Show s I Kathleen Norris Says IS r Its It's ts t's Time for Us to Grow Up I Bell Ben Syndicate Features r i l i 4 t l L' L i I l j t i f t. t I r Is i 1 I h tl tt l li i t i i S s V at when that there other You ou make yourself more attractive you forget forger are attractive women in the world world all all trying to get Roy away from you you By KATHLEEN NORRIS RS A A. A is fretting herself herself herself her her- M MRS self sick and spoiling her life because her husband admires a young widow grass-widow in his office She says she trusts him and that he is a fine man but you know what these widows are are and and if Roy should go off the track with a lovely mother like his a devoted wife two splendid boys boys boys- Mrs B. B is beside herself herselt because life could be so perfect if only Harold's Harolds Harolds Harold's Harolds Harold's Har Har- olds old's mother wasn't with them She's been with them seven years She's a perfectly darling old woman she watches the children and does wonders wonders won won- ders in the kitchen but oh dear there are times tunes when one would like to have the house to oneself oneself- Mrs C. C worries about money Where Were does It go to Why are the Cs C's with just one child to worry about always behindhand with bills bilIs always in debt always unable to dothe do dothe dothe the pleasant wasteful things that other other other oth oth- er people seem able to do Mrs D. D D is sober and silent because because because be be- cause of Cass and Jim Cass wasting wasting wasting wast wast- ing his wonderful twenties in hi the dim grim Aleutians Jim now starting starting starting start start- ing his third trip to the dangerous southern seas She cant can't lift lit up her heart she cant can't be gay Their father father father fa fa- ther theras as silent and sad as herself herselt was gassed in hi the last great war it would take a series of miracles to bring sunshine to the D. D household household household house house- hold now Mrs F. F worries about her children children children chil chil- dren she has two girls and a boy She worries about their eyes teeth table manners clothes futures They are normal attractive children chil chil- dren to dren-to to everyone but Mother Mrs G. G but G.-but but why go on The listis list listIs listis is endless Everyone of f us is beset with anxieties and responsibilities little and big and when one vanIshes vanishes vanishes van van- another jumps up to take its place Unfortunately some of these in hi these sad days are legitimate trou trou- bles When a beloved son or husband husband husband hus hus- band or brother is away in the servIce service service ice our hearts may well be heavy the only cure for this worry is prayer and by a divine paradox only prayer will help us to find prayer prayer- so the start on that road is hard l Put Iut ut Aside Trifles Trines But for the rest do let us learn something as American women inthe in hi hithe inthe the most fearful crisis the world has ever known Let us try to develop develop de de- character Let us put aside nil all the trifles that annoy us face our problems and solve them remember remember remember re re- member that children do grow up that plain girls and stubborn boys turn into quite attractive grownups and marry and start worrying in their turn that even if Roy goes pretty far with the widow grass-widow Inthe in inthe inthe the office hell he'll not be the first and your course is just to face the humiliating humiliating humiliating hu hu- truth and survive it and grow stronger for it Remember that its it's a good thin thing for everyone to have Grandpa or Grandma living in the family It trains everyone e In self-control self and good manners to o say nothing of the Inestimable value alue of an assistant cook coole reliable always nurse and general general gen gen- eral housekeeper in these servant servant- less times And as for money Well I can summon up a good deal of respect for tor almost any type of woman woman woman-be be beshe she smart or stupid good or not so I r I I re 1 An cask oj of peace and order i f j If R o I JJ j f t fJ 1 0 FACE THINGS BRAVELY There are plenty o of f worries I and problems besetting mosto most o of f us Many o of f them then are small and passing but others are real enough Some o of f these we can change by vigorous courageous courageous cou cou- action and some will cl clear ar up o of f themselves i if f weare we weare weare are only patient Some are arc concerned concerned concerned con con- about their children others about d debts still others about philandering husbands Some are annoyed because their mothers law live with them Miss Norris advises everyone to settle whatever difficulties they can For the rest of our troubles there is nothing to do but to face them with as much bravery and resignation as pos pos- sible For those who have loved ones in n battle zones there is no solace but pra prayer er But in the future as well as the present warns Miss Norris Norris Norris Nor Nor- ris women will need to be strong able to cope with the many grave issues that the postwar world will bring Right now is the time to develop de- de fortitude good goad EXCEPT the woman who is always behindhand with her bills and short of money It doesn't matter whether your income is 1500 a year or if if you are slipshod and unsystematic in your handling of it if you live in a constant state of neglected bills and money shortage short age you are arc destroying every chance you ou have for happiness inthe in inthe inthe the new postwar world End Mone Money Worries Its It's no excuse to say that you dont don't exactly know how much money you'll have from month to month In that case reduce your outgo to the minimum income and save whatever is over Or if it it is theman the theman theman man of the Ule family who wastes is extravagant wont won't fall in line then get a job use your own money and know where you stand I These are not days of trifles The Issues that face race us arc are titanic What a shattered world can do at ata a is an inchoate and far away thing hundreds of voices will be heard at that table and they may begin quarreling again over again over the peace itself But YOUR household may be a little oasis of ot peace and order a place of ot hospitality happiness harmony har har- mony By making it that you lift just so much of a burden oil off the great burden of the world Yet set an example of charity and kindness I when you make an older person an honored member of your family You relieve your husband of his deepest anxiety when you convince him that you can live happily without debt You raise better children when you dont don't worry about them all the time You make yourself more attractive when you forget forset that there are other attractive women in the world world all all trying to get Roy away from you Were We're going to need strong wise women In the postwar world and children raised in an nn atmosphere of 01 simplicity economy reasonable sacrifice sacrifice sacrifice sac sac- affection Were We're going to need GOODNESS The more you can assemble assemble assemble as as- under your roof the better for us all |