Evening star., 1928-05-29
SUB ROSA
Letting Down.
By MIMI.

This solemn and weighty sermon Is
to the girl whose successes come easily
and swiftly--without struggle or effort.
To the girl whose career in school
was one succession of brilliant perform
ances in every study-although her ef-
fort toward this attainment was neg
ligible.
If she runs true to form, those sue
cesses came in the early part Of her
school course and were not repeated
thereafter. She didn't find it necessary.
you see She found that all the teach
ers had already sized her up as bril-
liant scholar, and that further bril-
lance was unnecessary.
They might attribute any slight let
ting down to i'll health or too much
school activity.
Now that she's out Of school, she has
greater aims in life. The conquest Of
a particular man may be her chief
objective at the present writing.
Since she Is pretty and clever, she
has little difficulty in attracting the
One Man who is already on a footing
OF pleasant, delightful intimacy with
her.
He has long ago professed his love for
her. and they are jogging along COM
rage In the back Of their minds.
Our golden haired heroine whom life
has dealt with so generously Is In the
most enviable frame Of mind.
She is entirely sure Of her man and
his affection and their ultimate happt-
ness.
She knows he loves her and that
nothing will change his love. They see
each other often-several evenings a
week-and our little girl Is serenely
beginning to ''let down." even as she
did after success in school.
When she rlishes home from the
Office, tired and not too beautiful, she
doesn't always bother to change her
dress. Well, why should she? No one
but the old faithful Is going to be on
hand, and he loves her just as much in
the old blue serge as he would IL she
appeared in cream lace and the family
pearls.
Her hairs bit straggly and dead
looking. 1t needs rather a good brush
ing-but who's going to notice the DIFF
ference?
The b. I. thinks she's beautiful. and
he'd never notice IL she were suddenly
to become bald.
So she doesn't bother. She stays COM
fortabIy in her old clothes and is thor
oughly happy because her man loves
her.
Well so he does. He loves her so
much that for long time he doesn't
notice the letting down process at all.
Vaguely, he is aware that the light
of his life used TO be somehow prettier
than she is now--but the signs of her
neglect are not apparent enough TO
trouble him.
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into find our young couple chatting
pleasantly In front of the fire.
Lights are turned on. dance music
begins, and our hero discovers with q
start that the loveliest girl In the world
looks dingy-positiyely dingy beside the
radiant young butterflies who have
primped and powdered and rouged to
please the young gallants OF whom
they're not quite sure.
That's a bad day for the little gal
who's learned how to rest easily on
laurels she won years ago.
No one in the world can bank on
former glory. Every one OF US who
wants TO be a success-in no matter
what lne-must make constant daily
effort.
II we have fine record we must
keep 1t up. II We won our mans love
last year by being pretty and dainty
and sweet, we must keep up that ap-
pearance or we don't keep him.
Remember this-the best man In the
world doesn't love you for what you
we're two years ago, or even last week.
He loves you for what you are now.
Remember that when you're in danger
Of letting down.
tCopyright 1e28.)
Mimi will he glad to answer any inquiries
directed to this paper, provided a stamped,
addressed euYelopN IL lncl0aed