House-Proud Women
E often hear the saying, "A woman’s work is never done." This can be true if we allow ourselves to become slaves to our homes and families, but does it pay? I have in mind one middle-aged lady who practically spring cleans the house every day. If visitors should pop in, which is very seldom, because she hasn’t time to entertain, she follows them up with a broom and a duster making them feel so uncom-
fortable that they wish they hadn’t come. She has made her house her idol to the exclusion of everything ‘else. Her only child is married and away and ‘she is left a friendless woman without the ability, because of her constant grind, to enjoy some of the pleasures of friendships she could have had. Her house is just perfect, but
at what a cost. She has postponed the enjoyment of life and friends so long that now she has forgotten how to appreciate them. Don’t let us postpone play, no day ought to go by without some moments of diversion. Play a game, have a bit of a chat with a neighbour, do something useless each day, it will keep you young in heart-(Hazel Duggan, " The Postponement of Life,’ June 19, 4YA.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 54, 5 July 1940, Page 8
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