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Show I . i Kathleen Norris Says : WifeI I : About Divorcing the Defense-Worker Defense Worker - Wife Wifet Wifer WifeSan t- t r - toen . . . . . oen San SyndICla SyndIClaWNU 9yndleaaWNU 9yndleaa ; -WNU WNU - r.ature rature raatura v " ' vi If f vf r yI l lJ ld lf d i . J 1 . . 4 f K . , . / \ 7 7r 7S r S r ro o 1 f ' 9 ' 1t S I II Is Il IIII s I III ,4 4 , l . - _ - l lr lIt r It - i ni n ' - - - a - / lIeT Her .hoe hoe shoes . . w-heeled w heeled low-heeled low wheeledIIhe lowheeledshe l - - IIhe she goes , oe . 00 off lally gaily In m the mornlnB morning with wt h her lunch boJC box boxAt . A At . nOOR noon she , he and her lelwarlreTJ fellow-workers fellow workers _ - make thf'mJelve thfmJelve themselves ' . a cup 01 of 01coO ofcoffee coO- coO coffee coOIfraduaUy - IfraduaUy gradually IfraduaUyJOme graduallysome JOme some oJ o/ o othe / the men have Joaned joined them CORlr/bullnB CORlr bullnB contributing / their own .uppl uppl supplies . . JBy _ By fly KATHLEEN NORRISETTY NORRISBETTY NORRIS NORRISETTY " \ETTY ETTY \ ETTY ELLIS is an extremely ex I IBy BETTY B Btremelyattractivewom " tremelyattractivewom tremely attractive wornan worn an of 32 Betty is one of ofthose ofI'those ofIthose ' those pretty , friendly mtelh intelll intelllgent intelllJl gent girls whose husband wins wms winstfrom [ tfrom ( ( from all other men the mvol invol involuntary involfjuntary 1JfrOm untary tribute tnbute of ' LuckyBob Lucky Bob ' ' " She seemed to have too toomuch ' much charm spirit , beautyapablllty beauty'capability beauty capability -apablllty apablllty 'capability ) ' " < - to be sunk out of ofsight ofsight sIght in one man's mans ' nurseryand nursery nurseryand and kitchen but that s what whathappened whathappened happE-ned happE ned happened - to her She marreed mar marfied . , , , fied ned reed Bob Ellis Elhs salesman in 10 a abig abig big motor parts industry she shehad shehad had a daughter and then a ason ason son on she s'ie sie s ' ifc loved home children f farden 1arden 1 arden cooking coohmg books radIO radio.club radioclub . , club marketing and she sheloved sheloved Joved loved Bob like the fine nor normat normal mal mat typical young AmerIcan Americanwoman Americanwomdn womdn woman she wasThen wasThen was wasThen Then came the war Bob nab s m th ther ther ther er was living Ilvmg with them now her herselt herself herself selt self a Ii fine housewife and devotedIrandmother devoted devotedJ.l"andmother devotedgrandmother J.l"andmother J.landmother Jlandmother Irandmother . , " Betty and old Mrs Mrs1 1 11 II s llhe like and understand each oth othf other olher f > er r when Betty had a chance at a agood agood agood good job In a munitions plant It Itwas itwas itwas was her h hindsome h'1ndsome h1ndsome indsome ' efficient ' ) 54 )4 4 Yf'ar Yfar year Yf'arold yearold yearold ' old molt moU motl er in law who advised hert herfr her herSi t fr ) take it Betty Bettv made more n H rr or ey eyth eythin eyhin Si th th'I thin 'I I ' n Bob did fr ft m the firstAnd firstAnd first firstAnd And how she enjoys It ' Dress ng ngc ngc ngc c mforl mfortably bly in shirts and sldcks slacks sldcksher slacksher slacksher her hair cut short her sh is .s s cs ( . 