Salt Lake Telegram | 1945-10-01 | Page 8 | War Wife Lists Do. Don't

War Wife WifeL L Lists Do Dont Don't By RUTH MILLETT Practically everyone has given Riven war wives advice on how to treat their r c t U urn r n i n ii ng g husbands husbands- everyone e cx except ept a war wife who has actually gone through the experience experIenc Here at nt last are the dos and of a wife who learned the hard way DO DO Let him alone Strangle your impulse to ask where he is going every time he puts on his hat and walks out the front door Keep busy yourself so he can do dothe dothe dothe the things he wants to do doen even en enIt if It they are Just puttering without without without with with- out feeling that he Is Js neglecting you DO Give him time to fit back into his place in the family Instead of shoving decisions and responsibilities at him as 88 soon as 88 he gets home DO Let him be the hero Dont Don't pull the old feminine never know what I went through line DO Drop all an the my you youcan youcan ou can from your conversation It Itis Itis itis is no longer my car my children children chil dill dren my house my money It is our time again DONT S Try to cover a year or two or three all at once Asking Asking Ask Ask- ing lag a man to sit down and tell you everything he has done for three years is a big and bewildering bewildering bewildering dering order Gradually you'll learn about his life Just be pa pa- tient DONT Fill your house full of people or accept numerous In Invitations Invitations tn- tn out unless you arc are sure that he needs people around him constantly After all aU sometime the twp of you have to settle down to getting acquainted and the sooner the better DONT Dump all the responsibilities you have assumed in his hig absence on him at once Let him take over gradually DONT Quarrel over any any- thing You cant can't afford quarrels quarrels quarrels at this stage