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...Honolulu Advertiser's Bob Krauss is a seasoned journalistic stunt man and the best-read columnist in Hawaii. Once, to test the legendary hospitality of Hawaiians, he walked for a week around the island of Oahu carrying no money, food or blankets, yet was well fed and housed. Krauss's latest stunt grew out of a column in the Advertiser (circ. 68,548) in which he twitted housewives who complain about their hard work "so their husbands will feel guilty enough to do the dishes." When a reader challenged him to try his own hand...
...Krauss deliberately chose a tough spot. Said he: "I was warned not to take a family with all preschool kids because they would wear me out. But I did. I also knew that suspicious women would watch to see whether I picked a home with a Deepfreeze, mangle, maid and easy appliances, so I didn't." He chose the home of Mrs. Norman Dion, 31, wife of a lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard, and mother of Susan, 4, Sally, 3, Melina, 20 months, and Ned, 6 months...
Like Jerking Sodas. Bob Krauss, the second youngest of seven children in Kansas, had never cooked, changed a diaper, made up a feeding formula, or burped a baby. Before taking over Patience Dion's chores, he spent a day watching her performance, gaining the children's confidence and taking copious notes. "I had to have a dry run," he explained. "Most women have nine months to get ready for a child. I had one weekend to get ready for four...
Readers got the story of Krauss's five days of housekeeping (6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.) in his column each morning. Alongside, the Advertiser ran Mrs. Dion's version-which often differed. Krauss's first report began on a confident note: "There really isn't much to it. Running a house and taking care of four children takes about the same amount of stamina and nervous energy as jerking sodas." When children get out of bounds, Krauss counseled readers, spank them. (With their parents' consent, he did.) A few things went awry...
...second day produced another assured column from Krauss. Reported Mrs. Dion: "Susan's hair hasn't been combed since Monday...