Show Kathleen Norris Says I I II II Should Her Husband Be e Told Dell DeU Syndicate Features t i i z V VJ VL J I L r i ye yei i r 1 n 1 r r J Here lIere is u a wile ui of 0 28 with two small sons and a devoted husband who mho i carrying on like a girl in Tier her teens Should her husband be told By KATHLEEN NORRIS T T THEN HEN a soldiers soldier's wife WHEN A Ais is unfaithful to him I and he is far away in the South Pacific should he be told or pr shouldn't he writes Aubrey Davis from an eastern capital My sister-in- sister law and I have been living together together together to to- gether since both our men went away to war her letter goes on and Hand I am intensely distressed at Annes Anne's conduct Im I'm not moralizing I have my own faults I know but here is a wife of 28 with two small sons and a devoted husband husband husband hus hus- band who is carrying on like a girl in her teens Anne is extremely pretty and she goes out with men all the time time time-I I accepted that situation She sleeps late laughs over the flowers and candy that arrive regularly regu regu- lady claims that Billy my brother would be the first to want her to have tave ave a good time She is 11 out all light flight practically every night She stays home for the childrens children's supper sup per per per-I I have two little girls girls dresses dresses afterward and Is gone at about seven Soldier Has lias Confidence In Wife The real tragedy is that Billy adores Anne and she evidently writes him most affectionately for his letters are filled tilled with gratitude She sends him snapshots of the boys books presents He has the utmost ost confidence hi th her his wife wile the mother moth moth- er of his two loved little boys his Anne The truth would shatter him he could never trust her again and yet Is it right to let lct him go on writing her of his love and longing while she is wasting wastine all her emotions emotions emotions emo emo- on another man There is a fine group of service wives in this particular town we meet read sew get into canteen and Red Cross work enjoy our children children chil chil- dren our Victory gardens movies and radio programs My own life ille is filled tilled to the brim with Interests many of which I will carry carryon on when my own John gets home because they broaden my outlook so much But none of these interests Anne she lives a mysterious life lle of her own She says she loves Billy as much as ever and simply cant can't help attracting men to her and that when Billy BlUy gets home shell she'll tell him herself herself her her- self seU that she's been foolish and that hell he'll forgive her But If I know my brother he wont won't and it makes me miserable to have this situation go goon goon goon on and on and have her apparently feel herself hersell quite beyond the reach of the law What should I do My dear Aubrey you should do nothing Except to go on with your own reasonable and well ordered life ille and stand ready to extend friendship and help to Anne when the crash comes Say nothing of her affairs to anyone Ignore them for the time is approaching when they cant can't be ignored and having sowed the wind she will reap the whirlwind Should your brother ever reproach you for having kept him in the dark you have the perfect excuse It is nobody's business to interfere between between between be be- tween man and wife your tattling would only lower you In his esteem and In your own He needs everything everything every every- thing that affection c can can n do for him now even if it is only Annes Anne's rattier rather shallow affection Let the situation rest as ns it is for forthe forthe forthe the time being You are the one to tobe tobe tobe be made uneasy now presently it will be Billys Billy's turn Anne Anno Will Pay for Foolishness But in m the end it will be Anne who pays the piper Life Lite has a way of catching up with such women They PROBLEM OF A CHEATING CHEATING CHEAT- CHEAT ING INC WIFE Anne i is married to a soldier in the Pacific They have two children She Site is pretty and through her natural ability to attract men is disloyal to her husband She i is out almost every night and lately her time is being taken taleen up by one particular man While th this s i is going on she writes affectionate affection affection- ate letters to her husband and he lie suspects nothing He lIe continues continues continues con- con to think o of f her as his loyal wife and loving mother of his two tico children Her sis sis- sis sis- ter law asks i if f the husband should be informed o of f this deplorable deplorable deplorable de de- de- de condition Kathleen Norris tells her not to tell the husband at this time I think that they are Just having i s good time yielding to the insidious temptation to an illicit love affair doing as they love to say wha who every woman would do if ff she hac hat the chance What they really are arc doing Is pull pullIng pullIng pulling Ing down the very structure of civi civilIzation and social responsibility And never in the world did we nee a strong moral force in our domestic affairs as we do now We need true women faithful tc tt the vows they made faithful to the th claims of their children faithful t tc the highest ideals of wifehood anc ant motherhood We need service fron all these lonely wives service orthe ot or the battlefront and the home front We need honesty honesty in hi the letters let let- letters we write in hi the markets anc an shops in every social contact wt we make Europe's civilization is going tc be in ruins for a while after the war Over central Europe demoralized demoralized demor bands of ot women and children will wander not knowing where when their country is or if they hava have hav havea a country Libraries museums schools hospitals already lie i it ashes nations are split in half hall nationals nationals na hopelessly intermixed Inva Invasion slon sion slave labor evacuations exile have all had bad their fearful hour now no will come famine and pestilence anc nn homelessness beyond anything oui imaginations can reach America must stand firm In th the the early years of readjustment She Sin must hold tight to her own civilized self sell humanitarian ways if the world is to be saved at all She will have no place for slackers for vain weak women who are un tin unable able to appreciate the incalculable benefits of a mans man's love little sons soni to raise the safety and plenty of oui own wonderful country Anne wil find herself hersell alone superfluous unwanted un un- unwanted wanted in hi the new day that stron strone men and women will build |