The Washington times., 1926-05-15
Beatrice Fairfax
on Finding the
Right Man
Who Occupies . Unique Position
in the Writing World as an
Authority on the Problems
of Love and Marriage
By Beatrice Fairfax
TOW thrilling!'

Authority on the FrOD1emS
Of Love and Marriage
How thrillingr'
III Doubtless you hear this ex.
preston many times q day. For
ssthrilling'' and thrills are words
as overworked today as roman.
de- refined" and culture" used
60 be in another generation.
Do thrills accompany love?
Is Q thrill an indication Of true
lover
Does the right one always bring
q thrill?
These questions are nnomentous
70 many q girl who Is undecided ais
60 whether to marry the man who
seeks her hand and heart.
do I really love him?" she may
ask herself. She may be sure Iof
. deep affection for MIN. But
what about the marvellous thrills
that accompany love In plays and
novels? Possibly she has expert
enced none of these in her romance.
Said Helen to her friend Mabel:
ssTf Harry Is nice to you, don't
hesitate to accept his attentions
on my account. For I've refused
his proposal Of marriage.
ssOf course know he's high.
princtpled and dependable and
has plenty Of money. But when
e comes to failing in lore I'll
certainly choose ssome one less
matter.of.fact.
After this conversation. Mabel
went about for awhile with
Harry, who was fond Of her In
q friendly way. But she soon
realized that Helen was the only
girl for him.
Helen went abroad for a year.
She returned fancy free" and
went into settlement work.
She and Harry remained fast
friends. Harry's time and money
were always at her disposal in
her settlement work.
At last after three years, Helen
and Harry were married. Theirs
was a marriage Of friendship and
affection rather than thrills.
But today there's not q hap
pier woman anywhere than Helen.
TO marry for thrills insures dis
appointment. Moments of emo.
tional thrills are necessarily rare
IN marriage. No singer can keep
her voice long at high C.
Carol is the prettiest most
sought-after girl and the best
dancer in her suburb. She and
John went together, last winter,
to the junior charity dance.
The first fox trot had scarce.
" begun when q stranger cut
in and finished the dance with
TO the stag-line, for none seemed
to know him.
with her handsome. graceful
partner, Carol. she seemed 20
herself the embodiment Of thrilled
Joy. floating on . wave Of
rhythm.
Soon after this dance, the
stranger slipped away, but not
before he had secured Carols
consent to motor trip the FOL.
lowing day to dine and dance at
q wel1-known roadhouse.
AT the roadhouse, over Carols
protest he ordered q private din
ing room. He had a hip.flask
with him. AS it's contents dis
appeared, he grew more bolster
Gus and insistent until finally he
seixed her violently In his arms.
Carol, thoroughly alarmed, broke
away, rushed out-of-doors and
disappeared into the darkness Of
the early evening.
Arriving footsore and panicl1y
1t the nearest hamlet, she found
q telephone station and asked
John TO come for her. In what
seemed hours. but was the short.
est possible time in which his
flivver could make the trip,
John arrived.
How glad Carol was to see
plain, dependable, good.natured
john How gladly she answered
s'yes's to q certain question he
asked her a few weeks later which
led to her wearing a pretty soil.
taire. Carol had learned for her.
self that thrills are not q. depend
able guide in choosing the Right
Man.
Fashionable clothes, smoothly.
elicked hair, fine dancing, free
spending OF money, good looks and
ready promises may bring a
thrill. but that thrill may we'll be
disregarded in your search for
the man who can bring you last
ing peace and happiness as your
helpmate.
At heart every girl and every
young man longs to mate happily
and wisely. The girl who chooses
her husband, whether or not he
Is thrilling, according to the die.
tates OF her common sense, in.
telIigence and affection for him,
Is likely to experience in the right
time and way the most wonderful
thrill life can bring any woman,
through wifehood, and mother.
hood and home.making with the