The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-28
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PAULA DEFINES REAL LIFE

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"MarRlc." said Paula whon sh'
had described her proposal iron
Jefferson rerrygroen. you ma,
think Il strange that !. at that time
"a girl with no prospects,. should
turn down a man who WAS 80 thor
oily desirable as Jefferson Perry
green
I have often thought about Il
since Here was JEFF. rich. good
looking and. above all. perfectly
reliable some one who had known
NE all my life and who. aecording
/ 90 his own story. had never loved
any one but me and vet / could not
get up any enthusiasm about him
at all
What was the reason
"Of course did not stop 90 think
about II then. but | have since do
cided IL was because | had more
than the usual adventurous spirit
81 youth
Life with Jeff opened only via
tas that stretched away into ~,
ture OF universal and protracted
calm.
II knew a. the time that, as
Alma said. jeff was my one hest
bet aud Just because he was the
logical solution Of all my struggles
] was loath 10 take II.
II have always been a feminist
at heart Not the kind that would
see woman.made world. but sure
ly | was not perfectly In accord
with the man world in which !
found myself Altho then I Was too
young TO formulate II into words.
yet somewhere within me tho germ
must have been working ! wanted
20 live my life for myself did
no, want TO get any OF II second
hand
4 had a taste OF struggle and IL
was sweet
Say what YOU will. Margle.
humanity Is a fighting unit. what
we are today goes TO show IT,
only by long and arduous
fight have We worked our way up
20 what We are And We love II.
When 80 are content 10 sit down
and be at peace with all the world
as we'll az with ourselves. We
may know that Ne are spiritually
dead. even tho We Etill physically
breathe.
Today. Margie. thank what.
ever Fate that fashioned my life.
would not have 10 other than Il has
tccn--a struggle OF some Kind
from fret 10 last.
~Margie. | have lived when I
thought no one In the world loved
me. and have lived when love
seemed 10 fill the whole universe
And believe that no one has ans
conception OF tho greatest emotion
until they have had everything
but love and nothing but love.
we play with love. Margie.
when we are young. not 40 much
because We are careless and want
10 play. but because wo do not
know the saeredness OF this great.
est thing In tho world.
we women. when we are young.
are apt 10 idealizc love and our
lovers until We form an impossible
that becomes n modern
20 break our hearts.
Young men. on the other hand.
handle love as a plaything to pro-
note the pleasure OF the moment
Of its Potentially they do not stop
10 think
Il remember distinctly what Ear
nest Lawton said TO me when We
we're having one OF our endless dis
-ussions OF loye-you know lovers
..scuss only two livingstone for
zach other or love Itself
Paula. he said. why do won.
IN always want 10 analyze love-
Then he added: There "a only
lne way 10 treat love and that Ii
% live g.
Men and women who have !
hese ideas are mistaken. Nothwith- /
,tanding all that IL written about /
owe. IL Ia not n perfect thing. be- /
'ause those who love are not per /
ect. and when n woman who has
,een brought M on the popular |
.ovel and the popular play Ideal. |
res her love and her lover TO this |
,xtent she Ia laying up n large /
tore OF unhappiness for herself. /
md when a man takes love so I
lightly that he thinks he can play /
With II today and put It and the
owed one out OF his life tomorrow.
10 will find his great passion IL
,ut a pueriIe thing that holds al
Ways Tantalus cup 10 his laugh.
ne lips"
Paula" | said. only n woman
sho has learned this thru won.
erful school OF experience could
efine II 20 eloqucntly"
"Margie. you knoS what I have
aid is true" asserted Paula. and
thought. No woman in all the
world knows the truth OF II better
han I. Margie Wayerly."
ITO be eontinued)