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Show Iathleen Kathleen ( Norris Says : Everyone's Everyones ' Life Is Poor Stuff Stuf , Too TooBell . Bell S "I1dlcateWNU SyndicateWW Syndicate "I1dlcate I1dlcate " -WNU WNU -WW WW - Features Feature FeatureAer I// I /Aer Aer / / / \ \ \ If f 1 1I I Jj \ \ / r// r rtt / / tt e - Y Ypousus . pousus kyw Tht1 The Iou lots of ofa a tred tired , puzzled puzzledman uzzled uzzledman man who needs her who comes homt1 home 10 to 10her toher her .1 1 at . mghl night IS ss Ihe the greatesl greatest m racle of ofall all By KATHLEEN NORRIStt NORRIS U tt A RE there times m everywoman's everyA everywoman's every 'E E A ; ' / \ woman's womans ' l life e when whenshe whenshe when1X she thinks thmks that unless unlesssomethmg unlesssomethmg unlesssomethmg somethmg unexpected une\.pected une.pected une .pected pected " \ . hap hap- happens happens happens - pens she will simply go mad made mad7"asks mad7asks ? " asks Mrs Perry Alien Allen of East EastSt EastSt EastSt St Louis Lows Lotus LowsI LowsSuch I ' Such a time has hascome hascome hascome come to me and I can tell you youIt youit youit It frightens fnghtens me I have a nice niceseven niceseven niceseven seven room , two story tory house housewe , we have a car , Perry IS ISsteady issteady issteady steady and affectionate , my mymother mymother mymother mother lives near and is de- de devoted devoted de devoted - - voted and helpful-and helpful and helpful - and I'm Im I'mafraid I'mafraid ' I'mafraid Imafraid ' afraid ' I'll Ill ' go mad madI I m . sick unto death of putting puttmg the thesame thesame thesame same clothes m in the washing ma mathIne machine machine thIne chine for the ch children dren and Ironing Ironingthe ironingthe ironingIhe the same clothes and carrying carrymg them themupstaIrs themupstairs themupstairs upstaIrs and putting them into mto the thewash thewash thewash wash again agam . . . I m 11'1 111 ' sick of putt ng the thesame thesame thesame same pot roast Into the same pot potand potand potand and cutting cuttmg biscuits with the same sameutter sameutter sameutter utter and buying buymg three new dISh dIShtowels dishtowels dishtowels towels this . week v.eek veek and three pairs of ofsocks ofsocks ofsocks socks for each of the boys next weekI week I [ [ m 11'1 111 ' sick of my beauty parlor my mybook mybook book lending lendmg library my brIdge brIdgeclub bridgeclub bridgeclub club I m sick of giving gIvmg my hus husband husband busband band steak only twice a month and andhaVIng andhaving andhaving haVIng him tired and grateful about aboutIt It ' 'my my ' favorite dinner dumer MommyAnd MommyAnd Mommy MommyAnd And I m deadly sick contmues continues contmuesthis continuesthis continuesthis this spirited letter of kindly ad adVIce advice advice VIce from older women who remInd remIndme remindme remindme me of starvation in Poland and Chias Clu Chi CluDa Chiaa Da as and practically everywhere else elseand elseand elseand and I Im m sick of o1 being bemg told that U 11 Uany 11any itany any real sorrow came to me bke life lifePerry bkePerry likePerry Perry dying or one of the boys bemg being bemgnned beingkilled beingbilled nned killed in the street how grateful I d dbe dbe dbe be to go back to where I am today todayOf IOf I ! ] Of course I worry myself mysel ! sick every everylIme everytime everytime lIme time the children cluldren or Perry have havecolds havecolds havecolds colds or are late tor for dinner they theyare theyare theyare are dearer to me than hfe lIfe But heret heref here f [ am 34 married marned 10 years no nodebts nodebts nodebts debts loving lovmg my husband loving lovmg my myrestless myrestless myrestless restless dirty duty troublesome nOISY nOISYboysand noisyboysand noisyboys boys-and boys and - and afraid arald ! I 111 II ll go mad mad'Terribly madTerribly I ' ITerrIbly TerrIbly DuJIWell DullWell Dull DuJI DullWell Well the letter finishes firushes In a aqUIeter aquieter aquieter qUIeter vein vem just lust writing this tius to toyou toyou toyou you has been an enormous relief to tome tome tome me I U 11 ll start the rabbit pot pie and andthe andthe andthe the creamed carrots in m better bettpr SpIrItS spiritsd spiritsI I ( [ d like bke to have crab cockta cocktails s for fordmner fordinner fordinner dmner dinner tonight tODlght tomght , , , followed by fat lIttle lIttle5teaks littlesteaks littleteaks 5teaks steaks ( and fresh asparagus and end ended endad