» . . But What About The Pre-Pearl Harbor MOTHER?
She’s The Forgotten Woman-Her Problems Are Often Greater Than Her Husband’s
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By ARLENE WOLF
AP Features Writer
NEW YORK—What;s happen
ing to the pre-Pearl Harbor
mother? .Plenty! While the pre
Pearl Harbor father, facing in
duction, is sympathized with and
talked abou*, his wife is frequent
si ty forgotten. But back home, she
^ f—and her children—still have to
iat.
! How is she managing on the
government allotment—$50 for
(her $30 for the first child, $20
for each additional one?
Social service agencies say she's
‘‘adjusting"—a word they use to
^ cover most anything. They also
say she is in a tight spot.
The Red Cross home service,
here, reports steadily increasing
appeals since January 1. Fre
quently fathers come in even be
fore induction for help in work
ing out family finances.
To the poor, the government
^ allotment often represents an in
LITERARY
GllDEPOST
“THE DOVE BRINGS PEACE"
b\4 Richard Hagopian 'Farrar
& Rinehart; S2.50).
I first heard of Richard Hago
pian through a friend of mine
who was teaching voice at the
time in Boston He thought the
young Mr. Hagopian had talent
for singing, and never mentioned
that he was a writer. Perhaps a4
that time Mr. Hagopian wasn’t a
writer.
But now he has done the public
a considerable service with a book
of Armenian stories called “The
Dove Brings Peace.” The book
is a charming performance, in the
first place. But it also makes one
think. It makes one think thal
perhaps William Saroyan is not
^ a genius as he and others insist
he is, but only an Armenian.
Maybe any gifted, literate Armen
ian can turn out those stories.
For “The Dove Brings Peace”
crease in income. The rich don't
have to worry. But the wife; whose
husband used to make a comfort
able wage is wrenched out of her.
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Near-relief standards pinch
the wives of servicemen.
normal way of life. She is faced
with rearing her children on near
relief standards, or delegating
someone else to bring them up
while she takes a job.
Mrs. X, the pre-Pearl Harbor
mother, finds the going much
harder than her younger sister,
who married and had a child after
might have been written by Sar
joyan on one of his less fantastic
days.
1 It is a book about the little
people; literary Armenians seem
to be little people. It is also
about people who have suffered
greatly as individuals and as a
race, which is also an Armenian
1 characteristic. Its people speak
a wonderful language of fantasy
and color, use extraordinary fig
ures of speech, react oddly to
standard things. If, for example.
Mr Hagopian’s father (in the
book, that is> goes to the attic to
lower some windows and steps j
through the upper floor ceiling
his wife does not attempt to lift j
him out, but instead she pulls
him through, after carefully ad
justing the bed to receive him.
Mr. Hagopian’s men sit endless
, hours playing a version of back
gammon, drinking syrupy coffee,
1 arguing off their sorrows. His
women have a quality of rich
ness and understanding quite un
usual, and the children are lovely,
wistful little tikes when they are
: not demons. Hunger stalks the
| alleys of Mr. Hagopian’s town,
We have recently installed our power ice
cream freezers. We serve it and we sell in large
quantities.
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the war began. Mrs. X planned
life on a permanent peace basis,
notes the Rev. John Donovan of
Catholic Charities. She has an
established home, which she
wants to keep intact until her
husband comes back She may
have furniture bought on the in
stallment plan, or a home with 1
mortgage.
The younger service wife never
had such a set-up. if she had a
job, it was easy to keep on work
ing. In most cases, she can now
live with her parents. If she has
a baby, grandma’s probably tak
ing care of it.
Social service spokesmen say
this is what the typical pre-Pearl
Harbor mother has to face:
Her parents can’t help. They’re
older, and often need help them
selves.
Her children are of school age,
and can’t be deposited in day car
centers while mother works.
Mother’s older, too—and prob
ably hasn’t worked outside her
home for years. It’s hard for her
When mother's away, children
may get into trouble
to turn suddenly into the family
breadwinner.
“The financial problem can be
met,” says Frances Taussig, ex
ecutive director of Jewish Social
Services. “But the psychological
problem—the feeling of depriva
tion, resen'ment and inadequacy
—is a large one.”
Social workers don’t pretend
that any solution is ideal, because
each presents additional problems.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER
HAVE DOUBLE FUNERAL
A double funeral was held
Tuesday afternoon at 2:C0 p. m.
from the Lavinia Wallace Young
Mission church, for George
Bright, aged 28, who passed away
Thursday morning, and his daugh
ter, Lilly, aged six months, who
passed away Friday morning of
last week. Miss Constance Erick
son officiated. Mr. Bright was
formerly from Little Diomede and
Sinrock. His wife, Mrs. Bright,
and two daughters survive, as
does also a stepfather, Tom
Bright.
