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I By KATHLEEN NORRiSBE NORRIS " E A contented womanSo womanSo woman BE " So few women are contentl content con- con content - tent tentl ' This advice is rot rotfor rotfor rotfor for the thirties tlurtles Not for the theforties theforties theforties forties These years are full fullof fullof fullof of hope and changes and potentiahties po potentIalItIes potentkahtaes tentIalItIes tentkahtaes and excItements excItementsThe excitementsThe excitementsThe The most thoroughly dlsap disap dlsappomted disappointed disappointed pomted pointed and bored and diSII disil diSIIlusloned disillusioned disillusioned lusloned lusioned W1 wife e of 34 may still stillfeel stillfeel stillfeel feel that a complete change changeof changeof of circumstances may take takeplace takeplace takeplace place any dayJIm dayJim day dayJim Jim might get a promotion promotionWith promotionwith promotionwith With a big raise Or some un uncuspected unSuspected unsuspected cuspected Suspected : uncle might leavethem leave leavethem leavethem them a tidy fortune Or they theymIght theymight theymight mIght have to move to Rio , on on10 10 days notice Or the talent scouts scoutsmIght scoutsmight scoutsmight mIght seize upon the baby who IS is10 10 times tunes as fascinating fascmatmg as any baby babystar babystar babystar star on the screen . . Life holds thrills A new hat-a hat a hatanew hatanew hat - anew new hair ha1I do is as a thrill Just meet meetmg meeting meeting mg ing a courteous new man is LS a thrIll thrillTo thrillTo To have bave someone suggest a delIght delIghtful delightful delighttul ful lob Job opens up new trams trains of ofthought ofthought ofthought thought . . A hundred a month monthand monthand monthand and a summer vacation free for forJust forjust forjust Just bemg being hostess at a big mountam mountain mountamhoteL mountainhoteL mountainhoteL mountainhoteLA hoteL hoteLA hoteLA A New Cycle Begins BeglDS BeglDSAll BeginsAll BeginsAll All this thLS ends at about 45 No Nouse Nouse Nouse use tooling foolmg fooling about It it , . , It comes to an anend anend anend end No more men are going gomg to tofall tofall tofall fall m love with you No new hat IS ISgomg isgoing isgoing gomg going to do for you what that $198 198 $198hat $198hat $1 1 $ 98hat hat did 20 years ago Jim isn asn t going go gomg gomg mg to be raised promoted sent to toan toan toan an exciting post , . . He s there stout stoutand stoutand stoutand and middle aged and comfortable comfortableand comfortableand comfortableand and quite satisfied to go on llvmg living llvmgTbe livingThe livingThe Tbe The children have passed the ab absorbmg absorbing absorbmg sorbmg sorbing and dependent stages they theyneed theyneed theyneed need teeth bands and corrective correctiveshoes correctiveshoes correctiveshoes shoes and plenty of school help but butthere butthere butthere there is lS httle little in that to satisfy thewoman thewoman the thewoman woman who has been dreaming areammg creaming all allher allher allher her life of achievements of fame famewealth famewealth famewealth wealth glory successIf successIt success successIt It If you are one ot of those women womenharness womenharness womenharness harness your dreams Or better betterstill betterstill betterstill still wake up and try to appreciate appreciateone one important unportant fact . . This Thus is lS as the tact fact . . No matter how howyoung howyoung howyoung young beautiful rich successful a awoman awoman awoman woman is sooner or later she has hasto hasto hasto to find content exactly where wbere youcan youcan you can find lt it . . In ber her own soul What Price Fame FameOf FameOf FameOf Of course she likes l1kes : the excitementof excitement of success the flattery of her public publicthe publicthe publicthe the brief brief hours in m which wblch her herfame herfame hertame fame eclipses that ot of the next ex exqUlsltely exquisitely exquisitely qUlsltely quisitely pretty and captIvating captIvatingwoman captivatingwomann captivatingwoman woman womann onlyhours . . But those things last only hours or days or months at most mostand mostand mostand and hungerfor then the gnawing gnawmg inner hunger hungerfor hungerfor for reality begms begins to fret her Holly Hollywood Hollywood Hollywood wood sets are not real ty cameras camerassnapping camerassnapping camerassnapping snapping m In her face wherever she shegoes shegoes shegoes goes are not reality She loves lovesthem lovesthem lovesthem them ot of course and when they stop stopwhen stopwhen stopwhen when she is only oDly yesterday s favor favorlte favorate favorite lte ate ealousyAnd JealousyAnd she suffers agonies agomes of Jealousy ] And she knows all along that they