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Show Iathleen Kathleen ( Norris Says : - Women Worn en Fool ThemsellJes Thcinseli es A10st Most A10stIn MostIn In Love Afiall AIQIi s sBcIjSy Bell BcIjSy Sy dlealc-WNtT dlealc WNtT dlcatc-WNU dlcatc WNU - - Featur"s Featurs Features Featuresi FeaturesI " i I , fS fS7b \7b 7b \ / ( c cDes 8e5 Des ' : oj of ojaU ofall aU all aUuere alluere uere the eten e'en een ' ngJ ngs uhen when , Carlton uould would uouldcome wouldcome , come to d/.ScUJJ d.ScUJJ d .ScUJJ ScUJJ discuss / . bookJ books 0 of ofpolucs ' polwa polucs Ult with withmy , } , my Jnlallded lnialided falher father and andaflcmard andafterward aflcmard afterward aflcmardwe afterwardwe we Itould would go znto into tl tle tie e hlIChen Litchen hlIChenJar Litchenfor Jar for coOee coffee IInd and to toast 5t By KATHLEEN NORRISHE NORRIS ' "T T " HE world is full of persons perSons per THE I perI | sons who fool themselves themselves them themL -L L - selves mostly women womenThey womenThey womenThey They think thmk they are decelv deceiv decelvmg deceiving deceiving mg ing others but their famIlIes famIlIesand familiesand familiesand and friends fnends see through them themas themas themas as though they were panes of ofglass ofglass ofglass ofglassWe glass glassWe We all scold the small sfnall gIrl gIrlwho girlwho girlwho who says glibly gl1bly ghbly , C ' I didn't didnt ' tell tellyou tellyou tellyou you ' I'd Id ' broken your vase be because because because cause I hate to tell peoplebad peoplebadnews people people.badnews peoplebadnews bad badnews , . news . , Mother Mothers ' " Or , C ' CI I ! took tookthe tookthe tookthe the candy away from Betty BettyLou BettyLou BettyLou Lou because I thought it mIght mightmake mightmake make her sick " But there are lots ol of older self selffoolers selffoolers selltoolers foolers to y vbom born we can cant t address addressreproof addressreproof addressreproof reproof . . For example the pretty prettyyoung prettyyoung prettyyoung young w wife e who Viho says that her hus husband husband husband band really doesn t tv \v v Vi want \ ant to go w th ththose ththose ththose those men on a fishing trip he d dmuch dmuch much rather stay at homeand home "nd nd and andtake " andtake take her to vis t her ber mother Or Orbe Orthe Orthe be the ! woman who tells you that sbe she sbewould shewould shewould would love to do her oMn ov.n ovn own . work and andbelp andhelp andhelp belp help poor George with the house housekeep housekeep housekeep keep ng bills but that he reall really reallywants reallwants } ) wants her ber to take it easy and rest resta a lot Nobody but herself of course courseis IS fooled fooledPerhaps Perhaps the field in which women womendeceive womendeceive womendeceive deceive themselvLS themselvt.s themselvts . most ofte ottel s \ IS ISthat isthat isthat that of o love aft afia afra a rs When she loses losesher losesher losesher her charm for the man she adores adoresthe adoresthe adoresthe the beloved woman won t admit It Iteas iteas iteas eas ly Iy She fights along for months monthsperhaps monthsperhaps monthsperhaps perhaps for years trying to per persuade persuade persuade suade herself hat he be still cares that thathe thatbe thathe he be will co-ne co ne cO"ne cOne " - back that the old oldglow oldglow oldglow glow and thrill and glamour of the thebegmnmg thebeginning thebeginning begmnmg beginning of their love will certa n nIy nty nly Iy ty return returnLoved Loved a ' Alan l'rtan lrtan Man Six YearsFrances Years YearsFrances Frances is such sueh a v . woman oman She is Is29 29 she sbe has loved one man tor for nearly nearlysix nearlysix SIX years Their affair affalT seems to be beno beno beno no nearer to marriage as the years yearsgo > ) ears earsgo earsgo go by and her heart is s ck with withwaiting withwaiting withwaiting withwaitingCarlton waiting waitingCarlton Carlton came to our small town townSIX townsix townsix SIX years ago she wr tes He 1.5 15 is . 