Today's Homemaker: What Does She Do? "This is the day we wash the clothes, all on a Monday morning It was so simple then. Monday was washday. Tuesday was ironing. Each task took so long, no one ever had to ask what a housewife did all day. She worked.
But what has happened to her day in this age of labor-saving devices? Have frozen foods and the clothes dryer, whittled her chores to a mere shadow of what they once were? Does she spend her time in leisure swatting tennis balls with the same stroke that beat so many rugs? Unthinkable "Recent studies have shown time spent doing housework has actually increased in several areas over the past 40 Smith-Mize Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Claude R. Smith, 7510 Pine Grove Amanda, are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Nancy Sue, to Brent Mize, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William F. Mize, 662 S. Everett Columbus. Miss Smith is a graduate of Amanda-Clearcreek High School, Mt. Carmel School of Nursing and is a nurse in the intensive care unit of Mt.
Carmel East Hospital. Her fiance attended Ohio State University and Franklin University and is employed by Harts Stores, Inc. He is also employed as a photographer. The wedding will be April 8 at E. Broad Street Christian Church, Columbus.
said Margaret Sanik, home economist working on Cornell University time and household production study. "Today's homemaker seems to have expanded the scope of the job and raised her standards so that even more time is spent on housework. In the early part of the century, there was nothing unusual about wearing a suit or a shirt for several days in a row. Today, it's unthinkable. One wearing and the clothes a are in the In addition to her work at Cornell University, Ms.
Sanik is a member of the Kentucky Fried Chicken Time Out Institute. The Institute is exploring the changing role of the American housewife through variety of perspectives. Other er Institute members include Housewives NOW officer and homemaker's rights activist Susan Brown; psychologist Linda Fidell; time management consultant Stephanie Winston; and Kentucky Fried Chicken consumer consultant Peggy Lennon. One of the most frequently asked questions concerning the homemaker is, "What does she do all day?" To begin to formulate an answer to this question, a time use study, was conducted in ew 1967- 68. And, a 10-year comparison survey is being implemented in several states this year.
"We have broken down all the household tasks into 10 major categories: food preparation; dishwashing; shopping; housecleaning; maintenance of home, car, yard and pet; physical care of family; nonphysical care of family; clothing care; construction of household clothing and linens; and management," explained Ms. Sanik. Theatre Group At U.M. Church The Covenant Players, Reseda, will be in the Columbus area Feb. 20-26 and will appear in Lancaster the evening of Feb.
26 at the First United Methodist Church. The program will begin at 8:15. The Players are engaged in a ministry of faith, and are a nonendowed, non- profit organization. They are not affiliated with any church or other organization. Their only financial support is derived from performing engagements.
It was in the early 1960's when Charles Tanner had a dream of a traveling ministry in drama. Tanner is founder, president and writer for CP group, but receives no income at all. World's Largest The Covenant Players are now the world's largest professional repertory theatre company and their purpose is Christian ministry. They have performed than 250,000 times in every state and Canadian provinces, plus major portions of three Calendar Thursday, Feb. 16 Trained Childbirth Assn.
board meeting 7:30 p.m., Lancaster-Fairfield County Hospital. Lancaster Jr. Women's Club workshop, 7:30 9:30 p.m., home of Mrs. Phil Rymer, 1529 Rainbow Dr. N.E.
Parents Friday, Without Feb. "Partners general meeting 8 p.m., Cyril building; call 654-1192 for information. Lancaster Jr. Women's Club workshop, 1 to 3 p.m., home of Mrs. David Miller, 306 E.
Mulberry St. Saturday, Feb. 18 Lancaster Singles Club Inc. dance in club rooms. Parents Without Partners, family Valentine party at home of Jean Bauchmoyer, 7:30 to 10 p.m.; call details.
Elizabeth Sherman Reese D.A.R. will have its George Washington Guest Tea at 1 p.m. at the Mumaugh Memorial. There will be a book review by Mrs. Francis Noecker.
other continents. They now have 47 fulltime touring units performing from a repertoire that numbers more than 700 plays, ranging in length from five to 50 minutes, and dealing with a large variety of topics. Covenant Players provide a medium, that can challenge. They perform at high schools, colleges, theaters, conferences, churches, armed forces, hospitals, community groups, houses, prisons, old age homes, shopping malls, camps, recreation centers and before all types of civic clubs. Family Life In coming to Lancaster, they are being sponsored by the Family Life Committee of First Methodist Church.
