Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-14
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One Rich Girls Trouble

- H e was a cry pretty girl. but there al n o vanity " seinsnnea
in ber face. Rather "a there senstiveness, fdeahsm n d arnea
\ ness. Both in her dress and hr conversation sue In"ra ia
MI unconsciously that she was accustomed TO "eaItn anu rG 49,
se-1ed to have beer very good to her. Or rather se seemeu F" n nSo
entered INTO her heritage of good, which life has TO IL oil US o"' WHICH
o many of US seem to miss. M cloud 81, tho
that threatened to overcast her years with gloom. oe " a"eu ~
go mt social settlement work and be a nurse among the poor Ahu na
parents would not let her. And there tn matter Suo0'' q '"'
o. irritation is yet, but fostering. -.
This al what that sensniveness, that dreaminess' ma urpos %
her face meant. She could not be happy in the butterfly existence p anWu
for her nv her parents. But they could only regard with horror te h W
- ,heir beauifuI carefully reared daughter. going into the vice and dfs-
ease n uncIeanliness If the slums, and giving e Ire 10 Worh "eiS
The would not consent to it. And so they bought her pretty cothes' anu
took her travelling, and sen her to dances, and hVed IN TN hop '' ST., SUI
Prince Charming would appear and put all such nonsense u Of nr he eau
But were these parents doing right? Ter very nature cdAeu n' ms
work Had they the right to thwart her desires. to max lei NE ""a
they wanted 1t tic be, but which as not a expression n ne $40. on.
They had the old fashioned notion that society and marriage are SUI
fcfent to fill a girls life. They could not get tn hu ny ~
49, MS odav that love has its place in life, but is not by any mean
the whole of life, that in addition to love. they want a share IN the Tussle
of life, a n active and useful part in the onward march Of things
IS looked IN by women today" says a modern writer, "as a hrs doeuVre'
aud they want substantial food" This is exactly thu attitude o many
a educated. thinking girl. And whenever this Vew comes up against l ne
old-time notion that love should b e the al Oh d "om"N 40
trouble. -. - u+o,
And so this girl, despite all the material good that life had given
Ter was sorrowful. And Ter parents yer sorrowful And II IN time she
yields to their wishes. for she is loving and dutfuL se VIII way ieA
that her life is purposeless and more or less of a failure
Yet II they would concede o her the right which Is Justly hers W
live her life Is she desires, the very experience might show hr hat aHer
all her uest happiness vas to be found within the home. n might
discover that this work she longs to do wa not after IL what st wanted
And then her home life would be completely happy contented n
would have killed the demon of desire which, until 1t Is slah' destroys an
contentment.
And at any rate, she has the right to seek the true expression Of her
sell. She would be NJ less dutful and loving in the home because se
sought this work outside of 1t. But she would be giving n lie "itnn
her Its true expression. And this is the right Of life. To try to thwart
IT only brings trouble. When its rightful course h stopped, 1t breaks out
In ways not intended, or gradually dries up, and there Is a barren f5-2
where might have been q fruitful valley.
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