The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-05
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 Taikihg te . ilttie boy the 0theT aay, noticed that hs wAs using we" instead of "t". Ne would sAy we wsnt to tts movis"; We eot nsw sisstsT; we hsvs . new dcg."
 t was 70 mAsked thAt I became e.isIous. t was something to ct AWAy from the etsEnai "1", which is always AdniFAbIs. But for ( child Of nine never tO speak of hb 0wn affairs in the fisst singu- iss, CT tSii al,out hls own sets asId thoughts wAs sofasthing else.
 60 ! spoke to hb aunt about t. She gave me c long i0Ok and pfssssd her iips tight.
 well" stas sAld, T don't went tO egiticjse Mabel, but sbs drives me crmsw with the way she Jumps thet fafniiy. She treats the tlyes boys e thepeh they were \ bunch of asparagus.
 Both Mother end I try soEas- times to get one Of ,the boys away At . tins, t6 stay for dinner, but when we ask Jim of Harry With- cut the othsrs, she gets offended. And once when I baked . caks for Ted, because he loves spice cake. si,s told the boys I had baked t for Aij Of thsn,"
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 Ne ChAnes te Be Individuals "f could tsii you fFen nov ttl! dafk Abogt the way MAhei ties ttse children together. It's . wofi- def bfys doesn't insist of thetn be- ing in the same room ct school. She does make them have the sans friends outside. however, Of course, believe in tie group Nea as veil as anybody, but t has got se fiow that not one Of these lads hes . chance to be himself. "f don't ht0w why she does it n tasY vefs my youngstsss, I'd taks thssn one by ons to sec things. Y0s instance, Harry s efasy about aitpianss, an1 Ted Ab0it birds ssd bees and things like thAt. But no, sbb wouldn't pick ID one and tAke him oH by himself t0 see sofnsthlng he s ititerested in. They can't even have hobbies to themselves. Shes get ali three building model planes nov, ifistsed cf tust letting 1fAl get littie kick eh hifaahAif. a
 And she kFsss about them nsysv having spssss . nisbt 6f ' dsy Awsy fyefa AAeh 6thsr. eotnstifns they'll get wise aE4 branch out for ti1sni- bsiyes. And they'll keep theiy AfIairs | dArk secret from hes, to, because ehs will be f,,ssing about them not e0nfidiDg in her. ! suppose she will want them N marry tfiplsts on the AAfste day.
 Husband Is4fainSA In, Tee Another think, she and Joe haven't spsnt { second apart since thsy were married. 1sA has to cail hsf eyBfy dAy ct eleven, end # he's too busy, she eAils him, of drives down to tiie 0ziice. Really, mother Afid never ses him atsy fn0Ys. Once ti 6 wbiie you ike t0 talk to your brother. os son, hy himself. But we hsraiy ever sse him er the boys alone. It is a eiesed corporation with . vengeance. Why, the Ottiei day, Ted and lfAi were invited to { party, ard MAbsi phonsd that | there wAs room tbat Jim would like te % along. Jim felt dreadful and said hs wouldn't go ( step I remarked that 1t WAs 6 very unusual cAss, but ! had knoWi, mothers who used the same tectieb esi ( lesser seaje. While ] ususliy accent the tAsa ef brotherhood, stiil t cen ts carried to an extreme,
 5hilAysn need individual lives, and the eAbiiafAtien ef separate aeeotsi- piiShmsnt, They room 0f on tie aanse floer t yeu f,sd tbeis eVll friends ia 9FsAt measure. Even bess can select thsts own flowers afid % shA e0fsfe at viii.
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