The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-01
MOnOtOnO1tS!
MARRIAGE Is
NeUer That
BY MARTHA LEE

To-day, yesterday, every day. Al
ways the same!" writes one woman
who is beginning to find marriage
too mononotous for any good words.
And she is not speaking for herself
alone. Letter after letter comes to
the Office voicing that sentiment in
one way or another.
Marriage is not any more mo-
notonous than any other occupation.
In fact, if anything, it offers an IN
finite variety of things that Joo,
a career, single blessedness, or what
ever you want to call it, offers.
There is nothing more interesting,
fascinating, mentally stimulating ~
the world than watching peace ana
happiness grow apace. HouSehoId
duties are no more irksome than
filing or tipping or any Of the things
women usually do in the business
world. 81
Dissatisfied" writes this doletsll
letter:
Dear Miss Lee have been married six
years and am so fed up with houseWorK
and taking care of children that / could
lump in the lake. The same thing every
day, dishes to wash. busting to do the
children to keep out of mischief and meals
to cook.
read in the magazines about women
who have careers. How bright and inter-
esting their lives seem and how dull mine
is in comparison. MY husband is a good
provider and seems to love me, but I am
unhappy and dissatisfied. I am still
young. Do you think could start out and
make any Roadway in the business
world2 DISSATISFIED.
These women you read about
probably are envying you just as
much as you are them. The &C
tresses, who must memorize lines
and then repeat them day in and
day out, month after month, prob
ably find acting just as r11onotonous
as you do housework. They no doubt
envy you the security of a home
and husband and the joy of watch
ing your own children blossom from
babyhood to childhood.
It's just the old story of always
wanting what you haven't got.
Yours is the enviable career of
women on earth, and you haven't
the sense to see it. All you need is
to sit down and count your bless
ings to get a viewpoint that will
make your whole life seem like a
poem. How better can woman's
creative instinct be satisfied than by
producing perfect children and
making q happy home?
n II
One of the most valuable things
that school does for children is to
bring them in contact with children
outside their own strata Of life. 1t
teaches them, through daily con-
tact, how to deal with other human
beings. 1t brings to their attention
the varying conditions of life. 1t
shows them how to make friends,
how to manage the very important
business of handling human reIa-
tionships.
No parent has a right to deprive
his child O.. this heritage. His
friendships must be cultivated just
as thoroughly as his taste in litera-
ture. 1t is just as important that
he learn show to deal with people as
it is that he master the multiple
cation table.
A child, whose father denies her
companionship writes:
Dear Miss Lee-I had the most wonder
full girl friend, but father, who never has
allowed me to have companions, insulted
her and now she feels cool towards me,
She said she never will come to my house
again, because father insulted her.
am very lonely, Miss Lee. All the
other girls and boys in our school can
have dates or have groups Of friends over
in the evening. am not even allowed
to spend few hours after school with
my classmates. feel out of everything.
What can do? FIFTEEN.
Your father has no right to de-
prive you of the friendship of your
classmates, nor the activities of
your school. They are a necessary
part of your education. Tell him
how lonely you are for friends of
your own age, how out of things
you feel, and ask his permission to
have your classmates at your home.
in case he does not want you to 60
out.