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Show Iathleen Kathleen ( Norris Says : The Half.Hearted HalfHearted Half-Hearted Half Hearted . - Wife WifeBell Ben Bell Syndlcate Syndicate SyndlcateWNU SyndicateWN0 -WNU WNU -WN0 WN0 - Features lreaturea : ti tiI I l- l lI - I I C CI Cyc / / I yc// yc yc21 , ' - 21 : I IDOt . . , _ . oou DOt , " IA 4 , " ( Who " "To To " get a good look Wok lookat Wokat at Roberta Robertas ! one onetime lime weal 'deal deal wealwould 'dealwould ' would be a whole5ome wholesome wholesomething thing llng lor for D Dck ck " By KATHLEEN NORRISON NORRIS NORRISN / \N N \ MY desk lies a letterfrom letterfrom letter letterI ON I from a girl of 24 , anoffice anoffice an - ' office girl in m an IllInols Illinois IllInolsCIty Illinoiscity Ilhnoiscity CIty , , who is going gomg to be mar marrled married marned rled ried in m June Roberta is go- go gomg gomg go going - ing mg to have a churchand church and andhome andhome andhome home wedding weddmg , , with brIdes brIdesmaIds bridesmaids bridesmaids maIds , she's shes ' going gomg to a pretty prettynew prettynew prettynew new home after a CalIforma California CalIformahoneymoon Californiahoneymoon Californiahoneymoon honeymoon , she's shes ' going gomg to tohave tohave tohave have well to do relatives relattves m- m in- in mlaw inlaw in-law in law - law who apparently can't cant ' do doenough doenough doenough enough for her-and her and herandshe her - and she IS ISsmugly issmugly issmugly smugly miserable miserableShe She is miserable because sixyears six sixyears sixyears years ago she had a wild passIon passIonate passionate passionate ate young love affair with a boy boynamed boynamed boynamed named Archie Archie led her on for forsome forsome forsome some months with the idea of o ( mar marriage marriage marriage riage and then left without a good goodby goodby goodby by and broke her heart She has hastold hastold hastold told D ck all about Archie ArchieI I ve ye told Dick says her letter letterthat letterthat letterthat that I m afraid I don t feel for forhim forhim forhim him what I ought to feel We re con congemal congenial congenial gemal genial 111 III I11 have a fine position m in mthe inthe inthe the community when I m marrIed marriedI I admire everything everythmg about Dickabut Dick .but but abut abutstill . Jrotstill .butstill still there s s always the memory of ofArchIe ofArchie ofArchie ArchIe Dick has been patience It Itself ! itsell t tself self about it he wanted to be mar marrled married marned rled ried before he went into mto the serv service service servIce ice in 1942 and every time he was washome washome washome home on leave but how can I gIVe gIVemyself givemyself givemyself myself to one man - however fine fineWIth finewith finewith WIth the lingering lmgermg love for my gIrl gIrlhood girlhood girlhood hood s sweetheart always in the thebackground thebackground thebackground7 thebackground7My background ? ' My mother detested Archie and andshe andshe andshe she loves Dick Everyone thinks thinksI I m lucky but I don t want to make makea a mistake Would it be wiser for forme forme torme me to break even now and stay staytrue staytrue staytrue true to Archie even though he may maynever maynever maynever never come back or is it enough enoughto to have the husband completely de devoted devoted devoted voted and will what I can give DIck DIckbe Dickbe Dickbe be enough for him ? . e . eIt . It .eem eem seems < . eem . incre Incredible l1ble < to tG me meRoberta meRoberta meRoberta Roberta I fay say in m answer that any anywoman anywoman anywoman woman in the world is still chng cling chnging clingIng clingIng ing to tG this romantic Victorian de deluslon delusi delusion lusi luslon n . . . Out of Date Attitude AttitudeSixty AttitudeSixty AttitudeSixty Sixty or seventy years ago It was wasfashionable wasfashionable wasfashionable fashionable for any vaporous and andsimperIng andaimpermg andsimpering simperIng aimpermg young female to flatter flatterherself flatterherself atter atterherself herself that her heart was anoth another another