Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1948 — Page 18

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Man's Home Today Isn't His Castle; He Just t Works There,’ Women Say

31—Did someone say a man’s home is his castle?

Apparently not in 1048 Today it's his sweatshop. The “new version of the old saying is: In a man’s home he’s the vassal. That's what the women claim, The modern, ‘Post-war male cooks, takes care of the baby, cleans, washes and irons— almost as much as his wife does. Men have surrendered to this new domestic servitude in order to give their wives greater freedom as homemakers. That, also, is a statement by the women, or at least by the top feminine experts who broke the news at the 100th anniversary celebration of the famous Seneca Falls, N. Y,, meeting for women’s rights. Interviews with the delegates to the conference, and their speeches, unfold the details of this American fireside revolution. Several even speak with firsthand authority, being married themselves. id » ” ” A THE MOST heralded speech of the conference—women'’s new place in the American home— was delivered by a man. Ordway Tead, who is chairman of the Board of Higher Education of New York City, filled the delegates’ heads with the following typical gems: “The tie that binds the woman to the home ... as a creative moral force over and above its living a s is « « « NOt as strong and as challenging as it was for our fore-

“There are still vast accumu- - lations of male pride, posses-

siveness, false social standards, self-centeredness and competition,

fearfulness of jo which aggravate the over-all social picture that women confront. “Marrying and settling down is a withdrawal from the creative arena,

“Many women are narrowed

by home and children—or jobs and domestic duties. As long as

there is fragmented living, there will be frustrated lives.” ” w ” Sopp 4 ~ AMERICAN housewives’ successful efforts te stave off a “fragmented life” over the

years apparently is responsible for man’s new place at the froning board. A prominent woman trade unionist explains the attitude of the married woman who

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. work just a many hours as my husband does. why should I come home and cook and clean for him, too? He should, and does, di the housework with me.” But it’s not just the working wife who has put the apron on her husband. Listen to a delegas from a national woman's clu

“A woman's community activity and club work can be just

ROLES SWITCHED—Looks like the apron's on the other spouse in’ this domestic scene. And that's just what's happening in today's homes, feminine experts claim, as man surrenders to the forces of a fireside revolution.

as important to her family as is any of her ‘husband's outside activity. S80 why shouldn't he share the duties of the home with her?” Or 40 this well-applauded excerpt from another delegates speech: “Today's woman doesn't want a vacuum sweeper or a new refrigerator for a gift. These things just tie her down more securely to the home. A real gift is something which gives her more freedom.” She didn't say what such a gift would be. » » » IF YOU want statistics to prove woman's increasing dominance in the American home, ‘a Labor Department report points out that since 1930 the number of women classified as “heads of the home” has increased until now more than 3,000,000 U. 8, families are “run” by women. The percentage is greatest in industrial areas. If you want ringing words, Dean .C. Mildred Thompson of Vassar College says: “Man, who for centuries glorfed in his complete dominance over woman in the family . . . has suffered irretrievable loss of this cherished superiority.” And, she adds: | “Occupations outside the home are like magnets drawing steadily upon the women who are made more and

more idle as their king, and

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band will be three years older.

with relatives for a while just after they are married. About

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the processing of foods, the making of clothes: and the washing of clothes, the teaching of children, have gone out of the individual household into mass industry.”

~ » ” THIS IS the typical life circle of the U, 8. housewife offered

“She will be married when she is 21.6 years old. Her hus-

One in five women will live

15 per cent will have no children, and the first child of the others will be born about a year after marriage and in the next four and one-half years, two others, “Thus the typical mother will have borne her final child at the age of 27.2 years. For about 11 years she would have at least one under 6. For 13 years, if all survive, she would have three under 18, and for about 23 years one. or more

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

TEEN TALK—

heir Aim: The Great American Novel

HOW DOES IT END?-Virgia Buchanan reads her latest manuscript. to four

other members of the Teen Scribblers Canteen.

They are (left to right) Florence

Henderson, Georgia Mattison, Barbara Willoughby and Nancy Winterrowd.

