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Show JHL&JT& iJjM- - o TtIncnfc th : , t- , L- a. -- Yes, a husband and wife should compromise to save their marriage. But they should also compromise to save their children's marriages. From the beginning, the child should learn that everybody in this world must give a little. If his parents teach and practice this simple rule, the youngster will not wreck his own mar riage by expecting the pampering and sacrificing he received as a baby who never o, grew up. Mrs. Garnett C. Wilson, Ko-bm- Ind. After reading your recent article on compromise, we decided we were cheated! When we got married I was making $95 a month. That wasn't enough to compromise over; And which meals to serve never bothered us, either. We raised two healthy boys and were happy just to eat. What TV programs to watch? Oddly enough, we managed to live without television. Even now we have no arguments only one channel in our town. Never even had to compromise on raising our children. My wife did a good job without expensive books or outsiders' . advice. " " .. ' ' n iijii trnlr .TTrjrTitis f v. ' i ' . JlJ - t , - - j ., ' ' m It must be nice to start marriage these T'i - all those wonderful days things money, TV, child experts to compromise over. I guess it's too late for us to compromise, though. We'll just have to keep growing older and happier together. David Wood, Jr., Montrose, Colo. and have Via flj, V-X- if C&f I J V " J IK- - . v . .'"' .JI' l t - i "."y" ' . 1,111111 " ' . - - f ' . . ': .1 7- i. iraasyj--p- .. 'A r. .' . grTig.-aj- -. r . - . : T t Compromise is fine if both partners understand what it means a mutual giving in. I'm a wife who compromised without getting compromise in return. The result? My husband has no respect for me, takes little part in family life, and expects lordly treatment. In a way, I blame myself for his failure to become a man. I gave in too much in the early .years of marriage and he became spoiled. There's danger in thinking your compromises will automatically bring compromises from others. The immature will merely expect further sacrifices. In cases like these, compromise will not help a marriage. Mandates and orders are the answer. Mrs. A. M., Pennsylvania. t. ." r worked out fine for us because we've been able to do it without making demands on each other or taking the other's help for granted. Mrs. RobervD. Rousk, Council Bluffs, la. v k"lX) a'" V: ' ? t. : . - 7 . 1 iS - , J. , -- s m o rri a do vrurtc s make everything, pvpn rhmnrnmisp , ...j-- - ' 1' sound - so foreboding. Isn't it time we reminded young nnn Srn 'iiSiiifii ,J ' " t f A "11 people that a happy marriage really grows from a sense of humor? Compromise is fine, but you can't compromise by sitting at a table like foreign diplomats and bargaining for new concessions. Compromises can work only when the parties learn to laugh at themselves and their petty demands and desires. Once people learn again that marriage is fun, they'll be able to give a little more and take a little less Mrs. June Marlowe, . Austin,, Tex. m f my husband works long- hours and comes home weary, he should be - al-low- ed to watch TV, read about the War, or do anything else that relaxes him. I resent marital experts who tell me I should maneuver him into a "compromise" game of Scrabble or a date with the neighbors. at the end If I still have of the day, I can find many constructive pastimes in our community. Like most wives, I am enough of an individual to find life stimulating without inflicting my activities on a weary husbands Happy marriages may be based on compromise, as the "experts" say, but these compromises are not the result of subterfuge, bartering, of trying to make over the mate into your, own perfect image. Mrs. B. B., New Brunswick, N. J. get-up-and- Civil -go Family Weekly, June t, 2954 2S Toothpaste leaves denture odor in . . . Polident soaks it out! X n As many dentists will tell you, toothpaste can't get rid of all real, causes of offensive Denture Breath. It just can't reach them. Most unpleasant odor in dental plates comes from decaying bits of food and bacteria that lodge deep down in tiny crevices your brush can't reach. Yes, toothpaste can leave Denture Odor in dental plates ; Polident soaks it out. h rcncti c : inai s wny inousanas 01 laise teein s fl f odor-breedi- ng 2SrSlbtjrrl !,r Polident every day. : r 1 It r soafcs om cling- - U 1 j . -- tfTv"wv""jt T T irI T w wig M I 1: 1 bacteria at the same time it soaks away yeuow, aingy mm. Don't risk leaving Denture Odor in i vniir nlfltps hpcniifu vnn'rA neincr tnnfh- paste. SooA; your plates in Polident. Try it. For the first time since you started wearing dental plates, your false teeth may be naturally white and odor-freDenture Breath is gone ! e. ' - L . . - x , J .Sj'frVSii ffcl. U - , - - |