1 I w wpeeled wreeled wheeled peeled reeled she goes off oR gaily in then the . ' n . ruing riling with Wlth her lunch box At Al Atn Aln Atn n on she and her fellow workers workersIn'lke workersrnike workersimke In'lke Inlke rnike ' themselves a cup ot of cTee c Tee /Tee flee fleekma / ( .ra ra kma ! . ( > ra 1 i jally rally some of the men have haveJOined havejoined havejoined JOined them contributing their own owns 11 s ppl ppi es and now Betty is queen queenf f an adoring circle that meets daily daHy dally daHyBetty dallyBetty dailyBetty Betty Enjoys Freedom FreedomIn In Betty s a case ca < ; ; e all this tWs has bas g ne neto ncto to n her head For ten years her her1 herI I 1 terests hive h ive been centered m in mk ink ink k tchen thhen bib b'lb blb ' es cc c < ; and husband N w wate wst 51 51e ate e I is ' > free I- I - Free Iree ree morally for Rocai no Bo nocal Bocar cal car t check dwck o 0 whdt what she is do ng rig ngal rigiii ngai al iii d obody el else < ; e has any right to toI toee tof I . ee financially for ( or she can S sr Serdj [ ( 1'1 11 er ' d dr dr r ore ure money on her cl cI thes nuwa nowa nuwadays nowadays nuwaddys days than she used to have tor for allnou all alloou allnouS oou nou hold expenses comb nedIt nedIt ned nedIt It Is Betty s husband whwrites wh writes writesi writes1e writesi i } ie 1e re about ItAbout itAbout it itAbout About four months ago there was wasa wasa wasa a great change In her says B n ii b s a sletter aletter sletter letter All winter wlnt'r wlntr ( ' long she had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been coming home too tired to d d1JI dis dw 1JI is re than 31st i ) ist 1St kiss me and the thechildren thechildren thechildren children eat her dinner dmner lister Ilstel 11g i ig to toU totl toU U tl e I a ' rest of us talking talkmg and Bnd tumble lumble tumbleInto lumbleinto tumbleinto Into bed But nut last spring she seen ed edto edto edto to come to ife 1 I fe Once or twice sheias she shekas } kas ias as late she called It workingvertlme working workingvertime workingvertime vertime vertlme h hit it sl si e a wasn wnsn t at work workShe workShe "he he She < " cha fi g i J t I l r cl cJ thcs lhes at al a afnend afriend afriend fnend friend s q c ni aI II ( n 'I I ' i 1 t I o I e ' tad t a d wci W'I WI wer ( ' t out to toInner tot toInner t Inner nner ai 111 fir i I I a ( ' ( 1) 1 11 71 ) s h h'lllucd hlllucd h'lllucddrN't hii ' I I ( ( .1 1 . red redd redree edtl drN't drNt d rcc ree ' t c e ( ' t 1 cf cr ( ' elcauglton e 1 I caugt t onl on ont t l \ " t I t d t I I t ( ( , ittigmst It tug I g m st at f I hcr tier hcrar tiercar heriir car ( ar Rf g'l gl gs ' tl t t 1 I is < ; ltshestlcd ltshestlcdthaI t I t she st { l led ledthat I ! edthai thaI that sh she ( ' 1 t id Hi K g Hen t'n tn lien ! ( ' herhelf hf'n.elf hfn.elf hfnelf herself ' . a f noil n J1 noit oit 0'11 011 oil ' n M ITh wrch > rch ( < " She "he he si 1'1 11 s ' ' r d ci it II c Stt'n st t'n tn ( \ ' \ ircl irci ire i t I 1 t my mother moth'r mothr ( ' sad sadt sa d dt dt t w s i s , rth at Ipjst IIsl least ' . ] a U usand usandB usandHI B I t I d ci ci rti di , t rr rp re ! llv ly Ily SUSI susl sus ( ect pct eel a y yth yth yth th K g wI int 'nil nil ' I I t I cird pud Gird tl II at Hetty Betty Wllqut wasut wns Wllq was wnsut ut 1 i i r ng and dancing after v.hch vhch which v.hchl.t whichU . whichU ! l.t lt U . t I h k very little evidence evld'nce evldnce ( ' to COJ cot cotyr coivi I IVI VI yr ce me It II ti 'I I ' it t she had a I 1 ver a ar ar ar r rh ch , ' If'l1 t h I- I - . , fell f'l1 fl1 ( ' w gome some years young younger younger I It'r t'r tr er ' U.J UJ U tl J a . sh she ( ' . who v.ho vho works in to the same1 samei samt same ' I lint hnt When I questioned que'ltloned queltloned ' her try trytr tryq tryT I tr q ( g r r . t ( to 10 show her how insane lO"Iane lOIane " with withi I erv cry is anxiety and retchedness wretchedness \ wretchednessI retchednessI I was shp she 'Ih Ih ' shpi ! " \i i h Ii \ Jgh ightd ighcd ( d and kissed kls'l'd klsld ' ( ' mesay mesay me | say ng rig thit th'lt thlt ' she v.as vas was . . no d ff n r"nt rnt rent rentf r"ntf ( " f m U"r Ur U t ) ! " er w men m.n mn . that X was soon soonpttiering soonOhtering nt'rtng ntrtng pttiering . , ( ' tl 11 U e a lervice servIce that it was wasflot