The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-21

stead of becoming a bookkeeper as my sister did. She has her own hours and certain respect from the community. Yet I work much harder than she does and really make more money than she does. Why shouldn't share an equal social position and an equal right to some leasure? Why?''
 
 Should Have Regular Hours
 You should. After all, 1t is just as noble to make a cake as 1t is to write song or add up 8 list of numbers in a ledger. Just be- cause you work between household walls doesn't mean that you should have a succession of never-ending tasks. Housey; ork should be organ ized as well as office work.
 You have every right to rebel be- cause you are accorded a lower status than her sister. Any work that is clean and decent is honor able. Every since there have been poets and clergy and men who love well-ordered homes, they have sung the praises of women's work of home-making. There are rulers in the world today who are trying to direct great exodus from the of- fees and schools to the kitchens.
 Homemaker VerSuS Domestic
 It is ironical to be forced to be- lieve, as we must, that home mak- ing tasks are considered less hon. orable when performed for their ac- complishment than by those who minister in homes of their own.
 Undoubtedly the secret of this strange phenomenon comes in the fact that society has 8 profound re- spect for organization and the do- nestle service has always been at loose ends.
 Although no woman or man has 8 right to force another person into utter sublimation just because he or she is on the payroll, those who are engaged in domestic serv- ice frequently find that they work around the clock. True, there are gracious, kind employers who grant privileges and make few demands, but unfortunately there are many who think that housework should not call Q halt when the clock strikes an appointed hour. It is be- cause of this group that the maids feel the need of banding together.
 Endorsement . Problem
 How could any rules be enforced to see that women employed in homes get square deal, the ques- ton rises? After all, mans home is his castle. The Magma Charta es- tahlished 1t as such. Within Its walls, palatial or humble, he rules supreme, and 1t isn't anybody's busi- ness if he goes to bed at g o'clock or reads till 2.
 Not until all people are kind and considerate and fair, not until mans inhumanity to man is as antiquated as the early stone age, will we be able to do away with supervision in LklG Icldt4OA1o414po OA tAAC AuAAAoA A1SS' Therefore, the true must suffer with the untrue, the just with the un- just.
 May Lead to Difficulties
 Just the same, a question of paramount interest arises if the housemaids' union should become reality. Is it wiser to let the law invade mans home to see that he does right by the girl who bakes the bread and answers the doorbell, or is 1t better to trust to his de- cency and honor and let the doe nestle drama within his own, four walls be sacred to him?
 It is this interference with per sonal freedom on the part of the employers that makes organization difficult for the domestic workeds. Just the same, it is a problem that deeply concerns multitude of women.
 Copyright, 1886, NEA Service, 1nco