theyare theyare theyare are not realShe realShe real realShe She puts on a $40 40 $ apron and cooks cooksIn cooksin In a picture book boob . kitchen kltcben . . She Sheadopts Sheadopts Sheadopts adopts a baby and is photographed photographedwith photographedwith with it And all the time she is isblindly isblindly isblindly blindly reaching reachmg out for , what yhat you have youhave a man who needs her a kltch ketch kltchen ketchen kitchen en in which she is queen a small smallperson smallperson smallperson person to come stumbling stumblmg to Moth Mother Mother Mother MotherAt I er erAt At 40 she has nothing nothmg left Tbe The Tbebookmg Thebooking Thfbooking I bookmg booking agencies m New York the thecastmg thecasting th thcasting < casting castmg ofhces offices of Hollywood are arefilled arefilled ar arfilled < filled with unemployed wistful wlsUul worn wom wornen women wornen en who were stars stlrs : a few years ago agoTheir Their sugar frosting frostmg dream is over overTbe overThe overThe Tbe The bubble has burst . . . And then thenunless thenunless thenunless unless they have something somethmg very veryreal veryreal veryreal real familst with which to go on family familyt t es the right to love and service servicethey servicethey servicethey they are dreary derelicts tor for 1 I l fe feTbe feThe feThe Tbe The lives of very few elderly elderlyactresses elderlyactresses elderljactresses actresses are ! lifted 1Ited out of tragedy tragedyContent tragedyContent tragedyContent Content Is Secret Seeret of or UapplnessEven HappinessEven Happiness Uapplness HappinessEven Even highly successful professioni professIOnal professIOn al 1 women don t go on to happy mid middIe middie middie dIe dIscoveredthe life unless they ve ye discovere dIscovered discoverethe < the secret of o ( content Too otten often ottenyoung oftenyoung ottciyoung young tame fame distracts them from the thi SECRET OF HAPPINESS HAPPINESSGlory HAPPINESSGlory HAPPINESSGlory Glory and fame appear to make male makesome malesome makesome some women intensely mtensely happy but butE.athleen butKathleen butKathleen E.athleen Eathleen Kathleen . Norns NorrIS pOIn points out that thIS thIShappiness thishappiness thishappiness happiness is u short lived She belIeves belIevesthat believesthat believesthat that a woman can { find llId genuine last last- fait lastmg lasting - . ing mg content only in her own soul soul1I11S soulbless soulMiss 1I11S bless $ Norns Norrts Norris adiises aduses adtaies women to lIve ( ire a anormalille anormal anormal normalille normal life and deietop detelop del elop naturalm naturalin naturalmterestJ natural in interests interests terestJ terests then theyll they II be far haPPier haPPierthan happierthan happierthan than the lonesome I t Ielress teiress ciress elress eiress ivl wi wl o 0 issurrounded u usurrounded usurrounded surrounded by a lot of parasitic parasiticpla)7nates parasiticplaymates parasiticplaymates parasiticplaymatesnatural pla)7nates pla7nates playmates playmatesnatural ) natural course of marriage marnage and andmotherhood andmotherhood andmotherhood motherhood and they find glory and andmoney andmoney andmoney money rather poor pickings plckmgs in m the theend theend theend theendAnd end endAnd And the merely rich woment women ' Tbe The Tbeglamour Theglamour Theglamour glamour guiswho girls who have donenothmg donenothing donenothmgto donenothingto done nothingto to earn their thell ' luxury lw.ury lwury . and power thell their theiryachts theiryachts ' yachts and Palm Beach mansIons mansIonsthe1I mansionstheir mansionstheir the1I their furs and Jewels-what Jewels what jewels - what a sad sadmess sadmess sadmess mess THEY make of It it ! ! ! Within a few years of the time timev timewhen timewhen v . when hen you went around all morrung morning morrungwlshmg morningwishing morningwishing wlshmg wishing you were m in Gloria Glona Millions Millionsplace Millionsplace Millionsplace place Gloria is haggardly facing a asecond asecond asecond second divorce supporting supportmg a flatter flatterIng flatterlug flattering Ing lug circle c1Icle of titled European hang hangerson hangerson hangers-on hangers on ers-on ers on - - and telling the whole world worldthat worldthat worldthat that she will fight for the custody custodyof of her child childWhereas chIldWhereas childwhereas Whereas you it If you ve ye played playedyour playedyour playedyour your cards wisely are the adored adoredmother adoredmother adoredmother mother of two brown tall IndIans IndIansof Indiansof Indiansof of children cluldren who are danc ng about aboutbecause aboutbecause aboutbecause because it at s Saturday and Mom Is Istakmg istaking istaking takmg taking Jim and Mary and the S1m Sim S1mmons Simmons Simmons