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Tell your merchant you saw his
advertisement in The Register.
• CURTWOOD
North of Leonard Park
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Curtis
The body consists of almost 50
per cent water, which must be
replaced continually.
Accident Victim
Returns to Austin
Mrs. Helen Bailey Tadlock was
removed Thursday to a hospital
in her home city of Austin, after
having been confined to Medical
and Surgical hospital in Gaines-
ville since last July 4. The trip
was made in a Vernie Keel Fu-
neral home abmulance.
Mrs. Tadlock, driving alone to
Oklahoma, was critically injured
on highway 77, north of Gaines-
ville, July 4, when her car was
struck headon by another auto-
mobile reported to have been try-
ing to pass a truck without suffi-
cient clearance.
Mrs. Tadlock has been in a cast
since admittance to the local hos-
pital and attending physicians
expressed a hope that she may
be able to be dismissed about
Christmas.
’LOOKING’ FOR A
NEW CAR?
• COLONIAL
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Garvin
West Side California St.
. . IT'S A GRAND
CUSTOM!
BE SURE
TO TRY ONE OF
OUR
This smartly-styled Dodge Diplomat, a hard-
top, is one of the sleek, new models in the 1953
line. It is powered by a new 140-horsepower Red
Ram V-Eight engine which develops its high
efficiency on regular grades of fuel. A new
NAME DROPPER ... A first
class bore is the gal who
tries to make an impression
by claiming acquaintance
with many celebrities.
Nichols Motor Co.
Authorized Chevrolet Dealer
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able cars on the road. It is being offered with a
choice of four different drives—Gyro-Torque,
Gyro-Matic, automatic overdrive or standard.
It is now on display in dealers’ showrooms.
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BOOK REVIEW
Tuesday, October 28
3 P. M.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
MRS. H. DANIEL MORGAN
Will Review
"SO SURE OF LIFE"
Admission $1
Benefit of Building Fund.
Sponsored by
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THE MAGIC OF TODAY’S SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING has thrilled millions who have attended Gen-
eral Electric’s stage show, the "House of Magic.” After each act the demonstrator unravels the magic and shows
how these unusual scientific developments may be applied to everyday living.
Girl Scout News
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(Boyd & Breeding photo)
MISS LUCILE DUSTIN keeps her complexion smooth and
clear by daily cleaning with soap and water. She is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dustin, 207 East Garnett
street, and teaches the second grade at J. Frank McMurray
school. A 1952 graduate of Texas Christian University, she
has her degree in education. The attractive young woman
says that when her skin feels dry, she applies cream to her
face and leaves it for a few minutes before washing.
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Rev. Peter Molloy
B&PW Club Speaker
The Rev. Peter Molloy, pastor
of St. Mary’s Catholic church,
spoke at a meeting of the Busi-
ness and Professional Women
Thursday evening at Curtwood
restaurant. Father Molloy told of
his recent trip to Europe and
spoke of the conditions in other
countries.
Paul Henley presented a color
film of “Alaska.”
Mrs. B. J. Siebel was hostess
for the evening and she intro-
duced Father Molloy and Mr.
Henley.
The table centerpiece was of
bronze chrysanthemums. The
Halloween theme was carried out
in the napkins and place cards
and straw cornucopias filled with
fruit.
There were 18 members pres-
ent for the social. Mrs. Laura
Lemon is president of the club.
Microwave Unit Sees Through
Brick Wall at Science Show
Wiener Roast for
Junior Classes
The first and second year Jun-
iors of the First Methodist church
were entertained with a wiener
roast by their teachers, Mmes.
Harry Lee Gibson and Weldon
Pearman in the back yard of Mrs.
Pearman’s home, 1620 Roy street.
Halloween jack-o-lanterns and
witches decorated the table.
Those * attending were: Judy
Lipsey, Paula Graves, Patricia
Cotten, Jeannie Roberts, Kay
Gossett, Ann Hardy, Sarah Jane
Lemons, Virginia Guinn, Sue
Crawford, Sandra Beall, Bill and
Woody Williams, John Ralston,
David Hickman, James Long and
Ronnie Beall.
Junior Auxiliary
Of Church Meets
The Junior Girls Auxiliary of
the Grand Avenue Bantist church
met in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Copeland, 1512 East Bel-
cher street, Thursday afternoon
at 4 o’clock.
