Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26
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NJ MIMI.
Greedy.

| 0rce0y.
| Cora wouldn't like to be called
greedy" No more would she admit
that the adjective applied to herself.
Yet Cora's greediness causes her more
unhappiness than anything in the
world. She is never happy-she never
knows why-and yet nothing is farther
from her mind than that the fault lies
| in herself.
Cora is beautiful as any day in June:
she is charming, she is popular. Men
are in the habit of falling in love with
her. Cora Is in the habit of falling in
love with any amount of men.
Just few months ago she met Jack.
the most adorable. etc. etc, who ever
| came out of a college fresh and self
confident. That was big affair. Cora
went everywhere with Jack. She really
loved him-of that she was sure.
But at the same time she had her
future to consider. She couldn't give
up Mac. who adored her, or Ted, who
wrote her three letters day. or Larry.
who never failed to send her flowers
once a week
And when she met Fred. the charm.
ing young Army officer she felt she
couldn't give him up either. Fred was
so good looking and so terribly in love
with her.
True. he wasn't half as nice as Jack
she didn't really love him in the same
way-but she couldn't bear to pass him
by and let some other girl have him.
So she played around with Fred and
she loved Jack and she continued to
hang on to all the others.
With the result that Jack up and
left one bright morning his young face
very stern. Cora Wept and called him
heartless beast and resigned ncrsc,
to being miserable.
Fred didn't quite take the place of
Jack. but he's the big number now
Cora feels that she may, in time. come
to love him. In the meantime there
are any number of new affairs clop-
ping up which she simply can't neglect
You see, she's grceGy-greedy for love
and admiration. And even a chance
for real happiness with man she loves
can't deter her from encouraging those
attractive boys who fall in love with
her
It's not simply that she's flirt.
Her trouble lies in being dissatisfied
with the love of one man. AS long as
there are so many to fall in love with
her she must have all the love that's
coming her way.
And so she hurts one nice boy after
the other-neglecting him for the MANY
| others to whom she must devote time
and attention and affection.
She's not growing any younger. She's
| not growing any more beautiful. But
her greediness increases by the day.
No other girl must have the love of
Ted and Mac and Larry while she is
still young and radiant. 1t would
break her heart to give up so much
admiration and love, even for the man
she really cared for.
And this is leading her into deeper
and deeper unhappiness. For she finds
less and less pleasure in this scattered
lovemaking. More and more she longs
for the real thing.
Until she clears the way for the real
thing she will never recognize it when
it arrives.
Until she can learn to give all her
love to one man-not saving the small
est portion for her numerous hangers
| on--She will never be truly happy.
Greed for admiration and love can
lead the loveliest girl in the world into
sour spinsterGom.
This greed is curse. It's victim
should cure herself of the deadly III be-
fore it cures her Of youth end beauty
and the power to win loe and adj
miraticn.
Mimi will be glad to answer any inouiricc
| directed to this paper provided stamped,
addressed envelope Is inclosed. Also she will
| be slad TO send Food for C1nversai ion y
| and How to Overcome Self-Consciousncss y
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