Show kathleen afa ableen norris says sa v two letters present Preset it study in Coit contrast del syndicate te roa fatur tures 41 19 00 0 0 0 0 there are shortages ol 01 all sorts but we get along lanious ly and look to days when we shall augh at all this KATHLEEN ATHLEEN N ORRIS NORRIS HAT is the matter with a woman when she has everything akes life desirable anne and yet her fare re filled with restless and nd discontent to an jers rs eye dye I 1 would seem I 1 one of the fortunate ra of the world but in my eart there is hardly moment of happiness husband is in ili the he letter goes on and stationed through the and secret nature of his t a small dull post there 0 other off officers leers families ither either of the wives at all al I 1 to me though intimate ch h other john is absorbed work ork often returning to his ry after dinner or going to hausted austed as soon oil as he has I 1 it daughter 10 Is away at I 1 can take walks read knit nit manicure my nails we magnificently beautiful coun ellch ic no one at the post ever to see I 1 have a horse but oe ant like me to ride very n the settlement alone exciting early years laps aps anne goes on it I 1 u some something thing of my earlier might under understand the situa ater dont think me vain Is Is only lair fair to say that my nce ince marked me out from y small girl days tor for especial I 1 had my first offer of mart 14 at 17 1 I was in holly rapturous with excitement ing in very small parts to but actually in pictures net met john J ohn handsome rich zeryal everything aing a girls heart de lie he was 34 when at 18 1 I beis wife that was I 1 12 2 ye years ars r nancy was born I 1 was in for tour four years gradually gi a dually back to health and strength mountains of new mexico tin hn who had never done any erfour in his life met the t who developed in him the he apparently has tor for chem nd ind that was the end of fun I 1 no more trips abroad no ying visits to new york to plays and buy hats no eling myself pretty and adlong before america enie e war john was dedicated research that they say will great value to our armed ome day aly ly mad alad with boredom Is s completely happy in his fancy ancy loves her sc school hool but 0 out ut me I 1 have afine a fine cook sema id there is plenty of but I 1 arn am bored bored A delightful english officer ere a month ago he has e and I 1 miss the compan the stimulating friendship bly that I 1 feel lonelier and completely useless than bee have no hospital here the P meet every wednesday tor for ss work to discuss children 9 icebox ice box cake and havin having 9 ch h steps painted and though loin join them I 1 am nearly mad fredom au all the time what to me to have lovely clothes w how to U wear them to be tor r distinguished friendship fe e no chance to make them dunt tell me to read good nd thank god I 1 am so lucky 7 canet I 1 fly to pieces at re e idea that this may go on for the duration and I 1 get duller older plainer every se second condl I 1 one letter I 1 answered anne triefly that my one tion would be ba anat she turn this dull interval in her exciting and luxurious existence into a book an english rs reaction now heres the other letter it is written by a woman in england maude smith Is about annes age and has three small children gwen and stella richard senior Is away in the service she has seen him once since january and that for a two day visit only maude ude smith was in london during the bosl mos furious raids has lost an eye from an injury done by a splinter of shrapnel this splinter was in her eye for alm almost os t a week before it was removed by that time she was up near the scottish border with v alth her mo mother ther an and d so thankful to get into a hospital bed and have my shoes 0 off ft after a week on pavement without a chance to take them off for or a momen moment tl she w wrote rote you cant think what it meant to have my feet clean and bare and stretched on a clean smooth sheet to be out of pain and to know that there was milk for stella and that they all were with Mo therl getting along splendidly splendida y that was the first letter cater later she wrote me that she had feared at that time she might lose the other eye too which would have been quite a pity it she said with the biddles so small how ever the right eye was saved and even the babas quite used to the black patch and crazy about her mummy so were getting along splendidly ive made lots of jam and the children have been wonderful with vegetables ive ile gathered a few mothers and quite a flock of babies together and we combine forces and have a sort of little sc school hool and weve had the giving out of the things in the wonderful barrels I 1 did so want your grand daughters coats tor for my girls but they were sizes too small and just jus right for two other small sisters who were too adorably happy to be so warm and weve no men of course and shortages of all sorts of things that I 1 wont list in this letter tor for I 1 dont know how much you all over there know about it but we all get along famously and look forward to days when we will laugh at all this and she ends by asking me it if the children on my ranch like good things lor for rupber supper and it if they me like this war pudding that her youngsters in england adore somehow this simple recipe touched me more brought me nearer to the alti tation than ahan has many an im rr tant pronouncement from war authorities |