1.5everything iseverything iseverything everything the heart of a woman womancould womancould womancould could desire deslTe tall good lookmg looking lookmgamu5mg lookingamusing lookingamusing amu5mg amusing handsome bandsome and successful successfulThere successfulThere successfulThere There was not a g rl in m my circle circlewho circlewho circlewho who didn dldn t perk up and take an 1m im 1mmediate immediate immediate mediate interest mterest when he carne came carnealong camealong camealong along but it was only a matter of weeks weeics oetore before he and I were aware awareof awareof awareof of the deep sympathy and congerual congenial congerualIty congenialsty congeniality Ity sty between us It was Franc and andCarly andCarly andCarly Carly from the first when anyUung anything anyUungwas anythingwas anythingwas was planned We were in 111 theatrl theatre theatrlcals theatrecats theatncals cals cats together togcther we were always alwayspaired alwayspaired alwayspaired paired pairedoff partiesBest paruesBest off on p cmes CDICS cnics and parues parties Best of all were the many evenings eveningswhen eveningswhen eveningswhen when he would come to talk books booksor booksor booksor or polit poUt cs withmy with my invalided 111vahded mvahded father fatherand fatherand fatherand and afterward he and I \ would ould go into gointo the kitchen latchen for coffee and toast'My toastMy toast toast"My ' "My My 'My " mother died suddenly and my myfather myfa fa father ber ! d d not long survive her I Ithought Ithought Ithought thought then that Carlton would wouldsurely wouldsurely wouldsurely surely say that \ we e must be married marriedBut marriedBut marriedBut But he did dad not Dot although he was all allsympathy allsympathy allsympathy sympathy andwonderfuUy andwonderfully and wonderfully wonderfuUy dear and andhelpful andhelpful andhelpful helpful . Two other school teachers teacherscame teacherscame teacherscame came to share my home with me meI meI meI I bore it as long as I could and andthen andthen andthen then faced the music told him ho v vI vI vI I telt felt reminded him rum ham that tor for three threeyears threeyears years we had been going gomg togetherHe togetherHe together togetherHe parentsdeath He said he f felt lt that my parents death had rather rattier pushed our affair affairInto affairinto affairinto Into the background and asked for forone forone torone one week to think it all over Be Before Before Betore fore that week was up be he came to tome tome tome me and asked that we be engaged engagedbut but It must be a profound secret secretHe secretHe secretHe He gave me a ring of his rus mother s sbut sbut sbut but asked me not to wear it pub lcly Ilely lclyWants IlelyWants ! pubUcly publcly pubIlely pubUclyWants Wants to End Ind Dela Delay DelayThat DelayThat , . That was three years ago and andnothing andnothing andnothing nothing has changed since smce Carlton Carltonsaid Carltonsaid Carltonsaid said last year that unt I 1 we could couldbe couldbe couldbe be marr man ed he telt felt that we ought oughtnot oughtnot oughtnot not to lee see each other more than thantv.lce thantwice thantuice tv.lce tvlce twice . a week He lie comes \ Wednesday ednesday Viednesday WISHFUL DOERS DOERSYou DOERSYouve You ve ye heardof heardo heard ofulShful o of f futslt UlshfulthinJing ul-Shful ul Shful ulShfultlun1 utslt - fur furtliinl tlun1 tliinl tlun1mg tliinling mg ing ' ' but did you ) , OK ou knowthat 1.now 1now know 1.nowthat knowthat . that there ts 15 is sucha such a thing thmg thingas as asttlshful asutshful aswishful ttlshful utshful dozng doing doing9 ' That may notbe not notbe notbe be the name by bytthlch bywhich which tthlch you you1.now youknow youknow 1.now 1now know . the dangerous way tay ! some somepeople somepeople somepeople people have of ofacting actingas acting as asthough asthough asthough though thoughwhat what they wish for fortteTe forhere forwere tteTe here actually true But youI youl you younow 1 l 1now now what happens to the thefather thefather thefather father who insists upon tryingto trymgto trymg trying to make a scientist sClentl-St sClentl St - ofa of a son sonttllO sonwho sonM/IO sonM IO ttllO who . / is u interested mterested mterestedonly interestedonly onlyIn only in mu muSIC music music SIC the mother who ttho makes ma1.es ma1es . a aplazn aplain aplain plazn plain looking 1001.mg 1001mg . but brilliant brilliantdaughter , daughter miserable because becauseshe becauseshe becauseshe she doesn t happen to be a abeauty abeauty abeauty beauty These wishful doersunlike doers 'unlike unlike ' unl/1.e unl1.e unl 1.e 1e unlike / . mere ivisliful wIShful tllln1 think thinkers thinkers . ers harm others as well uell uellas as asthemselves asthemselves asthemselves themselves by their refusal to toaccept toaccept toaccept accept realitynight reality reaZzty realitynight night mght and we always have a plan planfor planfor planfor for Sunday we either take a picn plcn c clunch clunch clunch lunch somewhere some\\lhere some lhere \ or go to an