Refreshments were served to
Linda Hatcher, Patricia Rasure,
Barbara Beck, Lujuana Dutton,
Jean Mitchell, Marlene Baker,
Marieta Bragg, and Mr. and Mrs.
Copeland.
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Teachers to Go
To Ft. Worth Meet
MUENSTER, Oct. 25 — All
teachers of Sacred Heart school
will attend the 16th annual Dio-
cesan Teachers’ meeting in Fort
Worth, Monday.
The Rev. Thomas K. Gorman
will welcome the teachers and
will open the first session with
an address, “The Concept and
Scope of Catholic Education.”
Msgr. Thomas S. Zachary, dio-
cesan superintendent of parochial
schools, has announced the main
speakers. They will be Sister M.
Marguerite of Cleveland, Ohio,
and Marlin C. Schrader, of Cali-
fornia.
A panel discussion on “The In-
tegration of the Content Sub-
jects of the High School Cur-
riculum” will be given by a group
of Sisters of Our Lady of Victory
convent.
F.H.A. Purposes
Are Told to Girls
ERA, Oct. 25—The purposes of
F.H.A. were explained in a pro-
gram for the new members of
the organization at a regular
meeting of the Era chapter re-
cently.
Dorothy Sherill discussed the
“What, When, Where, How, Why
and Who” in the club. Vera Mae
Ford explained the emblem and
Alice Siegmund gave a talk on
“F.H.A. Spirit.”
Louise Sherrill, president, led
the discussion of plans for help-
ing to support the building of a
camp at Bridgeport, for area five.
A committee consisting of Sallie
Sue Berry, Nancy Brown, Nora
Jo Christian, and Treva Richard-
son was named to present defi-
nite plans to the members at a
later date.
Sallie Sue Berry led the group
in singing the club song.
After all they know that most
soaps, even the best for the skin,
are inexpensive, so what is to be
gained by trying to pare a couple
of cents from the price of a cake
of soap?
Normal skin falls within the
acid range, needing to be kept
acid to remain healthy. Soap is
basically a combination of fat
(acid) and soda (alkaline). Alka-
lis tend to “cut” the normal oil
of the skin. Therefore, experts
remind us, the less free alkali in
the soap, the better.
Most face soaps today contain
very little free alkali, but be-
cause some contain slightly more
than others, they vary in the
way they act on your skin. If
your skin is oily you may not
notice the difference. But if your
skin tends to feel drawn or prick-
ly or cracks easily, or if your
arms and legs take on a flaky,
powdery look in cold weather,
chances are your soap contains
perhaps even a fraction too much
alkali.
Many skin specialists advise a
mild, bland, superfatted soap for
tender skins. There are many of
these soaps available to consum-
ers, some even containing sul-
phurated petrolatum, chlorophyll
and medicated ingredients espe-
cially soothing to irritated skins.
A fragrant but pleasant green
soap is said to form an invisible
coating on the skin to help pro-
tect it from sun, wind and other
possible irritations.
To get the most benefit from
soap, lather-massage your face
and throat twice a day, for a full
minute each time, using warm
water, then rinsing thoroughly
with cool water. This is a good
routine for normal skin. If skin
is irritated or blemished it might
be helped by cleansing it gently
several times a day,- using hot
water, then rinsing with cool.
Find your own soap prescrip-
tion and stick to it for a clean,
pretty complexion.
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Joint Meeting
Of Guilds Set
The Wesleyan Service Guilds
of the First Methodist church and
Whaley Memorial Methodist
church will meet Monday eve-
ning at 7:30 at the Whaley Me-
morial church. The Guilds have
united for this meeting for the
“Week of Prayer and Self De-
nial” program.
Miss Margaret Bradley is presi-
dent of the Whaley guild and
Mrs. Robert Blount is leader of
the First church guild. Mrs. Hel-
en Horn is program chairman
and the program will be present-
ed by members of both guilds.
A communion service will be
held at the close of the meeting.
Modern highways are built as
much as 36 inches thick for
heavy duty, but as late as 1934,
a 10-inch concrete slab was
thought sufficient.
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Sunday
Girl Scout church services,
7:30 p. m., Whaley Memorial
Methodist church.
