The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-02

speaks. The other little book is SIM
ply called. The Single Woman"
authored by Ruth Reed. in which
the single woman's role in present
day life Is attractively and truth
fully presented. Books such as
these are good for us, since they are
factual rather than fictional, and
even when presenting the obvious.
bring it home to us, which is what
we need.
Books as a Gift
Both the single and the married
woman have their bad moments.
Old Man Loneliness, gray whiskers
and all, is their common foe and
must be fought on the home front.
He's bad actor. not easy to put
down. but there's always work.
which Is panacea for single or
married doldrums.
These little books-a gift sug.
gestion. by the way-have much in
teresting data on remunerative
work and how to overcome worry
and fear. Neither title completely
covers the subject matter discussed.
One discovers that both the mar
ried and single are face to face with
many similar problems. Both, for
one thing. find themselves thrown
back on the society Of their own
sex. and to women of a certain type
that is deplorable state Of affairs.
The first thing to be done Is. Of
course, to cultivate a liking, or q
tolerance. If liking is asking too
much. for the society Of other wo-
men; also, OF men who are In no
danger of ever getting caught in
the draft. Such men are not neces-
sarily in the sere and yellow, but
they are not likely to be chosen as
perfect specimens of the flower Of
American manhood. Of course. I'M
der circumstances advantageous to
their kind. they do perk up and
take infinite pains not to act their
age. Still, the woman accustomed
to a Class A companion quite nat
urally feels that the war has not
entirely passed her by-that she is.
in fact. victimized by it.
Cure for the Blues
There is A bright side to the pic
ture Of Lone Woman. Men love
'em that way. A woman can offer q
man nothing he values more than
opportunity. A woman alone rouses
interest, and is fair game to the
male who is a hunter at heart and
often merely for the love Of the
chase.
The woman who needs comfort
Ing never has to wait overriding for
a comforter. although he may not
always be the Prince Charming she
would like him to be. The point is
not so much how to get along with
out a sympathetic male as how to
cope with one intent on doing his
own particular brand of stuff. One
of the problems of woman &C
cepting sympathetic companion
ship from one male while another
is away, Is how to make him APP
preciative of the privilege Of giving
and not expecting anything In
return.
Life must go on. After reading
these and other works on the sub
ject. one concludes that the buster
a lone woman Is, busy socially, too.
the more quickly time will pass and
the less likely she will be to show
its ravages. Fill your days and
nights with activities. the more
varied the better. This seems, in
brief, to be the best sort of ammu-
milton to use against Old Man
Loneliness and his hordes. It should
not. Of course. be useless activity.
There Is much to be done. The wo-
men who heretofore have be-
moaned the fact that they are not
necessary to anyone, can no longer
complain on that score. They are
necessary. therefore they have
cause for a measure, at least. OF
happiness.