Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-05
A Good hollow GIrI's Lot.

The woman OF forty-hye who owns 10
her age and could therefore presume TO
give advice 20 others was talking serl-
Ously 10 the comparatively young wo-
man Of thirty.
Don't ever allow yourself to reach
that stage Of aftability," she was say
ing. at which people will call you a
good fellow. ! know that many girl
likes 20 have that reputation and men
are all likely 10 be attentive to the sort
Of girl who is called a good fellow, She
Is generally sure OF having good time.
Men will take her out. always be glad
aavu ner In a party. be very atten-
tive 10 her at dances and make her
seem Ike a belle All these rewards
come 20 the girl who is a good fellow.
But | have rarely heard Of a man who
wanted 10 marry her.
"Of course some man usually does
marry her because the girls who are
good fellows usually find husbands.
But the demand for them as wives Is
not relatively so great as their pOpulari-
~ with men, Girls with half the
amount OF attention that the good fell
low gets are going.to be married first.
Men don't want for wives the women
who are companions, They want wo-
men who appeal TO their affections not
to their sense Of what Is agreeable So
cially | have seen good fellow girls
who waited for years 70 marry, even
when they had more men around them
than the other type Of women who
was married at the end Of her first year
out.
Don't get the reputation Of being a
good fellow. whatever men may think
Of you. | don't mean not TO be fast.
do not take that into consideration at
all. because that is vulgar, in the first
place, and the cocktail drinking loud
talking type has nothing whatever in
common with the sort Of girl meant
when | spoke Of her as a good fellow.
The type | meant has nothing In COM
mon with the girl who Is rapid. She
can be as good form. as we'll bred and
as modest as the most shrinking type
Of intensely feminine woman.
THE popularity Of the girl who is
called good fellow can usually be ex-
planned. | heard Il man say the other
day that he would always rather be
with a woman than with a man. II he
goes out 10 dinner. he prefers TO be with
woman, and II he goes to the theater
feminine society Is more agreeable 20
him. He confesses frankly that the
principal reason FOR this preference is
his ability TO do as he wants 10. when
his companions are women whereas he
would be compelled to do as the rest OF
the party wanted II he were not with
women. II he goes 10 dinner with a
woman he selects the restaurants that
he prefers and orders what he cares
TO eat A man may do that adrOitly.
oven while pretending 20 consult a wo-
mans taste most asslduously. II he
goes TO the theater he selects the play
that he likes In the majority ot cases
and the woman has 20 like II too
Now the good fellow girl Is likely 10
find a good many admirers among men
Of this class who wants a woman com.
panion merely because they have things
more their own way than II they 20 out
with men. But II Is not worth while
for the sake OF any pleasure 10 be got
out OF II, for girl to acquire the repu.
tatlon OF being good fellow. Ii Is Ike.
~ 20 interfere with some OF her more
important aspirations for the future.
and you know matrimony and a good
husband viii compensate a girl for
missing a great deal In the way of "a
good time before the wedding New
York Sun.