The Washington times., 1937-08-02

BOake Carter
Some of Ladies
Greener Pastures
Fools and Angels

Some Of the ladieS-God
bless 'em-have taken excep-
ton to what I said about an
educational professors sugges-
ton that men stay at home
and do the housework and
women go out and bring home
"the bacon"
Now, somewhat naturally,
this was to be expected, be-
cause it was a male talking
about females and their place
in the home; and If any topic
ever gets under the skin Of the
lady, it is being told where her
place Is. In addition, the sense
Of humor Of the female Of the
species is uncertain when a
mere male presumes to make
a mild suggestion about her
duties.
A lady columniSt in a Mid
Western paper, for instance,
labors through twothirdS Of a
column, comparing the back
breaking job Of a mother,
chasing the children, washing
their muddy feet, settling back
yard kid fights, cooking over a
hot stove, washing the kitchen
floor, hanging out the wash
and other similar chores, to
the case with which this
columnist "lolls back in an air
cooled office, debating to a
stenographer," for a few hours
a day.
Discounting the seriousness
with which she takes herself,
the lady creates the impression
that the job Of being q wife
and staying at home is the job
of q martyr, packed only with
physical drudgery with no COM
pensation.
I beg to differ with that
conception for I believe that a
woman's Job in the home Is
the most worthwhile job in
the world, because she is per.
forming a creators job-a job
of building an atmosphere Of
love, warmth and molding
human lives.
No matter how much physical
effort she puts into that job,
her ultimate reward Is so much
greater. 1t is the reward Of
spiritual satisfaction Of q Job
we'll done.
The trouble with so many
women, as I see it, is that they
believe too strongly in that old
adage about everybody's pasture
being much greener than our
own. They too often feel that
their Job is uninteresting and
dreary and that Of a man is
bright and interesting.
Men have just as much
struggle to make good out in the
world as women have to make
good at home. And certainly
most men are glad to rush home
at night. They are as dead tired
from wrestling with outside con-
facts as women are tired from
wrestling with the children.
There is no opportunity for a
let.down for the man in the
afternoons, but there are many
odd moments when a woman
doesn't have to push herself. A
man is always driven in life. He
must bring home the bacon or
he is counted a failure. A woman
doesn't have another woman in
the home to compete with. She's
queen in her own household, but
no mans a king out in the bust.
ness world, without constant
fighting.
Have ever scrubbed a kitchen
floor, cleaned a gas stove, hung
out the family wash, prepared
three meals a day. scrubbed a
7-year-old boy behind the ears?
The lady wants to know.
Yes, all five things and many
more. I have waxed floors, col
lected the laundry, put my chill
dren to bed, taken them to
school, fed them their dinner.
held them hours on end at night
in the first year of their lives
when gastronomic pains made
them cry. washed the dishes and
the kitchen sink, not to mention
cleaning the walls with a bucket
of warm water and soap.
On the other side Of the pic
ture, this columniSt has no air.
cooled office. Having been q
newspaper man all his life, he
collects his own material and