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Show Iathleen Kathleen ( Norris Says SaysThe : The Unluckiest Wife Isn't Isnt ' Always AlwaysThe AlwaysThe The Unluckiest Woman WomanBell ( Bell Syndleate-WNU Syndleate WNU Syndicate--W Syndicate W - - - NU Service ) f fa fJ a J 4 1 + 4 ' tli . _ i.I.1 iI.1 iI1 . . O ; 1 , r rr ; [ r I t c ct t tI I , 1 1liar r1of rl r1 of 0/ 0 023 / 23 23oved 23lovtd 1 andsome 1andsome Iandsome e g Her liar husband hU5band told laId her that Ihal his hu ass assistant tanl professor a ' , Iller oved roved oved11m Jim 11m Iim as deeply as he did her ' By KATHLEEN NORRISTHE NORRIS NORRISUHE unluckiest wife in the theworld theworld theworld UHE THE world isn ism t of course the un unluckiest unluckiest unluckiest luckiest woman There are arethousands arethousands arethousands thousands of women in m this coun coup couptry country try and hundreds of thousands m in mother inother inother other countries countnes whose lot is harder harderthan harderthan harderthan than that ot of Marjone Marjorie MasonThere MasonThere Mason MasonThere There are women in your town townand townand townand and mme mine who have been fight ng ngpoverty ngpoverty ngpoverty poverty all their lives l1ves long hvmg living hvmgalong livingalong livingalong along the boundary line lme of want wantable , , able to give their ch Idren only the thebarest thebarest thebarest barest necessities of I 1 te fe and worry worrymg worrymg worrying mg constantly for tear fear that those thosenecesslt thosenecessit thosenecessit necesslt necessit es might not be always alwaysava alwaysava alwaysava ava lable Women who have never neverknown neverknown neverknown known even a few days-a days a days - a few hours bours boursof hoursof hoursot -of of - - ot luxury and beauty ot of plenty plentyand plentyand plentyand and security secunty Women who have to torefuse torefuse torefuse refuse their small babies the fresh freshness freshness freshness ness and comfort and safety small smallbab smallbab smallbab bab es need who have to refuse refusetheir refusetheir refusetheir their grow ng children the toys the theclothes theclothes theclothes clothes that more fortunate childrentake children childrentake childrentake take for granted who suffer a thou thousand thousand thousand sand deaths as the young men and andwomen andwomen andwomen women ot of the family demand cars carsand carsand carsand and pocket money and college education education edu cation as their Tight right This in m America Amenca In m in the Orient anent the situation is m in mfimtely infinitely infinitely fimtely finitely worse Civilized Clvll1zed ChTistIan Christian ChTistIancountnes Christiancountries Christiancountries countnes countries still see barefoot chIldren chIldrenbeggmg childrenbegging childrenbegging beggmg begging in m wmter winter streets Ch na naknows naknows naknows knows that every wmter winter a mllhon million mllhonof millionof millionof of her people will starve slowly to todeath todeath todeath death and a million more fall vlc vie viet viet vlct t ms to the diseases that weakness weaknessmalnutntlon weaknessmalnutrition weaknessmalnutrition malnutntlon malnutrition cold and hunger hungerbrmg hungerbring hungerbring hungerbringComparative brmg bring brmgComparatIve bringComparative Comparative 'ltserySo MiserySo ' 'Misery Misery 'ltsery ltsery 'MiserySo ' So when I speak ot of o1 the bitter tnal trial tnalthat trialthat trialthat that Marjone MarJorie Mason has been beencalled beencalled beencalled called upon to bear I am treatmg treating treatmgonly treatingonly treatingonly only of the comparative misery and andhumll1at andhumiliat andhumiLat humll1at humiliat on that can come to a awoman awoman awoman woman who has bas a comfortable comfortablehome comfortablehome comfortablehome home fine children a car a clubfriends club clubfrIends clubfriends frIends a good cook m in her kitchen kitchenbooks kitchenbooks kitchenbooks ' books leisure enough money goodhealth good health and-she and she - - says- says saysa - a real trust that God will help me through thiS thiSd thisd thisd d faculty fficulty filculty if I am wise enough toheed to tobeed tobeed beed heed His gwdanceNot guidanceNot guidance gwdance guidanceNot Not much material matenal from which wluch to toconstruct toconstruct toconstruct construct an appeal to your pity pityIS pityis pityis IS It it7 its ? And yet there is no WIfe WIfealive wifealive wifealive alive that won t feel pity lty tor for Mar MarJone Marjorie Marjone Jone jorie when she hears her storyMarJone storyMarjorie story storyMarjone Marjone Marjorie is 32 she has been mar marTied marfled marned Tied fled for nine rune years to a man she shedeeply shedeeply shedeeply deeply loves He is a professor professorhandsome professorhandsome professorhandsome handsome popular successful with witha withI a comfortable 1 ttle income mcome of his hisown hisown hisown own to supplement his salary The TheMasons TheMasons TheMasons Masons hve l1ve live in m a roomy house on a abeaut abeautiful abeautiful