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By KATHLEEN NORRIST NORRISHE NORRIS HE problem of Man Man- Mars- Mars Mangold Marsgold Mangold - T gold aged 39 , is that of aclever aclever a aclever clever , successful wom wom- woman woman woman - an who has married marrled a man 12 12years 12years 12years years her junior JUllior tumor They have havebeen havebeen havebeen been man and wife w1fe for less lessthan lessthan lessthan than two years and already alreadyLarry alreadyLarry alreadyLarry Larry shows signs of restless restlessness restlessness restlessness ness Mangold Marigold is frantic wIth wIthhelplessness withhelplessness withhelplessness helplessness and despair , all allthe allthe allthe the more acute because she shekeeps shekeeps shekeeps keeps everything everythmg bottled up upmSlde upinside upinside mSlde inside her , and manages to tokeep tokeep tokeep keep a serene exterior extenor before beforethe beforethe beforethe the watching watchmg eyes of the theworld theworld theworld theworldWhen world worldWhen When we were married marned wntes writes wntesMangold writesMangold writesMangold Mangold I was a d fferent wom worn woman wornan wornan an I am healthy an out of door doorsort doorsort doorsort sort of type and at 37 I looked at atleast atleast atleast least 10 years less than my age ageSome ageSome ageSome Some years ago my parents left me mea mea mea a small smalI farm I was just lust home homeafter homeafter homeafter after glorious glonous college years when whenthey whenthey whenthey they were killed in m an accident , , , and andidly andidly andidly idly in m the first summer of 10nel1 lonely 10nel1ness lonelyness loneliness ness and grief I secured a few fewsmalI fewsmall fewsmall smalI small girl boarders From thiS thiSgrew thisgrew thisgrew grew my school a school for so socalled socalled socalled called difficult and problem cases casesI I have been unbelievably successfill success successful successful ful not only in a financialsense financial sense sensebut sensebut sensebut but in the fact that I love this work workIt workit workit It is easy and natural to me and andrepays andrepays andrepays repays me richly nchly in m friendships fnendshlps With Withchildren withchildren withchildren children and parents parentsA A Very Handsome ManLarty ManLarfy Man ManLarry Larry Larty Larfy came to me three years yearsago yearsago yearsago ago as physical culture director I Iknew Iknew Iknew knew he v . was as less experienced expenenced and andless andless andless less useful than he had represented representedhimself representedhimself representedhimself himself I built him hum up We studied studiedhis studiedhis studiedhis his \ work or ! . together he improved unproved he hebecame hebecame hebecame became d a " different dlf"erent dlferent dilrerent " human bemg being bemgHe beingHe beingHe He is magnificently made and very veryhandsome veryhandsome veryhandsome handsome and I tell fell m love with withhIm withhim withhim hIm long before he did with me-I me I me-if if meifhe me - - ! ifhe he ever d d We were married marned and andi andImme andimmediately andImmediately i immediately Imme J.ately Jately . Larry began his atten attentIons attentions attentions tIons to other women He opened openedadult openedadult openedadult adult classes in m gym work long longI longcountry longcountry longcountry I country hikes that took place dur during during during ing hours when I was not free freeAfter freeAfter treeAfter After the first weeks of blissfully blissfullydeceiving blissfullydeceiving blissfullydeceiving deceiving myself I saw that no one onewoman onewoman onewoman woman ever could hold him but I Ihoped Ihoped Ihoped hoped to be his rock of safety and andunderstanding andunderstanding andunderstanding understanding through all the thestorms thestorms thestorms storms of o1 his undisciplined undlsclplmed natureAfter natureAfter nature natureAfter After the loss of my baby a ayear ayear ayear year ago I was ill tor for a long tIme tImeNot timeNot timeNot Not sick in m bed but rather drag draggIng dragging draggmg gIng myself about through my thy myschool thyschool school duties andnot and not able to keep keepcontrol keepcontrol keepcontrol control as I should Larry drew drewlarge drewlarge drewlarge large sums from our joint account accountand accountand accountand and on one occasion signed my myname myname myname name to a sale of property without withoutmy withoutmy withoutmy my authorization At that time he hemoved hemoved hemoved moved to another room and he has hasnot hasnot hasnot not returned to mIneNow mineNow mine mineNow Now he tells me be he wants to be befreed befreed betreed freed to drive about the country countryloolang countrylooking countrylooking loolang looking up pupils for a much en enlarged enlarged enlarged larged school . , , and dreadful as It Itsounds itsounds itsounds sounds I am afraid that he would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot not be alone I think thmk I know the thecharmIng thecharming thecharming charmIng young companion of 19 19who 19who 19who who would accompany him al although although although though he tries to quiet qwet qinet my suspl suspi susplCIOns suspidons suspicions CIOns dons by saying saymg that Miss M- M Mhas Mhas M - has an agency for ( or children s books booksand booksand booksand and would be stopping In many of ofthe ofthe ofthe the towns he would visit so thataccidental that thataccidental thataccidental accidental encounters would be very verynatural verynatural verynatural natural . natural'What naturalWhat What 'What ' can I do to hold this young younghusband younghusband younghusband husband of mine whom despite all allhis allhis allhis his unkmdnesses unkindnesses I love so passionately passion passionately passionately ately ? I know I am not young and andcharming andcharming andcharming charming any more I was never neverglamorous neverglamorous neverglamorous glamorous But I am slim and tall tallA ; i iA