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Show Kathleen Norris Says : She Can't Cant ' Stop . Crying CryingBelt - Bell Belt Syndleata SyndleataWNU syndicate-WNU syndicate WNU -WNU WNU - Feature Feature . . , , T s 'to to 2 ' . I " ' 9k 9kr 9kv , : r . 9kH v If H ' " 1 1t 1a t . a s sl sl sr sDo l l r " ' Do .omwnn6 omwnn6 something . Ilwl tlwt win wili hasten rhe the daWII dawn of 41 a peaceful peacefulstrong wong strong , , Intelligellt neelhgent Intelligelltworld neelhgentworld world few for tomorrow By keepl1l6 keeping a well-.managed well.managed well .managed managed well-managed - - . home for war workers 'ou ou you ) ' C can cando lI lIdo do vera peat .enllCe enllCe service . . . BUI But d do .omerhI1l6 omerhI1l6 something . , or face Melong lifelong shal7Ul shame CIlId and CIlIdregret andregret regret . . By KATHLEEN NORRIS NORRISc NORRISt NORRIS"T NORRIST c t " , ' SIMPLY cry all thetime thetime the I ISIMPLY theI | time , , " writes wr1tes EhzabethTaylor ElizabethTaylor Elizabeth Ehzabeth JL Taylor from . Austm Austin AustinTexas , " ' ' Nomatter No Nomatter Nomatter Texas "I I : can't cant help it 1t matter what I do to stopit stop 1t it itsometime , , sometune sometime during durmg the mormng morning morningI mormngI I begin begm to tremble , and then thenthe thenthe thenthe the tears come , and I go on oncrymg oncrying oncrying crymg crying at intervals mtervals until I'm Im I'mIn I'mIn ' I'min Imin ' In bed at mght-and mght and night-and night night - - and then I Ireally Ireally Ireally hard into mto pil- pil pillow pil pillow - really cry , , , my p low , so that my husbandcan't husband can't cant can'thear can'thear can'thear canthear ' hear meAnd me meAnd And yet things thmgs aren area t harder torme for forme forme me than for thousands of other wom worn women wornea wornen en ea her letter goes on My bIg bIggest biggest biggest gest boy is out m w in the Marshall Is Islands Islands Islands lands with the marines marmes my daugh daughter daughter daugbter ter has her first ' job 'ob ob at 17 and my mylittle mylittle mylittle little boy is 15 still in grade schooL schooLDoctor schooLDoctor school.Doctor schoolDoctor . Doctor Taylor Is a chiropractor who whobas whohas whohas bas has a fine business busmess and we have a alovely alovely alovely lovely home So it 1m isn isnt t so much muchmy muchmy muchmy my problem it s a just 1ust lust the awful prob probZem problem prob2em Zem lem of the whole world that has me mecOlI1)'letely mecompletely mecompletely cOlI1)'letely cOlI1letely completely ) ' ; broken down dawn its it s themagnificence the themagnmcence themagnificence magnmcence magnificence of the boys and the theletters theletters theletters letters they write home and the thewounded thewounded thewounded wounded that are coming commg in w to the theservice theservice theservice service hospitals and the thought of ofall ofall ofan all the ruin in Europe- Europe EuropeShe EuropeShe Europe - - She goes on for several more morepages morepages morepages pages but that s the gist of it And Andher Andher Andher her situation is like hke that of thou thousands thoumuds thousands sands muds of other women today who whoare whoare whoare are feeling the dreadful pressjre presure pressire of ofworld ofworld ofworld world events sharing the sorrows ofthe of ofthe ofthe the mothers of lost sons fighting the thecontmual thecontinual thecontinual contmual continual fear fears feara . that crowd in upon uponus uponus uponus us from all directionsThese directionsThese directions These women act as if by making makinga a fuss crying crymg sad and complaining and andprotestmg andprotesting andprotesting protestmg protesting they could alter the fact factthat factthat factthat that the most fearful event of all allhistory allhistory allhistory history is now taking place Theyact They Theyact Theyact act as if by fretting and arguing argumg they theycould theycould theycould could change the tram of events eventsThe eventsThe eventsThe The fact remains there is a greatwar great greatwar greatwar war going gomg on and smce since we can cantadjust t tadJust tadjust adJust It ht