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( a thleen Norris Says : Running A Away way Flom F : 07Th It Ii All AllBoil BeD Boil Syndicate SyndicateWNU -WNU WNU - Features Feature5 Feature5fl /fl fl / flShe I She may be the h It 1mblesl h1mblesl imblea worker of ofall all allOllr allour Ollr our 30 30million million working women By KATHLEEN NORRISU NORRIS u " uAM T AM envious of my husband husband bus hus uI I | band his sisters brothers brothers broth broth1 -1 1 - . ers and friends " Writes WritesAnn writesAnn writesAnn Ann from BostonI Bostonand Boston I ' and as a aresult aresult aresult result I am halfsIck half sick with miS miSery misery misery ery resentment and hate"I hate"I hate hate"I "Imarried "I I " married 'way way ' above any anyexpectatIOns anyexpectations anyexpectations expectatIOns a girl like myself myselfmIght myselfmight myselfmight mIght have " her letter goes goeson goesDfl goeson on Dfl ' Herbert is 15 the youngest youngestson son of a very rich famIly familythere , there are six perfect servants servantsin servantsm servantsLii m Lii this house , , I have nothmg nothing nothingto nothmgto to do We live with his moth mother mother mother er , a widowed sister , and her herthree herthree herthree three half grown chIldren chIldrenEveryone childrenEveryone childrenEveryone Everyone else has children I Iwas Iwas Iwas was in m a motor accident in m the themIddle themiddle themiddle mIddle of my first pregnancy pregnancynever pregnancynever pregnancynever never can have a child ThIs ThIsbroke Thisbroke Thisbroke broke Herbert's Herberts ' heart ( he hewas hewas hewas was driving drlvmg ) and his mother s sb.eart stieart sheart b.eart beart tieart . too Nobody car'd card carpd cari'd carid ' ' about my myleart myheart mytieart mytieartThey \leart leart heart \ leartThey heartThey They all speak languages have havetraveled havetraveled havetraveled traveled know about books and mu muSICIt muticit muEIC SIC-It SIC It tic-it tic - _ it all comes easy to them I Iam Iam ; am not even grammatical I ve ye had hadno hadCo hadao no Co chances to improve Nobody IS ISunkind isunkind isunkind unkind to me but nobody needs me meOften meOften meOften Often it seems to me that days go goby goby goby by without anyone speaking to me me.Oh meOh . . . Oh they say good mormng morning ' * ' and andmore andmore andmore more tea tea7 tea9 ? but they don t really reallytalk reallytalk reallytalk talk to me rue and I m in not surprised surprisedI surprisedIm I m shy and unhappy and superflu superfiu superfluous superfiuous superfluous superfluousNow ous ousNow ousNow Now Herbert s going gomg to Africaand Africa Africaand Africaand and I am left to take up Red Cross Crosswork Crosswork Crosswork work with his mother read books bookslIsten bookslisten bookslisten lIsten to the radio It seems to me meI meI I [ will vnll go mad What am I domg doing domgwrong doingwrong doingwrong wrong what should I do do7 ? ' Can you youhelp youhelp youhelp help me me7 ? ' I feel as if I was in a abad abad abad bad dream dreamUnhappy Unhappy Wife Should Leave LeaveThat LeaveThat LeaveThat That s a the letter and in m answer I Isay Isay Ieay say that there are circumstanceswhen circumstances circumstanceswhen circumstanceswhen when the only cure tor for daily dally hourly hourlymIseries hourlymiseries hourlymiseries mIseries of jealousy eaIousy and suffermg suffering sufferingIs suffermgIs Is to get out Such a case is that of ofthe ofthe ofthe the office clerk " \ who sho ho is brought mto into mtoconstant intoconstant mtoconstant constant contact with the married marriedemployer marriedemployer marriedemployer employer with whom she is m in love loveor loveor loveor or the mother who cannot stand by byand byand byand and see an adored ignorant Idle ex extravagant extravagant extravagant travagant new wife make her son sonmiserable sonmiserable sonmiserableAnn , miserable miserableAnn i Ann has an excellent argument inthat in inI inthat inthat I that Herbert is calmly leaving leavmg her herI herto herto herto I to jo n the armed forces He Is Islustilled islustifled islustified lustilled lustifled he probably did not even evenconsult evenconsult evenconsult consult her about the step A A waris waris war is on and men are needed But women are needed too and andAnn andAnn andAnn Ann is equally justified lustifled m in going offto off offto offto to find work of her own Hard work workwork workwork workwork work that will bring brmg her into contact contactWith contactwith contactwith With women working workmg as hard as she sheThe sheThe sheThe The WACs perhaps or the WAVES WAVESOr WAVESOr WAVESOr Or let her get eet right on the assembly assembly1me assemblytine assemblyline 1me tine in one of the thousands of ot new newfactories newfactories newfactories factories foundries or