Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-28
SUB ROSA
M MINI.

Eva IL the most prosecuted little
person in the world. and 1t seems to
me she's wonderfully brave about it
all. Her life is just a succession OF
insults from strange men. Any other
girl might be embittered by the awful
experiences she's forced to 90 through.
Eva is almost good.natured in her
attitude toward her prosecutors. Just
a sweet little martyr. that's all.
She's had to leave two or three Jobs
because Of the cruelty Of her en-
pIoyers. They were all nice men In
their way. but az soon as Eva hove in
slight their true natures asserted
themselves.
One boss after the other insulted
Eva deliberately-asked her to go 10
dinner. offered to buy her diamond
ring, generally behaved like perfect
cadS.
Poor little girl; she wandered for
days getting new jobs. and having TO
give them up within a few weeks
after taking them. Her courage was
almost gone when she finally landed
position with an aged gentleman
whose p ial blindness perhaps &C.
counted for his chivalry.
Even so. Evas troubles didn't stop.
Day after day she was forced to leave
and 60 to stand in another beca use
some outrageous fellow was flirting
with her across the aisle.
II tired her all out. avoiding the
advances Of these subway sheiks. She
used to wall to her friends that IL
only there weren't any men in the
world she'd he 81 much happier.
Ii she went into a corner drug store
to telephone She was subjected TO
humiliation from every side.
Men spoke TO her: men asked her il
she'd 90 TO the movies: men offered to
buy her Ice cream sodas. II was
awful
Eva finally decided that she had
been born with q curse, and after that
she was quite resigned to her fate.
although every one who knew her was
still RECALLED with accounts Of the daily
Insults she received from every ma
who met her.
Eva was horn with q curse. "a II so
happens. But Ii is not the curse of
fatal beauty. as she secretly believes.
Her curse is the kind Of mentality
that discerns in every action, every
speech. a black insult.
She really loves it--th!s feeling that
wherever she gees men will insist on
flirting with her. and deliberately talk.
ing to her when they've never bee
properly introduced.
1t gives her a sense Of importance.
She feels rather like a tragedy queen.
Half the poor. innocent men whom
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even looking at her when she's busy
resisting their unweicome advances.
She imagines insult In every speech,
every lock. The employers whom She
left in high indiynat ton had probably
never spoken a word to her in their
lives that wasn't connected with bust.
ness.
But Eva. being an incompetent little
person. they very proha bly, did IRE
her. and with her usual powers III
ima gina ton she made a sob story out
IT Il for the benefit OF friends and
family.
The only reason Eva Is overinsulted
is because she's looking for insults.
Almost every pretty girl In the
world has had few experiences
wherein fresh young men have tried
10 scrape acquaintance in an informal
fashion
Rut most girls pass these imrudent
kids by without q thought or q worry.
Eva's trouble Is that she can't help
giving publicity to the most harmless
htrtation ever attempted by street
iounger. Until she gets over this feel,
Ing that she's the queen Of a hundred
desperate affairs. she's always goins
TO Gu, ridiculous, hgars among he,
friends.
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