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Is . . c NS ceases : eau . tJeTY every < Siua 7 Swtdy aNI wail rIutr they Ide take Nancy a1UI and p go on oa a . plcnlc picnic IOmewher somewhere By KATHLEEN NORRISWAR NORRIS NORRIST T FAR is a teat test of every- every everything everything every-i/\/ every i everyithing - WAR / \ / thing our young men menhave menhave meny V have of character oharacter , elf-forgetfulnes elf forgetfulnes self-forgetfulness self forgetfulness lelf - forgetfulness , courageyicion courage , rision vision We demand of them themthat themthat themthat that they put aside all the thedreams thedreams thedreams dreams , the hopes , the happi happi- happiness happiness happiness - ness and freedom of youth , to tobuy tobuy tobuy buy hope and ecurity security and andbappiness andhappiness andhappiness bappiness happiness for thousands ofOther of ofDther Dther ther men , , yet unbomAnd unbornAnd unborn unbom unbornAnd And the magnificence magn11lcence of their re- re refPOIlSe re re-ponse re ponse - - fPOIlSe fponse ( te to this demand ia Is boldin boldinbe holding holdingthe holdingbe , /be be the / ( whole world brea breathlessWhat breathless breathlessWhat thless What we women sometlmea sometimes forget1 forgetIa forgetla forget Ia la that tbat war years yearB make a'mllar amllar similar a'mllarIalms similarglalms similarilalms ' glalms , Ialms upon us too If U our boys boysDust boysmust boysnuat Dust must ! gire give their lives Uves physically pbyslca1l ) ' weare weare we are re often called upon f to give what I isla ia is . I la a . dear as life me We We have bave te to .acritice acritice sacrifice sacrificeplans . sacrificeslans .acriticeplan plan plans . dear companshlp oompansbip eompanahip . , the peaceand peaceand peace and harmony barmony of home life Ufe the thesmoothness theimeothnecs e epnoothness pnoothness smoothness of living Uving which tor for so so1D8D7 somany sesaany 1D8D7 many yeara yeai'll yeaill year ' . was o ra oursIt ours oursIt It takes a . woman strong In charleter charactor char charcter leter actor cter te to get let through througb these day days It Ittakell Itlakes Ittakea takell lakes a woman with a brave . soul .oul oul anda and a prayerful heart beart , , a woman who canlaugh can canlaugh canItugb laugh Itugb aaxi and work and hope bope who wbo canbear canbear can bear ear today because of what may be bek bebmorrow betomorrow k > bmorrow morrow And because not all worn wornlID wornus womm lID us are like Uke that that . , the newspapers arelined are areWed areUled Wed lined with the tragedies of broken brokenlaomes brokenbomes brokenaooies laomes bomes faithless wives wlvell all the moralIrregularities moral moraltrregulariUes moralirregularities trregulariUes irregularities that follow in the wakeat wake war Army y CaatalB's CaatalBs Captain Captaln'a Captalna ' ' . ProblemMany Problem ProblemMany rreblemUany Many ef of these the.e thee . , naturally don't dont don'teet don'tget don'tget dontget ' eet get te to the newspapers . . In this class classw classis classla w is the problem of a certala certalD certain armycaptain army armytaptaln armyCaptain taptaln Captain a man maJl who wbo has bas been forcnore forafore for cnore xere afore than a year in England . , , and andwb andwh andwbe wb wh . wrote wr.te wrte . me Just befo before the In Inr.lon inradon inrasiea inrasiea"When r.lon rlon radon . . r.lon"WIleu radon"When "When When "WIleu WIleu " I came across * ' say says . the theletter theletter theletter letter of f Capt Leonard Blank . . , I leftt left leftt t , pretty prettJ : wife and a small daugbter daughter daughterif daugbterIf If three behind me Lynn and I have havebeen havebeen havekeen been married nearly six years they theylaave theylave theysave laave lave been heavenly beavenly yeara years WlllUngwaltlnewaltlng Whitingwaitingwaiting Waiting WlllUng Whiting -waltlne-waltlng waltlne waltlng -waiting-waiting waiting - waiting - waiting for the big bill cash cashto pvishto .ah ah .ahto . to start , , ever over kere "ere ere bere " I ve we dreamedUt dreamedat dreamedof dreamed at of some ef of f those summer trips In In&be Inthe InIke &be be the & eld old ld blue car , . ' I've Ive ' waked up uptrying uptrying yln trying , more than once"Perhaps once once"Perbapa ' "Perbapa Perbapa 'Perhaps Perhaps "Perhaps " ' I'm Im rm ' ' really awake "ow ow now "owPerbaps nowPerhaps , " nowPerhaps Perbaps Perhaps it was all ail a dream Anyway Anyway Any way ray here a . the gist of a . letter I gotthis lot got lotibis gotIbis ibis morning from my wife wile She S e s a smald atfraid sifrald mald tfraid friends are spying spylne on her herand herand herKnd and m I'n In I'll Ill ' ' bear hear < gossip as sip ao so she s a stelling stellingI stellingale telling tellingate tellingaie ale ate herself berself that she'a shea she's shes ' ' been Eolng going Eolngabout goingabout goingabout I about with a certain man we both bothblOW bothmow bothmow blOW mow wb wbe who . Is stationed at a plane planeI planelactory planefactory planelactery I lactory factory near our home town SheKkes She Shelike Sheices , like ! ices . him very much they love to toline totine toline line tine aad and ge EO go to the theater together togethertry togetherky try trycomes comes cut out ut every Sunday and they theytake theylake theytake take lake Nancy and go on a picnic some- some somewhere somewhere some-There some There - - - where But every everything thine s a . absolutely absolutelyMi absolutelyI absolutelym absolutelyan , I m an the square , . . , I m not to believearhat belIeve belIeveI belIevewhat believeshat I what shat aayone anyone says for tor she hopes hope . she sheI sheI sheaaa shesea shelaa I I aaa sea sense Benae enough to atop Btop short ahort of ofanything etmything I , anythIn anything , , wrong wrone She admits admit . that he headore heidores hekdores adore idores . her says Bays he always has bas al although although I IIhoup Ihoup though she sbe never realized It before beforei beforeB beforeBot beforeBut i B Bot t rm I'm Im ' not to get all worked work cS up upabout i iabout about bout It because it s absolutely aU all aUrigbt allright allright rigbt right . . 