San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-12
Human Sensitive
Plants
BY Beatrice Fairfax.
Are nou a human rensitire nlnpt?

Are you a human sensitive plant!
This tropical herb is so easily AZ
fected that it shrinks and closes At 3
touch.
There are women 10 sensitive that
they are unable 10 stand the give and
take OF life. For these morbidly sen.
sitive souls friendship. love and mar
riage are more apt to prove n form OF
mental agony than the great joy and
good Shey should be.
A artain amount Of constituencies
is good. for it enables us TO feel, and
so to understand and sympathi1e with
the joys and sorrows of Others. In
fact. some OF us pride ourselves oa
being sensitive. But it's well to take
into account that others are. as q
rule. Just as sensitive as We are. even
though they may assume a hard.
boiled" pose. which is often only q
veneer covering delicate constituencies
fragile as flower.
So don't take it for granted that
you can afford to play fast and loose
with your friends. acquaintance and
loved ones, or ride over their feelings
no matter how, matter OF fact, they
may seem. You cant be too consider
ate and courteous If you wish to pre-
serve the love that means so much "a
you.
On the other hand. it's an excellent
plan to discourage oversensitiveness in
ourselves. Adverse criticism comes 10
every one Of us. We can't all think
alike.
r.. ;ns4.,.. ~. T .,n..l
mail this morning was greeted with
the. following lines. shall quote only
one sentence or two, signed by Pau
line:
"Your articles have lifted me I
great deal. / must thank you. When
began to read your column was go
ing from bad to worse. I thought all
young men liked girls of the wild
type. Your views. as we'll as those OF
various men who have written to your
colmun telling the kind of girls they
prefer. have been life-savers TO me.
Many thanks to them and to you.-
How sweetly comforting to a sensS-
tive writeri
Then l opened second letter. !
admit it's exceptional:
'The conventional nonsense yon
have given your life 10 Defend" writes
my second correspondent. sis not going
to last on this earth. Step out of such
nonsense my dear woman. You are
planning a chain of conventions for
the world. But the car likewise
planned throne for his son."
As a 16-year-old girl 1 might havs
been crushed by this misunderstand-
ing and disapproval of my work. At
my present years of discretion I smile
and keep on working. We can't all
think alike.
Very young persons are prone To
be extremely sensitive and easily
crushed. But the sooner they
learn to take the blows of life.
whether light or severe. with a smile.
the sooner they'll win.
Marie is in love and she's loved.
She and George are TO become formal
~ engaged as soon as George gradu-
ates next June and they plan to wed
within the following year.
Doubtless you imagine that Marie
is trimming over with happiness. en-
ioying loves young dream. But she's
not-she's utterly wretched. Marie il
sensitive and she's hurt because
George is less devoted to her in pub
lie than when they are alone.
He's always considerate-Marie adj
mits that. But she SAYS he doesr'f
always act as if he were in love.
Marie's even thinking OF dropping
George because he doesn't single her
out for all his attention when they
go to dances or parties or in groups
of young people.
Unless Marie overcomes this NOR
bid sensitiveness with common sense
and begins to understand Georges
point of view in protecting her from
comment until they become formally
engaged, she's likely to ruin her own
happiness by breaking with the man
she loves and who loves her.
Mabel became crushed over her
first quarrel with Charles. just after
the honeymoon.
1t all began because Mabel burned
the steak. Hubby claimed il wasn't
fit to eat and suggested that they
dine at a certain popular restaurant.
Mabel cried and said he was cruel
not to eat the dinner she had cooked
and she refused TO dine with him.
Finally. Charles said: Every wen
go home to your mother if you prefer.
I'm starved and I'm going out Ia
get something to eat"-and left her
crying.
Luckily. sense of humor finally
came to Mabel's rescue and prevented
her sensitiveness from becoming a Sc
rious menace to her happiness. She
laughed and dried her eyes just az
| Charles came hapE with delicious rold
cuts and salad.
Don't permit yourself to become {
human sensitive plant. Accept the
ups aud downs, the give-and-take OF
life with sympathetic humor and
tolerance and in this way make 4
stable success of your romance and
married life.
If you can't control your send
tiveness, your sensitiveness will com
troll you and wreck your romance.