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Show Iathleen Kathleen ( Norris Says : I Give I It t a Chance ChanceL ChanceBe11 L Dell Be11 SY1.uJcate SY1uJcate SY1.uJcateWNtI Srndlcate-w Srndlcate w . ! -WNtI WNtI - w Feature Features Featuresfrv . _ f\\rv f rv frvy \ \ y ( _ _ t il ' \ I i t ; i itr tr- tr trc - c ( Ii 5 . 3 3att att it itqtyit qtyit qtyitpo0clas po0clas po0clasFvnrl Fvnrl- Fvnrl Fvnrl'Thousands - + 'Thousands Thousands ' of ofmothers mothers in law have been happily establuhed establuhedin in thousands thousandsof of homes for years in etery generation " By KATHLEEN NORRISHE NORRIS I " ' ' " HE and her mother hadsuch hadsuch had hadN "SHE SHE -N N - such a swell time run runnmg runnmg runK - ' mng nmg the kids klds while wlule I Iwas Iwas Iwas was away , " writes wntes Billy Wil W1I- W1I Wil- Wilhams W1Ihams Williams - " I Ithmk Ithink Ithink liams hams , , "that that sometimes thmk think Sally would Just ] ust as soon soonI soonI I hadn't hadnt ' ' come back backs ' ' I like hke the theI theold theold theold old lady well enough , butgosh but butgosh butgosh I gosh , I didn't didnt dldn't dldnt ' ' think thmk she wasgoing was wasgomg wasgoing gomg going to settle down and hve live hvewIth livewith livewith wIth us ' " "My My " return is a disappoint disappomt- disappomt disappoint- disappomtment disappointment disappointment - ment to Margaret , , , " writes wntes an anolder anolder anolder older soldier soldler "I I " see itI'vefelt It-I've It I've Ive ItI'vefelt it - I'vefelt Ivefelt ' ' felt it from the hour of my re- re return return re return - turn ' I'm Im ' back in m myoId my old Job jobbut , but not at myoId my old pay , , the thefirm thefirm thefirm firm has changed hands handsnothing , , , nothmg nothing is as comfortable as asIt asit asit It used to be ' I'm Im ' slowed sloweddown sloweddown sloweddown down m ill some way-tired way tired way - tired inmind In Inmmd inmind mmd mind and soul as well as asbody asbody asbody body , , I I guess I hope we canwork can canwork canwork work it out , but I know she'sdisappointed she's shes she'sdisappomted she'sdisappointed shesdisappointed ' disappomted disappointed in me " My husband has come home a achanged achanged achanged changed man say scores of let- let letters letters let letters - ters from young wives He wantsto wants wantsto wantsto to do crazy things-give things give things - give up his job joband joband joband and go pioneer somewhere Hedoesn He Hedoesn Hedoesn doesn t like hke the baby He talks so sobitterly sobitterly sobitterly bitterly He s s suspicious SUSpiClOUS of every everythmg everything everything thmg thing I did while he was awayWe awayWe away awayWe We don dont t seem to be the same samepeople samepeople samepeople people many of the letters say sadly sad sadly sadly ly Perhaps we didn dldn t know each eachother eachother eachother other well enough when we went so sogaily sogaily sogaily gaily into mto that wartime wartune marriage marriageI I made new friends fnends when he was wasaway wasaway wasaway away He doesn t t like hke them We Weboth Weboth Weboth both hate divorce but we can t see seeourselves seeourselves seeourselves ourselves as ever being happy to together together gether againTo agamTo again agam againTo To all of these I want to say sayOh sayOh sayOh Oh kids kIds-be kIds be kids - be patienti patIent ! ! All thiS thisis thisIs Is part of the price humanity hasto has hasto hasto to pay tor for the Insanity of war Don t tadd tadd tadd add to the terrible sum total ofthe of ofthe ofthe the world s misery today the wreck wreckage wreckage wreckage age of what was so gay and beautiful beau beautIful beautiful tIful a courting courtmg time bme only a few fewyears fewyears fewyears years ago don t make it all a lIe he lIethat hethat liethat that lovely hour of promises andhope and andhope andhope hope and confidence confidences confidencesPrayer ' Prayer and Patience PatienceBe PatienceBe PatienceBe Be patient Wait Give all these thesetroubles thesetroubles thesetroubles troubles tIme-time tIme time - - time and silence andfaith and andfaith andfaith faith and prayer-and prayer and prayer - and win through throughto to the happiness happmess of a real mar marrlage marriage marnage marnageEvery rlage riage rlageEvery riageEvery Every man thinks thmks he has to pro prote proto prote te to t if his wife smother s mother hves lives In hishouse his hishouse hishouse house This is as old a convention conventionas as marriage Itself many a young youngman youngman youngman man otherwise good natured and gen generous generous generous erous will stipulate m 10 in his engage engagement engagemeat engagernent ment meat days no mother In law lawlAnd I ! IAnd And many a young man smother smotherwill s mother motherwill motherwill will warn him Don t t have Judy s smother smother smother mother with Wit\ Wit Wityou \ ! . you dear-It dear It dear - it neierworks ne\ ne neer neier ne\erworks ne erworks \ er erworks works ' Now as a matter of fact it often oftenworks oftenworks oftenworks works Thousands of mothers in inlaw inlaw inlaw law have been happ happily y estabhshed established estabhshedin estabhshedm establishedin m in thousands of homes tor for years yearsin yearsin yearsIn in every general generat on A home With Withtwo withtwo withtwo two affectionate and understandingwomen understandIng understandIngwomen understandingwomen women in it , vorks works tar far better than thana a home with one a thousand dally daily dailyproblems dallyproblems dailyproblems problems that are vexatious and