The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 14

Womens Activities 14-A Monday, May 9, 1966 THE FRESNO BEE Milady's Leisure Hours Are Myth By Desa C. Belyea Women's activities editor Whatever happened to all that leisure time women are supposed to have? The salesman who sold grandma her first washboard probably told her how much more leisure time she now would have. Likewise for the salesman who exchanged mother's washboard for a washing machine. And somewhere in the spiel for the new automatic washer-dryer, I distinctly heard the word leisure. Maybe the inventions brought grandma and mama more leisure, but despite all the promises, today's woman still is looking for that elusive commodity known as leisure that period of time when she can just sit and stare out of the window or lie on the hammock and contemplate the nearest rose bush.

Everybody insists: "American women are SO lucky, they have so much leisure." Maybe you are the American woman they are talking about. It certainly is not me nor any of my friends, co-workers or neighbors. Women and Americans we are, but women with leisure we are not. We cannot even claim to be underprivileged-we have all those modern time-saving devices-what we do not have is leisure. And until now we did not even have a good argument or alibi to hide behind.

All we could do when confronted by that word leisure was to grin and bear it. But now we have a champion and a male one at that. Allen R. Dodd senior editor of Printer's Ink, a magazine for the advertising and marketing industry, comes to our defense with an article "The Myth of Milady's Leisure." Writing in the current issue, Dodd states, "This leisure time (for women) has been showing up in the graphs for some years now; unhappily it hasn't always been showing up in the home. This has led many women to suspect that (a) the graphs are wrong or (b) they are the victims of some Parkinson's law which holds that domestic duties expand to fill the time As Dodd explains, today's housewife actually does spend less time boiling soap, chopping wood and fighting Indians.

Thanks to the marvels of modern semantics, this extra time has come to be described as leisure. But the automatic spin-dryer was not handed down from the heavens. It was merely one product of a complex society which also produced the PTA, the business cocktail party, the telephone salesman and the flat tire. "Modern technology is a wonderful thing," Dodd continues, "but it may transfer the work load rather than eliminate it. When the modern woman got the modern kitchen, she also got the plumber and the electrician as partners.

Some of the hours saved by that push-button, therefore, have to be spent on the telephone rounding up the repairman." The same argument can be used for the automobile. Although it saves time, it also means that the housewife takes on the added chores of neighborhood chauffeur. The push-button washing machine eliminates the back-breaking labor, but it still takes time to sort and stack the family wash. A trip to the supermarket with all of its conveniently packaged and displayed foods should be another timesaver, but the housewife often finds she may spend more time deciding between brands and weights and types of food than her mother did 10 or 15 years ago. As one working wife says in the Dodd story, "What we are supposed to have is related merchandise shopping, but the trouble is that the supermarket's categories may not be yours.

If you don't live to their rhythm, God help you." Another woman comments, "The packaged meat department is wonderful, provided you're lucky enough lay your hand on exactly what you want immediately. Otherwise, it's anyone's guess how long your shopping is going to take." Dodd adds, "This species of space-time paradox also applies to a host of open-and-serve products. They have lifted a load from the housewife's shoulders, but at a price. If she does want to build her own recipe from scratch, it may take her longer to round up the original ingredients today than it did a generation And if the housewife does have any leisure, Dodd says and housewives will agree, she finds a horde of people who are anxious to enrich it. Her free time is crowded with opportunities to improve herself or somebody else and about the only opportunity she lacks is the one that will provide some peace and quiet.

Should by some quirk that she find an hour of leisure, her guilt feelings would be such that she would probably spend the rest of the day doing penance-mowing the lawn, baking bread or washing the car. "Unfortunately," Dodd concludes, "The experts abound and the housewife can't make a move without invoking some ritual phrase planned nutrition, trauma, community responsibility, 30 per cent fewer cavities. The day is past when the wife and mother could belt the kids into submission, send the old man down to the firehouse to play cribbage and get quietly unmotivated on hard cider." pot Bee Photo Costumed strolling guitarists and a gaily decorated candlelit garden promise to lend a "Mexican Fiesta" theme to the Joseph Dale Jr. home when the Minervas of Sigma Alpha Epsilon host their barbecue and social May 21. Getting ready for a festive mood are general cochairman Mrs.

