The Washington times., 1925-07-06
By Beatrice Fairfax,
who Occupies . Unique Position
In the Writing World as an Au.
tliOrity on Problems Of Love.


tllOEity on Problems Of Love.
no you, like to go window-shop.
~ ping? dol love to. / be-
lieve every woman does.
What more amusing way Is
there to pass the time than sAun-
tering down the brilliant avenue
where each shop HIS its bewil-
deringly-lovely wares on display
back OF the plate glass? Critical
" you examine each hat or
frock, each shelf Of ''best-seliers"
ana choose which you would buy
If you had all the money in the
world.
can remember q fascinating
pastime / used to iniulge in when
was spending my first year in
the big CITY,.
A fellow student end l would
walk down the avenue on fine
afternoons.
II choose the scarlet velvet
hat!n Elsie would exclaim as we
paused before a millinery shop.
"Then I'll have the white felt
sport hat" would be my response.
After fully repleting our inn
aginary wardrobes in this fashion
we would go window-shOpping for
our friends.
II choose the FURNISHED copper
bowl for Madge. She will adore
it for her studio,
THAT fascinating crystal globe
Is for mother.
Thus we would make believe"
shop while we enjoyed the fresh
air and the exertion Of magma
ton. But now and then a red
letter day came when after look
ing at all the window display we
would actually go inside shop
and purchase the prize OF our
hearts desire. provided it was
not beyond the reach OF our pock-
etbooks. More than once have
returned home crowned with the
hat OF my dreams.
I have read somewhere-and II
is quite truethat life can be
thought of as a big, beautiful
shop window. Each of as looks
AZ and admires the precious dis
play Of all that is lovely and de-
sirable. We examine the price
tags. We count our pennies.
Then we purchase the thing we
want most. provided we have
enough in our purse. For life
never gives anything for nothing.
We must make our choice and
we must pay.
We usually get the thing we
most want. 1t may not prove all
We hoped and dreamed. But
that's sometimes because we
choose unwisely.
know a little girl whose am
bition was to grow up and marry
and have babies. This is, in fact,
the dream of most little girls.
But once she read a story of
Mary .Anderson's triumph on the
stage, and suddenly that little
gill forgot her dream of love and
)longed more than anything else
to go OF. the stage.
Living in a small middle West
town, with no capital or friends
to help, there semeed no chance
of her dream coming true. But
it did! She remained on the
stage twelve years. Then. find.
ing that, after all, the stage
failed to satisfy her hearts de-
sire, she gave it up. Meanwhile,
she had let her best chance for
happy marriage slip by. She had
chosen mistakenly at life's shop
window
The girl who decides early in
life that she will find herself a
good husband chooses wisely,
even though she may have to
forego ambition, wealth or idle
ease.
When Ellen was just begin
ming her work as stenographer,
she decided that a good home,
husband ard children in the long
run bring a woman greatest joy
and success.
I'm not care whether my hus-
band Is rich" decided Ellen. But
he must be kind and dependable
and willing to work. I'll be
thrifty-J'H help him save. Well
get on"
Then she carefully considered
her chances of attracting and win
ming the right kind of man.
Appearance counts" she told