The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-28
IMAGINARY WOES
Of THE JEALOUS
Eaaish All Morbid Fofrboainga
from Mind II Seeking
For happiness.
s a MENACE 70 HEALTH
Persona Afflicted With This Form oil
MeIaneheiia Are Constantly SEQ
ing Causes for Worry ia
Most Trivial Occurrences.

ciooai DfSlb0 W %h1ih uIllCpS
some good fairy has ncatrall2ed the
malignant influence OF the GIT by the
bestowal of the saNtas race OF common
sense. what havoc 4, has invariably
wrought in this troubled world OF NOR
tails,
The girl who IL Jealous has a thorny
road TO travel from the very beginning
OF her life Curne Envy, hatred.
malice and all Observation-Disclosures are
her boon companions, and they certain
ly iill her career with exciting incidents.
II not exactly with JOY. Most of the
time these hideous little gnomes are the
only associates she has, tor they have u
tlendish knack OF kcepin would-be
lends at Il distance.
But the girl who is Jealous doesn't
know that. She thinks the other girls
are mean. hateful, horrid creatures,
and she thanks her lucky stars that she
= as IN nowise like unto them. AT school
'ptJey take the prizes thai she is right
6nlly entitled to-if people ever OBJ
&ained their rights in this world; and,
OF course, they are favorites with the
teachers because they pretend to be 50
nice and sweet with everybody. But
oh, we'll, they don't amount to so very
much, when all is said and done! Just
wait until school days are over. and the
world lies at ones feet! Then we shall
see what we shall see!
But the jealous girl is not much hap
pier even then. for the world bears a re-
resemblance to the school N.
essentials. There are still other girls
and more OF them. too-ever ready to
steal the laurels that one naturally
wants to wear oneself; and there is al
a great. u~nsympathetic mob of
cynical men and women on hand to
watch and laugh at he struggle-to-the
death going on in the arena. For that
is what it really amounts to, to the girl
who is jealous. She never feels quite
HlJra annlloh- of 1arCnJf fn slnt GRO 1,np
grip" She struggles to make her beau
ty more impressive, she struggles to Sc
cure recognition Of her charm, she
struggles to out-distance the rest in
dress and accomplishments. 1t is rather
Q pitiful sight, from the viewpoint of
the mere loolSer-on; but the girl who is
Jealous is not conscious of that. She
only wonders, unhappily. why those
other girls attain the social popularity
that seems to elude her in spite of her
efforts, n how they manage to carry
off the matrimonial prizes. But, on the
whole. she isn't sure that she would
care to resort to their underhand
methods i'm order to get what she
wanted. She does not know that She
3atls because she has not learned ma
lures secret OF being charming by sim
pie sincerity and sweetness.
Loses Sight of Others.
But when love comes into her lie
she loses sight-for a tilne-of those
other girls. IN the first rosy glow OF
the little gods sweet presence she
really assumes q loneliness that was
lacking before. Every girl is beauti1ul
who loves and is loved, and this sirl
Who have hitharto djslfkt9 ,er b Sosdite
to perceive tina she has graces whose
existence they never suspected. Let
%scoffers say what they will, it en-
ha. ces ones apparent value wonderful-
" = lac y.a- "a 1ATr,
And now is the time for the glrl
with the bad fairy's unhappy git 10
make herself mistress OF her fate. if
she will thrust aside the ungtnerous
thought and leave unsaid the unehar-
( liable Woodland do ii often-the time
4 may come when she viii have actually
developed into the perfect woman,
| lobly planned" that every woman was
meant to be. Love is the great alchenl-
st VINO. with his magic crucib9os, can
ransmute base metal into pure gold
land sometimes ne doe; IL.
does not often realize tbat this is the
turning OF the tide, and that if she will
but take it ut the flood it viii carry
her on the shores Of the blessed isles.
Usually she is unable to see that she
has ever been in fault. and so, when
the first sweetness OF her love has
worn away. she GIiGts back into her
old habit OF hunting mares nests. She
watches her lover as a cat watches a
mouse, and ii he 80 mucia as @lapces at
another girl she becomes suspicious.
The sgrccn-eye& monster certainly
makes up then for all the time he has
lost.
ignores The UNPLEASANT.
If the man is sufficiently in love he
ma ignore the f~recuent UNPLEASANT
nesses teat ensue IL he is an crotist
and a fool he may even be glad Of the
sop TO his vanity conveyed in the inn
piled suggestions that AM women ar.
suppliants FOR his favor. In either case
marriage Will probably result, and the
Jealous girl. who is hateful becomes the
iealous Mic wfo is inH,litelv wo,ssa
Tine bottor1less Gebenma can Ina We no
torture TO ,rcced that OF ,he man of
nna senaihilfties and high ideals Who
IS bound to a Jealous woman.
For a woman is nearly always petty
In her jealousy. She will stoop to
that are a shame and a
disgrace to her womanhood. She makes