Dale, left, and Mrs. Michael Simonian, right, while Charles L. Henry is set to assist. The social hour is set for 6 p.m. after which dinner will be served and an auction of unusual items will be held.

Other committee chairman are Mrs. Henry, tickets; Mrs. Arthur Oliver, properties; Mrs. Harold Gisvold and Mrs. Frank Noga, food; Mrs.

Charles Matoian, salads; Mrs. Ray Frost, publicity, and Mrs. Alice Wickersham, auction cashier. Symphony League Plans 'Joan Of Arc' Preview "Joan of Arc at the Stake," the season's final concert preview of the Women's Symphony League, will be given Thursday at a luncheon in Pardini's Restaurant. The program will be presented at twin concerts on Thursday and Friday by the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra, the Fresno State College A Cappella Choir, under direction of Arthur Huff, and the Lisle Boy's Choir, directed by Sam Barkman.

The preview, open to the public, will begin at 11 a.m. followed by luncheon at 1 p.m. Tickets for the preview are 50 cents and $1 for the luncheon. Reservations can be made with Mrs. William Forbes, 439-6257, or Mrs.

Edwin Rousek, 439-0617. Mrs. Kenneth Craycroft will preside at the preview which will feature Dr. Paul Kinzel, linguistics professor at FSC and student of music. Kinzel Art Inspires Shoe Design The art boom now affects styles in footwear.

One manufacturer of casuals has turned to oil paintings of 10 top-ranking American artists as the source for the colors of its new line of canvas and rubber shoes. Artists represented in the national promotion are Maurice Freedman, Karl Schrag, Irving Marantz, Hans Moller, Joseph De Martini, Walter Meigs, Ben Benn, Jason Schoener, Victor Candell and Julien Binford. (Kedettes). Helen Help Us! Mother's Return Stirs Memories By Helen Bottel Dear Helen: I was 21 when I married my husband and took on the raising of his three children, ages 7, 9 and 10. Their mother had deserted them five years before a and he had heard nothing from her since, not even a birthday card for the kids.

My heart went out to them they were starved for a mother's love. I put my whole heart into raising them and loved them dearly. After two and one-half years, their mother pops into the picture. She said she wanted to finish raising them, and we agreed to let her have them back, though it broke our hearts. She had the children exactly a year and kicked them out.

When we got them back, we could see they were terribly hurt by all this. They all said they don't care about their real mother and never want to see her again. But, now when she has no responsibility, she wants to claim credit. She insists on having them on school holidays, G. R.

Rodder Claims Wife MEN will discuss Paul Claudel's poem, "Joan of Arc," from the literary point of view. Paul Vermel, orchestra director, will assist in discussion of the poem which was set to music by Arthur Honegger. Concert soloists will be at the preview and will I sent personal impressions the music and Featured soloists will be Vermel, Dorothy Gladys Peters and Huff. Women, Dogs Get A Package Deal LONDON (AP) The president of Britain's beauty parlor operators urged his fellow hairdressers today to give a package deal to women and their dogs. "We should compete for the poodle parlor customers," Sidney Henson, new president of the Incorporated Guild of Hairdressers, Wigmakers and Perfumers, told the group's annual conference.

"Our prices are too low. Our clients openly admit that their poodles cost them $4.55 for a trim and shampoo. "Just let us try to charge our customers that for a shampoo and set and they'll blow their tops." The price of a shampoo and set for women now ranges from the equivalent of $1.20 in a run-of-the-mill beauty shop to $25 when the job is done by a top hair stylist. "Now we can undercut the poodle parlors. It doesn't take any longer to work on dogs than humans," Henson said.

