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" By KATHLEEN NORRISSHORT NORRIS NORRISr r HORT engagements arethe arethe are SHORT \ the fashion m in AmericaExactly AmericaExactly America Exactly why they are areconsIdered areconsidered areconsidered consIdered smart and why a along along along long enagement seems to re reflect refleet refleet flect fleet upon both the girl and andher andher andher her sweetheart , , it is hard to tosay tosay tosay tosayPerhaps say sayPerhaps Perhaps the implication IS ISthat isthat isthat that if 1 a marriage does not notswrltly notswiftly notswiftly swrltly swiftly follow the announce announce- announcement announcement announcement - ment of an engagement the thehumilIatmg thehumiliating thehumiliating humilIatmg humiliating thought will be bethat bethat bethat that the young couple can't cant can'tafford can'tafford can'tafford cantafford ' afford to get married Justnow lustnow just lust justnow now nowThis nowThJS This ThJS Is often the case of course courseBut courseBut courseBut But our young people are so sensl sensi sensltive sensitive sensitive tive to the opin opm ons ens of their theJr fnends friends fnendsthat friendsthat friendsthat that they go right nght ahead and get getmarriedand getmarriedand getmarried married-and married and - and pay the piper aIter after aIterward afterward afterward afterwardIn ward wardIn In wiser and more ripened rJpened socle socie socleties societies socleties ties societies not so close to the ad adventurer adventurer adventurer venturer explorer pioneer stage stagethere stagethere stagethere there Is such a thing thmg as being bemg en engaged engaged engaged gaged This ThJs state is not composed of ofthe ofthe ofthe the mere hurried hurned weeks of transi transit t on from maid maJd to wife with the thefamily thefamily thefamily family scrambling through arrange arrangements arrangemeats arrangements ments meats and the friends fnends hastily seletting se selectmg eelecting lectmg letting g gifts ts It is a recognized recogmzed ex expenence experience expenence penence perience and a very pleasant one oneYet oneYet oneYet Yet It is one which in our way of ofdomg ofdoing ofdoing domg doing things cheats a gJrLJust glrLJust girL gJrL glrL girLJust Just as too early marriage robs robsa a woman of a rightful nghtful time of fun fundancmg fundancing fundancing dancmg dancing Independence and youthful youthfulgood youthfulgood youthfulgood good times with other girls and andboys andboys andboys boys so this dash from engagement engagementinto engagementlIlto lIlto into wedlock deprives us as a na nation nation natlon tion of one of the lcgltuna legitimate te enJoy enjoymeats enjoyments ments meats of life The instant mstant a girl gJrl and andboy andboy andboy boy pledge their love to each other otherall otherall otherall all the older women of o1 the family familyand familyand familyand and group start in m with plans for forthe forthe forthe the wedding the date must be im immedIately immedtately 1mmediately medIately medtately setWhy setWhy set setWhy Why not be engaged to each other otherfor otherfor otherfor for a while9 while ' Why not have a year yearWJthout yearwithout yearwithout WJthout without rushing rushmg and planning plannmg and andhurrymg andhurrying andhurrying hurrymg hurrying breathlessly to church church7Why ' Why not friendship and companion companionsillp companionship companionship sillp ship and happy times tImcs together In Inthe inthe inthe the recognized dignified drgnlfled status of at be be'lIlg being being 'lIlg lIlg ' ing engaged9 engaged ' engaged9A engagedA A Joyous TuneIt TuneIt Tune TuneIt It would be better so It would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be much better for our g ris rds and andboys andboys , boys 11 if ff they learned In this thJS tune time to tocontrol tocontrol tocontrol control the sex urge that is at the thebase thebase thebase base of all engagements learned learnedwhat learnedwhat learnedwhat what interests and hopes and andamusements andamusements andamusements amusements they share learned learnedthat learnedthat learnedthat that honeymoon excitement excJtement is not notthe notthe notthe the base and substance and enUre entire enUrety entirety entirety ty of the relationship between a man manand manand manand and a womanWell womanWell woman womanWell Well whether we can ever make makeour makeour makeour our youngsters realize that or not notcertalIl notcertain notcertain certalIl certain it Is that they are paYlIlg paying paYlIlghigh payinghigh payinghigh high today-and today and today - and will pay tomorrow tomorrowand tomorrowand tomorrowand and tomorrow-for tomorrow for tomorrow - tor the wild wave waveof waveof waveof of wartime wartune marriages marrlSges those mar marrJages marriages marnages rJages riages that were