machineshops macWne machine macWneshops machineshops machineshopsWith shops shopsWith With her changed clothes environ environment environment environment ment contacts friendships she WIll WIllfind willnd willBnd find nd herself again . . Her deadened deadenedpersonalIty deadenedpersonality deadenedpersonality personalIty will develop self * eK conft confl confldence confldence I Idence dence and good simple coxnmon common coxnmonsense commonsense commontense sense will return . . . She may be the thehumblest thehumblest thehumblest humblest worker of all aU our 30 SO 000 000 000working 000working 000working working women the annals ot of VIC VICtory victory vietory tory may never hear of ot her but'tlhe buttlhe but'tlhewill but ' ihewill she shewill will play her part , , just as . a * the tlnJest tiniest tlnJestcog tiniestcog tinleatcog cog and pin pm and screw ct at of a great greatbattleship greatbattleship greatbattleship battleship plays its part , , and success successcouldn successcouldn cuccefcouldn * couldn t be achieved without her herS St S/ S / * / \ t f/ff- f ff fffV / - V T 'If If ' l / , iWm iWmv * /v v / ! a&m\ a&m am a&mJt & \ < Jt aJ . Aom l\ow l ow \ ! .ow ow . Herberts llerber Ilerberis & s going gomg to Africa A/Tlca A Tlca / " A different type of woman m ght ghthave ghthave ghthave have profited by seven years asso assoclat associat associat clat ciat on with these aristocratic rela relatlves relatives relalives tlves tives in m law might have gone stead steadlly steadily steadily lly ily to work at music and languagesmade languages languagesmade languagesmade made a study of social soctal usages and andterms andterms andterms terms And a different type of fam tam faml1y tamily tarnUy l1y ily might have sensed the predlca predica predlcament predicament predicament ment of the youngest member-Ann member Ann memberAnnwas member - Annwas was just lust 17 when she married and andhave andhave andhave have made it eas er tor for her Some Somesister Somesister Somesister sister in law some one of the young younger younger younger er aunts and cousins cousms might have taken tak taken taken en Ann under her wing helped her heralong heralong heralong along the hard path But eVidently eVidentlyAnn evidentlyAnn evidentlyAnn Ann was not capable of absorbmt absorbing absorbmtthe absorbingthe absorbingthe the culture all about her of enJoy enJoymg enjoytog enjoying mg tog her adventure and evidently evidentlythe evidentlythe evidentlythe the hard bard shelled shelIed Social Reg sterItes sterItesdIdn steritesdidn stentesdidn dIdn t fee feel fepl ] inclined Inchned to make any effort ef effort eftort fort m in the direction of Herbert s a swIfe awile swife wIfe wile wIfeSo wileSo So the best thing tIDng to do tor for the thedurat thedurat thedurat durat on anyway is to break awayfind away awayfind awayfind find work friends amusement And Andif Andit 11 if Ann is wise she will begin to tostudy tostudy tostudy study seriously on the s a de improve improveher improveher Improveher her pronunciation her choice ofterms of ofterms ofterms terms her knowledge of good books booksand booksand booksand and of what is going gomg on In the worldSometimes worldSometimes world worldSometimes Sometimes if the security of small smallchIldren smallchildren smallchildren chIldren is involved mvolved a woman IS ISobliged isobliged isobliged obliged to endure difficult conditionsthe conditionsthe conditions conditionsthe -the the - the indifference of her husband husbandI husbandthe husbandthe husbandthe the troubles created by his mother motherand motherand motherand I and sisters the sense of bemg being bemgI bemgpushed beingpushed beingpushed I pushed aside and made to feel rIdIC ridse rIdICulous ridseiiloiis ndiculous ulous iiloiis or superfluousBut superfluousBut superfluous superfluousBut But in Ann s case these elements elementsdon elementsdon elementsdon don t exist . . Through no fault ot of her herown herown herown own she is ch childless dless and temporari temporarlly temporariIy temporarily Iy ly husbandless She has every right rightto rightto rightto to find for tor herself a happier set of ofcircumstances ofcircumstances otcircumstances circumstances It If she can can/be can be / , be gen generous generous generous erous enough to tb do O this without jeop- jeop jeopardizing jeop jeop- jeopardlzmg jeopardizing - - ardizing ardlzmg the dignity dlgmty of the family if ifshe Ifshe ifshe she can manage to mamtam maintain afriendly a afriendly afriendly friendly correspondence with her hermother hermother hermother mother in law and go home tor for an anoccasional anoccasional anoccasional occasional visit she will be sure to tofind tofind tond find nd her own place secure and 1m Im 1mportant Importent 1mportant portant portent m iii the circle after nfter the war |