Show f A athleen Norris Says il I What Tf f tat One Family Did l la a t li Bell Syndicate Features O 6 t. t k v v 1 1 r r i E f r r I Ii i 1 y t 4 M I L r t I Inot Iy y not try to change him or spur him into efforts that were beyond him l t lI ATHLE ATHLEEN EN NORRIS J LAWRENCE who went to school with fee married me married a girl from ny IY His father who was hority on international It ent l nt it to France on an im- im case took Cliff as his hish iry h y Cliff met Denise Demse ather other kept an inn and andI d I her lie FIe never has ed it yf i rd r d made four separate its ts but he never passed r eXamInations His father lost noney oney oney and going was very ery veryl all allI l t pr r all the Lawrences Lt J. J I Ithe the depression Denise never was daunted By Bye Bya a e she had two boys and a l I found an old farmhouse i di to it it took boarders and Uy opened a roadside resto resto res- res to to which real French cooka cook- cook a fine trade every weeks week- week s meanwhile had tried a aa a 1 any y things without success ilse se came to accept him bim as the man she had married married- E ter r and no worse Always rand fand and affectionate musical d looking good and well- well V a good father and a good goodr r l fl She did not try to change 3 1 spur him into efforts that 21 yond lyond ond him worked together Denise un- un r bly ably did the brain work just as unquestionably to took k al l jobs far beneath the dige dig- dig the ic e average American hus- hus That is he went to mari mar- mar i brought rought in ice he waited s I Everyone Worked ys and the girl worked too t L was a proud and loving 4 but there was no nonsense ere ier Jim drove the station Ito to meet trains Pierre I in in wood Marie was every- every From the age of 10 on there lly ly anything about the farm rie couldn't do They had hadI I chickens cows bees from the first They lived and they saved mone money Ms Is now a doctor but Jim t with the family business leans Jears about a year 4 a widow war-widow with three AShe f She lives with her father a er and helps Jim but the theard ard id i'd d days of Denise's slavery g over There is a little place there are two ponies IJ seven leven grandchildren Denise broad serene silvered and tit Cliff ifs loves her leans lenns on her l er j ups aps ps because we all worked t V she answered me when her upon the shady flower filled restaurant the I crepes and tete tete-de-boeuf- tete de-boeuf- de I 11 Uie e handsome serving girls me e over from Brittany and od marriages here herc her own owner F Per er r the lake her gardens and Perhaps I found out I f could do do and what Cleef Cleet and let him do It never t never S wife's confidence and love children were taught that good she went on They Whey aty nty of play plenty of gifts gUts while they earned bey ey knew of our hard times red them They saw other less less happy breakIng happy breaking I g up 11 U apart Cleef Cleet has bas always t Q always understood that ehe else mattered as long as ased ased Jed ed it U out together she anI fin fin- I with ith many an American r It might not be so t ps pa she has the secret there American marriages are the theand r ules and responsibilities of ii i 1 r 1 ati J r J tat J ked eked m mother ther gets geu no help CLOSELY KNIT What is missing in so many marriages is that sense seme o of f unity unify unity uni uni- uni- uni ty fy of co operation Hu Husband band and wife consider themselves separate entities not not realizing reali- reali ing or not caring that marriage marriage marriage mar mar- must be a partnership in everything i if f it is to succeed succeed succeed suc suc- full fully The husband tends to keep heep his business affairs to himself He lIe does not try to help with the housework or orthe orthe orthe the care o of f the children Too many wives think thinh that they must keep up with the Jones at all costs no matter how it burdens their husbands or runs up debts In today's article Miss Norris Norris Norris Nor Nor- ris tells of an average American Ameri Ameri- can man who married a French Frenchwoman woman By her wisdom energy energy energy en en- ergy business acumen and personal charm she was ivas able to establish and maintain a prosperous restaurant buy a af f farm arm and accumulate a small fortune They had many hard years but by bl cheerfulness and operation co-operation this family rode out the depression and when better times returned they were able to expand their business business business busi busi- ness considerably Meanwhile the children were growing up They did their share of work but still had lots o of f time tine for play and ancI other normal childhood childhood childhood child child- hood pursuits They knew of the family stringencies and f felt eft drawn together by the necessity necessity necessity ne ne- ne- ne for pitching in er IF Wizen When hen prosperity came the they still remembered the bonds forged in those difficult years husband and wife shared Bills Bill's business is a mystery to Marian when she marries him and just as deep a mystery on the day of the golden wedding wedding-if if they get to a golden wedding But most times they dont No Sharing of Duties Marian wastes his money because she has no idea of its value When she wants to move to a more expensive expensive expensive ex ex- exI i I pensive apartment the she he wang wangles es him himI I into it at a cost of tears scorn persistence persistence persistence per per- stubbornness worthy of a better object When he refuses her for a new fur coat she has the theold theold theold old one re-cut re at a cost of Bill on his side feels it beneath his dignity to come home tired and I pitch right in inon on table setting babies babies' babies babies' ba ba- ba I bies' bies baths trips up and down I stairs She would not dare ask him I even to watch the chops or fill Gil I Ithe the water glasses That's her job And the accident nt of the wet crib and the spilled ink mk and the wasp floating around the ceiling are her job too Marian may maybe maybe be dropping with fatigue when two babies are in bed with whooping cough and the third is somewhere about the neighborhood entirely unconscious unconscious un un- un conscious of the passage of time but she cant can't ask Bill to read Peter Rabbit Rabbit Rab flab bit to the invalids start supper or hunt up the truant everything must be wonderful for Bill when he gets home Its It's a pity For operation co-operation and companionship and sharing are what hold marriages together unify interests help formulate plans for happier and easier times When the wife wile shares the money conscientiously conscientiously and intelligently and the husband hus bus husband band shares the home duties the thc miracle of a true marriage is under way |