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Her j-Her Her One Mistake Ii I Seeking t See Seeking in Adventure girls will read raa the lne mes- mes iro man many I Of good hope hope I ite girls who have lion 10 ir many man the Primrose Path will happen happen hap hap- f. f Into nto pen across the P j advice ad- ad 1 4 vice Ice of tie the great a 14 P Pr PL L r hearted worn woman a n who has given S1 her I life life- to help such Juls retrace their wa way I And having read rend how many girls w will willi ill j sit them down tako take pen Jen in hand and write a n. letter back I to the home they the left when hen they made that first I mistake JAAE 1 1 q If H ono one n such girl I understands under under- aces and 1 Ii 1 stands then under under-I the thew w shall not have ha been In vain first mistake ne file It nil all came about 1 easy sy r almost before you realized you oU here m treading treading- dangerous paths there written In ugly staring scar- scar I wj letters straight across your our way if got ot In front fr nt of oC you either That was i Ju fearful tearful part of it The Tho scarlet behind you ou There was tarried ned was bounding lightly over j it t and re reInS reInS' rep re- re I I ed Abounding if p InS InS' to the tho starling starting point The Theo Thee the scarlet tarlet o way war to return past Jr e terrier turner a was and Is I Is to build a n ladder I honesty honest decency and right and andI surmount tho obstacle i ng world ou are arc capable I prove p to the you cf ft t reaching the clouds douds Not ot an easy task this ladder build build- nJ eg Is the Job of holding a n. n sell seat I oc Oil the Ole slide bound for the depths of its ija e tU easy sy Look at some of tho the girls I who ba have e e tried it it Ask them See dissipated disease u faces lees Hear the bitterness of their words word the hollowness of theIr Wr If th thare re Is auch JUch a place as Dill on en earth they will not have havo to todie todie die d. d to 10 pay the price of that first t tate tate-or or e-or or the he mistakes es which came a iter r THE THE SMALL TOWN GiRL f Perhaps tho the most pathetic of those who bo stroll the Primrose Path b by rea- rea ica eoa of the ono one mistake is 15 tho the small ton loin girl Irl t Email towns are ruthless In their treatment of oC girls sirls There Thero is no mother more sore cruel than the small town cr cr tr fortunate enough to possess a aI I thoroughly g good god daughter Her treatment of daughters daughter's girl friend who has been foolish enough to love lovet t tot slot tritely but too well weB is in keeping with the methods of the small bo boy boyto who to 10 twists the cats cat's tall tail to see Bea poor puny squirm CUes Cities Cities are well supplied with small fm girls driven from Crom home because thu eln ginned ed once and were found out Hidebound villagers are very often as marrow arrow as their streets Let them got set gotlie the lie goods ds on a girl and there Is only M lt tilt left left to to pack up tho the old valla va va- 11 lla Ilta mad end shake the tho dust of the public from her shoes forever I The TheIrl girl Irl comes to the city She Is friendless Tho The man equal ilI Is safe back in the home town I He H U is a aBort sort of oC a seven days days' wonder The Tee old eld Id folks Is I say the boy bov only sow sow- I The The Easiest Way I IV Just Just Naturally Bad f I I Ing In- his wild oats The young oung folks look upon him as being delightfully dans dangerous rous He can go out tomorrow and marr marry tho the bankers banker's dau daughter if h hIs heis he heIs Is personable and she loves him But the girl Sirl his companion In mistake she is a wicked creature to b Jt bt shunned shunned driven driven out t tIn In a small Oho town lown seven soven grit started ther Cher way through school They Tho were of first families families families lies which meant that In time the they would constitute the society of the tho town The They were a 11 most exclusive group They had bad their own club own parties to which no newcomer no rank outsider no climber or pretender pretender pretender pre pre- tender was admitted This Is the small town way Ear Early in tho the career of oC tho the seven It 11 became evident ono one of oC he the girls was wasa wasa a bit more In her Ideas than the tho others She wore the tho most daring danco dance frocks She Sho went on more au automobile automobile au- au rides and stayed out later lator Her parties were more unique OSTRACIZED BY FRIENDS There Thero was absolutely nothing wrong ron with the girl She Sho was vas Just an Imaginative Imaginative Im Im- Im- Im young person Ierson whose desire for expression outran the boundaries of a 11 small town Then came CAmo the dancing craze It struck the Ohio town caught the exclusive ex- ex seven In a flurry and sent them two-stepping two merrily merril through the long evenings In the wako of the dance danco appeared one of those suave C agile aSIle Individuals peculiar to tho the art One Ono had only to watch him gyrate across tho the floor once to know he was wasa a favorite son of He Ise was more moro ornate than anything the town tov had seen for a blue blua moon His thick shock of hair was parted In the middle and plastered to patent leather smoothness His Ills linen ran to tc deep blues and pinks Ho lie carried his