Troop 19 Meets
Troop 19 of the Lindsay school
met Friday afternoon in the home
of Mrs. George West, 930 South
Dixon street, with 13 members
present.
Georgine West presided at a
business session. Barbara Barnes
and Sharon Kaden were elected
to help decorate a window for
Girl Scout week.
Jeannie Spears invited the
troop to have a Halloween party
in her home, 1717 East Broadway,
next Friday at 3 p.m.
The girls danced “Little Red
Handkerchief” and “Baw, Baw,
Belinda.”
Garden Clubs
Council Meets
The Gainesville Council
Attend Session
Of the Baptists
Others who attended the Bap-
tist convention in Fort Worth
this week that were not listed in
yesterday’s Register were Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Daniel, Mr. and
Mrs. L. C. Dennis and Frank
Cunningham of the First Bam-
tist church and Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. Hand, Elmo Faubion and Rich-
ard Kuether, from the Grand
Avenue Baptist church.
Class Social
At Clement Home
ERA, Oct. 25—Mrs. E. J. Clem-
ent was hostess for an all-day
social of the Gaines Memorial
class of the Baptist church,
Thursday, in her home.
The day was spent in quilting,
with a covered dish luncheon at
noon.
Mrs. A. T. Strader, president,
conducted the business session.
Plans for the coming year were
discussed.
Monday
Grace Gatewood of the Wha-
ley Memorial Methodist
church, with Mrs. Erma Lou
Douglass, 1408 East California,
3 p. m.
Victor Koon circle of the
First Baptist church, mission
study, with Mrs. T. E. Henley,
1003 Dodson street, 3:15 p. m.
Belle Bennett circle of the
Whaley Memorial Methodist
church, with Mrs. Van Hill, 312
East Pecan street, 3 p. m.
Women’s Society of Christ-
ian Service of the First Meth-
odist church, 10 o’clock, at the
church. Week of Prayer pro-
gram. Bring sack lunch.
Wesleyan Service Guilds of
the First Methodist and Whaley
Memorial Methodist churches
will have a joint meeting at the
Whaley Memorial church, 7:30
p. m., in observance of the
Week of Prayer.
Circle No. 1 of the Woman’s
Association of the First Presby-
terian church, in the church
parlors, 2:30 p. m.
Circle No. 2 of the Woman’s
Association of the First Presby-
terian church, with Mrs. Wil-
son Kaden, 902 South Dixon
street, 7:30 p. m.
Young Woman’s Auxiliary of
the Grand Avenue Baptist
church, 7 p.m., with Miss Faye
King, 1306 East Pecan street.
Lucille Reagan circle of the
First Baptist church, with Mrs.
E. L. Gilmore, 1330 Garnett
street, 3 p.m. Mission study.
Tuesday
Theta Alpha chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi sorority, 7:45 p. m.,
with Mrs. J. C. Fisher, 803
North Taylor street. Model
meeting for rushees.
Mu Upsilon chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi sorority, 7:30 p.m.,
with Mrs. Monroe Lewis, 904
Ritchey. Mrs. Jack Reeves, co-
hostess.
Presbyterian Men’s club, 7
p. m. at the church.
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“Seeing” around corners or
through a brick wall might seem
impossible at first thought, but
it’s an easy matter for the “mi-
cro wave unit,” one of the many
scientific devices to be demon-
strated at the General Electric
“House of Magic” show in junior
Garden Clubs met in the home
of Mrs. Rush George, 921 South
Clements street, Friday morning,
with nine members present.
Mrs.- Joe Leonard, president,
conducted the business meeting.
Further plans were discussed for
a garden club center. A report
of the flower show judging
school, which the council spon-
sored recently, was given by Mrs.
Jack Gore.
Mrs. Leonard reminded the
council of the Fall meeting of
Garden clubs of District No. 2,
which will be held in Mineral
Wells on Oct. 29 in the Baker
hotel. She urged all clubs to send
delegates. Mrs. E. C. Mead, vice
president of the council, will
speak on “Conservation,” as part
of the program.
A refreshment plate of stuffed
peach halves, made to look like
Halloween faces, cookies and
coffee was served.