mons children cluldren off to the beach for forthe forthe forthe the dayOr dayOr day dayOr Or you re absorbed in m your gar garden garden garden den there s no heartache cure like likea a garden You ve ye decided to have havesupper havesupper havesupper supper out-of out of - - doors You re trymg trying trymgfor tryingfor tryingtor for a prize contest on the air Your YourPersIan YourPersian YourPersian PersIan aristocrat anstocrat has produced producedthree producedthree producedthree three delicious kittens luttens The baby babynext babynext babynext next door has been loaned to you youfor youfor youfor for his noon Pabulum and his after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon nap Jim is thank goodness goodnessgomg goodnessgoing goodnessgoing gomg going to be free for a three day dayweek dayweek dayweek week end ne next t Friday Mary is m in infirst mfirst infirst first year French and it lt s perfectly perfectlyamazmg perfectlyamazing perfectlyamazmg amazmg amazing how your old grammar and andyou andyou andyou you can help her You ve ye got toconsider to toconsider toconsider consider both sides of moving to tothat tothat tothat that possible farm Chickens and andfruIt andfruit andfruit fruIt and quiet and space agamst against agamstthe againstthe agamstthe the commuting commutmg trip for Jlm- Jlm Jim- Jim JlmAll JimAll Jim - All Possesslaterlals Possess ! \ Materials \laterlals laterlals for Happiness HappinessIn appmess appmessIn In short short , , you ve ye mastered content contentYou contentYou contentYou You ve ye learned that to each one of ofUS ofus cus US women in 10 this life is meted out outthe outthe ou the " ' ' materials to for happmess happiness - - 1t it IS only our wisdom or stupidity m in han handlmg handing handung dlmg ding them that makes the difference differ difference difference ence The Tbe successful wrIter wrIteractress writeractress writeractress actress heiress hell'ess helless ' of cour course e MAYbe MAYbehappy MAY be behappy behappy happy But she has to be happy on onexactly onexactly onexactly exactly the same terms that are areavaIlable areavailable areavailable avaIlable to you . . . She has to have havelove havelove havelove love and a chance tor for service and andbooks andbooks andbooks books and appetite and deep sleep sleepAnd sleepAnd sleepAnd And often these are all sacrificed sacrificedbefore sacrificedbefore sacrificedbefore before she has bas discovered how per perIsh perfishable perishable Ish fishable able is lS tame fame how brief is youth youthhow youthhow youthhow how httle little money can buyl While Whileyou Whileyou Whileyou you are climbing cllmbmg up the scale to tothe tothe tothe the forties and fifties fifttes she is descend descendIng descendtrig descendIng Ing trig to depths that you never knew knewFace knewFace knewFace Face lifting liftmg and cocktails and mem memories memones memories ories ones of past splendors don t help helpher helpher helpher her nobody remembers and nobodY nobodYcares nobodycares nobodycares nobodycaresDevelop cares caresDevelop Develop what 3 1 } ou have The Tbe clul chit cluldren chitdren children dren the back yard the poss ble blep blep blep p cmc CnIC and camp ng sites wlthm within wlthmreach withinreach withinreach reach the libraries libranes the swunmmg swimming swunmmgbeaches swimmingbeaches swimmingbeaches beaches Develop hobbies hobbles actlVI activs actlVIties activsties activities ties interests mterests They don t sprmg spring sprmgInto springinto spnnfinto Into being bemg full grown Bat But you will willbe willbe wilbe be pleasantly surprised to see how howfascmatmg howfascinating hovfascinating fascmatmg fascinating they can becomeDevelop becomeDevelop become becomeDevelop Develop Jim too As you grow growto growto grovto to be a contented middle agedand aged and andsomeday andsomeday amsomeday someday old woman take him along alongwith alongwith alon ; with you Make the fifties fifhes happ happy happyyears happyyears ; years and the sixties even better betterThe betterThe betterThe The woman who does that will soon soonfind soonfind soolfind find herself in a position poslhon to p ty the thevelY thevery thveiy velY very stars and glamour girls antcelebrities and andcelebrItIes andcelebrities celebrItIes todayAnd that she is envying envymg today And most important of all develop developyourself developyourself developyourself yourself Thy to achieve that peace peaceof peaceof peaceof ' of mind mmd . which v.ruch vruch can only follow from froma a life We well lived because as eagerly eagerlyas as you are now looking ahead to toI tonew tonew now new thrills m your old age you will willlook I look back upon the pleasures thai that thathave thathave have been yours |