1900 House

[Carl Remick]

>The 2nd episode last night showed the family moving
>in, and the wife (who was the one who wnated to do it)
>breaking down under the workload after a few days,
>complaining that the husband was getting the better
>deal, etc.  Just watching her and her daughters doing
>the wash (12 hours to do a single load!), I wondered
>how women ever had time to agitate for suffrage and
>the like.  Check it out if you get the chance...
>
>Jim Baird

Yes, this is a fascinating show.  And the plot's about to thicken, judging 
from the reviews I've read.  The solution to the wife's work overload proves 
to be to hire a maid (which I suspect was also how many suffragettes found 
time for political, as opposed to laundry, agitation).  However, the wife, 
after initially feeling freed, experiences guilt about hiring a maid, so she 
fires her, reportedly causing resentment and a fresh outburst of guilt -- 
conflicted emotions all around.  Looking at her husband struggle with that 
straight-edge razor, though, it's not clear to me he's got the better deal.

Carl
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