Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-21

oversteppcd the bounds. d,
Sentiment has been an unknown
quantity with us. And | can honestly
saw that I've enjoyed every moment OF
the time I've been with her. She has
that happy JOYOUS nature found in all
outdoor girls. She knows when to talk
onc when 10 laugh. And yet I've no de-
sire TO marry her or to even approach
ANYTHING sentimental. Nor has She. ]
20 out with other girls and often; when
our little "rrowd" is together We Will
both be with different people.
Most Of my friends arc the same.
lust out for a good time, thinking ns
much of one person as of another.
Isn't that being platoni"? At least thaf
is my understanding of tho word.
|. think it * often up to tho girl
as to what manner a fellow will AS
sumo toward her. There arc girls and
girls. vou know. Some seem to give
the impression at all times that they
want to hr kissed The fellow nat
IuralIv thinks. IF don I some ono else
will" She may be perfectly re-
spectacle girl in all other respects. but,
as in many cases. her desire for affcc-
tiop. to be fused" over, gets the
best Of her otherwise normal wants.
and Won then have what some fellows
claim to be good sport.
Perhaps she is. It's n question.
Then there is the girl who, under
certain conditions Cspring, a moonlight
night. ctr.J. fcrgcts herself for a mo
mcnt and permits a fellow TO kiss her.
! Ton minutes later YOU couldn't touch
| her with a flag pole. I'd respect such
! 4 girl u, much as over. if I happened
/ to ho tho fellow. Such occasions are
often unavoidable. II seems to me that
girls who have always been rather
Iprnud of the fact that they understood
| and know how to handle mon should be
able to convey to man. automatically.
of course. just what to expect from
/ them in the way of love.
/ Truly. Hcaua, | am very young in
some respects and Older i'll others. To
be frank. I'm twenty three. although
| | believe | mentioned that before. You
mako mo feel like a schoolboy when YOU
speak of young and tender years |
assure YOU my twenty three years have
! not been exactly tender. You sec, life
hasn't { been very easy with me. We
had many hard knocks in my struggles
/ to get along; mrt all sorts of people
| in various parts of tho country. and. in
to hr; g., s.,
with the grim realities of life So that
while | may be- young in years. in OK =
periCncc | am perhaps few years
older. I've lcda fairly decent life. as
mon 60. and, to quote Kipling, "I'vc
taken my fun where I've found it.
but not exactly the ''fun' he refers
to. | am. and always have been. par
tlal to good. clean. wholesome fun.
Like the rest of us I've had my
share of "puppy love affairs. BootI
Harrington $ Seventeen would fit any
number of us. imagine. I was heart
broken on at least three occasions. One
affair, in particular was convinced
was tho real thing. Was even ica ou'
of her brother, and just the sight o
her would make me turn hot and cold
on know the SymptOms-sullcn. los!
OF appetite. ctC. Once, when she laughed
because ! trippcd and fell in muC
puddle. firmly resolved TO bury my
self away in tn" wilds of Africa. or som,
other place. and write book tina
would startle the world. Anything t.
make her sorry. While these thing
seem funny now. still | hardly thnl
we would be exactly human if we hav
not experienced these "thrilIs."
Would YOU mind telling me just wha
nationality YOU arc? | have though
y"u were French. but I'm not quit
sure. And YOU are not quite as oil,
as your letter makes you appear, ar
you? Doesn't your expression "tcnde
years fit you. too? Remember. frank
ness is TO be our slogan.
LIEUT.. b.