Christmas Seal
And Bond Drive
Chairmen Named
Two Gainesville men have
been named chairmen of the an-
nual Tuberculosis Christmas seal
and Christmas bond sale. ‘
Leo M. Kuehn, Jr., is chair-
man of the seal sale, and Dr. Ben
Fisch is chairman of the bond
sale.
The bond drive will open in
Cooke county Tuesday and the
seal sale will begin Nov. 17.
Officers of the Cooke County
Tuberculosis association are: Dr.
T. S. Myrick, Muenster, presi-
dent; Dr. Ben R. Fisch, first vice-
president; Mrs. Peggy O’Neil,
second vice-president; William
Lewie, treasurer; and Mrs. Irene
Frost, executive secretary.
According to Mrs. Frost, city-
county health nurse, the follow-
ing program was made possible
from dollars received through
Christmas seal and bond sales: .
1. Free mass chest x-ray sur-
vey in Cooke county each year.
(3,730 persons took x-rays in
county in 1952.)
2. Thirty-five tuberculosis sus-
pects and seven other chest pa-
thology suspects were found in
this year’s survey.
3. Paid for large chest x-rays
on indigent TB patients, suspects
and contacts.
4. Educational work teaching
basic facts about finding, treating
and preventing TB.
5. Nursing visits to all known
tuberculosis patients, contacts
and suspects, and assisting them
in various ways.
Mrs. Frost said that three posi-
tive TB cases were found in the
1952 survey. Two of them are
now in the state sanitarium. One
of them was a young mother with
six children and expecting an-
other child.
All food handlers will be re-
quired to have chest x-rays in
the near future, said Mrs. Frost.
The x-ray from the annual sur-
vey can be used, saving them
considerable expense of having
another x-ray made.
Honor Sisters
At Shower Party
Mmes. Elbert Jones and Wayne
Kneis, sisters, were honored with
a pink and blue shower in the
home of Mrs. Wilda Mae Rad-
cliffe, 1011 North Commerce
street, Tuesday evening. Mmes.
Floyd Van Note and Harper
Monroe were co-hostesses.
Contest shower games were
played with Mmes. Virgil Milli-
gan and F. W. Meeks, prize win-
ners. Pantomimes were given by
Mmes. A. L. Laster, Van Note,
and Monroe.
Refreshments of punch and
pink and blue cookies were
served to 43 guests.
Rev. Robt. Peale
Dinner Speaker
The Rev. Robert Peale, minis-
terial student at Southern Meth-
odist university, was guest speak-
er for the Fellowship dinner of
all members of the First Method-
ist church, Wednesday evening
in the church annex. Mr. Peale
gave an account of his trip to
Europe.
The Friendship class, of the
church school, was in charge of
the meal and decorations, which
were in Halloween style.
There were approximately 200
members of the church, their
families and guests, present. The
dinner is a monthly affair.
By BETTY CLARKE
AP Newsfeature Beauty Editor
Any prescription for skin
cleanliness begins with soap, ex-
perts tell us.
But it is one thing to get the
soap and water habit, and an-
other to choose that just-right-
for-the-complexion soap.
Soap can irritate the skin caus-
ing blemishes and redness, so it
is wise to pay attention to the
effect of a particular soap on the
skin.
Wise girls do not chisel when
they purchase a cake of soap.
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ERA, Oct. 25 — Mrs. R. B.
Smith and daughters of Iowa
Park, spent the weekend here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Gentry.
Mrs. Bill Martin and baby of
Denton spent the weekend here
with her sister, Mrs. C. V. Mas-
ten and family.
Mrs. Fred Knight is at home
after receiving treatment at a
Gainesville hospital for several
days.
Eugene Bentley, who has been
seriously ill in the Veteran’s hos-
pital, McKinney, is reported im-
proved this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tatum of
Fort Worth spent Sunday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Taylor and son, Jimmy.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Collier and
daughters, Miss Carolyn and
Mrs. Roy Trayler and son, Pvt.
John W. Collier, visited relatives
in Denton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Boswell
visited friends near Mount Pleas-
ant and Pilot Point Sunday.
Dallas Ballard of San Francis-
co, Calif., and his daughter, Mrs.
Max Harrell of Sherman, were
guests of his aunt, Mrs. Sam
Hire and Mr. Hire Thursday.