wasnot wasnot flot not ser ous on ether e a ther side slcie he not notWAul notwant notwant WAul want ng a divorce any more rnore t-'an t 'an an than t'anfl thanIt thantie ' - fl It e a did As a matter of fact thisJT thisn this [ n JT an did go away but now anotherf anotherW anotherbr another W br f aider lder man who has a . wife and and.o andtwo andtuo \\\.o .o two \ \ . grown sons liOns is ia Ii constantly tele Idle FORGIVE ERRING ERRINGMATE ERRINGMATE ERRINGMATEThis MATE MATEThis This Thu t time me a husband hu.band huband hu.bandWrite husbandwrites . writesKathleen Write writes writesKathleen . Kathleen Norns Norru Norris asking alklng for foradv foradvice foradvice adv advice ce regarding regardinga regardsng regardsnga a wanderingdefense-working wanderingdefense working wamlenng wandering wamlenngdefenleworklng wanderingdefenseworking defenle-worklng defenle worklng defenleworklngu defense-working defense working defenseworkingu - - - uife u I/e I e s f / fe e An at attractlVP attractive attractive tractlVP tractive woman of 0/ 0 032 / 32 , she hal has halfound hasfound hasfound found foundmore more freedom and profitin profitan profitto profit an to her new work than she canhandle can canhandle canhandle handle wifely wnely wisely With her twochildren two twoch twochildren children ch ldren in an the care o of 0/ 0 0her f / hermother her hermothPT hermother mothPT mother in n lau law . , she .he he . apparentlyhas apparentlyhal apparently hal has been associating anocaaltng anocaaltnga associatinga , a great greatliral greatdeal greatdeal liral deal liralwith dealwith with withother other men One ofthem 01 of 01them ofthem them has his hu own wife wafe and andchlltlren andchildren andchildren chlltlren children Her lIer husbandIS husband is ad- ad advas'tl advised ad advised - - vised vas'tl vastl vas'tlnot visednot ( ' not to divorce dworce her butto but butto butto to tryami tryand try and ami be forgiving forgwlng forgwlngand forgivingand andhope and andhoTH andhope hoTH hope ' that a return to sanity sanityon sanityon on the tIt ( > part of his has wife wale willaccompany wtll wtllaccompany witi witiaccompany accompany the close of 0/ 0 0the o f / the thet theii t ii ( ar phoning tier her and a week ago she shewent shewent shewent went away aWllY for the week end she shesaid shesaid thesaid said with a party ot of friends but I Iknow Iknow Iknow know he has a small place In the themo themo themo mo inta IOta ns and I do not feel teel at all alls alls alls s ir 1f rrt ( . < - tha that t there were others in the thepal thepar thepaity thepaityThe pal par ty tyThe The catastr cataslr catastDphic > phlc phic effect of at all this thisupon thisupon thisupon upon my h me hap hapi hapt { mess I can leave leaveto leaveto leaveto to yo ir it imagination My wife has hasalways hasalways hasalways always been on a pedestal to me meshe meshe meshe she has always seemed the wisest wisesttruest . , , . truest happiest of women What Whataccounts Whataccounts Whataccounts accounts for tor ttus th4S this horrifying change changeand changeand changeand and what can I salvage from the thewreckage thewreckage thewreckage wreckage of my home homer ' Our daugh daughter daughter daughter ter Is nine nme the boy six They wor worship worship worship ship their theu mother they need her herMy herMy herMy My mother will live with ua us only onlydurmg onlyduring onlyduring durmg during the war when peace returns returnsshe returnsshe returnsshe she must rejoin her husband in B a Bctl'ltant adistant adistant ctl'ltant ctlltant distant ' cItyShall cityShall city cityShall Shall I d vorce my w fe ernblt ernblttenng em embittenng bit bittering tenng tering her ai al d myself and scarring scarringthe scarringthe scarringthe the children g s a lIves