The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1909-12-10
ON NOT BEING
INDEPENDENT

do you know" broke out the girl
who likes to talk, 1--WE just been con
sidering the most interesting ideal
Suppose nobody had to fuss over try
ing to be what he felt he WAS eX-
pected to be. and could just accept
himself as he was-tbink of the time
one would have really to enjoy life,
"The reason this great thought
dawned on me-" explained the girl
who likes to talk, "is that when | Got
up this morning I felt lazy and NOR
tally yearned to skip my gymnastics
that | sternly writhe through twice a
day You see. I'm getting stout and l
realize that nothing but stern, heroic.
regular shaving will help me
Il had to argue with myself / said
firmly: Now, you know perfectly well
that those reducing exercises won't
do you ten cents worth eff good If you
are haphazard about them-it's the
steady plugging away that counts,
IT'S dreadful to think that all my
Why, l just long for a real legitimate
excuse to escape my duties. Talk
about inheriting a fortune, If | could
wake up some morning and know |
had a days freedom from those gym
nastics that | lOathe I'd go mad with
joy Think how lovely it would be if
! could just comfortably grow fat and
/ ! 4
just as goodlookinP as though | We're
thin and | knew it didn't matter! Sim
ply because | realize the world will
think me a sight if | don't attain
sylphlikeness I'm doomed to struggle
on.
Then look at Daisy Greene, She
has such a desperately pretty face
that everybody says, Gracious! l ex-
pect people are just crazy over that
girl. She probably is the most popu-
lar person in her crowd and has a
dozen proposals a season. What's the
result? Why, poor Daisy, who is per
fectly simple and unassuming and
would far rather stay at home and
read novels or embroider centerpieces,
is wearing out her young days being 2
belle because the world thinks she
should be, You needn't tell me that
girl isn't slave, Look at the way
she races about to theaters and
luncheons and dinners! She smiles,
smiles perpetually, and is always
keyed up to be charming and attrac
tive-when she doesn't give plea
yune for the fact that her dance pro
gram is filled first and the papers call
her a social favorite.
She's bored to pieces by it all.
She's just as much tied to tread
mill as l am with my gymnastics. and
there's no escape for her, either.
Everybody has decided that she'll
make a brilliant marriage and be a
social leader. and she wouldn't dare
for her life marry man who wanted
to stay at home and read the paper
evenings and wear a smoking jacket,
for such a howl would arise about her
throwing herself away with all her
beauty and genius for the whirl of so
ciety, All because she knows what's
expected of her and bows TO public
opinion
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