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"absolutely absolutely "absolutelyon " on 011 the square square"she squareshe , , " she edds dc adds hastily htUl.ly htUlly . , just JUSI a littlefun little littlefun ' " , de defUll fUll fun to help pass pa.s pas . the Ihe lonelyhours lonelyhours lonely lonelyhoun houn hours The neighbors neahbors , will walllDlk talk telkof , of ofcourse fcourse o f course , but bul that Ihal can't cant can'l canl ' behelped be behelped behelped helped She mssures fU.ures fUures assures . her hw- hw hus- hus hwband husband hus-bend hus bend - - band , . worried worr.ed worred worr.edwalh worriedwith . with walh walhmal'ary withmilitary mal'ary malary military mal'aryresponsabllalleIMI militaryresponsibilities militeryresponsibilities , ' responsabllalleIMI responsibilities . , that while whde whsle thisold Ihlll this Ihlllold thisold old fnendadores friendadores fnend friend edores adores her , . and andcomes andcomes endcomes comes to 10 the Ihe house every Sun Sun- Sunday Sunday Sunday - - day , she "hopes hopes "hope hope " . thet Ihal that , she he hassense ha has hassense . .ense ense sense . enough ellough to 10'Op 10Op 10'Opshort " . stopshort : stop ' short o ofanything 0/ 0 0allyehan f / fanything allyehan anything , wrong Maybe you think that a . a . swel swell swellletter swellletter : letter to come to a man facing faclne what whatwe whatwe whatwe we re facing here bere , , , ' , the captain lIays says lIaysIn saysin aayiin In conclusion * ' But I don'Uu donUu don'tl dontl don't dont ' ! " A Weak , Crael Cruel Wemaa.Neither WemaaNeither Wom8a Woman . Neither do I , Captain Only a aweak aweak weak and cruel woman could write writesucb writesuch writsuch * sucb such a letter to her man at the fight fightIng fighting fightIng Ing front and whatever the outcome outcomewhether outcomewhether outcomewhether whether you come home or don t tcome t tcome tcome come home bome your idyllic marrieddays married marrieddays marrieddays days are over War has ruin ruined d one onemore onemore onemore more home , war has hae shown up the thedevotion thedevotion thedevotion devotion ef ot of one more wife wile to be an animitation animitation anImitation imitation of the rea real ] thing Little LittleNancy LittleNancy LittleNancy Nancy is out of luckAnd luck luckAnd And Lynn the wife wlte has lost schance a . achance chance that would lead to deep and andwonderful andwonderful andwonderful wonderful happiness In a few years yearsShe yearsShe yearsShe She Just couldn t see Bee far tar enough enoughpoor enoughpoor enoughpoor poor Lynn She couldn t busy bu.y buy . her hersell herself herself sell self with the care of at her child and andher andher andher her home with some sort of servicework Bervice service Bervicework servicework work with hopes and prayers andplans and andplans andplans plans for tor the happiness bappiness of 01 reunion reuniontomorrow reuniontomorrow reuniontomorrow tomorrow Loneliness and dullness dulinesa dullnessand dulinesaand dullnessand and uncertainty were too much for forher forher forher her That thousands of ot women are arefacing arefacing arefacing facing them with courage and ener enerJY energy energy JY gy : that thousands of women arewriting are arewriting arewriting writing their men brave letters full fullot fullof fullof ot of reassurance and love iove and Bnd prom promIse promises promises Ise ises . for the future-all future all future - - all this meant meantlittie meantlittle meanilittle littie little to Lynn She Just had bad to be bepetted bepetted bepetted petted and flattered , she had to pIa play playwith playwith ) ' with fire make mockery of her ber busband hus hue husband hueband band her marriage , . her childThe child . . The Lynns Lynn . , are having their day dayBut dayBut dayBut But the day of ot the steadfast , , paUent patient paUentwaiting patientwaiting patientwaiting waiting wives and mothers , sisters sistersand sistersand and daughters is coming fast The Thewomen Thewomen women who endured who workedwho worked workedwho workedwho who prayed who wrote letterssaved letterssaved letters lettersaved saved aved money kept their eye eyes . xed fixed fixedon xedon fixedon on the tremendous years ahead abead wlU will wlUhave willhave willhave have their day soon Little pretty prettyLynn prettyLynn prettyLynn Lynn discontented , , ell.illusioned ellillusioned disillusioned ell.illusionedsuperOuou disillusionedsuperfluous disillusionedsuperfluous . superOuou superfluous . airing a contlnuallI1ev contlnuallI1evance continual grievance griev grievonce ance once will drift into the shadow abadow sheherself she sheberself sheherself berself herself ba has . chosen cbosen for middle age ageand ageand ageand and old age The others will wW belp help belpbuild helpbuild helpbuild build the new America |