THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 25, 1938.
Live
IF you have lived alone
for a long time you will have your own scheme of living.
Alone-
AND LIKE IT!
Anyone
If you are in the habit of think- and up-to-date erson. ing of yourself as a widow or a can, if she has sufficient determina But for the benefit of those who spinster, this, too, is something to tion. are new at this particular game of get over as speedily as possible. Every woman should have a smat- solitaire, we will begin at the begin- A woman is now a woman, just tering of knowledge about pra ning.
as a man is a man, and expected to tically everything. The half-dozen This business of making your own stand on her own feet, as he (sup- things you may have time to knov life may sound dreary-but it real- posedly) stands on his.
thoroughly (if you're very an ly isn't. You can have a grand Never, never, never let yourself ous) will amuse and broade You time doing it.
feel that anybody ought to do any- and make you a better talker but To be sure, you will have nobody thing for you. Once you become a they will not make you a better com to make a fuss over you when you duty you also be come a nuisance. panion, which involves being a are tired, but you will also have Be surprised and pleased, if you listener. nobody to expect you to make a fuss like, at gifts, invitations, and other
attentions. Or, better still, take No one can be in the know about You will have no one to be res- them casually.
most of the current goings-on with- ponsible for your bills and also Remember that nothing is so out feeling that she is, after all, a no one to be responsible to for your damaging to self-esteem as waiting pretty smart person. bills.
for a telephone or door-bell that It takes a genius to make an im- You will be able to eat what, doesn't ring.
pression in run-down heels and an when, and where you please, even As a matter of fact, you will unbecoming hat. You need good dinner served on a tray on the liv- probably have to muffle both door clothes and grooming unless, of ing-room couch one of the higher bell and telephone. if you can put course, you think of yourself as a forms of enjoyment which the mas- yourself over as a gay, interesting. more planning in a small establish- culine mind has not yet learned to
ment than in a large one. appreciate.
over him, when you are tired.
It may seem difficult at first- especially if the move wasn't your idea anyway. A great many people. take this step after a death, divorce
By Marjorie Hillis
or some rearrangement of relation- ships that seems like a catastrophe
They are pretty sure to feel a lit- tle sorry for themselves. This is only human.
Everybody feels sorry for herself (to say nothing of himself) now and then. But anyone who pities herself for more than a month on end is weak and likely to become a publić nuisance.
We know one business Woman who 40 years ago would have been described as a maiden lady and who, during the vacations, week- ends, and evenings incidental to 20 years in an office, has managed to shoot in Scotland, bathe at Juan-les- Pins, cross the Andes, see the races at Saratoga, go to most of the best plays in New York, and keep her figure.
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"I'm naturally lazy," she says, "but I get around some, because I'm not going to be a Maiden Aunt” “I intend to go out just as often as anyone in my family, if not a little bit oftener. And what's more, I în- tend to go just a little bit farther.” We don't know just how far she does go, but we have never heard her referred to as a Maiden Lady.
You have probably noticed that the lady of your acquaintance who thinks of herself as a duchess may cause a good many laughs, but
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usually, in the main, is treated like a duchess-in so far, at least, as her friends know how a duchess should be treated.
With this in mind, you can figure out for yourself just what you'll become with a mental picture of “Poor little me, all alone m a big bad world."
"It takes a genius to make an in- pression in an unbecom ing hat."
Don't think that your establish- ment is too simple even for this. You can get over any embarrass- ment you may feel in this respect by entertaining, first, guests who are in the same fix as you-or worse. Preferably worse.
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Now the case of Miss J. This is a sad story of a young woman who sees herself as a martyr and who has never noticed that she is a ter rible bore to everyone else.
Miss J. always gets the small end of everything and the worst seat: on the bus.
Just try to give her anything else!
She lives all alone, which is some-
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how dreadfully pathetic in Mías J's case, though rather pleasant in others.
She has a passion for the past and lives surrounded by an aura of virtue and relics of the days when her mother was alive.
She seems to be in chronic mourn- ing for all the relatives who have died within her memory and in a state of chronic resentment over the neglect of all those who haven't died.
We don't blame the relatives and we would enjoy giving Miss J. and her house a thorough airing.
ACCIDENTS IN THE
HOME.
Cuts, scratches, bruises, burns, scalds and other minor injuries may happen in any home, especially where there are children.
KEEP SHE-KO HANDY A box of She-ko kept in the home will come in handy for the prompt, curative treatment of all such injuries. Antiseptic, cooling, soothing and com- posed of a blend of the very finest healing ingredients, She-ko is an ideal healing ointment.
EQUALLY GOOD FOR SKIN COMPLAINTS
such as eczema, ringworm, itch, sores of all kinds, pimples, boils, ulcers and external piles, She-ko is obtainable at thedicine dealers everywhere.
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