Show THROUGH A f WOMANS WOMAN'S EYES I IBy By Oy JEAN NEWTON g IC a. a b by th the tb lion 1111 B Ine In The Tyranny of 01 Things Thing In his Story of or Mankind Hendrick Van Loon anye of the Greeks The story of ot Greek life Is III a story of ot simplicity Things Thing chairs and tables and books and houses and carriages car car- are apt to take up a great deal of ot their owners owner's time In the end they thel Invariably make mah him their slave and his hours bours are spent looking after their wants want keeping them polished and brushed and pointed painted d. d The Greeks before before before be be- fore everything else wanted to be befree befree befree free both In In mind and in lu body That they might maintain their they liberty and be trul truly free tree In spirit they reduced their dally needs to the theo lowest possible pos po sible point And this reminds me of the time when I was a little tittle girl when a very rich lady who lived In a very verI large house bouse with a great many servants remarked remarked re re- marked to my mother that she was going away to tu rest from her household duties That appealed to my baby tense sense of humor Six servants servants and and sho needed Deded a rest from household duties I IMy IMy My mother tried to explain what I J have long since discovered that discovered that the larger her house bouso and the greater the number of ot her servants the bigger Is Isa Isa s sa a womans woman's job And so so-It so It is with most of the things we call caU l luxuries They tyrannize tyrannize tyrannize tyran tyran- nize over us Like the woman who must Indoors on ott a beautiful day because the crystal closet must bo be washed or the hangings cleaned most of us are in some measure under the tyranny tranny of ot things Silver has to be constantly polls polished ed Furniture must be dusted and kept shining Jewels must be locked in strong boxes of which people are constantly constantly con con- losing the Uie keys l I Indeed the tramp takes the lonely road with less care and a lighter heart than the woman woman wom wom- an who rides In a limousine bedecked with jewels on account of which she Is In fear of her life It has been said that Heavy lies the head bead that wears a crown but not heavier than the mans man's whose bolted doors must guard valuables that Invite thieves A A. woman whom I suspect of f Greek ancestry made the remark the other day dar that with the glorious doors oi doors of and so many wonderful and InterestIng Interesting interesting Interest- Interest Ing things in life to enjoy It is a crime that we must give so much time to simply keeping the wheels going round the round the dressmaker and the hairdresser hairdresser hair hair- dresser and the butcher the baker the candlestick maker house bouse home and antI other routine The Tim Greeks In their simplicity had bad the right Idea |