anotber er s i . but at the same time to gIve gIveher giveher giveher her hand to the prosperous devoted devotedand devotedand devotedand and satisfactory partner Many an anengaged anengaged anengaged engaged girl even now rather likes likesthe likesthe likesthe the fancy that the she t > he will be mnrr more adored than adoring and that she shemay shemay shemay may capriciously dole out favors to tothe tothe tothe remindinghim remindmghim the grateful male often remindmg reminding him that he told her in engagement engagementday engagementdays engagementday day days * . that just to have her would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be enough and he would some someday someday someday day win her loveIn loveIn love loveIn In engagement days yes But Butwhat Butwhat Butwhat what an awakening awakenmg is ahead of ofromantic ofromantic ofromantic romantic Roberta if U Dick is thekind the thekind thekind kind of man who sweeps these rosy rosycobwebs rosycobwebs rosycobwebs cobwebs aside once the marriage marriageIs is an accomplished fact and becomes be becomes becomes comes bored when Roberta wants wantsto wantsto wantsto to enter Into intG a tweet sweet , , , saccharine saccharineconfession saccharineconfession saccharineconfession confession of her earlier attach attachment attachmeat attachrnent ment meat , , . and expresses regret that thatme thatshe thatthe giveDick me she hai has not given and cannot give Dick her entire entU'e entUe ' heartYears heartYears heart heartYears Years ago I saw a mawkish movie moviecalled moviecalled moviecalled called ' ' The 'The Loves of Anatolc Anatole I Ithink Ithink Ithink think It was In that movie that the theI thebride thebride thebride I bride had a heart shaped aperture aperturecarved aperturecarved aperturecarved carved in her bedroom door The Thegroom Thegroom Thegroom groom when wishing to enter pre presented presented protented sented bunches of blossom blossoms * at this thislittle thishttIe thishttle httIe httle look out and the coy bride ac accepted accepted accepted cepted them as only her due dueRoberta dueRoberta dueRoberta Roberta belongs in that movieIf movieIf movie movieIf If the she has good sense she will willwake willwake willwake wake up forget the high schoolT schoolJ schooluh school schoolShould T J uh Should f fstay I stay trus true to Archu Archie SWEET MEMORIES lIlEUORlES MEUORWS MEUORWSOften MEMORIESOften Often when a gzrlu girlis girl gzrl is u about aboutto aboutto aboutto to marry , she can cant t help recalling re recallmg recalling callmg calling some sweetheart of ofthe ofthe ofthe the past Frequentlyit Frequently it t washer was washer washer her first exper experience ence with love loveand , and the thrilling thnllmg memory memoryre remains re remams remains mams mains bright bnght She wonders ifshe if ifshe f fshe she really should go throughwith through throughw throughwith w with th her marriage marnage-perhaps marnage perhaps marriage-perhaps marriage marnageperhapsthat marriageperhapsthat - perhapsthat that first man will w willcome ll llcome come backif bac/ bac back bacf bacshe backi / . i fshe f she tiill mll urll mllonly urllonly only wa wait t Sucha Suchproblem Suchproblem 5uc/i 5uc i Such / a aproblem problem faces Roberta whois who whoIS IS asking asJ.mg asJmg . Miss lIIus Norns Norris for ad advtce advice advice vtce vice in m today's todays ' ' article artzcle artzcleOn articleOn articleOn On the face of ofit it t she isvery u is uvery isvery very fortunate The man she shemtends sheintends sheintends mtends intends to marry marryis is well welledu edu educated educated educated cated catedand andsuccessful and successful He has hasan hasan hasan an inherited mhented fortune andwell and wellto well wellto wellto to do relatives relatwes She can 1001 look lookf lookorward lookforward . forward f orward to a honeymoon inCalifornia In InCallforma inCalifornia Callforma California , anda and a prettynew pretty neivhome new newhome newhome home Everybodym Everybodyin Everybody in m the newfamily new newfam newfamily family fam ly 1 likes J.es