to suit ourselves we have haveto haveto haveto to adjust ad'ust adust ' ourselves to meet ItOyer itOmer it Over Oyer Omer and over again the letters lettersI I receive exclaim plaintively plamtlvely plamtively sure surely surely surely ly it 15n isn isnt t natural-surely natural surely natural - - surely ; It isn Ian Isntnormal t tnormalsurely tnormalsurely normal-surely normal surely - surely no rational human humanbemg humanbeing humanbeing bemg being expects this sort of thing to tohappen tohappen tohappen happen * ' And the answer is of course It Itlsn itfsn itIsn lsn fsn t normal ' ' Of course it isn t naturall nat natural naturall ural urall ! Stop trying to rationalize It it itor , , , or you U 11 II go crazy as some women womenare womenare womenare are already going crazy over an at attempt attempt attempt tempt to reason about the most com corn completely cornpletely cornpletely pletely unreasonable thing thmg that ever everhappens everhappens happens everhappens to humankmdNo humankindlo humankind humankmd No lo Drop all thoughts of that kind kindand kindand kindand and in their place put two or three bracing threebracing ideas that will not only help helpyou helpyou helpyou you through but will help eVeryone everyoneIn eVeryoneinryour everyoneIniyour inryour Iniyour your circle as welLFor welLFor welL For one thing do something sometbmg thatwill that thatwill thatwUl will hasten the dawn of a peaceM peaceful peaceMstrong peacefulstrong peacefulstrong strong Intelligent world tor for tomor tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow row There is no need to recapltu recapitu recapitulate recapltulate late here the thousand way ways . in whIch whichyou whichyou 7011 you can do this you can "ork ork work , " ork In defense indefense plants you can enlist with withthe the services semces or the Red ' Cross Cl'oss Closs you youcan youcan youcan can go Into any hospital Or 'ust ust just ' justby 'ustby by keeping a comfortable well man managed managed managed aged home tor for war workers you can cando do as great a service as ofthem any anyone one of them Of course you re buymg buying buyingbonds buymghonds honds bonds writing letters to soldiers knittmg knitting soldiersknitting soldiersknittmg cooking collecting collectmg aU all the thematerlala thematerials thematerials materlala materials war needs Some persons can personscan give all aU their time tune to these i irl \ rl rl"lie "lie lie " He u'ont uont wont ' wont want babying and tears tear , " NO TIME FOR VEEPINC WEEPING WEEPINGShe's She She's Shes ' , a middle muldle agedwoman aged woman womana womanG -G G -a a - - a wife andmother and mother who iscomfortably IS IScomfortably iscomfortably comfortably fixed , , , financiallyand financIally financIallyand financiallyand and andsOCIally socially Her tier elder eider .07 07 sok . son & is a amarine amarine amarines marine marines . ) now .tatlonedm stationedin . stationed .tatloned tatloned in m the theMarshall theMarshall theMarshall Marshall MarshallISlands islands The ounger younger ) youngeris oungerIS IS snllm stillin still snll in m grade schooland school and her17-year-old her17 year old her her17yearold herI7yearold 17-year-old 17 year old I7-year-old I7 - - - - - daughter has heu her herfirst herfirst herfirst first job So far , , everything isgoing IS ISgOing isgoing gOing gOingall all allrIght right , but this tltlS womansays woman woman.ays womansays .ays ays says . she crle cries . frequently dur dur- durIng dur- dur during during - - ing the day , , andat and at night mght .he he she shesobs . shesobs .he.ob .ob ob sobs . . in m the darkness darkness"It darkness"It darkness"It "It It " isn't isnt ' so much muchmy my own ownprpblem ownproblem ownprpblem"she prpblem prpblem"she prpblemshe " she writes wntes , "it's its " ' just justthe } justthe ust ustthe the awful problem o of f the wholeworld whole wholeworld wholeworld world that has broken broJ.en broJen . down downthe . the themagnificence magnificence o of f theboys the theboys theboys boys the wounded thethought the thethought thethought thought ofall of all the rwn rum ruin m to toEurope