Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-13
kDTH0R ASKS GIRLS
\. NOT TO Waste time
Bcatrsce Fairfax Suggests Way Out
for the "Hcart Broken"
Mnldcns.
HOPE FOR DEspoN NTs
IL You Have Dramatic Temperament.
Pull Yourself Up With Sharp jolt,
Is Ayicc Given by This Famous
Writer.
ny BEATRIcE rA,RrAx.

ny BEATRICE: FAiRFAN.
If you happen to be one of those
girls who write to me under the sigma,
or "Despairing' make up your mind
Shat you arc extremely unI!ksly To- find
is IN these unhappy terms.
Thoughts are chinss'' as wise mon
have known from the beginning. and
i y9% admit you ere Hesr'e snd
yourself with these labels. You are de.
ii6esr;ateiy piaying iosins same-.-and
DO not let your feelings run away
With you II You indniEe in lhis sort
more control over over Your destiny than
a leaf has over it's whirlnG in hur
II yon are at the beck and cali Of
every. feeling Of JOY. grief, love fear
hate. YOU become emotionally intoXi-
face value. In this state OF mind one
is utterly unti; 10 cope with life. Or.
in the exaggerated forms they pre-
sent to the drug addict; nothing is
The emotions get the whip hand and
TO post. He is .'madiy'' in love With
destroy his good name or his complete
understanding with. friend. the world
is against him. and very naturally he
despairins.
a or eX SSay ion, or despairns unrealty
next young man or woman with whom
late happens 70 throw them.
Fail TO MIKE Suecess
1t is needless TO say such pconIc
are too much at the. mercy of their
feelings ever to make a success of
life. They never stick to anything
coed. Some grand opera emotion
love. despair, hate. fear. jealousy,
suspicion-is always driving them
along; 'heE never stop long enough
How does it come about, why is
syneryday, life fuli Of these Stars,
domestic life? was discussing this
subject the other day with a brilian;
physician--a specialist in diseases of
the mind-who is doing notable work
among the shcllshock victims of the
war
H certain amount OF histrionic or artis-
tic ability and that they. continually
live in parts" Such people are ap, TO
be excessive novel readers. thca;ergo-
lives to stage, book or screen. rather
than reverse the process and 1T stage.
book or screen 10 real life.
They think in terms OF art and fire.
1ucntly In the third person. she
dragged her weary form few. PAGES:
then crumrled UP on a park bench"
looking girl repeat 10 herself quite
nudibly. And as he had just seen her
few Steps and sit on a park bench he
Joined her. and began to talk about
her case"
She displayed no reluctance In talk
play" the play that, like classics Of
the Chinese stage. goes on for years
and years
I'll. Gift nr D-iu.ion.
f,n
parted. though She had de!uded her
self into thinking she was mad
about aim. and was heart broken
that nc had said no eood-by 10 her
and had declined her invitation 10
spend the evening in her company
able questions about the young man;
questions intended to elicit her real
Feelings m regard To him she con-
fessed he was 'st!nGy.' inat he Was
''poorly educated" that she hated his
habit Of breathing through the mouth.
Love was not blind; in fact. there WAS
no love present TO lose MS eyes'Sntj;
she took this rather sorry specimen
tor her Leading man.
With such subjects the curtain never
comes down: they get up N the morn
ing and begin 10 think of themselves
in the terms or n book or play and
they keep 1t up till night
and accompanied by doCccd industry,
may be turned TO HrohtaMc account:
IT may come for.4i IN the shape OF
And you may have the pleasure o.
banking checks OF your own making
ard becoming happy and prosperous
author. But If YOU are going TO allow
Your lift energies TO become mex
tricably entansled in Its meshes-you
will have no more chance than ny
in a spiders web
You may cast yourself for a star
part but YOU will he apt to find your
self among the lowliest and most
wretched OF LIES surcrs.
Re Your Own StnEe Manager.
II YOU have a dramatic tempera-
ment. dull yourself up WIN sharp
Jolt and decide TO become q good. husi-
ness-like stage mana ger; as ven as
real tears every day in the week and
twice on matinee days, ~,
Keep the whip hand on your feel
nss and do q"i i" dnes NOT On eoms his
evening | shall die" III lie docs not
care for me it means some one has
been making ,r"ubl between us
can't bear this agony another mo-
On the contrary. say i've got a
dramatic temperament highly VaIu-
able asset: how can tame II and train
& ii so that it may be OF some practca.
Or How can nreven, my emotions
from running away with me, and
making me a burden to myself and a
You have discovered that. my dear
K Young man woman. YOU have DIS
s covered the philosophers stone.
At the same time, your chances ot
'.winning" the only girl, or the only
man" who causes you such tremendous
upheavas at the present time. viii
be several times as good as Il you
continue to renal the victim or every
emotional storm.
Run you. own lie. and run ii with
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