The Wrangell sentinel., 1933-05-19

tion of the Alaska Press.
The exhibit was marvellous. Man
had used God-given powers, and
delicate mechanisms did his bid
ding at touch. One could not but
feel that each device was the last
word in inventive genius. Breath
taking equipment was designated
as time savers, labor savers, health
savers and mother savers.
you would not need to turn
hand if you had all this" said a
man in awed tones to little blue
clad woman at his side.
IF 1 didn't have to turn hand,
what would l use my hands for?
she asked with an appreciative
smile for his thoughtfulness. What
would 1 do all day." she demanded.
What would you want to do,
he countered, that you have no
time to do now, if I had the money
to buy you all these things? p -
Time! A magic word! A word
that can mean joy or sorrow, re-
grets or forgetfulness, self-indul-
gence or service.
Gone forever are the days when
mother rose with the dawn to cook
the elaborate meal that was then
deemed necessary for the days be-
ginning. No longer does she spend
precious hours carding the wool
and spinning it, weaving the cloth
and making it into garments for
the entire family. Sometimes, moth
er worked in the field, too, if she
were strong and well and manhelp
hard to get, for mother, at her
best, was ever a creature of ability
and courage and willingness to do.
Father, occasionally was not the
right sort and the child bearing,
that is woman's special gift did
not suffice to justify her exist
ence in his sight She must slave
too, until premature death ended
welI-nigh joyless existence, hands
worn and back bent with the toll
that knew no ceaSlnS.
They toll still, many of the moth
ers of the world, with work-rough
hands, but man, whether for fame
or wealth or a sympathetic desire
to ease the way, has made it pos
sible for mother to have her hours
of leisure.
Mother needs less time for house
keeping. Light floods the home by
the pressure of a finger instead of
by the kerosene lamp chimney
method. A central heating plant
instead of a stove in every room
gives warmth. Meals are more simple
and she has aids in planning them
from sources too numerous to men
ton. She can extract fruit juices
and stir batters by pressing tiny
lever. She can control the cooking
and chilling of foods with equal
ease. Telephone and delivery serv-
ice make for speed in shopping.
Labor saving devices can keep the
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home clean with little exertion on
the part of the mother. Outside
agencies have acquired such
state of perfection that baking,
laundrying and sewing need not be
done in the home at all.
Any woman of average health and
do hay. hnrrooha1d
in a few hours of the morning
with the help of modern equipment.
Her babies are still cared for by
heart and hand and while the
children are small, leisure is in the
offing if she be the right kind of
mother, but the woman whose
collaborating days are over, or who
has never had that soul-stirring
experience can do many things
with the extra hours vouchsafed
her, and one wonders if she rea-
Lies the privileges which may be
hers.
She who has craved pleasure, can
satisfy these cravings by plunging
into the social distractions that her
station in life can provide and her
own personality win. After she has
mounted the highest rung of hef
social ladder tiredness of body and
same crowds, the same so-called
pleasures, the same rush from one
thing to another with less zest for
each with tiredness of body and
soul engulfs her and she wonders
what it meant, after all.
If mother has wished through
the busy days to develop long
neglected talents, now is her oppor-