be bew bewildering bewildenng wildering w dermg to a " woman "foman foman alone are aresolved aresolved aresolved solved simply sunply supply and cas easily y when Mother Moth Mother Mother er Is there to sit with w1th the sick child childfinish childfinish childfinish finish the Ironing Ironmg answer the tele telephone telephone telephone phone keep the mending mendmg basket basketfrom basketfrom basketfrom from burstingAnd burstingAnd bursting burstingAnd And who benefits from this this9 ? The Thehusband Thehusband Thehusband husband of course He may notknow not notknow notknow know It but the single element elementthat elementthat elementthat that contributes most to his rus com corn comfort cornfort cornfort fort at home may be that same samemother samemother samemother mother In law As tor for the wistful husband v , who whotvr whowr ho howr wr tvr tcs me that he Is a disappo dlsappo nt ntment ntment ntment ment to Margaret he need only onlywal onlywaitonly onlywait wal wait-only wait only - only nly be patient-and patient and patient - - and In the thecourse thecourse thecourse course of e\ e e\ents e ents eents etents \ ents entirely unforeseen unforeseennow unforeseennow now he wiU will regain regam all his old se securlty security security curlty curity and happiness happinesslie Syr ,1 1 ,1lie , lie ca ne lome 1ome 1 I ome a cl ci cia cla a a gcdn gedn fed gcd ged n a u I MOTHER JlIOTHGR IN LAW'S LAWS LAW'SPLACG LAW'SPLACE LAWSPLACE ' PLACG PLACE IN THE THG HOME HOIlIG HOMEThe HOMEThe The war has given a newtwist new newtuzst newtwist tuzst twist to the mother rn-law rn law rnlawproblem in .law law . - lawproblem .lawproblem problem When the husbandwent husband husbanduent husbandwent uent went off to the army or navy navyhis , , Ills his mother in taw law often came camemto cameinto cameinto mto into his 1m home to help ivith with thechildren the thec1l1ldren thechildren c1l1ldren children After a year or twoshe two , she became rather firmlyes firmly es establlshed establrshed established tabllshed tablrshed tabllshedas tablrshedas as ire In the sztuatwn situation situationdiscussed sztuatwndIscussed situationdiscussed dIscussed today todayBilly todayBilly todayBilly Billy Williams Wdllams believes Juswife 1115 his 1115wIfe hiswife wIfe and her mother resent resenthu resenthis resenthis hu his return "They They " hadsuch had sucha suchswell suchswell such a aswell swell time running runmng the kIds kIdswhIle kidswhile kidswhile whIle Iwas I was away , that J I Isome sometimes some sometimes sometimes times think thlnl . Sally would justas Just Justas justas as soon I 1 hadn't hadnt ' come back backs back'writes backwrites I ? ' wrItes this tIlls dmlluslOnedvet disillusionedvet disillusioned dmlluslOned vet veteran veteran eran Everyday \ Men l\len l len and Women ' After the highly emotional CrIses CrIsesof crisesof crisesof of parting partmg and separation after thefervid the thefervid thefervid fervid love letters that came from froma a lonely man in camp to a lonelywoman lonely lonelywoman lonelywoman woman waiting waItmg at home it Is a ashock ashock ashock shock to find each other only aneverday an aneverday aneverday everday man and woman with ev everyday everyday eryday problems of meals and andplumbers andplumbers andplumbers plumbers b bills ls and dentist and andcrowded andcrowded andcrowded crowded trains trams and the claims ofunreasonable of ofunreasonable ofunreasonable unreasonable small children to tomeet tomeet tomeet meet We would have to be super supernatural supernatural supernatural natural in our heroism to resume resumenormal resumenormal resumenormal normal living unscarred by the un unna unnatural imnatural natural na tural and tragic interruption of ofwar ofwar ofwar ofwarBut war warBut But even though most of us have havenot havenot havenot not enough character tor for that hero heroIsm heroism heroism Ism . we v.e ve can school ourselves to pa patIence patience patience tIence Half the battle is won when whena a man and a woman realize reahze the danger dan danger danger ger of this world crisis reahze realize that thatthe thatthe thatthe the restlessness and dlsillusionment disillusionment dlsillusionmentthey disillusionmentthey disillusionmentthey they feel are not being bemg experienced experiencedby by themselves alone real ze that thatthere thatthere thatthere there is hardly hardiy a household In Amer America Amertea Amerlea ica tea that is not being bemg obliged to rearrange re rearrange rearrange arrange all its ideas abandon some someof someof someof of its dreams settle down to a typeof type typeof typeot of living hvmg that Is entirely unlike unhke the thebright thebright thebright bright romantic future that the war wartime wartime wartime time letters predictedGive predictedGive predicted predictedGive Give it time all of you You 11 II ll find findthe findthe findthe the right house The Job lob ] ob will 1m im 1mprove improve improve prove Thepolled Thecpolled Thespoiled The -polled polled cpolled spoiled - babies will be begm begin begin gm gin to fall into mto line 1me Lite Life will be befu.l beful betoJ fu.l ful . and good again tor for you bothIt both bothIt bothIt It U 11 ll be all worth whileFor whileFor while whileFor For believe beheve me the chances are are99 99 to 1 that your happiness happmess hes lies In m Ineach meach meach each other and in making a suc success success suecess cess of this experiment expenment that seems seems'I seemsso seemsso ' so close to fa failure ure Don t gamble gambleon 'I I 'Iso on that hundredth chance ' ' |