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Irouble trouble IroubleIf troubleer If / er faller jailer jail er s/arts s arts starts / 10 to lal1 talk . to me she must go around Ihe the lable table and andcl cl clmb mb mbInlo mbInto Inlo Into hIS lap By KATHLEEN NORRISEVERY NORRISE NORRISVERY NORRIS VERY marriage marnage is asE'parate aseparate a EVERY E | * separate sE'parate ' problem and and- and anda - ' a separate lifeworkJune lIfework lIfeworkJune hfeworkJune June brides might as well get getthat getthat getthat that truth through their exqusitely ex exqUlsItely exquisitely qUlsItely qusitely ) waved young heads headsnght headsright headsright nght right here and nowIf nowIf now nowIf If wedding weddmg vows were for far farsix forSIX forsix SIX months or one year noth nothmg nothmg nothmg mg in m the new life hfe would seem seemso seemso seemso so serious senous Jean would re remmd remind remind mmd mind her dear old friends fnends in a alaughmg alaughing alaughing laughmg laughing aside that "after after "afterChnstmas "afterChristmas "afterChristmas afterChristmas " Chnstmas Christmas ' ' she would be free freefor freefor freefor for bridge bndge and lunches and andlong andlong andlong long evenings evemngs of gossip agam again again'John againJohn ' John would be more lover- lover loverlIke loverlike lover-like lover like - lIke than even in m engagement engagementdays engagementdays engagementdays days because so soon he must lose this dear little affection affectIon- affectIonate affectionate affectionate - ate companion compamon companionBut compamonBut But both know that marriage is a along along along long term contract Unless things thingsreally thingsrealty thingsreally really realty go wrong Jean and John will willbe willbe willbe be together when Jean is a wrmkled wrinkled wrmkledlittle wrinkledlittle wrinkledlittle little old lady and John s teeth andhair and andhair andhair hair and eyes have all been artLf artifi artificially artifldally ! clally cially reinforced remforced F Fifty ty years 1 ! At Atany Atany Atany any age that seems a long long longtune longtime longtune tune time and at 27 and 22 it sounds lIke lIkethe likethe likethe the clang of a jail sail doorRight doorRight door doorRight Right Start ImportantThat ImportantThat Important ImportantThat That s why it is so important to tostart tostart tostart start right nght with a good heroic mix mixture mixture mixture ture of unselfi hness s silence ence self selfcontrol selfcontrol selfcontrol control humor That s why it pays paysto paysto paysto to sacrifice sacnfice a good many things to toput toput toput put the family into mto second place to togive togive togive give up intimate mtlmate chattering old oldfriends oldfriends oldfriends friends and girlhood s hab ts is of ofreadmg ofreading ofreading readmg reading books until the dinner IS ISactually isactually isactually actually announced or nibbling nlbblmg can candy candy candy dy so that one doesn t want dinner dinneror dinneror or coming commg in late of an afternoon afternoonor or yawning at breakfast or forget forgettmg forgetting forgetting tmg ting toast until it burns or malung making malungmIld makingmild makingmild mIld jokes at John s expense These Theseth Theseth Theseth th ngs don t sound Important but butlike butlike butlike like every other bu business mess marnage marriage marnagehas marriagehas marriagehas has got to be built bwit upon a sound soundfoundation soundfoundation soundfoundation foundation of mutual respe t and andconsideration andconsideration andconsideration consideration as well as upon young younglove younglove younglove love and like every other trifle tnfle in inthe Inthe inthe the beginning beginnmg these trifles trilles have a ahorrLfying ahorrifying ahorrifying horrLfying horrifying fashion of growing growmg strong strongand strongand strongand and menacing menacmg it if they are let growJean growJean grow growJean Jean Davis married last Chnst Christ Chnstmas Christmas Christmas mas writes me of her special prob problem probrem problem lem rem and spatters the beaut beautifully beautifullywritten beautifullywritten ully ullywritten written , , and expressed letter with withtears withtears withtears withtearsA tears tearsA tearsA A Flve-1- Flve 1 Five-lear Five lear Flve1ear Five-fear fear - - - - ear Old Problem ProblemI I m 24 and Rods Rod s 37 says the theletter theletter theletter letter He s stunning and I m not notpretty notpretty notpretty pretty He s rich nch and I was his of office office office fice secretary His Hls people all have havehomes havehomes havehomes homes on the lake m in summer my myfather myfather myfather