El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-05

. offered TO give her French lessons
I The girl took few. but did not find
Q French particularly interesting. Be
! ing young she very naturally wanted
/ to 60 out TO the movies and other
places Of amusement during the eve
nings. At this stage Of her indecision
keep on with the French, even If she
Z had to miss a little fun row and then.
! So she kept on and finally began
to take an interest in the language
particularly as the papers we're full
OF French names and battles. and it
! them correctly.
At this time there was some talk
Of sending telephone operators who
! knew French "oVer there" With
six months, half hearted start in the
language. The girl now began to study
IN earnest On the street cars, early
II the morning. late at night she
plugged away at her grammar. and
every evening there was the old lady
on hand to correct her pronunciation
and inspire her afresh.
At the end ri six months hard
study or a year in all, she was able
to take the examination that secured
for her the coveted overseas lob. She
. did very wen in France and. being
intelligent. she improved her French
and did not let the situation run away
with her head-thls highly valuable
quality IN a business woman was
duly taken note Of by important peo-
4 Broader Outlook.
And BY the tine she was ready TO
come home last January this girl had
evolved to the point where she deter
mined to make something OF herself
In addition to her French. she had
picked up quite a little Spanish from
q South American girl with whom she
lodged and the rooming house where
they had had the privilege Of max
~ Ice
behind
few weeks ago had another let
ter from this girl who now proposes
70 90 TO South America for an Ameri-
can business concern at q salary Of
$500 year. And there seems to be
other DELIGHTFUL prospects in view for
Cinderella. who was not too busy or
too tired or too selfish to make a cup
Of coffee for poor friendless old
woman who turned out 10 he q fairy
Eodmother in disguise So II you are
lonely don't make it any worse by
feeling hopeless as well. PerhaDs your (
fairy godmother is just around the !
corner. or she may be beside you in Z
-he street car on your way home And I
some little unimportant act Of kind +
ness VIII bring her fairylike qualities 4
70 ne surface. Not that 7 wish to he 7
understood as saving Re kind to 4
people for the possible good that may /
come PACK 70 YOU
Nothing could be more contempt +
Die than such scheme and nothing
would be more apt to meet with signal (
failure as scheme that inclcded aD-
parent friendliness and generosity as
part OF a selfish mission
But II you are young and desperate /!
~ lonesome and ma king your Wav in Z
strange city. things hurt less II YOU
cultivate little unselfishness. In
the long run one gets Just about what
ne has put into Il and II one puts in
seltishness and lets II accumulate, bv (
4 system OF compound interest. he
ooes not ger back much more than
the soroid side OF people and things.
rake the case we have Just been
talking about. OF all the young people
IN that Wretchedly dreary lodging
mouse there was just one who had
time TO stop and consider the plight
q an utterly friend less old woman.
Ano the girl who took the time to do
that is the sole instance OF success (
al1nn7 a gr0un Of voung. peoD'e 4.
Fernaps none OF them viii get very (
1ar- perhaps II those French Lessons 3
ned oeen ofIered to them they would +
lor nave thought them worth while 4
Tor success consists largely in recog-
nizinE the stone that viii help Won {
CLIMB I'D the steep wall that keeps
fol rom nAtter fhiuVs. It Is safe
rule TO make use OF any stone that is
labelled knowledge. You can't sin
7 you take that and vou won't he
u out OF your calculations If you
axe one marked Kindness. unset
-iss nesS or neigh hnrliness
but also most OF Us pick out the
tones marked ease -selfindul-
zenee" and the lines Of least resit-
ince and=tben we blame something
re call fate" There Isn't any such
hing as fate Don't believe IN It Tor
moment Omar. the tent maker
vas right when he sang thousands Of !
ears ago. I myself am heaven and