Letters: Jul. 16, 1965

Tepee Fever

Sir: That was a masterful Essay on the lack of servants [July 9], but you failed to mention what happens to money that might be spent on them. The money goes to doctors who treat housewife's syndrome (monster fatigues and creeping paralysis of the mind), psychiatrists who treat tepee fever (life with father was better), foot specialists who make health shoes with cast-iron shanks so you can keep on ironing for four more hours, and orthopedic surgeons who diagnose and treat commuter husbands for slipped discs generated by aerobatics performed six inches...

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