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Show IatI1Ie Kathleen ( 11 Norris Says : ! . The Roving Husband HusbandBen Ben S Si ndleQte ndleote ndleQteWNU ndleoteWNU -WNU WNU - FeQtures Features I / \ e II IIY Y ( 9 t I It I Il l , ( , t / i - - 1 ' -2-- 2 - 2e ; 2G ' . / G -e e - eWhat What you have ro to do Rhoda u is ro to get It through your head once and for forall forall all that YOL hold holdall all the card cards cardDon cardsDon $ -Don Don - - t thro throe 0 down your hand handcall call hu his bluff . " By KATHLEEN NORRSEXACTLY NORRIS NORR/S NORR S NORRISEXACTLY / EXACTLY Y how muchhard muchhard much EXACTL EXACTLY < hard , conscious effortare effortare effort are you making makmg to keep keepyour keepyour keepyour your home atmosphere nor normal normal normal mal in m this dreadful time time7 timet ? Ex Exactly Exactly Exactly actly how clearly do you real realIze reallze realize Ize lze that extraordinary extraordmary good goodness goodness goodness ness andstrength and strength and unself unselfIshness unselflshness unselfishness Ishness lshness are being bemg demanded demandedof of ofeveryone ofevery everyone every one of us that we w Vi e are arebemg arebeing arebeing bemg being given a test beyond any any- - thing thmg anything anythmg our forbears ever knew7 knew knew7We ? ' We have to keep ourselves sane sanem sanein saneIn m in a ' " world orId gone insane msane and pre preserve preserve preserve serve for those about us and for forthe forthe forthe the boys when they come home homesomethmg homesomething homesomething somethmg something of the goodness and hero heroism heroism heroism ism and wisdom that has made madeAmenca madeAmerica madeAmerica Amenca America what she isAnyone isAnyone is isAnyone Anyone who doesn t recognize the thesItuation thesituation thesituation sItuation and doesn t rise nse to It IS ISfalling isfailing isfailing falling failing America Amenca just as much as If Ifhe ifhe ifhe he heere were \\ere ere Dere \ a sentry asleep at his post postBut postBut postBut But unfortunately there are a good goodmany goodmany goodmany many men and women who are aredr1ftmg aredrifting aredrifting dr1ftmg drifting along In the old lazy way waymakmg waymaking waymaking makmg making their concessions to the thetImes thetimes thetimes tImes only in complaints complamts and pro protests protests protests tests agamstar against agamst \ war \\ar ar \ mconveDiencesHere inconveniencesHere inconveniences mconveDiences inconveniencesHere Here is the case of a husband husbandand husbandand husbandand and wife wle ! whose lives seem un untouched untouched untouched touched by the world worJd confiagration conflagration conflagrationbut confiagrationbut but who ttho " , ho are obviously suffermg suffering suffermgfrom sufferingfrom sufferingfrom from the nervous strain that is isover isover isover over us allRhoda allRhoda all allRhoda Rhoda is 37 She has been mar marrled marreed marned rled reed 11 years and has three daugh daughters daughters daughters ters 10 9 and 3 years of age Themiddle The ThemIddle Themiddle mIddle child is 1s a polio case and andWIll andwill andwill WIll never be well . Rhoda s hus husband husband busband band is a dentist 40 years old oldand oldand oldand and formerly a devoted husband and andfather andfather andfather father especially close cJose to Tanya Tanyathe Tanyathe Tanyathe the handicapped childA childA child childA A Pretty 1\ 1 \ NurseBut Nurse 1urse NurseBut urse urseBut But in the last Jast year Rhoda writes writesme writesme writesme me Lew has changed He hasgrown hasgrown has | grown Irritable irntable and silent stlent at home homehe homehe homehe he is often away The cause Is a apretty apretty apretty pretty grass widow of o1 26 who Is Isa isa isa a nurse in his ros office There seems seemsto seemsto seemsto to be no question that Lew is in infatuated Infatuated infatuated fatuated and while wrole he doesn ttalk t ttalk ttalk