Show ka kathleen ahleen norris says men much sense bell syndicate features feature NORRIL on n our wedding night he begun began to tell me of his conquests it secretly made me sick so that we started og off badly by KATHLEEN N ORRIS NORRIS AROL is a very pretty CAROL girl who married her school he hero ro she adored johnnie in secret all through her girlhood she watched him win football games in college years she cried when she kissed him goodbye and saw him off to war and they were married six months ago w when h en johnnie came marching home he would be a perfect husband she writes me if lie he were not so stuck on himself I 1 suppose the right word for that is vain but stuck on himself seems to express I 1 it t better johnnie has been a go good od deal admired admire d he was a foo football dball idol in our sma small town and he has a good war record but my gracious on our wedding night he began to tell me of f his conquests it se secretly c betly made me sick so that we started off badly I 1 listened all through the honeymoon to casual references to girls who had made fools of themselves over him and ancl married women who had abandoned virtue when irresistible jo johnnie ann le came along naturally this disgusted me a good deal tor for the nature of these revelations lations was rather shocking but what dis heartened me more was johnnies vanity and Ms his simplicity he revelled bevelled revel led in long quoted conversations sat ions in which this or that shy damsel gradually surrendered to his charms going on to review the love I 1 letters that pestered him while in the service and the praises of his superior officers many of whom envied him his record and his success with the ladies keeps on boasting my saying oh please im n not ot interested interest edl has no effect johnnie johnme go goes s right on boasting once or twice I 1 tried a backfire back ali fire re and began on my own romantic adae adventures U 3 but that interest him at all he hardly listened and was off again on the fascinating history of a little filipino girl or a little australian gralian nurse its so tire tiresome somi that tha t sometimes I 1 want to scream im aware the letter continues that im describing a stupid self engrossed man but not the case johnnie is kind generous amusing extremely popular and came back from service still cheerful and well balanced and has already made his way as a member of our best firm of architects of course he be talk this way all the time we both love the little farm where we live and johnnie is really clever in planning for the chickens and fruit by which we mean to make it pay he is pathetically ca ily pleased that a baby is coming and rather touched me by saying when I 1 was hoping tor for a boy 1 I want a girl like her mother but with all this he cant see that hes hurting himself and boring me by this adonis complex this eternal complacent posing this continual reference to himself as stronger taller handsomer than all the men with whom lie he comes in contact she took one look at me V boasts of his conquests MALE HALE VANITY A girl taho marries a handsome so me talented man can hardly be surprised if lie he is vain and and boastful al men en are that way carol complains that her husband johnnie johnnic talks endlessly about his conquests of the heart about how envious other men are of him how married women fall for him etc this is getting pretty tiresome e carol thinks she is herself a beauty and apparently completely satisfied johnnie outside of his obnoxious egotism they live on a nice little farm outside the city where he works as an architect lie he is successful well ivell balanced despite his war experiences affectionate and generous they are eagerly awaiting the lite arrival of their first child miss aliss norris replies that no marriage can be b completely happy there is always sortie some flaw flarv in carols Carol case it se seems ems to be merely an annoying tr trifle eifle the advancing years says miss aliss norris will bring johnnie many sobering experiences this I 1 WS phase of johnnies will pass s says lys miss hiss norris leavi leaving n g nothing but memories if carol will have the patience and iris d dom ont to wait it out I 1 I 1 he will say and her darling fred dy faded from the picture well carol I 1 say in answer every marriage has its percentage of difficulty and disappointment some as high as BO 80 per cent some a as S in your c case se that I 1 would rate about 10 per cent johnnies John mes vanity is innocent enough after all tor for the probability Is that his conquests ex exist principally in his 0 own am fond dreams any man who is popular farm loving wife loving ba baby b y lov ing and who belongs to so eclectic a profession as his is sound lit at heart defeats will come you may have to put up with his a absurdities tor for a while longer and then may have the harder trial of seeing johnnie disappointed his pride tumbled in the dust his beauty impaired and tor for sheer pity of him in his childish hurt and amazement you may feel a love and sorrow that will wipe out all the memories of younger bumptious years the mills of the gods god s often bring this to pass and the higher they rode in their th air glory the deeper these men have to fall you married what every young girl dreams of marrying tall and handsome and popular and a to football 0 aba 11 h hero e ro a and nd a war hero that about th the e p prescription and it if he is good natured and affectionate and smart in bis profession you got more than you ordered you can do something in this particular moment in world affairs by calling his attention to the wounded the handicapped men who are coming home and getting hirn him to help them that may sober him anyway sooner or later life itself will and johnnie the magnificent will grow to mans estate |