South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-16
MAKING HER LIFE
LESS M0NOTON0US
The Woman Who Would Re-
main Young and Interesting
Must Create Interests For
Herself Outside Her Routine.

The woman who complains of the
monOtony of life should take a leaf
from the note book Of the woman Of
SO who graduated this summer from
a college in Nebraska.
If that woman were asked if she
found life mOnOtonous. she would
probably laugh at the question. And
she would tell you beamingly and en-
Enthusiastically that she found every
minute Of life full of zest and salts
faction. In all probability. she hasn't
time enough to enjoy all the good
things she finds in life.
Not every woman of So can go to
college and graduate. But she can
take up some one study or subject of
reading am find out thereby how full
of interest life is and what a big prop
osition Ii is
How many, as they look up at the
stars at night, realize what a universe
of wonder and mystery is over them
Probably very few. Most of us take
the stars for granted and give little
thought TO them. But if we did moth
ing but read a few of the popular
books of astronomy. life would have
larger meaning for us. and an evening
on the piazza or the sea beach, great
er enjoyment
If we would make a point of learn
ing something about the wild flowers
that we pass every day in a brief walk
or see from the trolley or train, we
would find our walk or ride more en-
joyable.
There are scores OF other things
about us on all sides just as interest
ing. And there is more to the study
of them than is seen at first glance
For everything that nature makes is a
marvel o. workmanship, no matter
how tiny ii may be. And when one
begins to understand the wonderful
mechanism, the perfection and beauty
even in what one has always thought q
weed, a feeling Of interest, almost of
affection, springs up for It, that gives
zest and delight TO the study Of it
that no one can appreciate until he
has experienced il.
Unseeing and minimizing.
And with all these wonders about
us, it is strange that we go on our way
unseeing. unthin.5ing, and complaining
that life is dull and mOnOtOnous; while
they have been put here for the very
purpose of preventing life from being
flat and monOtonous.
And what this woman has accomp
lished, and what many another wo-
man, even older-last year a woman
of so graduated from college - has
accomplished shows that women can
do if they will.
Age is no handicap. In fact, such !
interests keep one young. The thing !
to do is to resolve upon some such |
course. And now in the idle days when |
one has time to think, is the oppor- |
tunity 20 look ahead and plan out |
some study or reading for the winter |
months that are coming.
The woman who wants to keep {
young, the woman who wants to be |
the woman who wants to
be popular. the woman who says she |
is bashful and has nothing to talk
these and many others who /
want greater JOY in life will find this
the road to their desires. The only /
way to prove ii. is to travel it. IUn /
many women seem disin-
clined to set out on the Journey. They |
prefer to buy something in a bottle to
keep them young, or something at the
beauty specialists TO make them pop
ular
But this is the far more interesting
and the surer method. For ii keeps
the spirit young and enthusiastic. 1t
fills one with the joy Of life. And this !
makes one entertaining and sought af-
ter. 1t gives that magnetism that at
tracts. Better yet, il gives ones self /
greater JOY in living. and that is the !
most important of all.