Show kathleen norris S says now Is time to help ease dads bin burdens dens cell bell features feature 4 Is DO LA remember that chist in these ir trying ang days dods dad heart is as heavy as yours lie ile too loves lopes that big solelar son ion so if world news is bad it Is helps a lot to see mother and the tha children cheerful cheer lul by KATHLEEN NORRIS AD having much D DAD fun these days in my opinion dad is having the worst time of any member of the family the 9 gallant ailant boys who go away are getting a tremendous lot of sympathy mother and the girls are deep in na new w and exciting activities dad is in the same old grind no not quite the same old grind with prices up help scarce and taxes darkening his sky like a flock of hovering vultures ready to pounce dads problem la is considerably worse than it has been in a long time this Is not to depreciate the heart aches and fears of mother but mother has work to do she to is knit ting attending meetings mil betings raising money arranging for or camp entertainments tain ments mints pouring coffee in canteens trying on her new uniform her hatred and fear of war are not lessened but at least leant she has has present activity not a day goes by but what she manages to send something i cookies sweaters socks books letters to her own or some other mothers boys As tor for the boys themselves well it Is one of the unbelievable despen lations of these mad times that they are living at topmost pitch I 1 met ono one yet who under hla his imbor taut tant and businesslike and mysterious manner maimer thoroughly enjoy ing himself and what an unlooked for blessing that is I 1 rilles nicu alen lett left behind 1 oil I feel sorry for any kid wat that going tt gs young naval lieutenant off for the south seas sold sald to me clity angly just before lie ho salted sailed that guy guj that just sold we sno these boots now he be added he bo goes home hoino to a little house somewhere couple of kids maybe ham hamburger and efort cako cake for supper gosh what tough luckl im saving this remark to retail to his mother should the time come when she will want to hear it meanwhile he and she are living under high emotional tension she is praying hoping hoang working serving kerving cooking knitting planning conferring writing letters at a rate never even dreamed in her life before and those things sum up into a sort of happiness otter after all but dad bad in these days when we ought to be doing most for him and thinking most of him wo we are apt to be ignoring him entirely and this is a good day to remember him and put him back in his bis rightful place as head of the family r that dads heart is as heavy ig el i ours these days dayi dud loves that big son of his too he goes down to the office things there are tar far from gay every business that directly concerned with defense Is suffering now and the chances are dad dads z business isan Is in that list he takes it sturdily S ho he complaining he and mollie started in with nothing and they arent afraid to go back to first principles but this shortage of materials and supplies this question of priorities and this stoppage of european goods and eternal delay in deliveries of orders Is very trying to say the least there are a million men in the country engaged in the little supply agencies that carry accessories or fuel tor for motor cars they are having a quiet urge these days does the man ol oi your familathe fam family ilythe the man man who has been so quietly carrying the fidan financial cfall load tor so many years cs cl rae me home these nights to peace affection comfort a good dinner served with laughter tor for REMEMBER D DAD A P ila ha probably misses his son as much as you y ou do and ho to havo have canteen work and first aid classes to help him forget the heaviness of his heart ile ho young any more and those much inu C it dis cussed coin comforts orts of home mean more than ever to him so try to savo save tho the good instead of all the bad news for or hint him instead of greeting hint him with a long account of aunt janes operation tell him about tho the nice things juniors teacher said seo see that dinner is ready on time and the petty annoyances of tho the day dismissed inis sed dad get too much thanks for his quiet patience and diligence A tittle little kindness wont spoil hirn him and it will tell him better than worda bordi that you love him sauce it he there is war work for you to do tight right in the family circle what one woman did for example I 1 know of one woman perhaps quoted in this column before whose determination a year ago to see ace that dad was not the solo sole wage earner of the family has resulted in the happiest possible results for all concerned she began by moving to a small farm whose rent was hall half the city rent she told me that this year she would put more than worth of provisions into her cellar from the farm she sha bought a cow she Is the only private individual I 1 know who can successfully success cess fully preserve milk she got fiot dad to try pruning and raking on sunday afternoons and he has stopped headache pills and sleeping tablets all this in about seven months time and she told her daughters gnat tor for the duration they must buckle down to the sort of quiet economical living that made their female ancestors the fine strong heroic american women they were this woman said frankly that she wanted her husband to bo be the most satisfied serene affectionate happy man in the world and though you might not notice it it if you went into his dull office and saw him short and grdy and middle aged and quiet I 1 believe ho he Is greet illin cheerfully first the rooms to which he comes ought to be orderly and restful with whatever he likes right to hand the radio the newspaper a glass of iced tomato juice or a cup of hot soup second all home news that good and all world news that Is alarming ought not to be hurled at him before lie he has jimb 0 to wash his hands bands or chango his coat third every worry that it Is possible to remove should have been removed by mother during the course of the day so that her first report might be the dentist s firt fished with mary alary tom got an average of B plus I 1 talked to the butch er and lie he took that roast oft off the blu bill I 1 had a lovely letter from mother and she says my brother Is better fourth it if the world news Is bad it hals a lot to have mollie and the children cheerful not id idiotically airy but courageous we wont a always ha have avo badness bad news dad and so on and on through the sixth and seventh and up to the twentieth of the little details that hearten and ana rest and comfort a tired man The right dinner the right pled pleasant sant talk at dinner the desire and resolve of every separate member of the family to help him carry the load |