The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-08
~HE has been very i'll, oh,

Ill. There was an operation
~ and II has left her knee stif,
and the doctor said 1t will never
be much better.
She's trying TO be very thankful.
for a little while ago she couldn't
walk at all. But she's only twenty
three. and what was easy to bear
when she was i'll and in bed. and
every one bringing her flowers and
reading to her and calling up on
the phone to know how size was
is very hard inded to bear now.
She's young, and pretty, and she
hatesto be lame.
She hates IL, because she can't
dance any more. and she was such
a beautiful dancer--as light as
feather and as supple as willow
wand. And she hates it because ii
makes her slow in her movements,
and she feels as If she was drop
ping behind every one else. But
most she hates IL because people
stare at hep in the street, and ask
her: What is the trouble?" and
whether she has had an accident.
Sometimes il seems as If she
couldn't bear ii another minute.
And then, too. she is loving
little thing. with the taste for
home-making, and she. wonders If
anyone will ever
Why, you foolish little girl, how
can you waste your time wonder
ing such a thing as that?
The three happiest marriages l
where the little bride was lame.
Happen so? No, l don't think 1t
was just by chance.
You see, the man who marries a
girl who is lame really loves her
really-and he knows 1t and she
knows 1t.
And then. II is a superior type OF
man who falls in love with a girls
soul first, and her mind next, and
her body last Of all.
Consider These Truths.
Such a man as that loves a girls
body because II belongs to her, and
that is a very different thing from
falling in love with a girl because
he first falls in love with the way
she dances, or the shape of her arm,
or some little quaint turn OF her
throat Very different, indeed, as
many a poor girl and impulsive.
shallow hearted man have discover
ed to bitter cost.
The little limp that seems so
terrible to you will never drive
away any man who Is worth while.
1t will draw him to you-be sure
Of that.
Strong men. good men, generous
a q uyh
tion-and IL is their Joy and pride
to be to her all that they could
never in the world be to one more
independent OF them.
Look around you, little girl, and
use your eyes.
who is the happiest woman you
know? The beauty, the proud, domi-
nant creature. Independent OF every
one and everything-or the quiet
little girl, not so pretty, perhaps,
not SO beautiful, not so dazzlingly
attractive--but the one love of n
good mans heart, who loves all the
better because she is dependent on
him and cannot do without him.
AS to the people who stare-don't
give them a thought.
They are the sort who stand In
the street and cape, open-mouthed.
n sheet OF paper in window. Va
cant-minded, empty-hearted. they
don't mean a bit OF harm when they
stare at you-they just don't know
any better, that's all. So would the
black savages OF the Jungle stare
II any white person should appear
among them. Why should you
worry about what people OF such
limited intelligence think?
No one bothers TO notice merely
physical peculiarities, except people
who are brainless and utterly lack
ing in knowledge of the world, and
real interest in the real things of
life.
They VIII Come.
The worlds a pretty busy place,
my dear. Every human being you
meet in the street has a problem OF
some sort to solve and Is pretty
busy solving II, too, and you, as
you pass. are just little mote In
the sunbeam. something they look
at and nine times out OF ten do not
even see.
John Is hurrying to mail a letter
to Mary. Jim Is worried for fear
has poipn to lose his ioh- Charlie