| Show Adventure re r Climaxes in I Deep Regret 7 r By BETTY BLAIR BLAm Our experiences with life Ufe mark u us lil as something orn different even though r V tali to see ace ee th the changes in our our- selves elves For For this rca reason n wo may never hope to return to a discarded life and fInd find conditions a as wo left them T Thero ero are bound to bo be dis dIs- dIs appointments Dear Der Miss fiss Blair A year and a half hatt ago aiO I married ft man mau not because I loved Jond him but butu bec because ui u I thought marriage would be II a thrilling ng III I. I I ture and wanted to try II It I Z have hate regretted It since that tiny day My MI t J I life has hu been nothing r but sorrow and regret I I Before my marriage I L II I I was wu carefree and gay I Now J 1 feel like Uke an old iII I woman with one foot fN in the grave My Myhue- Myhue husbAnd husband hus hus- V I I band bind cays 51 he loves Ions me 11 dearly and sometimes I love lovo him I have hava tried terribly hard bard bu but I he be makes make It ethIc sible He praises ma me metor for tor my good cooking and nice home Set et I am never given a chance chanco to really live Jive I am like a prisoner I hare havo to tell teU my husband where X Igo go when with whom how much money anoney I spend and for fot what He Re has chased all my friends friends' away AWry with his Insults and even nen refuses fuses to let me rue see m my mother He Ee lia says my hours should be the tho same 1 his then when I go So any place It should hould be with him He is now flow working 12 hours a II day I have tried to tell ten him ho he sees sees sees' people and hiss has something to do and how bow narrow minded and old I will wm get being always by myself But Dut there is no reasoning with him no matter what hat angle Is II u ud d. d Character Faults He lie has hu in his character chan all the things thinKs I 1 have hated bated and wanted to escape In my life He smokes drinks lies Ues and even steals He has worked only six alx month In all aU the time we have been married He lie loses his Jobs through his hits own carelessness My that I Z days day are arc one constant wish had never met him and lived these horrid months I Z have tried very hard bard to make a go SO of It ft and until now Z I have never given up hope Z am 19 years old and an only child chUd I X ha have e mILD many friends although I Z dou dont don't t see ace them any more I Z dont don't smoke or drink and never wUl wUI I like Uke people and they like me I Z am good looking and always try to act actS like lUte 11 lady IAm Iem I Z Zurn urn em thrifty and always try to Improve any faults I have as soon oon as I discover die dis cover them Please tell teU me shall haU Igo Igo I Z go BO on Just wishing every day I could be my old self adf once again that Z 1 could wear pretty clothes clothes' and go to school and live with the wonderful paren parents Z I have who love me dearly jet think I am happy Shall I Z Just wish or shall I Z try harder than ever to make my mar mar- 4 nags what Z dream It should be he Or shall hall I Z leave my husband and find my o old d self and start tart anew for or hap hap- and more contented life Ufe I hope ope the one person I hive hye dared confide in will help me TROUBLED MIND Happiness isn't something you go out cut lo to collect in tangible form as if It were It-were were a bluebird as as' fiction would have you believe Happiness comes only when you throw yourself d desperately des des- s- s into nto work vork that you love and forget yourself Scientist clai claim clairn they are the only people In n the world who are really happy But there are others who dispute their word Happiness Is not an outer tangible but an inner conviction usually one that comes from a feelIng feel feel- I Ing of of being in the right place Women of great strength of character char char- acter who have loved men who were entirely in ln the wrong so far as their relations to organized society were concerned have loved these men to the end and fought to keep them hem 1 In Inline Mae line but invariably it has been a bitter end S Facing Price In your case you are are permitting fO your r individuality to be entirely wiped 4 out To kill the thing that is isone isone's ones one self BeIt is Ls as great a crime in the eyes yes o of at psychologists as to kill kUI the body You are having to pay the lull full price for tor your adolescent act of marrying for adventure It would be a great triumph for you Jf f you OU could make something of a avery very rY great adventure out of it but you wont won't be able to do it by wear by-wear- wearIng wear wear- Ing pretty clothes or by annexing your old friends You will do so only by by- attacking the problem with which you have to deal directly In order to do this you need a vast amount of knowledge knowledg and great greal I courage In these hours you spend I Iby I by yourself read read read for knowledge knowledge knowledge-knowledge knowledge of yourself of l. l the manner in which the human being beng reacts for good or ill III to his environment knowledge of others This will give you courage and cour courage go is power and power Is emancipation I If you want to go further into this problem with me I shall be glad to to help you but you must come cometo cometo to see leo me It If not by all means confide confide- in two others whom you may nay trust to help you out Jut of y your ur dUe dilemma These hese two arc are your par par- eats To tell teU them will be the easl easi ens est way out of your difficulty for they will possibly counsel divorce and a return to the home tome nest AMBITIOUS Al ear Blair x My daugh daughter works but is ambitious ambi and feels she he has hu gone as u far faras 4 as u possible in her present Job both bothIn bothIn In In the tho matter mattu of salary and promo promo- She would like to do court I a. a reporting or get Into newspaper work How Bow does dou one oneo EO go about It to secure Ither either position MOTHER IOTHER One man I know spent years o of experience in the newspaper game Became acquainted with men ii in public life Ute with Ith judges and cour court procedure through newspaper re rep rep reporting re- re porting p rUng and finally landed a jo job aS court ou reporter It takes a similar background and acquaintance with wit people in public life to fit oneself for this job One way of obtaining a newspaper news news- paper pape job is for those best fitted b by nature nature for this work to start reporting re re- J porting 11 high school or university to the daily dally p papers pers This is i idone done by regularly registered stud students stu stu- stu- stu d dents 1 who ho try tryout out or are appointed appointed's because eca se of ot their background an and s 's adaptability for the work Another Way Is ia for tor young oung people to begin o on country newspapers and learn th the thc game by experience Some people b have ve wedged into newspaper wor work by writing feature articles articles' that ha had great crat rM of something good I II I A I 1 and of something better to come NOTE OTE TO VIVA Kindly send a stamped self- self addressed envelope for our circular Games for Adults Many of these may be adapted for Valentine parties by substituting red hearts of various sizes wherever possible for lor paper to be used in games The Thed d decorations more than anything else give the atmosphere of St St. Valentine Valentino Valen Valen- tine tino c |
