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I 1 / lJ lJI i ii i - \ . 1 / % pouM . 1 . . . 4r 1 1"This "Thu Thu "This This " man I as mamed married hO has ! a wl'e wle wife ' and hoo two daughters In ome some ea.stem eastem eestern . sraee state sraeeHe state9e He 9e fs about 32 and andvery very attrawve attractive By KATHLEEN NORRISON NORRISON NORRIS NORRISN < ' " \N N \ MY desk today ] is s a aletter aletter aI ON I letter from a girl m in mSeattle inSeattle inv- inv invSeattle - ' Seattle , Wash , whose whoseproblem whoseproblem whoseproblem problem is poised between betweenloyalty betweenloyalty betweenloyalty loyalty to the father who IS ISaway isaway isaway away ] in m n the service , and the thewe thewife thewife we wife he left behind behmd him"My him him"My "My My " own moth mother died when whenI I was nine rune , " writes Jo Ann AnnDaVIs AnnDavis AnnDavis I AnnI DaVIs ' Two years later my myfather myfather myfather father married marned a lovely gentle gentlewho gentlewoman gentlewoman ' woman who had been my mymother's mymother's mymother's mymothers mother's mothers ' friend fnend She was a atrue atrue atrue true mother to me , and until untilher untilher untilher her sudden deathm death m a motor motoraccIdent motoraccident motoraccident accIdent two years ago , my myfather myfather myfather father and I were happy SIX SIXmonths Sixmonths Sixmonths months after the accident he hemarned hemarried hemarried marned married a third wife we , whom I Iw Iwill Iwill w will l call Betty My father IS is44 144 44 Betty 28 I am 19 ' Dad met Betty on a tnp trip tnpto tripto tripto to Chicago Clucago , they had known knowneach knowneach knowneach each other but three weeks weekswhen weekswhen weekswhen when they were married marned I Ihad Ihad Ihad had never seen her until she shecame shecame shecame came to the house to be my mynew mynew mynew new mother Iam I am a nurses nurses'aid nursesaid ' aId , and it was a great relief reliefto reliefto reliefto to have Betty there managmg managing managmgthmgs managingthmgs managingthings thmgs , planning plannmg goodmeals good meals mealsand mealsand mealsand and keepmg keeping my adored father fatherhappy fatherhappy fatherhappy happy I have grown very veryfond veryfond veryfond fond of her , it is Impossible impossiblenot not to like her , she is so help helpful helpful helpful ful fulcheerful cheerful , enthusiastic enthuslastlC and andaffectIonate andaffectionate andaffectionate andaffectionateThe affectIonate affectIonateI affectIonateThe The trouble is that Dad who IS ISa isa isa I a lieutenant l1eutenant in the army was or ordered ordered ' dered away overseas about seven sevenmonths sevenmonths sevenmonths months ago and ImmedIately ImmedIatelyafter immediatelyafter immediatelyafter after he left d t.c tc a . change came over my myyoung myyoung , young stepmother She began to go goout goout goout out nights mgbts with various men danc dane dancing daneing dancing ing and dining dmmg and of course drmking drinktog drink drmk | ing tog somewhat omewhat and often otten not home homeI homeumll homeuntil homeuntil I umll until early morning mornmg hours Since we we.vere wewere wewere .vere vere were . ] just ust two women this wasn t tso tso tso so important tor for I manage my own ownbreakfast ownbreakfast ownbreakfast breakfast and lunch at the hospital hospitalbut hospitalbut hospitalbut but what seems to me important s sthat sthat sthat that there is now one man with withwhom withwhom withwhom whom Betty is falling fall1Dg m in love He Is Isconstantly isconstantly Isconstantly constantly here-he here he here - - he is a naval offscer offi offs officer offlcer cer on duty near here all the theothers theothers theothers others have dropped away Betty Bettyhas Bettyhas Bettyhas has been absent from home all mght night mghtmore nightmore nightmore more than once in the last month monthand monthand monthand and she laughs and