ended ed ad with my famous baked bakcd Alaska AlaskaWe AlaskaWe AlaskaVe We ( ve ye had baked Alaska twice In In51X insix inBUC 51X six years But if it must be rabbIt rabbItand rabbitand rabbitand and carrots-so carrots so carrots - so be It Only-be Only be Onlybeleve Onlybeheve Only - beheve leve heve ! me ! life 11e can be terribly dull m in ma ina ma a seven room suburban bouse house on ont4 4 000 a year even when Sou i ) ou love loveyour loveyour loveyour your husband buy bonds go to tochurch tochurch tochurch church Sundays entertain entertam the brIdge brIdgeclub bridgeclub bridgeclub club every fourth week weck and have haveevery haveevery haveevery every Sunday dinner at one or theother theother the theother other motherse mothers e . . e . eYes Yes I know it can Roberta andI and I [ know how hard it is to carry onso on to 10 so apparently aimless armless a routine routme fromyear fromyear from year to year But when you get to tomy tomy tomy my age you realize that ! life 11e is much muchthe muchthe muchthe the same tor for everyone Life Itsel itself itselfthis itselfthis ! this queer brief time of sensIbility sensIbilitybetween sensibilitybetween sensibilitybetween between birth and death isn t what whatIt whatIt It seems to be Nobody has as much muchtun muchtun muchun tun ( as you tIunk : . think . Millions of lives livesmow livesknow livesmow mow know ! actual want fear and suffer sufferIng suffertug sufferIng Ing tug Millions of others are bke like likeyours bkeyours likeyours yours Just lust ] ust in the comfortable dull dull5afe dullsafe dulltale 5afe safe middle zone A few thousand thousandleem thousandseem thousandteem leem seem to escape all that and the thewomen thewomen thewomen women wear diamonds and take taketrips taketrips taketrips trips on private yachts and have haveleadmg haveleading leadmg leading parts In mOVIesAnd moviesAnd movies moviesAnd preclous And between them all there Is pre precious preclous clous cious little to choose that is the thestupefying thestupefying thestupefying stupefying fact . . The tiny tmy details that thatmake thatmake thatmake make us happy or sad proud or orashamed orashamed orashamed ashamed exist In the mansions ofMy of , Mf My restless troublesome noisy " 0111 noisyboys " _ boys _ DLLL AND POINTLESS POINTLESSL POINTLESSLife LIfe L : f fe e fs IS es so drab , , so dulland dull and andpomtless andpointless andpointless pomtless pointless complains complams Mrs lI1rs sMrs Perry PerryAllen PerryAllen PerryAlien Allen tn sn t a letter , , that she fearsshe fearsshe fears [ she will go mad madunless unless some somethmg something something thmg thing unexpected unexperted happens happells She Shehas Shehas Shehas has almost everything a wornan wom worn woman wornan an can rightfully expect , a lov low lowing lovlng loving lng ing , , dutiful dutful , husband , , two twobealtby twohealthy twohealthy bealtby healthy little lttle , boys , , a a suburbatl suburban suburbatlhome suburbanhome suburbanhome home The family famsly income tncome sncome isadequate IS ISadequate : s sadequate adequate for her needs and andthere andthere andthere there are no bills blls , or other otherfinancial otherfinancsal otherfinancial financial financsal financialworrtes financsalworries worries worrtes Nothing Nothsng Nothingreally Nothsngreally Nothingreally really is wrong but Mrs lI1rs Afrs Alienis AllenIS AllenCs Allen IS Cs 1ust lust ] ust weary wearyof of the tbe routine routme ofhousehold of ofhousebod ofhousehold housebo/d housebo d household housebodcares householdcares / cares , , cooking cookmg Vlar mar Vlarketmg marketsng marketmg ketmg ketsng ketmgand ketsngand andall and all Her clubcon club con conneclons connecttons conneclions nec/lons nec lons necttons / are not interestingenough Interestmg interesting Interestmgenough interestingenough enough to give her much milch dI- dI dt- dt dIversIon dtversson di diversion - - version versson She is looking for forsomethmg forsomething forsomething somethmg something bizarre bzarre , to give her hera a new interest mterest in tn sn lIfe1I11SS lifeMiss life lifeMiss Miss 1I11SS Noms Norris replies repltes that tbat lIfe lIfesettles lifesettles lifesettles settles down to a dreary same sameness sameness sameness ness for nearly et es eteryone eryone wtime tn in tntime intime time Wealth 117ealtb 117 Wealthand ealtb ealtba11d and a11d beauty beautyand and andfame andfame andfame fame do not make much milch