Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 12, Number 9, DeMotte, Jasper County, 8 January 1942 — IT'S NOT FUN [ARTICLE]

IT'S NOT FUN

No one- not even the teaser himself escapes the consequences of the hints that are dropped “all in fun." It's not fun for anyone concerned, when a husband begins to suspect that the jokes about his wife may have some basis in truth. It's not fun for anyone, when a wife loses her best friend because her husband just can't resist the temptation to make personal remarks. Kathleen Norris believes that those who enjoy teasing others have in their makeup a streak of real cruelty. “ Teasing," she says, “is innate cruelty seeking an outlet." Don't be deceived by the fact that it is supposed to be a joke.