The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-01
5Y MRS, WILSON WOODROW,
The world famous writer on vital subIecHs,

DO you believe there are women who
go through their entire lives without
knowing what love is?'
This Is the question which has been
propOunded TO me by a correspondent,
and naturally she asks 1t with the per-
sonal equation in mind.
In an interesting letter, which can
hardly fail to induce reflection, she
says:
AT "a find myself rather seriously
bordering the question | have sub
mittcd to you, and wondering il 1t is
so.
I'm my girlhood I cared little for So
ciety or the company Of young men. /
much preferred a quiet evening with
Dickens, George Eliot or one Of my
other favorite novelists to being at a
party or ball, n when ! did go ] never
had a good time through being so
frightfully self-conscious.
81 am always at my best with my own
sex, and have never lacked real friends.
The girls | have known always confided
their love affairs to me, sure of a sin
cere sympathy, But looking back upon
these experiences, II seems as II my
friends even tlSrn never thought that
love would be my portion. And today
they say-meaning to be consoling, |
am sure, but not knowing how 1t hurts
NEWELL, If you can't get a beau, who
cam Therefore, may | describe my
self without being vain?
II am a pretty blonde and having
taken good care Of my health, do not
look to be more than Is years old; am
neat and dress well, have high ideals;
am a keen lover OF all things beautiful
that is, nature, noble deeds, the beau
tiful thoughts Of great minds, l am
deeply interested In every conceivable
movement for the welfare Of humanity.
Having been a hard worker since l was
IA years old, believe the sun was
made to shine for all.
III old maidenhood is TO be my fate
| am determined not to become a sou
one, Still, | can not help feeling down
hearted at times, n wondering il |
have not missed life's greatest gift.
Hoping you will write an article on
that ever-interesting subject, love. |
"one Of Your Faithful Readers"
Let us get back to the main query
first, DO | believe there are people who
go through their entire lives without
knowing what love Is? l most certainly
do. ! think there are men and women
who have lived well satisfied with ex-
istence on the whole, and yet I'VE new
er known for a minute what love Is
that Lowell mean, Of course, which
serves as a theme for the novelists and
poets. And | do not believe that such
cases are exceptional. either; | think
there are thousands OF them.
lneNe are tnt WuHlfH WIN "lull Atlt
maternal instinct, or the desire for so
cial prestige. or the love Of display Is
the ruling passion Of their lives, and the
men with whom the claims OF business
or Of their ambitions far outweigh any
other consideration, while in both sexes
there are thousands who are just too
confoundedly selfish ever to fall in love,
They are all a bit abnormal, perhaps,
but they exist,
And even with the normal people.
love does not mean the same thing
to all temperaments alike. To me II
means q placid, serene devotion, to
another frenzy and Transports to one
pretty sentiment and protection, to an
other ~comradeship and c~ongeniality.
II takes all kinds of people to make
a world, and II takes all kinds Of love
to suit their various personalities. Ac-
cording to their desires be 1t unto them.
Our IDEAS Of love differ greatly, too,
at different ages. The love fancies OF
a girl Of 16 dreaming OF her fairy
prince are not those Of the sophisticated
woman Of 30,
But | do unquaiifiedty believe this,
| that whatever kind of love we want,
enough, we can bring 1t into our lives,
DO you remember Florence Morse
EingsleynH story Of Miss phtllura," the
| dowdy, shabby, little old maid who
forced herself TO believe so strongly in
the imaginary lover She had created
that She made him come truoH
And YOU are no Miss Phillura," but
a charming and attractive woman, only