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Show Iathleell Kathleen ( Norris Says : Teasing Is lunate Innate Cruelty CrueltyBell ( Bell Synd eate-WNU eate WNU Cate-WNtJ Cate WNtJ - - Service ) MI MIrS i rS rSi f _ \ 7 7see H see CJt CJt4b ; 4b- 4b 4bt - r t o 1 _ P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4F ' Sa4 Sa4IQ IQ IQdg + c . dg _ Yr Yro t 4 4I IWhen o /I I / When Maude and her h Ii "band band esband "bandcame esbandcame " came to us for theIr frst ( rst d dnner nner parly party as asmarrred asmarried marrred married people Dave my husband began leas teas ng her To my horror he men mentloned menhoned tloned honed Ihe the name of IIe tie II e man w Ih th Ihwhom thwhom whom Maude had b ben been en III to love By KATHLEEN NORRIS"THREE NORRIS " ' "HT HT " HREE years ago , "THREE THREE | when I was 18 ' writes wntes wntesJanme writesJanine ' ' chum chumMaude chumMaude chumMaude Jamne Janme Janine , , 'my my my Maude and I thought we were weredeeply weredeeply weredeeply deeply m in love Our two boy boyfnends boyfriends boyfriends fnends friends took us everywhere everywheredancmg everywheredancing everywheredancing dancmg dancing skiing skung to mOVies mOViesand moviesand moviesand and night mght clubs and we felt feltthere feltthere feltthere there was no harm in m the m in mbmate intimate intimate bmate timate relationship relabonshlp that nat naturally naturally naturally urally resulted I can truly trulysay trulysay trulysay say that no thought of heslta hesita hesltabon hesitation hesitation bon tion or guilt gUllt ever crossed my mymind mymind mmdI : mmd mind mmdI I I ' When I became engaged engagedlast engagedlast engagedlast last year however , I told toldDave toldDave toldDave Dave of that early affair He Heimmedmtely Heimmediately Heimmediately immedmtely immediately assured me that thathe thathe thathe he was no angel and had not note notexpected notexpected e expected pected me to be one and andthat andthat andthat that he felt that sort of thing ought oughtto oughtto oughtto to be forgottenMaude forgottenMaude forgotten forgottenMaude Maude was also married some someweeks someweeks someweeks weeks ago and after her honey honeymoon honeymoon honeymoon moon she and her husband came to tous tous tous us for their first d nner party as asmarried asmarried asmarried married people We had a table of ofeIght ofeight ofeight eIght and everyth ng rig went perfect perfect- perfectly perfectsly . - ly except that Dave began to tease teaseher teaseher teaseher her and to my horror mentIOned mentIOnedthe mentionedthe mentionedthe the name of the man with v.hom vhom whom v.homMaude whomMaude . whomMaude Maude had been m In love and asked askedher askedher askedher her if she ever saw himAll himAll him himAll All this my m ) st fled Maude s hus husband husband busband band Maude called me up m in a aperfect aperfect aperfect perfect panic pamc the next day saymg saying saymgshe sayingshe sayingshe she had not told Rod anyth ng rig of ofher ofher ofher her early affair and that Dave had hadSImply hadsupply hadsimply SImply supply infuriated lniurlated her by his teas ng rig ngtalk rigtalk ngtalk talk Immediately I told Dave he hesaid hesaid hesaid said that he would of course not notgo notgo notgo go on with it and added that he het he\ he heould t \ ould never have thought Maude Maudewas Maudewas Maudewas was that sort of a g rlCause rlCaused rl rlCaused Cause Caused a . QuarrelYou QuarrelYou Quarrel QuarrelYou You can imagine Imagme how this made mademe mademe mademe me feel I was so mad that we wehad wehad wehad had what Dave called callcd our first firstIrnock firstmock firstknock Irnock mock ] do vn and drag out fight but butwe butwe butwe we got over it and were frIends frIendsaga friendsaga friendsaga aga n and decided to forget the thev thethole thewhole v . thole hole th ng rig and start fresh But a aday aday aday day or two later he asked askcd me ho v vlong vlong vlong long my int mt mate relat onshlpJth onship onshlp \\Jth Jth with withmy \ withmy Jthmy my frst s veeth"art veethart veeth " art had gone on I Ianswcred Ianswered Ianswered answcred answered only for about three threemonths threemonths threemonths months and nothing nothlOg more was saIdYesterday saidYesterday said saidYesterday Yesterday mornu mornn g the paper paperment paperment paperment ment oned the