The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-12

give daughter the family washing to
do to make her realize that there is
only one thing on earth worth having,
and that is rest.
Artistic temperament, If ever
caught any girl of mine thinking her
self 'temperamental' I'd shut her up
in convent with a wall six feet high
all around the place, and Id keep her
there till she came to her senses.
Artistic temperance Yes, there
is such thing, but the people who
have it never known it themselves. The
one sure sign that a girl is absolutely
without what we call temperament,
for want OF q better name, is when
she starts talking about it.
And your work, poor little girl.
that artistic" work YOU do SO de-
lightfuily. what Is it, tatting or wool
work Perhaps you make doilies with
marguerites on them, or tray cloths
with pond lilies all over The part
where the unoffending cups ought TO
sit, or maybe YOU paint panels or
decorate china, all nice work, all de-
Itehtful work, for a pasume. but how
can You think that there Is anything
serious about it,
They praise YOU at home and tell
you YOU are 80 artistic. Wen, so
YOU are, no doubt, within the limits
Why don't you stay in the limits and
be happy?
Some day some nice young men viii
see YOU sitting on the porch en-
hroidering a bureau scarf, and he'll
think, There, she is the right kind
OF a girl No tennis for her. no golf,
% no
twenty four, but just nice, quiet,
neat, gentle little soul WHOM love to
darn socks and look pleasant while
she's doing i'll And he'll speak TO
you " it'll a new note In his voice. and
all at once you'N sec What nice eyes
he has and how broad his shoulders
are, and you'll forget All about the
artistic temperament and the things
that go with it.
Youn find yourself walking up the
aisle of IA quiet little church some day
TO the old. old song the organ sings
and your little head will be whirling
around and around with happiness
and you will have found your vocation
and the best vocation it is on earth,
too.
Don't envy the girl with the real
artistic temperament pity her. She'll
hy farther than you, but oh. how her
wings will ache sometimes.
She'll see the world, she'll be part
Of it. and half the time she'll be envy
ing you, just simple, contented, little
wholesome you, with all her poor, hun
CRY heart
oh yes, They're an right. the stu&o
teas. and the bohemian dinners and
the Art for Arts sake" jargon. for
a while but any one who really grows
up, grows away from all that sort Of
Thing some daN. and then what?
It's no ftin posing in. u coy corner
when you're scra WY or fat. no one
looks al you, It's tiresome trying to
be temperamenta when your feet
ache because they are too small to
carry your weight And who cares
how artistic tha arrangement Of
your hair may be when you have 10
dye il to keep the gray from showing?
The artistic temperament people
will tell you all about 1t, little girl.
Just get behind the screen in the
bachelor apartment, where the woman
YOU envy so much lives and tries 10
pretend she likes 1t.
she is genius, q real genius, and,
Like most, geniHsea she's as unhappy
as a woman can be She has q home
somewhere and good man in. the
home waiting for her to get over her
madness and come hack to him and
thee boy she left when she followed
the call OF temperament
She can't go back Her genius
won't let her. she lies awake
here IN the little frame OF a dis
appearing bed after The guests are
all gone and the wildly hilarious
dishes have been gavly washed and
hid behind the piano Top, ard she
cries, and she cries. and she cries. She