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Show Iathleen Kathleen ( Norris Says SaysService : _ -Service Service - Is a Cure for Loneliness LonelinessDell ( Dell Syndlcate-WNU Syndlcate WNU syndicate-WNU syndicate - - s- s Eervtoe . - sA 1 ) 1x 1r x rvi r , s [ 4 4it it 1 " f fI fr fr I r r g gf f 1 p ' I 1/ 1 1I / G GI I ' 1 1s s ' 4J 4 . i-2'c i 2'c 2c : : ' - ' , , rl rlc rlll c \J J \ . s ds , d ll , 4 \ ! n nA nd A A d rfWku restless restlesst'diaoont.ated t'diaoont.ated tdiaoont.ated tdiaoontated d con.ted conted , . . . , morbid &e e & iFt . , w/u w u who / , was - . coru.rted corurted eorusgned . . w to till an UUUWlOII saatiaatien UUUWlOIIlor saatiaatienfor , lor for rlae the areaway _ U ' , . .6lie.ed 6lie.ed 6lieed afkted . . , oflned offered s . . h.lp hlp { .1 1 . " ill is aIM th . kitchen th.r thr there . . Sh She . discewr d cl . , d dshe she . .e e . was _ u . km born eo cook lc tci.r tcir Later . .h h sh . . openeda opened a _ u.room uroom teeroem . , IIIId end IIIId1I01 endnow 1I01 now 1I01au /au au has / Ih dire , . . thrill thriving thrivingrealaurafU " rNl4Wran realaurafU " By KATHLEEN NORR/S NORR S NORRIS NORRISTHERE NORRiSHERE NORRSHHERE / HERE are certain girls girlsto girlsI girlsto girlsto HHERE THERE I to whom the golden goldenyears goldenyears goldenyears years between 1G 16 and and25 25 are one long purgatory purgatoryBecause purgatoryBecause purgatoryBecause Because of influences that thatbegan thatbegan thatbegan began , perhaps in their baby babyhood babyhood babyhood hood , the they , are out of every everything everything everything thing For no perceptible perceptiblereason perceptiblereason perceptiblereason reason boys don't dont ' like them themdresses , dresses don't dont ' look right on onthem onthem onthem them , parties at home are aredismal aredismal aredismal dismal failures fallures or not at attempted attempted attempted tempted at all , and to the de- de delicious de delicious - . licious other affairs they theyaren't theyaren't theyaren't theyarent aren't arent ' askedAll askedAll asked askedAll All the other girls chatter chatterabout chatterabout chatterabout about ski suits , dances , house houseparties houseparties houseparties parties football games and andfootball andfootball andfootball football footballsuppers suppers , but not our ourgirl ourgirl ourgirl girl She smiles brightly brightlymakes , makes what gallant pretense pretenseshe pretenseshe pretenseshe she may and creeps cr-epg cr epg crf'eps crfeps - : ' homeear homeearly home homeearly ear early earlyA ly lyA A very little of ot thia this sort of discour discouragement discouragement discouragement agement goes loes a Ion long . way .ay ay . It takf'1 takf1 takes takf'1superhuman takessuperhuman takegsuperhuman ' superhuman strength Btrength of ot characterto cbaracterto cbaracter character to battle your way onward ciesplte despite ciesplteunpopularlt7 despiteunpopularity despiteunpopularity unpopularlt7 unpopularity and loneliness 10neJinen It i ii iinot isnot . not a girl elrl s a . fault It U if she ahe ha has . not flot the thehome thehome thehome home background backcround the frocks trockl a and andopportunities andopportunities d dopportunitie opportunitie opportunities . that make for ( or social aoclal aoclalsuccess socialsuccess socialuccesa uccesa success but buLshesuffers she auffers suffers lust just the same sameIn In my Ales flIes files I 1 have the story Iwry of a arestless arestless arestless restless discontented morbid girl girlwho girlwho girlwho who Anally finally was consigned con81gned to an In Institution institutlon institutlon stitution stitutlon tor for the mentally afflIcted afflIctedThis afflictedThis afflictedThis This girl presently was asked to tohelp tohelp help in the kitchen of the uy asylum asylumwashed agylumwashed lum lumwashed washed dishes in the company of ofanother ofanother another girl and a boy found tound rlends friends friendsat ( friendsat rlendsat at last . . , discovered