The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-10-18

lShSeb Otliys
Dear Miss White; have prob
lem asked about before and it re-
mains much the same. My wife
wouldn't try and ! was so good to her
and gave her all working man could
give. / make good money-some-
time $35 to $40 a week-but she
wasn't satisfied and started to go
around with other men. It hurt me
very much as l loved her so much
and always remained true. She left
me and went home and now she will
not come back and take her place as
my wife so It is hard to think that
| have to lose her. Now ! am in
the hospital for about one year and
it looks bad for me. Is there any
way possible that | can win her back
or would it be the same as before?
You see she knows about me being in
the hospital but doesn't answer my
letters. am very lonesome and
blue. Would some of the column
readers please write? II would cheer
me up lot. do not know many
friends.
/ hope to see this in the column
very soon and thank you.
N. C. s.
I'm afraid that if she does not
care enough about you to come to
see you when you are so lonely it
would he useless to try to win her
back. I'm glad you have been true
to her. You can't help what she
does but you can help what you do.
You have been true and have done
your best and | hope you will keep
on that way. It will always be a
great satisfaction to you to think that
this is so. Pm sure there will be q
good many of our readers who will
be glad to write you through the col.
umn. can't give your name but
| shall be happy to print the letters
in the column and you can enjoy
reading them here. hope you are
going to be better soon.
Paulinetee OF course, as you say
your sister brought it on herself
But she was young, very young, anC
she was blinded by her infatuation
We all make mistakes. l don't sup
pose there is a one of us who would
not give d good deal if we coult
have chance to do some thing
over and do them differently.
think your. sister should leave he
husband aud get a divorce. Sh,
could easily do that on the groun,
of non-support.
II seems to me the children woul,
be much better off in their grand
fathers home than with their father
A father like that can't be any in
SEPARATION TO his children. 1t is NOR
likely thar they would be ashame
| of him and that would be bad 70
their self-respect and self-confidenc
as they grow older. In their grand
! fathers home they will be much NOR
likely to have the right kind of en-
vironment. And you know how i'm
portant environment is to the grow
ing child. No, / don't believe j
would help one bit if your siste
continues to live with her husban
and got job to try to help Out
think he would be more irrespor
sible than ever. He would Deepen
on her for money just as he nov
depends on your father when he
hard up. ! think it would max
things worse rather than BETTE
There is no reason to expect that he
husband will ever be any differer
from what he is now. Men don
change much in their personal habit
and characteristics after they reac
his age There's just one thing to
in order to better her own conditio
and the children's and that is I
leave him. 1t may be true that h
got his divorce partly because sh
was so infatuated. But he was vas
ly more to blame. In fact, am tenn
ted TO say that he was entirely [
blame because he knew he was ma
ried and had no business to pay an
twice her age. He took advantae
of her youth and inexperience and il
norance. He can't blame her or
iota for anything he did because !
should never have given her tn
chance. 1t is barely possible that
sic divorces him he may go back
his first wife and perhaps that woul
be the best thing all around. / don
knew anything about that side of Il
Iqucstion, but evidently he still fee
some affection and responsibility {,
her children. hope your sister wi
see this in the same light that / {
and will lose no time in gaining HI
freedom. Won't you write and t.
AL.t oL< -,