The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-12

of a divorce this time but she wrote
again begging him to give her an
other chance. He wants a divorce
but feels sorry for her when she
pleads. He says he knows it will be
the same thing over again. She has
told him that doctors say she can't
have children. He wants some one
else's viewpoint because he wants to
do the right thing. 1 expect a lot
will depend upon your answer.
JUST A READER.
Answer-ChildiSh promises cas-
ily made and blithely broken will
not prevent a repetition of what
has gone before, but real insight
into the trouble may. Since I have
only one side of the story, it is
difficult to make suggestions. Your
brother, as pictured through your
eyes, wants only what any normal
man has a right to expect, namely,
a wife, not a daughter. He wants
an equal who will contribute as
much to a marriage as he does and
who will maintain a responsible
attitude toward the partnership.
What, then, led him to choose
the opposite type from what he
wants? He couldn't have been n
tirely deceived when he made his
selection. Was his mother, per-
haps, a melancholy, hardworklng
type, and did he choose this
butterfly child as an escape from
maternal gloom? This only is a
shot in the dark made because so
many men choose wives very OPP
posite to their mothers and then
wish their choice resembled the
maternal picture a little more
closely.
Whichever way it is, your broth
er will have to discover why he
has a yen for this butterfly child
who still has the power to move
him with her pleading. There must
be something in her which he
would like to keep in spite OF his
dissatisfaction.
Obviously the girl hasn't grown
up at all and looks upon play as
her sole excuse for being. What
in her childhood accounts for this
attitude? Was she spoiled by her
parents so that she expects to per-
petuate the conditions Of child
hood, substituting a husband for
her father? Or was she so terri
fled by a domineering father that
she refuses to trust any man in an
intimate relation? Can your
brother engage her capacities
pleasantly in useful occupation
without completely shutting OH
her more frivolous pursuits? Has
he the patience to make growing
up seem worth while to her? Only
he a answer these questions. 1
a not. Therefore, I do not know
what he should do.
Dear Jane Jordan-I am 16 years
old and I am an adopted child. The
people who have raised me are very
strict and I have few dates. Most OF
them are with a certain boy. We
think a lot of each other and would
like to be together more often. My
foster parents don't like him. They
say if I go out at all I'll go with a
boy whom they like but I just hate
him. What should I do?
MAXINE.
Answer-Get them to explain
their reasons for disliking the boy
and see if you can understand
them. On the other hand explain
your reasons for disliking their
choice. Don't discard their opin-
ions and ask them not to discard
yours.
Note-I have decided to close the
discussion on illegitimacv since al
we are doing now is cover the same
territory. Other letters have been
received from j. o. g., Mrs. G. B. M.
an excellent letter from Humane
Mrs. Fred Nc. G., w. C. S.. and an
other even more violent letter from
Walter Lane. 1 thank the reader:
for their amazing response to thi'
question.
Mrs. Emma Laycock will be host
ess at 8 tonight for a meeting o
| Kappa Sigma Chi Sorority.