| Show TRIANGLE IN WOMANS WOMAN'S LIFE f I THREATENS TRAGEDY Hearts Haven f By BETTY BLAIR BLAm S r rJ Ambivalence is a word psychologists use to denote the habit of inde inde- It is rated among the evil habits that cause confusion and trag tragedy dy in the lives of those who who encourage it In Biblical lore Lots Lot's wife was turned to a pillar o of salt sal because of it Dear Miss Blair May a Californian write to your column Recently I 1 was in your the relatives whom I visIt visited vis vis- vis- vis It If d were subscribers subscribe s to The Telegram Tele Tele- S gram I read your column as avidly avidly avid avid- ly lyas as did the members of the family and feel that through it I 1 became acquainted with you rou Your handling of the problems that came to you inspired my confidence confidence confidence dence and though we have such columns as yours here I 1 would S prefer to have you answer my myS S problem providing it isn't against t t your rules to do so It is a long story and you will have to use only such portions as you see fit At one time we we had hadS S plenty of money but our investments invest invest- meats ments have failed us and I 1 have f been letting some of my rooms to make malte ends meet I 1 now take only men roomers as they are areso I B so EG much less bother than girls who always want to be messing r around in your kitchen with washIng washIng washl wash- wash l Ing ironing or fudge t- t Triangle Looms r S One of oZ my roomers roamers is a bankS banki bank i S clerk In spite of Ui the fact that I Iam Iam am five years older than he he has fallen desperately in love with me I am a married woman woman witha with a ft perfectly fine husband of my myown myown myown own and two children I 1 have told this man I 1 am in love with my husband and that he will have to I find another place to stay but he insists if I 1 send him away that he cant can't go on that merely seeing I. I me every day means so much to toS toI I S him that it gives him courage to toS S meet each day He says he will I. I kill himself if I send him away S If my husband knew how he talks to me he would boot the man manI manS S out of the house without further I ceremony and I am in constant fear that my husband will hear something and think I am a party to some sort of collusion with the man Please tell teU me what to do Thank you many times over My relatives will forward your answer answer answer an an- to me RECENT VISITOR There is an appeal to every woman's womans womans woman's womans woman's wo wo- wo- wo mans man's vanity when a man other than her husband falls in love with her and threatens to kill himself for her sake But its it's a weak sop to vanity at that Particularly when you have a perfectly fine husband and two children who must be protected protected protected pro pro- from any kind of scandal There is only one thing to do and that is to send the man away You Youcan Youcan Youcan can do this only by being firm in your decision Tell him there is another another another an an- other woman in the world for him That she lives not Very far away and that he must set out to find her He Will not believe you at first but after he has g gone nc and found other associations with women he will see how r you were You needn't let this fact disturb you in the least You should be very happy to be freed from any possible complications complications complications that might have broken up your amiable household I Empty Threat 1 The man will not kill himself Or Orif Orif Orif if he should his death will not be on your head but on his own for being such a weakling Dont Don't let your sympathy sympathy sympathy sym sym- pathy for him get the better of your good judgment Dont Don't be guilty of the bad habit o of indecision Have you read G. G B. B Shaws Shaw's Candida Candida Candida Can dida If not do so Candida got rid of a younger younger man by making him see that her husband needed her much more than did the other You have reason enough in the fact that you already have a husband whom you love and that this man had bet bet- ter go quickly or you will have to invite y your ur husbands husband's boot to aid him in the going Happy to have bave you select this column in which to air your problem Come again INVISIBLE INK INI Dear Miss Blair We hope you give advice to boys as well as hs girls because we want your help We have a secret club of boys from 12 to 14 years old and we want to send code messages messages messages mes mes- sages in invisible ink When we sent them in visible ink an enemy club got them and interpreted everything we said Come to the rescue before we decide to get their scalps THE IROQUOIS I 41 You make the shivers r rin nyi down my back when I 1 think of the awful scalping that might have bave taken place had I not found this formula of invisible ink for you Believe me I 1 got busy right away way Here Herc it is and a very simple thing at that Use a weak solution of cobalt chloride with which to write your code mes mes- sages All AIl yoU have to do to make the message visible is to warm it I 1 hope you arent aren't really as warlike warlike warlike war war- like as you sound It would be interesting interesting inter inter- esting to to know just what you are organized for Why not write me an invisible message telling me all aU about your club Be sure you put it itIn itin itin in English because good at translating codes though I 1 can warm them over candle flame to tomake tomake make mak e them visible I CLEANING FLUID Dear Miss Blair Once from your column I clipped a formula for mixing naptha gas and carbon tetrachloride as a cleaning fluid for overstuffed fur fur- I 1 tried it once and it cleaned very well but I have lost the formula and cant can't remember the proportions Will you please reprint them Thank you MRS F. F Glad to give you this formula Mrs F. F Mix well together one- one half gallon of naptha gas and one pint of carbon tetrachloride Scrub with a soft brush on the fabric The combination of the two makes the mixture noninflammable |
