Show Ia Kathleen Norris Says The Plan PlaIt That Saved a Marriage Dell Bell Syndicate Features af i 1 1 I Y y 1 I t i 1 II II I 4 1 1 6 Y Jt Q ill RYA 1 Those e nho make a plan now now are arc going to find very profitable avenues lor tor investment By KATHLEEN NORRIS I r of marriages THOUSANDS T I are wrecked every year beL because because be- be L cause husband and wife have no plan There is nothing like a plan The moment your mind begins to work on it you feel a new in interest interest interest in- in terest in life The minute a man and woman unite on a common I object in life toward which their hopes and thoughts turn t they ey eyare are dealing a death-blow death to the vagueness discontent criticism emptiness that so often swamps married happiness It may mav be a plan to build a house It rt may be a plan to get out of debt It t may be a plan to arran arrange e for the professional education of the adored boy boy who is presently coming home tired in soul and body from the fighting front It may be a plan to have a baby or adopt a baby Dr ar r acquire a little farm or study Spanish and live in hi Mexico after the war Whatever it is if it lifts husband and wife out of the disillusioned contemplation contemplation contemplation con con- of everyday humdrum living and gives them a wider view of f a happier world to come it saves their mutual love and respect and perhaps makes secure their lives and md their childrens children's lives I Think out a plan Make it ex ex- 1 Make it a dream plan Begin it with If we could have just what we want after the war Tom what would it be Clear away the obstacle of debt now start the sacrificing sacrificing sacrificing sac sac- and saving that will wiH bring it about There is no woman alive no matter matter matter mat mat- ter how scatter brained or how beet beset beset be be- set et at this moment with all the confused confused confused con con- fused conditions and obligations and difficulties of a world at war who cannot pull her life right into shape with a good plan There is no marriage marriage marriage mar mar- on shaky ground today that will not be steadied and safeguarded bv by a plan W WAft Aft After r the war each one of us is goIng goIng go- go Ing log to fall faU into one of two categories categories cate cate- I gories those who go up and those who go down Conditions will be beI I pretty much the same for everyone but to some they'll spell ruin and to others ethers a new golden era of success Those rhose who are counting upon post- post wartime to pull them out of debt to o supply them with more money to bring home from the front ex- ex service ervice men who will wiH contribute to the family support are going to be fooled Those who make a plan now DOW who bring their affairs into a condition of complete solvency are going to find very profitable avenues avenues avenues ave ave- for investment very gratifying opportunities to secure what always is in wait for thrifty Americans- Americans prosperity security success Women Active in New Fields Make your choice now Thousands of Dl American women are doing things today that they never did before Life has changed for us all and only those who realize that are arc going to toBt tofit Bt fit into the new plan Looking back now on the time I before the last two years I think I must have been asleep all aU my life writes Mary Perry from Texas I HI married young and always took it for Cor granted that Walter would make the money and I would spend it We had four Jour children in seven years and through those years a steady burden of debt and discomfort all allbut allbut allbut but swamped our marriage I would have left him but I had nowhere to togo togo togo go and he certainly would have deserted deserted deserted de de- de- de me but for the children and the impossibility of supporting two establishments It was an unhappy time for us both r It ItI I UA 4 place in the inthe the country r t CHART YOUR COURSE Making plans and ancI working them out together is what holds marriages marriages marriages mar mar- together says Miss Norris It is aimlessness vagueness of o f direction direction direction di di- that brings disillusionment disillusion disillusion- ment and finally disaster Clinging to some objective meeting and conquering difficulties achieving little successes will ivill put zest and purpose into any marriage and make life worth while living again Any sort o of f plan may do but a high ambitious one is best Something Something Something Some Some- thing b worth striving for a goal distant but not entirely out of reach will ivill lift you out of yourself yourself yourself your your- self and make little difficulties seem unimportant The plan may maybe maybe maybe be to save enough to buy a house housein in the suburbs or a little farm It may be to provide for the education education edu edit cation o of f children for a pro profession profession f es sion it may be merely to get out o of f debt and start afresh But whatever it is a plan is a stabilizer stabilizer stabilizer lizer an inspiration in marriage Whatever you do dont don't just drift hoping that the future will wall take tahe care of itself It wont won't When your letter came I read it to him she goes on and we decided decided decided de de- de- de rather doubtfully to start all allover allover allover over again and this time with a aplan aplan aplan plan for ourselves our children and our future We Ve moved to a cheaper place in the country we began to save money we went in for fruit trees and a Victory garden we checked up every month upon our affairs affairs affairs af af- af- af fairs and our gradual approach to the dignified beautiful living we both wanted The plan is in its month now finishes Marys Mary's letter and it has saved our marriage There is nothing in the world so stimulating as to know where you want to get and to start |