Woman is an afterthought of God.” “A man of straw is worth more than a woman of gold.” The statement has been made and repeated times out of number that woman’s sphere is the home. This statement is true, but not unqualifiedly so; in fact, home is no more a woman’s place than it is a man’s. Home is based upon mutual responsibility, consideration, and the willingness to share mutual burdens. There is no sense in the old saw, “Woman should leave her home but three times--when she is christened, when she is married, and when she is buried.” This is on a par with another old proverb: “Woman, the cat, and the chimney should never leave the house.” We have outlived these archaic notions, and to-day, while we recognize as never before that home is woman’s true sphere, we realize that home is the man’s true sphere also. The home is the foundation-stone of our civilization. It is the strength and safety of society. Rome fell when her homes were destroyed. Public morals are gaged by the morals of the home. In the face of the divorce court, with its incessant grind of business, it is time to raise a voice of protest against the spirit of careless indifference which views the home as a mere boarding-house, and “a place to stay away from.” Who is the chief offender, man or woman? The woman’s club, the woman’s place in politics, woman’s interest in industry and in reform have all been cited as being the potent forces at work destroying the home. As a matter of fact it is the man who is chiefly responsible. The strength, the vigor, and the purity of the American home, which show to-day in the splendid type of soldiers that are being sent across the seas to fight in the battle for democracy, speak well for the work of woman. The average man knows where he lives, the number of the house, and the name of the street on which it stands. He is able to recognize his children usually when he meets them. He pays the bills and takes a general interest in the appearance and up-keep of the establishment; but when it comes to bearing his share of the heavy burdens, he is a poor partner in the concern. The wife and mother is the home-maker. We know how well she has done her part.