Show Kathleen Norris Says In Time T 0 of War Prepare for or Peace ease Bell Boll Syndicate Syndicate Features S. g. 1 r I r v vi i G i iQ Q r a n U tl r 0 p pr U I F C b ill 1 14 4 a 0 I ii 11 0 0 p 7 Ct fi L i iI tie t tWe r We had a family conference We know this isn't nt going to last and we tee face the fact too that one OTIC or more of our three beloved sailors may come home I invalided and that all three will like us better when Ithen employment problems come if ice we can be a help rather than burden to them By KATHLEEN NORRIS ET your affairs in order G GET this year if you can and be able to look forward forward forward for for- ward with perfect confidence to the years ahead That's the thing we all want To feel sure of the fu fu- fu- fu ture The man or woman who can say Well whatever whatever whatever what what- ever comes Im I'm fixed is theman the theman theman man or woman to be envied No matter whether his or her ambitions run to a modest little farm where a few apple trees two dozen chickens and a cow will help to pay expenses expenses expenses ex ex- or to solid investments In bonds Donds and stocks that will bring ina In Ina a comfortable a month or annuities annuities an an- or rents or whatever other form thrift avid and farsightedness suggest sug sug- gest there gest-there there Is no sensation In life more desirable than the one that insures insures insures in in- a self respecting independent comfortable ble old age But old age comes on fast There arent aren't many years in which plans for it may be made It has a way of arriving with shocking unexpectedness unexpectedness unexpectedness edness and to many many men and women the moment of its arrival arrival arrival ar ar- ar- ar rival Is going to coincide with the conclusion of this war When that time comes thousands of young men are arc going to come home to the America they have risked their lives to save and we have solemnly promised each and every one of them hem a good job That means that thousands of women now earning big money and thousands of older men who have perhaps abandoned their old familiar jobs to jump j ump into war work are going going going go go- ing to be dropped from the payrolls pay pay- rolls There Is no other way Money Floods In la Now Today Bill Brown may b be making 65 a week instead of the old steady 30 30 he made for so many years Mother Brown Is earning almost that and Sally and Jane are being paid every week what they used to earn every month Bob Janes Jane's husband husband hus- hus band and sends home fifty a month month month-it it sums up to about a thousand dol dol- mars lars ars every 30 days wealth days wealth that the Browns never anticipated In their wildest dreams And Isn't it fun to spend money royally and recklessly when at last you have it to spend I But also nobody knows better than those of us who remember the last war that terrific and reaching far-reaching changes follow a war Inflation Isan is isan isan an inevitable part of wars and when things are sufficiently Inflated they burst War inflations burst when peace comes in sudden collapses of ot everything Factories haven't started started started start start- ed up yet building is at a n standstill standstill standstill stand stand- still big salaries stop unemployment unemployment unemployment ment grows and grows Elderly women now complacently making their hundreds a month will win be replaced replaced replaced re re- re- re placed everywhere by youth These thIngs are inevitable to some ex ex- ex- ex tent Preparedness Will wm sort Soften en Change Inevitable But only to the extent extent extent ex ex- ex- ex tent we choose to permit them If each and every everyone one of us does her share to get ready for tor that time by jy sensible action now we can minimize minimize min min- mize the effects of ot the change from out all war to time all-time peace survive survive survive sur sur- vive It with very little confusion contusion and discomfort and go on triumphantly Into Americas America's future the future the brightest bright bright- est cst the securest future any country has ever known in this world Nothing Noth Noth- tog ing ng can keep us from a position of tremendous power after this time of war wor and as we have always used that power for good good for for peace for forthe forthe forthe the prosperity of all our people instead instead instead in in- stead of a few for democracy and equality we may believe that civi j WA THRIFT BRINGS PEACETIME SECURITY IF We e must not be extravagant merely because wartime conditions conditions con con- I have made it possible for many o of f us to earn more money than titan ever before We JVe must be thrifty despite added income and ancI plan for old age as well as the period of oj readI readjustment read read- I which will ivill follow the war tear Also whenever possible those at home should prepare to help our fighters when they return That is Kathleen Norris Norris' Norris Norris' Nor- Nor ris' ris message this week She includes includes in- in m- m a letter from a woman whose family is pooling its efforts so that when three sailor sail sail- or sons return they will ivill have three farms as a homecoming present will take a long step forward for for- ward Kate Marvin is one of the few women who sees this now Every woman will see It in a year or two but Kate is ahead of the rest Here is a part of her letter We didn't get Into debt any more than most people before the war writes Kate but we did run niggling niggling niggling nig nig- gling little bills doctor and dentist were never caught up grocery and milk mills bills accumulated But we had three sons who seemed likely to help out some day and Dad and I rather spoiled our boys and our girl and lived up fully to every cent of our income Then came the war all three boys into uniform long before Pearl Harbor and Sister into uniform too as a riveter Dads Dad's pay was upped from about a month to some to-some some months months and I took a part- part time job that netted Well then we had a family con con- ference We know this isn't going to last and we face the fact too that one or more of our three beloved sailors may come home invalided and md that all three of them will like us better when employment problems problems lems come if we can be a n help rather rath rath- er than a burden to them So we deeded the house to Sister and Sister Sister Sister Sis Sis- Sis Sis- ter puts a month into the debt debton on the house The debt is owed to the government which sent architects architects archi archi- to us and helped us turn our 14 big rooms Into three apartments They submitted plans authorized the work and they carry the loan You see sec we live in a n coast town whose population has increased more than a hundred per pcr cent since the war began n and d living space is at a premium Buy uy Farms for Sons Then Dad and I picked out three small farms that were going cheap because of labor shortage and when our boys come home each one will willbe willbe willbe be presented with an on income income earn earning earn earn- ing piece of property These farms cost us an average of apiece all three are somewhat rundown now but in good farm neighborhoods neighborhoods neighborhoods neighbor neighbor- hoods and capable of real Our payments on them come to a little more than a year year they they are already half halt cleared This means that we live simply and cheaply But we love it the and dullness the sacrificing and self sel Were We're living living liv liv- ing for the time when the boys come home to take possession of their farms Were We're living for the time when we can tell them that with two good tenants upstairs and with our own earnings and savings we needn't ever turn to them for help They can marry raise children enjoy enjoy en en- joy for long years the peace and freedom that they've helped win for tor forus forus us all |