WOMEN WHO VEGETATE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 7, 19 December 1925, Page 10

WOMEN WHO VEGETATE.

When I called to see Mrs. X. yesterday afternoon, the maid informed me that her mistress was “having a sleep and was not to be disturbed.” Mrs. X. and I met at a bridge drive last night and she greeted me effusively. “My dear. I was sorry not Ito see you this afternoon, but I was I fagged out and had to rest.” I “Had a lot of late nights?” 1 asked. I “No,” was the reply, “but I always I make a point of resting every after-noon-just to keep my strength up, you know.” I’ xXs Mrs. X. is a fine, healthy j woman of thirl v-eighl. who h;’s never | had n day's illness in her life, I am forced to" the conclusion that she is another instance of that useless type jof woman—the woman who “hasn’t 'enough to do.” I There are a good many of them living comfortably in our suburb. Well - enough off to have no pecuniary wor- , ries. with no housework to do, they 'spend their time in cossetting tliein- \ selves — “ resting,” “ feeding-up,” j “lying-down.” living the empty, ; motiveless liie of bored people. \ Bored thev certainly are. and unless I they have the intelligence io see. the j danger and make work' for themselves thev are greatly io be piiio.J. Fond husbands, doling fathers, oltcn think tlmt in giving their womenfolk a •■sheltered exist one.',” they arc making them happy. But ilmy are depriving them ot the very things tlmt make life ; stimukiting and sweet; work, something io ■; rii e after interest ■. aims and ideals—all the things .that make ' one feel alive. j Busin<>'> women, t'ho work Irom nine till live, probably cm v these I ■•idlers” vhen thev are soe< iallv tired i and longing Io slack off. But they are , far better off as they are. Their life ’may sometimes be tiring, but it is life, ' not existence. It is far better to tail ill of over-work than of stagnation—i and any job is better than having | “nothing, to do.'’