talk of a divorce Rhoda belIeves belIevesthat believesthat believesthat that that is what he would ask it If he hedared hedared bedared bedaredBut dared daredBut But he d better not get that far farsays farsays farsays says Rhoda s 6 letter It would ruin ruinhis ruinhis ruinhis his practice in this town where my myfather myfather myfather father andsmother and .mother mother smother ( . mother are much be- be beloved beloved be beloved - - loved and he could hardly estab establIsh establash establish lIsh lash himself anywhere else tor for he is isalmost isalmost isalmost almost entirely deaf deafI I do all aU the work of my house housewIth housewith housewith wIth the older girl s help I Ibathe Ibathe Ibathe bathe feed amuse my darling darlmg lIttle lIttleinval littleinval littleinval inval d and manage that my baby babyhas babyhas babyhas has plenty of fresh air WashIng WashIngcookmg Washingcooking Washingcooking cookmg cooking dusting dustmg planning are all allup allup allup up to me certainly certamly I show thefatigue thefatigue the | fatigue and weariness wearmess that I feel feelat feelat feelat at night I am human I get tireddiscouraged tired tireddiscouraged tireddiscouraged discouraged Impatient nervous- nervous nervous nervousI - I know it But most of the time timeI I am the mother the giria girla girls adore adoreand adoreand adoreand and the cook and housekeeper that thatother thatother thatother other women copy and consultMrs consultMrs consult consultMrs Mrs Norns NorrIs Lew spend spends * most ofhis ofhis of Ihis his money on this woman . . . He Hetakes Hetakes Hetakes takes her home-two home two home - - two miles out of ofhis ofhis ofhis his way every night and often oftentakes oftentakes oftentakes takes her out to dinner ' They 'n1ey n1ey have havebeen havebeen havebeen been seen dancing They have spent spentnights spentnights spentnights nights together at the Mountain Inn . Inn.His InnHis . , His present to her this year was wa a asquirrel asquirrel asquirrel squirrel coat I have never had a afur afur afur fur coat He sent me soap and per perfume perI I fume nnd and the girls toys toy * . and anddresses anddresses anddresses dresses she picked them out out , , Il IJ I )1 1 l J " - . . ) _ j jto tf tfBe to Be bsorbed in ) our children . [ A CHANCE TO LET DOWNThe DOWN DOWNThe The emohonalstress emotionalstress emotional emohonal stress of ofwar wareffects war warefJecu wareffects efJecu effects everyone Many find findnew findnew findnew new strengfhunsuspected strengthunsuspected strength strengfh unsuspectedcourage unsuspected unsuspectedcourage unsuspectedcourage courage when crisis cruu comeOthers come comeOthers comeOthers Others discover that llie the social socialupset socialupset socialupset upset gives them a chance todo to todo todo do what they've theyve ' ' ' altiays aluays always secret secretly secretly secretly ly refrainedfrom longed do , but refraIned from because of public publtc dlSap disap dlSapproval disapproval disapproval disapprovalThe proval provalThe The 40 year old dentist denhst dlS dis dlScussed discussed discussed cussed cussedm cussedin in m this th15 issue is 15 a case inpoint m in mpornt inpoint pornt point He has lies developed developeda a pas passIan passion passion sIan sion for his h15 office nurse a pret pretty pretty pretty ty divorcee of o f 26 She is 15 gOIng gOIngalong goingalong goingalong along with him taking taJ.rng taJrng . h15 his h15presents hispresents hispresents presents andenfertamment andentertainment and enfertamment entertainment enfertammentHIS entertainmentHis entertainmentHis HIS wife Rhoda writes wrrtes that thatshe thatshe thatshe she is rs desperate desperafe ' She has hasthought hasthought hasthought thought of ofsUIcide suicide His IllS cold coldness coldness coldness ness drivingher drrvmgher and andcruelty cruelty crueltyare are drrvmg driving ' her crazy suppose He was away then fOI fOIfour foifour foifour