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Show 180 MADELYN CANNON STEWART SILVER Southern California to install a diffusion battery at a large beet sugar refinery at Betteravia. Madelyn, as she knew she would, had plenty of time, as she expressed it, "to relax and rest, and 15 In the gar to gain perspective and wisdom regarding my life." den of the Santa Maria Inn north of Santa Barbara, a setting of warmth, calmness, and peacefulness, Madelyn reflected on the "hectic" life she had been leading. She wrote: I am really most blessed among women, from every point of view. My husband seems to adore me. He is successful, admired, living a life teeming with productivity and drama. Since Thanksgiving I have shared in the greatest drama of his life: the possible breakdown of the diffuser. He sank to the depths, and came out of them, and I was with him all the way! We have four lovely children, a credit to us in every way. The three older ones have developed a trio and by pressure and pushing and struggle, they have learned to play quite well. We have an attractive crowded, liveable home. Ellen is the most satisfactory maid I have ever had. Aunt Annie is living with us, eager to help everyone of us every minute of the time. She has been with us since Christmas and may be with us till summer to the Ranch to resume the building of our we go home. I am president of the Y.W.M.I.A. and am able to exer cise some influence on the affairs and members of the ward. of all these advantages, during the past year or In spite more I have lived under a continuing and accumulative pres been obsessed by a con sure. When actually at home I have and hurry. I have a feeling that stant, whirling sense of rush that I cannot cope with my life. on much depends too me, I N ow after all this rest and removal from the background, shall I or this In disposition, position feel calm and try to poised. it. analyze my situation and plan some rules to govern I shall write what I want for each of my loved also what I can do for them. myself: ones and Harold: The leisure and inclination to share his life: Be free the relaxation and rest a to fall into his moods and supply him aware of the family problems but great man needs. Keep |
