The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-17

HOPEFUL.
 Answer: There are many success full women doctors, and there is no reason why you should not enter that profession if you feel that you are called to it. But you are starting very late in life. It takes many years of study and much money to put a student through a first-class medical college, and give. her the hospital eX- perience that she needs. Also. it re- quires robust health.
 If you could not stand the strain of nursing, why do you think you would be able to endure the irregu lar hours, the going. out in all sorts of weather, and the strain incident to the life of physicianv Before you undertake the study of medicine, you had better have thorough phy- sical examination, and ask some com petent physician's advice on the sub 5ect.
 Your age Is bar to your taking up the profession of medicine, but 1t is an advantage in any sort of ~lerical or secretarial work. Elm ployers would rather have women who are still youngish, but not very young, because they are not so likely to marry just aboutnthe time they B also because they take more interest in their work. to which they are set ting down for a life job, instead of regarding 1t as bridge of signs that they must pass over to get to mat rimony.
 As for what particular line of work you choose. that does not matter. All that counts is how you do 1t. You can fail or succeed in any line, and your pay envelope depends on how skill and energy, and enthusiasm you put into 1t.
 Generally speaking, women succeed best when they stick to women's work. Most of the high -salaried women are private secretaries, and buyers of women's wear. and teach CTS. Most of the women who make fortunes are dressmakers, and mil liners, and run women's speciality shops, and keep boarding houses and hotels.
 There will always be demand for pretty clothes, and those who know how to make them can ask what prices they choose. People will al ways be hungry. and need comfort able places to sleep, and the women who furnish home cooking and make homes for the homeless will have their houses full.
 But in choosing your profession choose something you like to do for its own sake. for we never succeed unless we put our hearts as well as
 DOROTHY DIX.
 Dear Miss Dix: l am young girl of 19. Ever since I can remember a certain young man has been my ideal He is more than anything in the world to me. but he doesn't love me He calls me his little sister.
 A wealthy young man has asked me to marry him. He is a splendid young man, and would do hiA best to make me happy. but it hardly seems right to marry him when l know l love the other one. What would you do? K. E. F.
 Answer: I would stay single, and give time an opportunity to solve my sentimental problem. If you will just sit still and wait, the strangest and most wonderful things happen to you, for time-is a magician that opens unexpected doors to us, and makes the queerest things come to pass. At 19 you have lots of time. So don't be in hurry Just wait.
 Time often changes a maSe-believc brother into & lover. man sees a girl grow up, and he doesn't think of her as a woman. She seems just like a little sister to him, and then something happens-perhaps the girl goes away from home and stays a while, or something else occurs that makes him see her in & new light, and he suddenly>realizes that his feelings were not so fraternal. after all.
 Never give up man until he is dead or married to another woman, and don't be foolish enough to rush off in despair and marry some other man while, there is still hope. Keer