The Washington times., 1922-12-08
INTUITION only
SAFE GUIDE
{ .INLOVE
Mrs. obenchain Says Failure
to Heed Hearts Warning
Leads to Troubles.
BY WILLIAM PARKER.
J Cosmopolitan News Service Staff
Correspondent.
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By WILLIAM PARKER.
Cosmopolitan News service Staff

BY WILLIAM PARKER.
Cosmopolitan News Service Staff
| Correspondent.
copyright. 1879, by Cosmopolitan
News Ssrvics.)
LOS ANGELES, CAL. Dec. s.--j
When Madalynne o'Connor dire-
gardedra woman's inherent intuition
and married a man she did not love
STEADY Ralph" Obepchain-she |
| violated law of the emotions and,
as a consequence, suffered for her
act,
No other explanation than this
she offers. she said. for the, black
cloud Of tragedy which enveloped
her. .Y N,~-s
This experience has proved to |
me that q woman should not trust
her own feelings without using
some common sense along with her
emotions,p said Mrs. Obenchain.
Intuition Failed. >
Under ordinary circumstances, I
believe a woman can trust her In
tuition. When. however, any big1
emotion is paramount IN. her life
she Is apt to be blinded and thus
disregard her better judgment. All
tremendous experiences act as piv-
OTIS. to our lines Of reasoping.
II can express this clearer by re-
lating an Incident which bears on
intuition, s 1t is the story Of the
night Rafph Obenchain and l were
married. -
"The night Il was married. jan
uary I. 1919. I was standing In
my bedroom in Los Angeles, in my
wedding gown. was looking out
In the darkness from q window
that opened on, a balcony. A thou
sand thoughts were rushing through
my mind. As was waiting strains
OF the wedding march, tiny hum
| ming bird flew AGAINST the win
dow pane. and oeat itself against
IT seemed suddenly to feel cold.
What has happened to that hum
ming bird? Could 1t not see how
It was crushing the life out Of the
frail little body? Why didn't II fly
out into the air. that great gift OF
the gods? ' i
d Longed to Fly Away.
,"As T, watched. 1t disappeared.
but I felt as IL my heart was beat
ing against a wrong, hopeless con.
dition by marrying Ralph Oben-
chain. I, too, longed to fly away
and escape the wedding ceremony.
IA friend passed me and went
out on the balcony to get my
bridal bouquet. She placed the
| flowers on my arms. could hear
the chords Of the wedding march
1 had always loved, speaking to
me-the wedding march from
fLohengrin-but how differently than
I had planned and dreamed. 1t
4 seemed as II my feet couldn't move:
1 looked down at the bouquet, as II
expecting Z strength and guidance
from their fragrance.
| yAs looked saw on a pale
orchid the little hummipg bird.
crushed and hurt.
"Then / knew, instantly that I.
| too, would suffer. be bruised and
broken for not having the courage
to- ny away from all this. out into
the open.
ST i only then had the courage
of my intuition! -
sThat incident. as I recall It now.
seesns eons ,sgo, 80 much has hap
Outlines jail Philosophy.
K In talking about her observation
loNlife in Jail, Mrs. Obenchain said:
! "A girls life in Jail could be di.
xided Into three stages, first. fear.
then rebellion, then bitterness.
The majority OF girls who enter
jail have not passed the fifth grade
in grammar school.
EVERY girl with whom talked
In regard to her home life told me
| that leither her father or mother
was dead, some times both, or
else--and usually 1t was this-they
were divorced.
Never one of all the hundreds Of
girls asked ever told me that her
childhood had any pleasant MEM
ories or associations. How many
times there came forcibly to my
mind this verse from Proverbs.
".Train up child in the way he
should 60; and when he = old, he