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Show Through i newton I A WOMAN'S EYES fl lllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllimillllllll ON THE WOMAN WHO CRAVES PRESTIGE WHATEVER may be her virtues and her graces, there Is one type of woman who can never be successful In marriage, a noted author au-thor tells us. Anl that Is the woman wom-an with a sex Inferiority complex. Though she may be a perfect angel, such a woman is unfit to be a wife. The trouble wit'J her, we are told. Is that her first Interest Is always maintaining her prestige. With a feminine Inferiority complex she Is not confident of herself and her abil- llllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Ities, and therefore needs constant affirmation of her worth In the opinion opin-ion of others. That disqualifies her entirely for the role of a wife. It seems to me that the Importance Impor-tance of this point lies not In following fol-lowing to its conclusion the question of how the desire for personal prestige pres-tige Interferes with the requirements require-ments for a woman's success In marriage. We a know that It would seem ore to the point to consider that a craving for attention, atten-tion, a desire for prestige is very likely to disqualify a woman or for that matter a man for success in anything. ' There la nothlner In the world that so Interfere, with accomplishment accomplish-ment and with enjoyment of life as having one eye on what other people peo-ple will say or think. There is nothing so distracting as to be preoccupied pre-occupied in gaining the good will or good opinion of others. There Is no surer short-cut -o failure than the effort to shine. People who have creative work, distinguished achieement, to their credit, have succeeded because they did their work for Its iwn sake. People who are most highly regarded regard-ed by the world are those who have cared little for the world's acclaim. People who have the greatest experience expe-rience of happiness are those who pursue the even tenor of their way, doing their best according to their lights, playing the game for the sake of the game, without thought to another's an-other's opinion, or to admiration or applause. |
