Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-22

4, know Snc kodueu YOU INTO H. ana
1T does seem that you should be free
10 rent your spare room IL you wish.
riBut. 1t, couldn't help matters for YOU
10 say you didn't think 1t concerned
her. and that the only interest she
had ever shown had been to eriticise.
''of course, she exaggerated when
she wrote Warren that YOU were In
lsolent to her. but, still. as. she was
calling at your home, / hardly think
you should have said anything at that
time.
10 great deal and have said very little,
and that ever since your marriage his
people have treated you with more or
less discourtesy. But would II have
lhelped any for you to be discourteous,
too? At least, you have gotten along
for these two years without an open
break, and II seems to me It would be
better II you could avoid any Just
now.
After All, your life Is not lived with
, his people. You see them only occa-
aonaIy. And whatever your plans
for the future 1t will not make them
any easier to antagonize his mother.
you write that you feel you cannot
10 on as things are now. That your de-
peudence on Warren is becoming mora
and more intollerable and that you must
find some way of making at least part
Of your own expenses. Helen, don't
know what to say about this. I have
wanted to talk It over with your father,
but have hesitated to do so, for you know
how bitter he already is toward Warren.
Ana I am sure he would insist on your
canning home. However little We have
lyou are always welcome to share 1t.
But you say you will never do this.
'sAnd yet I wonder, Helen, II you
realize how hard It is for any woman OK
your training to be self-supporting-or
even partially SO. Even II you were
wholly free IT would be most difficult
But with winifred--have you thought OF
what q handicap she would be? You
would never want TO be separated from
her. and yet that is what almost any
work you might take up would mean.
You write that many women whose
husbands have died and who have had
no more training for bread-winning than
you, support themselves and their child
rem. That is true. and were you forced
10 do II, you probably could. But l can
not bear to think OF your facing the
hsrdships, anxieties and humiliation
that must surely come when delicate
woman who has always been sheltered
faces the world alone.
-kaf Gall la
after her husband was killed on the rail-
, road. / don't know what she took up at
first but now she is in Chicago working
for some fashion publlcation-doing de-
signing Of some kind. But, Of course.
she always had a knnck OF drawing
which you have not.
How / wish you had kept up your
music, for i feel you have a real talent
for that. But suppose in New York II
would be useles for any one with only q
moderate training TO try to give lessons.
You speak Of shorthand and ask II l
think you could learn that. know 81
little about II, Helen. but even II you did
Learnt not the pay very small? And
are there not many applicants for ever
position?
And this work would take you out in
the business world. You would probably
have to be in some lawyers or brokers'
office. and know how hard that wouli
be for-you. Don't think am trying TO
weaken you If you are convinced that
your happiness lies in being independent.
But / want you to realize more fully
some OF the difficulties.
AT least don't do anything radical
until Warren returns Perhaps II he
is successful In his business deal out
west things may be better A man