Show I Dorothy Dorot y Dir DiJ's Dir s Letter Box CAN A YOUNG GIRL GO A FAST SET WITHOUT CONTAMiNATED POPULARITY AT SEVENTY THE GIRL WHO CANNOT CONVINCE HER SWEET SWEET EART OF HER LOVED LOVE LOVET D T EAR MISS DIX V DIX ill V vou ou please advise adie me e about what kind ot of bo boand and girl company compan companI I should keep to he be respected l Should I RO go tit girls that are l about I am just a poor ignorant i countr girl girl in lie hei In hei early teens and will thank 1 ou so much if it vou ou will n ii tell m toedo ESTHER j S A VERY wise m n sald oas Bg y A that ft man is known by he he And because we all yS 1 naturally gravitate toward other t tt t V M K nt is think and aud feel teel and act as e do Thie s MS i t i pal with other Vulgar e pro Mi S aBB fad other coarse people congenial High minded men t T t fl BB p i seek other high e minded men and v ft omen foi M E I R companions t Bl i So you see cee its it's safe to J r judge people by this associates SC When you see a boy bay i member of W r H a tough gang you wont won't be he far 1 wrong If you set bin him down aa as a aDOROTHY DOROTHY DIX hoodlum and when you behold a girl running with a fast set et to as- as as assume sums sume that she Is a pacemaker herself This is why It is so Important for a young girl In her associates to pick out the right kind They tag her and what they are every one believes believe her to be It lt vou ou au go eo with ith boys and girls gins has I conduct Is I a scandal in n th the be sure our name will be roll rolled d 0 ossi fl the tongues of the gossips along with ith our friends You Vt will ill not escape though vou on au nay ha haie e boen been aa u discreet as Caesars Caesar's wife f and are as and pure pun as the snow maiden i iou ion ou will m be kno known knon n by the company vou ou keep kep And you cannot touch pitch without becoming defiled Es Esther thee ther You cannot walk a muddy road and keep your skirts clean You cannot associate with fast boys and girl sporty yourself We all unconsciously take on the attributes of those about us UI We acquire the the tastes and habits of those with whom we associate I You may be shocked at first at a smutty star stor but if the people aith Ith whom ham hom you I live lie e are gh glen gien en to that form of wit It iou ou soon cease to blush and get to telling broad jokes You may be hOI rifled at the liberties girls let let bo s take with ith them but if all the girls eirls do It Itsou ou actually come conic to think that our reaction fIrst a against it was as prudery pruden and not maidenly modesty and vou ou can an see no harm in a kiss So little Esther chose our friends very ery wisely Isely and c Se Select Select Select lect the nice s sweet holesome wholesome oung girls a who ho are UP not tallIed talked about and the fine tine clean bols bo s for our friends and playmates You will be glad not ashamed to be classed with them and judged by them And Andou QU ou will get only good out of at their company compan Heres Here's a good rule to use In picking out your associate Never go with a bey boy whose conduct or conversation makes you I blush blu h Never go with a girl for whose conduct you kou have tomake tomake to make apologies or for whom you have to make excuses excuse to other people DOROTHY DIX S C S S DEAR D EAR T EAR DOROTHY Why DIX DIX Why Is age looked upon as a disgrace act Wh are we e ashamed of being old and lie about oui out age Y Why does no noone one not not e even een en old people themselves like themselves like to lo ha have hae e old people about 4 Why are old people made to feel that they are looked upon as aa burdens and regarded as bores and why does every ery one who ho nas to talk to toan toan toan an old look as it if he or she were going through a mart martyrdom D n t tell me that these things are not ue because I know 1 I am an old man but I am not senile Nevertheless I can perceive that people old avoid m my society as K It I were the ancient mariner and I Ican Ican can but admit that I in my DIY turn escape that of ot my elders It if I can can et let iet surely by all the laws of ot reason age that has seen so much and experience so much and learned so much should shoud be mal mole moie e interesting than callow and Ignorant youth So I ask asic vou ou again why hy is age a badge ot of shame instead of being a crown ot of honors to us SEVENTY IDO ODO I DO not agree with my correspondent that the public g generally re regards gards age as a disgrace Personally n we e all want vant to keep oung be be- because be- be because because cause Is the beauty time anti and and the joy time of ot life lire but we look upon the old age of o others with a certain reverence and respect and anda anda a great tenderness When you come down to brass bra s tacks popularity rests upon personality personal with both ag and youth alike Whether we lIke to have an individual around and enjoy talking to such a one depends upon the congeniality of the man or woman not his hl or opher her age The Tho real reason that old eld people as a class are not more sought after socially Is that so many old people permit them them- themselves themselves selves to become bores They tell 0 el the same stories stones a thousand times and spend recountIng their exploits In the ch civil It war aI or what they did when hen their first babies cut their teeth Or they whine hine and complain about their gout end and ho how people neglect them Or the become mere Incarnate selfishness and and rule ery e on them with Ith a rod of iron Or they hold forth per per- perpetually per perpetually on the decadence of ot modern life lire and dismally prophesy that the world orld is going to the dogs and opine that every da cia dav in every ay eHI e bod and fr e everything thing is worse and worse Or the they ha have base e the ad advice vice complex and try to force torce everybody ever bod about them to live according to their way ay ay of ot thinking and aad doing pessimistic We dont don't avoid the egotistic the garrulous the tic the because they are seventy We fight Just as shy of them when they are arc seventeen It Isn't the age its ts hat hat the Individual has hal to give us And when hen we find an old man or woman who has hai kept sweet and gentle and broad broad- broad and Interested In others other more than in themselves we enjoy them even more than we do youth because they are and have a m mellower flavor There is a great art In gring old gracefully and wise ice are those who ho begin In middel age to study It DOROTHY DOROTH DIX S I S S S S SD SEAR EAR T T T TT v j DEAn D MISS How DIX can I convince my s sweetheart that I love him I tell him so 0 oter tr and 0 oer er again n i I have given give up UI u all other men for tor mentor him and ne never neier er go an anywhere here except wHo him yet still he doubts m my affection tor for him Do vou ou think the tact fact act that I an am a few tew vears ears older than he makes him feel this way ay 1 i ANNA F Go to it lady I In the classic language of the trie street your beau I Is la stringing you Theres Therel There never any trouble In ing convincing a man that you love him He Ha thinks think you do because became you couldn't help It if you tried Did vou OU ever heart ot of a middle-aged middle min n lying awake at night worrying over oer keeping his wife's affection or dieting to maintain a bo boyish Ish figure like Uke the one she fell feU In li Jove love with No my child Its It's v omen who wonder if H men really truly la lote e them and mean all they say when they 8 0 swear ea os of 0 s eternal de It never eHn een crosses crosseR a mans man's mind that thata a oman Isn't Truthful Jane when she tell hIm It Is 15 with Ith her for tor tot toi keeps Either your sweetheart is il i just Jutt teasIng teang you in n order to have you say s y It over to him again when you tell him that you love him or else elle he la Is I paving the way for a sneak neak At any rate rate In either cue case you will be wise to put the soft pedal on your street talk for awhile and let him 10 o a little lk of Wl the love love- IUT lovemaking making Mans Man's Man appetite for candy Is II e easily cully surfeited As for tor the age question that depends depend on the Individual Some la like Him omen nonien aho l h will mill rr moth fh 1 mans man's taste tule mother r them Others prete prefer flappers But generally ly speaking It is Ie a mistake for tor tu iut the me man not to 10 be ne elder be cause women age quicker In looks than men do and Isborn every woman Is born spiritually older than any man ever gets to be DOROTHY DIX Copyright 1923 by public Ledger |