Show kathleen norris says gimeli give it a chance dell beu wilu rea feature tures 1 I 1 DS POO GLAT RYAN thousands ol of mothers m in law have been happily established in thousands thousand 0 of homes lor for scars years in every generation by KATHLEEN NORRIS C HE and her mother had hac S lt such a swell time run ning the kids while I 1 was away writes billy williams that sometimes I 1 think sally would just as soon I 1 come back Ili I 1 like kethe the old lady well enough but gosh I 1 think she was going to settle down and live with USI us 01 my return is a disappointment to margaret writes an older soldier 1 I see it itji ive ve felt it from the hour of my return im back in my old job but not at my old pay the firm has changed hands nothing isas is as comfortable as it used to be im slowed down in some way tired in mind and soul as well as body I 1 guess I 1 hope we can work it out aut b ut I 1 know ashes dis disappointed appointed in me my husband has ha come home a changed man say scores of letters from young wives he wants to do crazy things give uj up his bis job and go pioneer somewhere he like the baby lie he talks so bitterly hes suspicious ot of everything I 1 did while he was away wi we dont seem to 6 b be the sime same people many of the litters letters say sadly perhaps we know each other well enough when we went so gaily into that wartime marriage I 1 made new friends when he was away he like them we both hate divorce but we cant see ourselves as ever being happy together again to all of these I 1 want to say oh kids be tl all t this h i Is part of the price humanity h has a to pay tor for the insanity of ward war dont add to the terrible sum total of the worlds misery today the wreckage of what was so galand gay and beautiful a courting time only a few years ago dont make it all a lie that lovely hour of promises and hope and confidence player frayer and patience be patient walt wait give all these troubles trouble time time and silence and faith and prayer pray erand and win through to the happiness of at a real marriage every man thinks he be has to protest if his hi cifes mother lives in his hl house this is as old a convention as marriage itself many a young man otherwise good natured and generous win will stipulate in his engagement en gage days no mother ln in and rainy many a young mans mother will warn him dont have judy audys Is mother with you dear it never works now as a si matter of fact it often works w 0 thousands of mothers in I 1 law w have bien been happily established in thousands of homes for years in every generation A home with two affectionate and understanding wom women en in it works far better than a home h ome with one a thousand daily problems problem that are vexatious and bewildering wil derin 9 to a woman alone are solved simply and easily when mother is there to sit with the sick child finish the ironing answer the telephone keep the mending basket from bursting and who benefits from this tah the husband of course he may not know lt it but the single element that contributes most to his comfort at home iziar may be that same mother ln li law As ai for the wistful husband who writes m me e that he is a disappointment to margaret he need only wantonly wait wai tonly oaly be patient ind and in the course of events entirely unforeseen now he will regain all his old security and happiness ik he f came cam home a chanced man MOTHER IN LAWS PLACE IN THE HOME the war has given a new twist to the mother in law problem when the husband went off 09 to the army or navy his mother in law often came into his home to help with the c hildren children after a year or two she became rather firmly established as inthe in the situation discus discussed ed today billy bidy williams believes his wife w ife and her mother resent his return they had such a swell time running the kids while I 1 was away that I 1 sometimes e think sally would j just us t as soon I 1 come back r writes this disillusioned vet eran |