The Washington times., 1916-01-22
II, but l must wash on Mon
day" exclaims the method
ical housewife. and. OF
81 J

1 day. eXclaims the methoo-
ical housewife, "and. of
course We must nave 4 hot
dinner on sunday noon. We've always
bad it,
And SO it goes. The average house
keeper is quite convinced that such and
Euch things must be done as they have
always be done and that she must
spend a certain amount Of time iceEis-
tered only in her own mindl on certain
household tasks. She may WONDER why
other women seem to nave more time
why others. III fact have "a career
when it takes her every minute OF her
waking hours merely to manage the
home. Now, If there Is one fault great
er than others which we lay against
women IL their present state, we would
say ii is lack OF power to concentrate.
How We can "irittcr, time away! Given
two women, each with two babies and
supposedly the identical tasks in their
respective homes. One woman will lie
able to carry on clue work ur take sub
sCriptiOns iOr a magazine. or sell home
made bread, thus increHsing IT," family
income. The other woman will bc con
stantly and forever trying to wind ny
the household red tape and come to an
end OF her CumrleN household duties
The sole reason for difference between
these women is undoubtedly that the
former could concentrate. and that she
had in mind something over and be-
yCnd her huusewOrk, worthy of coucen.
trating on. She wanted tC take the
subscriptions, she wanted to develop as
her husband s hOokkeCrer she wanted
to find time t. be hcr ChiliTcn's COM
pFniOn. So she studied ana shortened
her work. and concentrated. thinking
OF the most important end" hrSt. and
not putting undue prominence on the
details.
Any woman, yes, any homemakcr,
even with children, can do something
outside of her home if she really wants
to. We have no patience with fairly
wide circle Of ladies who grumble that
other women have careers or work out
side the homo and that they cannot. The
chances ar" that they are not willing
10 mako tic sacrifices necessary to
stride both horns Of career and mat
rimony. They may not he Willing. for
instance, % give up an cYCeSG of tele-
phonnG to friCnG., S0asiD and chit-Chat
They may not he willing to spend far
less hours running from shop to shop
looking for = waist 30 cents lower and
spending in doing II three Valuable hours
in which al concentrated workt they could
certainly have earned several dollars.
They may not he willing to give up an
undue amount Of amusement and social
life which cats more time out of the aV-
CTaEc WOmaM'S day than anyone has
estimated. We all want to he ncighhOr-
ly and to have friends, but that does
not mean tclophonnG for an hour after
breakfast to find Oul what so-and- so
wore. or what She said or where they
are going.
We know several women. who. with
children. have met success in work out =
aide Of the home, and at the same time
managed beautiful family life One
woman with three little children has
managed 10 support the entire family
. when her husband was crippled An
other with two children and a baby,
finds she can devote at least three hours
day to literary work. Another has
sent children through college by repre-
sentinE magazines. and in no case was
the home neglected. But in every case
the women were willing to put their
work definitely before society" dress
and detail. Any woman can find that