The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-19
FICTION FOR YOUNG GIRLS
.THE ~ RStIT or HIN" THE
~ PRENE TOPIC.
Z conclusions of Miss Katherine leckte
NJ such Thinx a. business Woman.
she Declares Effect Of the Hobbie
skirt The Letters That Girls write.

skirt The Letters That CHRIS write.
IL IL Miss katherine Leckie's task TO
max" tn" young g,ri who s'ibscribes for
tn" Ncr Idea think she is reading the
newest and the clcverest and the most
epoch making fiction that the brains OF
two continents can produce.
-Of cours.. Il must be perfectly proper.
and properly thrilling and unobtrusively
uplifting said Miss Leckie. in reply 70 a
SERIES of questions put by an Interested
inquirer. and there must be- a spice Of
adventure. and "a pinch Of humor and a
surIrcuu II pathos. hut of course the foun-
datlon of every story must be- love and
mI',lmony"
But there mus, be lots OF other things
IN xhlch girls are Interested remarked
the inquirer.
What retorted Miss Leckie. briskly.
4 for on. hav. never been able 10 find
any other subject which Possesses moro
than u s,Ih-ldiary or incidental interest.
L spend all my days and n good part Of
my nights thinking up things To appeal
~ the taste u IN" average girl. and a
large. part ct my Information on the sub
iect comes from letters written by hun
Cirr,is Of specimens of that same average
girl NV conclusions may not. OF course.
b.. absolutely correct. hut n you care for
them. such a. they are. they amount to
this III" supreme thing in life To the
woman of any age IL Nh" pursuit OF Him.
Sounds like Bernard shaw. does it?-
she. -sud IN reply 20 "A comment on the part
of IN. inquirer Well. that doesn't
alter IN" fact that thoroughly believe
n and | cant take Il back
NO. I'm not in rhe least cynical What
hotter could the poor things he doing.
and for tn matter Of that what better
things could they be reading about?
Their. l. no u-a in making young girls
take coGuIZtnc. nj the tragedies and the
t,.appolntn.nt- Of life any sooner than
they have TO. - I make sure that in the
N,lr Ed.r STORIES IN" girl AWAY. gets him.
OF cour-s | don't wish 10 appear to
encourage, forwardn"-s The man in the
story must aiwavs ~aein 10 h.' the pursuer
aud n = not often that we even let the
etrI lolt-r i little Ia encourage him We
aren't really serving up Bernard shaw to
d"butantes
Tn" innocent young things may not
realize N the least What all embracing
know edge uf the eternal feminine We
,o-..-- and u isn't at all likely that they
suspect for one moment that they ara
even potential pursu"r~. our aim ~
simply. without committing ourselves III
any way To create the general impression
that there, II nice man waiting some
vh-T, for every nice girl and thar all she
ht- To- do until IN" finds him. and after
ward too l. 10 hahav. herself a. a nice
glrl should and make herself m every
way - lovely and A. lovahl" a. Possible.
In s,r'v % a question ~ to the maya
Zin.. u".~i- ~ a business girl Miss LeCkia
r"pF,i that k-yChploScallv Their" Ii no
such thiuL ~ "A business girl.
There j. Il course such "A thing ~ a
business man IN dist melton from hIin oi fhe
rhilrsurhicnlor th. artistic temperament.
.u,. ,.NplIlnpi hut thu. OF the
Err! - an entirely different one
she. Simply goes INTO business IN case
her parents arr. unable To take car. Of her.
g., nd" over m" tim" until IN" rlght man
npI..arS For that REASON don't bother
myself hunting mp experts in write articles
un hOw ~ raI-" oneself from cash
girl I, = partner IN IA bug depart meni
Sipr" 7 h" cash Elrl. unless ! miss my
guess would much rather have a Recipe.
guarantees, not to fail. for "n-na ring the
affections 4 tho. best booking 'ioorwalk"r
-tnd do YOU Furnish such r"clpe-?'
she AZ '-t
-Nust certainly not said Miss Leckie
with dignity ~. do NOT ven insinuate
that any glrl would car. for that sort Of
adv tCs was merely trying To giv. an
i,i"a nf r"latIy" alu"s from IN. vsntag"
ground ~ editorial experience
"Nuu -aII Won RECEIVED many letters
from girls what do they write abont?-
'"utgr,.,i tn" In1ur.r
oh. all sorts ~ things replied the
editor he-ItatinRly Lots Of them want
advIc" about patching up love Affairs
that have -om" hitch IN them. The crtix
~ nearly all II tn" situations a. they de-
sCrIh" them - some CONTEST between
what they chnractcrize as love and pride.
There are of cpIIr-" many Questions
at...t how to become beautiful. how to
overcome. dIfiideuce and how To acqtiir.
the best looking clothes for the smallest
OItlH 81 money.
IT seems to inc that the inquiries about
ih. easiest way 10 become Sarah Siddons
"a -IN weeks ar" somewhat on the wane.
W. hav" many letters about the stage.
u - true. hut they frequently take the
form 81 an appreciation OF some article
We have printed about matinee hero or
heroine. Romeo on the boards will always
be- a lure to the sweet girl under graduate
and her interest IA what he takes for
breakfast and whether he prefers a motor
car to saddle horS, or an airship TO
either bids fair To he unfiagging for some
vim. to como n IL a harmless enough
Iuibl" and we don't discourage ~.
-MO dOu o. however. print ii line about
suffrage or socialism or labor problems
W. don want our readers To quicker their
pretty brows over anything they find IN
biF pages
Fashions oh. ~ course they are
Interested ~ thO@. every woman ~: hut
! don't know very much about those
My end ~ IN" literary one | have.
however. been very much interested in
the mental and moral effect 81 the hobbIe
-kirt II mas certainly had most sub
dung effect on IN" girls enthusiasm for
athletics
-r ~" hObbi. skirt IN" cause or the
errCr'" III" inquirer wanted 10 know
Why. ! fear ~ ths cause. admitted
Miss lcckIe. You 80. the hObble skirt