El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-11
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX

: FAIRFAX.
his busy life.
Why Is Itf
Why is il so many middle aseG
men of important positions ana reat
wealth make love to their yOutli4 w
stenographers2 It isn't because lnes
are deliberately bad or cold blood
LII fromoraI II is Just because
they are desperately lonely lor
their lost youth and their ouLW orr
Illusions and the alteration OF ad-
miration which their own BUSY anu
cynical households have not time 10
give him -.,,..-,s-.
Iollfng back in his $4,000 car Iooh
up. burst suddenly into activity an.
life and whirl around corners an-
side streets in desperate 1lghl aAtSI
a nair Of blue ewes which suddenly
DRIFT no to him along hitherto Co
and Indifferent hOriZOny Not pc
cause he is a gay LOthariO or flirt
or a wolf in Sleeps clothing; but
because he is lonely His horizons
are shutting in on him He cannot
see far off TO anything that appeals
TO him or beckOns him with romance
And then those blue eyes- Iney are
worth following. They stand Tor
something new: wider horizons. the
possibility OF adventure, real IN
terest in a life Of monontony.
Everyone Is Lonely.
Everyone is lonesome That IS the
first point to consider And the peo-
pie who have succeeded in lie nave
made real use OF that loneliness
They have through il broadened
their horizons. They have come TO
recognize that loneliness and long
ing are universal-that the desire
for a real understanding. Is the Gran
for which we all search as We so
through life.
Instead Of seITishIy centering on
their own "alOneness" they &C
knowledge il as part Of human eN-
perience. They are kind and gener-
Gus in their attitude toward other
hours with efforts to grow and i'm
prove and understand life.
The way to meet loneliness IS to
broaden your horizon. Don't let
your world shut in on you-and
isolate YOU into being an individual
centerine on yourself But let it
reach out and take in the fact thar
your experience is part Of all human
experience-that you have no right
to demand 70 be different-that YOU
cannot escape what everybody else
is feeling.
You can't alleviate your loneliness
in cheap ways. The good looking
boy who smiles at you in the sub
way is probably not beast and
brute from whom you must flee in
lOaLnIEEs nQL You G1ULuL LahG
chances in a world where vampires
and criminals and brutes are playing
on that very instinct Of loneliness.
Climbing into the automobile OF
q stranger or giving yourself over
to the caresses OF another wOman's
husband are not a way out Of your
lonely state. They are q way into
an even more desperate state-a
state where you viii be deserted
and ashamed and bitterly conscious
that you have cut yourself off from
the simple life OF the everyday folk
all around you.
There is only one way to meet
your p-76lem Of loneliness. Rec
ognize tat IL is universal and that
throu~ It you can get a broad IN
derstandIne OF life and human ex-
perience- FIJI in your empty hours
with work and the things that make
for growth.
Broaden your horizons and never
let them center so close about your
own self that you shut off your
chance to see and know the rest of
the world. And work for your Grail.
keeping yourself worthy Of your
own ideal Of c0mDani0nship and
love and UNDERSTANDING