fact that Maude IS ISon ison ison on the women womcn s committee to pro provIde provide provide vIde amusement for the men In Incamps Incamps incamps camps and Dave made a sneermg sneering sneermgreference sneeringreference sneeringreference reference to it he sa d th s was only onlym onlyin onlyin m in tun fun But later Maude sent me mea mea mea a brief cold note saying saymg that they theycould theycould theycould could not come to a buffet party partythat partythat partythat that we are giving glvlOg after the big bigfootball bigfootball bigfootball football game and I know they theyhave theyhave theyhave have given tvo t vo va dinners at least m in mthe inthe mthe the last month but we have not notbeen notbeen notbeen been asked to the r house yet , , , I Iam Iam Iam am afraid David has carr cd ed h s sfun sfun stun fun too farl1aude farItlaude far farMaude \ Maude l\1aude l 1aude Itlaude is my oldest friend fnend and andwe andwe andwe we have talked for years ycars of the thepleasure thepleasure thepleasure pleasure we would have bave as br des desdo desdo desdo do ng our shopo shopD shopn ng and discussingour dlscu.slngour dlscu.slng dlscuslng dlscu . sing singour our housekeep ng together Can you youmake youmake youmake make any suggest suggcst on that may save saveme saveme saveme me from losing losmg her tncndsh frlendsh fricndsh p and andinfiuencing andinfluencing andinfluencing infiuencing influencing Dave not to tease her or orremUld orremind orremind remUld remind her again of the past past7 past7A ' A Fatal ratal rata ( llaw llawA I 1 caw cawA lawA A teas ng husband my dear dearJanme dearJanine dearJanine Janme Janine is a much more serIOus serIOusmatter seriousmatter seriousmatter matter than it sounds Impulses Impulsesto to vard yard murder tl tI eft arson and andforgery andforgery andforgery forgery are kept in order by the thelaw thelaw thelaw law and by a man s s natural fear of ofpun ofpun ofpun pun shmcnt shment . But teas ng is a fatal fatalfia fatalflay fatalfla fia flay v m in the rclat relat rela t onsh p betv between betweenmarr betweenmarr . een eenmarr marr ed persons and I don t know knowof knowof knowof of any cureTeas cureTeas cure cureTeas Teas ng rig is innate mnate cruelty en cn eity elty seeking seekingin seekingan 1n an ' outlet It ve veils s its intent on IT /T5 T5 ITS / S NOT FUN FUNNo FVNNo No one-not one not one - not even the teaser teaserh teasermself teaserhimselfescapes teaserhimself h mselfescapes himself-escapes himself escapes mself- mself - escapes the consequences conse con-se con se consequences consequences - quences of the hints hmts that are aredropped aredropped aredropped dropped droppedall allIn all in fun ' ' It s s not notfun notfun notfun fun for anyone concerned concernedwhen concernedwhen concernedwhen when a husband begins to tosuspect tosuspect tosuspect suspect that the ] jokes o1.es o1es . about abouthIS abouthis abouthis hIS wife IVlfe may have some bastS basis bastSIn basisen basisin In en truth It s not fun for any anyone anyone anyone one when a wife loses her herbest herbest herbest best friend fnend because her hus husband husband husband band just .can can . can t res resist st the thetemptation thetemptation thetemptation temptation to make ma1.e ma1e . personal personalremarhs personalremarks personalremarks remarhs remarks Kathleen Aorris A orris orns be bel beeves beNeves believes Neves l eves that those who enjoyteasing enjoy enjoyteasmg enjoyteasing teasmg teasing others have in theirmakeup their theirma1.eup theirmakeup ma1.eup ma1eup ma1.eupa makeup makeupa . a streahof streako streak streah ofreal freal o of f real realcruel cruel cruelty cruelty cruelty ty Teasing Teasmg T easmg ' she sajs sa ) s is lS innate m in mnate innate nate cruelty seeking see1.mg see1mg see1.mgan seekingan . an out outlet outlet outlet let Don t t be deceived decerved by the thefact thef theact thefact fact f act that it is supposed to be a ajol ao1 jol jole jolto ] ] 01 01e e e eto to st ng and hurt under a merry merrymask merrymask merrymask mask of fun It is always Just Justfool justfool justfool fool ngWhen ngWhen ng ngWhen When he carelessly and laughmg laughing laughingly laughmgly ly has threatened the actual founda foundatons foundat tons t ons of a marriage as Dave m in hIs hIslIght hislight hislight lIght hearted banter with Maude he