Show kathle en now Is time to help ease dads airdene syn dicAtO creatures rea tures c n b 00 LA 00 remember ber that in these trying says days pairs heart is as heavy as yours lie he too loves to ves that big soldier son so il if world news is bad it helps a lot to see mother and the children cheerful B by y KATHLEEN NORRIS NORMS AD having much fun dion DAD these days in my opinion dad is having the worst time of tiny any member of the family the gallant boys who go away are getting a tremendous lot of bf sympathy mother and the girls are deep in new and exciting activities dad is in the same old grind no not quite the same old grind with prices up help scarce and taxes darkening the sky like a flock of hovering vultures ready to pounce dads problem is considerably worse than it has been in a long time this Is not to depreciate the heartaches and fers of mother but to todo do she is knit ting attending meetings raising money arranging for camp entertainments tain ments pouring coffee in canteens trying on her new uniform her hatred and fear of war are not lesse lessened ned but at least she has present activity not a day goes by but what she manages to send sonly something cookies sweaters socks books letters to her own or some other mothers boys asfor the boys themselves well it is one of the unbelievable despen sailors of these mad times that they are living at topmost pitch I 1 met one yet who under hi his a important tand and businesslike and ous manner thoroughly enjoying himself and what an unlooked unlocked for blessing that 1st pities men left behind 1 I feel sorry for any kid that going a young vival naval lieutenant off for the south beai seas said to me pityingly just before he be sailed that guy that just sold me these boots now he be added he goes home to a little house somewhere couple of kids maybe hamburger and shortcake for supper gosh what tough h luckl im saving this remark to retail to his mother should the time come com e when she will want to hear it meanwhile he and she are living under high emotional tension r she is praying hoping working serving cooking knitting planning conferring writing letters at a rate never ever n even dreamed in her life before and those things sum up tip into a sort of happi happiness after all but dad in these days when we ought to be doing most for him and thinking most of him weare we are apt to be ignoring him entirely and this is a good day to remember him and put him aim back in his rightful place as head of the family remember that dads heart is as heavy beavy as yours these days dad loves that big son of his too he goes down to the office things there are far from gay every business ness that directly directly y concerned with defense is suffering ng now and the chances are dads business ts Is in that th atlist list he takes it sturdily he b complaining he and mollie started in with nothing and they arent afraid to go back to first principles but bilt this shortage of materials and sup supplies this question h of priorities and this stoppage of european goods and eternal delay in deU deliveries veries of orders is very trying to tay say the liast least there are a million miallo men in the country engaged in the little supply agencies that carry accessories or fuel for or motor cars they are having a quiet time these days does the man of your familathe fam ilythe man who ho has been so quietly carrying the financial load tor for so many years come home these nights to peace affection comfort a good dinner served with laughter for sauce if he there is war work for you to do right in the family circle what one woman did For example 1 ihnow know of on one woman perhaps quoted in this column before whose de determination aaion a year ago to see that dad was not the sole wage earner of the family has resulted in the happiest possible results for all conce concerned ried she began by moving to a small farm whose ren rent was half the city rent she told m me e that this year she would put more than worth of provisions into her cillar cellar from the farm she bought a C oar cow she is the only private individual I 1 know who can successfully cess fully preserve milk she got dad to try pruning and raking on sunday afternoons and he has stopped headache pills and sleeping tablets all this in about seven months time and she told her daughters that for the duration they must buckle down to the sort of quiet economical living that made their female ancestors the fine strong heroic american women they were this woman said frankly that she wanted her husband to be the most satisfied serene affectionate happy man in the world and though you might not notice it if you went into his dull office and saw him him short and gray and middle aged and quiet I 1 believe he is greet him cheerfully first the rooms to which he comes ought to be orderly and restful with whatever he res likes right to hand the radio the newspaper a glass of iced tomato juice or a cup of hot soup second all home news that good and all world news that is alarming ought notto not to be hurled at him before he has time to wash his hands or change his coat ceat third ivery every worry that it Is possible to remove should have been removed by mother during the course of the dey day so that her akst report might be the dentist is an dished with mary tom got an average of B plus I 1 talked to the hutcher butcher ard and he took that roast off the bill I 1 had hada t a lovely s letter from mother and shi she says my brother is better fourth it if the world news Is bad it helps a lot to have colue and the children cheerful not id idiotically airy but courageous we wont always have bad news dad v and so on and on an through the sixth and seventh and up to the twentieth of the little details that hearten and rest and comfort a tired mon man the right dinner the right pleasant affectionate talk at dinner the desire and resolve of every separate member of the family to help him carry 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