The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-08
MIND YOUR
OWN BUSINESS

ffWhat charming hat, my dear!
But do you think you ought to wear
brown. I've always fancied that it's
better to wear hats of a. color to
contrast with your hair" -
tBy Jove, old mani That's a top
ping new car you've got But why
didn't you get one of those battle
ship gray ones? They don't show
up so badly when they need. wash
ing down, and for fellow who's
his own chauffeur to own a blue car
on which every speck shows" -
"Of course it's very nice that
you've sold a story to Blanks mag
azine, but what you ought to do is
write scenarios. The few paltry
hundreds you get for a story are
That's the way to spend a vaca-
ton. Really you ought to change
your plans even if it is the last
moment. I went hiking once, and
between the mosquitoes and the
blisters on my feet I had terrible
time. Stay home if you have to
and try to keep cool in your own
room, but don't go hiking -
Who doesn't know them? Who
hasn't met then-these folks who
come trotting along and puncture
all our pet illusions with their
"weH meant but most annoying
advice. They insist on tossing off
some arrangement for us better
than the one we've worked out after
weeks of thought on the subject.
| They know that If We'll just listen
| to them everything will be SO much
| happier for us than anything we
could hope to arrange by trusting
to our own weak feeble Judgment
ment.
Perhaps that brown hat which
Mrs. Fix-It 50 ruthless1y criticizes
is just the shade we love - or the
one hat that goes with all our
street-cIothes - or the only one in
the shop where We like to trade
which came within our present
financial reach. But the joy of pos
! session is spoiled by one of the
members of the family of advice
| purveyors-free-of -charge.
The blue car which just suits our
| life, which we thought SO nifty,
| which has been the goal of our
dreams for years - is it all wrong
now? We wonder and wonder and,
forgetting the illuminating series,
| "Somebody's always taking the joy
out of life" we let misery perch on
the running board for a while,
And the people who know = just
how a literary career ought to be
steered toward the success! How
numerous they are. HoW they man
| aged to cloud the joy of achievement
for the young author who has
struggled and struggled to get into
print and who regards his name in
the list of contents and the check
for fifty dollars as the beginning
of fame, fortune and happiness
He doesn't want TO write scenarios
he isn't fitted to write 'em, he
wouldn't succeed in the field where
he doesn't belong. But if scenarios
and the prices they bring are the
only prizes worth having, why
should he monkey around for weeks
and wear himself out for something
that doesn't really count?
The vacation SO long looked for
ward to - so carefully planned =
what are a few dozen mosquitoe:
or a couple of blfsters in relation te
it? Nothing really - but how keeI
perspective in the face of per
sfstant buzzer of the Let-me-show
you-how tribe??
1t isn't weaklings alone who FIND
that things are spoiled for them b.
: the insistence of some one else tina
the things once cherished are al
wrong and worthless quite. Its II
human nature to value what is wei
thought of. The law of supply ant
demand isn't based on every one.
wanting the undesired and fancyin:
the discarded and ignored desirable
The world would be an altogethe
more comfortable place If we al
got into the habit of wanting t
offer advice until some sign is mad
} that it's going to be welcome. T.
put it crassly and straight from tn
, shoulder, isn't it a. fine : idea 70
folks to mind their own business
not once in a while, but Just abou
AL OF the time?