The Washington herald., 1921-07-27

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dealing with wrong stepping hus-
bands Instead Of sentencing them
to jail he sentences them to ten
days at hard labor in their own
kitchens, or three months of taking
care of a teething baby, or six
months Of getting up and preparing
the breakfast. and getting the fam
lily OF to work and to school, or to
some other form of household servi-
tude in which the punishment can
be made to ut the crime.
IF men had any idea of how
never-ending a woman's work Is,
and Of how nerve-wearing the
ceaseless calls made upon her are.
they would have more patience with
their wives and treat them better.
] am giving the husbands chance
to fnd out from actual experiences
how monotonous and dreary domes- |
tic drudgery Is, and / expect 1t TO |
work a reform in many cases., says
the magistrate.
A Daniel, a Daniel. say, q sec
ond Daniel come to Judgment! Now
IL he will only push the good idea
along by sentencing the shiftless'
nagging, whining wives to go out
and labor at their husbands jobs
for a while we shall have g refor-
nation that will bring about do
nestle millennium
For there Is no doubt that the
old saying that ''one half the world
doesn't know how the other half
lives" is nowhere else so true as II
is Of the sexes. Men have no con-
ception of the burdens women bear.
Women do not dream Of the crush
ing load under which men stagger
along. Each thinks that II is the
sacrincial goat of the family while
the other has 1t easy, and out OF
this Misunderstanding grows mucn
of the discord that makes marriage
so often failure.
For husbands and wives would De
drawn closer together in love ann
sympathy II they realized that tney
were fellow sufferers II Is only
when one or the other imagines
that he or she got the short END OF
the bargain that he or she Is nieo
Every woman knows, FOR instance
that when, at the end OF cay
work that has begun at o'clock
and finished at 3, she sinks INTO
chair. too weary even to think how
tired she is, nothing rouses her to
such fury as for her husband to
sav- 81 don't see what you have to
make Won tired. I'd think myself
nrettv lucky If I didn't have any
thing to do but stay in q nice home
and 40 a little housework and look
after my children- =
"a .yarv man knows that moth
ing but being a perfect gentleman
and so incapable OF raising his hano
10 strike a woman, no matter how
much he would like to, keeps MIN
from giving his wife a punch in the
law when she says: Il don't see why
YOU won't go out to the Smltner
dance am sure II I had nothing
10 do except to sit at mahogany
desk in a fine office all day l wouio
be fresh as a daisy at night ana
glad to go around and get little
exercise and fresh air"
And there you are, with two peo-
ple each thinking the others occu-
patton is a picnic, and their own
lob grinding work because neither
. ha. aver tried to shoulder the
sther's burden Furthermore it is
perfectly logical that they should
take this opposite point of view be-
cause they have always seen each
others lot from different angles.
Home means to the man a place
of rest and relaxation, Of good
foods, and cleanliness. and order-the
most desirable and comfortable spot
In the world in which to be. and he
has no conception of the endless
labor il takes to produce this re-
suit He never stops to think Of the
hours It takes to prepare the din
ner that is eaten in half an hour, OF
the WEAKNESS that has gone into
the washing of dishes and clothes,
and the sweeping Of floors that are
soiled and Uttered up again as soon
as cleaned.
Nor can his widest flight of fan
cy picture what a drain on the vi
. tality Is the care of even the most
angel children with their incessant
activities, their fights and Quarrels,
and wailings, and ceasless call on
mo-o-o-ther. He knows that
single Sunday afternoon alone with
q two-year-old kiddie wears him to
a frazzle. but he labors under the
Illusion that a woman doesn't ever
weary of her babies. and that IL is
just fun for her to be on the jump
with them all day and half the
night.
And women have the same hallu-
cination about a mans work being
all beer and skittles because going
down town means a spree to them.
1t means the thrill of shopping. or
being in crowds, a lunch, and per-
haps a matinee or picture show, and
they have a vague idea that a busi-
ness man passes his time in a round
of pleasure.
They know nothing of the wear
ing grind of the daily treadmill.
where. sick or well. man must
toll on or lose his job. They never
dream Of the overbearing insolence
OF The man higher up, or the ex-
asperation OF employees who have
no interest or loyalty in their work,
of the heart breaking, nerve wear
ing anxiety Of the man who sees his
whole fortune trembling In the bal
ance IN some trade. They do not
know that every dollar is bought
With blood and sweat.
Business women, who have been
in the thick of the fight themselves,
know this. and that is why they
make the best wives, and the most
considerate wives in the world.
They know what men have to en-
dure. and they sympathize with
them huf men havn navar IaA. 4.