Show BOYS BOY'S INDISCRETION t. t if I j SEEN BY NEIGHBORS n T t AROUSES CRITICISM J I 11 By BETTY BLAIR To what hat extent we are arc each ach our brothers brother's keeper is is a problem lem Iem hard to decide The attitude of every good citizen should I t be bo to o protect the public against lawlessness at the cost of or the j doer How far into ethical an and moral standards docs does this rule I. I extend S f. Dear Miss Blair Bl i I have a neighbor who goes out almost every day While she Laway L Ls S away her son br brings ns a girl home to tc lunch with him They are alone in the Ii I fl house for hours The Ther r RK mother doesn't know ru about this They sit j I on the porch and I neck and all aU the I neighbors are talking I about it I am a very S old friend and neigh neigh- t- t bor Should I tell ti I the mother S A NEIGHBOR i Do you mind If it I leave the decision awhile I Id I'd S on this question open for aw like to have the reaction of some omy o 0 or S my young readers as well as that o of parents on this problem What dother d di do other other young people think of ot thos those their lovemaking loveS love who however Innocent making snaking throw themselves open t to S. S S neighborhood criticism Will most o othe or the neighbors consider their lovemaking lovemaking love making so Innocent Granted that I IS it itis S Is none of ot the neighbors' neighbors business Isn't it hard for people to keep themselves themselves them selves and nd their opinions and unbiased when a public tion is made of the affections of ot tw two 5 5 who have already alread been indiscreet enough to spend hours together ir in inthe the house Or are arc we all Mrs GrunS Grun'S Grundys Grun S 'S dys who are determined to try t to make a mountain out of ot a molehill 1 How many reading Neighbors letter felt more incensed at th the thc writer for asking if she tell the mother moth moth- er than they did at the young oung people for making a public display of ot whal what to more sensitive people Is a purely S private matter I feel feci that the mother should know knowS the son is bringing the young woman S the to tell teU to the home but I want son her lier himself How can we prevail on or him to do so so and how can we induce indue the neighbors to take less of ot an in terest In iu the affairs of ot these young youna people Lastly how bow can the young youngS people be impressed with the fact that thai S 5 an fl indiscretion of this kind mi might ht produce produce produce pro pro- duce a 3 very decided shadow on their theli reputations Do you ou think the boyS boyI boy boj I S 'S j Is mostly to blame for taking the girl r to his home when he knows his moth moth- cr er is away and without her knowledge knowledge knowl kowl- S edge Do you consider him s selfish in subjecting the girl to this kind ol or S criticism Or is the girl to blame t the most for accepting the Invitation to the home of the boys boy's mother without with out her concurrence in the matter 5 In short what is the modern viewpoint viewpoint view view- point on this problem What is the theS S viewpoint of others who consider a themselves not so modern but probably proba proba- S bl bly more in the right We may get at the truth of ot the situation b by threshing thresh thresh- 1 lag ing it out among ourselves PROMISE PRO OR PRINCIPLE i j I Dear Miss Blair Something has happened to tomake toi i make me nie feel very blue I broke brokeS S my promise to a certain young man as 95 it seemed at the time it was more moreS S S important to break it in favor of ot something else than to keep it I still think my decision was right except that the young man has 0 dropped me from rom his list since that time I had had promised to go on an overnight overnight over over- night ni ht trip with some young people and and when I learned there was to tobe be no chaperon I J broke my promise and went on another nother party that returned returned returned re re- re- re turned the same night The young man roan was furious as he said it made him look as if he couldn't be trust trust- ed eeL I liked him a great deal and he just doesn't call me or come to see me mc me any more I They were all nice young people who went on this overnight trip The girls all stayed at one hotel and the boys at another But they I. I didn't get in until 3 in the morning Do you think I was a prude for not wanting to go under the circumstances cir cir cir- My mother would have felt terrible if it I had gone with the overnight crowd Do you think the boy will ever forgive me NOLA Im I'm not so ro sure you want the boy boyto to forgive you ou You sacrificed yourS your I own feelings in the matter for the thc S sake of ot a principle A broadminded boy should be able to see that your 0 final decision had nothing about it that directed criticism against him e. e any more than it did to the rest of the b crowd for fr taking an overnight trip There were your mothers mother's s feelings to consider There were t the criticisms of all who would later hear about It whether Justified or not nol Though many conventions con con- have taken a ride into the theether ether there are still some of them by which we must abide There will al- al F r Letters Questions and requests for tor advice should be addressed to MISS BETTY BLAIR HEARTS HEART'S HAVEN VEN THE TIlE TELEGRAM SALT LAKE CITY Write legibly upon only one side of the paper It 11 Is necessary that you ou append the tho right name and address but these will be held In strict confidence conti- conti dence and will not oot appear in 10 print Questions In Involving advertising In Information formation cannot be answered i f ways be those who wilt will prefer to keep keei to lo beaten paths of t convention not a aall aall at all because the they cant can't be trusted t k to todo do the right thing but because then there are arc so many who cant can't be standards have to be lived up to b hI by those who arc able to impose self restraint as well welI as theoretical control S Stay by your standards and In the thelong thi th long run you'll be happier for H It It whether this particular young mar man sees your point of view or whether i ibe Ibe it be another PETS FOR FOIL GIFTS A Llewellyn Liewellyn setter 2 years ears old must have a good home Call at BI Bishops Bishop's hops hop's place for further par par- titular Two kittens and two cats are arc looking for tor rood good homes to replace those they already have hwe Call at 1327 South Eleventh East street WRITES OFTEN Dear Miss Blair I am In itt love with a girl who has gone away to visit with her aunt for lor six months She has been gone now for two months Before she left she promised to write as many letters as I did to her At first she kept her promise promis but now I am writing two letters to her though I am only writing twice a week Do you think I should write to her only once a week as she is isnow isnow isnow now doing I wo would ld write to her every day If I went according to my wishes in the matter I just like to sit down and talk to her on paper whether she he talks back or not But ButI I dont don't want to overdo the thing And I have been wondering ring If the reason why she cut down her supply supply sup sup- ply of ot letters to me is because she wants me to do the same thing What do you advise me rue to do PETE Perhaps the girl enjoys receiving your letters as much as you like to write them but doesn't get the same amount of ot satisfaction In writing letters leters let let- ers herself Why dont don't you ask her about it Or better still write one letter a week in answer to hers just justo to o find out whether or not she will comment about the shortage We hope for rot your our sake she doesn't then reduce her er output to one in two weeks But ButI 1 f I she he should It would indicate she hinks thinks you should write twice to her once flee Or try it the other way Write three letters a w week k and see what response re- re you ou get gel |