San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-03
Charm Of Mental
Alertness
By Beatrice Fairfax.

Arc you going through life hall
asleep? Many girl docs, you know
Even in this wideawake age you sct
row and then a girl who cats and
sleeps and gets through with hel
everyday humdrum routine withou,
realizing or caring what it's all about
Being dreamer has its advantages
We must have our castles in the air
and enjoy them If VIC are to put forth
every effort to realize these exquisite
dreams in the brick and stone Of ac-
tual living. But the average girl who
is called n dreamer doesn't dream
she Vegetables. She's simply mot al!
there"
The drowsy girl isn't prepared for
| adventure or romance. Like the foo!-
ISL virgins of the parable, she gcncr-
ally is found with her lamp I'M
trimmed and empty.
Billie was this type of girl. She
plodded along dscontcntcdly without
trying 10 better things. Billie might
have been pretty had she half tried.
She had lustreless reddish hair. ?
a SLOUGH. Billie wore clothc5-that' :
about the best you could say for he
taste and style in dress.
Billie often wondered why sh'
didn't have bcaus like other girls. 81,
usually concluded it was because sh
was too high-minded and sensible. Sc
she rather bitterly resigned herself to
being an old maid.
Nov in oil probability. Billie would
have been an old maid. just as she
forcsaw. had not opportunity in the
form of the posiman with spccia,
delivery thumpcd at hcr door on
drcary October day.
The special delivery proved to bP
from Aunt Anne and it announced
that she aud her husband had bought
home in n suburb. of a big city no.
far away. They Lad an extra rooT
and wondered whether Billie would
like to spend the winter with them
She could doubtless find a position
since she was an Hello, Central.
girl in tho sleepy village where SIC
lived. The change might D. pleasant
for Billie and the girls hoped sh'
would como.
Bilie's neither WIS all for tic plan
because it might get Billie out Of her
scttlcd mt of inertia. Billie. herself
wos doubtful-ycry much from Mis-
scuri.
In Ills mood Billie arrived mid
day on n Sunday early in November
1t the comfortable bungalow whrrs
her cousins lived after her three hour
railroad trip. She found the girls il
attractive sport toys. about to sta
for hike through the woods with
their father.
Come along. Billie" they OK
claimed. You're Just in time. Wc'li
be back by tea, because some Of tn
boys are coming over
Billie didn't care hang about
walking. But before she realized it she
was swinging along with the rest OF
the group. uphill and down dale in th.'
crisp fall air. When she returned, her
face had moro color than usual and
her eyes were sparkling. Exercise IL
the fresh air is q marvellous beauti
ficr.
Making tea. sandwiches, salad anJ
fudge with the boys to help was great
fun. In the evening tine girls went TO-
n drive in Halls big car. Hal had
brought along Frank, college friend
who devoted himself to Billie.
Billie hadn't enjoyed herself So
much for ages. Her cousins radiated
Jolly fricndlincss and interest which
were irresistible. You couldn't heir
feeling ut home.
Your turn at the shower next
was the greeting that awakened Bills
next morning fully an hour earlier
than her usual rising time. I'VE take
turns ut the shower, mornings. While
you're waiting, come on out in the
hall and have Il bout with me at the
punching bag
So Billie hustled into her dressing
gown and actually put on boxing
gloves and got some pointers from
Cousin Anne amidst good natureT
laughter and "raz2ing," on the ''noblr
art Of boxing.
For six months Billie stayed with
her lively. alert cousins. She walked
with them to work mornings. She ut.
tended gym and played basket ball
with them. She Joined their French
class and dancing club. Profiting by
their example, she learned to do her
hair more effectively. brushing it UNI
Ill it shone. to doll up" in more be-
coming style. to read newspapers, up
to-datc books and magazines--in fact
Billie woke up to all the glorious in
tcrests of life and became n popular.
modern girl instead of the discomfort
ed sleepy old maid of is she had been.
As she grew more interested. active
and healthy. Billie became also morr
attractive and win some. She made the
tIoSt Of herself IN every way.
Small wonder that when she re
turned home. a solitaire glowed on
her left hand. and one young man
glowcd with happiness because the
incest. iollicst. most sensible and ir'
rcsisibly sweet girl in the world had
promised TO be his wife.