The Washington herald., 1920-04-26
RE YOUR OWN GOOD FAIRY.

bc nOLh O"N eOOD FAIh1.
Do. you remember how. in Peter
r'an. Maud Adams would come
fnwn to the footIights and in that
rriIling voice of hers ask. do
you believe in fairies:" And the
whole house would shout back at
'rr: "Yss!"
\ belief in fairies Is a very beau
,tfUI and lovely thing. and an agree
ble and innocuous pastime il in
.rulEed in for an hour or so oc-
sionalIy in the twilight. but it
''eromes a very dangerous and mis-
ChIeyous faith II one tries to make
:. working proposition Of it.
And this is what women do
SInety-nIne percent OF the women
10 the world still believe in fairies.
q nd they are sitting around wait
ing for their fairy godmother to
.-"nne along and pull of some more
cinderella stun. and change their
pumpkins into limousines, and their
hand downs into Paris confec-
lions. and transplant them from
their own gas ranges to scenes Of
princely splendor.
And they expect all OF this
change to come about through some
touch Of a magic wand. and with
out calling upon them for any Ia
Dor or effort.
Now the days of magic are not
past. Many a woman who began
life as a kitchen drudge passes on
to riches and splendor. There are
still fairies and fairy godmothers.
and conjure. but they work in a diff
Ierent way in these times, and we
call them by different names. The
other name of the good fairy used
to be Luck Now we call her
Pluck.
Nowadays a woman does not have
to sit around wishing for a good
fairy. All she has to do is to get
up and be her own good fairy. Let'e
see about IL
The first thing that the forlorn
maiden used to ask her fairy god
mother for was beauty. and immedi-
ately the ugly duckling was turned
into q beautiful swan. Her carroty
hair became golden, her pug nose
straight, her sallow complexion
bloomed with lilies and roses, and
her snaggled teeth were converted
into pearls. Some miracle!
The modern woman can practical
ly work this same metamorphosis in
herself whenever she chooses. She
can give light and lustre to hair by
brushing II. She can make over her
and exercise. and a lovely set OF
teeth are simply a secret between
her and her dentist.
Moreover, a woman's looks are
largely a matter Of clothes Any
young girl, not a monstrosity, is a
dream in white chiffon: and what
shade. color and line will camou-
mage In the way of defects Is beyond
all human guessing
The second gift that the distrait
maiden asked of her fairy god
mother was q husband. Probably q
good many girls think that a young
woman still needs the aid of some
good, strong magic spell to enable
her to catch a man and lead him to
the altar in these days when the
husband supply is so far below par
Not 50. The girl who wants to
marry Is still her own best match
maker. but she must depend upon
herself, and get out and look up
the kind Of a man she wants, in
stead Of sitting in the corner suck
ing her thumbs waiting for the
fairy to happen along.
There Is no use in angling in a
stream in which there are no FISH,
nor II there any use in fishing for
q whale with a iy. nor attempting
TO h9rpoon a brook trout. So the
woman who is her own matrimonial
good fairly goes out into busines IS
where men are plentiful, and she
finds the bait that Is most alluring
TO the poor fish that she desires. and
before he knows It she has landed
him.
The third gift that a maiden ask
ed Of her fairy godmother was
money. 20 that she might adorn ner-
self In glad raiment and ride In a
coach and four. The woman who is
her own good fairy doesn't waste
any time In wishing for money now
adays- She goes out and earns II,
for she has found out that IL women
put IN half the time, and the labor.
and the energy in working that they
DO In wanting things. they could
buy them for themselves.