Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-04
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Just Suppose.


Sally was a just suppose" girl. She
mad yards of imagination and a
dreamy, impractical nature which
made her perfectly content 10 sit for
hours doing absolutely nothing-just
supposing.
Her fond family were proud of her
they talked impressively about her
temperament and her strange. in
tereSting personality.
They humored her. When they
caught her posing before her mirror,
pirouetting and smiling at herself al
luringIY. they laughed tolerantlY:
shes pretending that she $ the queen
OF the ball someWhere-bless her
heart. let her pretend"
SO Sally wandered along through
life. just supposing. Her day dreams
were very beautiful. AND they made
her the heroine of thousand fasci-
mating love affairs-the rage of a
hundred balls. the toast of the town.
But they did nothing to improve her
appearance-nor did they help her
gain bright. amusing personality
which would have turned her day
dreams into actualities
1t wasn't long before Sally realized
that she wasn't popular at all III the
actual world of reality. She was. to
put it mildly. a decided flop.
Other girls We're getting rushes. She
was left out. Hurt and lonely for a
few days. she moped about wondering
what was wrong with her. She for
got to suppose
Then suddenly she went back to her
dreams. Let the Worldd give her the
cold shoulder if it would--she had a
glorious dream life of which no one
was aware.
SO she retreated into her just sun
poSinS-and gave up the attempt to
get on with real people.
When somebody spoke TO her she
stammered and flushed. was mser-
ably awkward.
But this didn't leave a lasting inn
preston with her-it didn't convince
her that she ought to strive to over.
come the handicap of selfconScious-
ness.
For a few minutes after her unfOr-
tunate encounter she was mentally
rehearsing all the brilliant things she
might have said to her companion.
Just suppose, she thought to her
self. that I'd answered him this
way" And in no time at all she'd
work herself back into a state Of
dreamy ComplacenCN over clever
conversation she never held.
Day dreams are valuable when they
stir YOU with ambition and make You
DESTROYS of doing and attaining bet
ter things.
But if YOU come to depend on day
dreams--if you shut yourself away
from the world of reality and live
only III a glorious existence wherein
you are brilliant. cOlorful figure. you
very soon cease TO progress. You
stop striving for things-giye up the
struggle to attain real happiness.
I4azily, you sink back into suppos-
ing.
Sally will never make a serious
effort to make herself attractive, for
she is satisfied with just pretending.
Her imagination has her a splendid
figure in her own eyes, and she no
longer worries over other girls sue
cesses--her own failures.
Her little habit of Just supposing"
has sapped away ambition and good
critical judgment. She needs to con
quer that childish phase before she
will ever win real happiness.
Mimi will be glad to answer any inquiries
directed to this paper provided stamped
addressed envelope is Inciosed. Also she will
be glad TO send Food for Conversation and
"How to Overcome Self-Consciousness.
(Copyright 1927