Show German Housewives Aging Sooner Because Of Oi Homes NEW YORK German yerman house house- housewives housewives housewives wives look 10 years older than American housewives of the same oge because they have none of the saving labor-saving devices used in homes and kitchens here This observation was made by two German women teachers Dr Anna Buehler of Munich and Dr Gertrude Weis- Weis mantel of Fulda Hesse at Pratt institute in Brooklyn where they were studying American education Members of a group of fifteen German educators selected by the American military government in hi Germany for a tour of American educational institutions they were attending classes in their special field Dr Buehler is a social scientist while Dr specialty is arts and crafts I The housewife in Germany has hasa a hard life Dr Buehler declared Dr interposed that the deutsche has no cen cen- central central central heating no refrigeration no running water Food has to be car car- carried carried carried ried up sometimes four flights from the cellar wood or coal burn ing stoves in various rooms have to be kept going Dr Buehler added that many German Gennan housewives to to- today today today day were so poor that they used discarded tin cans as cooking utensils They have no dishes knives or forks she added Both women were impressed with the way American men help their wives with household chores You dont don't find that in Germany Dr Buehler said A German man never would help his wife wash or ordry ordry ordry dry the dishes Only recently since some German men saw American men lift small children in their arms I saw a few copy the custom But on the whole the German men consider such actions as strictly womans woman's work |