Show KA KATHLEEN NORRIS Many Men Like Colorless Jobs Jabs i column I it is being bing rt reprinted b because be- be cause of h large number numb of 01 request for iI its ill re r LIFE HARD liARD enough and confusing contusing enough without having having hav hav- ing to do the work you hate asks ask Linda Curtis from Albany My life is full of excitement and interest she goes on and I see to it that our four children have a wonderful time But my hu husband band patient and good and everything that Is satisfactory satisfactory satis factory plods along day after day and year after year in the dullest imaginable business selling busIness selling mens men's suits You see see weve we've always been poor hardworking people and if Martin ever had any dreams of starting out for tor himself and breaking breaking break break- ing away from the rut he Is in In hes he's never been free to realize them The children are mixed twins of 7 7 girl 5 5 baby 3 3 and they keep me busy and happy and laughing and scolding all u day long My life has variety enough in it It and I try to share that variety with Mart on w week ek ends and during his brief summer vacations We have el eight bt weeks in a mountain cabin he has two Ills His Lot Monotonous Were Vere always picnicking and having roasts roast and treasure hunts his life lite is the same old round Office at 9 0 9 stock arranging doors doers open at 10 10 fussy men and fussy ussy women criticizing lunch sandwich sand at the drugstore next door four more hours bours of it and home ana on an ona a crowded bus Every day with him is the same Every hour with me is different The twins hang over me dictating what they want packed for lunch Madeleine leaves me with a big hug hUI at the nursery school door butch Butchy-butch and I do the he market- market t y I If tilling telling men mr mens men's suit Ing and top stop to gossip and leave my watch to be mended and pick pickup up my over made hat and go home for lunch and naps and quiet mending at my room dining window until the scholars come shouting and weeping home bome at 3 Then we all have tea and perhaps go over overto overto overto to the park for another hour of games and gossip and It tt Is all so 10 interesting But Mart comes quietly quiet quiet- ly In during the supper lupper scramble cramble and takes hI his paper and turns turn on his radio and looks on at our riots I try the letter goes on on to bring him Into everything I 1 suggest tug sug gent gest he take butch Butchy-butch upstairs or carry carrl the wins twins off oft for a D country Sunday It If I 1 am kept home by one of Madeleine's MadeleIne bad times with her ears but he seems too tired way tired way d deep ep down In tn too tired d to rouse himself to much interest in It Hell He'll ask me what beach beath shall Iball I 1 take them to toT I do when we get there A Asks Suggestions Can you OU suggest f finishes this generous hearted generous wife some somo way In which I J can ean shake hake the best man manIn manIn manin In the out of ot his groove and make life as mu much h fun for tor him asfor as asfor asfor for me met The children I 1 can always alway handle bandle they are ace obedient helpful angels angel all four tour and are ar all 11 promising promis log ing to take lake Jobs someday and help Ip Mother and Dad and I T believe they will wUl But Dut Mart Is 44 41 now he is It 11 years oar elder alder than I am and If It f he be goes coea plugging on mu much b longer hell he'll be bo too old to mike make a dash dub any where South America and take a chance Would you advise my taking a Job Im I'm almost a professional photographer photographer and sending him away The other night he was reading m man me mean mean an article on the South Seas and anda I Ia a few months ago he cut out I s picture of a whaling boat It doesn't seem to me this is I l problem at all all Linda Martin ia h doing what millions of ot men have haw to do Reporting at the office putting put ting in eight hours with hours with time out oui for lunch on rather drab and routine work If Martin In his heart didn't like Uke this work didn't find It II satisfying believe me he would have worked his way out of it long ago and Into something that gave his energy enera and imagination more scope The truth is that tha t he Is a quiet unimaginative fine man who wha quite possibly likes his work Man Many Manya a man would infinitely prefer selling sell ing big other men their overcoats recommending rec the cheviot discussing the tweed than handling four lively children for 14 hours out of the 24 You are born with a Joyous courageous generous nature II It speaks through every word of yow your letter Most women want to take you are that rare woman who wants want to give If Martin works hard eight hours a day you work twice ai as ashard hard nearly twice as long |