Evening star., 1926-10-18
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Danger Of Sweet Memories.
BY MIMI.


, What harm can there be in sweet
old memories" demanded Grace I'm
patiently. Honestly, Mimi, you'll he
forbidding our breathing this way and
that pretty soon.
'Of, course I'm loyal to Ted. love
him and he knows it. We're going
TO he very happy. But, oh. when
| hear those st. Louis Blues my
heart goes back to that time when
Bob was rushing me.
! There's 10 harm in q little sigh
ing over dead loves. Bob vas stun
| ninS, you know that. He was thc
ideal lover. Ted is q perfect dear
! and / wouldn't exchange him for any
one in the world. But just once in
a while / get a kick out Of remem-
ber1ng those bis dark eyes of Bob's
and the sweet things he used to say
to me. Don't you dare tell ma that
a little sentiment over the old love
Is at all harmful"
Even with the assurance that Grace
VIII never speak TO US again If we
hand her any more old-fashioned,
stuffy advice, we are bound to do our
| euty and tell her the truth.
The gentle sighs over the past give
one a feeling of pleasant melancholy.
FOND remembrances Of dark eyes
ada a futter or two to life, however
sweet with Ted.
And as long as life is sweet with
LED there's no particular danger in
TINS sentimental practice OF living
over Old rOmances.
but when Ted begins to forget lit
ne tnlhGS-When the irksoma task
OF saving money has begln-when the
numerous ami varied difficulties that
come to disturb young swenthcarts
o. -leWiTWedS start making their aD-
peafance-then the beautiful old 70.
Hi<thce had better be slowed away
somewhere where it can't be found.
grace Will ind herself moaning
Softly one day, "Oh. dear, Ted is so
**.to:sent-mlnded and forgetful Every
t'i!hS iS So dul. Gee, I'd give any
,@tlhS @ Just 10 have Il real dance with
ip nop once more, and then she will fall
| ihto one OF those pleasant Its of sad.
ness over the dear departed.
II She keeps this up she'll grow
ihto splendid specimen Of a discon.
tented wife or sweetheart.
beSlnnlnS with just a little senti-
| iheht over dear Robert. sl,e'u work
HefSeLt INTO a state where she honest
~ pelIeVes that he is the personifi-
cafion OF ali the virtues which poor
| Ied doesn't possess.
! DO You know why Marilyn broke
- ''iA '|i -NOt many people DO,
but here's the real dope.
! Marilyn liked being pleasantly ro.
mantle about her old Cuban sweet.
heart, Tony, who had sailed away
and left her all alone
| Gradually, as she got more and more
used to Val, the picture Of TONY in
her mind grew more romantic, more
attractive.
! Each petty quarrel with her o1n
sweetheart reminded her OF the un.
falling charm and good temper of
Tony.
So that when one day, she receiv-
cd a long letter from Tony, it seemed
TO her that Fate had spoken. Her
silly memories and sighs had. con
vin"ed her that Tony was her ideal
| mate
And she broke off with Val that she
might be ready to marry Tony when
he came. He did come. finally, and
Marilyn found too late she'd built
herself false picture OF the old love
The danger of sweet old memories
is that we may let ourselves be car.
ried away by then--cal1ied away
: from the present back into a strange
land called WhaI never Waa--\V0cTe
We meet the ideal man who never lived
! and exchange our own flesh and blood
| Tom, Dick and Harry Tor the glorious
! Illusion.