Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-05
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The Thoughts Of Hermione, the Modern
Young Woman
We that is, my Little Group Of
Serious Thinkers and myself have
been taking up Coue in very thorough way.
We gave an entire evening to him this sum-
mer and threshed out his philosophy thor
oughly.
Aren't his ideas just simply wonderful
Dear Aurelia Dart you know
Aurelia Dart the harpist, don't you? Wells
dear Aurelia was getting frightfully stout.
Her arms were losing their character and In
dividuality entirely. And she used to have
the most beautiful arms
Fothergil Finch used to say they were
poetry, you know, and music, and all that
sort of thing! One could look at Aurelia's
arms and believe in the Absolute Brightness
of the Cosmic All, If you get what mean.
They were SO much like themselves, and
so distinctly unlike any other arms in the
world, that they always gave him an over
whelming realiZatio.- of the DistinctiveneSs
of the Unique, Fothergil used to say.
''They remind me of a line in one of dear
Susan Glaspells plays, where character
speaks Of the integrity of Otherpess," Yoke
Easeley said one evening.
But, of course, when they began to get too
plump they lost all their bitterness, II you
get what l mean.
Aurelia dieted and dieted and exercised
and exercised, and drank all kinds Of mineral
waters, and read the Zend Avesta, and took
up tennis, and massaged and massaged, ana
cut out sweets, and steamed and steamed
herself, and went in for Theosophy and CALI
ed in an osteopath and yogi, and none OF 1t
did any real good!
And chem she took up Coue in serious
way And I took up Coue, too, and helped
her hold the thought. We used to say,
hundred times each morning: DAY by day.
in every way. Aurelia's arms are getting
slenderer and slenderer!"
And in less than month they were their
old selves again Totberg, as TneS saa
Isn't it just simply marvellous what Mind
and Spirit will do!
Of course, one must be Serious and Sim
cere!
One must never, in these important
things, make a Compromise with the Trivial.
Nearly every night before I go to bed
conduct little Spiritual Self-Examination,
if you get what mean. I stand before the
mirror AMI look earnestly into my own eyes,
and ask myself: "Have I Rebuked the Triv-
ial today? Or have failed?"
That is what we who are Leaders in ADJ
vanced Thought must always do--Rebuke
the Trivial. Inc masses look TO US IoF spirit
ual guidance and progress.
That is the way we must help Evolution to
evolve we Advanced Thinkers. by
Rebhking the Trivial!
And what would the human race be with
out Evolution? I always say that Evolution
has been one Of the greatest helps to the
human race!
Have you seen the Symbolism in the new
skirts? The way they flare out at the bot
! T~N1 FSana0 oils
Sirens, you know! Fothergil Finch says
the Vamp has gone out, and the Flapper Is
going out, and the Siren Is coming in! Isn't
it wonderful the way the Subconsc1ous Minds
of the really great designers are influenced
by the Rhythmic Ebb and Flow In Natura
herself, and express themselves in Symbol"
ism, if you get what I mean!
Although Poor Dear Mama-she Is very
unbalanced, you know, Mama is--said to
me: 81 should think you would be ashamed
to wear anything tina had Symbolism in it,"
She thinks all kinds of Symbolism mean
nothing but Freud! Fancy!
And, of course, everybody should know
that Symbols aren't improper at all, as long
as you don't dream about them. On the
other hand, almost anything you dream about
is sure to be improper. But 1 can never
make Poor Dear Mama see the distinction!
She is so hopeless! I will never forget the
shock it gave her when she discovered that
flowers actually have Sex.
Well, 1 must be hurrying on. have
committee meeting this afternoon. One OF
my Causes, you know! We are going to
show the deserving poor this coming winter
that their state of mind matters great deal
more than coal shortage.
But 1 must say Il Masses are frightfuIly
ungrateful, no matter what sacrifices we adj
vanced thinkers make for them.
Sacrifice! Sacrifice! Isn't sacrifice just
simply wonderful!
French Without a Struggle
"Prithee, precede me from the house."
1 begged him, adding "Apres vous!"
After giving some of the current "Greek
dancing the once over, we wonder what the
deuce the ancient Greeks would think OF 1t.
Watch The Tower for the serial entitled
The Great Gland Mystery, Sequel to Gladys,
the Bootlegger's Daughter.-AdVt.