Show K Kathleen Norris Says Worry or l TI Versus el sus Planning ing g Bell Syndicate Features I II I l 4 If I III II I II 1 1 1 d i 1 l' l r n no v vr vw o r w t r y yC r C p pp 1 was thinking dear that if iJ things go on this ibis way at tb the office it'd b be rather fun to move mOl to Dads Dad's old place fJ W We could fix it up up By KATHLEEN NORRIS NORRISS TOP worrying about that S STOP year old girl of yours who doesn't seem to be belike belike belike like the other pretty girls who doesn't make friends who has grown too tall tan who has such abrupt manners Shell She'll wake up some day and turn out to be a real person not like you perhaps but attractive attractive attractive at at- and likable and useful useful use use- ful nonetheless Stop worrying about little Jerrys Jerry's eyes They may Indeed be troublesome troublesome troublesome trou trou- It may be bo that he wont won't ever have quite normal sight But ButIn ButIn Butin In that hell he'll only be like some seven per cent of the worlds world's men and women who have gone straight ahead not bothering themselves or anyone else about it Stop worrying about darling Marjorie Marjorie Mar- Mar jorie who Is going to have a third baby when she and Rod really cant can't afford one Help her all you can of course Go into her house and seize upon the nearest Job ob dampening dampen dampen- ing tug clothes and Ironing them straightening the playroom taking the baby for his diphtheria shots and so on Be the unpaid almost unnoticed unnoticed un un- un- un noticed d servant In her house But dont don't criticize her and dont don't criticize Rod Ten years go swiftly and when you see her In 1957 with her trio or quartette of sons and daughters daughters daughters daugh daugh- about her you'll know why she Isn't worrying now Stop worrying bout Henrys Henry's business business business busi busi- ness and stop asking him worrying questions about it That anxious attitude attitude at at- Is Infinitely distressful to a tired man Instead of fluttering about him with But If 11 Joe Coates gets your Job Henry what will you do Cant Can't you go to Mr Potter Why dont don't you just frankly talk to PhU Phil Miller darling We simply can cant can't t take a cut now Dont Don'ts tell Nancy poor darling counting on oncoming oncoming oncoming coming out this winter winter- Be Cheerful Helpful Instead of that sort of thing give Henry a cup of hot consomme lead him to his big chair tell him a piece of good news and while you are leisurely leisurely lei lei- surely sipping your own consomme say dreamily I was thinking dear that If things go on this way at theoffice the theoffice theoffice office it'd be rather fun to move to Dads Dad's old place We could fix it up Do you realize how that would cut down our expenses Nancy Why there are a thousand fascinating fascinating fascinating ing Jobs that child could take In a book store or with the radio people people people peo peo- or In Miss Johnsons Johnson's kindergarten ten and It'd be a lot better for her than all this keeping up with the Babcock girls This would show that youre you're not not worrying and you would have the supreme pleasure of seeing the worry worry worry wor wor- ry drop from Henrys Henry's tired eyes too Stop worrying about germs You are running chances with germs every time you step out of ot your door and often when you dont don't and so are the children Sometimes they skip unhealthy anemic bodies and light on the strong and welL Millions Millions Millions Mil Mil- lions of times we get them and cast them off oft Tiredness invites them BO so does fear To gargle the surface off your throat membranes hold soaked cotton over your nose slam windows shut remove your shoes before before before be be- fore entering the house Is to put yourself Into great shape for I saw quite a young mother In a Pullman dining car the other day carefully wiping the knives forks and spoons the darlings were going to use at lunch and I saw the darlings' darlings uneasy eyes as she did Io I S I SI SJ Sr r I J A tl Worry never solved anything I j It tL r j 1 1 7 f v INTELLIGENT ACTION Everyone Everone has bas problems and difficulties There is always a vague fear of the future even evenin evenin in iz the best o of f The threat of oj sickness accident fi financial financial fi- fi ruin tz hangs bangs over everyone everyone everyone every every- one all the time For most people people peo peo- pie there are more imminent problems Some Sonic cant can't be solved There is nothing to 0 do doben then ben but to make the best adjustments adjustments adjustments adjust adjust- ments possible and to 0 bear the ills of this life with grace and dignity Other difficulties will yield to 0 intelligent action such as a burden of debt or some sonic ailment that can be corrected by surgery In any case worry does no good solves nothing It can do much harm as Miss Norris points out in in today's oday's article The childrens children's social awkwardness awkward awkward- ness Iless and physical defects dejects tend to clear up with time Business and professional uncertainties settle into a smooth pattern There is nearly always some someway someway someway way out and the new flew course may be better than the old in inthe inthe the long run So Miss triss Norris admonishes always ways be hopeful cheerful and sensible I Ij If f you jOU dont don't lose your head bead and succumb to despair there is some solution It just requires intelligent thought an and resourceful action Courage Cour age work and determination will win through the blackest clouds so so But she couldn't wipe all the doorknobs windows blankets seats she couldn't wipe the cooks cook's hands and the waiters waiter's coat and those might have be been en n hostelries for seven septillions of germs on every inch Possibly her own protected trio were merrily spreading measles or scarlet scarlet scar scar- l let t fever among the other gers What she needed to do was stop worrying Find a Way Out For worrying substitute planning It If things are really at such a pitch that you cant can't do anything but rock your head in your frantic hands and say This cant can't go on I wont won't stand It Its It's too much then substitute planning Think the thing out coolly Say Sayto to yourself I am a human being and life lite Is 15 short Why am I wasting it worrying You will immediately immediate ly see that you are fretting over something that is not your business or something that concerns the opinion opinIon opinion ion or criticism of your neighbors and is merely a matter of ot your own silly pride or that you can change it I The solution to my own despair and anxiety was right over my head but it took me montHs to find it writes a wealthy once-wealthy Los Angeles woman It consisted of putting a afew afew afew few bathrooms and partitions in our room 18 house on a government loan Dad and I moved up to four glorious attic rooms long the possession possession possession posses posses- sion of servants Rents from five downstairs apartments total a month Doctors and nurses bills are paid Dad is a young man again and I feel like a young woman children children children chil chil- dren married no no o more big house troubles and no worries Whatever it t is worry doesn't help Planning does |