THE HOME DICTATOR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 June 1938, Page 4

THE HOME DICTATOR

A WOMAN ON WOMEN. Always woman has admired the strength of man —always will. Not the sheer brute force which shows in biceps and bluster; but the manliness and willpower which marks the worthwhile male, write Miss Joan Kennedy in her book, “A Torch on Woman.” For though woman will delight in "mothering” a man, and will spend herself in sickroom service until further orders, though she appears to enjoy being leaned on and proves herself to be a good captain when she must take the home ship into harbour, she gets more of a thrill out of being "bossed” than she gets from "bossing." It is true that in the home a wife like to have her say, for the home is her kingdom. Every household, like every ship, must have a skipper. So wives do dictate over domestic details and wise husbands make no demur. They know thatrunning a house is a woman’s province and leave it at that. But women, on the whole, have no wish to "wear the breeks!”