The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-03-22

mind pouring out another cup of tea
for me- continued Mrs. Woldrlywise.
II can continue on this subject for a
good hour, for certainly the way of the
average girl is simply peppered with
Observation-Disclosures for which she has
to atone very heavily at times. If
there is anything despise, it is the girl
trusher,' for instance, the polite girl
'rusher.' She discovers that you give
little Sunday evening affairs, for ex-
ample, or that you have a lot of men
friends. That settles it. She becomes
introduced to you, she 'dears' you and
hangs around you until you invite her.
then she haunts your house morning,
noon and night until she has annexed
all your desirable friends, principally
those of the male sex. When your
history, she adjourns to another wom-
ans house and does the same thing
over again. Then there is the intense
sort of girl She writes you intermina-
bic letters, wondering why you don't
call and begging you to ring her up on
the telephone and say whether she has
hurt your feelings. Oh, why will
girl have the interminable letter craze
either with women, or. worse still,
with men? Oh, the precious time
wasted, the tears spent over them, the
midnight oil burned! And if girls only
knew the contempt men have for the
letter writing fiend! Such an awful
bore she becomes!
Being selfish and talking about ones
petty affairs is another ailment COM
mon to girls; being stupid or personal
In their conversation when they are
invited out is another. How can they
help it? Why. you're not invited out
to dinner. for instance, to make clam
of yourself and simply guzzle food. Do
as a clever friend of mine did. She
kept little book in which she wrote
every bright thing she heard. and she
always had an anecdote, joke or some
witty saying ready. That girl never
had to angle for invitations.
..One of the most heinous faults,
though. is negleeting little courtesies.
particularly notes and such. | know
of girl who lost the best friend she
had simply by neglecting to thank her
for a favor. When woman puts her
self out for you. the least you can do
is to thank her Girls who are careless
in this respect may make friends, but
they never keep them A thoughtful
little note, mere line or two, means
so much.
Zone of the silliest things girls do
with men is to lose their temper. I
think nearly all the unhappiness be-
tween men and girls arises from this
one cause. Always remember that it
takes two to make disagreement, and
1t never pays to lose your temper. II
he has been inconsiderate, either pass
it over in silence, be good natured about
It or else drop his acquaintance entire
". Don't always be looking for Of |
Tense. That is the trouble with girls |
they are always imagining things which
men don't even dream of, for men
take a large view of things. They |
are not all the time looking for little |
snags. If you want men friends, be
good acknowledgement, of course, but |
good natured. Don't nag and don't be |
sussing all the time for fear they are
-rying to injure your feelings. think |
hat is about all have to say, but per-
aaps it can help you." Mrs. Worldly |
wise remarked dryly as she rose and
1ut on her gloves.
MAUD ROBINSON.