flushes when I Imake Imake Imake make any comment on the affairBe affairHe affair affairHe He Be Is Very Attractive ' This man is married marned has a WIfe WIfeand wifeand wifeand and two daughters in some eastern easternstate easternstate easternstate state He is as about 32 and very at- at attractive at attractive - . tractive The other day he walked to tothe tothe tothe the piano and turned my father tather s sportraIt sportrait sportrait portraIt face down saying saymg jokinglyI jOkmglyI jOkmgly jokingly I don t think tlunk I like l1ke this man manBetty manBetty manBetty Betty I was at the other end of the theroom theroom theroom room telephoning telephonmg to a ! friend rlend but butI butI butI I heard it at and saw it Betty stood stoodthe stoodthe stoodthe the portrait up and it still stands standsbut standsbut standsbut but it shows how bow he feels teels teelsWhat feelsWhat feelsWhat What I want to know is whether whetherIt It is my duty to write my tather father tatherof fatherOf fatherCt of this state of affairs It is very veryhard veryhard veryhard hard to write him at all and not notmention not17iention notmention mention 17iention Paul . , Yet I don t know knowwhat knowwhat knowvbat what be he could do about it ft and it.eems Itseems it iteems .eems eems seems . eems terrible ternble to tell talcs tales on Betty BettyI Bettylye BettyIve I : lye ve gone ai as tar far as to say to her herthat herthat herthat that I 1 hoped Paul wasn t dlmming dimming dlmmingher dimmingher dimmingher her memory of a much finer man manand manand manund and for a moment she sbe was wa * ser10US- ser10US serious- serious ser10USthen seriousthen serious - hen then < her ber usual laughter broke outInd outlad out outnd Ind lad nd her only answer was Jo Ann Annl1fe Annlife Annlife l1fe life Is tun funl fuel ! ' " ' Life 'Llfe Llfe 'Life ' ' isn isnt t always fun and it.ughtn It ft Itughtn .ughtn ughtn . ughtn t be this letter concludes , ' V * v . c- c c"ls - "ls ls " it my"duty myduty " to tell tellmy my fatfterT ' A DAUGHTERS DAUGHTER S DUTY\ DUTY DUTYHas \ , . Has a daughter dauJhter { a duty totell to totell totell tell her father how her step step- stepmother stepmother stepmother - - mother is es ss behaving behavrng while whale he isaway u is uaway isaway away awaym awayto in m to the army9 army2 army " That is u thequestion the theql thequestion ql question < ! shon posed by a readerJo-Ann readerJo Ann reader , la-Ann la Ann Jo-Ann Jo - - She is u 19 , her step stepmother stepmother stepmother mother ts u is 28 her father 44 44Betty 44Betty 44Betty Betty , , the stepmother , is u verynice very verymce verynice mce nice . , , affectionate affecteonate both to Jo JoAnn JoAnn JoAnn Ann and her father Further Furthermore Furthermore Furthermore more , , she is u a goodcook good cookand cook and andhome andhome andhome home manager Everythingwas Everythmgwa.s Everythmg Everything wa.s was . splend.duntil splendiduntil splendid splend.d splendd . until Jo Ann Aims Aimsfather Annsfather s sfather father , an armyofficer army officer , wentoverseas wentoverseasBetty went wentoverseas wentoverseas overseas overseasBetty Betty then began to runaround Tun run Tunaround runaround around aroundWIth with WIthmen men stayout stay out latedrink late late . , drmk drink drmkand drinkand and dance Lately she sheha.s shehas shehas ha.s has . been seeing seemg only one mana man mana a handsome naval navalofficer officer officernamed officernamed officernamed named Paul The affair tsgetting es is esgettmg isgetting gettmg getting gettmgserwus gettingserious serious serwus , Jo Ann realizes real realIzes realtzes Izes tzes She has mentioned the thematter thematter thematter matter to Bettyas Betty as delicatelyas delicatelya.s delicately a.s as . she could but all Betty replied re replied replied plied pliedwas was ' ' Jo Ann bfeufun life is fun funf " ' ' To complicate a bad badsltua badsitua sltua situa sltuatwn