"After all, poodles are less demanding when it comes to decor and service. I seriously Memories she mention it to him herself. We don't want her to be Number Four, with or without a shotgun. He's a sharpy, this one, but she can't see past his ladies-man looks. What can we do Mrs.

T. P. Dear Mrs. Track down the rumor, check the court house records, ask the fellow point blank about his past life: prospective in-laws have a right to know. If the stories are true, your daughter should be convinced this "marry, marry gentleman" is not for her.

Meanwhile, hope he's gotten gunshy! H. This column is dedicated to family living, so if you're having teen-age trouble or lust plain trouble, let Helen help you, She also will welcome your own amusing experiences. Address Helen Bottel in care of The Fresno Bee. Copyright, 1966, King Features Syndicate, Inc. FREE FILM 126 INSTAMATIC: 120.

620 127 KODACOLOR oF BLACK WHITE CASNER'S With each roll punted and developed The Regency Hotel in New York City was the setting for the ceremony last evening in which Carol Lynn Spector became Mrs. Gerald Ross Rodder. Rabbi Judah Kahn officiated. The bride was attired in an Empire gown of ivory peau de soie designed with an overlay of pearl-embroidered Alen- Guild Will Host Tea, Musicale Three parties rolled into one will be offered by the Fresno Opera Guild May 17, the date of the group's "Round Robin Musicale." The afternoon will include the opportunity to tour four Fresno homes and attend three musicales and a tea. The 20-minute musicales will be repeated at 1, 1:45 and 2:30 p.m.

in each of three homes. On the itinerary are the Kenneth T. Craycroft residence, a gracious older home, at which Mrs. Craycroft and Mrs. Klenner F.

Sharp will play piano music; the Carl H. Haas home, French Provincial style, where operatic arias will be sung by Mrs. Marion Berry and Charles Harshaw, accompanied by Mrs. Alta Parret, and the Harshaws' Spanish home, where Mrs. Dorothy Renzi, soprano, will sing with a quartet composed of Mrs.

Nicola Iacovetti, Louis A. Watson, Anne Bryon and Karl L. Falk. Acting as hostess guides at the various homes will be Mmes. Michael Kershaw, Raymond Ferchau and Thomas Hancock.

The modern home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Brody will be the setting for the 3 p.m. tea which will follow the musicales.

Mrs. Alfred Thomas, president of the Fresno Musical Club, and Mrs. Paul Asperger, president of the Women's Symphony League, will pour. Opera guild members planning the Fresno Opera Association benefit include Mmes. John Shamshoian, Annette Zartarian, Ralph Drew, Michael Argentino and Warren Zapp.

Tickets are $2.50 and may be purchased from members or reserved by telephoning Mrs. Zartarian, 439-3444, or Mrs. Zapp, 227-4012. Henderson Recipes Kitchen Cheryl in Rice Ring lamb) Carrots Green Salad Dressing Strawberries with Topping Topping Recipe milk 1 tablespoon sugar teaspoon vanilla sweetened, sliced fresh strawberries or other fresh, frozen or canned fruit. Kitchen on The Fresno Bee through Friday at 1:35 p.m.

suggest that we offer a combined service for madame and her poodle." He also proposed hair-tint package with "client and poodle trimmed and tinted to match at an all inclusive charge." Wedding Is Planned A wedding in September is planned by Cheryl Henderson and Steven H. Whittaker whose engagement is announced by the bride-elect's mother, Mrs. Patricia J. Henderson. The future bride attended Fresno City College following her graduation from McLane High School.

Her fiance, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. Henry Whittaker, is an alumnus of Fresno High School and will continue his studies in the fall at CC. Favorite By Katherine Curried Lamb (leftover Julienne Tossed Oil and Fresh Cottage Cottage Cheese 1 cup creamed cottags cheese tablespoon cream or Beat cottage cheese until smooth. Add cream, sugar and vanilla.

