RANDOM REMINDER

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30618, 8 December 1964, Page 30

RANDOM REMINDER

JEALOUSY

Experts on women say they will forgive almost anything, as long as they know about it This is not so much a sneer at their somewhat inquisitive natures as a tribute to their enduring loyalty, so long as they are not deceived. It is not our custom to form ourselves into a oneman marriage council, or to turn this column over to Miss Lonelyheart. But here before us we have a human problem, a twist in a matrimonial deal which makes one of those disgusting diagrams of the human ap-

pendix look as straightforward as a Roman road. He was sent very suddenly, without due notice, to attend a conference at Hanmer Springs. Now Hanmer Springs may not line up with the sinful cities of the world, but it has a delightful reputation for gaiety. The poor man had to leave in a hurry, there was no suitcase handy, so he rushed to his mother's house and borrowed one. He packed his case swiftly and departed. Some days later he returned and his wife, all dutiful solicitude, un-

packed the case for him And in it she found a pair of rather handsome earrings. Ever since then he has been trying to explain that the ear-rings belonged to his mother, who had lost them weeks before. She simply does not believe him, and leans to the theory that his mother is merely offering maternal support. But she did hint that she might place credence on something she saw in print . . . The fee was small, but it bought our wife a pair of ear-rings.