beaut beautiful ul campus there are three threech threechildren threechildren ch children dren in m the family a girl of ofseven ofseven ofseven seven and boys of five years and andone andone andone one year Marjone Marjorie has as assistant assistantthe assistantthe assistantthe the fine colored mother ot of one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the undergraduate g ris rls she is 15 freeto free freeto treeto to do her part in campus work workmothers workmothers workmothers mothers and alumni alumm groups hos hosp hosp hosp p tal convalescent home Shakes Shakespeare Shakespeare Shakespeare peare study club dramatics She Shenot Shenot Shenot not only teaches her daughter butshe but butshe butshe she belongs to a little c rcle of col college college college lege mothers vho v.ho who . , take tahe turns m an mamus anamus inamus amus ng and watching watchmg the yol YOt nger ngerchildren ngerchildren ngerchildren children on d fterent fferent ilerent afternoonsMarJorie afternoonsMarjorie afternoons afternoonsMarjorie Marjorie s 1 te fe was all sunshme sunshine sunshmeuntIl sunshineuntil sunshineuntil untIl some tour four weeks wecks ago when whenher whenher whenher her husband husbmd : in m one ot of those luxurles luxurics lux urles urics of o1 confession that weak men so enjoy told her that h s ass stant stantprofessor stantprofessor ' professor a handsome g rl of about about23 23 loved h m as deeply as he d d dher dher dher her He was exultant over his con conquest conquest conquest quest and fatuously related to his hisw hisw hisw w f it fc ( . , the details dctalls of the alia affa all's alls ' r intvh in inwh ' wh tvh ch the g rl r1 s great love hid h"ld hld " over overcome overcome overcome come her scruples scruplesBitter scruplesBiller Bitter Biller ltter InjusticeThis injusticeThis Injustice InjusticeThis This sounds as muscat n"luseat nluseat niuseat " ng to me meas meas meas as Marjoriebut it docs does to jrou you ou writes Marjorie but Arthur was 1 kc ke ko a cro ving boy boyovcr boyover boyover ovcr over it I did what I could Told Toldhim Toldhim Toldhim him that he must be out ot of h s ssenses ssenses ssenses senses to jeopard leopard ta Le ce h s pos t on his hiswhoJe hiswhole hiswhole whoJe whole l life e s work wOlh in m this s \ \ ay to say saynotlll saynotl saynoti notlll notl n u g of U ti fi e b tter mJust Unjust in just ce cc to me meand meand meand and to the ch Idren ldren I tried to put putmy putmy putmy my o 0 vn he.utbrc heutbrc heartbreakaside heartbreak . . > ak akaSide aside ! It t was wastoo wastoo wastoo too la late t ( . . then for any outbreak of ofm ofm ofm m ne no to do any good For ror days I Unlucky Women WomenThe WomenThe The unlucktest unlucklesl unluckiest wife wrfe tsnt asn ion t alwas always alwasIhe alwaysthe alwaysthe ) Ihe the untuckiest unlucklesl unluckiest woman in an the Ihe worldaccording world worldaccording worldaccording according to 10 this thu article by kathleen katleleen kathleenNorru katleleenNorris hathleenNorns Norru Norris For wh Ie le some of the Ihe Inals trials Inalsthat trialsthat trialsthat that married marned marnedwomen marriedwomen women are aTe forced to togo togo togo go Ihroughare throughare through Ihrough are d fflcult fficult fjicult indeedmany Indeed Indeedmany indeedmany many times limes things IhIngs could be muchworse muchworseBut much muchworse muchworse worse worseBut But at the Ihe same time Ume problems do docreep docreep docreep creep into mlo onto tle tla tl e a homes of famil fared eshello es esIlho esuho Ilho hello seem to 10 have apparent securlly security securllyA.nd securityAnd securityAnd A.nd And A.ndso Andso . so tT tl tTe tla t ! e a story slory of Ularjone Marjorie Mar Jane M Ma Mson Mason Mason a son is 1 I 1ere Iere I ere discussed drseussed It is the story storyof storyof storyof of ofa a young professor professors s w 10 fe fc and tl ti tle tie tlproblem tiproblem e eproblem problem she had to 10 meet meel Faced Facedwuh Facedwith Facedwith wuh with wuhan withan an unfa it tl t1 ful usband 1usband 1 I usbandshe she IS ISconfronted isconfronted isconfronted confronted confrontedIV confrontedw w IV th Ih the problem of ds dgraCIng dgracing d s sgracing graCIng hn h n for I 1 I fe by expo expos < xpo ' < ng ngTim ngI Tim 1inn 1 im inn or oreating /eating eating leatlng / ! eating I 1 11m 1ire im ire and taking lakang her herchildren herchildren herchildren children with herShe herShe her herShe She is u adlled adtied adti , ( ed to eloose cl0050 cJ oose tie fTe fT e see sec secand seeand second and plan The rmpt f'mpf fmpf empt ' ness mess of h s slame sI lame 1ome 1 ome should bring bnng this thu man toJ to toT tos toI tos T I s senses seemed to be in m a bad dream forthe forthe tor for Ithe the th ng had come corne upon me like bite a athunderbolt athunderbolt athunderbolt thunderbolt , , and the past was all allspo allspa allspo spo spa led as well as the futureArthur futureArthur future futureArthur Arthur as completely obliv obhv ous ousof ousof ousot of any feel ng of mine mme