Show daily tasks for wife and mother few women will look upon household duties as monotonous ivonen omen are best suited for onous jobs that head ng to a nen news s d sent several of our readers up in arms best suited indeed what they mean Is that women did the monotonous work that was mas put upon them as long as they could not help themselves writes one of the friends whom we heard from before the basis for it all was nas the bubli cation of a report of a british sod that women adapt them selves to monotonous work with greater success than men that they can best bring themselves to the dilly daily performance of monotonous aorl w orb without losing their interest in life it la is true enough that women have hane tor for centuries done uncomplainingly the w norl orb that was their duty though it was not aldys the work they would have chosen the reference Is of course to the monotonous grind of housework the job of home and children but it seema seems to me that that Is not all there Is to it the question Is are household tasks as monotonous to the wife and mother as they seem are the rou tine chores involved always as and uninspiring as they may seem to one who looks upon them coldly and jimperson impersonally illy the setting to lights of the little home tome the preparation of 0 the meal meat the family will enjo are these du ties trying to a woman of imigine im igana tion lion for my part I 1 should say the moie imagination the less trying they are anery job of course at i some time pall pain all work has its i i good and its less pleasant aspects duties which in tl em selves might be pleasure able become a strain when f multiplied beyond t the h e capacity e ity ot t a beyond capa the tia single person to c cope 0 pe with lt h them cut but if the demands upon her are within reason reasonable ible limits I 1 can very well under stai d a wife ife and mother 4 with 1 ali abundant imagination enjoying th the e ta tasks s ks i involved nv 0 1 N ed in t the h e m making al ci n g 0 ot f a home e an and d t the 1 i e up bri bringing n g in g 0 ot f c ahll ht 1 4 dren it requires imagination on the part ot of the observer to feel the joy ous thrill in the task of making up a lunch for little lobby to take to school to measure the unbounded flig slights lits of fancy enjoyed by a mother bent over the appa apparently bently monotonous job of mil mal ing a party dress tor for her daughter Is it tint thit women momen are suited to in noton y or that de feats monotony Q bell syndicate service |