The Washington times., 1916-01-17
Fussing and Fretting AT "
Home Tax Endurance
Of the Business Woman
Work Rest, and Play Are the Only Things She Should
Attempt If She Would Attain Success and
Avoid Inevitable Breakdown in Nerves..
BY WINIFRED BLACK.

ing his clothes pressed and ironed ard
KEPT in order as they should be for so
much o week? And she's earning Just
as big. salary as a man. and good
ocal bigger thnn q good many .nei; hut
she won't be earning II long, I'm afraid
She's gone to the hospital how 10 re-
suppose she thinks it's her work at the
office that's done it, 1t isn't Her wcrb
at the office and her OSerwork ut horne.
combined. have done IL.
sheu haye n breakdown In n month
or two. the other business woman.
know IT becnnsc met her Iurryins
along the street ut quarter past fVe the
other night. ''Where are you going?"
said l. SHOPPING said she.
and have cuI OF chocolate with me"
IT would said my other business
friend. but. dear me, I've got four
that ribbon for Aunt Jane or she'll
have Mysteries when get home None
of the samples belonged to hcr and the
ribbon that Aunt Jane wants IL to go
cousin awsy out in Nebraska. and my
business friend never saw her nor heard
Of her before IN her life. she's always
going on crrands for the family at home
because tho phone is easier to got at
there. and dropping ir on her way to
lunch or or her way back from lunrh
to speak to this ono or to notify that
water lay or something. The family At
home never seem tG think that she has
anything or earth to do down TO"
but to run crrards and match Ribbons
and pay bills and do all the resi- OF the
fiddling disagreeallc little things that
take more energy out of the person
who does them than great big piece
of work ever took In all the world.
Sensible Behavior.
The women Of that family never think
OF asking the man OF the family to do
these things It's a good thing they
don't He wouldn't do them II they did.
The more sensible he. He earns the
living for the family. Why should he do
anything more? But the girl-she helps
them earn the living. too. Ought she
not to get little rest between times?
Not she-not while her feminine rela-
tives can call upon every bit Of energy
she has to do things for them that they
ought to go down and do themselves.
II this other business woman doesn't
see the light pretty soon there's going
to be another breakdown in my circle
of acouaintances. and people will say
again: There. you see. women cannot
keep up with the business life. They
haven't the Vitality
Perfectly true. they haven't--not when
they have whole family Of feminine
relatives hanging on 10 them who expect
them 10 be men ana women. too-and
then some
The other business woman isn't going
to break down. ] know that. I've been
at her house three DAYS in succession
and when ] got there she was home
from business and she was acting just
like man.
She said she acted like a man all day
down town and she made up her mind
she was going to act like one when she
got home. And there she was. as cool
as a cucumber and as calm as a clock.
resting and quite comfortable. Her
mother. who was at home all day. got
dinner for her and her sister never does
anything but set the table. and she
didn't look Ill at ease or uncomfortable
or conscience-smitten at all when ]
walked in and caught her at 1t.
"Resting?' she said. "Of course I'm
resting. It's my time to rest. I work
from nine in the morning till five at
night. and after that-not one single
minute thank you. not IL / know myself
/ have to do a mans work and it's got
to take a mans strength to do 1t. and
the only way / can conserve that
strength is to save 1t and not throw II
awav on lot OF little fiddling things
that somebody else can do Just as well
as / can.
They think I'm awfully lazy at home.
Well. 80 j am-at home. They ought
to see me down town.
Which of these three women do you
think is the most sensible. Honestly.
now?
(Copyt 1915, by Newspaper Feature servicsJ