lives7 ' After all a an an an n an has his pride pnde and this sort of ofthing ofthing ofthing thing can t t go on forever without withoutcaus withoutcarts withoutcaus caus carts ng a lot of talk Please ad advise advise advise vise a heartbroken husbandUnfaithful husband husbandUnfalthfnl husbandUnfaithful Unfalthfnl Unfaithful Mate Serlona Serious ProblemMy ProblemMy Problem ProblemMy My dear Bob thousands of wom worn women wornen wornen en have written me of your prob problem problam problem lem lam In 10 the past pest 15 years What todo to todo todo do about the unfaithful mate is a avery avery avery very seriouB serious question I am going goingto goingto to advise you as I almost Invariably Invariablyadvise invariablyadvise Invariablyadvise advise them thorn hard as this course courseIs courseis courseis Is to follow followI I advise you to treat Betty stem stemp g s tern ternp ternp p rary departure from decency and andcommon andcommon andcommon common sense as you would a men menta menoil mental ta oil I Illness with silence patience patienceforgiveness patienceforgiveness patienceforgiveness forgiveness and when you can help helpwith helpwith helpwith with help Wars do not last for forever forever forever ever soon there will be three mil milhon million million hon lion strong young men back fromtl from fromtl fromtl tl e battle fronts looking for work workand workand workand and entitled entltJed to find It Our social socialSitl socialsits socialsiti Sitl sits ation aUon will receive a jolt then thenw thenw thenw w 11 II ll be faced by a predicament that thatw thatw thatw w II take all we have of courage couragear courageal al ar d ff h Ii th In o 0 rselves to solve Even Evenw w th the maintcnai mamt'nal mamtnal mamtenai ! ' ce re of an enor enorm enorm enorm m is military force ! " even "ven ven with the therct theref theret rct ref rn of act v ty ai al at d pros prosy prosperity erlty erity all alla allal alla al a I t r g tl U e a line there will be readjust readjustm"nts readjustments readjustmpnts m"nts mnts ments ! " that will stagger stagg'r staggr ! ' us allIt allIt all allIt It w . v . 11 II es especially eslecially pdally stagger the man mon maney money money ey mak ng defer dl'fel dlfel ' ' se 'Ie Ie job filling tilling worn wornpn wornen wornen pn en A comparative v small free freewill f rce rcewill rcewill will keep our armor es filled with withan withan withan an r ir 11 u t ng ns In fn ( n peace The he great greatfa greatfact greatfact fa fact ct ) ir it r PS f'S fS es ' will turn their machmery machinery machmeryIn machineryn machinerymad In n a d dTerent / flerent /Terent Terent Berent d rection rectlon the men men111 menwill menmil \\111 111 will \ swirm SW'lrm SWlrm swrrm ' in and the women womf'n womfn ' wfl will willcome willcome ) come home And just between betwt"en betwten " our ourselves ourselves ourselves selves B ii iirb ib rb > b thousands of them will willbe willbe willbe be glad to returnTI returnTie return returnTl Tie Tl TI e relat rreat onsh nsh p between betwt"en betwten " you and andnetty andBetty andBetty netty Betty will never n"ver nver ( " red retl melt m rn en to its old oldconfident oldconfident oldconfident confident loving lovtng s fI a dtus atus d tus Y ur or hurtride hurt hurt1 hurtI I ride v . will ill ncvci nfVfJ never ! ! v . wholly holly recover recovernut recoverBut recoverBut nut But you won t be bl ' the only man and andv andwoman anduoman v . woman oman who extract considerable considerablesatisfaction considerablesatisfaction considerablesatisfaction satisfaction comfort , , , and even com corn compamonshlp cornaamonship cornpamonship pamonshlp aamonship out of a life lite built bullt upon uponJust uponlust uponjust Just lust such - wreckage wr-eckage wr eckage |