Evening star., 1927-09-18

parental rooftree continue, and the
long Summer vacations with mother
have been repeated again and again,
that the unfortunate husband wakes
to the discovery that he has been emo.
tionally deserted.
On the strength of his love depends
largely the degree of failure a hus-
band married to a "clinging vine"
wife will experience. The expenditure
Of energy and the strain of satisfying
! her whims and demands may leave
| such a scant residue that insufficient
Is left over to meet the needs Of bust.
ness or Of ordinary social intercourse.
Such a husband, like his companion
married to the jealous wife, finds him
self gradually falling behind in the
competition of daily existence, and is
faced at last with the realization that
| for him marriage, instead Of being an
equal give-and-take proposition, has
| been all give and mighty little take.
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MORE than one mans failure has
A'A been caused by a wife who lacked
| faith in him to succeed. An example
of this was furnished three years ago
| by a middle-aged physician, whose
name might be DR.. Brown, but isn't.
| Taking the train one day for a GER
| tain city where classmate had won
| conspicuous success as a psychiatrist,
| DIR. Brown laid his cards on the table,
! so to speak, and in the role Of q
patient placed himself in his col.
| leagues hands.
bill" he explained to DR.. Green.
the psychiatrist, I'm in jam, and
I guess you're the only one around
here who can help me. Let me tell
| n in rof
and then you ask any questions you
like later"
| DR.. Green nodded in acquiescence
and settled back in his chair to listen.
Frank Brown and he had been class
/ mates through medical school, and
| later served their interneships at the
same general hospital. There their
respective ways diverged, Bill going
| in for the ground work Of speciality
training at hospital for mental dis
| eases, while Frank went directly into
general practice, opening an office in
| a promising country town. In their
college years Bill maintained that
Frank was smarter than he, and pre-
dicted for him much success. After
the separation following their hos
pital training, few desultory letters
were exchanged, and then, as each
became absorbed in his work, these
stopped entirely, and for IL years
neither had seen the other.
DR.. Brown began his story hesitat-
ingly, but gained confidence as he
went along.
when we left the hospital together.
you told me and I was cocky enough
to agree with you, that in 10 years
I'd be an important medical figure in
the State. I have a good mind, was
given a fine training, and for a young
medico I knew my stuff as soundly
as any Of them. In my first year Of
general practice in Smithtown I did
SO we'll I decided to get married. /
specially liked public health work,
and when I could I puttered around
lot, assisting the county health off,
Ger, dabbling in T. B. prevention.
"In the meantime, my practice was
growing and I could count on a de-
cent and reasonably steady income.
About that time got some new ideas
in public health I wanted to try, but
couldn't get enough support at Smith
town, although the health officer
helped me. Some months after this
my first youngster was born, and a
little later I received an offer to be-
come health officer of the city Of x.
This was just the job I wanted, for
in 1t / could try out my pet ideas.
But my wife and talked it over, and
finally I passed it up. I've had three
other opportunities since, but some
how I've stuck in Smithtown, and
lately I'm off my food.
Practice continues pretty fair, but