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Show f LIVING DOWN A PAST ) . Br SOPHIE IBKHSl LOKB. CerrrteM. ISM, (N.er Tor Sreelag - urlS Press fakllskuuj ce. A women of l wrt'ss me a very rsthstic Istter In which shs tens hs irtsl of her life In living down a socalled past. "Psst" ta this esse imuutil to a mistake this girl made whea she wss not yet out ef her teena It seems te bars clogged hsr satire life. Much of the trouble It due te the actloa af her parents. Ths gtrl became be-came a veritable recleee oa account of her Krrew. 8hs wsa kept etrict-i etrict-i ly with her psrents durlnx sll these years, snd hsd very little freedom. Now her mother has died sod shs Is force to go out Into che world te ears her wsy. Bhe waste te know I If she Is entitled to somstntng out i of life besides dradgery sad aad I nasmorlea. I When, ah when, will peeple realise real-ise tbal ons hs only ons life te live and that prettv often worry ever things thst hsve hsrTne4 end csn-not csn-not be recalled gets ao ene anything btt heerta.-he snd hsrdahip snd veiy often hsroens them until they lose the gresieet of sll of the human heritese hsppla'sa. Every person owes It ts himself to try ta be happy. To try to g something- out of life besides toll, strus- Tle and worry. Whet difference oe t mske if you hsvs ms-ie a mis-ttaksf mis-ttaksf If yea profit bv ths mis-Itske, mis-Itske, you will nut neks ht in n Then, whv pine aad fret sad -rn out a eMesrabls sxlsienoe be-'iM et somethiag that cannot poasioiy be hslpeo It is bad enosrh to be a martyr for setastMag that aught better Ua ' eltuatloa for example. If a yourr -womsa ehould hesitais to msrry ;i order te be with a sickly tnothe-. . This Is martyrdom snd sacrifice, b it whv ge through the other unnecee- . sary snxlety. There ts enousn In ths every-day world to meet to r've ; ons sufficient . momentsry pence, without ending to kt br constant i,. membrenres of sorasthlng luat is emst snd goes. Ths thing to do la to "let the deed psst bury Its eeed." Closs it up ss though it were a tomb the grave of -mlstskee. No metter how many ermr you hsve n,ede if you have hon.H'iv re- fented and realised them iut'i-in' e bicter yourself by thsm. then I'.s -one thing te da Is to face (he ra-ture ra-ture with hope. For hope la tiie e.e-naent e.e-naent ot life thst Is sternal- If you have elsnsd. and made up . for It by sinning ao more, the Ln:-r to do is te go oa aa Lbeugn It h-A aever happened. No amount of self-effacement er mentsl condemnation will bt'P a snv event. Turn your face tie Ksst snd greet the rleing sua with a new dev. All ths unhspplnse snd w---"-e of carrying sround your i. - sight of a dead Issue. Is Jui t loi- The ene thing psretvs e- 1 " In esse of this k'lul is to ' , make a girl reel'ie t-t t -y 1 forgiven snd lorf . b.e itn n,st t- e i they fors've. v r r t , - you cannot r. y ! 1 do forget. The two a I . The beet snms to d-7 dowa a past la to live i. a . tore. |