dIffer duffer dIfference dufference difference ence The only element elemet1t , , sas sasMIss says saysMiss saysMiss ) MIss Norns Norrts Norris , , that can lift 11ft any any011e anyone anyone 011e one out of111011Ot011Y ofmonotony of monotony 111011Ot011Y and de despalr despaar despair spalr spaar , , is religion relrgl011 A realizationof realzatIon realization realzatIonof realizationof , of the supernaturel part of life lifeshe , , she sas says ) transforms everythingcommonplace evertbtng everything evertbtngcommonplace everythingcommonplace ) commonplace a11dmakes andmakes and a11d makes It Its itsparkle itsparkle s sparkle arkle The Tbe dull daily datly routine rou routine routine tine becomes thrilling thrtllmg thrillingPark thrillingPark Park avenue just as plentifully as asthey asthey asthey they do the crowded tenements of ofSlIver ofSilver ofSilver SlIver Silver street Wealth and fame and andbeauty andbeauty andbeauty beauty are only fresh eJ\.asperatIons eJ.asperatIons eJ .asperatIons asperatIons exasperations eJ.asperatIonswhen exasperationswhen exasperationswhen \ . when they cannot hold a man s loy by loyalty byalty loyalty alty save a child s ! life 11e or bu build d about abouther abouther abouther her the home fires de di the books and andfrIends andfriends andfriends frIends the dear sense of bemg being bemgloved beingloved beingloved loved and needed that are every everywoman everywoman everywoman woman s dreamSupernatural dreamSupernatural dream dreamSupernatural Supernatural GoalThe GoalThe Goal GoalThe The history lustory of failures dIvorces dIvorcesand divorcesand divorcesand and suicides swcldes among the apparently apparentlygreat apparentlygreat apparentlygreat great and favored prove this over overand overand overand and over Life-If Life If Life-ii ii - Life - if you live it only m mterms mterms mterms terms of this tlus world Is a dull and anddlscourag anddiscourag anddiscourag dlscourag discourag ng business busmess for everyone everyoneEarthly everyoneEarthly everyoneEarthly Earthly life isn t enough tor for us we weare weare weare are geared to somethmg something else We Weneed Weneed Weneed need supernatural helpOnce helpOnce help helpOnce Once sure of that there is no more moredullness moredullness moredullness dullness We are the servants then thenof thenof thenof of an invisible master Nothing Nothmg is ishumble ishumble Ishumble humble then nothing notlung is monotonous monotonousLife monotonousLite ' LIfe sparkles the commonplace commonplaceseven commonplaceseven commonplaceseven seven room house the two sturdy boys sturdyboys the garden friends club mar marketall marketall market ket-all ket all - - all combine In one absorb absorbmg absorbing absorbing mg ing miracle And the love of o1 a tlred tired tlredpuzzled tiredpuzzled tiredpuzzled puzzled man man , , who needs her who whocomes whocomes whocomes comes home to her at night is the thegreatest thegreatest thegreatest greatest miracle of all To make makeIDS makehis makehis IDS his ! life 11e comfortable and complete Is Isa isa Isa a da ly and secret sccret delightOnce delightOnce delight delightOnce Once you come to feel that d s silluslonment sIllusionment slllusionment illuslonment Illusionment and drabness are the thefate thelate thefate fate late of us all your own share of It Itbecomes itbecomes itbecomes becomes easier to bear You begm begin begmto beginto beginto to reach about for that hidden luaden al alchemy alchemy alchemy chemy that transforms hfe lIfe in an or ordmary ordmary ordinary dmary city flat 1Iat int6 intb into the most thr thrilling thrillingrole thrillingrole l1ng l1ngrole role a woman can be called upon uponto uponto uponto to play Behove Belleve Believe me the matenals materials matenalsare materialsare materials.are materialsare . are all there ready to your hand handOr handOr handOr Or rather ready r.eady . to ) sour your our heart and andsoul andsoul andsoul soul A ballroom and a sWImming sWImmingpool swimmingpool swimmingpool pool don t keep hate and fear and anddespaIr anddespair anddespair despaIr out of a house Income has hasnothing hasnothing hasnothing nothing to do with the joy of 1 I vmg ving vmgThat vingThat vmgThat That is something tor for which you youmust youmust youmust must seek as a certain certam merchant merchantd d d a certain pearl knowing thatits thatits that thatits its heavenly luster would light all allthe allthe allthe the rest of bis his days |