ischool i.choul A i , school .choul choul . for girls girl . , WINNING HI HIM III BACKII BACK BACh BACKWhen . When 11 II " hen a woman marries marTles a aman aman aman man much younger than her herself herself herself self , she is a taking tahmg a chance chanceThu chanceThis chanceThts Thu This ts u as especially the case casewhen casewhen casewhen when he lie ts IS handsome and fllr fur fllrtattous furtateous flirtatious tattous tateous as is u Mangolds Uangold Uangolds 4laregold 4laregolds s hus husband husband husband band She is ss 39 now 12 yearsolder years yearsolder yearsolder older than Larry They metwhen met metwhen metwhen when he joined Jomed the facultyat faculty at atMangold's atMarigold's atMangold's atMangolds Mangold's Mangolds Marigold's Marigolds girlsSoon grrlsSoon ' ' ' school for girls grrls Soon after the marriage marT/age marT age / Lar Larry Larry Larry ry began paying paymg attention toother to toother toother other and younger , women womenHe womenHe womenHe He has drawn consIderable consIderablemoney considerablemoney considerablemoney money from their joint Jomt ac account account account count fordates used Mangold Mangolds Marigolds s car for dates andm andin and in m general behavedin behavedm behaved m in a way wayno no good husbandwould husbandwouldNow husband husbanduould husbandwould uould would , uouldNow wouldNow Now he uants twnts wants , to go on a along along along long tour of the country 'to to 'toobtam ' 'toobtain toobtain ' to toobtain obtam obtain new students studentsor /or or for / theschool the theschool theschool school " 111 111an Marigoldsuspects Mangold Marigold an gold goldsuspects suspects suspectsthat suspectsthat suspectsthat that he will be accompamed accompanied accompaniedby accompamedby by a pretty gIrlof girl of 19 Withall With Withall Withall all his IllS shortcomings shortcommgs Mangold Mangoldstdl Mangoldstall Mangoldstill stdl stall loves lo/es lo es loxes ' / , Larry passIOnate passIOnately ly passionately " " She asks aShs Miss Norns Norru Norris howshe how howshe howshe she can ' ' hold " " her errant hus husband husband husband husbandMiss band bandMss bandMiss Miss Mss , Norns Norris tells her thatthe that thatthe thatthe the best thing thmg Mangold Marigold Mangoldcan Marigoldcan can do doIS dois dois IS to try to pretendshe pretend she doesn't doesnt doesn'tcare doesn'tcare doesn'tcare doesntcare ' care what Larry does Ifshe If she shebusres shebusies shebusies busres busies herself herselfwIth with her owninterests own ownmterests owninterests mterests interests in m en the school Larry LarrywIll Larrywall Larrytvill wIll wall probably come back bach toher to toher toher her in due timeand time timeand and clean looking and my yellow yellowhair yellowhair yellowhair hair is untouched by drugs or gray grayness grayness grayness ness yet There must be something somethingto to me the children chl.ldren chlldren . lovo love me and andso andso andso so do their families I am well wellagam wellagain wellagain agam again now I m not ready to be a abroken abroken abroken broken crying crymg wakeful failure as a awe awife awife we wife Help me to get back again againDon againDon againDon Don t Take Him im Rim SeriouslyHelp SeriouslyHelp Seriously SeriouslyHelp Help my dear Mangold Marigold has to tocome tocome tocome come from within When you make makeyourself makeyourself makeyourself yourself a whole woman again ab absorbed absorbed absorbed sorbed in m mother other things thmgs than Larry s sphysical sphysical sphysical physical perfecti perfections < ms and love con conquests conquests conquests quests you 11 ll get him ham back When Whenyou Whenyou Whenyou you are always happily happ1.lY happ1lY . busy busyamused busyamused busyamused amused planning plannmg picnics plCDlCS tor for your yourcharges yourcharges yourcharges charges dressing dressmg with the old oldcharm oldcharm oldcharm charm enjoying the same old books booksand booksand booksand and music Larry U 11 ll 11see llsee see you as he heused heused heused used to see youStop youStop you youStop Stop the crying reproaching ly lyIng lybig lying Ing big awake nights analyzing analyzmg Noth NothIng Nothing Nothing Ing is so fatal to married marned peace as asthe asthe asthe the long reasonable talks In Inwhich inwhich mwhich which a man and woman hurt each eachother eachother eachother other s feelings feellDgs deliberately del1berately andsystematically and andsystematically andsystematically systematically Forget Larry LarryYes LarryYes LarryYes Yes forget him Listen to his hiscomplacent hiscomplacent hiscomplacent complacent recitals absent minded mindedly mindedly mindedly ly have other things to think about aboutIf aboutH aboutIf If H he goes off with the car see that thathe thathe thathe he hasn t too much money moncy Suggest Suggestcasually Suggestcasually Suggestcasually casually that he find a job as phys physical physicai physical ical icai culture director in some other otherschool otherschool otherschool school Explain Explam that his has Il1rtatIons flirtations Il1rtatIonsare flirtationsare flirtationsare are undermining undermmmg yours Laugh Laughabout Laughabout Laughabout about it Warn prospective students studentsthat studentsthat studentsthat that he is youthfully amorousIn amorousIn amorous amorousIn In other words become yourself yourselfagain yourselfagain yourselfagain again a charming charmmg capable suc successful successful suecessful cessful woman who knows how to tolive tolive tolive live and help small unfortunates unfortunateshve unfortunateslive unfortunateslive hve live on happier terms who dresses dresseswell dresseswell well and has bas many Interests The Thesooner Thesooner Thesooner sooner Larry drifts away to imposeupon impose imposeupon imposeupon upon some other heart hungry older olderwoman olderwoman olderwoman woman the sooner you U 11 regam regain regamyour regainyour regainyour your moral mental psychologlca psychological psychologicaland ) and phys cal balance |