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Show WHY GROW OLD? . - Assist the Working Wife By JOSEPHINE LOWMAN This article la written for husbands hus-bands who have working wives. There are great benefits to be derived by the husband with a 1 career wife, but there are also I fair penalties Involved. , I In the first place, the hus-1 hus-1 band does not have his nose i quite so tightly pressed against I the grindstone of financial pressure. pres-sure. In th second place, his , wife la apt to remain attrac-I attrac-I tlvs, weU groomed, efficient and I well informed. She probably has i to in order to keep her Job! She I also understand how he feels after a day In an office, as she could not otherwise understand. She has learned to slough off minor irritations and to organise. or-ganise. I think the woman In the home, the one who has several email children and no help, has the hardest Job of all. However, her routine is somewhat flexible, while the commitments In an of flee must be met dally, no matter mat-ter how on feels. The woman In th home can lie down for 10 minutes at a time when she feela the need. Today, many women are carrying car-rying the double load of running a home (often with children In It), and also adding to the family fam-ily income. Thla la an insupportable insup-portable situation unless th husband salutes her efforts ss a career woman by helping at home. It Is otherwise Impossible Impossi-ble for a woman to retain sanity, san-ity, or at least health. I can speak frankly, and even smugly, because my husband ha always felt that way without prodding from me. He has often said, "Why should you do that? Tou work at your career Just , aa hard aa I do at mine." |