Show kathleen norris says nagging wife pla plagues lies ausba husband d I 1 bell syndicate anu Ft feature cs J 1 r 00 laj K al 11 0 0 for 15 years once a week she has said to io him four times every sunday night the clock ned wind and it before you come upstairs s 11 by KATHLEEN NORRIS THE ephe trouble with regina is that she nags and a leond ary trouble is that she has not the slightest idea that she is is a nagging wife and so is unlikely to cure herself most nagging women would be amazed it ff you accused thorn them of destroying ying the home atmosphere atmos phera and lessening their husbands chances for or success IA life that is exactly what they dont want to do they would would tell you resents resentfully u it Is because they love home so 30 much and are so keenly eager to help darling ned med that they nag only they dont call it nagging they rhey call it consideration a and d care a and n d wanting things to look nice nice and having ned hold his own with other men all they want and if it means that now and then they remind those they love of little faults aults or omissions why my good gracious that nagging regina has a remarkably devoted and good husband and two daughters all ali three love her or she has made them think they do possibly when marle marie louise and cormie connie get away from her get into homes home of their own they will realize that mother is an extremely trying person pir ned the husband probably will never realize real I 1 ze it A meek yes dear from him has become such a habit that lie he will go on into old age obeying regina and apolo apologize giz ing for or being allie alive he might once have been a self reliant confident cheerful man but regina has destroyed all that she has been teacher pollee policewoman oman s stepmother tep mother matron prosecuting lawyer for ned tor for 15 years of their marriage but never a real wife interrupts storytelling story telling when ned starts to tell a story regina says not that one dear its long and tiresome when they dine out she leans across the table and says gently other fork ned when lit he says he ampy be late at the office she says or going to see your mother again Is that it before guests the she may re remind mind him use your handkerchief dear de a r theres a crumb on your chin or she may rake rahe up humiliating episodes that ned hopes in his bis soul someday may be forgotten poor ned gets airsick in a plane ill never forget coming from chicago 11 or but you did lose those tickets seven years ago ned so you cant blame me tor for asking As tor for and shut the hall door dear and hang the keys on the nall nail and take your rubbers off 1 these are constant ned in Re regmas ginas eyes is obviously an idiot and she had bad made him almost ready to agree with her if a business talk is coming up she tells him what to say to the boss at dinner she cross examines him and sits aghast atlays at his report 0 oh h he be dat have said the that he be have taken that atti attitude she never lets go if she thinks he ought to write his cousin the one they visited in that lovely atlantic city place she tells him so five times a day before he writes and nd tor for a week afterward checks on him you did write cousin anne anna if he be has to meet a train next september she starts in march dont forget the wilson to in september for 15 years once a week she has sid said to him tour four times every sunday night the clock ned wind it before you dome come upstairs this means that ned has heard this ap Is 1 all three love her more than three thousand times on only y a saint could answer patiently as he does yes year dear over and over again wife destroys husband exactly what the psychiatrists would make of ned and regina begins I 1 4 dont know but I 1 do know that his worst enemy or hers could not more effectually have destroyed him when a mans table manners speech pronunciation domestic habits business life have been subject for years to incessant gentle persistent correction he loses an any initiative he ever might have had bad we all know the devastating effect of those pleasant dubious voices that hold bold us back from any impulsive pun plan dampen our gayest ardor shake our self reliance 1 I say that dear are you yon wearing that bat it seems to me I 1 call on karyto day pretty gift darling and a nice idea but id wait a while before I 1 tent sent it Re glias nas idea of a nagging wife is ii a noisy shrew she that but in her gentle persistent way she is if just BI as bad as the shrillest shrill est xan tippe of them all fifteen years ol of it have reduced ned to the point where he ha dare pick out a necktie or dial a radio program without reference to regina much less express an opinion or make even the slightest criticism i she might have been the wife of a successful and popular mari man instead she has for a companion a timid underling and nervously obedient shadow scientists find answer PALO ALTO CALIF A group of stanford university scientists has answered a question which no layman would think to ask how thick is the surface of a liquid the answer is about 1000 atoms or one millionth of an inch the discovery according to dr paul brady project dire director ctr will have practical application in the field of lubrication the navy sponsored the experiment |