The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-01-14
Cynthia
Grey
Woman Who Slumps Men
tally IN Effort TO Please
Hubby Likens Herself
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Dear Miss Grey; What = funny
little old world this Is after an. Tho
letter from y. H." complaining he.
cause hts sweetheart always agrees
with him. is iaughahlc 10 me. for
here my loving hubby says a good
wife should never express her mind.
N she does not agree with her hus-
band. and whether you believe II or
not. Miss Grey. am at hast learning
there Is wisdom In his words. that Is.
80 desire peace and harmony In
my homo.
am not naturally OF a meek and
angelic type. I am very much alive
60 all about me. and have ideas Of
my own. and when we were first
married. used 90 express myself.
but now. when an argument presents
itself. Just listen to the othcrS
aitho long at times TO have my say.
but II l do. IL only means trouble.
Maybe. after many days of waiting,
bring up The subject and we talk
n over by ourselves. but generally
l leave all arguments alone
often times wonder II this Is
wtse. II I am not sitting all my
good thoughts: but again. what
about peace and harmony In tho
hcmcf | am getting quite home
bound at last. letting everything 20
which causes the lcas, unharmony,
no matter how much II costs me.
live only for my home and my hus-
band. and he Is such a happy man
now that | have turned over this
leaf. l often wonder tho. what II
! IL an coming 20. and my mind goes
back To the time when was n little
girl. and mother used 10 put her
Eeranlums in n small pot so they
would bloom quickly. and they did:
hut when she took them out OF the
pot their roots were all bound
around one anothcr-thcy were pot.
bound and would have died. had
mother left them In the small pot
l ask myself. ~Wili I become the
same. will my life blossom. as did
the gcraniun. and then die slowly
n remain house bound. or will he.
my own loving man. at last see and
remedy the fault; or are women hap
pier who live for home alone - l
sometimes half think they are. but
what will become OF the woman
whose mind reaches out. who longs
to express herself. surely. there is
some place for her. don't you Think
So, to get back to the original pur.
u .
men win envy you your sweetheart.
/ know. Two men I heard talking
over your letter. said you didn't
know when you were wen off. II you
complained OF girl who would al.
ways agree with you Grassy.
God 0are tnoHids brains jsss as
He did nan. and hare q hnseh He
intended her 10 use them In order
10 display intcHioence. ard a mind
Of her otrn, q irtfe doesn't rrccs-
1-sarIV hare to become disaorecdble
or Hd0GiHT. Personally. bciicue
yoH tcsg eucrfHdIIV meet the same
fate as the crrdriur that became
pot bound. N yos continue 20 permit
your bFains 70 dry up. because:
Your husband married sridc-atca1c
voWn0 roHas. Nth personality
Of her olrn. he rorcd her. no dovbt.
for her eerV iHdiridu alsfg. DO vou
sEppose. after 10 or 20 pears. trhes
yoH hare rercrtcd 10 his satellite. he
trin find vou particularly interest.
incr DonJ voa fear that he tcsIl
look upon his hdndiicork usth dis
Satisfaction. and seek MORE np-to-
date feminine Hsindsf Your husband
may BE- the exception 10 the gen.
eral rule. and then, again. he may
not Can voy afford to take the
ch1ncer
Interest IN the home Il a Gnc trait.
and shoaid come first; bat there are
secondary interests that are also int
portrait. You should read good books
and Bia1a-tnes and absorb them, and
talk t1ith different people. and.
abore all. as an Independent human
being. express pour vsetes In this
vork I hare learned Of much nm
Happiness and separation for the
simple reason that the trlfc dumped
mentally after marriage. You should
sennch better hare fcp arguments
roto. than Indifference and. finally
breech later on