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Show Deal 13 grand and all tl'at, but I hare the feeling that we'll be better off In the long run with mother doing do-ing overtime, as usual Mrs.-Walter Ferguson, In New York World-Telegram. . . CODE AND HOME NOT IN UNISON There's a good deal of talk about shorter working hours for the American Amer-ican housewife under the NRA, but I Imagine that's about all It will ever amount to. Every time Ave begin a new national nation-al enterprise, the patient home-body Is promised something, and although she always gives her enthusiastic support, she gets very little relief. She's like the farmer. Life for her Ls more promise than pay. But for that we sha'n't blame the President or General Johnson or the Drain Trust or any man or set of men. It's Just our nnfortunate fate. Daughters of Eve, you know, suffering, suffer-ing, the consequences. Somehow codes and time clocks do not fit Into our schemes of life. When the baby's formula must be ready and papa yells for more pancakes pan-cakes we can't stop to worry about whether we are complying with the New, or just lazylng along under the Old DeuL Codes may come and codes may go, but housework goes on forever. for-ever. And we don't much care. In fact, we rather like It. We're going to do our full share to get Uils country back to sanity and prosperity, but we shall not, commit ourselves too far as to rules that seek to regulate how and when we shall put out the wash or do up the dishes. Ilomes can't be run like factories, and we wouldn't want them to be. So In spite of modern efficiency, we still like to loiter In the kitchen and to spend a whole afternoon cleaning out dresser drawers, or making a batch of fudge. Ilome work has to have Inspiration behind it; therefore we hate to be told we must not indulge our passion for cleaning house at unexpected moments or for moving the furniture when the urge hits us. My heart has often bled for the overworked housewife. LTowever, I'm still opposed to mamma knocking off when the clock strikes. "The New |