They visited Mr. and Mrs.
George Canaday and other friends
in Era in the afternoon.
Rev. Tom Lang, J. H. Gentry,
Joe Leftwich, Johnny Wayne
Leftwich, Billy Kenneth Eason,
Roger Roberson and James Leon-
ard Lewis attended a meeting of
the Baptist brotherhood conven-
tion in Fort Worth Monday
night.
Mrs. Mabel Womack and her
daughter, Mrs. Virgil Allen and
family of Fort Worth were re-
cent guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. T. Strader. They also
visited Mrs. Womack’s father,
E. E. Chanslor, who is ill at his
home near Hood.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gentry are
spending several days visiting
their daughters, Mmes. T. M.
Woods and W. W. Canik at San
Antonio.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Whitley of
Fort Worth spent Sunday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Leftwich.
Those visiting Eugene Bentley
at the Veteran’s hospital in Mc-
Kinney the past week from here
have been Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bentley and daughter; Ewing
Hudspeth, Jr., Buster Henard and
Cecil Hudspeth.
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high school auditorium Thursday,
October 30, when three shows
will be given at 1 p.m., 2:15 p.m.
and 7:30 p.m.
The appearance of the show is
sponsored by the high school
science classes. No admission will
be charged and tickets may be
obtained at a number of stores, to
be announced later.
Employing principles of both
radar and the electric eye, the
“micro-wave unit” sees by means
of high-frequency radio waves
which are beamed at it by a mix-
ing-bowl-shaped antenna on the
transmitter.
Pulsating about two and one-
half billion times a second, the
transmitter sends out microwaves
about five inches in length which
can be reflected from dark or
rough surfaces, passed through a
brick wall, or directed in a cir-
cuitous path with the aid of a
metal pipe.
The snort, mgn-r requency
waves are received by a similar
type antenna and for demonstra-
tion purposes can be made to per-
form a number of tasks. When
the microwaves are detected by
1 the receiving unit it can, like the
photoelectric eye, be made to op-
erate a relay which in turn acti-
vates a bell, lights a lamp, or op-
erates other devices.
In addition to being capable of
performing such tasks as count-
ing, diverting, opening, closing,
discarding, signaling, limiting,
and protecting, microwave trans-
mission has been applied to tele-
vision relay broadcasting. For
several years, General Electric
television station WRGB, Sche-
nectady, employed a micro-wave
relay system to bring television
programs from New York City.
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Meetings Held
By Oak Valley,
Dye WHD Clubs
Two of the county home dem-
onstration clubs met Thursday
afternoon. The Dye club met in
the home of Mrs. George Kerr
and the Oak Valley club met in
the home of Mrs. Lewis Adams.
The club prayer was repeated
by all members of the Dye or-
ganization. Mrs. Ray Lynch read
the club creed.
Mrs. Alvin McKee, clothing
demonstrator, presented several
articles she had made during the
past year and pointed out that
money can be saved by making
clothes.
Refreshments were served to
Mmes. George Banks, Gregg Gen-
try, Bill Purvis, Gene Springs,
Lynch, and McKee, and three
new members, Mmes. H. A. Pas-
chall, Archie Crissman, and O. T.
Cowell. The next meeting will be
in the home of Mrs. Crissman
on November 13.
Mrs. Paul Wiese, president,
opened the Oak Valley meeting
with prayer. The club creed was
given by Mrs. G. M. Anderson.
Mrs. Armon Jaynes, demon-
strated making and cooking hush
puppies. They were served with
tossed salad and coffee.
Those present were Mmes. Osa
Coats, Carl Eugster, Finley Prof-
fer, J. P. Skeans, C. H. Hender-
son, E. P. Martin, C. A. Smith,
Richard Daniel, W. T. Tuggle,
Charles Cash, S. M. Proffer, four
new members, Mmes. Jack
Vaughn, Paul Orsburn, E. E.
Reeves, and J. P. Jones, Jaynes
Wiese, Anderson, and the hostess.
The next meeting will be in
the club house on November 6
with Mmes. Daniel and Tuggle
as hostesses.
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Farewell Party
For Mrs. Beck
Mmes. Davis Drake and Fred-
die Schmitz entertained with a
farewell party honoring Mrs.