By JEAN MANEY THERE ARE ‘14 teen-agers in Indianapolis with 14 hopes of—someday—writing the great American novel. ‘They are members of the Teen Scribblers Canteen and they meet twice a month to read and criticize each other's manuscripts. No punches are pulled when the teeners attack an original short story. Most of the members specialize in fiction, although the group aecepts any type of material ” » THEIR ‘aabjects range from dream fantasies to realistic

murder mysteries. The 10 gal members of the canteen tend to write “boy meets girl” stories while the four outnumbered males grind out horror stories and westerns. All the teen agers are Vvoracious readers. They favor the tried and true authors such as O, Henry, and Dickens, but they ulso admire the works of

‘William Saroyan, John Stein-

beck and Mildred Walker. The meetings, which are held in the home of Walter Whitworth, are open to any city teener interested in creative writing.

THE present members are in the midst of a contest to write the best short story. The typed manuscripts will be handed in at the first April meeting and judged by Prof. Mary B. Orvis and Mr. Whitworth, co-spon-sors of the canteen. The first prizg is a copy of Prof. Orvis’ new book on creative writing. There are no officers in the group which was formed two years ago. It was reactivated last October and draws its members from Tudor Hall, Shortridge, Manual, Howe and Technical High Schools. :

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under 18. When the last is 18, the mother will be 45. “If they do not leave home until they marry and marry at the same age as their parents, she will be 50 or 53 when the family returns to its original size of two members.” And after all that, according’ to the statistics, the average American housewife will outlive her husband.

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Teacher Offers Some Good Advice to Beginners Entering The Times National Sewing Contest

By ART WRIGHT HUNDREDS. of youngsters who have entered the National Sewing Contest in the past seven years have never had 'a sewing ‘lesson. Many of them do admirable work. As many more turn in entries which show a fine conception of styling and good taste, but little knowledge of the fundamentals of good construction. Since The Times this year has joined the National Sewing Contest for the first time to give Hoosiers a chance at the $1460 in local and national prizes, we have written to a teacher in homemaking whose entire class made a splendid showing in a state-wide sewing contest held in Connecticut last year. “You must know, first hand,” we said, “all the difficulties which beset the young dressmaker. Tell us’ how you deal with them. We'd like to coach the young hopefuls who are coming into our sewing contest this year, some of whom never

80 MOTHERS 3 going on a trip and leaving you kids behind! Perhaps she’s‘ accompanying Pop on a business jaunt. Or making a visit to an old school friend. Or staying with Aunt Alice, who's ill. Maybe she'll leave you teeners to carry on alone. Or some friend or relative will be left in charge. Either way, you have a job on your hands. You'll be in a position to make or break Mom's reputation. » ” » IF YOU ignore family rules and customs, if you try to.get away with murder, it'll reflect on Mother's training. You'll be letting her down, abusing her trust in you. Regulations about where to go and when and with whom, your ordinary study and sleep schedules—all must be followed to the letter, whether you're on your own or under an outsider’s thumb. » sn

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Men and Women—

By ERNEST E. BLAU LEVEN MILLION lucky

women in the U. 8.— about one in six—may not know it, but they are right now in a period of life which more women enjoy than any other. When 2000 women were asked by a national magazine to name the best years of a woman's life, the largest group, 40 per cent, said the thirties. Next came the newlywed years, the twenties,

Which Years Are the Best Ones Of a Woman's Life?

the choice of 25 per cent. The teen ages? Only 5 per cent chose that period. One woman out of 50 wants to be in her sixties.

o » » THE “best years” — the thirties—say the gals, is the time when the average woman has adjusted herself to life, enjoys good health, is busy, feels she's accomplishing something. She has a home, a fairly vigorous husband, children at ages when they can be good company. All women, though—whatever their ages or their differences of opinion on ages —agree on one thing: Never tell anybody your correct age—even if it's the age you like best! Thus the years have little effect on a basic feminine trait. As Schopenhauer said, “Deception is innate in woman.”

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