situatlon situation twn tlon Paul Paules Paulis is es married marriedand and ha.s has ha.stwo hastwo hastwo . two children Jo-Ann Jo Ann Ja-Ann Ja - - doesn't'now doesn't doesnt ' 'now now ' now what to do She hates to'tattle to tattle 'tattle . ' ' on Betty Bettywhom whom she shestell shestill shestill stell still likes lthes very verymuch much , , yet shefeels she shefeels shef sheeels feels f eels her father ought to knowof know knowof knowof of his wife's wifes ' infidelity mfidellty infidelityI I feel as if it I couldn t just lust look on onat onat onat at this tll1S affair any longer but I don t tknow tknow tknow know what I can do doMy . e . My dear worried little I1ttle Jo Ann I Isay Isay Isay say in lD answer I think thmk you have gone goneas goneas goneas as far as you need go in an giving glvmg the theflutat10us thetlrrtatrous theflirtatious flutat10us tlrrtatrous Betty a hint runt that she is islettmg isletting isletting lettmg letting the handsome officer mfrmge infringe mfrmgeupon infringeupon infringeupon upon your father s rights I wouldn t twrIte twrite twrite wrIte him I think thmk that would be bea bea bea a great mistake Written words are arehard arehard arehard hard and unmaiageable unma'1ageable unma1ageable unmanageable ' things thmgs to towrIte towrite towrite wrIte these words to your tather father tatherwould fatherwould fatherwould would be to crush the happiest and andmost andmost andmost most confident belief he hasYour hasYour has hasYour Your loyalty to him involves only onlyyour onlyyour onlyyour your own conduct not Betty 2 s Keep Keepas Keepas Keepas as friendly fnendly and unsuspicious as you youcan youcan youcan can plenty of other tongues will be beready beready beready ready to inform mform your father of what whatis whatis whatis is going gomg on if it anything anythmg really seri sari serious sarious serious ous is going on Let your voice al always always always ways be one of affection affecl10n tor for Betty Bettyand Bettyand Bettyand and trust trmt , in herLeave herLeave her herLeave Leave Betty Isolated IsolatedIt It would be a good thing thmg if it you youcould youcould youcould could go away tor for awhile visit an anaunt anaunt anaunt aunt combine resources with some somegIrl somegirl somegirl gIrl friend fnend or take a room in the thehospItal thehospital thehospital hospItal itself Nothing Nothmg will straIght straighten en Betty out so fast as to feel that thatshe thatshe thatshe she Is completely on her own noth nothing nothing nothing ing will warn her admirer more elo eloquently eloquently eloquently quently than to teel feel that the decks decksare decksare decksare are cleared and that tbat he and she shemust shemust shemust must either end their affair alIalr or face facepossIbly facepossibly facepossibly possIbly serious senous consequences Most Mostmen Mostmen Mostmen men with nice DIce wives tar far gar away and andbaby andbaby andbaby baby daughters have no permanent permanentintentions permanentintentions permanentintentions intentions in regard to a love sf of sffair offair atfair atfairBut fair fairBut But it its s a good rule tor for us u * all allmothers allmothers allmothers mothers and mothers m in law neIgh neIghbors neighbors neighbors bors spies gossips children-not children not children - not to toWrlte towrite towrite Wrlte write suspicions to our servIcemen servicemenA A casual criticism cntlclsm lightly penned in ina ina ina a pleasant morning room wIth wIthpeaceful withpeaceful withpeaceful peaceful skies overhead may gath gather gather gather er momentum as 8S it 1t goes overseas overseasand overseasand overseasand and land with the effect of a block blockbuster blockbuster blockbuster buster on a lonely heart There Il 11 Ilbe 11be 11be be a lot of explaining explammg and straightening straight straightenmg straightenmg enmg out to do when your Dad Dadcomes Dadcomes Dadcomes comes home Leave it to Betty |