The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-02-19

, sible. You must have lots of anec
dotes OF tell about your pupils. But
remember that there is nothing Sc
interesting in a letter as the little
personal remark that shows that the
writer likes the recipient. suggest
too, that you see If you can't spend
your next vacation out in that vi.
entity where there would be some
chance of seeing him. Suppose you
ask him if there is any vacation job
out there that you could be likely
to get. You could put it on the basis
of liking the climate and the scenery
You probably know that in the west
ern parks they employ many college
girls and boys to work during the
summer. | shall be much interested
20 hear what plan you can devise.
Don't give up while you have n
chance.
M. l.. Mr. Yes, | think if your
husband really loved his children he
would do his best to overcome the
drink habit and support them prop
erly. However, drink is disease
and it may have gotten so firm a hold
on him that he can't cure it without
aid. any more than he could cure
some other disease without aid. The
aid might be medical or, it might be
spiritual or mental. There are au-
thentic cases on record where a
drunkard has been cured by the an.
swer to his own sincere prayer. But
of course, that is only possible where
the man himself longs for the cure
with all his heart. The important
thing is to make your husband really
want to be cured. | know nothing
of your own family or their circum-
stances. Are they in position to
help you? If so. suppose you write
your father and mother the truth
and ask them if you can come to
them with your children while you
give your husband to chance to show
that he wants his family enough to
make good and deserve them. If this
is possible, | suggest that you make
your arrangements, tell your hus-
band that you are not going to bring
up the children under such conditions
and that you are going away. When
he has proved that he wants you
enough to keep sober and support
his family you will come back, but
not till then. When you are with
your own family you can get work
and support your children. That's
what you will have to do anyway and
you might better do it where YOU are
among relatives who will help you.
Besides, it will show your husband
that YOU mean business. If he doesn't
care enough about you to do the thine
necessary to get you back, then the
sooner you leave him the better, be.
cause there is no hope for your chill
dren's future under the present cir
cumstances. You are young and
hope strong and it's up to you to do
something about making proper
home for your children. 1t will be
easier and cheaper to move them
now than to wait till they are older
and you have to pay more railroad
fare. hope you will write to me.
You will have to judge for yourself
whether it would be better to tell
your husband beforehand what your
are going to do or whether it would
be best'to go9 and aeave a letter ex-
planning about it.
ROSE MARIE: Inasmuch as vou1
friend did not keep his word about
coming for you / feel that it would
have served him right If you had gone
on home without botherng to let
him know, and had left him to do the
worrying. Keeping you waiting at
that hour of the night was inexcus,
able, and unfortunately it happened
that your. telephoning played RICH,
into the hand Of the other girl.
If you and this boy are as good
friends as you say, this little affair
will not make any difference in the
neutrality-suspicious. that you do not
let it upset you. Remember that un-
less you are engaged you have no
claim to his undivided attention. 1f
it happens that he is growing tired of
your company and is ready for the
companionship of other girls, he may
be taking this way of showing it. If
that is so there is nothing for you to
do but to be good sport and make
the best of it as hundreds of other
girls have done. still feel that
you are making a mistake living in
his home.