that she was a aborn aborn aborn born cook was given liven a chance to totry totry totry try lving lIving ) outside again and opened openeda a tearoom Now she has three threethravlng threethriving threethriving thravlng thriving restaurants a nice hus bus husband busband husband band and a small boy This Is a atru atrue atrue tru true ( ' story storyThe storyTbe The Tbe Stor Story ) ' of NUaSucb NitaSuch Nita NUa NitaSuch Such Sucb a case is that of ot Nita Nlta whose whosemother whosemother whosemother mother writes me from a b g mid midw'stem midwestern midwestern w'stem wstem western ( ' city Nita Nlta has bas baa a l.rother lrother brother brotherseven . brotherseven 8'en 8en seven ( ' ' years younger than herself herselfter herselfher herselfher ter her ] utner futner father ( is ts a traveling salesman salesmantor salesmanfor salesmanfor tor for n (1 1 U ( r coverings Up lip to 1931 1831 all allw.nt allwent allwent w.nt wnt went w.nt.1'11 . well \\.1'11 .111 .1'11 111 \ . ' with the BlacksTtn BlacksTen Blacks BlacksTm Tm Ttn Ten years ago when Nit Nita . was wasnb wasabout wasab wasabut nb about < ( ut 14 writes Wrlt"s Wrlts ! " the Ule lie mother ev everyth everyth evcryth eryth g colla collnlcad colloi collnl I " 'sod sod "od od cad ' Fur For months we wenally wereally wertally nally really d i t ( not icn Kn an w ' . what v.hat vhat we were weregOI weregm weregoi werey gOI gm b t { , to live on OIl y husband lost losthis losthis losthit lostth his Joband loband job lob and I t s hen ht ( ' [ th at the fame lame same lametime sametime fametime fameever ' time 111 lls II . tins has ever over recoveredfron recoveredtrots recovered recovereda fron trots thf the ' ea"cts eacts effects " I 1 a hea heavy vy attackoffiu attackCif attack attacki offiu Cif flu In that I\ I \ Iful awful awfulwt ful .1 1 wt \ > . i ter tor and will always always al always ways be PI ' partnily parU\lIy parU lIy parUnlly ' \ Ie Ic sfWard , if sf ifu f fWard Ward Wardvas Wardwas vas was , to t ) { y ) unb tv to kn w or orcare orcare care what was g II h g on but Nlta Nita NltaS'1 Nitas S'1 S1 s a ' sltl\e sltl e sstive \ and p d J lit at at an age ageto ageto to Yo Yont went \nt nt ' \ tv to stand well " , II w . th h"r hr her " srh ich I Ic Icc c cc r wd s If fT n rid ridsely d dqe qe sely I Iv v I l I t tU tU U u at al time she sht > iid I 1 < id > d 1 e ( ' a gay 1 I ItJl the thething tilething ' thmg thing but now DOW " st "I I si e n rv r\\ r rw rt \ . t a aslJrtu astir aS slJrtu stir ( ir tuitl teal la"well lawell la"wellSll as " well Sll a s 11 yv ) s Ih I 1 th ( h te fe teand feand ; eand and irew brew , thta thin a ai , da d x a ) ( ily dy We p J ( t tber ther ther ber her to a publics public h 1) 1 to t x o ) ( wh wit h s shate shates shate hate hates 1 i aI ar aid d add'Ci addCi added add . " ' d to all Lei LeiJ L e is 1 i i J s 1ahoti 1 1atl01l 1atlon atl01l ahoti tind .nd nd and . distress f r U I t ttrewusNita t tr I eo a was wasNita ' " liS liSNlta Nlta Nita s acute unhapplnlSlIForct"d unhappinessForced unhapptnisi unhapplnlSlI unhappiness unhapptnisiForcrd Forcrd Forct"d Forctd Forced " to 0 & A"t At As A ( . < , cpt regal c ( ' < . " -pt pt - Aid AidFor AidFor AidFor For tome some years yearsAe " -Ae Ae "e e we - had to al ac alcept accept ( .cept cept . cept the help of a rt"llthe rtllthe rellise ret " , ill\e ill e \ c cord cordally cc < rdally rd ally allydisliked allydisliked allydisliked disliked by us a all all Il , but eVt eventiu eventus > nlu lIy Ily lIyI'he Ilyshe llythe I'he Ihe she ! ' dlNi died die < l and with what she lift Ifl left , my myhusband myhusband myhusband husband could start again Bul But Buleven Buteven Buteven even now flOW . ne .e e we are not solidly solfdly o a our ourfN't ourfeet ourfeet fN't fNt feet ' for Ward Is detern Ined In'd Ind fined ( ' to be becurne become becorne curne come d a doctor like my father fathf"r fathfr " III at airwe c ' c cwe w we ( ' hdve have to contr eontr bute part of hh his hheX