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Show ) Dorothy Dix Talks fi FOR THAT TIRED FEELING Bv DOROTJH DX, 'lie World; Highest Paul VoTnari Wriier Hi A vv BV to do when ou'v got tat tired ffeel- is in, i ti d innoi . ., gnc Bhi .... ry unto Hb d -.in of hei ;. sht oi HtH to hate her typewriter as If it were H s.dme cruel pod before which she was H offered up daily as MS sacrifice; H that she could as as with jov Ik-i rood, kind employer every time she takes his dictation and counts how HV mjany chins he has, and that she has HV neither pride i.or inures! in her work. B ajbd wonders that Hir WSS ever keen H and ambitious about it. She knows well enough that she H needs rest and change, and to Kel away from her desk for a while, but I he remedy for her nerves Is as far beyond her reach ;s the port wine cure is bevona a pauper. She has i HV mother and a little Sister d.-pendenl HVH on her. Her little white hands must fight the WOlf away Hum the door. H and so she BSkS what Bhe (an do to H pet back her :est in life, and her en- HH thuniasm for her work, H Your case, little sister. Is a hard H . one. but it may comfort you to know HH that your experience 18 the common Hv lot It Is bnly the who are 1 lucky enoufli to be a hie to rest when they are tired, and to seek Dew and piquant flavors when their lives le-RHHP le-RHHP come dust and aShcs in their moUtha v There . nol a ' inesa man In the, iljttl world who does not have his moments fiilfliB whan h Is sn woi'Il ami Weai'V V. ih Hl the strain of planning sellinp B campalcns. and worrying over imonr VBfl petent subordinates, and the anxiety BBSj of financing fresh enterprises that he BS?I Is tdmpted to throw up the whole af- j! fajr, ami po into bankrupt) BBVJ There is not a mother who has to nurs and care Cor her ow child who does not gel so d ed oi BHjJ walking the colic and waghtrig little BMH laces and wiping little noses, ami lis- BSsJ tenlng to walls for mother, and set- BSVJ tlljlg quarrels and buttering bread BSVJ and picking up scattered tovs. that BSVJ site does not at times feel that she BAVJ hates her own children, and that she BAH would give anything on earth to Ket BBH beyond the hearing of her babies' HBa No matter what. we do we aJl have BAVJ this reaction ugainft our occupation. BBVJ our hours when the very thoughts BJBJ ff entering the treadmill again, and BBJ polnc the same monotonous round for MBH the millionth time, fills Uh with a pbys- BBkt- menttl nausea. HJBBj Then comes the test of the sniff BjHBT of which we are made. The weak- BJ ' lines give up. and sink Into failure l&j7fl Tlie slronp gird up their loins a liltl toSWI tighter, and take a strangle hold on PfctMal their courage, and go on lo success. h9 (Secause you are tired, little Mster, bBBh don't let yourself believe that you are INBJ at the end of your resources. The run- njg&B nets in a race will tell you that when nHHB, they huve gone a certain distance they BBBj are almost overcome with exhaustion.' BBVB Their feet drag, and their breaths clop BBVffl but if they force themselves on. thej HBVJl get what they call their second wind, IB BBY BBBJ That in true everywhere In life If BBVJ we refuse to give up when WO BBfl weary. And discouraged, and lose heart BBJ we get our second wind, ami find that BBVJ w f. lia . . dir.ped down Into unexplored bbH :uid undreamed ol wells of vitality. I Ii and power, and that we are enabled to Kfcfial do better work tiian we have aver BBBJ doiii- BJBJ If you are tired ami your work and BBVJ environment, and circumstances are BBVJ that you cannot chanpe thent, wh BBVJ not try changing your own viewpoint BBH them? BBVl Everything in life depends upon the BBB 1 in which we look upon It. The Hj.. only difference between work mu play flP ' titudi toward II II I costs a man a lot of money to drive Bf i v n autotii'd.lle. It!. mitr spurt He hir'.' a m.in to drive that iJiLSiiE same automobile, and that man calls MkjBJB It work, but both men have done ex- lBJBJ OOtbbfChe name thlnp BBV .Most ftlrls consider that they are BJ having the time of their lives when BBW thi go shopping, and peacock around B before long mirrors in imported gowns BBf and wraps that they haven t the BB moncv to buy; but when a girl Is paid BB for showing how lovely she looks in BV gorgeous finery, she bewails hci fate BV i as h poor, down-trodden, working , J So v..,, see it is all in the angle thai is oc gel your fate I know lust as if man) rich ci -1 who -rr bored to BJ'! death with having nothing worth while BL to do. as I do working girls who are tlrel of having something definite MW they have got to do Kelleve me, my v:BB dear, yu can get Just k sick of drug-I drug-I ' iB gl'ip around to parties as you can of I im in ding a typewriter, and you can J, come to hate the inane chatter Of "wll- I - boys just as much as you can the I BBB lino of conversation your boss car- V So the bost cure for that tired feel- BBSft' lng 1 to (lul1 looking upon your job la - n-pard It an a bless- HV- Just reflect that It stands be- BBBf' you and want. You are inde- sBBjH pendent, self-respecting, honored by 3H 1 10,11 who know you. No shadow lies .across the white pathway of your girlhood. girl-hood. When you look at the poor be-' I draggled matures of the streets, skulking along in thjc shadows, just think thai but for your ability to make your own living you might have be longed lo that sorrowful sisterhood I You c.mnot stop to rest because of i the helpless ones of your family who ;.re dependent upon you, It Ts hard thai your slender young shoulder must' lu.ir such heavy burdens, but when; you think of your mother In the poor-' house your little sisters and brothers !iu the old. forlorn shelter of an or- jphari asylum, does it not make you! want to go down on your knees and I thank God for the Job that enables' son to keep your honie-flres burnlnp'.'j And, lastly, for that tired feeling, shake up your self-conceit, and take! a pood strong .lose as often as required requir-ed Qui! looking upon yourself as a martyr, and gel a slant on yourself J as a conquercr. No woman in the World has such n rlpbt to be proud of herself as the girl who by her own brains and ability can not only take care of herself, but support the family. fam-ily. Jut for a woman to be able to 'hold down a goo, Job entitles her to wear on her breasi the feminine cross of the legion of honor. Speed up your work, little sister, try ' to do it better, and be glad you've pot it to do. That Is the -sure cure for that tired feeling. |