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She carried an arrangement of gardenias' and lily of the valley. Mrs. Gerald R. Rodder Lauren Diane Spector of New York City, sister of the bride, and Mrs. Seymour S.

Phillips of Woodland Hills, Los Angeles County, sister of the bridegroom, were the maid and matron of honor. Phillips was his brother-inlaw's best man. Following the reception at the hotel, the newlyweds departed for a honeymoon in Europe. Mrs. Rodder is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Emanuel V. Spector of New York. She was graduated from New York University and attended Pine Manor College in Wellesley, and the Fieldston School in Riverdale, N.Y. Rodder, vice president of Rodder's stores, is the son of Mrs.

Pauline Rodder and the late Samuel E. Rodder. He is an alumnus of the University of California at Berkeley and Fresno High School. His affiliations i include the Masons, Tehran Temple Shrine and the Junior League Names Officers Mrs. Loren Smith, the new president of the Junior League of Fresno, and Mrs.

Richard Brinker, the new first vice president, are in Bal Harbour, today attending the 44th annual conference of the Association of the Junior Leagues of America. Among the speakers at the four-day session will be Arthur H. (Red) Motley, president Vows Are Said In Bay Area Wedding bells rang in the Bay Area earlier this month for JoAnn Nettleton and Marine Cpl. Calvin Donald Kunkel. The couple exchanged vows in the chapel on Mare Island and will establish a home in Vallejo.

The former Miss Nettleton is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Nettleton of Fresno. She is a graduate of Judson School in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Kunkel, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Kunkel of attended Billings High School and Eastern Montana College.

The bride's wedding attire was a pink dress with pink accessories. Her flowers were white carnations and baby roses. Barbara Neff of Fresno was the maid of honor. Lt. Earl Rutledge of Houston, was the best man and Cpl.

Alois Zajak of Larchmont, ushered. A reception was held in the Rutledge home. and publisher of Parade Publications, Dr. Walter H. Ehlers, a professor at Florida State University, and Alfredo Antonini, director of the Tampa Philharmonic Orchestra and musical director of the Columbia Broadcasting System.

The other new officers of Fresno's Junior League are: Mrs. Ross Brown, second vice president; Mrs. James LaFollette and Mrs. Peter Holmes, secretaries, and Mrs. Gerald Blum, treasurer.

The committee chairmen are: Mrs. Bruce Higton, admissions; Mrs. Brown, advisory planning; Mrs. Howard Aiken, arts; Mrs. Torben Hansen, education; Mrs.

Blum, finance; Mrs. Robert Farmer, health and welfare; Mrs. Vernon Selland, hospitality; Mrs. Richard Jordan, newssheet; Mrs. Howard Mackechnie, nominating; Mrs.

Robert Baird, provisionals; Mrs. Charles Small, placement; Mrs. Roger Fipps, public relations, and Mrs. James P. Waller, sustaining adviser.

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She plans to send them gifts, cards and letters. What she wants is for us to raise her children while she gets the credit of being called "mother." I say she is no true mother, as my husband has legal custody. Each time the kids hear from her it stirs up hurting memories. Must we put up with To Be A Good Mother. Dear Trying: If the divorce decree grants visiting privileges, I'm afraid you must put up with thisonly a lawyer can tell you for sure, and I strongly advise that you consult one.

Perhaps you are worrying needlessly. Past history indicates this "mother" rarely feels a twinge of motherly love. I doubt that she will change, and so you can expect a few cards and gifts, fewer invitations, then silence. Honest now, you have a fine husband, and his three loving children. Must you waste time being jealous of a woman who lost them all through her own stupidity? H.

Dear Helen: Can you tell me if there is anything on the market that discourages hair growth? Moustache Minnie. Dear Minnie: Removal by electric needle is expensive and often not 100 per cent satisfactory. I'd recommend a good depliator or one of those facial sandpaper kits which you can get in almost any variety store. These don't discourage hair growth, but they eliminate the hair temporaily, and will not harm your skin if you follow directions. Also, check it out with your doctor.

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