The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-09-15

what you are doing A little girls
love is as big as the world she is
born to, and spills over beyond
love of people to dogs and cats and
caterpillars, dolls and ice cream
and frilly pink dresses, to the feel
of wind on her chubby cheeks, to
fairy tales and piggy banks, to
mommy's lipstick and high heels
and to all the countless immediate
Joys that older grown-up p eople
forget or cannot see anymore. Only
little girls possess that deep zest
for living each new experience,
each immediate emotion as if it
we're the only thing in the world
Hiromi Joan although at this
moment, you are just content in
eating and sleeping and crying
when you are uncomfortable you
have untapped resources for bot
tomless tenderness. Within a few
years you will weep with all your
heart for the little dead canary,
the pussy cat who just went away,
the broken dolly You viii break
your little heart because some
fairy princess meets with fairy-tale
misfortune If you can hold on to
that capacity for great tenderness,
then you will fulfill Gods purpose
for creating little girls and all
women Being a little cir I've u
have what makes women irresisti-
BILE to all men, Every little girl has
this wonderful power. I've seen
tired mothers faces light up with
wonderful glow because little
girls have lifted their little hands
to them I've seen old men pause
and smile for forgotten joys
because some little girl passed by
with ewes shining, eager and I'M
Spoilt. I've seen strangers become
friends because of some little girl
A little girl has infinite trust
A little girl, during her brief time
has somewhere talked with God
and walled with God and knows
God very intimatly Because of this
infinite trust. she has a way of
sharing secrets with Him which
makes groWn-ups a little ashamed
of their own callous disbelief If
growwn-ups are as unwise to oues-
ton little girls power of PRAYER,
she will merely look at you with
unbelieving eyes, shake her little
head and pray some more
Such faith is bound to be re-
warded, for every time you pray
you will be praying to God too
because everyone else would like
to see unquestioning faith answer
ed. If your little-girl trust remains
with you, Hiromi Joan, then. no
matter how difficult a grown-up
wworld you move into. you will
never be AFRAID
Only a little girl possesses that
spontaneous and chameleon facil-
lty for laughter 1t is laughter that
dubbed to the surface at almost
anything-the wrinkling of NOM
my's nose, lift of someone's eye
brows, somebody's old shoes the
action Of an egg-beater, or merely
an orange bouncing off a table.
And she is just as likely to laugh
at herself, at her own clumsiness,
her sudden discoery that she can
DO something new Her laughter
has alo another facet for it can
crop up where one least expects
it to A little girl will surprise you
with laughter even when she may
be most miserable I've seen it ap-
pearing behind a little tgirl's eyes
even when salty tears are rolling
down her baby cheeks Such laugh
ter, Hiromi Joan, Is yours to keep
forever
Only little girl, Hiromi Joan.
has the wor DIS monopoly on
dreams She has the wisdom of be-
ing Impractical and idealistic in
her attitude toward mysteries that
she cannot understand. And in so
being she is perhaps most practi-
cal A little girl will know quite
definitely what she wants to be.
She wworks at 1t I've seen little
girls being "mommy' to sick dollies
and dogs with all the persistence
of a real mother. She is not pre-
tending-she IS "mommy" Little
Hiromi Joan. whatever else you
lose this capacity for dreaming and
this persistence for being what
YOU believe you are I've discovered
hat in grown-up atmosphere
1reams do not keep very we'll
Little Hiromi Joan, you are only
seven weeks old You haven't had
chance yet to acquire bad habits
All ask of you is to remain al
ways a little girl at heart, for
strange and illogical as it may
ound to you, a grown-up world is
drab world without a little girls