Show AAR I v r ra a J t tear Jr J r I 7 MOM l y ear I c I e ers BY RUTH S GROVES Y-GROVES GROVES I Dear re DearMa Marre I I was delighted to get your our last letter even though I 1 ha have e been slow about answering it ft You see i nave peen havIng company compan Cousins Grace and Mabel Ma- Ma bel have been hero since last Iiri Ii da day and I have been very busy entertaining them As you ou know this this this' is rather difficult Whenever I am a.m. with them v very ry long I al always ys am glad that you are as you rou are are even 1 if you worry me to death at times For you may find yourself some som day and It if you dont don't you at least will have made an effort to do so Both Grace and Mabel l are over 40 noW and neither has ever ever- had any great happIness or achieved an anything thing that required any effort They did not marr marry though they had excellent opportunities In their youth they never wanted to work n never ver seemed to have any motivation In their lives Jives They belong to the generation that did not work unless ss It had to Their parents would have considered considered consid- consid ered it a a. reflection reflection- u upon on their standing had their daughters wanted to work I remember they always were held up to the rest of at the family as such ideal girls they always did just what their parents told them to But today they are tragic women Their lives are ab- ab empty In spite ot of good incomes a a. comfortable homer and nd no pressing worries They seem to me to have ha ml missed d ever everything lhing important In life Ufe and not to know what they missed Now th that t their parents are dead they live e In that bl big house in Centerville Cen- Cen terville and were ere quite shocked when I 1 suggested that the they move into a new new modern They would consider that I Ious sous even though the they have great trouble keeping help and that old place Is inconvenIent and hard to keep up Grace would like to adopt a achild achild child but Mabel thinks that would be more than they cOuld tackle between them So they just continue continue con con- to on in the least eventful event event- ful fashion making as much effort over buyIng a new coat or a new range AS the average a woman would in bringing up a family I think in the future there will ill willbe be fewer such tragic figures among middle aged women because the young people today have more of a sense ot of the Importance of achievement They sent their love to you ou and andI I were ere much Interested In your me life meI I in the city elty Any encouragement ment from yoU doubtless doubtless' would bring them for a visit I think It would be kind of you ou to invite them to your home some day A little life Ufe would ouId do them good I hope you continue to have e a happy summer l IO MOM r. r NEXT That out says Marye I Copyright t. t 1928 NEA S Service Inc |