"Seems to me this thing may spread," said a thoughtful looking striker in Repetti's pool-room. "Looks to me as though we had started something that's going to be powerful hard to stop."
"What makes you think it's going to spread?" asked another.
"Stands to reason. If women can make bearings cheaper than men, the other bearing companies have got to hire women, too, or else go out of business. And you can bet your life they won't go out of business without giving the other thing a try."
"Hang it all, there ought to be a law against women working," said a third.
"You mean working for wages?"
"Sure I mean working for wages."
"How are you going to pass a law like that when women can vote?" impatiently demanded a fourth.
"Bill's right," said another. "We've started something here that's going to be hard to stop."
"And the next thing you know," continued Bill, looking more thoughtful than ever, "some manufacturer in another line of business—say automobiles—is going to get the idea of cutting his costs and lowering his prices—and pretty soon you'll see women making automobiles, too. You can go to sleep at some of those tools in a motor shop. Pie for the ladies!"
"What are us men going to do after a while?" complained another. "Wash the dishes? Or sweep the streets? Or what?"