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Show FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS By C. D. Smith More About Thirteen -Year-Old 'Steadies' J ' f CONTROL. VOUI ) with you when you agree with us that a girl should not neglect her studies for a boy . , . or vice versa. Even if you disagree, thirteen is too young to go steady. You do not go steady. You are permitted to allow a boy to come to your home to sec you. Your parents would permit other nice boys to visit, too. Your parents do not get mad because he is there. In our humble hum-ble opinion they act with restraint re-straint because they don't want to encourage the lad to the extent ex-tent he may want to come every day of the week as well as on weekends. Would you prefer your parents "joked" about it, "fussed" about it or said nothing at all? Girls of thirteen should rightly show an interest in boys and we emphasize the "s" in boys. It refers re-fers to the boys a girl meets at school, church and other properly prop-erly chaperonned functions. If yoa hare trsnar prohlrm yon want to ihnrtins, sr an ohitrrvatioit to make, adrirra your Irttor to FOR AND AltOI T TFKNAfiKKS. NATIONAL NATION-AL HKKKI.Y NIvWSI'Al'KK KfcKV-ICE, KfcKV-ICE, t-KANKFOKT, KV. THE WEEK'S LETTER: "1 have, read your replies about girls that are thirteen being too young to go steady. I agree with you that a girl should not lose interest inter-est in her studies because of a boy. 1 am thirteen myself, but I do disagree with you that thirteen is too young to go steady. I am going with a boy who is fifteen. He comes up to the house on weekends. My parents get mad when he is there, but when the family is together they will joke about it. Why? And why do you think thirteen is too young? Isn't it better to be with a boy who is nice and around your own age than to be with any fellow who comes along, old or young? Of course, I don't do that. I was only trying to make my point. Will you answer my questions? Why shouldn't girls of 13 show interest in boys? 01 R ANSWERS: We agree |