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Show The Housework? "If tho wlfo works at any occupation occupa-tion which brings in money and tho husband is out of employment should ho not fill In the idle moments by doing tho housowork nnd looking at tlio children?" This Is a blunt question which a wife who works asks. Sho dwells on hor griovancos still further by adding thnt sho is obliged to rlso very enrly nnd get the breakfast for tho family; sho is obliged to stack up tho dishes dish-es for wnnt ot time to wash them. Hor neighbor noxt door looks after tho children for a small amount until un-til her return at night. Aftor hor supper dishes nro cleared away at night, she has the children to Put to bed, tho washing, Ironing, housoclean-ing housoclean-ing and mending to do. "My husband slts around tho houso all day," sh0 adds, "varying tho monotony by going out to search for work, but secretly hoping ho won't find It. Now, while ho Is nt homo theso long days, couldn't ho take care of tho children, prepare an easily eas-ily cooked meal for them, wash tho dishes and sweep the floor nt least? Ho says It Isn't a man's work nnd ho refuses to do It. I say If ho can not Hnd work outsldo ho should bo glnd to do It In sldo. This enso does not stand nlono. Thoro nro mnny hundreds Just llko It tho world oer. Few men nro brought up to perform household duties. du-ties. Tho excellent bookkeeper, nc curnto nt figures, who seldom makes a mlstako, would find himself nt his wits end as to how to escape breaking break-ing sonio of tho dlshos ho would bo required to wash. Cooking would bo nn equal hardship. Ho would not know whether tho making of coffee callod for a spoonful of baking powder, pow-der, sugar or nn egg; how long It took to cook mush, to mnko It thin ns gruol or thick ns dough, whether to glvo tho children bread and butter thickly coated with sugar ovory tlmo thoy nsked for It or not to glvo thorn half enough to satisfy tholr young nppotlles. Thoro nro husbands who fit nlcoly Into tho omorgency. Thoro nro oth ors whom it would knock nil askew ns being distasteful. Rather than to ho pressed Into tho househo'd sorvlco, sor-vlco, which goes against tho grnln. a mun should bo up nnd doing, out looking for work early and into, re fusing lo accept defeat. Whon ho must spend a few hours In tho home, lovo for his wlfo should prompt him to do many little acts to lighten tho load which Is upon her overburdened shoulders. Assisting her does not detract from his manliness. He earns her gratitude, which is far more satisfying sat-isfying than outsldo pay oven. A hnppy, contented family means that each docs all In his or her power to help, regardless of what tho work tii bo dono may bo. |