Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-24

The man whose wife is in a sani-
forum and is not at all likely to come
out again, is looking for a housekeeper.
He doesn't want just a cook, or just
a nurse. or just a seamstress, or just
a mother.
He wants a Of education, re-
finement, tact, character and expert
ence-not too young and not too old
not clever enough to be restless, and
not stupid enough to be lazy, not ugly
enough to be embittered, and not pretty
enough to be vain.
He wants her to be educated and
wel-bred, and he wants her to cook
and wash dishes, and sweep and dust,
and mend and rock the baby to sleep.
and scold the oldest boy and curl the
little girls hair and be ready to pre-
side at the table when he home
at night.
For all these things, he offers in ex-
change-$60 a month, a rather uncom-
Portable room and fair to medium
board.
And he is amazed and aggrieved.
because nobody has come to take the
place.
What is the matter with the wom-
en- 2" he says. isn't there a woman
left in the world who appreciates a
good home?
How Much They Expect!
Are they all crazy about office
work! What's the great fascination
about a typewriter and a desk?"
And he really thinks that the coun-
try is going to the dogs and if it does,
he'll blame the women for it.
l wonder If he would expect a man
of education, refinement. tact. charac-
ter and experience-young enough to
be active and enthusiastic, and old
enough to be steady and reliable. clever
enough to be quick and well Unbalanced
enough to be reasonable. good-looking,
neat, smart in his dress, w~ell-mannered.
intelligent, ambitious and efficient-alI
for $50 a month and board. Would he.
especially if he wanted the man to
tend the furnace and sift the ashes.
and wash the windows and beat the
rugs. and press his clothes and lay
out his collars and ties, and drive his
car and cook his dinner. and take his
dictation OF the typewriter and man
age his business for him, all at once?
How much do they expect of US wom-
en-these men?
/ wonder if we haven't spoiled them.
just the least little bit in the world.
AiaI iitt AONp l. Is Ill the SdIi-
torium-did she try to do all these
things he wants the housekeeper to do
and wasn't she even paid $50 a month
for her time and her work and her
energy?
How many wOmen are there in this
country today who are doing just ex-
actly this kind of thing and whose hus-
n think they are unreasonable if
they dare TO hint at a separate al
lowance.
Money-to pay for such service as
this,
There isn't money enough in the
world to do it-not if you looted all
the banks and dug out all the gold
mines,
Love, devotion, the sense of pro-
lection. home and the joys of home
ali. yes, for these. the right sort of
woman will do a thousand times these
things and do them with a song in her
heart and a smile on her lips,
Crowns Are Deserved
I'm afraid though that the gentle
who is looking for a housekeeper
will have TO make up his mind to get
a good cook and a fairly efficient nurse,
or else to send his children away to
school.
Yet. there are hundreds of women
in every big city who work for a living
and cook and mend, and
wash and iron. and keep a home to-
for their children in the bar
gain.
| never see one of them without
wishing | could take off my hat and
stand bareheaded to let her pass.
They are the real royalty of this
earth and if they don't wear crowns
somewhere. then there is
something wrong about the whole sys-
fem