WHY DID WS LET HER GO?

Chronicle (Levin), 7 January 1947, Page 4

WHY DID WS LET HER GO?

Iteceived Monday, 7 "p.m. , NEW YORK, Jan. 5. "The best way for any niaii to beat the high cost pf liv-ihg is- not to take an extra part-time job but to rrjake his wife learn the homely aiiis," declares a New York artist, William de J. Rutherfoord, in a letter to the BeraldpTribune. He instances the thrift and versatility of his wife1, a1 New Zealandbr, formerly June G-rant, of Napier, whom he married at Auckland while in New Zealand . during the war. "Most of my comrades told me I was making. a big mistake Because they said New Zealand girls were not half as cute as American " girls. Those of my old buddies who visited me recently admif that they were pretty stupid in .fcheir judgements." Mr. Rutherfoord says because- of his wife's skill -as a cook and her in-ventiven-ess in evolving new disbrfp -from materials- wMeh are usiuk ^ thrown away they hardly need th^1 garbage bi'n. She also sews, knfts, , tats and crochets and can make practically anything she wants for the- apartment or for herself to wear. But for her and her homely arts he would have died of starvation and exposure long ago. ' ' The present generation of American women" is a hopeless deflcit to our society, But if, Bbgiimiiig now, every girl in this country were to Be taught the homely arts instead of being sent to a business school the next generation of American families stands a good chance for economie security and happiness."