Evening star., 1927-09-01
SUB ROSA
nv AEUNEV
BY MIMI.
Loneliness.

Loneliness.
| Perhaps the most pathetic letters
get are from the lonely girls all
over the country who want friends,
good times, Romeos and proposals.
| Theirs seems to such sad lot.
The fate of the little girl who sat in
| the window waiting for PRINCE
| Charming, who never came, always
| seemed to me the saddest tale in all
! the fairy book.
But the editor of that book should
have added a footnote to the effect
that it was the little girls own fault,
anyway, because she didn't have
| light burning in the window to wei
come the young prince when he did
arrive, so that he might easily have
| slipped past her in the night and
never noticed she was there at all.
Lonely girls complain that, after
dull day at the office, they're forced
to go home, do a few household tasks
and then tumble into bed, ready for
another days toll. And they cry for
glitter and brightness and gayety to
fill their long, gray weeks and
months.
But they should get wise to them
mind like everything else in the
world. People who have interesting
hobbies to pursue often lead from
choice what seems to us the loneliest
life in the world, yet they're con-
scious of no loneliness.
You girls who have your minds set
on the sort of life you think you
ought to lead must change it slightly
and give yourselves a chance to
realize that all sorts of happiness may
be right within your reach.
Instead of going home to brood
about your unpopularity and un-
attractiveness, set yourself to work
at some occupation which will inter-
est you and at the same time help
in the direction of your hearts de-
sire.
For instance, thousands of girls to-
day are attending night gymnastic
and dancing classes, which throw
them with other girls and give them
no time to brood.
Now, the idea doesn't sound very
exciting, but when you consider that
such a class will give you a marvel
Gus figure and a grace of body that
insures poise and self-control you'll
realize how interesting the lessons
may turn out to be.
A good figure means that ones
clothes will look twice as stunning.
Grace and poise mean that one will
know how to meet the prince when
he does come trailing along.
Companionship with other girls will
mean less brooding and worry. There
are dozens of other classes which will
interest some lonely girl-give her a
chance at self-improvement and pre-
pare her for her big chance when it
comes.
The trouble is all you girls want to
have your romance and adventure
served to you in the same old way
depicted by all good novelists. You
think because your life isn't full of
glamour and romance you're doomed
to a dull, barren existence.
Don't be so lazy. Get out and go
about preparing yourself for FULL
happy life. Sullen brooding and worry
at home won't make you an attrac-
tive personality. Even if Prince
Charming did happen by, he wouldn't
| notice you as you sat huddled in
chair darkly considering the futility
Of existence.
You make up your mind that you're
going to be the best thing he's seen
when he does arrive-you set out to
do yourself overland you'll be ready
when he comes.
Don't give in to the force of circum-
stances and let yourself sink into an
abyss of black despair. Make some
thing of yourself Get yourself inter-
ested in something outside of the eter
nal man problem and it will be solved
before you realize it.
Copyright. 1927