South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-15
It PAYS To Think
ONE GIRL FINDS
Duped and DiShonOred Because
She Thought When Too
Late.

Two girls, two minds. two habits Of
thoughts. two fates
One Of them lives in a suburb Of
New York. She has that large vision
and desire 10 help others as well as
herself that IS called public spirit.
There was a want and what does not
always follow. a need OF a public
bathhouse in the suburb.
1t might have been said with a Ger
tain amount OF truth that IL was none
OF this girls business whether the
suburb had public bathhouse or not.
Why didn't she go on with her house
hold matters. her dancing, her call
ing, her shopping, her gOlhng in sum-
mer and skating in winter, and tho
scoro OF things that FIJI the lives Of
young girls? Why didn't she attend
her own affairs and leave the estab-
lishment or a public bathhOuse TO
older and presumably wiser heads
Doubtless she would have preferred so
leaving II, but fer some reason the
older and wiser heads didn't bother
about II. At least not enough TO take
any action toward a fuldllment of the
community wish
So Miss Elizabeth thinner pom
dered on the health OF the cOmmu-
nifty and how il would be improved
by those public baths. What can /
do?" she asked herself. proving the
possession OF social consciousness. ShT
considered this plan and that she
sifted her own propositions down to
one OF an endless chain Of letters.
BY writing 10 letters and asking
each friend TO whom she sent them
to write 10 others she put on foot
a plan 70 secure ten thousand sigma
lures to a petition asking from the
distributive agents Of the community
fund the building of such a bath. The
petition is rolling up an imposing list
of signatures. That significant sign
OF public sentiment will impress the
board IFS authority. The public baths
are assured.
AS the tall, clear eyes strong
chinned girl walks down the street OF
her home town. admiring citizens say:
do you think women will all act as
that girl dOes2 II I thought so I
would vote for votes for women"
In Boston a girl is living in "a differ
ent atmosphere and for "a different
reason. The girl, whose home is in
a small city in Maine. had known for
two years a man who poured hOneyed
words into her ears. She knew he
was married but he told her in the
honey-havored accents that he had
secured a divorce. He urged her to
take train from her home with him.
that when they reached Brooklyn they
would be married.
Why they didn't marry at her home
before taking train for Brooklyn IS /
something TO which she didn't give
any thought. You see she hadn't the
nabitof thinking, only Of feeling. Did
they marry when they reached Brook
lyn? Do Journeys as hasty and secret
as that generally end in marriage
on their arrival he told her the cere- !
mony would not take place that DAY. !
not until he had found work.
One day he disappeared. That he |
had planned the disappearance was /
shown by the fact that he had taken /
all the money and Jewels she had. a
few dollars and fewer trinkets, with |
him.
Within n week he was found dead. /
n suicide, and the girl was discovered !
Brooklyn. Now in the home of a !
sheltering relative in Boston she is
doing great deal Of thinking. as so
many do their thinking
Yes. she was unfortunate Yes she |
was duped by an unprincipled man. !
That appears upon the face of it and !
requires no comment. What is less OBJ !
vious. but quite as true, is that the |
first girl I have told you about is
hOnored because she thought. and the |
other dishonored because she didn't |
think.
It's good habit 10 form girls. that |