The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-02-10

ii am going to devote his article TO
I bringing some OF them home to Ncu.
A girl recently wrote to mu that her
father had suddenly lost his money
land she was. therefore. Obliged ~ earn
her living. That she had never done
anything useful In her nfe. that Is.
any systematic. directed work except
To take care ~ an invalid sister wno
would not allow q nurse TO sttend her
20 she presumed she shoald be a train
ed nurse. hut that she was juat crazy
to go on the stage. or write, ar 40
something that would make her fam
Gus. And then she asked me what !
Thought the chances would be fpr her.
Gould I tel her just how to begin
Here's a girl with the probable
"makings" OF a good trained nurse but
she would rathsr be an indifferent
sort az actress. and vet the world II
50 In need Of good trained nurses and
30 little In need OF n more indiffer-
entity good actresses
Do I hear yous ay. How de- you
know she would be only indifferent
Because she herself admits nat she
should be something else than an
actrcss.
30 llAanN Bits Alf AANAMk VI wv
moon. They fix their eyes ON some one
who has reached a goal and enVy her
the fame she has gained. the success
that has come 10 her. and then they
l|center their own ambitions on THAI
same goal They do not realize that
ltehind every achievement lies q hard.
rough road when they decide that
they have received the 'diyiue CALI
4 a. a - .MN.. ga.. .-..mE.lnV.F 81 A.
that IL Is not one. hut many rualifIoa-
lions that GO to make up ones fitness
for that calling. People have not even
lyet rid themselves OF tire sdea that au
lactress's life Is not one Ions. beautiful
dream. interpreted with the plaudits
Of the multitudcs and champagne SUB
pers. Instead of which h is IN" Of IN"
hardest ef professions. and the making
OF a successful actress means some
thing more than to possess the desire
to goo n the stage and nave q pun tn
get n the chance.
similarly. with a writer's life. Some
Thing more thar the desire &C. see one 4
name In print IL necessary 10 warrant
Zones starting oat 90 MAKE u "a ui,
) work. There " no royal road 10 SUI
ices. mi any work can be made jGs'
las NtA ANAlkfu ~ NiluA Sits Alf Hl'AN'N
to call the 'ladylikc' professions
Housework can be made just a. In.
itcresting as acting. or writing. CT any.
Thing else. The only difference b. thJI
in the one case you have tn be salts
fled with the commentator coz IN,
{ criticisms OF tho few instead Of th'
2 many.
Don't get a wrong viewpoint 90
wo~t Take account Of yourselves
! and uSr's waste energy trying 10 d,
anything acre,y for fame Make You
4 ambition one that L. worthy Of th'
r best STAT IL IN you, and dc away Will
idle louytngs and with reChing out 10
the unattainablc.
II am a stenographer. writes an
4 other girl, and a good one. In fact,
4, have ms work down 50 pat that ! cal
do IL with both eyes shut, yet ! don.
v seem 20 be appreciated. for some on
o else il always promoted above me. an,
Z have been right here for five wears
Poor girl, There are any number o
girls like her. Probably she not onl
could but does do her work as II he
c eyes were shut. whichi ; TO say that gh
very likely does II mechanically. Yo
see n Is appreciated-atpa par value
Now, then, girls. jusd make M you
mind that II q arc going to get co.
d you have 10 attain to more than pa
value. There b. such fierce compoti
ton everywhere in the business wor.
that good mechanical WORK is 'urue
out by u mnchinr. What you've got {
do is 10 bring to your work though
and interest You must perform yot,
duties as well a. the others, plus. No
really only begin TO count with M
> plus Bring fresh ideas. fresh ga
% thusiasm, something new "a your wor
p leyery day. n 1t isn't appreciated, ST.
ihring these things to the pcrformano
81 your duties for your own intercs
only then b. work lifted out Of ia
o. plane 81 drudgery and mouptony thj
D. b. NOR" killing han long hours AN
e. over-eNertion The girl who wrote u
Hacked imagination. So tho Other pei
son was promoted owe her mead
u Here's another lesson. 4 friend ,
u mine employs Il home dressmaker. ~
turns out tho most exquisite things q,
her but she herself b. such an uutil
pcTsou, and 50 careless. that 10 rs fo3'
lfully upsotting Go have her arouu,
iThe old aduge about shoemaker shi
drcn has % great nan counterpart
Do YOU have any failing this way q
let us remember that IL isn't ouuue
7 To be proficient iu the sporif.D line "
have chosen 90 work out our destin,
in We must Keep nap with aI the on
der rules Of lifo ana right living
~ Another girl evidently q very %
IN tractive aud intelligent riri nom BE
letter and photograph. writes 60 a,
me n there Is anv cure fnr ~rlf-rOi
sciousncss. She says she cannot io.
~ n any conversation. because she do"
% not seem 10 have anything to tII
W about. and that II she had any ide.
=" she Is too embarrassed 10 expire.
them. ! sympathize heartily with IA
~ girl, and an IA" many others I buo
~ who are similarly handicapped, aud
H. am glad Ia say I can help her. IN n
first place, she should learn 20 coi
y contrate her mind on une subject As
h, her wits ga nitting from one poi
10 another. Lot her select some suI
IjeCt from tho news of the dan la a dai
paper. say. and then turn u over
y her mind. bring her 1871 Intelligent
" 10 III upon H. aud then talk n ov'
= with some one on. " That doesn't hal
. pen 20 he convenient. talk aloud nho|
- u ga herself In the privacy of her ov
room. Pretend some n Is with he