father has an agency for a patent patentoven patentoven patentoven oven device She d d pretty well wellfor wellfor wellfor for herself everyone said when I Imarned Imarried Imarried marned married RodAnd RodAnd Rod RodAnd And so I u d d in everything evcrythlng that thataffects thataffects thataffects affects him and myself We are areideally areideally areideally ideally mated ideally happy Or we wewould wewould wewould would be except e'Ccept eCcept ' tor for Dons DorIs Dons Doris IS ISh ish ish h s daughter five years old Her Hermother Hermother Hermother mother d ed when she was born and andtvo andt t tvo vo aunts and a grandmother have havehad havehad havehad had her s nee nce Rod wants her With Withus withus withus us no v and for his sake I u " im 1m glad gladto gladto gladto to have her herI I ve ye always liked children chlldrcn 31 al 31ways always always ways gotten along with them But ButI Butu ButI I u never saw a child 1 I ke this one oneShe oneShe oneShe She is a pale determined determml'd determmld ' little girl girlcompletely girlcompletely girlcompletely completely spoiled Everythmg Everything Everythmgcauses Everythingcauses Everythingcauses causes a fight everything everythmg causes a ascene ascene ascene scene She will wear a blue dress dressshe dressshe dressshe she won t wear her white shoes she shewon shewon shewon won t take a bath orhen or \ when \\hen hen she s m in mthe inthe mthe the tub she won t get outA outA out outA A Constant Battle BattleThe BattleThe attle attleThe The little httle thing thmg seems to have an anuncanny anuncanny anuncanny uncanny instinct tor for making trou trouble trouble trouble ble it if her father fa.ther . starts to talk to tome tome tome me she must go around the table tableand tableand tableand and climb into his lap She isn lsn t taffectIOnate taffectionate taffectionate affectIOnate but sl 51 e a can st r him himso himso himso so w til th wistful references to my myown myown myown own Mummy that his Ius heart melts meltstoward meltstoward meltstoward toward her Every week end she shespends shespends shespends spends with her grandmother and andaunts andaunts andaunts aunts and every Monday she comes comesback comesback comesback back completely demoral zed with STLPUOTHLR STEP STEPMOTHERA IIOTHER IIOTHERA IIOTHERnewly A Anet nctily newly net y married m4rreed Klrlcomes girlcomes ftirl Klrl girl comes 10 to 10Kalleen toKati toKat Kal/leen Kal leen Kati / ! teen Norns NorrIS for adv adu ce cc on a vitalproblem Vllal vital Vllalproblem vitalproblem problem her husband hada had a doughter daugh dough daughler doughter ler ter by l / ls I s frst fist { rsl wije wIfe from whom hewas he hewas hewas was separated by death dealh The littlegirt lIttle lIttleglTl littlegirl glTl girl glTlIS girlis is almost almo " unmanageable pUI put putt pUII I t ng a cont cunt nualstram nualstrain nual strain stram on a normal normal- normally normally . - ly happy relal relit o 0 tship IShtp chip bet een tl 11 ti 11I tie tiyoung I e ' eyoung young uoman and her usband lusband lusbandhat / usbandhat usb and andka ka hat ) ] teen leen 1orres Aorrts A 1\ 1 \ orris orres analyzes , tl ti IllS is problem prob problem problens lem lens and tells lells tell- tell tellthe - the Ihe young uii/e uii e wIfe / how howit howtt 11 it can be solt soiledsome soiled soltI'd soiledsome I'd Id ' some good reason , for not go ng to toschool toschool toschool toschoolMy school schoolMy My own hope has always been beenfor beenhid beentor for f [ or a housefulof houseful o oterday of f c ch hid Idren ren B . ! : But Sut BUI u t yes yesterday yesterday yesterday yesterday terday Rod said that it hurt him to tothmk tothmk tothink tothink tothink thmk think of anyone ever making mating Dons Doris Donsfeel Donseel Dorisfeel Donsfeel Donsfeel feel [ eel second If ours could be a boy boyhe boyhe boybe boyhe boyhe he be said it might be different d1fferent But ButLf ButLf Butif Butif Lf > t it was a little htlle sister it might upset upsether upsether upsether upsether upsether her psychologically At least , , , he hesaid hesaid hesaid hesaid hesaid said that s what one of his sistersor sisters sistersren or a o c ren . ! : BUI u yes Rod said that it hurt him to of anyone ever making mating Dons Doris Donseel eel second If ours could be a boy said it might be different d1fferent But t it was a little htlle sister it might upset psychologically At least , , , he that s what one of his sistersor sisters sistersren himI him himI I honestly think thmk Rod would be it Lf if we left the ch child d with bls his But he hates to admit It it . . so the screaming screammg and crying crymg go It If I dress her