The Washington herald., 1914-04-25
LAURA. JEAN LBNYS
41DAIIY IALKSONHEARISeS
Rmgh TOPICS S59aS
II She Has Seen Better Days.

| Dear II yU9r future life should need
strength nv love only gain,
| Through suffeTings my heart b. freed
| OnE by sorrUw from stain.
| Then you shall give and I will take
This crown Of fire for loves dear sake.
a woman who has had a taste of lux
ury and is Obliged TO get down to the
bare necessities of life to make ends meet
fOrgets to look for sunshine, seeing only
the shadows.
| Her greatest charm had been her ambi-
tion-her confidence in herself. and her
winning smile. which opened all hearts
TO her. little cog had slipped in the
/ wheel Of fate. and her fortune had gone
| DOWN with it, Tho woman who has beer
mistress Of a home Of her own. in
cOngenial atmC sphere. and is Obliged 20
| part with il. moving into humble quar-
ters, midst uncnnEenial surroundings and
people. is apt to lose heart.
| \ man meets viCiSsiIudes gTinl!y pIung-
ing into business to forget and retrieve
| mis- fallen fortunes. The woman who
has no oar to help herself sees her craft
drift idly about. pushed out by one wave
only to De driven back by another until
hope is gone. Her apathy AMI diSpair
those about her imagine TO be dignity
They no aloof from her II is
tn" worst thing woman can do.
TO give herself Up to broOding. 1t does
no good. Her lamentations make her
husbands burdens the " DTst to bear. SIZE
who makes the best Of everything is A
God-Givcn sunbeam to tho man who is
almost down and out No matter hcN
heavy her heart may be. she should force
herself to smile, if but to encourage him
She should say to him. see, The sur
shines just as warmly and golden in TINS
pleasant hall bedroom as il used to in
our pretty dinng-rOOm in other days. II
seems to bear a song and A cheer TO
US. Its song is Be light of heart while
the world is bright | giId hope and
Danish black despair.
The woman who sits down and cries
over the better days she has seen is a
laggard on life's journey. There's many
things sh' might turn her hands to which
would no. only help her out Of the
slough of want. hut be Of inestimabIe
benefit TO thOs. whom she loves. Pride
will never bring bread and butter to the
woman who is starving. Honest employ
ment will. II she knows the earning Of
money il VIII never slip through her
fingers second time. 1t is useless TO
Erieve over what can't be helped. The
woman who has seen better days should
strive TO make use of her knowledge. She
should awaken the energies within her
that are dormant
She who weeps has dismal thoughts.
soon grows wOrId-weary and haEGard.
She who rises above her environments
r"news her youth and charms as her
hopes brighten with promise.
Miss Lihbcy's Replies to Your Leo
tiers.
(COrrcst name and address must be
given 10 insure attention.
STRANGE ENDING OF AN ODD LOVE
Dear Miss Libby: Please advise me.
am eighteen. Two years ago | went
to a girls boarding school There l met
a girl who strongly appealed TO me.
She fascinated me. | loved her We have
Ecen chums ever since. Seeing her and
being with her is all that is in my life
would he satisfied with just her love.
She has begun going with a young man
who loves her-aRd she him. She says he
has first place in her life now, as l did
before she knew him.