El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-26
THU one road that all of US most

-HE one road that all of US most
d,sire to travel is the road that
= leads to happiness. Yet many
women miss the way.
good many get started on It. and
We think that they have round trip
ticket. but before we know it they've
got shuted off of the main line on
some sidetrack of Misfortune. or they
have stumbled off at some wayside
station that is marked Trouble.
People often wonder why women. as
A sex. are far less cheerful and happy
than men, I think the reason is that
women have not learned how to travel
as men travel. even along the road 10
happiness. A man travels light with
the fewest number of essential things
possible
A woman takes along so many bags
and bundles that she hampers herself
at every step. A man never bothers
about any troubles except his own II
\ woman hasn't any troubles Of her
own she goes out and loads herself
down with those of the community
That's why women never have good
time.
Men are pathfinders along the road
to happiness. Follow them Observe
that every man as his first move
towards being happy in life gets him
self something TO do. He picks out
some occupation that fills in his time
and that affords him some absorbing
interest. and that brings him in enough
money to secure him independence
The First Secret.
In that you will find the first secret
Of how to be happy. II you have some
work in which YOU are intensely inter
ested YOU never get up yawning. Won
derinr- how YOU are going to pass the
day. You are never bored You are
always alert and alive. and that is the
keenest bliss in the world
If you have something that keeps
YOU busy you are not forced 10 depend
on other people for your pleasure. and
this keeps you from having TO live on
your emotions. Il also prevents you
from pininS with melancholy if some
particular man doesn't notice you or
YOU fail 10 get married You never
hear of a man dying of a broken heart
if he is Tilted, or considering his life
a failure because he is an old bach
elor.
Therefore find an occupation in
which YOU can throw yourself body
and soul. as a first aid to happiness
Then cultivate simplicity. Here.
again. YOU can initiate men A man
can find pleasure in a single little
thing. but A woman has TO have the
universe before she can begin to enjoy
herself
Make up your mind to like what you
have. and then you'll have what you
like All pleasure is simply a point Of
view. IF YOU can't have A limousine.
YOU can take a trolley ride II YOU
can't go TO Newport. you can have
grand DAY al the nearest beach II
YOU cant feast on lobster, sandwiches
are sustaining
You may not believe It. but it's the
truth that there's more happiness IN
little things than big. Many an eight
dollar-a-week sales girl who has 70
work all day and sit NJ Saturday night
making her a tvo-dOllar muslin dress
10 wear TO a Sunday picnic has more
beauX. more admiration and more fun
than ninetenths OF the millionairesses
who have trunks full OF clothes. and
who live in marble tombs Of palaces.
where its as lonesome as the grave
Happiness. doesn't consist in what
we've got 1t depends on the spirit
we bring towards life
Some of the Mistakes.
There's lots Of queer things that hap
pen along the road to happiness. girls
One is that the people that we back
to win almost never do We see a
Young couple get married and they
have a gorgeous wedding. and go to
live in a palace and have everything
TO make life soft and easy. and we
say they've got a straight road to hap
piness. They can't miss the way" But
they haven't. The first thing we know
we see them Laundering in the morass
OF misunderstanding, and trouble, and
divorce.
without a penny to bless themselves
highest ambition. the thing you want
to do most? Chance for a big story