after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon movie and dinner dmner downtown downtownOf Of late he has bas been asking askmg a mar marr marr r ed couple eouple we like very much to togo togo togo go Withus with us The man is his assistant assistantthe assistantthe assistantthe the woman I ve ye kno vn for years yearsTbey yearsThey yearsThey Tbey They usually bring bnng two small cwl club cwldren clubdren cmldren cmldrenI dren drenI I want to be married this th1.5 th15 . let letter letter letter ter ends I want a home and ch I Idren Idren 1dren dren In these d sturb"d sturbd sturb " d t mes I Iwant Iwant Iwant want to feel anchored to do my bit bitfor bitfor bitfor for America Amenca as a wife wlCe and mother motherI I am gett ng restless and nen nervous nervousonce ner\ousonce ner ousonce \ ous ousonce once aga n only last n ght I faced facedCarlton facedCarlton facedCarlton Carlton asked h m to end th s de delay delay delay lay He says now that to get mar marned marreed marned ned reed now would look like Wte an attempt attemptto to evade the draft he Is 33 Will Willyou Willyou Willyou you advise me as to the best way wayof wayo1 wayof of o1 handling handlmg th s s tuation9 tuatIon ? ' I have havenever havenever havenever never had another s veetheart and andI andI I am as deeply in 111 love as everHere everHere ever everHere Here is another case of a girl fool foolmg fooling fooling mg ing herself Frances knOv knows . s in 111 her herheart herheart herheart heart that any feeling feelmg Carlton ever everhad everhad everhad had for her is dead It If he comes comesto comesto comesto to see her still shll only on those ap ap- appointed ap appointed . - pointed pomted day days it is partly hab t tpartly tpartly tpartly partly consideration for her and andpartly andpartly andpartly partly because he doesn t know how bow howto bowto bowto to get out of it He v ould be a amore amore amore more honest man U 1f if he hadcut had cut the knot brutally and qu ckly once and andfor andfor andfor for all about five years ago And Andshe Andshe Andshe she would be a happier woman 11 if 11she ifshe itshe she had seen all th s commg coming and andhad andhad andhad had stopped it before the twenties twentieshad twentieshad twentieshad had run their course and time tune had hadlanded hadlanded badlanded landed her per perilously ously near to the theshore theshore theshore shore of sp nsterhoodShe nsterhoodShe nsterhood nsterhoodShe She might have saved herself these theseyears theseyears theseyears years of o ( waiting waltmg and watching watchmg and andhop andhop andhop hop ng for a day that now seems as asfar asfar asfar far away as ever And she would wouldst.rely wouldsteely wouldsurely st.rely strely steely . have gamed gained dign dlgn ty and andstrength andstrength andstrength andstrengthMy strength strengthMy My advice to her is to arop Carl Carlton Carlton Carlton ton Tell him hum that h s attentlolU attentions attentlolUdon attentionsdon attentionsdon don t make her happy as they once oncedid oncedid oncedid did wh ch is true enough Tell h m mthat mthat rothat that she wants to be absolutely free free'I freefor treetor ' for her teaching read ng walkmg walking walkmggardenmg walkinggardening walkinggardening 'I I 'Ifor gardenmg gardening women friends that al although although although though she really loves him s st sl ! e ewould ewould ewould would be happ bapp er in 10 m her soul not tocont tocoot to cont coot nue to dangle to in this state 01 of 01contmual ofcontinual olcontinual contmual continual expectancy and disap dlsap disap- disappointment disappointment . - pointment pomtment pointmentWill Will Suffer SuITer Heartache HeartacheIt HeartacheIf If she has the courage to do thIs thIsshe thisshe thisshe she will w1l1 exper ence first heartache heartachea a forlorn feeling of being bemg adrift from fromthe fromthe fromthe the moorings to wh ch she has clung clungJ clungwith J 1 With such pathct pathet c faith and hope fOI fOII fOIso foiso to toso I so long And secondly she will Wlll feel feela a courage and a self respect II a IIstrength astrength astrength strength and freedom that will ba bamanna bamanna b bmanna manna to her souL . That Is 1s unless unlessfte unlesst1e unlesstre fte t1-e t1 e - complacent dawdling CarltoD Carlton CarltoDsuddenly Carltonsuddenly Carltonsuddenly suddenly wakes up as he indeed indeedmay indeedmay indeedmay may and rushes her instantly IDstanlIy intG into intGmarnage intomarriage lnt lntmarriage < marriage marnage Either way she WIDL winL win * . |