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Show Kathleen Norris Saj Old Way of Life Is Gone Forj (Bell Syndicate WNU Service.) j Mam ys ? . , If omen have share in the world catastrophe. Make "l uiiUtt nothing" your first rule. Yes, even if death is going to be your toy doesn't come home from the wars face it. j KEEP YOUR Cflii That's what the i thi$ and every counti ? ing to have to do I;' chins up. They anf have to smile, even would rather haveoit And they are going i make "home," in spM row, hard work ondf a peaceful and erf1 place. Kathleen ft ' lieves that a better u the making. She say more fully we undei suffering and in justly must endure, the we will be to help truly civilized society may be fewer mm when this is over, t . will probably be f" erty stricken slumsm children looking tvifi ered eyes on a heartl come from just one would feel yourself t dened if you had a wifegj girl, an old mother, mt maid, a car, a homer; and taxes to maintain; p me, in the face of the Cgi ening over the world man does. One of yocj two of you, ought to be in By KATHLEEN NORRIS THE strangest years of her history and the greatest crisis she ever has faced are immediately ahead for America. She has always been a friendly country, coun-try, willing to let other coun-1 coun-1 tries solve their problems and worship their gods in their own way, .not afraid of her weaker neighbors any more than they were afraid of her. But all this has been changed, and we have "enemies" "ene-mies" now, we are to be the world's arsenal and to attempt at-tempt to police the world. And you, the quiet mistress of a quiet household, have your share in the world of catastrophe, catastro-phe, and must do your bit to pull us all out of a chaos into which the blindness and stupidity of the nations na-tions overseas have drawn us. They talked world brotherhood, world peace, world distribution of opportunities and necessities 20 years ago. But nobody meant those promises or took the slightest interest inter-est in their fulfillment; blockades went on; mandatory powers were not released; children starved and their mothers and fathers went mad for revenge. in however modest a Share the Burt j One woman in my cf t went to a contractor m turn her big top-story tfa pendent flat, with a ii stairway. Bath, kitchen;, stairway were the mat'p stove and plumbing ccJJ But the husband, wht getting $8 a day was to $16, and sometimes nwtt could pay this off, and 4p off, at the rate of son 11 than $100 a month. Then she furnished itfij curtains, but otherwise he trading from the 12 rei stairs such tables, chaire as she could spare. This i rents for $75 a month 8i These conditions will be repeated in a few years when the war is over, for the men who are responsible respon-sible for it are not dealing honestly with their peoples now, and are not apt to change afterward. No, they will retire, wealthy and unpunished, as they did 20 years ago, leaving sorrow and ruin and bitter change for all the rest of us to face. Make Family Unafraid. Your share is to make the little unit that is your family, and if possible pos-sible your group, self-sufficient and unafraid. Begin this very day to change your house into a place to which a man and children love to return at night. No worry, no fears and complaining, no violent discussion discus-sion of public affairs at your table or around your fireplace. Just the courage of a woman whose forebears fore-bears have faced loss and change, and who will bear her own share of the burden when and if it comes. Make "I will be afraid of nothing" your first rule. Your faith will affect af-fect every member of your family. Yes, even if death is going to be your share, and the boy doesn't come home from the wars, face it. Three million American mothers will be beside you. Life won't ever go back for any of us to what it was. But face it, and in love for those who are left, and who will grieve less, will suffer less, if you always show a smiling face, learn to bear the unbearable. For a second rule: Get out of debt. Whatever your income Is, live on exactly two-thirds of it. Save; buy a little farm, and when you own it, buy another, to rent Get your feet solidly on the ground for what is coming; for each one of U3 who can take care of a neighbor will have to do it then. Cut down everywhere you can. she could rent three oi r Now she has taken rooms on the second Hot w boys' rooms, both her , the service. But she wj self worry or grieve; sj never thought life was that she thanks God years she had her sons, jjg ing these three rooms room, bedroom and fc they are so pleasant, roomy that even while are in there the suite i , a two-year term. Br This woman, strong.g0 capable, is ready for you? Does your bus- home to an atmospheriy courage, helpful plannltD mind at ease about what pen if he became incaPa Old Way Gone Foj That old way is gonelj,, I believe in my heart tt is shining behind the these clouds, and that in,.. time it will break throi. we know more of the yg the world than we onceCBt.' we never again wiHir-jjB the crowding, the cold.j B and poverty that the "W long taken for granted. -m j We may live more ve will be more happily. tc(lac feel that the old day luxuries and miseries men have learned tt'jid riches of life lies in sM?,- Maybe your income is inflated now, is much larger than it was before be-fore defense activities began. If that is so, try to live as simply as before, and invest in national bonds, or in those few acres of real estate that some day may mean a cellar full of your own apples and squashes and potatoes, closet shelves filled with preserved berries and fruits, chickens. And now for a third rule: See that the family income does not |