Show By DR LOYAL CRANE LOOKING OUT FOR MOTHER I 1 dont don't know whether being a mother should be classified a as a 0 profession holding down a aJob ajob ajob Job or Just a 0 condition But whatever whatever whatever what what- ever It is It Is certain work and nd hard work at that Now O OIn In over ever every field Of ot work that I know anything about provision n Is made for tor the worker to get occasional occa occasional occa occa- periods of ot rest In the great majority of occupations the Uie worker labors seven or eight hours a day for fifty weeks a year and no more His free time is regarded as inviolable inviola inviola- ble and properly so Bu But how about the mother Heally Really Really Real Heal ly the suggestion that she too should occasionally have a little free freetime freetime freetime time to herself seems almost runny it is 15 so 50 far removed from toni the facts as we know them But Is It so funny tunnY after all nIl I do donol donot donot not nol think so so To me mo It seems more nearly tragic than humorous For of all the occupations that hum human n kind falls heir to there Is none m m. re wracking nerve than caring for I children Is It any wonder then that so many mothers become nervous wrecks before their children are half halt grown But you say what hat are you g to dp about It It is in the nature of things that mothers should care for their children Granted Nevertheless there Is Ss eon considerable that may be done about It Of course there is nothing nothing noth noth- ing that can be done about reducing the hours of mothers mother's working day Hers is a twenty four our shift and she must accept it ft But she can occasionally be relieved from the Job for a few days at a time That I Is what grandmothers and mothers-in-law mothers are m made mide de for And there are mighty few tew grandmothers who would not be delighted to have haV their grandchildren visit with them three or four times a year for fol a few days at a time Indeed my private guess guess Uess would be that most grandparents would like to see a great deal more of or of their grandchildren than they do For It is no great trouble to care for a family of df children for fora a few days at a time That Is a pleasure It is the day in and day out unremitting care caro of ot a brood of children that exhausts the mothers mother's mothers mother's mothers mother's moth moth- ers er's nervous system It Is the constant constant constant con con- con con- stant dripping that wears the stone I Give these few brief periods of rest throughout the year the average average average aver aver- age mother can weather these most trying y years ars o of early married life Without them she is almost sure to break under the strain Of course It need not be bea a grandmother to whom the tho children are occasionally sent Aunts uncles uncles un un- cles des cousins or even real close friends will often otten be glad to serve But the important thing thins Is that mother be relieved The mother who herself herself herself her her- self a martyr slaves herself herselt into a condition of ot nervous exhaustion Irritability and anti fatigue Until she is no longer lonser fit to live with Is really sinning against herself and her family Nothing Is harder to put up tip with than to live with a person who is nervously exhausted And there Is Ss no excuse for It ever however however however how how- ever much excuse there may my seem to be Each Kach persons person's supreme first duty Is to look out for himself or her her- self This Includes mothers Dr Crane will be glad to advise our readers on problems of ot home training mental development school progress vocational guidance guid suld- ance etc Address J your letters to Dr Crane care McClure Newspaper per Syndicate New ew York Inclosing stamped addressed envelope for reply Copyright ht 19 Ins 5 by the McClure Newspaper per S Syndicate t |