The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
Not Popular with Men.

There is the young woman a bit high
in her ideals. possibly a bit strict in her
manner of living, with her Church-going
home-folk rather rigorous in their stand
ards. She rarely goes to dances. seldom
indeed is seen at the theater. and, while
popular with the young folk In her
church home, is never close TO the swing
OF life as 1t hurries along in the gayer
ways. The years go by. and she reaches
the age of twenty-five, thirty, or so,
pretty. not over-sedate, nor Over-eXact-
ing, bright, companionable, but always
choice in her friendships. But the mat
rimonial port is not yet in sight, and
there is no promise ahead.
And there is the other kind who in
pursuit Of social pleasures does. not
bother to draw her lines very close and
goes wherever "a good time seems to
call her. She is silly and light as the
proverbial feather and dances and plays
the live-long day and on and on into the
evening hours. not fussy at all. not the
least bit disturbed about the advice to
hitch her wagon to a star and care
fully to choose her friends. No tarry-
ing at home, no prim little church af-
fairs, no exclusive set for her! But
she has her merry. happy little fling
and the wedding bells ring right soon.
And this is the questioner's climax
Does il pay to be too nicer
That depends: at least, II one cares
to look at il in A cheap sort OF way.
Foil, are so different in this varied
world of ours that one never can guess
the price that some are willing to pay
for the things they want in life. II they
have ideals. they are willing to sacri-
fee them for the sake Of something
else. II their aim in life is marriage.
they gladly will accept the best II they
can reach it: If not, they will drop
down down to the level that offers, since
their dreams must not be shattered be-
cause ideals fail to come TO life II Is
marriage that is their goal. and they are
not disposed to worry too much ABOUT
their manner of reaching the goal or
the kind of haven offered.
Docs IL Pay:
"Does it paw" The individual must
answer that question. the Individual
is satisfied 10 abide by the spirit OF the
kindly warning, To thine own seh ne
true" then it beautifully pays, and moth
ing else is tolerable
As to the rest the complaint that "the
good. sensible. respectable ones are
often left sitting by the wayside. who can
saw that she is altogether wrong IL
brings to mind a little comment made
while ago concerning exactly that type
of Young woman. Rather particular in
all her ways. with her standards set
pretty high and her life correspondingly
regulated. a really attractive woman
v-ithal, she has reached an age when
folk begin to assign reasons for going
through life alone. The remark was
made that there never had seemed to
be many young men who had reached
the point of asking her to share their
all-and why was II?
One woman who CHANGED to be in the
eroup, and who thinks she has observed
a bit of life as it runs, replied by asking
another question-why does 1t not oftener
occur to folk that with some young vom-
en-, romance that give every promise of
budding are sometimes stopped before
they really begin? 1t is all a question of
ideals again-the incipient romances do
not appeal at all, and, they prefer to sit
by the wayside. AS to whether 1t pays