The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-03

That depends on two things tal IN
whether the man likes TO do houseWork
or not. tbl on whether the vile Is slcN
or not. - :.
II "A man enjoys puttering around
nutlsr-and there are some domestic an
gels with celestial wings sprouting on
their shoulder blades who dole on re-
hanging the pictures Of an evening, ana
find rest and recreation in gliding me
radiator and shifting the position OF the
lsisno-why. a wife would be a brute
10 DENY such a husband the simple Joy
OF mixing the salad dressing ana SCRUB
hing the pots and pans,
Such a man has a right 70 go on
debaurh OF housekeeping whenever he
feels inclined to. nor should ms VIE
restrain him from doing the marketlhsl
and wheeling the perambulator, anu
dressing little Mary for school, ana stop-
ping by the department store 70 matsn
sample of taupe peau de sole II nc
finds 1t thrillingly interesting TO 90
household chores.
Rut if he hates. and loathes, and de-
splscs being TUNED into an errand BOY,
and II he grumbes and grouches over
being made to do odd Jobs around the
! house, and II his idea OF happy nome
! is a Mace where meals automatically
! cook themselves, and clothes halB
| themselves up on hooks, ana LAUNDRY
| maptCaily performs itself ana gets gar
ments hack into the right drawers OF a
! rhiffonier why. then, / think, a man
! should be spared all Of the sordid ae-
| tails OF running the domestic machine
| as long as he supplies the money 70
| Keen II going.
Different With Invalid.
Unless, Of COURSE, the wife Is sick
II she Is an invalid and unable to DO
| the housework alone. j goes without
| saying that her husband should lend
helping hand. q.
husky aud able-bodied there Is no more
| reason why her husband should come
| home at night after a hard days work
and help her with her labor than there
is why she should go down to his store
or office or shop and help him with
his It's his end OF the matrimonial
partnership to make the money TO sup
port the home It's her end 10 do the
actual work in the home, and she lay
ing down on her part OF the bargain
when she tries to load 1t on his shout
ders.
Moreover, when a woman asks her
husband 10 assume her job In addition
10 his own, she Is placing upon MN
handicap that Is very apt 10 make MN
d loser In the race OF life. The average
man Is no Sandow. There ~ very
definite limit to the amount OF MS
physical strength and vitality. His own
work exhausts this TO the danger line
every day. and IT, when he comes nome,
he has TO make stu further demands
upon his depleted energies ne soon
comes to the end of his resources
There are no commoner or more pits
| full tragedies than those OF the men who
break down at middle life, Just wneh
they were ready to reap the rewards
| OF wears OF faithful labor, and many o.
these ragedies might have been aVerteu
, II the men had had wives who had un-
' derstood the value OF conserving their
! energies and not letting them waste
Z | particle az strength on anything bul
y the essential industry Of their own ca
= | reeTs,
| that she has never gotten up at nlKh
: | with her children and that when IN
| babies howled with the cole thar she
| sweetly slept while her husband arose
and walked the floor with the crylne
infant.
such woman brands herself as not
only selfish but lacking in plain, COM
mon, horse sense, for by just SO mucn
as she let her husbands rest be dls-
turbed, by just that much did she uh-
fit him TO compete with his rivals ~
No man who has spent the night
hopping up and down TO get drink TOT
little Mary and to see that little Jonn.
ME hasn't kicked the covers of, and
TO heat the habys milk, can compete
with the man who goes to work FRESH
and rested from an unbroken night's
sleep. of course a woman will say thal
she feels just as dull and stupid, ant
tagged and nervous when she doesn
get her sleep as a man does, but th'
woman can find time during the ga,
10 take n little nap, which the maj
can't, and she doesn't have TO decid'
| questions that require her wits to be 2
| their nimbIest and her brain at ~
clearest. as the man does.
Therefore, for her own selfish inter
NtxZ
wrong and foolish to expect her hus
band TO do her work as well as her own
THE best investment In time and enerR
a woman ever makes Is when she turn
her horne into a harbor OF peace, y
which her husband finds nothing pu
rest and relaxation that enable him /
ed forth filled with strength and enerE
~ make the fight in which he Is en-