four days and I think she was WltI with withhim witthim : him though his ros story to me was thai that thaishe thatshe thaishe she was sick at her married SIS SISter sister sister ter shouse s houseHe house houseHe shouseHe He seems a d fferent person he hehardly hehardly h hhardly hardly seems sane We have always alwaysloved alwaysloved alwaysloved loved each other I feelas feel as if I 1 Icouldn 1couldn 1couldn couldn t stand his complacency hll his hllsIlences hissilences hiasilences sIlences his ros coldness and cruelt cruelty crueltyany crueltyany , any longer But what life We do I 1 Imake 1make 1make make for myself tired feeling feelmg 2C 2Cyears 2 2years ( years older than I am with three threecroldren threechildren threechildren croldren children to raise on alimony ? I ve ye veI vethought yethought v vthought thought of suicide I ve ye thought 01 of 01everything ofeverything oeverything ) I everything I m desperate Tell Tellme Tellme Telli me what to do . . . I IWhat What you have to do Rhoda i ito . ' to get it through your head once onceand onceand onceand and tor for all that you hold all the thecards thecards thecards cards Don t throw down your hand handcall handcall handcall call his bluff Take the attitude thai that thaiDoJy thatDody thaiDoily DoJy Dody Is being something somethmg of 8 a 8foola afoola afool fool-a fool a - a generous fool of course bui but buinevertheless butnevertheless buinevertheless I WIthI nevertheless a fool to take up WIth witha a married man partially deaf WltI with withthree wittthree : three ch children dren Wake her up in m the then then thtn n ght every week asking it If Lew is isthere isthere lathere there some patient wants him himMake himMake himMake Make yourself over v/ith v ith wIth / a neVi new neVifrock newfrock newfrock frock and a changed hair doAppear doAppear do doAppear Appear Happy HappyBe HappyBe HappyBe Be happ happily y busy and absorbed absorbedWIth absorbedwith absorbedwith WIth your girls almost rueful whee when wheeLew whenLew whenLew Lew decides to come home tor for dm din dmner dintier dinner ner tier A pretty happy wife In pretty prettyloungmg prettylounging prettylounging loungmg lounging pajamas laugh ng over a asupper asupper asupper , supper of milk toast and cookIes cookieswith cookieswith With her children around her is a amIghty amighty amighty I mIghty attractive thing on a cold coldnfght coldnight coldnight nfght night Resolutely refuse a dIVorce dIVorceFollowmg divorceFollowing divorcei Following Followmg these tactics you 11 ll find findyourself findi happinesaI , yourself happy again agam and happinessIs happiness1s happinesa happiness I is 1s the one thing thmg that draws a man manback manback manback I manI back As he tires of Dolly s charmsthey charmsthey charms charmsthey -they they - they always do-yours do yours do - - yours will begm begin begmto beginto beginto to gain on him Then treat the whole wholethIng wholething wholtthing thIng as a sickness-a sickness a sickness - a weakness weaknesswhich weaknesswhich weaknesswhich which it is and go into a new re relationshlp relationship relationship lationshlp lationship of confidence and affec aHec aHection affection , tIon with a changed man msn To men menthese menthese menthese these adventures on the tide side are arenot arenot arenot not nearly as Important as to thell their thellwives theirwives theirwives wives he can have no respect for forI forthe forthe forthe the complaisant Dolly and what he hedoes hedoes hedoes I does feel for tor her is not a lasting lastingthIng lastingthing lastingthing thIng as everyone knowsConcede knowsConcede knows knowsConcede Concede him this period of Ir Irresponsibility Irresponsibility lrresponsibility responsibility In a crazy world and anddon anddon anddon don t let It seriously jeopardIZeyour jeopardizeyour jeopardize jeopardizeyour your lasting JastIng happiness and Be se Becurlty security aecurity curlty curity |