hisex hisOKI ex eX ! tenses en eni-es eni es ! > - es for at least 1t"lIst 1tlIst " 10 more years years'lita yearsNita yearsNita 'lita lita Nita ' fli lb J ished l'ihed lihed ' hlh h ! gh sch)1 sch1 sch iol ) ( > ol hl hadone had ' : < l lone one oneyt oneyear oney yt year . . d ir r In Sia State Ie colle college if ' tind and [ > nd now fOJ for forsix forKix ' sIX years yetllr . has ha been trying Iry1ng to hid hidcongenl fir fJr d.congpnl d dcongrnf congrnf .congpnl congpnl congenl . il II it work1tr work I P 1t-r 1t r . - HELP OTHERS OTlleRS OTHCRS FIRST FIRSTI FIRSTIf If I f you begin began by helpin helping helpingothers helpingothers , oI1uJr others . , you may maynot not have haVfJ toworry to toworry toworry worry about abou ' your own trou trou- trouble troublea troubles - ble bles blea . , , especially elpeclally especiallyt elpeclallyIf if t f they 'hey hey theyare ' are Te tIe the thekind tIelcand thekind , lcand kind lcandoj kindo of oj o f troubles trouble . , that ho ' come comefrom comefrom comefrom from loneliness lonelane . anda and a ffJPlln feeling feelingo feelingof , . oj o f having been boen "left left " out of oj ofit it . , "Some Some " Some young YOU1l8 YOU1l8"rh girls "rh rh garb " , Kathleen KathleenNor KathleenNorris KathleenNorns Nor Norris " . pOln points ' , out , just put never neverhave neverhave neverhave have the Ihe fun theyshould they should .hould hould . have have haveand . , and end andexpected endexpected expected to have , in thplr their thplr.teen their'teens their'teens theirteens .teen teen 'teens teens ' . . They go 80 on into thetwenties the thetwentle thetwenties twentle twenties . bpluwln bdiemng believing that they theywIll theywill theywill wIll wIllalway willalways always alway . miss mus the tM thing thin4s thin4sthey thingsthey . they theywont theywant want wont ' so 0 much much-frlPnt much frlPnt much-friends friends muchfriendsa - friendsa a husband hu.band huband husbanda . a home and flntl thewonderful tlafJ the tlafJwonderful thewonderful wonderful knowledge knowledgp of being besng besngloved beingloved beingloved loved InJtcadoj Insteadof Instead InJtcad of oj ojmahlllg ofmalting makingthemsoltvs mahlllg malting mahlllgthemlclt maltingthemselves themlclt themselves e , even more unhap unhap- unhappy unhappy unhappy - - py by thinking thinkingt thlllkln ofnolhllll ifnothing t of if nothing nolhllll ( but buttheir buttheir buttheir their unhappiness unhapplneu ! Ihpy.hould Ihpyhould 1hPyshould Ihpy.houldtry 1hPyshouldtry they . shouldtry try first to make others otl.Prs otlPrs . happyShe happy happyShe She Is brilliant at writing wrlllng or orverse orverse orverse verse making and had realsu realsuccess real su success successin successIn < cess cessIn In Ina a characte character * part In tn an amateur amateurplay amateurplay amateurplay amateurplayAbout play playAbout About a year ago tho the dull rout.ineof routineof routine rout.ine routineously . of her lile life began to atreet affect ber her serl sent serloualy sentously ously oualy I.w Iw I . saw it it . , but was helplessto helplento helplen helpless to do anything We live Uve In a B crowd crowdI'd crowded crowded I'd Id ed ' flat eat ftat . . , hundreds of others othen exactly exacUy ' like it pressing presslSlI ( about ufl us u " the ugly uglyrealities uglyrealities uglyrealities I realities of shabby gentility on all allsides allsides allsides sides Nita comes home worn wornout wornout wornout out at night , , listens listen . for awhile to tothe tothe tothe the radio reads a thriller thrmer thrillerIt thrmerIt It Is no life lIle for tor a girl of 24 24and 24and 24and I and she knows it She has become becomemelancholy becomemelancholy becomemelancholy melancholy tearful silent I st sent senther senther > nt nther I her to her clergyman cleriyman who did help helpbut helpbut helpbut but only for tor a while now I have had hada a neurologist lake take the case He Hesays Hesays Hesays says there Is n nothing . : > thlng