Show kalhleen norris says old way of life Is gone forea er beh syndicate service 4 V 7 P ft A r K cju J women have hate a share in the world catastrophe make 1 I will mil be afraid of nothing not aing yur your first rule yes even if death is going to be your share and t the he boy come home front from the wars lace face it by KATHLEEN NORRIS HE strangest years of her Thi history story and the greatest crisis she ever has faced are immediately ahead for america she has always been a friendly country willing to let other countries solve their problems and worship their gods in their own way not afraid of her weaker neighbors any more than they were afraid of her but all this has bee and we ha have hae e enemies now IN ye e are to be the worlds arsenal and to attempt to pollee police the world and you the quiet mistress of a quiet household have your share in the world of catastrophe and must do your bit to pull us all out of a chaos into which the blindness and stupidity of the nations overseas have drawn us they talked world brotherhood world peace world distribution of opportunities and necessities 20 years ago but nobody meant those promises 1 or took the slightest interest in their fulfillment blockades went on mandatory powers were not released children starved and their mothers and fathers father went mad for revenge these conditions wila be repeated in a few jeaa years when the war is over for the men who are responsible for it are not dealing honestly with their peoples now and are not apt to change afterward no they will retire wealthy and aad unpunished as they did 20 years ago leaving sorrow and ruin and bitter change for all the rest of us to face make family unafraid your share is to make the little unit that is your family and if possible your group self sufficient and unafraid begin this very lay day to change your house into a place to which a man and children love jove to return at night no wor worry ryno no fears and complaining no violent discussion of public affairs at your table or around your fireplace just the courage of a woman whose forebears have faced fossand loss los sand and change and who will bear her own share shaie of the burden when and if it comes make 1 I will be afraid of nothing your first rule your faith will affect ayery member of yoUr your family jamily yes avei even if death is going to be your share and the boy come home from the wars I 1 face it three million american mothers will wal be beside jou you life wont ever go back for any of us to what it was but face it and in love for those who are left and aho vho wh will grieve less will suffer less if yo you U always alays show a smiling face learn to boar the unbearable for a second rule get out of debt whatever your income is live on exactly two thirds of it save safe buy a little farm and when you own it buy another to rent get your feet solidly on the ground for what is coming p for each one of us who can take ca care re of a neighbor will have to do it then cut down everywhere you can maybe your income is inflated now is much larger than it was before defense activities began if that is so try to live as simply as before and invest in national bonds or in those few acres of real estate that some day ma may y mean maan a cellar celar fuu full of your own apples and squashes and potatoes closet shelves filled 1 with preserved berries and fruits chickens and now for a third rule see that the family income does not KEEP YOUR CHIN UPI UP what the women wom ert of this and every country are going to have to do keep their chins up they are going to have to smile mile even when they would rather have a good cry and they are going io to have to make home in spite ol of sorrow hard work and and sacrifice ce a peaceful and ana cou courageous place rathleen kathleen norris believes that a better world is i s in the making she says that the more moire fully we understand the suf suffering ferin g and injustice in ustice others must endure dure t the h e t better etter able we will be to help build a truly tru t ay civilized society oci 1 ety there may be b fewer millionaires when this is over but there will probably be fewer poverty stricken slums and pate pale children looking with bewildered wil dered eyes on a heartless world come from just adne one man you would feel yourself heavily burdened layou if you had a wife a boy and girl an old mother an occa occasional maid a car a home insurance and taxes to maintain and believe me in the face of the clouds darkening over the world today your p man does one of you 0 i or better two of you ought to ta be helping out I 1 in however m modest a fashion share Shar elthe the burden one woman in my neighborhood went to a contractor and had him turn her big top story into an independent flat with a roofed outer stairway bath kitchen fittings and stairway were the main expense stove and plumbing cost her but the husband who had been getting 8 a day was now getting 16 and sometimes more and she c could pd pay this off ind and did pay this off at the rate of something more than a month then she furnished it buying new curtains but otherwise merely extracting tr from the 12 rooms downstairs such tables chairs and beds as she could spare this apa apartment rents for 75 a month and she says she could rent three of them now nosy she has taken three back rooms on the second floor yes the boys rooms both bogli her boys are in the service but she wont let herself worry or grieve she says she never thought life was easy and that she thanks go god d for all the years she had her sons she is turning these three rooms into a sitting room bedroom and kitchen and they are so pleasant clean and roomy that even while lethe the pa perera are in there the suite is rented for a two year term this women woman strong confident capable is ready for anything are you does your husband come home to an atmosphere of peace courage helpful planning Is his mind at ease about what would happen if hei he i became incapacitated old way gone Fo forever river that old way is gone forever but I 1 believe in my heart that new light is shining behind the blackness of these clouds and that in gods good time it will break through we know more of bf the suffering of the world than we once did and that we never again willingly tolerate the crowding the cold the hunger and poverty that the world has so long taken for granted we may live more simply but it will be more happily too if we can feel that tha th old day of contrasted luxuries and miseries is over and men have learned that the real riches of life lies in sharing |