The Washington times., 1937-07-16
Listen, World!
By Elsie Robinson
How Long Would the "Missis'' Hold Her
lob If She Were Hired Help?
BIZ Elsie Robinson


lob If She Were Hired Help?
A RE you wife' Or planning to become Onef Then
EAhere remarks which you'd better clip from
the paper before Dad comes home.
One of Americans No. Wives makes them-Mrs. Paul
Whteman has been the highly appreciated spouse Of
the big beaming Baton Boy for six This appreca
tion-she hastens to us-didnt Just Happen She
worked for t-and plenty Now in the July issue of GOOD
HOUSEKEEPING she's passing some of her secrets on,
under the title 'HOW TO BE SWELL WIFE,
Great stuff But let you sistersif you expect
Mistress Whteman to take down her hair and join you in
Good Hard Cry about those Horrid Men, you're due for
JOLT For here's wife, at least who does NOT share
the widespread notion that Wives Get the Worst Of It.
To the contrary, she frankly crticizes their act!
Matrimony, to Mrs Paul. is regular profession and
she has scant patience with ladies who pull tantrums loaf
on the job or indulge in orgies of self.pity
wake up! says she. You're married now and playing
the fastest and most exciting game in the whole world
one that demands everything you've got!'
Next she proceeds remind the sisterhood that The
Home belongs to the husband we'll to the wife
that he has contributed as much, not more than she
to the venture and therefore has exactly much right to
express his tastes therein and indulge his personal habits
including That Terrible Pipe, Those Awful Necktes and
Those Simply Impossible Friends.
Which will certainly come welcome lot Of
the boys whove been parking themselves on the fire escape
lest ey %us up the Dear ne +a nn m Os
ante aren't they2 Then why shouldn't they be allowed to
sit in on the game?
Having by this time things sizzling all the West
ern Front Mrs. Whiteman hurls final blast which is
guaranteed the last shred Of wey compacency
every and then" says she "a wife should put
herself in the place Of salared worker and whether
she hold her job sheer efficiency has to depend
on sentiment and After such test, you will gem
orally find that your husband than compromising
you for whate"er you do"
IN OTHER WORDS SISTER, GETTING DOWN TO
CASES-HOW LONG COULD YOU HOLD YOUR JOB If
YOU WERE HIRED HELP
Suppose you used your present technique in office
job
Suppose you were as careless and Cutlery behind q
counter as you in bungalow were as often tardy
wasted as much time daily over the Boss telephone
as you do your went into tantrums, soos or
suks when things ispleased you left jobs half lsheo
:. messed up your orders HOW LONG WOULD YOU.
LASTF
Just long enough to let the door bang behind you!
For believe it or not Performance-AND NOTHING
ELSE BUT-determines office tenure Trick ankles and
Come-Hither Eyes may cnch job in the films But not
in real f Romantic theories to the contrary Laborng
Ladies have to step ively-OR ELSE!
There's the standard your husband lives by twelve hours
each day. There's the sort of performance ne sees demon
srated Then be comes home to YOU sister. And what?
How does YOUR technique compare with that OF the
girl he left behind hint How long will be before he
starts making obnoxious comparisonsf AND WHOSE
FATIT WILL IT BE IF HE CONCLUDES THAT HE HAS
BEEN SHORT-CHANGED? I wonder!
tcOpyrght 1887 Featurs Syndicate 1nc)