entered Into after afteronly afteronly afteronly only weeks of 8cquamtanceshlp acquaintanceship acquaintanceshipand 8cquamtanceshlpand and Immediately Interrupted by bylong bylong bylong long war partings partlIlgs In most cases casesthere casesthere casesthere , there was no real engagement pe pedad penod period dad nod at all carried along by the thefirst thefirst thefirst first rush of young passion the boy boyand boyand boyand and girl hadn t a moment to spare sparefrom sparefrom sparefrom from wedding weddmg plans In the brief brJef in interval Interval Interval IntervalSuch terval tervalSuch Such a girl gJrl is Norma a youngster youngsterthat youngsterthat youngsterthat that I have loved since smce she was wasborn wasborn wasborn born . . . She is 18 now she was marqtr mar marWild qtr qtrr r ; n , "Wild Wild "Wildwave " Wild icavf wave ofwarllme ofwartime of wartime warllme marriages marrlagu . . . . " ned rled reed just a year ago to a boy who whowas whowas whowas was her husband for only seven sevenweeks sevenweeks sevenweeks weeks before he went wcnt overseas overseasNorma overseasNorma overseasNorma Norma waited wasted alone for the baby babyShe babyShe babyShe She discovered that a baby is JS qu te to tea toa tea a problem the long last weeks of o1 ofdraggmg o1dragging ofdragging draggmg dragging about were hard on Nor Norma Norma Norma ma and she was innocently mnocentiy sur surprised surprised surprised prised when she discovered that her herInfant herinfant herinfant I Infant daughter was exacting exactmg tlr tir tlrmg tiring tiring I mg ing a heavy responsibility responsJbility and a aconstant aconstant aconstant constant drag on her freedom freedomJock freedomJock freedomJock , Jock Wants French GulNorma GirlNorma Girl Gul GirlNorma Norma s own mother is a grass grasswidow grasswidow grasswidow widow very pretty and flIrtatious flirtatiousat at 38 and she doesn t like the role roleof roleof roleof of grandmother-m grandmother m grandmother-in in grandmother - m fact she won t taccept taccept taccept accept it Jt She laughs at Norma s stroubles stroubles stroubles troubles and reminds remmds her that the theyouthful theyouthful theyouthful youthful marr age was t-.orma t.orma t .orma orma Aorma : - . I orma s sown sown sown own choJceNow choiceNow choice choJce choiceNow Now Jock Is home again agam and he hetells hetells hetells tells Norma that he wants to mar marry marry marry ry a French girl gJrI named Rose Mane Marie ManeHe MarieHe ManeHe He is JS desperately deeply in lD an love lovetills lovethis lovethis tills this t me he can cart eal\ eal ealt \ t think thuds of anythmg anything anythmgbut anythingbut anythingbut but the new love Rose Marle Marie has hascome hascome , , come to this country and is JS settlcd settled settledin settledan In an Reno waiting waltmg tor for Jock Norma Normais IS outraged she doesn t kno v vI vwhere vwhere vwhere where to turn Jock has only a mod modest modest modest I est salary he doesn t make enough enoughto to support himself hJmsell and one woman womanlet womanlet womanlet let alone t\\O t O two t \ o women and a chJIdJust childJust child chJId childJust Just now persuaded by friends friendsJock friendsJock friendsJock Jock and Norma and the baby are arehvmg areliving arehvmg hvmg living with WJth an aunt of hers keep keepmg keeping keeping mg ing the surface smooth and mah mat mahmg mating mak.ing making . mg ing an attempt to renew the old oldfeeling oldfeeling oldfeeling feeling But a cold fia flaxseed seed plaster plasteris plasterJS plasteras JS as not clammier than dead pass on onespecJally onespecially onespecially especJally especially when a new Iniatuation infatuation Iniatuationhas infatuationhas infatuationhas has taken possession of man or wde wife wdeJock wifeJock wifeJock Jock probably sees Norma now as asonly asonly asonly only an obstruction in the rad ant antpath antpath antpath path that leads to Rose Mane Marje Marie He Heis Heis is writing wntmg writmg Rose Mane Marie of course coursethat coursethat coursethat lIS HelIS that any day Norma may give hJffi him hJffipermissJOn himpermission bunpermission permissJOn permission to sue tor for divorce dJvorce He Hehas Hehas . has not character enough to put the thenew thenew thenew new love out of his heart and live livefor Livefor livetor for his wife and childOn childOn child childOn On her side sJde Norma is completely completelyunfitted completelyunfitted completelyunfitted unfitted Sfi .tp tp fp . see the situat on through throughWJth throughwith throughwith WJth with the patience patlence and goodness that thatmust thatmust thatmust must win wm such a husband m 1:11 111 in : the end endThey endThey endThey They arc are children who have taken takenan takenan takenan an exciting excJtmg dream tor for reality reallty and andare andare andare are now awake |