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IIKRALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls. Oregon
Monday, October 28, 196
Woman s Boredom With Household Chores
One Of Toughest Problems Facing Husband
WASHINGTON UPI Tlie
other evening a magazine edi
tor named Robert Stein told the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs here that housewives lead
more exerting lives than their
husbands do.
"She Is playing a direct and
indispensable part in shaping
her children's lives," lie said,
"while ha is involved in mean
ingless work in order to feed
and clothe them."
They say Lincoln's Gettys
burg Address was a flop at the
time of delivery, and it may be
that sometime in the next cen
tury Stein will be saluted as
an immortal operator who ut
tered an enduring truth. But
right now ho is in the soup so
far as tho overwhelming num
ber of American women are
concerned. And experts are al
most unanimous in the opinion
that a woman's boredom with
household chores is one of the
toughest problems facing the
American husband.
Bored women who seek psy
chiatric help come up with
these complaints: x
The husband's job is 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., five days a week.
The wife's job is likely to
be 7:30 a.m., until the dinner
dishes are washed. Seven days
a week.
Tho husband can look for
ward to retirement at ago 65.
The wife never retires because
the meals must be cooked and
the beds made regardless of
whether they are living in a
vine covered cottage in Califor
nia or Florida.
In infancy the children are
almost exclusively the responsi
bility of the wife. What Stein
calls a "direct and indispensa
ble part in shaping her chil
dren's lives" also means end
lessly changing diapers and
preparing baby food.
A woman's work is mado
up of many small chores and
sometimes it is difficult to fit
them into a schedule or time
table. (She can't iron tho
clothes until Uiey dry.)
Privileged Statu
The American husband occu
pies a somewhat privileged sta
tus in tho eyes of students of
matrimony. They assume i n
most cases thai- it is the wife
who musl put forth lime,
thought and extra effort to keep
things running smoothly at
home.
"From tho time the female
child Is born," writes Dr. Vir
gil G. Damon, "she is stronger
and has a better chance for sur.
vival than the male. She is
tough.er braver, more patient,
more willing to sacrifice herself
for the family. It takes a lot of
work to make a good marriage,
and husbands are sometimes
too busy carving out a career."
In addition to cleaning the
house, buying the food, cooking
the meals and washing the
dishes, the American housewife
is urged to take on some of the
qualities of a first-class diplo
mat and the dazzling blonde
hostess in a cocktail lounge. She
is urged to "fib gracefully wlien
your opinion is asked about a
minor matter; say something
nice if you possibly can." She
also should "take 20 minutes
just before he comes home to
put on make-up, brush your
hair and change clotlies, if only
to put on a clean blouse."
Common Complaint
Tlio monotony of housework
is sutoli a common complaint
that the American Institute of
Family Relations has a special
course (or bored housewives
called "Less work, more fun,
for homcworkers." Some ad
vice: It is quicker to stack
dislies on your right side and
move tliem to the left side. Al
ternate standing up and sitting
on a stool when in the kitchen.
Don't waste time trying to de
ckle whether to have siring
beans or peas; flip a coin.
Make a diagram of the neces
sary slops in baking muffins an
save waste motion. Sit down ev
ery Sunday and plan the work
for each day of the coming
week. Keep on good terms with
your neighbors, encourage all
members of the family to take
part in community activities,
and try to maintain the reputa
tion of being a mighty fine fam
ily. No matter what job a man
holds there is an element of
competition. Either he is trying
to sell more groceries than his
rival down the street or he is
trying to edge out another man
for a better job. There is not
that much zest in keeping house
and, in fact, the tougliest com
petitor the housewife has is the
clock. If she is going to do
everything tlie marriage coun
sellors advise her to do, she is
likely to find herself in a rat
race. The clock is a tyrant,
cracking a whip over her from
morning till night and silently
ordering her to drop what she
is doing because it is time for
the children's lunch.
L'nkiml Comments
American literature and folk
lore have lcen unkind to wom
en. "A bad woman raises hell
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good woman raises hell with
only one." wrote E. W. Howe
in an acid commentary on mat
U imony. Jiggs is tlie sympathet
ic character in an enduring com
ic strip, and his wife, .Maggie,
the villainess. Ancient joke:
Husband I leel as though I
were going to have appendicitis.
Wife Well, you'll just have to
wait; I need a new hat.
Jittery Germans Not Convinced American TropWill Remain
By PHIL NEWSOM
I'PI Foreign News Analyst
Notes from the foreign news
cables:
Too Good:
Mechanically, Operation "Big
Lift." the job of flying a com
plete U.S. division to Germany
in little more than 60 hours,
was a total success. But in
Bonn they are saying it may
prove a long-term political em
barrassment. Despite U.S. as
surances, jittery West Germans
are not convinced that the mas
sive airlift was not a forerun
ner to reduction of U.S. forces
in Europe. Pressures now may
begin building on new Chancel
lor Ludwig Erhard to start be
ing nicer to President Charles
dc Gaulle.
Closer and Closer:
Expect Britain to move even
closer to the United States un
der the new leadership of Sir
Alexander Douglas-Home. The
new prime minister, even more
than Harold Macmillan, has
been a staunch supporter of an
Atlantic policy in firm align
ment with tiie United States.
Douglas Home has been the
driving force behind Britain's
decision to join the United
States in talks with other allies
on the possible creation of a
multi - nation nuclear naval
force. He held out against
strong opposition in the cabinet
when he was the foreign min
ister in Macmillan's set up.
Closer with France, Too:
Despite the decision to retain
close tics to the United States,
a marked improvement in rela
tions between France and Brit
ain may also be in the offing.
The meeting at the Hague last
Thursday between French For.
cign Minister Maurice Couve
de Murville and Britain's new
foreign secretary, R. A. Butler,
may mark a fresh start after
nine months of deep freeze that
followed De Gaulle's blackball
of Britain for Common Market
membership.
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