WHY MORE WOMEN THAN MEN SUFFER UNHAPPINESS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 62, 6 December 1937, Page 5

WHY MORE WOMEN THAN MEN SUFFER UNHAPPINESS

Is there more unhappiness among women than men? Undoubtedly. Chiefly becalise the average woman has all her "eggs," so to speak, in the cmotional "basket." Her happincss is gcnerally at the mercy of others, whether in the family or social circle, because her feelings are allowed to make her heaven or heU, states an. overseas Vrriter. Much useless fret and fuming over small domestic *'jars'; or social slights, pctty jealousies and foolish envy rob many women of happiness. Trifles, that most men would forget the next minute or laugli off, will start a woman brooding. Before she has finislied, it is a case of the "molehill" and "mountain,*"' and it is going to take some doing on sonjebody 's part to get that "mountain" down again. Men appear to be a great dcal more conservative of emotion, and, in the main, keep it well under control. When a man is face to face with a real sorrow he doiibtless feels as deeply as any woman can, but he is not given to allowing himself to become all 1 'worked up" and wretched over small troubles. The average man's interests appear to be more varied than a woman's, even apart from his work. His feelings are less easily aroused, and his attention not lavished on what to him are mere trifles. He generally has something to fall back on, with which he may occupy his thoughts at .will if the contemplation of some little happening annoys him. It is just' that "something" to fall back upon that women need to cul-' tivate if they are to be spared much unhappiness. That "something" should be sought for well outside the danger zone of the emotions. Try the mental -plane. Hitchi youfi interest to something worth while; something infinitely larger than. the jpetty upsets that so annoy and hurtv ,You will then soon build a reserve of happiness upon which you can draw at !wUl. .