Jean hurt me ' I fix her lunch it tastes hornd horrid horridWhen the aunts come she flies to tothem and clings panting and of ofcourse Rod and casual visitors draw own conclusions I want to do domy domy domy my duty by her and see that she s sdecently sdecently sdecently decently dressed for school does her eats at least a part of ofwhat ofwhat ofwhat what she should gets to bed at some somereasonable hour Can you help me mesee mesee mesee see the right way way7 way7Jean ? ' Jean perhaps I u can For you re renot renot renot not the first stepmother who contra contradictS contradiets contradiets dictS diets all the old ta fa ry stones stories by be bemg a gentle and well disposed ( human iu iuman u uman man being bemg who wants to give a be beloved husband s children a break break.Go breakGo . . Go Indll'ferentAnd IndifferentAnd Indifferent Indll'ferent Indllferent IndifferentAnd ' And first of all I think thmk you must mustabrtJdon mustabandon mustabandon abrtJdon abandon : any idea of con controll troll ng or orlIlfluencmg orinfluencing orinfluencing lIlfluencmg influencing Dons Doris at present Just Justsuddenly Justsuddenly Justsuddenly suddenly go good natured and com corn completely cornpletely cornpletely pletely indifferent md1fferent . . It If she asks you youfor youfor youfor for help dressing dressmg make no com corn comment cornmeat cornment ment meat If U she refuses her normal normalfood normalfood normalfood food and demands specialties leave leaveit leaveit leaveit it to her father and the cook If her hernurscsupposmg hernursesupposing hernurse nursc-supposmg nursc supposmg nurse-supposing nurse supposing - - supposing her to have one oneyou oneyou oneyou you don t t sayappeals say-appeals say appeals say -appeals appeals - appeals to you pass passthe passthe passthe the appeal stra ght on to father fathergrandmother fathergrandmother fathergrandmother grandmother aunts It If H she s rude rudesm rudesmile rudesmile sm smile e It If she demands her father s sattention sattention sattention attention concede it amiably It Itbe Ithe Ithe be he questions questlOns you about her say lem lent lentently lemenlly lemently enlly ently that she s only a small g rlafter rl rlafter rlafter after all and she 11 ll grow wiserThis wiserThis wiser wiserThis This course cannot fall fail ( ail It re removes removes removes moves you entirely from the scene sceneof sceneof sceneof of combat and places respons b 1 1 I ty tywhere tywhere tywhere where it belongs Once you adopt adoptIt adoptit It it . , , the more outrageously Dons Doris acts actsthe actsthe actsthe the better for you Her best clothes clotheswill clotheswill clotheswill will be speed speedily y destroyed her hergrandmother hergrandmother hergrandmother grandmother and aunts will wall grow growtired growtired growtired tired ot of a more spoiled than ever evercmld everchild everchild cmld child who visits them at odd hours hoursWIth hourswith hourswith WIth all sorts of demands And of ofthe ofthe ofthe the whole d stracted circle cltcle you w \ 11 11be 11be 11be be the only one st 11 ll smiling smIl1ng and re remote remote remote remoteOrder mote moteOrder moteOrder Order Out of Chao ChaosBy Chaoh Chaos ChaohBy ! > By all means have children Go Gostraight Gostraight Gostraight straight ahead and fill your nursery nursery1th nurserywith nurserywith \\1th 1th with \ \ girls and boys With everyone everyoneof every one oneof oneof of them you strengthen your 0 o o\apos o apos \ ' .n n . n npes .npas pes pas t on and rational ze hersAt hersAt hers hersAt orderlylittle At 10 Dons Doris will be an orderly orderlylittle orderlyltUe little ltUe creature perhaps s a lent and andjealous andjealous andjealous jealous and embittered in her smallsoul small smallsoul smallsoul soul but gro vn vii out of her baby tIIon tIIonsense ion ionsense ionsense sense It If you can wait walt tor for that thathour thathour thathour hour and befriend her in 10 the mf'an mfan mean mf'anwhIle meanwhile meanwhile ' whIle in steady gentle patient patientways patientways patientways ways you will reap a rich reward rewardIt It seems too t > bad had ad tor for grown ups to tohave tohave tohave have to scheme ngamst agamst against a small g rl rlIn rlin rlin In this fashion But the mischief Is Isnot isnot isnot not of your choos shoos ng and Dons Doris must mustlearn mustlearn mustlearn learn common sense sooner or laterAs laterAs later laterAs As a matter of o ( tact fact she will willSpoIled willSpoiled willSpoiled SpoIled children may grow mto into dls dis dlscontented discontented discontented contented and twisted childhood but butthey butthey they ey sooner or later stop the teas |