THE LACHRYMOSE LADY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 277, 3 November 1924, Page 8

THE LACHRYMOSE LADY.

i The Lachrymose Lady is a thing of the past. It is only in story books that the i'beautiful heroine dissolves into tears , and still remains beautiful. In reality, ? red-rimmed, swollen eyelids, a red, . shiny nose, and a smudged. and T blotchy complection result. . i At twenty, one’s lover may be i acutely touched by. one’s tears; though , he is less upset after the first performj ance. £t forty, he is merely bored, and waits, with what patience he can ’ command, till the storm is over, then ’ the somewhat ingnominious task of explaining the reason of the out-burst has to be faced. if you feel, therefore, that you must indulge in a “good cry,” lock yourself in your bedroom, having first made sure that you will remain undisturbed, ' and when you have indulged yourself • to the utmost limit of your capacity for ; tears, then set to work and repair the damages. • 1 Write a letter or read a book for half an hour. Tears have an annoying way of welling up again when the thought of their cause flashes once more into mind. Leave the ghost of the Lachrymose Lady in your own room, and go forth into your world with a smiling Igce. It will right every wrong—conquer every difficulty as it arises.