The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-01-23

a Qnitter
Does Right
BY MARTHA LEE

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ing things out; Drawing the battle
of life; showing the stuff you are
made of and all that sort of fine
talk, which is all very good, but
there are times when one must
walk things off-when there is
absolutely no alternative but to get
out of very bad situation and start
all over again.
AS a general rule, life does not
heap more things upon us than we
can manage, some way or another.
There are laws of compensation
that take care of situations gen
orally pretty we'll, like the very
poor man who has a loving wife
and good children. Sometimes it
looks as though he couldn't pull
through, but he does, one way or
another. His happiness in his home
and family make up for the incon-
veniences of having no money.
Then there is the honely girl,
who has a mind and spirit that
makes her as attractive as pretty
girl, often times more so. That's
the law of compensation. Those
are the mysterious ways in which
balances are taken care of. Some
times one must search around to
find just what the compensation is,
but it is to be found.
For that reason, no one person
can suggest that another person
give things up for mess and
start all over again without having
studied the situation thoroughly.
But once in while life becomes
so hopelessly confused that there
is no other way out. Here is one
Of the cases:
Dear Miss Lee-I am writing to ask you
to help me solve my problems as you have
helped others. I am woman % years
old and have been married seven years,
since was sixteen.
Ever since my marriage I have suffered
nothing but disillusionment OF course,
for long time I could not understand,
because I was too young to realize the
answer to that eternal question "Why?" I
kept saying to myself. over and over
again, Things will be better. He will
do better. later on"
But the time has come now, when 1 am
positive that this life holds nothing for
me-that my husband will never be diff.
ferent. I am the mother of four children,
two of whom have lost. I am expecting
my fifth baby.
I have worked both in the home and
out and all the medals I have received
are cursings and slams. am to the
place now where I do not even care any
more.
What is your advice-to stay and have
more babies and slams and cursings, or
to leave? MOTHER.
1 can not see what it is beye-
fitting you or your children to stay
on in such an atmosphere. If you
can work while you are in the
home of your husband, you could
probably do the same thing under
other circumstances. Your chief
duty right now is to get yourself
away from the atmosphere that
puts you in this frame of mind, and
to take your children out of the
sordid surroundings.
1t is just such home life as
you have described that leads to all
sorts of things later on. Early
marriage, such as yours, unhap-
pinesS that will make them want
to break away before their little
wings are safe for the flight, and
surely complete ruin of your own
dis position.
You could go away for a time,
and see whether your husband will
change. If not, by all means stay
away.
Brown-Eyed Susie: Find other
means of support and get away
from there as soon as possible. He
will allow you to go without
order to get you to come back or
vii lalow you to go without a
struggle. In either case, the result
woulG be superior to the uncer-
tainty of the present situation.