East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-13
Cd Pol Girl tbe Diana Of Broodwoys Chase iD New York
Does 1t SO Cleverly Her Victims
Apparently Seem Grateful
for Being Stung. s~

to destroy her faith in her abilities as de-
ceiver. 1t doesn't hurt him for her to believe
that she is more than match for him In the
battle Of wits. tA.
Advice is supposed to be the most despiaed
commodity In this world and vet there are
times when tho good pal has the GOOD sense
to seek It and even to follow II. More than ono
of them who dreamed OF becoming great
actress has turned aside to another pursuit
when she was convinced that her abilities did
not lie In the lines that would make. for sue
cess in the drama. famous dancer is one Of
these. She had been taught stage dancing
from childhood, but yearned to rival Mira
F:ske and Maude Adams.
She PLAYED the good pal game with a man Of
keen judgment In all that pertains TO the stage.
He sent her to stage manager who heard
her read. The stage managers verdict had a
touch OF flnailty in its negative that impressed
the man and he told the girl to give Up her
foolish dreams and get 70 work In earnast at
what she knew she could do welL She took
the advice. and she needs help from no one
today. pe..
There is another great gain In tho tactics Of
the good pal While those who under
her spell may think of themselves as ,ictIrnI
the truth is that the girl of this type does
form many honest friendships that easurs.
of a girl OF whom they do not have 10. bs
afraid Once man Is persuaded that q yosrs
woman Is not try,ng 10 lure him into mAtrA
mony or TO break up his home. II he be a.
ready married. he finds a great charm 10 her
conpanionshlp. ... r.
Mhether her interest In him and In his daily
life be really deep as she pretends II Is. she
has little difficulty In convincing him Of its
senuineness. and he is grateful. She gives
him the chance to talk about himself, so dear
to the hearts Of all men. That Is boon not
to be despised. and the good pal possesses the
knowledge and the skill to play upon that
phase of male vanity. Il is a great relief to .
man to sit at dinner with a'frank. free and
ready sort of girl and tell her all his little
worries and all his big hopes. 4
Broadway's Theory.
Broadway excuses the good pal who sets
hepsnare In tho matrimonial chase and rather
gives Its approval to the glrl of the same type
who makes her appeal for the furtherance OF
her ambitions For the third sort Of. good psI
the thoroushfare and its denizens have only
scorn- That is the young woman who de-
hberateiy makes of herself CRATER. There
ara all too many of these They let man
know they have no designs on him. whatever.
that he need not fear belns led to the altar
played upon to aid tho girl In her material
suceess. Her game is te play the good COM
rade stunt to the limit that she may get her
dinners without paying for them and be In
NIted to the theatre often she cares to 60
Army and navy officers among the VIC
tins OF the CRATER good pal. These men, In
New York usually only for a short tina re,
spond readily TO the attraction OF q bright,
pleasantly agreeable girl who talks with them
nahnr ..t,.aI ~
who so clearly has no other .design than TO
pass her own time pleasantly. In doipg that
she lishtens 1.-The otherwise heavy hours for
them. Once upon a time there was a graf.er
good pal here who was fortunate enough to
possess trusted income of about ss o1e a
year she preferred to live in fashIonabIs 4,
style so she paid out almost third OF her
income as rent for a splendid little apartment
Most Of the rest OF her money went for cioth.>
She made up for herself an aimos .-.s~s.
chain OF acqnaintances among army 60 aAsy
men When one OF them came 10 49, %
found II quite the reverse OF b.Iss ss~~s m
take her to dinner .rd the theatre rAs ssvs
boastsd that she iidat pay fss Ass s~.~s~,
meal once I'm a meath. and prssaSax - s~As
the truth. She ~ss meat adept In ksepinr the
men away from the ssnsirnanial.
.... ....s Trapped.
She Eucc seded In keeping up this for hAs -
expensive style OF living and keeping hs~asaf
for seven or eight yeara Th~x
she got caught in the sentimental herse,f
Then she ceased TO be good pal Tn. man
was an army officer. She persuadsd him 70
leave the service-it before the Ear-and
to enter business so that he could settle the
CHEQUES for her dinners all the tIme,
There Is another field OF endeavo of IN.
gratter good pal, and in that she seeks out
women to help her in her selfish desiun.
lhat is the girl who becomes the bosom frisnd
u dressmaker or milliner or failing that. Of.
"a 'MaiesWoman- She is their good nal at All times
ohe 10 the friend Of whom they think when IL
sorrow or difficulty. She gets her. nav NV D.
leins put on the inside to bargains 90 that
me gets ner clothing at half the price others
.e compelled to pay for, garments OF the up
% the minute mode. In these days when ali
fomens wear has advanced In price 10 I'M
leafd or figures that is quite a saving
All IN ALL though, the good pal is always re-
reshing Even when her purposes are ,,n-
worthy she has the dstinction Of being dif-
erent from her sisters who snare women with
neir eyes or ianguishing glsnees. Admitting
hat her casting aside OF the customary moass
4 allurement of her sex are nat genuine stiil
mere is sugsestion of the wholesome about
that most men and many women find very
Welcome
Men who are weary of the dance palaces
nd VINO are tired of nightly rounds OF lobster
1res ana all that sort OF thing are glad IN
meet the girl who talks tennis and roIf .nd
mo suggests an afternoon out In the omen
1stead or leading up to what might hc a dam
erous tete-a-tete somewhere under the glow
pink lamp shade. a. 80 -
And when weary man hears that susgss-
nf fhA x..ttn q.