The Washington times., 1928-08-24
You Can Possess
Both, Declares
Child Expert
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but / don't want to get mar
ried and have babies" you cry.
II want a career"
Have you ever stopped to figure
out Just why it Is the career
you want, meaning job where
you can begin work at a certain
time and quit at a. certain time,
and have a certain portion OF
your very own money to spend?
I believe this rush Of girls into
the world Of business is not mott
waited by d desire to take an ac-
tive part in its manipulations, so
much as by the fact that wifehood
and motherhood have been con-
Quoted along such inefficient lines
that they have seemed like slavery
and ill-paid servitude. Why can't
we put these jobs onto such an,
intelligent, well-regulated schedule
that they will be as highly priced
as careers?
/ imagine there is not one Of
you girls who hasn't dreamed that
some day q glorious Prince Charm.
ing would appear on the skyline,
gaily and nightly approaching
you on his white horseor per-
chance q Rolls Royce. 1t Is very
improbable that any woman DELHI
erately decides to live and die en-
tirely alone, And even il she does
so decide, there always seems to
be q moment when she ups and
saws Yes" to some male or other.
So il seems inevitable that at
some time or other, you will he
the mistress Of home, and prob
ably a mother. / hope you won't
sigh and drop a stray tear as YOU
close your desk for the last time
and feel that you are giving up
life because YOU are going to work
IN q home instead Of an office.
Why not begin now, even along
with your business course to study
homemal1ing and efficient care Of
children Prepare for a business
career IL you like. A few years OF
the daily grind win make you a
thousandfold more understanding
and patient with your husband
when he returns at night from
hectic business day. Also, there
are many lines OF work which a
well balanced woman can incorpo-
rate into her routine Of being
Wits and mother. to the great inn
prcvement of each OF these activi-
ties.
But you. who are 80 quick in
taking dictation, so slxillful in
meeting people who are bent on
interviewing your "boss," so clever
IN putting over q sale for your
firm--sureIy YOU will be terribly
ashamed ii, when yoiI are at the
head OF your home, You conduct Il
haphazardlv.
Tit home making courses are q
lot OF fun. You will learn about
the family as q social center, as
social unit: health OF the family;
home care of the sick; child train
ing: well-baIanced meals: how to
budget your household allowance;
about labor-saving devices. and so
on, through 4 long, interesting list.
If YOU do not know where YOU
can enter class Of this kind, the
auperintendent OF schools OF your
city will undoubtedly know, or
apply to your State university for
information.
I fully believe that the reason
we have always SHE'D away from
housework and the care of chill
dren is because we have de.
pended upon our instincts more
or less to pull US through. where
a. home-making and parenthood
are careers which need instruction
more than many OF the others.
NY friends tell me prepare
delicious dinners for them. and
one asked me recently IL l liked
to cook, ending with: you must
like 1T or you couldn't do 1t 30
well.
II detest It," / replied. $50
learned to do 1t as efficiently and
swiftly as possible, so could have
time free to do things / like"
liz you hate homework I'D sug-
gest the same procedure for you.
Whale into 1t, backed up by a
good course in home economics.
and you will soon have 1t regu-I
lated and systematized to such an
extent that IL will be over and
well done without firing you bit.
Make your housework as bust
nesslike an you made your office
work, and you will soon expert
ence pride and respect for it
which you have thought unbe;
1ievable.
IT 4 L. Id