The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-30
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WHAT HAS SllE MlSSIDY
1t il evident that when any individual seeks
to destroy himself or hcrsolf, that Individual
has missed something Of vnst Importance In
life. Because II that were not true. why should
the desire exist to end llfe? Iifc holds all that
heaven can possibly give, ergo Il possosscs tho
elements Of the most literal hell II follows
that we arc permitted to take from lifo precisely
what we Will that II we fan TO find that which
makes llfo abundantly worth living and abun-
dainty satisfying tho faull ia with ns---with our
selection OF things to which we give our great-
est attention and efforts
what. then. Is it, that Evelyn Nesblt Thaw
has missed that she seeks to destroy herself
and thus bring to euddon close her human
existence? Certainly not distinction. certainly
not fame, certainly not the raudit OF the mul-
ttudc nor fortune. All these she has had from
her youth up. For years she has baslSed in the
very center OF the light that sheds Its rays
round about n coterio Of celebrities.
Unnumbercd thousands have unquestlonably
enved her--lookcd up to her she balanced
herself upon the topmost rung OF the ladder OF
what men call success. TO the unhinking she
has long possessed everything essential TO
human happiness and contentment And yet,
at a time when men and women OF polse and
good counsel just beginning TO unfold the
lnnermost leaves OF tho bud of life, onrlching
their lives by what they and find and
perience, she seeks TO end II ALL
Someone has asked what is happness7 We
ask. what Is success7 Are we TO at last find
when our natures are attuned to the better
angels which attend u.s. that the two not
only synonymous but indivlsibly one? That
happineas--the pure enyelopng happiness
which In available for every and woman,
which certainly lights up the evening OF life
and gives adequate preparation for the Great
Adventure--s the great success OF life?
We think that probable--nay certain. It Is
true that thought OF seIf-destruction or
crime comes to the happy mind; 80 true that
no man will dare contradict that But II Is
not true-not necessarily true--that the indl-
vidual apparently partaking OF success in its
largest measure--is happy, Inevitably we are
forced to conclude that Evelyn Nesbit chose
unwlseiy That choice may have been due to
ignorance. while again 1t may have been due
to deliberate past entered into between
science and desire. We may not determine tho
point because It is not domonstratable in any
event.
Certain It is that had she chosen the better
part. consulted the finer nature OF mankind
and sought that happiness which alone brings
surcease from pain and crime and materialsm,
no thought Of self-destructon could ever have
entered her mind.
Idolatry goes on all the while in this world.
To seek wealth fame merely n means 20
an end is one thing; but to seek either
end In itself is most distinctly another, Tho
one thought may lead to vast contentment and
happiness undefilcd while the other certainly
never arrives at such destination. Woman seek
ing a career--demandng so-called equality
with mans the most tragic and contradictory
phenomenon OF modern life. Esau selling his
birthrlght for a mess OF pottage was the very
acme OF wisdom in comparison with such
feminine foolishnessl Kings do not voluntarily
descend the throne TO take the habilimcnts
and practices OF the vagabond yet womanhood
in electng 20 avoid the divine mission FOR which
she stands created, acts more foolish than a
king clccting 20 become a vagnbond,
We shall avoid mentioning the tino Jewel we
think Evelyn Ncsbit Thaw has missed in life,
yet in refusing TO define It we think we sug-
gest it TO every reader and that the suggestion
will meet universal approval There is "a pas
sion which puritcs and enobles and prepares
for the unacceptable. It requires sacrifice It
requires service and It orders the defalcation
OF certain standards Of living. Possessed of
such passon--the pure white blaze OF un-
eonquerabe love-no Individual need fear the
thought Of self-destructon, The door OF the
mind thus moved is forever closed against such
thought