| Show Kathleen Norris Says I You Have to Take Something onset zin b n Dell Bell Syndicate Features a l 1 I I Jh y 1 l r I I as RYiaN- RYiaN Be happy Accept the dark u with hh the bright and rejoice if i you OU can lift your problems up and out of o the great national sum of trouble By KATHLEEN NORRIS HERE is not a woman in inthe inthe inthe THERE the length and breadth of America at this moment moment moment mo mo- ment who is not putting up with some circumstance that thatis is almost unendurable The world for many years has been very sick We bore up pretty well when the fever was high and the symptoms so dangerous that it seemed as if we mightn't recover now were we're in for the trying exacting pettish quarrelsome quarrel quarrel- some bored tedious time of convalescence and its it's going to take whatever we can muster muster muster mus mus- ter of courage and character Young wives with small babies are arc absolute slaves these days either tackling the herculean jobs of dishes and didies playtime and mealtime marketing and cooking beds and dust telephone and nose colds colds all all by themselves or paying a good round dollar an hour for not too oo effectual effectual effectual ef ef- ef- ef help Mothers and fathers of boys just back from service are learning with heartache how deep the the world world- poisoning penetrated into the young hearts how hard hard it itis is for the boys to take up up civilian jobs to fit themselves themselves them them- selves q quietly into civilized living again I v i Everyone Is Worried Doctors are overworked to the dropping point Business managers are harassed by the irreconcilable margins between ceiling prices and rising wages Strikes are darkening thousands of households Hospitals are full of physically wounded boys struggling back to life lie and to usefulness usefulness use use- and of boys more seriously wounded wounded in soul and mind who in puzzlement and darkness darkness dark dark- ness must somehow work their way toward the light So for tor goodness sake pick up your own share and carry it and make light of it It and help us all get through I Dont Don't complain that your husband never praises you or that he be doesn't tell you about his business or keeps you short of money or takes an interest in other women or talks rudely to you when hes he's had a drop too much or does does or or doesn't do do-a do a thousand other things that nag at you like midges all day and keep you from being happy Be happy Accept the dark with the bright and rejoice if it you can lift your problems up and out of the great national sum total total- of ot trouble and establish a household financially sound affectionate capable capa caps ble harmonious We need a million of them them we we need 10 million million we we could use 40 million If 10 million women suddenly waked up to their blessings decided to ignore their trials or disadvantages disadvantages or privations or unsatisfied desires decided to shoulder the load and go straight ahead uncomplaining ing toward the goal of prosperity and happiness that is right ahead of us how us-how how much faster wed we'd reach It Gloomy Grandma Betty Van for example Betty is all hot and bothered because Vans Van's mother lives with them Betty has babies aged five and three and eight months She is wonderful with the children chili chil dren then writes Betty and of course I does docs a lot alot lot in the kitchen and honestly hon hone estly I think I could be fond of her I r 1 I Ji She tal talks ol oj beds tick and aril sorrows LAUGH OFF TROUBLES Practically every woman in inthe inthe inthe the country has to endure some difficulty Sometimes it itis itis itis is a little thing like a small crowded apartment or lack o of f help Or it may be a crushing burden like a mentally or physically sick husband who has been ruined by war ivar There is a tension everywhere a sense o of f bitterness among large groups of frustration and dis dis- dis- dis Women who have only minor troubles should count themselves among the blessed Betty l' l Van an for example has almost everything a good home loving husband three children Her husbands husband's mother moth moth- er lives with them and helps a lot in the kitchen and with the children This is all splendid splendid splendid did except that the old lady has a sad outlook on life She wants tants to tell dreary tales of sickness and death hardships and accidents Betty Belt is afraid she will ivill depress the children and make them morbid and neurotic Miss lUiss' Norris assures Betty that there is little danger that youngsters three to five years old will be affected by gloomy stories The little ones cannot understand and wouldn't care i if f they could At that age they are interested only in to them then selves On the other hand hanel they will ivill benefit greatly by their grandmothers grandmother's care and instruction Betty is fortunate to have such a willing and able helper adds Miss Norris if U she wasn't so gloomy Im I'm afraid it will affect the children Sh She wants to talk of sick beds and sorrows sorrows sorrows sor sor- rows and what happened to he her friends in the way of sudden dealand death deal and dreadful accident and every morning she sighs and reads Van the names in the list of deaths D Do you suppose my children will catch this dismal outlook I am naturally natural natural- ly cheerful and optimistic and s sIs so soIs sois Is Van but sometimes Im I'm afraid she will pull us all down to her lev lev- el And yet it would be frightfully hard to tell Granny that we wanted her to live elsewhere S e eNo No Betty it wont won't affect th the children and its it's for tor you rather to cheer the old girl up with attentive interest in her sad tales and hopeful hopeful hopeful hope hope- ful comment wherever you can pu puit put pUl it in You have in her a devoted cook and nurse one to whom th the childrens children's safety is dearer even than to you and any young mother mothe you know would envy you We had a nurse years ago who used to take us to the nearby graveyard grave grave- graveyard yard and let us play there month out and in while she worked on a special shroud that she was eventually eventually eventually even even- to wear and that was supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to have some mystic merit We took deep interest In n the shroud and loved the gravestones where we played house ship pirates circus and everything else that suggested life Ute and youth Its It's a lucky man who has his mother under his roof living In harmony with his wife and keepIng keeping keeping keep keep- Ing a loving watch on his children Hold on to your luckl luck |
