Show 1 READER TAKES ISSUE i WITH BETTY BLAIR ON QUESTION OF TASTE i S Samplers Again in Vogue Demand Verse of Sentiment S r Girls of Another Feather Than ThaI Juddy Judd Make Objections Kittens By BETTY BLAIR Dear Miss Blair Blar S. 1 I read In your column of a few nights past a letter by a n woman who had a most difficult problem to s solve c. c I refer to toI I the c cs one asking your youra O Ol 11 1 l a advice about what I i R B one should do when I f lones lone's ones one's husband h has n I I 1 poor taste I I I She characteristically 4 though modestly mod mod- I It estly csUy admits the pronounced pronounced's jupe- jupe s u p e ri- ri P dority of her 1 taste over that of her husband and you Miss Blair explain ex cx- plain sweetly that this is a common common common com com- mon f falling failing of or the male In gen eral You backed this up if I r re remember re- re member right with some sort of or figures compiled at some college or other where the girls therein were found to have a Ii keener artistic artistic artistic artis artis- tic sense than the men Will you please print the thc name of that school Was it by any chance Vassar Maybe Ive I've been misled but Ive I've been under the impression ion that practically without exception exception tion the great works of art throughout the world and down lown through the ages have been con conceived con con- d and executed by th the male Perhaps through handling exhibiting lUng and s so forth the Mrs has been Worn worn off some of the old m masterpieces and really should r read d Mrs Leonardo Da Vinc Vinci or or- just or-just just plain Leona Lcona ona Da Vinci Men with i their blunt artistic sense ense probably designed the very clothes that woman wears Her Heri i shoes Tier ber hat bat her dress and certainly certainly certainly her car and house and fur fur- At any ariy rate I have bave a heartfelt heartfelt heart heart- felt sympathy for her husband Til rn bet the necktie she gave him for lor Christmas would start a i run- run away Indignantly Indignant A C. C S. S S' S Sarcasm Is never one of our weapons weapons ons ens and since no answer to I except sarcasm we let yours pass you make snake the accusation accusation accusation tion and you Miss Blair explain sweetly that this poor taste is a common common com mon failing of or the male in general we m must st take Issue Our only reference refer reter ence on the particular question you mention Hearts Heart's Haven January 3 to the comparative taste of the male and female and female is contained In the following follow follow- ing quote It may help your cause a little to let Id your husband know that HE IS NOT THE TUE ONLY MAN IN THE WORLD with taste tast l inferior to that of ofa ofa a woman woman The world may have gone cone test crazy but we think it II significant nevertheless that among college students students stu stu- stu dents where the McAdory art Jude Jude- meld dent test was given riven the men scored an average of roughly and the thew w women 1 The conclusion not mine but that of the scientists making the theu left u is Lu that on on the average re It is far fir better for the wife to select her husband husbands husbands husband's hus bands band's clothes and decorate the house than the other way about providing It ean can be done without causing an emotional emotional emo emo- jar jag The whole matter readers reader Is about an an atrocious desk a husband bought for forbis his wife's Christmas present which represented his own taste when he knew perfectly well she wanted a spinet desk II In our answer we advised advised ad ad- that she he ask herself the question Is the desk worth the conflagration that will take place In my ray physical and i mental makeup and that of ot my husband hut bus I band were I 1 to make the exchange for a desk I like And advised advIsed- On I the basis of the answer to that question ques ques- tion must you proceed to act In answer answer to to your question A C. C S. S the school where the tests were made me was was' not Vassar but a coeducational coeducational institution quite likely Colum Colum- bia bin The scientists both bothi in the McAdory McAdory McAdory Mc Mc- Adory art ert judgment test and that of the c Eurich-Carrol Eurich tests netting similar sim liar ilar results were men seeking the truth independent of schools or any other ether prejudices They wed used college men and women for the t tests because among t them em they hoped to find men and nd women who had had bad equal opportunities for cultivating the artistic rUstic ense niue Write H H. Wiggam psychologist in n. n care cx of this paper for further information information in in- formation concerning the scientists who made the tes tests Try ry as we we may we cant can't conceive cf Mrs Leona Lethia Da Vinci who might have haye been an artist for at the time of Leonardo and for many centuries pr previous vJ us and ther thereafter ter in Intact fact down downto to most recent times all of Leonas Leona's mental and physical abilities and attributes attributes at at- tributes were engaged d for fot her lords lord's comfort and well In body she existed only as his hb slave She had a soul which she dared not call caU her herbut own awn but which her lord painted Her smile which ha has haunted and perplexed perplexed per per- succeeding generations see generations see Da Vinci's Mona Lisa can can be interpreted inter pr ted only In the light of what women women women wo wo- wo- wo men know today But in three decades wi with h freedom of Cf intellect and time women have advanced ad ad- winced in the arts aria and sciences es es' es farther farther far far far- ther than men did under the most helpful patronage in inthe the same number of i centuries And we dont don't look for fora a retrogression of any similar dark ages Sorry we vie cant can't go on ut lack of of space forbids Thanks for your letter C Come me ag again in QUOTATION S Dear Miss Misa Blair I I am embroidering a sm small U sampler sam sam- pIer which is to tobe be framed and hung over the bed of a n friend S lOon scon to be t married l Can you give Letters questions and requests requests re xe- quests for advice should be addressed ad ad- dressed to MISS BET BETTY T Y BLAIR HEARTS HEART'S HAVEN TELEGRAM SALT L LAKE A K E Write legibly upon only one side of the paper It is necessary that you ou append ap ap- ap- ap pond pend the right name and address address ad ad- dress but these will wm be held in lD strict confidence and will not t appear in print Questions involving in in- advertising information annot b be answered me mc a quotation of not more than two lines that would be nice to use as the Make it something something something some some- thing about true love Thank you MRS F. F How will this do do Love rules the court the camp the grove For love loveIs lovelIs Is lIs heaven and heaven is' is is love This is Ls from Sir Walter Scott's Lay of the theIL theLast IL Last st t Minstrel An Another ther from the same sam canto is True loves love's the thel gift gilt which God has given to man alone beneath the heaven GIRLS RAP JUDDY roDDY Dear Miss Blair We have read letter In your column olumn and our om reaction is to you Juddy We know and have been out with any number num num- ber berof of b boys ys whose last thought Isto is isto isto to neck or pet We are axe together all evening he paying the way and glad to do so The object is merely companionship with an agreeable person The onI only reward that a boy such as we go out with expects is the g generous nerous light of our personality personality personality per per- and nothing so cheap as asa asa asa a kiss with no meaning At dances we we trade with other couples as a aboy aboy boy is never expected to leave a girl without a partner We expect to be treated politely and courteously courte In all respects It is v very iy unusual un tin usual for us to have hav an unpleasant ant evening at a dance or for tor the e boys to be absolutely bored Anyway you cant can't tell us us Juddy that you want a girl j that you like to neck with every boy she goes out with You would S never respect a girl who would neck leck on the occasion of her first firt date with you And let us tell you a girl values much as ai low love THE THREE GRACES 5 We know any number of girls who feel just as you three do about this question It has been a most interesting interest interest- in ing survey urvey over a number of yc years rs to watch the th outcome of girls who have different points of view on the questions of self respect sell love and marriage S KITTENS FOB FOK GIFTS Two playful well mannered kittens are are seeking new masters master Will make cunning See Sec them at Fifth avenue |