European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Two St american housewives Timve Lyl it made and Many arc  that s a Blunt statement fur arizonan Betty Kunzik but it s her opinion Niter three years of living As a Herman Hausfrau. She is referring to the average House wife in the states but. My. To Creon Kunzik quickly adds even inc wives of . Servicemen roughing it on the Economy in Germany have it easy com pared to my life As the wife of a Ger Man air Force Pilot. They at least have a commissary housing allowance refrigerator and furniture plus pm items  magazines. As for me it has been a real Strug Gle. With Little Money and the adjustment. I lost a lot of weight the first two years but 1 Learned a lot of things. And i have never been happier or Richer in the essentials of  that s quite a statement for a former fashion Model Secretary to writer and Public relations assistant who enjoyed All the modern conveniences and two ears during her first marriage in Phoenix Ariz. By father was a dentist and i was never without anything. Cottage at the Lake boats Etc. I did t know we lived in luxury until i came to Germany and married Juergen. At first we had nothing taut suit cases for a table bed and a couple of chairs from the base. I had no dowry and Here you either have to have Sav Ings or Money in the family. But bit by bit we bought furniture nil getting my refrigerator for Christ Mas year ago was a tremendous treat. I never thought i could get excited about a refrigerator. I still Don t have washing machine Telephone or vacuum cleaner. At first the Jan elks lived in patented room with a Small Oil stove in in Comer. Yea Are grateful at first lib most germans just to have a roof ver your Bead. But now we live in Roomy duplex with Good Central heat lag. I Learned to appreciate Central Healing for the first time in my life. I Ever thought about difficulty in finding place let alone How ii was healed.1 was always lust Plain comfortable in America. Let face it i had an awful struggle before i Learned the simplicity Neces sary to be a Hausfrau. The country i Beautiful but the Marks German Marks Don t go very far. Perhaps thesis Why you feel so essential in your homemaking. In Europe women Are forced into Small Circle of living with simple pleasures. In America we have so much Choice that it sometimes tends to Lead to confusion and frustration. A woman cannot be whole and self contained if she is continually divided into a thousand functions As Are today american women. Nor can they enjoy Little things and simple  m. 0 bring out this Point Betty recalled a conversation with a school teacher during a visit to temp Ariz., after becoming a German huns Fotiu. I told her about the funny experiences and the serious Side of All i Learned in Ger Many. When i explained about the Sim by Ralph Bennington staff writers a photos by Joe Wesley Arizona housewife turned Hausfrau Betty Janzik whips up a German style meal. With husband in Mufti Betty talks enthusiastically to visitor in living room. F104 Pilot 1st i. Juergen Janisik stationed near dim collects old Money. Poll find Way of living and the touch of softness in the German Homes she said Why you re not talking about Ger Many at All to me you re telling me about the Way America used to be " As for the soft touch Betty expounded "1 have found generally that women Here find a special Joy in flow ers. A Home has an array of plants and Flowers on the window Sills and throughout if Home. At first i thought ii old fashioned but when i stepped into a Home i fell the Loub. It literally goes with what a Ger Man Man once Lold me. Lie said Ger Man women try to become a Gardenin which their husbands can grow it s a Lovely thought. Perhaps men need More of this softness when they come Homo so they can be themselves. Flowers played a leading Rolo in the Romance and marriage of the Jan elks. Juergen was training at Luke air Force base near Phoenix when Homet Betty her daughter and Mother to a concert. Lie thought my daughter Kerry now a Junior nursing student at the University of Arizona was my Sis Ter but he called the next Day to ask if i would show him some of the City. I accepted and he showed up the following Day with three red carnations. Tills was touching. And he never came without three red Flowers which always seemed to Tako on More significance. I must admit he swept to off my feet. To is a rare person. Real Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday March 27, 1966