Show r- r GIRL SEEKS TO APPLY BALM TO BRUISES TO REVIVE OLD ROMANCE ROMANCEr r B By BETTY BLAIR It may be cattiness that makes one who has suffered I certain misfortunes misfortunes misfortunes' rejoice secretly when similar misfortunes misfortunes L tunes are visited on the heads of others or it may be just that misery loves company Dear Miss Blair 1 I I have come to the conclusion must be a catty little thing A year with a abor aboy aboy going I and a half ago was boy bor o of t whom i thought a great deal II but somehow things Li fl just came to a standstill standI stand stand- between I 1 Ii I A k kd d still us us' uI J-uI know at first he was wasI wasas wasas i I I as much in love lo with me as I was with him but he went III A away and when he heLI LI returned he seemed 1 ver very much changed He said he had met i another girl and he guessed he wouldn't be seeing me any more It H happened this girl he met while away came here to colle college college col col- le lege e and he has been going steady with v her Now however they have broken up I understand it is because because because be be- cause the girl likes some somebody dy else better I cant can't help it it but down in my heart I am glad this boy is suffering sufferIng suffer suffer- ing just what I felt when he told me rae there was someone he liked better than me mc Two or three of his friends have ha told me he feels pretty prell bad Th The worst of it II is I still like him better than any other b by y I have ever er gone with I am hoping aUthe all aU the time something will happen to bring him back to me ate Do you think now would woud be a good time for forme forme forme me to let him know I still care for him a lot and tr try to cheer him up for hi his loss Or do you think he would see sec my friendship as a way to try to get him back again I think if I could be friends with wah him he would come back to me again Please tell me Inc what to doAT doAT doAT do AT A LOSS Balm administered at the right time tim has been known to do much to switch I a mans man's affections from a lost hope to a a present hopeful but whether or oi not riot this could be effected through 1 one whose interest for him had waxed I and waned is another question Yo You I have a much more difficult job on or I orI your our hands to try to revive an abated I interest than you would have if you yot I were making the tha attempt to create a aDew anew I new Dew interest altogether If you ou could place ever every other interest interest in in- terest in your sweetie except that of ol r pure friendship in a secondary position position position tion to your conscious mind your plan might work Otherwise I have my fears for iLAs it iL As one who had passed through the thc mill nUll of unrequited love and been entirely entirely en en- cured your project might work You would then really have some som something 1 thin thing of a very constructive nature to offer the bo boy But as one whose experience has not helped her to forLet forget for for- Let get I am afraid your assistance to him hini would be valueless There is just something about a 3 faded romance that cant can't be revived Something is miss missing missing ing from the glory It is that very glory in a new interest that gives it precedence over something that has once worn vorn a faded appearance If IC you can be truly friendly to this boy with ith no other thought in your our mind l than that of oC helping him to r re recover recover re- re cover er then m my advice is go ahead and nd try it REPLIES TO GOAT Dear Miss Blair Id I'd like to write a few words in ln answer to the letter written b by one signing himself GoaL Goat Who does he think he is is saying a girl expects a boy to make love Jove to her all the time he is out with her I think there is nothing a girl would enjoy more than to find a boy who would be a pal and nd nothing more Im I'm lure ure I would The trouble with the boys now da days s is that if a girl gives him a break brcak he thinks she is head over heels in love lo with him and cant can't get along without him Most boys are arc areso so 0 conceited girls cant can't have any fun al' al around und them The only subject subject sub sub- they ore arc rc interested in is them them- selves No wonder girls want to neck Ay what girls As for or kL kissing ing them I thinka think a girl would much prefer that her hel evening ended with a gallant goodby or orso orso ors or's s 's so long She could rould then look back cic on it With enjoyment Answer this qu question stion for me Goat Why is it if a girl doesn't turn out to be a hot necker neckel the boy goes toes around telling the other fellows fellows fel Id- lows flat tire BESSIE Here's Heres one for you to answer Goat and if the charge be bc true certainly it deserves an answer or an lJ 1 Letters questions and request requests re re- re quests quest for advice should be addressed to MISS 1 BETTY BI BLAIR R HEARTS HEART'S JA HAVEN VEN TELEGRAM SALT L 11 LAKE A K E CITY Write legibly leg upon only one side of the he paper It I l b necessary that you ou append ap ape pend the ri right ht name n and address address ad ad- dress but these will be held In strict confidence and will vIll not appear In print Questions Question involving involving in in in- advertising ad information Informs Informs- tion cannot be answered 1 apology from more than one who I signs himself Goal Goat BOY WITH WIT A AMBITIONS Dear Miss Blair I am a boy 16 years of a age ae e with high ambitions Am interested in books music architecture swimming swimming swimming swim swim- ming and dancing Although I dont don't know how to dance I would like to learn I go to high school but do donot donot donot not seem to mix with either sex Have a few tew boy friends but only a passing conversation with any girls not that I am crazy over them Am of a poor family but would like Jike to 10 overcome these thes difficulties Could you ou tell me how WAITING W That you are a boy with such high is a great asset Ambition plus brains plus perseverance can overcome worse handicaps than those you OU suggest in your our letter such as poverty and lack of or social accomplish accomplish- The latter you may be begin in to prove right awa away but dont don't let i it Interfere with your our ambition or you ou will never overcome the former lormer The best way to interest people in you ou is to become interested in them Genuine friendships need no not entail the expenditure of money The main thin thing is to find out who those are who have interests in common with your own or at least vital personalities personalities per per- that intrigue you Dont Don't be afraid to talk to girls and boys joys You can do no more than to express ex cx- press your own thoughts but your our thoughts noughts are as likely to ap appear ar we well wel under the light of expression as are another's As soon as you begin the practice of saying aloud the thoughts that hat come to your mind you will find yourself becoming a keener observer of the little things that do interest pea peo pie plc Here Is to another thing Regardless of how poor you arc there is a certain tam ain tain amount of hospitality you OU can show how to people b. b by inviting them to your home You need not have expensive ive sive refreshments made Homemade candy a cake mother has made served with homemade made punch made with fruit juices or a few sandwiches adds to the he festive occasion and that coupled with your our own hospitality makes people people peo peo- pie want vant to come again Try asking a few lew of or the boys and girls to your our home lome and see how ho that increases their ther interest in you As for dancing you OU can learn in but butone butone one ne wa way and that is by overcoming your our self consciousness in actually trying to dance Keep on trying regardless re re- 1 of oC the effort it costs Soon the he agony will be over and you OU will willave have ave mastered a social art that makes it t possible for many young people to enjoy enjo themselves Add more courage to your ambition and ind you will add these things you era rave crave vet |