Show kathleen norris says she cant sto stop P crying bell syndicate features feature do something sv that will hasten the dawn a of a peaceful strong intelligent world for tomorrow by keeping a well tri managed caged home for war workers you can do great service but do something or lace face lifelong shame and regret by KATHLEEN NORRIS T SIMPLY cry all the time writes elizabeth i taylor from austin texas 1 I cant help it no matter what I 1 do to stop it sometime during the morning I 1 begin to tremble and then the tears come and I 1 go on crying at intervals until im in bed at night and then I 1 really cry hard into my pillow so that my husband cant hear me and yet things arent harder for me than tor for thousands of other women her letter goes on my biggest boy Is out in the marshall Marshal 1 islands with the marines my daughter has her first job at 17 and my little boy is still in grade school doctor taylor is a chiropractor who has a fine business and we have a lovely home so it so much my problem its just the awful atul problem ot of the whole world that has me completely broken down its the magnificence ol of the boys and the letters they write home and the wounded that are coming in to the service hospitals and the thought of all the ruin in europe she she goes on for several more P pages ages but the gist of it and her situation la Is like that of thousands of other women today who ere re feeling the dreadful pressure of world events sharing the sorrows of the m mothers 0 of lost son som fighting the cont continual in ual tears fears that crowd in upon us from an all directions these women act as if by making a fuss crying and complaining and protesting they could alter the tact fact that the most tearful fearful event ot of au all history la Is now taking place they act as it by fretting and arguing they could change the train ot of events the fact remains there is a great war going on and since we cant adjust it to suit ourselves we have to adjust ourselves to meet it over and over again the letters I 1 re receive exclaim plaintively surely it natural surely it ti normal 0 amai surely no rational human eing being b expects this sort of thing to happen hap peal and the answer is of course it norm a 11 of course it nat arall stop trying to rationalize it or go crazy as some women are already going crazy over an attempt to reason about the most completely unreasonable thing that ever happens to humankind no drop au all thoughts of that kind and in their place put tw two or three not bracing ideas that will not only help you through but will help everyone in your circle as well for one thing do something that will hasten the dawn of a peaceful strong intelligent world tor for tomorrow there Is no need to recapitulate here the thousand ways in which you can do this you can work in defense plants you can enlist with the services or the red cross you can go into any hospital or just by keeping a comfortable wellman well man aged nome home tor for war workers you can do as great a service as any one of them of 01 course youre buying bonds writing letters to soldiers knitting cooking collecting all the materials war needs some persons can give all their time to these 1 I 1 44 1 ff 11 wont went bild aa gaas things some only a part but do something or face lifelong shame and regret then keep cheerful or at least leas courageous millions ot of fighters will escape from this war unscathed millions of men and women will be better trained educated stirred by it than they would have been in times ot of peace all these parti participants cl in the strife will come home anxious to find and conditions ready for the new start into a better type of 0 civilization it going to be au at groaning and despair by any means there will be great vigor and energy and ambition in these returning men they wont want babying and tears and regrets they will want a good stout pr program and the means to carry it out for the most part the or crying yng nervous tearful fearful women are idle or busy with monotonous housework only a few hours every day their cure Is to find a plan and work toward it work hard put every ounce of strength and vitality they possess into the realization of the plan plan tor for what well plan for or your soldier it if you have one get a few hundreds or a thousand dollars safely into the bank tor for him to give him the needed start when he gets home buy him a little farm or if you an individual boy on the fighting front plan tor for yourselves get out of debt and have some savings over consult the local housing committee and have your old place made into flats buy the little larm farm that youve always wanted and you will take on a host ot of new interests times Time timesia sif if you choose to see them that way have never been so dark but taking the other view never in the history of the world have we all had so many opportunities to team learn to improve our way of living to serve and help each other |