Show GIRLS GIRL'S BEST FRIEND i TWISTS TRUTH INTO i i MALICIOUS UNTRUTH Friendship I Lacking Because of Girls Girl's Inability to Dance v Boy Complains of Girls Girl's Ins Instability Instability ability a- a o ot of Conduct V J. J By BETTY BLAIR With the correct philosophy of life it is ls possible to have within ones one's personality sources of happiness that cannot permanently be dest destroyed oyed One should never give the key of these sources into the keeping of any other human being Dear Miss Blair A girl who I thought was my said things ver very best friend has about me behind my back and turned other g girl rl friends from me This has made me VCr very blue The things this girl has told are 1 very er true truc She has just let lel h her r I imagination n work overtime onha on I IA told her and A an ha l incident I 1 once has stretched it until it jt t h has become be b. crime come a terrible lie Another friend told me what said What Shall I do Shall ShaH I go goto o to these girls girl she Ehe h has s talked to and imd tell them J know what she has 1133 said and th then n tell teU t them the truth of the matter Or shall I Igo go to the girl herself girl herself and ask her herto to t make the matter right by telling these girls the the- truth This worries me a lot as I can cant can't cantI t I stand it to have these people thinking these things things' about me i Please help me mc HURT I If we were all aU to try to run rua down dawn every little malicious thing that was being said about us we would probably probably proba bly be kept busy doing that and nothing nothing nothing noth ing more marc All AU of or us have enemies enemies enemies- those who have nothing more constructive con conS to do in life than to repeat tales behind oth other r peoples people's backs and to so give them no chance to defend themselves And even now that you ou know what this girl has said are you OU sure you want to go about refuting it Your real friends know you and like you for what you are arc and your enemies want to believe the other story and probably would disbelieve you if you took the pains to try to tell them the truth When you permit what another person person per son on has said about you to make you unhappy yo you have allowed that peron peron person per- per son on to hold the key to your heart to settle whether you shall be happy or not riot Dont Don't you think that is giving another altogether too much power over you Instead o of being angry or distressed when people hate you you ou or say evil th things against you suppose you find it amusing If you are honestly tr tryIng tryIng try try- Ing to do your best and incur hatred for your pains there is about such a situation something funny If you youcan youcan youcan can appreciate the humor of the situation situ situ- atlon you will no longer be troubled in your mind about abouL it You will be free J I. I HANDICAPPED Dear Miss Blair i iI I am a girl of 16 and liked by 1 l the girls 9 of our neIghborhood but buti I just Jus cant can't seem seem to to- to tog g get ac acquainted acquainted ac- ac at schooL I have bave never learned how to dance I know some some rome boys ys in our ur neighborhood and once or twice have had d dates tes with them to go to shows My girlfrIends girl girlfriends girlfriends friends all dance and have regular reg i-eg- ular dates Do you think it would make the boys more friendly with me if f I learned to dance And if it did I dont don't kno know w how Id I'd ever learn to dance Please tell me ne' what you think I t I should do to h have ve better times I stay home borne nearly all alithe the time I am a good student but when the weekend weekend weekend week week- end comes I want to to- togo go places places' and do things as all the other girls gris se seem m to be doing Thank you BLUE EYES I think think- it would help your cause Immeasurably it if you learned to dance Speak to yo your r gymnasium teacher about it and see if she hasn't a plan to help you If possible take extra lessons at the Y W. W C C. C A. A or at regular dancing schools Do so so over the weekend weekend weekend week week- end to help fill in the lonesome h hours urs Your contacts in dancing classes will help to make new friends for you Invite your girl friends and their boy fr friends ends to your house and dance Some of ot them will dance with you and this this' will willi help to give you confidence dence in yourself You will find also that dancing will give you added poise grace charm and assurance If you have an ear car and feeling for rhythm it will be easy for you to learn GIRLS GIRL'S INSTABILITY D Dear ar Miss Blair Last Lut year I started going with a aL L Letters Letters questions question and requests requests re re- requests quests for advice should be addressed ad dressed to MISS B BETTY E or T Y BLAIR HEARTS HEART'S HAVEN TELEGRAM SALT L LA LAKE A K RE E Write legibly upon only one side of at the paper It 1 is necessary that you append append ap ap- pend the right name and address address ad ad- dress but these will wm be held ia In strict confidence and will nut cot appear In hi 1 Involving In advertising information cannot cannot cannot-be be answer answered d. d girl who before they b broke ke up had been going with my buddy I Ilik lik like this girl Wd better than any other I have ever gone gone with but every little while something happens to burn me roe up up Her old flame calls alls her up and makes a date with her and she keeps it it even if she has to break one with me Ican see how liow she can go back to him after fter he has treated her herthe herthe herthe the ay he has She tells me meshe meshe meshe she likes me but it looks to me rae meas as asif if she were still dippy about this other boy I cant can't feel eel right toward him either as he has told me he doesn't care anything about her and he knows I do What does he want to come dipping dipping dip ping in my affairs for Ill I'll tell him so the first time I get a D chance But now about this girl girl that's that's what I want to ask you Don't Dont ou think she must still be in love with him to go with him every time she gets a chance She always al al- always ways seems glad enough to come comeback comeback back baek to me But I could kick m myself my myself self for even calling her up and have told her I never will do so again ln if she steps out on me again She just laughs when I Itell Itell Itell tell her this and tells me I am the one she really cares cares for but that she goes with wilh this boy just for old times time's sake whatever that means What do you ou think about this Miss Blair Do you think i should stop going with her altogether and try to forget her She thinks she can do anything and get getaway getaway getaway away with it Dont Don't you think I Iam Iam Iam am a fool foul for hanging on BEEZER What is love worth if it it cant can't withstand withstand withstand with with- stand a little opposition Perhaps the girl does love you OU better b but t no doubt she still has a friendly feeling for the theother theother theother other too It is possible she is using to test the strength of ot your your love I have known girls to play one man against another r to induce the one they love most to propose marriage to them Have you thought of that Or aren't arent you the marrying kind Or Orare are you still too young to think of marriage Perhaps the girl too is very young I If f so she is in the adolescent stage of being unable to make up her mind Or if she did make it up it would change with the weather If you OU had given me mc an inkling as to the ages o of the three concerned I might have been able to suggest a more definite workable plan Love at 7 at 17 at 20 and at 40 40 is love of at f very different complexions and reactions If yours is love at 20 or in tl the e neighborhood neigh thereof buckle on your fighting fighting fight fight- ing armor and win the girl Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times a girl wants to know if her hers s suitor is is' really of the military order She would play in ambush just to test his prowess It might be a good strategic move at the outset to give her the opportunity opportunity of at calling you you first after she accepts accepts ac ac- ac her next date dat with the other boy and of having a date with another girl at the same time and for a week or so thereafter just to to let her know you are on the job |