as he h"d hd had hadbeen h"dbeen hadbeen " been of ord nary decency and duty dutyasked dutyasked dutyasked asked me if I would have the girl girlat girlat girlat at the house now and then so sothere sothere sothere there would be no talk . . This I Itold Itold Itold told him was a physical as well as asmoral asmoral asmoral moral impossib IInposslb 1 I ty I Is s mply mplycouldn mplycouldn mplycouldn couldn t do it On this point pomt we wehad wehad wehad had our first serious seTlOUS quarrelSmce quarrelSince quarrel quarrelSince Since Smce then I have not spoken to toArthur toArthur toArthur Arthur d rectly But for the chil children children children dren s sake a certa n amount of ofcivil ofcivil otcivil civil ty must go on Arthur con contmues continues contmues tmues tinues to show nothing nothmg but com corn cornplacency cornplacency placency and high blgh sp nts rots He tells tellsme tellsme tellsme me that it If he and the girl had re res res res s sted temptatlon-or temptatlon or temptation-or temptation temptation - - or love as he hecalls hecalls hecalls calls It-then It then it - then all three of us would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be unhappy As it is I am the only onlymiserable onlymiserable onlymiserable miserable one and they don t ex expect expect expect pect me to understand The girl girlcame girlcame girlcame came to see me and was tearful tearfuland tearfuland tearfuland and explanatory and heroic I don t tthmk tthink tthink thmk think I spoke at all m in the 10 mm mmutes mmutes mmutes utes I endured her companyArthur companyArthur company companyArthur Arthur would be dropped from fromthe fromthe fromthe the faculty if this tlus thus were known HIS HISfine Hisfine Hisfine fine old father president emeTltus emeritus emeritusof emeTltusof of another university would d e of ofgTlef ofgrief ofgrief \ gTlef grief And bow how would my chIldren childrenbe childrenbe be bettered by the shame of the r rfather rfather rfather father ? ' ' ' But I can t go on as thmgs things thmgsare thingsare thingsare are These few weeks have sho vn vnme vnme vnme me that Tell me what to do doAdvice doAdvice doAdvice Advice to Marjone I\IarJone I IarJone Marjorie IIarJoneMarjorie MarjorieMarjorie \ MarjoneMarjone Marjone Marjorie the first thing thmg to do I is isget 15get get out out , , and take the ch Idren ldren w th thyou thyou Ihyou you But not with any b llerness tterness tternessor tternessor llernessor or threats Say to your few close closefriends closefriends closefriends friends that you are taking takmg the baby babyto babyto babyto to the mountains mountams Or that the small smalldaughter smalldaughter smalldaughter daughter had two chest colds last lastyear lastyear ' year and you think thmk it wise to try trythe trythe trythe the shore Not far from you there thereare thereare thereare are lakeside summer cab ns v . wh h ch chrent chrent chrent rent in winter for as little as $10 10 $10a ? $ 10a a month Find Fmd one and moveThis moveThis move moveThis This will have a tr pie advantage advantageIt It will get you away from the 1m im 1mmediate immediate immediate mediate contemplation contemplal1on of an msuf instil msufferable instilferable msufterable ferable state of affairs It msufI w II 11 IIscare 11scare 11scare I scare the complacent phllandermg philandering philanderingArthur philanderingArthur : Arthur out of his rus wits he will be belonely belonely ; lonely d sorganized sorgamzed and possibly possiblybrought possiblybrought possiblybrought brought to a real zation zatlOn ofhat of \\hat hat what whatwealth \ whatwealth hatwealth wealth he had and has done all heI hecould hecould he I could to destroy And It w II 11 III I terrify the girl She may suddenly suddenlyawaken suddenlyawaken awaken to the tile truth that she has hasgiven hasgiven hasgiven given everything everythmg for noth ng and andIS andis andis IS in a fair fur . : w wiy way y to lose posit on onand onand onand and reputat onWhen onWhen on onWhen When Arthur comes to his scnses senses scnsesor sensesor sensesor or nther rither having ha"mg hamg " obv ously very veryI I 1 very1 ttle sensehen sense \ when \\hen hen he apprcelatc appreciates appreciatesthat appreciatesthat that ho he has made an e a pensive and andfool andfool andtool fool sh m stake then thcn come back backforg backforg backforfi forg ve ye him and resume the outer outershell outershell outershell shell of the old happy lov low ng 1 fe Cc feYou CcYou fcYou You may nay never nevcr want to share his hisroom hisroom hisroom room or his affection again agam he hecould hecould hecould could hardly expect that But for forthe forthe torthe the rest nke t"lke tlke tike " the blo v that fortune fortunehas fortunehas fortunehas has dealt you " , ns "IS IS s everyoma every \ womanmust \\oma oma woman womanmust " must mOle in o ie to way or another anothcr p d ck ckt ckIP . t P the p eecs eces and face the future futurestIonger futurestionger futurestionger stIonger in your o 0 vn soul it If sad saddcr sadder saddcr dcr der in your heart . |