Evening star., 1944-07-03

is worth giving up many pleasures
for and This is my job. I do not ex.
pect my husband to do any house.
hold chores; that, too, is my part
however heavy 1t may seem. Home
Is what you make it, and If you want
to work a bit more to keep 1t bit
nicer-there you are
You will get out of anything just
what you put into 1t. God made Us
men and women. He gave us our du-
ties and we should accept graciously
No amount Of talk can change the
natures Of man or woman. We shall
probably go on for generations OF
women resenting our status and
trying to change our men. While
they will 60 on trying to make us
understand why it is essential to
their natures to fish. hunt. play
ball and in general be the little boy
who never grows up. They will re-
sent it just as much If they are
imposed" upon with household
chores. 1t is fine If you have the
type of man who is handy about
the-house and equally at ease
changing diaper or fiat tire, but
we are all different-characters
personalities, dispositions. We must
all work at living" and be grateful
and proud to have a safe, comfort
able home In which to work, and
men and children for which to work
MANPOWER AT HOME; SUG-
GESTIONS; GARDENIA PLANT:
Thanks to Mrs. S. F. c., Arlington J
This is the first time have ven-
tured an opinion on one of the con-
troversial subjects presented the
Clearing House, but I feel particu-
larly qualified in this matter. A
reader asked how much should be
expected from the man of the
house; another wrote that earning
a living is his job and that should
be enough. This might be true If
the man is engaged in a job requir-
ing considerable manual labor, long
hours on his feet, etc. but here in
Washington many of the wage earn
ers are employed by the Govern
ment, and their work is mostly men
tai.
have held good positions in the
Government. fairly high in the pro-
fessional scale. ; have worked for
and with men and have had men
working for me; so I think 1 can
safely say that their work is not
so strenuous that they cannot lend
hand at home after working hours.
I have come home from a hard days
work, done the marketing, helped
with dinner, played with the baby,
bathed him, etc, night after night,
with no apparent i'll effects. And I
am only woman 1t is true that /
have thought enviously of some of
my fellow employees who probably
went home, picked up the paper
listened to their favorite radio pro-
grams and asked their wives to
please keep the children quiet be-
cause they had hard day at the
office.
Since the arrival of my second
child. have resigned and become
housewife. 1 can truthfully say
this: 1t Is far easier working for
the Government than staying home
and keeping house And 1 had a
very responsible position involving
considerable overtime work and ali
the petty annoyances and problems
that go with it.
So. don't let the man fool YOU
He sits at a desk all day. or at a
conference table. or at calculating
machine. There is nothing like some
manual labor to rest a tired mind
He can certainly wash and ior dry
the dinner dishes, bathe the chill
dren after you have had a particu-
larly strenuous day at home. put
them to bed and even help with
the laundry, floor scrubbing, etc
What do women do who have chill
dren and work?
But let me add this, slightly of
the subject. No matter how much
easier working in an office is, you
pay, or I should say, your children
pay, too high price for the easier
lie and increased income. It is al.
most inevitable that the children
will develop some sense of insecur.
lty, no matter how efficient and low.
ing the person left in charge o.
them. My housekeeper, 1 believe
loved tf> children dearly, and they
her, but the change since I hav.
been home with them is so marked
their progress so much more rapie
and their dispositions so improved
that I would turn down the bes
position in the world to stay hom,
with them. A half hour in tn,
morning and an hour or two in tn,
evening after your day in the offic,
Is not enough time to begin to Civ,
a child his rightful share of YOU
time and guidance.
Now for a few household help.
that have been planning to pas.
on to the readers for some time:
First, store leftover halves of cit,
rus fruit cut side down on a saucer
in the refrigerator. This prevent!
the drying out of the top surface.
Second, cut strip from a cartor
OF butter about an inch wide ane
the length of cube of butter. 4
cube OF butter is the equivalent O
y cup or tablespoons. Divide thi
strip in half and draw a line. Thi
marks 4 cup or 4 tablespoons
Divide this space in half and draw