heretreats heretreats heretreats retreats cow cotviird coward rd fash on Dave pre pretends pretends pretends tends not to realze real ze that he may mayhave mayhave mayhave have started susp dons elOns in the mmd mind mmdof mindof mindof of Maude s husbandlay husbandMay husband husbandMay ! \ May \lay lay Regret R-egret R egret - Her ller IIer Secrec SecrecyYou Secreci Secrecy SecreciYou ) You were smarter than Maude m in mthat inthat inthat that you made a clean breast of ofyour ofyour ofyour your own earlyeakness early \ weakness \\eakness eakness m in the thesafety thesafety thesafety safety of engagement days when whenDave whenDave whenDave Dave was so anxious to win wm you that thatnothmg thatnothing thatnothing nothmg nothing you could have done as a agirl agirl agirl girl would deter him Maude chose choseto choseto choseto to keep her secret and she may yet yetlive yetlive yetlive live to regret the decept onYou onYou on onYou You had better give up the hope hopeof hopeof hopeof of continuing contmumg your tnendsh frlendsh friendsh p With WithMaude withMaude withMaude Maude young wives almost ah ays ayshave ayshave ayshave have to sacrifice sacnfice their school gIrl gIrlfrlendsh girlfriendsh girltnendsh frlendsh friendsh ps to the claims of hus husbands husbands husbands bands and you will be no worse of off offthan offthan ! than the others Make new friends friendsdevote friendsdevote friendsdevote devote yourself-as yourself as yourself - as I am sure you youare youare youare are devoting devotmg yourself-to yourself to yourself - to the full fulltIme fulltime fulltime tIme job of keep ng Dave happy and andbulldUlg andbuilding andbuilding bulldUlg building for you both a sound and andsuccessful andsuccessful andsuccessful successful marrIageBut marriageBut marriage marriageBut But it J if ! he cont cunt contnues nues his teasmg teasing teasmgand teasingand teasingand and extends it pretty generally to all allyour allyour allyour your friends one way to sp ke hIs hIsguns hisguns hisguns guns is to acknowledge ackno\\iledge ackno iledge \ cheerfully cheerfullythat cheerfullythat cheerfullythat that David isnt isn t happy unle unless s he s steas steas steas teas ng rig someoneSay someoneSay someone someoneSay Say something somethUlg like He 11 tell you youthat ) ou outhat outhat that your children are under under- underzed ' - zed zedTom zedTom zedTom Tom and that it If you d been as assmart assmart assmart smart as he is you wouldn wouldnt t bave have bavehad havehad havehad had to pay that speed ng rig fine and andthat andthat andthat that he knows knO\\S knO S \ you and Betty came camehere camehere camehere here to d nner noer to get our msurance insurance msurancebut insurancebut insurancebut but don t take it seriously Dave IS ISa isa isa a darl dart ng in m sp te to of it all allNo allNo allNo No Perfect Pcrfcct SolutIonTh SolutionTh Solution SolutionTh Th s makes what ammunitIon ammunitIonDave ammunitionDave ammunitionDave Dave has ) in m n store decidedly wet . . Bl Bt t tIt tit tit It is not a perfect solut on There Is Isno isno isno no perfect solution tor for so ser set ous a afault afault afault fault except the solution that must mustcome mustcome mustcome come from the tease tcase lease h mselt mself a gen genu genu u ne resolution to be cons derate of ofthe ofthe ofthe the feelings feelmgs and misfortunes of ofothers ofothers ofothers ofothersIn others othersIn In New York some years ago agothere agothere agothere there was a complacent w te fe who whocouldn whocouldn whocouldn couldn t sufficiently impress all of ofus ofus ofus us who had suffered in m the general generalfmanclal generalfinancial generalfinancial fmanclal financial collapse collapsc with the tact fact th that thatshe thatshe t tshe she and her husband were luck er erthan erthan erthan than ever and richer than everIsn everIan ever everIsn Isn Ian t t it wonderful7 wonderful ' she would wouldbabble wouldbabble wouldbabble babble happ ly Iy Harrv Harry ju'st just juot ' got out outof outof outof of This in m t me and into mto That when whenIt whenit whenit It was go ng rig to make that sensa sensatlonal sensational sensational tlonal tional rise and just before the crasl crest craslhe cresthe crasihe he gold sold our place tor for three tlmes times tlmeswhat timeswhat timeswhat what it would bring brmg toda today ) |