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Show to Mother-in-Law By SHIRLEY SLOAN FADER Lose Weight You Hate—While You Eat the Foods You Love! Now, for the first time, you can eat fried chicken, cheesecake, milkshakes. and brownies—and still lose weight with the Stim-Pak Pian! You can get slim and stay slim while you In commenting on the many women like Mrs. Hildin, the FSAA declares, “Often the econumic help these older women are able to offer in times of stress, even if it is quite little, is just the extra amount young couples need to make ends meet.” More marriages have probably been helped, buoyed, and perhaps even saved by the simple act of free mother-in-law baby-sitting than by anything else she might do, With the general cost of living whatit is today, many couples cannot afford to go out on a regular basis and hire a baby-sitter, too, All day, the husband’s work keeps them apart. In the evening, if the couple cannot afford a sitter, they often drift into taking their recreation separately. Soon, they have few, if any, common interests left. A mother-in-law who steps into this baby-sitter dilemma is accomplishing a great deal. Mcthers-in-aw of today are not so likely to be left with idle time on their hands—time inwhich to meddle or spoil grandchildren— whentheir own children are grown. They are accustomed to working, and to active membership in clubs and volunteer efforts for worthy causes, They are more self-con- tained individuals who don’t need to depend on family members to provide them with something to do. The way it works out, today’s mature woman is secure enough, says the FSAA,that she looks outward and draws on her emotional strength to help support her child’s marriage. Mrs. Henry Macrae, a darkhaired, energetic matron in Min- neapolis, reveals how a modern mother-in-law’s new ego allows her to solve age-old problems. When Mrs. Macrae’s daughter Janet left her husband, the older woman took time off from her sales position and listened patiently for three days. Then she and her husband simply refused to allow their daughter or grandchildren to stay with them any longer. They talked some hard sense to Janet, pointed out the good characteristics the! son-inlaw did have. Then they bought Janet tickets and sent her and their grandchildren back home. Mrs. Macrae was not tempted as the lonely, lost mothers-in-law of other generations too often were tempted to feed a daughter’s anger, encourage a permanent separation, and so get “her baby” back again. Since then, through herletters, she frankly urged Janet to put someeffort into strengthening her marriage. At other times, today’s mother- in-law, unlike Mrs. Macrae, is best able to pass on her emotional security by remaining quietly in the background. There she acts as an emergency resource. Young people are strengthened by knewing she is on hand to backstop them if necessary, but they are free to puzzle things out for themselves. Mental breadth and maturity is the third new characteristic, reports the FSAA.“Today’s motherin-law haz a wider knowledge of the outside world than did any other hovsewife who ever lived.” Through the years, she has watched the divorce rate spiral. She has seen her own friends battle and separate. Perhaps she, too, has made a trip to Reno. As a spectator or as a participant, she has seen how seldom divorcesolves problems. Because of this new worldly knowledge, she is usually intensely interested in seeing her children’s marriages succeed. True, there are still domineering, meddling mothers-in-law who teo accurately fit the old stereotype. But, say the experts, with help they, too, may be able to acquire a new independent life and so join the world of the modern woman. A modern woman with broader interests, a younger outlook on life, more sophistication, greater financial independence, and deepor emotional security than her forebears. When that happens, they will be among today’s mothers-in-law, who, more and more, earn the praise the specialists are beginning to hand them: “There’s no telling,” they say, “how many more families would be cases in the files of social agencies if it were not for the direct and indirect help of the devoted and unselfish mother-in-law.” Maybe your femily and your marriage might be one of them. Those old mother-in-law jokes definitely do need new punch lines now! @ enjoy: Waffles or pancakes with maple syrup! Chili! Hot muffins! Turkey with dressing! Goulash! Beef Stroganoff! Ice cream sundaes! Pot roast! Mashed potatoes and gravy! Pie with whipped creme topping! Slim-Pak® can work for you where other diets have failed because only your SlimPak Plan is Personalized! 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