Jes . her , andshe and she inturn m in mturn inturn turn likes lIJ.es lIJes . them themNevertheless themNevertheless themNevertheless Nevertheless Roberta isn'thappy isnthappy Isn't Isnt Isn'thappy isn'thappy ' happy She can't cant ' get over thejoy the theJOY thejoy JOY JOYof of the days when she ivasin was wasm wasin m in love with w th4rclne with4rchie th 4rchie 4rclne He never neveramounted neveramounted neveramounted amounted to anything anythzng but he heseemed heseemed heseemed seemed to be the answer anstter to toall toall toall all Roberta's Robertas ' dreams Whenhe rr E hen henhe henhe he left without w thout saying saymg good goodbye goodbye goodbye bye it t broke broJ.e broJe . her heart Now Nowthat Nowthat Nowthat that she is u about to marryDick marry marryD marryck marryDick D Dick Dickshe ck ckshe she still hopes there issome IS ISsome issome some chance that Archie Arc1ne willcome unll will unllcome willcome come back to herbeau her herbeau beau appreciate that she Is a alucky alucky alucky lucky woman and instead of slm sim slmperIng simpering simpering perIng complacently as Richard at attempts attempts attempts tempts to win her love will set her herself herself herself self in good serious whole hearted heartedaffection heartedaffection heartedaffection affection to win his hisA hisA A V Visit slt from ArchiePerhaps ArchiePerhaps Archie ArchiePerhaps Perhaps the luckiest thing thmg that thatcould thatcould thacould could happen to them both would wouldbe wouldbe woulbe ( be to have Archie the breaker of ofhearts ofhearts ohearts hearts and engagements return to totown totown t ttown < town Archie had no prospects no nojob nojob n njob < job no sense of honor six years yearsago yearsago year ; ago - he probably hasnt hasn t any of ofthese ofthese o : these now To get a good look at atRoberta atRoberta aRoberta Roberta i s a one time ideal would be bea bea Ixa a wholesome thing tor for Dick and andsave andsave ancsave save him much annoyance in the to fu toture futore future ture tore and the thought that she shecouldn shecouldn shecouldn couldn t do any better than Archie Archieat Archieat Archieat at 18 would be highly salutory to I Roberta Her wistful reminiscenceswould reminIscences reminIscenceswould reminiscenceswould would lose some of their effective effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness ness with Archie hanging hangmg around the thehouse thehouse thehouse thehouseNo house houseNo No ghosts out of a woman s a past pastcan pastcan pastcan can be quite as embarrassing embarrassmg as asher asher asher her one time lovers Awkward Awkwardbrothers Awkwardbrothers Awkwardbrothers brothers severe fathers exactIng exactingor or boring bormg uncles and aunts - these theseshe theseshe theseshe she can stand She can stand to tohave tohave tohave have Dick dine with sister MollIe MollIeand Mollieand Mollieand and the swarming babies and the thedisorderly thedisorderly thedisorderly disorderly dinner dmner table and thenoise the thenoise thenoise noise and breakage and yellmgBut yellingBut yelling yellmg yellingBut But when her dream boy of semor senior semoryear senioryear senioryear year high shows up laughmg laughing laughmgstupIdly laughingstupidly laughingstupidly stupIdly at humil humll atmg old mem memOrIes memcries memones OrIes cries calling her the pet name that thatonce thatonce thatonce once thrilled her to the soul ex expecting expecting expecting pecting certain affectionate famIlIar famIlIarHIes familiarsties familiarities HIes sties like Ilke holding hOldmg hands in 1D public publlc and andoccasIonally andoccasionally andoccasionally occasIonally kissing then Roberta s ssoul ssoul ssoul soul shrivels within her and she shewIshes shewishes shewishes wIshes that he were 1 1000 000 mdes miles mdesaway milesaway milesaway milesawayIt away awayIf It If Richard was smart he would wouldWrIte wouldwrite wouldwrite WrIte to Archie and ask him to tospend tospend tospend spend a week end with himself and andRoberta andRoberta andRoberta Roberta in their new home some sometIme sometime sometime tIme |