The Washington times., 1917-12-27
w IHAT do you want most in
w the world' -.

" VI
w Speak up! Pretty
girl, you want love. Young man.
you want money. Invalid, you
want health. Ambitious dreamer,
you want fame.
Here they are, all done up in
neat packages; yours, the moment
you pay the price. Expensive!
Oh, very. But if you demand such
luxuries as hearts desires, you
can't expect to get them for a
song.
You may read this far, and then
exclaim: "Oh, bosh! That's all
nonsense. I've struggled for ye1rs
to succeed, and I'm no nearer my
goal than ever. In fact, it's dim
mer speck on the horizon than it
was a few years ago"
Very good. ! make the affirma-
tive statement; you come back at
me with a negative one. Suppose
we argue It out. Well consider the
negative statements first. I'll take
them from the letters / have re-
ceived.
The Eternal Question.
A young man writes: 81 love a
girl who does not return my affec-
ton and persistently turns a deaf
ear to me-" / can easily imagine
him saying: "Now what does
your affirmation amount to-"
And 1 unhesitatingly reply: Just
as much as it ever did"
Without going into the question
of whether he could not ultimately
win that girl if he wished and
willed to hard enough, let US an
alyZe his emotions a moment. If
he hadn't met that particular girl,
he would probably have fallen just
as deeply in love with another one.
It was a necessity of his nature to
love very deeply and ardently.
The strong demand for affection,
for a devoted companionship, ex-
pressed itself.
II he could be philosophical
enough to see it so, that especial
girl is not his real mate, or she
would have returned his love.
Therefore what he regards as a
calamity is really blessing in dis
guise. But that very demand OF
his nature, II he continues to hold
it, will by the law OF attraction
bring to him all that he asks In
visible form. Dreams, If held per-
sistently, always come true. The
good you seek is seeking You.
Il rave no more 'gainst Time nor
Fate,
For, 10. mine own shall come to
me-"
Another woman writes me: 81
want a kind, loving husband. And
/ want to make a happy home for
him. But l do not seem to meet
any men who have tastes as do
nestle as mine"
You will, my dear. Don't be
afraid Of your drema, and say:
ooh. that would be too good to
happen to me. l mustn't expect
too much.
Expect everything. Nothing is
too good to be true, and the further
away It seems, exepct all the
harder. Why shouldn't you make
the happiest kind OF a home for
some appreciative man? No rea-
son under the sun. The man you
seek is seeking You. Continue
to live in your dream. The law
of attraction will do the rest
But don't make the mistake of
a woman met. We were visiting
in the same house. She was
widow, and overheard her saying
to an intimate friend Of hers:
I'm tired of wandering about the
world alone. ! would like to marry
again. But / don't believe men
like really nice women any more"
These remarks aroused my in
terest in her. She was good look
ing, in her early thirties, with
enough of an income to live pleas
antly. Why had she no suitors?
1t wasn't hard to find out. That
evening at dinner she monopolized
the conversation. She told various
experiences, Of which she was al
ways the heroine She analysed