Anyone wanting further information about the group, call Mrs. Donald Moore 654-5953. It is of interest that salaries of these players start at $20 per week and they are paid when the money is available. There are times when pay is not at hand, but the Players continue. They will also be peforming in Zanesville and Chillicothe while in this part of the state.
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Regardless of whether the wife worked outside the home, or the number and ages of their children, the husband's time input was markedly less than the wife's. "Although there are many claims of households being run tions seem to be way off," noted Ms. Sanik. "For example, if there are no children in the household and the wife is not employed, she averages 5.7 hours per day on housework, while the husband puts in 1.4 hours. If the wife is employed, her time decreases to 3.7 hours, but the husband's decreases to 1.2 hours.
However, if they have one child, a non-employed wife spends 7.4 hours and her husband 1.7 hours. If the wife is employed, she averages 5.1 hours and her husband 1.9 hours." The addition of a second child increases the work load even further. "With a total workday averaging 11 hours in households where the wife is not employed, and 9.8 hours in homes with employed wives, the husband's input remains about the same and the wife's increases," the home economist explained. "And the age of these on a 50-50 basis, those propor- children can also greatly alter the time, spent. Almost three additional hours are required to care for a baby instead of a teenager." If the average workday of a full-time housewife is 8.6 hours, how is it divided? any housewife knows, a day is generally 10 minutes here, a half-hour there Ms.
Sanik said. "But the greatest amount of time is devoted to food preparation. This varied from hours daily for full-time housewives to 1.5 hours for women who work outside the home. These women tend to turn to convenience foods, fast foods and restaurants more frequently." Integral Part Over the past several years, eating out has become an integral part of American family life. "It has been predicted that by 1980, half the food consumed in this country will be prepared away from home," noted Peggy Lennon.
"And more often than not, the reason is convenience. This is the force behind the steady growth of the fast food industry. It fits today's lifestyle. And when a housewife can serve a complete meal, she doesn't have to feel guilty gains time for herself and her Family, home and clothing care take the next largest chunks of the homemaker's day. wife spends 1.6 hours on family care if she is not employed, .6 hours if she works outside the home.
However, these women generally have older children," noted Ms. Sanik. "The hours of housework a full-time housewife does daily is cut to 1.1 hours if she is employed. And, the clothing care decreases from 1.3 hours to .8 hours per The only time input which remains consistent whether a woman has two or seven kids, or is a full-time part-time housewife is the shopping and management role. Ap-, proximately one hour is spent in planning and marketing daily regardless of other factors, which underscores the importance of management in the homemaker's life.
Perhaps with an added emphasis on management, the homemaker may eventually spend less time on housework than her grandmother instead of more. Hints from Heloise DEAR HELOISE: A tiny tip for mothers (or teachers) as to how to keep paste jars from drying I have found if I moisten the lid with a little water before putting the lid on, the paste, when opened, will always be fresh and smooth. Prevents waste and makes it much easier for the children to manage. R.C.L. DEAR HELOISE: The slot where the mail is put Homemakers Prepare Dolls Happy Homemakers extension group worked on dolls during the Feb.
8 meeting at the home of Mrs. Ellen Flemming, Madison Avenue. The next meeting will be March 8 at the home of Mrs. John Baird. The group will work on crafts for the April 13 festival at Wagnalls Memorial.
Hickles Patio Restaurant Thursday Special SAUERKRAUT WIENERS Mashed Potatoes Roll and Butter Pepsi or Coffee Delicious Continental COFFEE only a cup at Hickles Patio Women Wrote Ragtime Music NEW YORK (AP) Like detectives painstakingly putting together bits and pieces, an American entertainer and his wife have pursued the mystery of turn-of-the-century women who composed ragtime music. Max Morath, musician, ragtime expert and Public Broadcasting Service series host, and his wife, Norma, gradually uncovered some "startling" facts about the women composers, the hardships they faced and the obstacles and prejudices they encountered. found that women pianists outnumbered men by at least a 10-to-one margin, not only in the horne, but also in silent movie theaters, clubs and restaurants," Max reports. After sifting through thousands of pieces of sheet music, Max and Norma learned that a woman composer was frequently identified only by her initials. While touring the country in his one-man show, Max spent his days going through old music journals and newspaper files, talking with music collectors and old-time musicians, and checking telephone books for clues.