cigarettes in a a. case easo with gold monogram with diamonds I It was natural tho thu visiting heel spinner should select tho the most daring o the seven beven for capture He was wa thero there to exploit his trade trade- trade trade- dancing dancing and and she offered by far the most facile medium She was vas the tho best dancer In town and she was waa not afraid to be lar By and b by tho the evil tongue of gossip I began besan to wag The girl had been seen strolling with tho the new man In out I of the way streets She had gone Ione riding with him after aft r a n dance He lie sat at too late on the front porch Tho The Inevitable happened Teh man I was a a. cad as an any one wise wife In the wa ways wayn of the world might ht have gathered from the very look of him Gossip hitherto whispered behind hands burst out Into open accusation Surmise became fact No one ono went to the girl and told her how SOrl sorry she was Wll for Cor her mistake No one on offered to help her hor find a remedy Not a word of encouragement a sigh cf or sympathy a smile of hope Complete and final ostracism that ostracism that was wa the verdict Self SeU righteous mothers of the six Mix who hall hail not stumbled drew their skirts aside The They Issued edicts Tho The girl could not come to their homes bo be seen with their daughters SNATCHING AT PLEASURE The next time dine the club met the mother of tine tile hostess saw to It the sinning sinning sinning sin sin- ning sister was not notified When hen a n alist alist list wa was written for tor the next dance her name did not appear Sho She received re received re- re d cel no invitation to the next re re- re Persons Per she had known all nil her were suddenly sudden afflicted with short sight when the they met her Even her hel mother was made to suffer suffer was was slurred blurred slighted Tho The girl became an outcast st a a. pariah a social leper to be bo blamed and d for Tim The girl stood the pressure for a while She was high spirited Defeat Defeat Defeat De De- feat wa was difficult for her to admit Gradually the fo fog of hopelessness enshrouded en- en shrouded d her She began an to say ny to herself hats the tho use A man came Clune along lIe He was daring laring too loo They met Ho lie offered her hor some of tho the glitter ofIn of Ki la In place of the dull gray fay she bho he was living When her eyes ces were well dazzled dazzled daz daz- tt the man told her he ho was married married mar mar- ried By this time lime she no longer cared She Sho was waa not seeking happiness she was snatching at pleasure She wont went away with the manI man I r i told you OU so wagged the tho ton tongue 0 of gossip She was a bad girl Couldn't do a thing with herA her hl A few yc rs and someone tr r oi i th the town happened Into a Western city He lie met mel the girl s She was not a pretty prett sight He lie was a kindly man Curiosity Cu Cu- prompted him to stop and speak to tho the drifter Im Tm down and out you see she sho said twisting her lips Into a l smile smile- something between a a. snarl and a sneer Go back and tell those psalm singing hypocrites how well they did their work I made mado ono one mistake They The finIshed finished finished fin fin- the Job The They made a bad wom worn woman an one an-one one of the worst Want Vant to bu buy buya a little drink No o All right ONE MISTAKE NOT RUIN Thank trod for Cor a new era era the the era of the city It has sent rent Its message C back Into the small town The small town Is beginning to realIze realize real real- ize that if iC It Is too loo small to forget and forgive tho the mistakes of Its daughter daughters daughters daughters' daugh daugh- ter the city Is big enough to embrace embrace em em- brace them I So the tho small town Is taking Its cuo cue an and mixing tolerance with its criticism criticism cism Stone Stono throwers are out of or order The healing salvo salve of sympathy th of faith Is applied In place of tho the 18 lash h. h The girl Irl who has made her first mistake mistake mis mis- take tako and Is brave e enough to face faco It need have no fear of tho the future Society tho the world does docs not turndown turn turndown turndown down Its thumbs Thero are any number of mother hearted women banded together In an any number of societies and organizations organizations who will extend the helping hand will hurry out to meet a girl girland girland and bring her In safe All sh she needs to do Is to ask One Ono mistake does not make a ruined life any more than ono one swallow swallow low mak makes s a n summer j I The willingness to face the to toSO togo togo go SO through to live down the tho first mistake mistake mistake mis mis- take is enough to wipe It out out and and quickly A girls girl's first mistake The maker is lIko a child walking on top of a narrow f fence nce On one side the tho poppy field of picas picas- sure sure great great garish blossoms that beckon and turn Into noisome weeds as tho the seeker clutches at It the stems of them On tho the other side brown blown barren str stretches Innocent of oC verdure forbidding forbidding forbid forbid- ding but fertile ground Plant of the tho seeds of truth decency cleanness of mind and bod body The world will be bo so Interested In watching your our fruitful har e harvest t It will forget forset your first mistake |