Charlie Beck, in Mrs. Schmitz’s
home, 738 East Broadway, Thurs-
day at 1 p.m.
Mrs. Beck is moving to El
Paso, where her husband, who
has just returned from Korea,
will be stationed with the Army.
She is the former Martha Nott.
The group played bridge with
Mrs. Jack Myers winning high
score and Mrs. John Parker win-
ning bingo.
Refreshments of lemon chiffon
pie and coffee, with Halloween
napkins, were served to Mmes. C.
L. Cotten, Charley Moore, A. B.
Grice, Myers, Parker and Beck
by the hostesses.
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Troop 2 Meets
The McMurray troop 2 met at
the school Tuesday afternoon. A
discussion was held about “The
Things We Like in Girl Scout-
ing.”
The group will sing several
songs for the Girl Scout church
services Sunday at the Whaley
Memorial Methodist church, and
they practiced the songs.
Refreshments were served to
12 girls and the leader.
Troop 23 Meets
Brownie troop 23 of the R. E.
Lee school met Wednesday at 2
o’clock in the school. The meet-
ing was opened with the Brownie
song and pledge. Roll call was
answered with 21 members.
Sandra Shaw is chairman for
the group and Patricia Coomer is
reporter.
The girls made a poster for
Girl Scout Week, and sang the
“Clean Up Song.” They closed
with the Brownie promise. Lead-
ers are Mmes. Peter Robinson
and Robert Prelesnick.
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Loneliness
Among the
Push Buttons
By CYNTHIA LOWRY
AP Newsfeatures Writer
The American housewife, with
a cute apartment or neat little
suburban home, may be the luck-
iest woman in history, but she’s
also the loneliest.
She has an electrical washing
machine, dishwasher, deepfreeze,
vacuum cleaner and TV set. The
furnace is stoked automatically.
The bread and cake are baked at
the bakery. The preserving and
canning isn’t her concern. But
what household chores she must
do, no matter how efficiently, she
does by herself.
' We seem to have a major pre-
occupation with the problems of
getting along with people. Pick
up any magazine for women and
you’re almost certain to find an
article on how to be popular, how
to be a fascinating conversation-
alist, how to meet new people.
Yet the combination of our ideals
of good housing and our miracles
of mechanization seem to serve to
isolate our young married women
into single units of industry.
In those good old days every-
one talks about and doesn’t want
to return to,. a woman’s world
was a family world and one of
communal industry. More people
lived in small towns and cities,
most families lived in houses, big
houses. And families consisted of
several generations, aunts, uncles
and lots of children. Everyone
shared in the work, whether it
was the old-fashioned spring
cleaning, now rendered obsolete,
or fall canning in big kitchens.
They worked together, and they
also kept each other company.
Today, young married couples
start out their life together in a
small apartment or house. Living
with in-laws is frowned upon and
referred to as “doubling up.”
Housework isn’t a back-breaking
chore any more, but what com-
pany she has when she goes
through the routine is largely
confined to her radio. And the
children, when they come, require
constant care. Grandmother or
aunt isn’t around now to take
over the changing and feeding of
little Willie on schedule so
mother-can have a few hours for
a breather.
In a life such as this — with
plenty of compensation in many
ways, certainly—but inescapably
with plenty of hours of boring
loneliness—shopping can turn in-
to an exciting expedition and so
can a couple of hours in a play
area talking to other young
mothers supervising their chil-
dren.
It takes plenty of planning, de-
termination and a real knack for
happy solitude to beat this sys-
tem. And it’s hard for husbands—
or even women who work for sal-
ary checks—to understand that
life for the housewife with full
mechanical equipment isn’t a
breeze.
Rare indeed is the woman who
can keep up unflagging enthusi-
asm for emptying the same ash-
trays every night, vacuuming the
same rug daily and facing the
same old problem of feeding Wil-
lie and Papa every night. Those
of us with jobs to go to, with the
shifting scene of business and
all the human contacts flowing
around us, are lucky, as far as
our social lives are concerned.
When we get home at night,
we’re happy to sink into the rest,
quiet and peace of our homes.
But that’s just when life really
begins for the lady with all the
mechanical household aids. That’s
when her loneliness is broken.
She can get in touch with the
world of adults and adult ideas
again. And can talk and talk
back.
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