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Show 'Perils of Pauline' ....Modern Style steel. Kids have special little tricks to keep us on edge. If we want them to eat they aren't hungry. If we don't have time to fix anything, they are starving. If we are in a hurry to take them somewhere, they will spill their get us to clean our dirty ovens and our husbands nagging us about getting organized and staying on a budget. It's a wonder we don't all crack under the strain. By the way, when is the next train? milk, get gum in their hair, and have to go to the bathroom for an extended period of time. Every wife and mother also knows the tensions associated with taking the little ones shopping. They won't ride in the shopping carts-that would cramp their style. They couldn't throw in every goodie they passed if they were confined to a cart. And, they couldn't keep getting in front of you and whining about getting run over. We have to stand up under the strain of our conscience trying to By Mary Gae Evans Have you ever heard about the silent movie serial, The Perils of Pauline. Poor Pauline was tied to the railroad tracks with a fast-moving fast-moving train coming toward her almost every week.. She had it ' easy compared to the average housewife and the tension we have to endure. Being tied to a railroad track with a train coming seems mild compared to ' the feeling you get when you find ! out company is coming to stay overnight at your house on the same day you chose to clean out . the closets and left the dishes and beds for later. The company will show up before you have time to stuff the tennis rackets and boxes of Christmas decorations back on the top shelf or sort out the 20-odd pairs of shoes no one wears covering the floor. And Pauline never knew the feeling you can get when you wake up with a headache and try f to fix breakfast with a baby in your arms, a toddler whining and hanging onto your leg (with sticky fingers), and two others ' fighting over who gets the prize ' in the cereal until they finally " spill the whole box on the carpet. Talk about tension, 1 motherhood takes nerves of |