tangibly tangiblyv.rong tangiblywrong tangiblywrong v.rong vrong wrong . but that she needs InterQsts interests InterQstsamusemt"l interestsamusemet Interestsamiisernei amusemt"l amusemtl amusemet " h t < + di distracti dl'ltrncU dlltrncU ' + tracti ns I cou\d cou d could coudhave couldhave couWhave \ I have told tvld h m aa as m lehMean ichMean ich leh ichMean Mean vhile II a awn w n lerful iertui frlond friend frlondhas friendhas triandhas has offered offerf'd offerfd ' m- m Int ins ma . ( . - a chance to give Nlta Nita Nitaa Nltaa a change changf ' by s I [ I t ] lying her h.r hr . wIth with$1 with1 $1 1 $ 200a 200 a year f r thne three thr e ypdrs Y'drs Ydrs years ( ' Thesum The Thesum Thesum sum Is already de del s I led ted 'd d < ' t be 1Jt " paid paidm paidm m nthly and althol nllhuigh althoigh gh Nita f r rsome rsome rsome some weeks gh sh v . wed ed an all air alt ost oat re resentful resentful resentful sentful apathy n tl t1 U e f ' subject . . , ( < . f flat flate flate lat late she has been halthcarttdly halthcarttdlysuggesting half halt hl htrirti " rlt dly dlysuggesting dlysuggesting suggesting a few possibilities'Clln possibilitiesCan possibilities possibilities"Can ' "Can Can 'Clln Clln " you suggest sllggt'st sllggtst ' a course Uat U at atmay atmay almay may pull her it of the depress on onthat onthat onthat that the llnfort\ llnfort unforte unforUnate llnfortnate \ nate note events of her herIlrlhood hergirlhood hergirlhood Ilrlhood girlhood ( made ain aln elm ost Inevlhble Inevitable Inevlhbleand Inevitableand inevitibleand and help me Nt roe ! to feel U at my little littlegirl littlegirl 'girl girl little'girl girl must not pay all aU her life tor for torher forher forher her parents pert"nts pertnts " unsucc unsuce unsure ss ' A Cowardl Cowardly ) ' AtUtade Atiliade AtUtadeIsn AtiliadeIsn AltitudeIsn Isn t that a sad letter7 letter ' " Sad "ad ad beau beaulIfull.Y beauUfully beauUfully lIfull.Y lIfullY Ufully . expressedand expressed and CO cowardly cowardlyIan cowardlyIsn " ardly ardlyIsn Isn Ian t It ii a pity that the woman amart smart amartenough smartenough smartenough enough to write that letter wasn wnsn tart tsn t tn sn art n art enough to realize that hard hardt t met Int"S IntS tries " are the very nurs nun nuns ng gr Ilr und and ft faracter f I ftaracter I II Iaracter I t taracter aracter and that fun has noth r i g gt gt gt t d with money money9 " ' Isn t it too bad badti badU badat badU ti U tiat at this eoncern.dand concernedand concerned eoncern.d eoncernd . and lovint lovintU lovln badI < ( I tl tI U er .ouldn ouldn l.ouldn louldn couldn . ( . t make an adventur adventureof " . . of cl ct cI.I cII cta u a . te be , and financial reverses reversesa a d instead of letting her narrow narrowldlals narrowideals narrowIdtals ldlals ideals ldlalsof of.hat of what \\.hat .hat \ . was the correct thing thingt thingI I t t t ave 8\e 8 e \ and do degtrty destHY deetrey her daugh daugh- daughttr daughter daughter - - - ter tt-r tt r b illding Illdlng illdmg them tht"m thtm " into advantagea advantages advantageaI1U advantagesinstead advantagesinstead7 advantagesinstead7However I1U instead . tea d , ' However U Utre t.re tre ere . 1 is & an out fur for Nlta Nits NltaaI Nitsaid Nitaar aI aid d she a s yo g l ! eno coo gh to take t tShe tShe She ' > he duesn doesr\ doesr doesn doesrt \ t e\ e even een \ en D neat nee 1 that (1 1 $1 fl ( $ 200 a ayear ayear ayear year The answer an'lwer anlwer ' is work-or work or work - - or rather rath I e.r er . work works s v w . nderful ndertul twln twin service servicelet serviceI serviceet let I et ber her g 1 I to a noBpltol hospital children s sh sme sh sme sii h me slum sium and for forget et herself In Inhun inhun inhun hun ble aj a id ) ( quiet help to the less lessfort lessfort lessfort fort ir 1I it ate te n R a d her n entalrt ental tn \rt rt trt \ ulles ulles111 ul les leswill leswill \\111 111 will \ van VBn t I " She "he he " , will ill be he 80 so o glad to toget |
