The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-13

New York Globe
There is nothing like a fad to make
life interesting" said the girl with a col
lection of art posters to a writer in the
Philadelphia Inquirer There was a time
when people thought it silly to be faddy
but show me the woman without fad and
l will show you the one who is the least
interesting of her sex. OF course, L mean
the girl with leisure. The girl who works
in an office the girl in a profession has
no time or money for fads. as rule. but
the woman who has nothing to do but
dress and see her friends. to go here and
there more TO kill time than anything else,
needs fad.
There comes a time to every woman
when she grows tired of people and her
self She is bored and begins to feel ILL.,
Her physician may give her a tonic and
order her out Of town for a change Per-
haps she takes one of the many treatments
for nerves which enfeeble women more
than they help them in the very stages,
for the reason they keep the mind fixed
on whatever ailment, real or imaginary,
that aftlicts.
Then the woman becomes the great
est of all bores. the woman whose health
is the general topic of thought and con-
versation even at dinner table. II her
health is not discussed, the thought of il
hangs over all, and she mutely expresses
the invalid at every turn.
lin nine cases out of ten the cultiva-
ton of a good wholesome fad would drive
away the trouble and make a new and in
teresting woman of the sufferer, and cheer
her friends who are the real sufferers after
all The fad for health culture is, of
course, the healthiest fad of the lot. n
woman may cause her family TO fear for
her sanity If she prefers to vault over the
footboard of the bed when she arises in
the morning rather than get up In the
old-fashioned way. but her mind is tend
ing in the right direction, even though she
overdoes it.
music: had grown tired of society. her
friends and her gowns; lost her appetite
and interest in things. Some one told her
to brace up, take hold of a subject. find
out all about il and run ii to the ground II
necessary. So she began TO go to the
opera. concerts and recitals, all of which
she had deemed torture She studied the
lives of musicians, began collection OF
their pictures and little marble and bronze
busts of the composers.
"She became engrossed in the study of
music. and in year. through her devel-
opment of a fad, she had become an in
teresting person TO herself and others. She
had so many autograph letters and photo
graphs from great pianists, Violnists ana
music writers that she speedily made
friends among people interested in music,
and the first thing she Knew life had taken
on a roseate hue.
Rugs are an expensive fad but a most
wonderful study. You can go positively
daft about them, and when you know all
the names and patterns and meaning of the
designs you possess mine of information.
A fad for antique gives one dignity and re-
quires study, while a fad for athletics
brings health and color and pleasant COM
partnership. "A fad for the theater keeps
ones knowledge for the drama brushed
up, and even the girl who makes a sincere
study of gowns will seldom tire everyb body
as companion. for she knows all the new
est fashions and makers and colors far in
advance of other people which will surely
find favor in the estimation of many.
"Fads tend to broaden the mind and keep
up ones interest in life which is the surest
way 10 become interesting 10 others. When
"A woman allows herself TO settle down in a
rut she speedily becomes tiresome to her
self and deadly bore 10 others. Get out
of the rut while you are conscious you are
in II. else you may grow accustomed to its
restrictions and conceive your own little
furrow is the only one i'm existence"