Evening star., 1927-11-02
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
Concentrate? T Wouldn't.

A few years ago concentration was
the great vogue among serious think
ers.
People wrote essays on the value OF
concentrating. learned professors de-
clared that the root Of all ignorance
Law in non.concentration. popular
songs were written on the subject.
and the idea became thoroughly and
solidly implanted in the minds OF
young Americans that If they would
succeed they must concentrate.
1t seems to me that lot OF my
fuffy-haired young damsels, though.
have rather taken the slogan to heart
They've become so absorbed in con
centrating on one man or one ambi.
ton in life that they can't see any
farther than the tips Of their aristo-
cratic noses, and they're all missing
lot OF fun In life.
Take the girl with a great social
ambition. She's determined to get
ahead in that mysterious thing called
Society--and she plods on doggedly,
refusing to know any but the Best
People, passing UP all sorts OF nice
boys and girls because they aren't
''in."
If she concentrates long enough on
her great ambition. she'll probably
achieve it some day and find the whole
thing q worthless, tiresome perform
ance.
Well, she's only one case. There's
the girl who concentrates on business
and shuts out all social activities al.
together.
Obsessed by the idea that the only
worthwhile thing in life is to become
ia
of gayeties and good times in order
to save all strength for tussles In the
business world.
Well, If she happens to become
president Of the company she's work
ing in. she'll still find that she's missed
an awful lot in life which can't be-
given back to her after she's too old
to regain youths pleasures.
To my mind, the worst case of all
is the girl who firmly believes that by
concentrating on the one man in the
world she will be able to hold him for
always and always. That's the situa-
ton in which concentration seems
most out of place.
The girl who solemnly makes one
man her chief interest in life is taking
dangerous chance-particular it
she let's him see it.
1t may be true that by giving up
all other interests and pleasures she's
enabled to devote more time and
thought to the business Of attracting
him. But on the other hand by CIV
ing up everything else. she's forcing
herself to be utterly dependent on him
for every bit of pleasure she has in
the world.
And even the dumbest Of us knows
the danger of becoming utterly de-
pendent on anything as fieeting and
uncertain as mans love.
There has never been a case on rec.
ord where a girl made herself more
attractive to man by devoting her
whole life to him.
Look around you and pick out the
really successful wives or sweethearts
you see. You'll notice that most or
al; of them are breezy young people
busy with all sorts Of things. loving
their husbands awfully. but not at
all wrapped up in them.
Always the most popular girl is
the one who's just the least bit elusive
hard to date up because she has so
many interests and hobbies that she
can't find lots OF time even for the
one and only man in the world.
Concentration on one herman also
narrows the mind If you spend four
years Of your life concentrating on
one type Of man, and he doesn't pan
out-then you have whole lot of
rigid ideas about what a man ought
to be Hke-you've really only one
standard to judge all men by, and
you're more than apt to turn out a
nice, discontented. sour. old spinster.
Hows that for a gloomy touch?
Take my advice and don't concen.
trate too much ON any one thing. BY
all means stick to your ambition and
try to achieve whatever it is you're
working for In life, but in the mean.
time keep your mind open to new
lines of thought, new enterprises.
Don't get hipped on any one thing
to the exclusion Of everything else.
Hame some common sense about
your life. and fill it full Of bigger. bet
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