| Show y V fF A t tw w 6 V I air J Yost TO LIVE IN TEXAS Hi you all will soon be said to Mrs Ethel Reynolds and her young son Ricky Reynolds who will be making home in San Antonio Tex MARY HA HAWORTH'S WORTH IS MAIL Wife Upset by Husband Savagely Jealous of Baby Dear Mary Haworth We Ve have been married four years My husband husband husband hus hus- band is 28 and I am 23 We have havea a baby daughter daugh daugh- ter 10 months old Our life lite r together i w was a s svery very happy until until until un un- til this I last a s t year since the ri baby was born J My husband has absolutely no pat patience Ie n c e 0 with her If Mary l Raworth she cries before going to sleep he immediately spanks her her hard Recently he stood over her crib and each time she cried he would hit her He ordered me out of the room Next morning her legs and thighs were bruised black and blue This situation has me nearly crazy Crary b by very nervous nervous nervous nerv nerv- ous and afraid of her father I Id d dont don't nt know what to do because I Ilove Ilove love Jove my husband and baby equally and am torn between en them I am wondering which prospect prospect pros pros- Is worse for her her to to be reared without a father or to grow up fearing and disliking him E. E D. D Dear E. E D. D Your husbands husband's abuse of or this helpless infant is dreadful cruel moronic It isn't a case of ot his having absolutely no patience with her Rather it signifies childish hearted black-hearted jealousy of at your maternal devotion devotion devotion devo devo- tion to her A human Infant is one of the most helpless creatures born into this world His hold on life is precarious and uncertain to start He must of necessity have watchful warm-hearted warm mothering mothering mothering mother mother- ing from birth through his first two years If he is to hang on and gradually build up physical nervous nervous nervous nerv nerv- ous and mental stamina sufficient sufficient sufficient to give him an average chance at normal growth Your husband is himself so infantile In Infantile Infantile In- In in character that he savagely sav sav- almost almost insanely resents insanely resents the baby's claim to nurture mother-nurture and feels blindly jealous when you turn toward her with affection The choice as I see It is 1 for him to reform on his knees taking taking taking tak tak- ing for guidance Dr Margaret Ribble's book The Rights o of Infants published by Columbia University Press or 2 for you to leave him forthwith and gain legal full custody of the child M. M MH H. H Mary Haworth Hn c counsels 0 u n 5 e I s through her column not by mail mailor or personal Interview Write her herin herin herin in care of The Salt Lake Tele Tele- gram |
