| Show GIRL REt RENOUNCES I S CAREER TO STUDY I By fly BETTY BLAIR BLAm T Many people find th the work York for which h they are best fitted after learning what they dont don't want by the trial and error method I It frequently happens that the hue job one doesn't want but does well is the stepping stone to the iob that A becomes the perfect position Dear Dr r Miss Blair 1 Im I'm writing to you ou not li 11 I J think Ill I'll change my ml mi k d but but mainly to get a load off ct rt my chest I dont don't d nt tell teU my mother other everything nor docs does she hn me come of at the things sh she should Iho Judging from the I Want to take In sch school ol a arid d the C career I ha have e picked out fc myself my ray- self I 1 suppose people 1 am odd dd I want to take logy eu eugenics art and like j but was persuaded d by a bl ther to register for a business c course curse urse I didn't like it dont don't even Inow now what bookkeeping is and nd arli ad art adnot not riot nota a a. good typist Am m not fin fast enough to be good at s hand It might have been allright all aU allright right for my brother ther and w have hav helped him to get a ajob job but Im I'm not Hot t. t cut out for tor that kin li l of f Work My main desire has always been een to be an aviatrix but my m d lre was daunted when I learned one tone had bad to have good eyes to fly I 11 ien ienI ienI I thought I would like to t 1 h a al stewardess l and to prepare for would take a a. disliked course But hav ha hato to tobe tobe be pretty prett or at least good look 1001 g. b If I 1 had n. n I might get by pers allty plus but I think I have hav lt even a pleasing sing personality I so that is out Now Ive I've made up my mind I would like to write Do po you th think It is sm silly for me inc to want to boj a a. girl tirl reporter so long as I 1 cant can't 1 be what I really want to be I 1 rt m only 15 years old and you may s y si Im I'm too young to be g about a career but I dont don't thin k ao so My mother thinks thinks' the logi logia il ti thIng for me to do is 13 to take a business course B B. B Bu BuI I think Its It's a right smart thi ig for fors for's a a girl of 15 to be sorting and si sil sH t tIng t t- lag Ing the jobs and professions to tI y tj-y y to learn what she Is best fitted fd fa r. r And to be such a a. keen analyst tal of 1 yourself of your personality personam assets and liabilities Is quite unusual Mt t the age of ot 15 Since both professions of ol aviatrix and stewardess seem to be ou au we may dismiss them at once I a ri n of the opinion that if tho the 1 i- i offers every girl who conter center i 1 plates a profession In Th n the s world should be a good typist a a- a d stenographer These hese two i i- i are first aid to tomal mal mai y who flounder r in the the abyss of g to to find their niche in n life and ai e absolutely necessary if you you are are eve i 1 w tu to become a girl reporter TJ Ti e bookkeeping and business metho methol z s that ac accompany it are also excelled t t knowledge for almost any job that rot a being r reporter porter for uie practice you g get t In Jn juggling fItt I tires ures' helps you all the better betterto to uril d allied subjects such a an au i ie economics e and various phases oil c business 1 Wide Knowledge Needed 1 I In a recent column 1 I have di J dis-J cussed the background required t to tobe tOl be a good reporter One has to b be bel familiar with knowledge of all aU sorts as well as as with human nature Suppose Sup Sup- Suppose Suppose pose your our assignment was to cover cove a a. lecture by a great philosopher a a sociologist or an economist You'd riot not only have to know how to put it all down in good English but your own k knowledge of the question I would help to interpret the lee lec ture Lure 4 Not so very long ago a young oung man who came to The Telegram office as a st steno no asked to be permitted to c cover ver a story and in so doing showed his writing skill to s such ch advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage that he became a reporter But Bu after all aU my dear the thing for you ou to do is to change your point of or View in regard to subjects you now think you dont don't like if you hope tomake to make malte a career In the business or professional al world for tor they may b the very things that will prove o othe of the greatest use to you You have many years ahead to continue learn learn- ing Why not register for the subjects sub sub- that right now seem to require your our immediate attention with the determination that as time goes on and you are able to help yourself you will vIll satisfy some of your rea real heart desires for your lifes life's work But more more Important than your Immediate Im tm- mediate decision as to which course to take Is that you be happy over your decision if you oU would develop a pleasing personality YOUTH AND DRINK DRINI Dear Miss Blair S Some Same me of us had a a very warm discussion the other evening concerning concerning con con con- yo young yoting ng people of high school and college age drinking We were divided as M to whether r or not the they drank more or or less than than since repeal I I dont don't expect you to have statistics to prove the point but have you an opinion based on the opinions of others or oron oron oron on your own observation in re regard regard re re- gard to this 1 Thanking you IPHIGENIA My own observation of young people people peo pee plc since repeal is that there is much less ess interest in 1 procuring liquor and therefore less Jess drinking I have no statistics to prove m my point I I. I think much of the interest of young people in n drink k had to do with showing somebody or everybody that they w would do as they pleased and would wo Jd have nobody or or r law dictating to them hem in regard to their personal tastes With the cause for this attitude at at- removed interest has died down I quote from Richard Shermans Sherman's article In Vanity Fair Drunkenness Drunken ness is on the wane It is considered gauche either ither to serve or to imbibe a L steady dy succession of post The younger generation generations Is s especially emphatic In its scorn of ot drinking They do do however how spend long hours in elaborate discussions discussions dis dis- dis- dis of wines vines |
