Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-07-19


pliments to a woman qufte as spld
! as their wives and call them
Great big beautiful dolls,' while
they calmly consign their wives
to the commonplace category of
: mother or mamma even when
, they are not blessed with chill
dren."
4 Into my thoughts trickled
Alice's little chuckle.
Listen to this, Alix," she said
ut may not be true. At. least
you may not think IT is true, but
1t certainly is smart and 1t gives
me laugh and | am always CRATE
full to anything or anyone who
does that.
"The woman who writes this
story says: "To be successful in
marriage both husband and wife
must be diplomats which means
both must know when to lie and
what to lie about"
Surely you do not subscribe
to that, Alice? Why, you are
(, the frankest and most truthful
woman in the world. I would
say that you were the last woman
who could believe that to know
when and how to lie is an accom-
plishment."
But l do believe it," was the
unexpected reply. Suppose
when arrived home after a dis
piriting day at the office, Alix, |
and Bill, to whom / was the one
ray of light for the whole twenty
four hours, asked me If things
had gone all right and I told him
the truth. Don't you know that
it would make him very unhap-
py, which Of course, would add
to my troubles?
INSTEAD I call up a smile and
say: Everything went just splen-
did, dear but l am a little tired
physically. 1t will be all right,
though, after l have had my
dinner and can sit here little
while with my hand in yours while
we talk
"0h, Alix, I wish l could make
every married man and woman
understand just what it would =
mean it they could sit in the
cleaning, had in hand, and talk
over the days happenings. Talk
them over each with due regard
for the feelings OF the other, each
trying to minimize the worry and
the annoyances of the day and
count its blessings" 4
THAT is perfectly wonderful
prescription for heartache and
trouble, Alice. and l love you for
1t. But unfortunately, my dear,
we cannot make make a blanket
that will fit all cases.
Sometimes l think that that is
one Of the great troubles in mar
rted life. We take someone elses Il
medicine which has proved a sure
cure in her case and expect it to j
10 the same for us, when, al
though the symptoms seem the s
same to layman, the real trouble Il
S quite different.
1T is confusing, though, isn't \
t, Alice? One minute one thinks b
hat perfect frankness is the thing q
md the next the conclusion seems
Inevitable that 'one must lie a
little or suffer much as the jap
lnese say" \
That Is 1t, Alix. And il you h
10 not mix your minutes you are
perfectly all right. Some min
ties you must be frank and some
minutes you must be-weII, at /
east diplomat That which is 4
perfectly good method for, one
minute is worthless for the next.
What you have to do is to let each
linute bring its own methods
18th it,"
Alice settled down into her
wing reveries again and | took
tile Hal from Hannah, for, as
sual, | found I could think bet
r with my baby close in my
ms.
When l arrived at the hotel
'und letters from both Judge
urner and Mr., Early. l opened
r. Early's envelope first and dis
vered it to be rather constrain-
not congratulating me on the
ct that the kidnapping was a
lse one.
Il wish, however" Mr.. Earlyl
rote, that your sister had not
zen quite so anxious to let you
low the bad news, as l am sell
'hly afraid that you will not
able to get the Turner article
print in time for the next issue
the magazine. There is no
eat loss, however. without some E
nall gain. which bromide pre- II
ces the feeling that you recent II
ffering will give an added hu- Y
an interest to everything you
rite in the future"