Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-04
The Mushroom
Hero
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

4
letter:
4 love man to whom l have
never been introduced. and want him
to love me. am 20 years of age. and
he IS 2S. have written for his photo,
which he has sent and. being an actor
thought it was wanted to settle dis
pute which stated in my letter to him.
He has various admirers. but | love
him, and SOMETHING MUST BE
DONE!"
MY dear girl something will be done
and it will he overwhelming and crush
ing when it is done. if you permit your
selves to indulge in q mushroom love
like this
The something" that will be done is
What happens when road crusher rolls
over an obstacle in its path. You are
deliberately throwing yourself in the
path Of road rrusher that will crush
cut all your life. your hope. your faith.
Your future when YOU Indulge in love
for man whom you do not know. and
one whose calling depends in a measure
for popular success in making matinee
MDtSili pti% ~ = a. IL d. silly d. NOu.
| do not use that word silly to
give offense but because it is a true
description of YOU. and one YOU should
recognize, and change before it is too
late.
You are silly 10 give this man sec
ond thought and silly to a dangerous
degree in writing to him and asking
him for his photograph.
Undoubtedly the lines he speaks on
the stage are heroic, and you poor
child, imagine that his life off the stage
is q counterpart
Paid For Being Hero.
You have confused the hero who gets
paid so much week for being hero
with the man who is a hero when there
is no one to see, and none to applaud
You gaze on that noble makeup
countenance with reverence. little
knowing that the face he wears be
fore an audience is usually the op-
posite of that he wears to those who
know him best
You have emptied out your poor lit
tie heart a his feet, and if acquaint-
ance with him resulted in it getting
bruised he would care no more than if
it were a football
He must not be too greatly CON
demned for this. 1t is the class of wom-
en- to which ! beg that YOU viii not
belong that makes him what he is
Notes OF admiration and adulation.
appeals fer his photographs. homage
from women who are encouraged to
appear because their appearance swells
the box Office receipts, all serve to turn
a head that was never we'll fastened
on in the first place
And the hero on the stage becomes
the villain in real life. and it is the
women who are to blame.
'Something must he done YOU say
Ny dear girl let this be the some
thing and sec to 1t that 1t is done, and
done promptly
Put thoughts Of this man out of your
mind Tear up his photograph. and if
Won realize that you are not strong
enough to see him act and keep Your
head. don't go near him again
There are men in your own circle of
friends worth million of men like
him men who are friends of your
brother, men Of whom your father APP
proves If YOU must love some one.
pour out vour affections on an object
worthy Of them
Don't Value Love Cheapy,
Don't value your love so cheaply that
YOU are ready 10 lay il a the feet of a
man who would laugh at il. You don't
want to make lest of the most sacred
Of all emotions. yet | do not doubt that
this man has laughed YOU many
times.
Without doubt he has boosted of bis
many conquests. and taken s much
pride in showing notes from women to
his manager as clerk in a store would
take in showing records of big days
sales.
They make him popular: they are his
stock in trade They enhance his value
to the management because they mean
Increased attendance ana if anything
he does increases tn, attendance there
is increased salary r aim.
So far as sentiman; is concerned. he
doesn't care anything more for the va
rious admirers" YOU speak of han for
So many pegs in the wall.
Don't cheaper yourself by becoming
one of them Remember that every
one puts her own price tag on herself,
and that it is your fault, and your fault
alone. if yours is low.
Just remember all the time, my dear.
and keep the thought close TO YOU, that
some day the right man will come
along.
And when he comes it viii not add