HAVE NEW BOOKLET
The publicity committee of the
Northwestern Alaska Chamber of
Commerce is diligently working
on the revision and renewal of
Second Division information which
will, in a short while, be pub
lished in booklet form for dis
tribution to all who are interested
in the progress of this section.
but somehow nobody starves;
there may be no money to buy
fine hard red apples, but raki is
made to be drunk, and spiced beef
is prepared to be eaten therewith.
It would not be fair to go into
details about such things as the
symbolic dove, or the wonderful
flying devil snake, or the little
Italian girl who was so beautiful.
You must read these things for
yourself.
FINDINGS IN
ALASKA RUINS
IMPORTANT
HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT — Realizing that
answers to many important ar
chaeological questions may be
found in ruins which have been
unearthed in Alaska by military
personnel, the Army has taken
steps to preserve all articles of
archaeological interest found in (
the territory
Several sites have been encoun
tered by military personnel in
construction activities. Many of
them are new finds, but their
scientific value has not as yet
been determined.
Souvenir hunting and digging
at archaeological sites by soldiers
| in Alaska is prohibited by orders
; from Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar
Buckner, Jr.’s Alaskan Depart
ment headquarters. Under a
new directive, articles of archaeo
logical interest discovered in the
course of essential military ex
cavations will be collected by post
commanders and turned over to
the University of Alaska, which
will prepare the .material for
shipment to the Smithsonian In
stitu'ion.
| When military necessity makes
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They say the mother can go to
work—and try to find someone to
take care of her children, or le4
them run loose after school and
possibly turn into delinquents
There aren't nearly enough after
school centers for all the children
of working mothers.
She can double up with friends
or relatives—and break up the
home she wants 4o keep intact.
She can reduce her living stand
ard, and live on ‘he government
allotment. But Anna Kempshall,
director of family service at Com
munity Service society, says "it
takes terrific planning to do i4."
Allotment budgets don’t allow
for replacement of worn cloth
ing, medical or dental care, or
for the thousand and one expen
ses that always crop up wherever
there are children.
"I couldn’t keep the children in
the house all winter," one mother
declared. ‘‘So I bought them snow
suits. Now I can t pay the rent."
No public relief agency will
help her, because her allotment
Clam-Mushroom Bisque
3 cups mushroom liquor
1 cup light cream
1 quart clams
1-2 cup clam bro'h
Salt to taste
Make mushroom liquor from
stems and peelings simmered in
salted water Steam clams in as
little water as possible until they
open. Strain liquor through
cheese clo'h. Remove clams from
hells and chop bodies fine. Put
ill ingredients together and heat
iver low flame. Do not boil. Sea
son to taste with salt and serve
with sprinkling of paprika on top.
disturbance or archaeological
sites essential, the new directive
from Alaskan Department head
quarters states, careful notes art
to be made concerning the loca
tion and nature of the site, the
thickness and kind of deposits
and the dates on which the ex
cavations are made. These notes
will be sent to the Universi'y ol
Alaska along with the artifacts
and skeletal material.
Post-war excavation and studj
of ruins on the Aleutian Islands
where many of the new finds have
been made, may prove of import
ance, for much remains to b«
learned of the early inhabitant:
of that archipelago. Some of flu
ruins discovered on the islands ap
parently are of comparatively re
cent origin, however, and may bt
of little scientific value.
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is more than the relief budget.
But, as ano her social worker
points out, relief '• recipients are
often better off. 'because they Can
depend on public assistance for
contingencies the service wife
can't mee‘. No private agency
has the funds, either.
The best solution? A part-time
Part-time work, many experts
say, is the best solution
job, which brings the pre-Pearl
Harbor mother home in time to
meet the children after school—
many authorises believe.
DRIVE HELPS
GAIN WORKERS
FOR FISH RUN
l WASHINGTON, May 10 —
—<AP>—The refruiting drive
which extended beyond the Arctic
Circle enlisted Aleutian Island
natives, who were forced by the
war, to the mainland! helped pro
vide 12.000 workers to help in the
year’s Alaska salmon run, the
War Manpower Commission said
recently, and brought the salmon
to the country in river boats, air
planes, cannery tenders and skiffs.
A large percentage, of *he na
tives had never been employed be
fore.
Emery Nix. former TCU grid
star and now with the football
Giants, gained 333 yards m a sin
gle game during 1942.
Pilot crackers go well with this.
Eggs In Tomatoes
4 medium-sized tomatoes
4 eggs
Grated cheese
Remove a thin slice from the
top of each tomato and remove
seeds and pulp. Place tomatoes
in greased baking dish, put a
l small piece of margarine in each
tomato and bake in oven until
tender. Remove from oven an i
break an egg into each tomax >,
season with salt and pepper ax l
sprinkle with grated Parmesan
or other cheese. Return to oven
! to bake until eggs are done.
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