Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-24
ILife'sProblems
Are Discussed
BY Mrs. Wilson woodrow

A girl has written me letter
which has interested me enormously,
not only because of the unique char
acter of the writer thus revealed but
also because the work for which she
feels she has a vocation is somewhat
out of the beaten path. She says:
Dear Mrs. Woodrow: 1 am goins
to ask you a great big favor. and I
wonder If you will help me by grant
ing it.
Il am going to make my con-
fession. and it is kind of hard. This
is it: I am so uninteresting that
sometimes I could cry. say to my
self, oh, if only knew how to be-
come interesting.
Il am sure, or at least I hope. that
you won't say what woman I have
loved and admired for years said
when I told her of my great longing:
Go to the library. my dear
Il don't want to go there 1 want
you to help me by telling me how
can see more of people and get to
know them. Don't you imagine that
a lot of people would gladly pay a
dollar for one evening when they
wanted to go out and get some
amusement, if they could ind some
one who would look after their homes
and children for them-say one night
of good.
Or again. there must be people
who want some one to do their
errands for them, and then if they
expected company and they simply
had to have girl for an afternoon
or evening 1 would do those things
so gladly.
y don't know how to go about it.
though. but if you will tell me I will
DO something great for you and help
YOU every way l cam
My dear child. it is very sweet of
YOU to feel that sense of reciprocity,
but don't bother about your obliga-
tion to me. l am here to try TO tell
YOU the things you want to know;
that is what l am paid for. 1t is also
assistance to YOU
But where did you get that queer,
amazing, amusing idea that YOU are
unintereSting? However, there is no
ment in your brain. There is only one
thing to do now, and that is to throw
il on the mental ash-heap where II
belongs.
Your letter shows initiative. en-
thusiasm and generosity, a spirit of
adventure and determination to
follow the promptings of your own
nature, 1t is a combination which,
tail to bring success.
Therefore, l continue TO wonder
what has made you cry over being
uninteresting. Perhaps you are little
shy. or perhaps you are naturally
more of an observer than a talker
and feel at u disadvantage socially.
l do not know. but I can assure you
positively that you are mistaken IN
Your estimate OF yourself. In fact,
when all the little chatterers that
YOU now envy are still merely cnat-
terers. YOU will be an extremely IN
tercstiuE woman. because YOU nave
that quality which H. G. Wells has
defned as the courage of the
Imagination
I hear that there is real demand
for lust the sort of service you de-
sire 10 give In these days or the
hieh cost of living and when wages
are soaring almost out of sight many
women. especially those with little
children. are clamoring for visiting
mothers helper who will assist them
i'm their household duties and look
after the children one or two or three
afternoons a week and also upon an
occasional evening. ,.
OF course you will have to have
excellent references. 1t might be.
GOOD thing for you to secure the
recommendation of some irst-class