Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-25
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<<r HAVE been young and am
now DID," said a woman the
|. other day, and the sum of
| all the philosophy that L have learn
ed is this-that if we wish to be
happy, we must make the most of
now and here.
! There is no use in waiting to
enjoy ourselves until the ideal con-
dition of affairs occurs. 1t never
takes place, but this is pretty
good old world, after all, with lots
of pleasant things in it. There is
Ino use in waiting for a cloudless
day before you have your picnic,
hut even a picnic in the rain is
jolly good sport If you laugh at
| the rain, and can see how funny
YOU look with your feathers wilted
down.
"Of course this is a hard lesson
| for women to learn. We are walters
by nature. We are always doing the
watchful waiting stunt and particu-
Ilarly we are always waiting for
the psychological moment to come.
lin which we are going to let our
selves go, and be happy, and have
a good time.
| somehow WOIl6h SSeIh " llcN Z q
dim idea that there is something
almost immoral in being happy at
the present moment, or getting any
good out of thing while the getting
is good.
| you can see this in the way In
which so many women dress. When
they get a new gown, or a new hat,
| they consider it wild extravaganza
to wear them while they are new,
| and smart, and in the fashion. So
they put them in their closets and
| wear their year. before-last clothes
land go around looking as If they
had just been fshed out of the rag
bag, while their up-to-date apparel
is acquiring age and unstylishness
| in uselessneSs.
| why, I had an aunt who kept
her clothes so long before she wore
them that she frequently had them
made over a couple of times be-
fore she had them on. She always
| looked like a back number because
her good clothes were hanging on
| hooks while she hung the ancient
| Vintages on herself.
| "And haven't you known women
who were notable housekeepers who
never had a bit of good jam on
their tables? In their pantries' were
rows and rows of jars of delicious
CONNECTIONS but they were too good
| to eat, and the family was always
being fed on something that had
| just begun to ferment, or to mould
or that was turning to sugar, or had
| something else the matter with it.
| "Such woman would consider
~, IN 0okn and cat If
while it was fresh. She always used
the stale cake until it was gone and
by the time they got through with
the old cake the new cake was
also old and stale.
| "And look at the women who
never indulge themselves in any
pleasure as they go along through
life, because they are savin up
every penny to splurge on when they
get old They would like to take
little trips, but they deny them
selves, so that some time in the
future they may have grand travels
They would enjoy going to the thea
ter, but they won't spend the price
lof a ticket so that at some indefi-
mite season they may so to the
grand opera. They won't even in
dulge themselves in a decent meal
at good restaurant because later
on they expect to feast at the Ritz.
But the time never comes for
them to cash in on their self-denial
and have the grand splurge for
which they, have been saving up
When the hour arrives that they had
lset to, be happy in, when they are
to travel, and go TO the opera, and
stop at swell hotels, they find thai
they are too old and rheumatic to