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Show SW 1 LFPU OTHER fliO Ulll EDITORS From the Bremerton, Washington Washing-ton Sun: There's nothing like a three-week vacation at home to reveal the idiocy of those who claim American women are lazy and spoiled. The housewife may be the 'only non-specialist left in this world of specialization. She must be all things to a considerable number of people. She is responsible for the physical, phy-sical, mental and spiritual welfare of anywhere from one to a dozen children and adults. She superintends superin-tends growing-up in the fastest-growing fastest-growing era man has ever known. She must know and have faith indeed, must BE an article of faith in a faithless age. In a time of doubt and fear, she must betray no bewilderment or insecurity. inse-curity. She must be an island of calm in a frantic world. If a woman in a Chinese community com-munity works in a rice paddy, someone minds her children and keeps house. If a European woman wom-an must discharge high social obligations, someone else cooks. If an Eskimo wife must cook and keep house and mind the children, her man does the shopping with his gun. The American woman must rear a model family, shop, cook, keep house inside and out, entertain and keep a man happy. To help her, she has gadgets; and because these theoretically give her leisure leis-ure time, she is expected to participate par-ticipate in great numbers of activities ac-tivities for church and school, country and community, and family fam-ily and neighbor. She must be the intellectual, academic and artistic equal of both husband and children so she doesn't bring shame to them, but she must never overshadow them. She must dream with man and child and at the same time be terribly practical. She must know more rules than a lawyer and more truth than the greatest philosopher, phi-losopher, and be always more just than justice. She must be strong and weak, somber and gay, sympathetic sym-pathetic and tough, devious and direct. She has to work before a man's day begins and long after his day has ended, but always be fresh and beautiful. And if she finds time to open a magazine, she is sure to find there an article telling her how lazy and selfish and inadequate in-adequate she is. She must give infinitely and receive re-ceive infmitesimally and be happy hap-py with it. No thanks. Make mine the salt mine. fill ' Au - vj : fci.itKia ,,8i.iaiM.jhi,ti.t itAls !uJii,itiS2Si!',j ACT OF DEFAMATION . . . Workman removes anU-semiiic markings from the front of a Jewish store in Leeds, England. Six shops were defamed in the citv. |