THE GENI OF HAPPINESS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 838, 5 December 1929, Page 6

THE GENI OF HAPPINESS

Dear Miss Rutledge,— 1 feel sure that you will be able to assist me in a matter which lately has caused me considerable worry. I am seeing a good deal of a girl who may be considered rather fast, or at least appears that way to me as I have been brought up in somewhat oldfashioned surroundings. Do you approve of the modern type of girl vho smokes, “spots,” and is fond of the bright lights in general? JOHN. axswur * There is not as much of the tinkling mbal about the modern type of girl us ones meets file eye. frequently

sbf appears to overdo her role, and it is types of men, she earns more disrespect than admiration. Hut if you really love such a Kiri do not allow this scarecrow of modernism to frighten you from pastures that appeal.

We must not forget how times have 1 changed; that the kind of wife our greati grandmothers made would no more suit th'* modern man than the hustles they wore would suit the modern maid. Furthermore, although it would appear that domesticity is anathema to the girl of today, implanted in almost every woman's heart is the desire to mother, to possess her very own, to love and be loved just as her grandmother did. Life la always Incomplete to the average woman who is forced to go yearning and unsatisfied. No matter how high the hurdle she professes to erect between instinct and make-believe, there is no barrier to Truth. In all probability, the girl you write about, having had her fling, would make a most charming and satisfactory wife provided you have the patience to wait until she is ready to settle down. As you appear to be young, it would be foolish to imagine that all your chances for future happiness hinged on the caprice of this maided. Youthful imagination so often conjures up mountains instead of molehills, aixl allows the pin-pricks of life to sink deeper than a dagger. Again, later, if you do manage to find a girl of sedate character, she may turn out to be a surprise packet. We all appreciate words and actions reflecting wisdom, but, ah, how very sweet and necessary is a little folly now and then. So I advise you to make haste slowly, and when you do arrive at a decision be sure that Love, like Aladdin’s Lamp, has been* "tried and tested” lest the Geni of Happiness fail's to appear. ANNE RUTLEDGE.