The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1943-07-08
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

girl in Scranton,
L L whose problem is one
that is giving a good deal of
concern to many a good ia
Their and mother in America
in these days. Donna is q;
last September, after a five
weeks courtship, she eloped
with an ensign three years
older than herself, a man
who left two weeks later for
the South Pacific battle front.
Donna was at that time taking a
nurses aid course in Philadelphia
hospital, but in October her step
father died suddenly, and she went
back to Scranton to find paying
job, and help support her mother
and half-brothers, aged 10 and 7.
She is working hard, and sending
almost daily letters to her sailor,
but added to her new responsible
ties and her anxiety about his safe
ty are worries that are even more
serious.
| Morgan comes from very
grand family" writes Donna. Il
suppose I knew it when we first
were going together, but I didn't
realize that it would make so much
difference. The way do things isn't
good enough for him. For instance,
he has sent me back one or two of
my letters all corrected in red pen
Gil; guess don't write very good
letters, but they are the best l can
do. I get tired and grimy and
| greasy and of course haven't beauti-
full paper nor handsome desk
nothing like that. Mama and and
the boys have three rooms; they
sleep on couches in the sitting room
and we have our meals in the
kitchen. Mama takes them every
day to a neighbours house where
about dozen kids of defense work.
ers come, and she gets aWfully tired,
too, but between us we manage to
pay bills and keep the home going.
Errors in Girls Letters.
well, after Morgan had correct
ed my letters and dropped a good
many hints about grammar; I got
mad and said didn't think that was
so important. I'll tell you what I
did; said that his letter had in
ferred' that he was in Honolulu;
said that my brothers were 'disin-
terested' in their home work;
spelled the horses at the mill
'poneys,' and he said that everytime
I said Mama says I spelled it
'sais.'
do you think that's so serious?
I'm goodlooking, I've had offers
from Hollywood when l was work.
ing in the Dime stores; can cook.
I dance well, I dress neatly, and
thanks to Mama and my stepfather,
who was a real daddy to me after
my own father died, I've never run
around or made myself common.
Well. anyway, Morgan wrote me for
| heavens sake to get away from home
and all my crowd. and go to a good
boarding school or college for few
years; until the war is over, any
way. That letter just about broke
my heart and l went around for
few days feeling as if I would die.
and then came visit from his moth
er-nice enough. gentle and patient.
but talking to me as if l were some
thing under her feet. She wanted
me to 60 to fine school in Penn
sylvania, for which she would pay.
This made Mama mad and she
said that we didn't need Morgan in
our family and that she was sorry
I'd ever seen him. Then Morgan's
mother got mad. too. and she
showed us letter in which he asked
her to influence me to get divorce.
After she went away Mama had
| Mysteries and I cried myself into
headaches for days, but there it is
what shall we do?
Il love my mother and my broth