The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-03

no you want some one to talk
- to? Would you like a fresh
light on a vexing problem? Write
to Jane Jordan, who will answer
your questions in this column
each day.
Dear lane Jordan-I am an unmarried
woman. so years old. I live at nome
where take care of my dear old tather'
Mother died recently I have kept mouse
for my parents for thirteen years. WhaC
breaks nv heart is that my brothers anu
sisters seem to think that when, 1atner
dies I should have no share in his prop
ertv because I've had my living from
him. -,
have given up the outside world to
care for nv parents. I wash, iron. COOK
in fact. do everything to make nome
Father is awfully close with me- MY
hrothers and sisters treat me like some
one who didn't have half sense. "hey
don't give father the right kind OF at
tention.
DON'T YOU think I ought to have some
thing for my work?
HOUSEHOLD DRUDGE.
Dear Household Drudge - Your
brothers and sisters can not cheat
you out of your rightful share OF
yoru fathers property. When the
time comes, take the matter to the
court and the property will be dl-
vided equally between you and your
brothers and sisters.
NV idea is that you ought to have
back wages for your services to your
mother and father. If you had gone
ont and worked for another family
for thirteen years, you now would
have money laid up to take care OF
yourself. Thirteen years equal 6Io
weeks. At $40 a week, that's $6,76O
that ought to be coming to you.
This is a conservative estimate.
7 pav nv own maid $13 a week,
which includes her room, board and
uniforms, and she does no washing
and ironing.
When your mother was i'll, you
probably nursed her with more loV-
ing care than practical nurse
would give for $25 a week. The
nurse would insist on so many hours
off duty each day, which you DID
not take, and would not help with
the housework, whereas you did 1t
all. In thirteen years there un-
doubtedly we're other illnesses IN the
family which made demands on
YOU. You have earned every cent
of YOUR keep by taking care OF your
uarents and you're still earning II
by keeping house for your father.
Would Have to Hire Help
If YOU were not with him, ne
would have to hire some one to do
the work that you do and pay more
than he pays you. =.
Your father ought to make Will
amply providing for your old age IN
a way that would silence your sell
fish brothers and sisters. Fortun-
ately for you, if he does not do this,
the law will protect you.
Your story is not new one. Many
a family has its household drudge,
who slaves morning, noon and night
without credit. They look down
upon her because she works in the
home of her parents instead OF her
husband. They accept the sacrifice
of her life as something of no mo-
ment.
Instead of appreciating her serv-
ices to their aging parents, they be-
grudge the very food she eats and
the clothes she wears. She tolls
INCREASINGLY without reward and
then they want to deprive her OF
her share of the family property on
the premise that she got her living
for nothing.
For nothing! Is there one of your
married sisters who does not loudly
acclaim that she earns her share
of her husbands income by keeping
his house and preparing his food?
Has any one of them been as eco
nomicai and inexpensive to main
tain as you have?
Kick Over the Traces
Would they have been satisfied
to work day in and day out with as
few clothes and no amusements?
You have helped your father to save
what he has accumulated and are
entitled to your just share of it.
If any other household drudge
who is martyr to a selfish, grasp
ing family reads this, hope she
will take warming, break over the
traces and get a job outside of the
family circle before she gets kicked
out in the cold. Besides, the. pay is
much better.
Dear Jane Jordan-I am a girl Of 80
and I have been going with a man
year and half. He is separated. but not
divorced. He has asked me to be his
wife when he is free. and I have con-
sented. He claims he loves me more than
any one else in the world. and I love him
and want him. But when mention any
thing about divorce. he says he intends
to get one just as soon as possible. and
that's all the answer I get.
I'm getting tired of waiting. as I am
being true to him and giving up all my
other friends for him. Sometimes I think
he is stringing me- Shall I give him
little more time, or shall I really check
him out? PEGGY.
Dear Peggy-Your original mis-
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