As he tried to track down surviving relatives who had old photographs and biographical information on the composers, recruited college researchers who delved into material in the Library of Congress and other libraries with music archives. One result of the research was an album, "The Ragtime to Women," recorded by Max Morath on Vanguard. The record features the music of these composers who went unrecognized in their lifetime and whose works are rarely heard today. "Ragtime, a form of music created by young black composers that was considered a threat to morality in those days, was condemned not only from the pulpits, but also by the American Federation of Musicians," Norma explains. "Ragtime was played in the be home, against stormy parental objection, but for a woman to play it in public was a sign that she was a fallen woman, if not worse." Norma concluded that prejudice had been a factor after finding that few women composers ever belonged to music organizations, especially to clubs that stressed "fraternity" over business.
"Even musicologists of today knew about the music, but had little or no information on the women who composed it," she adds. So, who were the women composers they discovered? Julia Lee Niebergall of Indiana appears to have been an early feminist, who supported herself by teaching and furnishing accompaniment to silent movies at the Colonial Theater in Indianapolis. Married as a young woman, she a dishortly thereafter, and resumed her maiden name. The Moraths found that she kept her own home and profession until her death at 82, and she was one of the first women in Indiana to own an automobile. Adeline Shepherd of Milwaukee wrote "Pickles and Peppers," a huge success when ragtime was king.
That tune also became William Jennings Bryan's campaign song in his 1908 presidential bid. After a brief flurry of creative success, she married a prosperous insurance executive named Olson. Her, obituary made no mention her success as a composer. Marriage also ended the music career of May Aufderheide of Indianapolis, the Moraths report. Little information was obtained on Gladys Yelvington, Charlotte Blake, Mabel Tilton or Louise V.
Gustin, but it was readily available on Muriel Pollock. The author of "Rooster Rag." later wrote Broadway shows, became a radio star and a staff musician at NBC. She married songwriter Will Donaldson and they moved to Hollywood, where her stepson, Ted, became a child star. Dr. Kathy Craig also was easy to locate.
Her "Romantic Rag" was an award winner at the Joplin Festival in Missouri, and she frequently plays club and concert dates in Los Angeles. The only living composer represented on "The Ragtime Women" album, she is a practicing dentist by day. Mrs. Edward M. Snoke Miss Damico Bride Of E.
M. Snoke Miss Deborah Ann Damico, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Damico, Erie, recently Michael became the Snoke, bride son of Edward, Mrs. Charles Snoke, Hamburg Road.
The Rev. Fr. Cohan officiated for the double ring ceremony at St. James Roman Catholic Church, Erie. Poinsettas and gold candleabras adorned the altar for the noon ceremony.
Ms. Barbara Miodus was organist. Ms. Karen Kiercek was vocalist. The bride was attired in lace Families Shrinking If you think the American family is shrinking, wait.
According to the American Council of Life Insurance, indications are that the average American family will become still smaller. This estimation is based on a survey of 7,500 women by the National Center for Health Statistics which found that married women in their 40s near the end of their childbearing years are likely to have an average of 3.3 children by the time their families are completed. But women just beginning childbearing aged 20 to 24 indicate their families will average one less child, or only 2.3 children. trimmed gown featuring a high neckline, full train, bustle and full sleeves. It was made of cotton voile.
Her waist length veil was attached to fern and baby's breath headpiece. She carried a bouquet of sweetheart roses and baby's breath. Ms. Cynthia Marie Damico was maid of honor, attired in an emerald green gown with a fur trimmed cape. She carried pink and red carnations.
Dan Jackson served as best man for his brother-in-law. Mark Snoke, brother of the bridegroom, was usher. A reception at the Royal Viking in Erie followed the ceremony. The couple took a skiing trip to Killington, and now reside in Erie, Pa. The bride is a graduate of Slippery Rock State College and is employed as a physical education teacher at St.
George School in Erie. The bridegroom is a graduate of Hocking Technical College, Nelsonville and served four years in the U.S. Air Force. He is employed as a computer porgrammer with Root, Spitznas and Smiley, Certified Public Accountants, Erie. Wedding guests from Lancaster included Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Snoke, Sue, Margie and Mark Snoke, Mr. and Mrs. William Snoke and Carrie, Mr. and Mrs.
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