inEurope mEurope Europe . . . " repliesMiss Every woman's womans woman ' , part , replIes replIesMISs repliesiSftss MISs iSftss Norns Norris , , is to do somethingto .omethmgto .omethmg omethmg something . to bring brmg the terrible ternble war to aspeedy a aspeedy aspeedy speedy end endand and to help themen the themen themen men andwomen and women who whowill will willre re return re- re return re- re return - - turn from service servtce to re-entercivilian re entercivilian re-enter re enter reenterclvllr reentercivilwn - - - clvllr civilwn . n life hie The weepingwomen weepln weeping weepingwomen women are aTe those who have lIt- lIt lIttle littie lit little - tle tie or OT nothing nothmg to do The busyones busy busyones busyones ones don't dont ' have time to crythings cry things thlDgS some only ; a part But dosomething do dosomething dosomething something , or face lifelong shame shameand shameand shameand and regretThen regretThen regret regretThen Then keep cheerful-or cheerful or cheerful - - or at least leastcourageo leastcourageois leastcourageous courageo courageois 1S Millions of fighters will willescape willescape willescape escape from this war unscathed unscathedmillions unscathedmillions unscathedmillions millions of men and women will Wlll be bebetter bebetter bebetter better trained tramed educated stirred by byIt byIt byit It than they would have been in intimes Intimes intunes times of peace AH AIl An these partlc1 partiel partlc1pants partielpants participants pants in the strife will come home homeawnous homeanxious homeanxious awnous anxious to find conditions conditlons ready forthe for forthe the new start into a better type of ofcivilization ofcivilization civilIZation . . . It isn 1m Ian t going to be all allgroaning allgroaning groalllng groaning and despair by any means meansThere meansThere meansThere There will be great vigor and energy energyand energyand energyand and ambition in these returning returningmen returningmen returningmen men they won t want babying babymg and andtears andtears andtears tears and regrets they will Wlll want a agood agood agood good stout program and the means meansto meansto meansto to carry it outFor out outFor For the most part the crymg crying crymgnervous cryingnervous cryingnervous nervous fearful fearftlI women are idle orbusy or orbusy orbusy busy with Wlth monotonous housework houseworkonly houseworkonly houseworkonly only a few hours every day Their Theircure Theircure Theircure cure is to find a plan and work to toward toward toward ward it-work it work it - work hard put every ounceof ounceof ounceof of strength and vitality they possess possessinto possessinto mto into the realization of the planPlan plan planPlan Plan tor for what ? Well plan for your yoursoldier yoursoldier yoursoldier soldier if 11 you have one Get a few fewhundreds fewhundreds fewhundreds hundreds or a thousand dollars safe safely safely safely ly into the bank tor for him hlm to gIve him givehim the needed start when he gets getshome home Buy him a little farm farmOr farmOr Or if you haven t an Individual Individualboy individualboy individualboy boy on the fighting flghting front plan for foryourselves foryourselves foryourselves yourselves Get out of debt and andhave have andhave some savings savmgs over Consult the thelocal thelocal local thelocal housing housmg committee and have haveyour haveyour haveyour your Buythe old place made into mto flats 1iats fiats Buy the Utue lIttle farm that you youve ve ye always alwaysI alwayswanted alwayswanted I wanted and you will take on a host i ' hosti 'of of ' host'of hostof ' of new interestsTimesIf interests interestsTimes Times-I Times I Times-If If Times - If ! you choose to see them themthat themthat themthat I themI that way have never been so darkBut dark darkI darkButtaking darkButtaking I But-taking But taking - taking the other yiew view ylew never neverIn Iin neverIin In nevelIn the history of the world have we weI weall weall weall all hadso had so many opportunities to tolearn tolearn tclearn I livingto livmgto learn to Improve our way of livmg living to serve and help each other I otherI |