Show I Boy Deserves Credit 1 for Clinging to Aim I Despite Objections EAR T EAR MISS 1 DENE I am twenty twenty- D DEAR one years old and have planned to marry a boy of two twenty who has just started working ills His father Cather objects to me and has bas refused to let the boy see sec me rae any more My Iy fiance has bas consented to his Ws fathers father's wishes He lie came to me told me methe methe methe the truth and said that until he could support me mc without his fathers fathers father's fathers father's fa fa- fa ther's help he would not see me any more So long as he Is relying on his father Cather he be will not go back on his Isis word not to see sec me rae I dont don't know what to think or what to do Nancy Y In the the same man mall comes a letter from Crom the sister of Nancy Naney who says she knows her little sister is seeking my advice and advice and wishes to tell me methe methe methe the true facts of the caseI caseI case I know writes the sister that this boy doesn't care for foie N. N as he should or he lie would have stuck to toI I her through thick and amI thin She hc Is making a fool Cool of herself and breakIng break- break lug Ing her heart over a worthless man I only want vant to help her but I want you jou to tell her that this b boy y Isn't the man for her and that he lie has shown clearly that he lie doesn't love lo her Sarah ANSWER Sorry ANSWER Sorry Sarah but I cant can't condemn the thc boy out of hand He must have a fair trial before being being be be- ing dismissed as an utter cad and a lukewarm lover And Nancy N ncy must be given an honest answer not an outburst of angry oratory at the expense of oC men in general and Nancy's Nancys Nancys Nancy's Naney's Nan Nan- cys cy's true love in particular Dont Don't forget the boy is only two ty-two two and and not yet able to make his own living apparently That makes it necessary for him to live V with UI father and mother for a while True if he were constructed of heroic material material material ma ma- hed he'd go Out out into the cruel cold world to starve in the cause of true love love but but heroes arent aren't popular popular pop pop- ular in these modern times And with so much unemployment and depression in the Ithe world just now I Ifor Ifor Ifor for one could not praise a boy who added to the sum total of oC the worlds world's human misery by voluntarily joining joining joining join join- ing the bread line This lad has had to compromise with his fate He must live Jive with his f father who has exacted from him a promise never to see his fair Cair lady again Having promised the hero shows a commendably honorable honorable honor honor- able spirit in refusing to break his word on the sly There is certainly something to be said for him in holding strongly to his purpose No one can blame Nancy for feelIng feeling feeling feel feel- ing hurt and miserable over the sit sit- No one can blame her for seeking to mend her broken heart as best she may But she need not feel that her erstwhile fiance is cither cither either ci ei- ther a cad or a coward EAR DORIS DENE I am a D DEAR high school girl and very un un- un popular Even E the girls dont don't seem to Jil like e me I am never invited to anything and as it is very hard for Cor forme forme me mc to tomake make malte new friends my chance never improves I am usually at home alone Can you give me any help T. help T. T A. A S. S ANSWER ANSWER Again Again and again I beg of the girls who come to me with a problem like this to give me something something something some some- thing constructive in in the tile w way y of a personal analysis There ar are dozens of reasons for tor unpopularity It is easy to say that in general a girl will get over her self-consciousness self by taking up interests interests in in- which distract her mind from Crom thoughts of herself but so often this rule doesn't work because the victim of unpopularity Is a special case and needs special instructions There are many girls who are unpopular unpopular unpopular un un- un- un popular simply and solely because of their lack of vitality They may seem colorless and uninteresting dull and stupid because of ill health or or some lack of energy which could be remedied if they found out the truth about themselves There are arc girls whose inability to tomake tomala make mala friends rests solely Oldy on the xe fact act that they have haie forbidding manners that are arc aloof and frigid These gir girls will ivill tell you OU confidently that thc they have haie friendliest liest feelings in the thc world to to- Hard everyone and want to be bc liked liked liked- yet ct if they icy a long intimate account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of themselves it will very of often ten be revealed that thc they arc super critical and extremely sure of 0 their own oun opine opEn ions They Tiley are arc humble about their lack of oj popularity yet ct amazingly arrogant arrogant arro arro- gant in connection rt with tl other matters malters And there are always girls who simply need to attend to their appearance appearance ap zip- in order to attract some of the tile attention they crave so Untidiness Untidiness Un Un- tidiness and slovenliness have more moree e effect on the high school audience than the average girl in her teens suspects The very young generation generation generation genera genera- tion Is critical of the dowdy down- down heel at girl whose hair Is always always always al al- al- al ways a n mess and whose general appearance appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap is frumpy Even a limited limited lim lim- income can be made to produce produce pro pro- duce at least one trim costume for school use But as I say one cant can't lay down hard and fast rules One must hear about the patients patient's symptoms first Will the girls who write me mc on this absorbing topic give me mc some sonic inkling inkling ink ink- ling as to what manner of human beings they are arc The more they write the more they reveal in some sonic someway someway way or other what their drawbacks and their virtues may be I shall be glad to answer all questions on this subject If I am given something something something some some- thing to go on e Dell Bell Syndicate Service |