Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-24
Please Tell Me
What TO DO
"AeetyIene" to "Nonfiekle"
BY CYNTHIA


Your letter Ia out Of my argument. But
II our Cynthia would only print the let
ter 1 would write would give, you an
awful 'razz" on your, subject listen
you're no dumbbell---no good comes from
these fellows who pick up girls for auto
rides. Besides, they're not men-theyre
lounge lizards" kCETYLENE.
You are quite right. "Acctylene''
about the riding with strange young
men in their cars. But IL Cynthia re-
did not advocate riding with them; 'Ih S1e
simply stated It would be easy to ride
with them II she wanted to.
The Kind Of Husband She Wants
Dear SSy,l,o-I SGSyTt,his,.I J. would wSG ,as like sueS 10
peculiar ideas Of the twentieth century
girl. What kind of girls does he know,
wonder, and how has he looked FOR the
| right kind? l know any number OF
girls who would make splendid ,r,,i, wives i,,n
| for any man clever, clear -thhklirg
| clear-eyed, self-reiiant girls, with ambi-
tions and ideals many contributing the
support the rest of the family But
do the men notice them? DO they care
whether they have q good timeY 20
they like to take them out? Iney 90
served and do not have a glad eye"
for every male in sight, they are
passed by as "small-town stun" You
will find such girls In any community,
reading, or attending night classes, with
movies, or a dance, or the theatre wniSh
they attend in twos or threes, uneseort-
ed. as their greatest excitement. -, -,
Oh you men, with your la,k ,Sa oa
kind of girl that mother used 70 DC,
you make me so everlastingly tired. 10
| you think mothers became that way m
a day? No, II took years or suHering
and sacrifice and patience. l have
mother like that-they don't come any
finer than she Is. But in her day, girls
had virtually the same problems. me
same Toys and sorrows. and made the
same mistakes Other senera.,ohs % ro s,i naSe the
same under the skin. The only dlner-
ence is the girls Of today are more IN
dependent. l., ,..
don't know what they do want. TheS
tell themselves they want quiet, un-
extravaFant girl with common sense
and they go right out and pick the
opposite kind. can we'll picture
SNUG. self-contained, self-satisfed crea'
lures. selfshly content in their freedom
And they expect 100 per cent real girl
to fall right in their arms. | wonder
what they have 10 oller sucn q BHL
fCould they give value received II they
found a girl worthy enough to be hon,
ored with their name and home?
doubt II.
n home and children, but no self
respecting girl will throw herself a
every mans head. nor will she accept
anything that offers itself II 1 marry
/ want a man who is clean living, loyal
industrious and ambitious: Am asking
too much? ! sometimes think so. How
ever, as long as have n good home. {
good position and q salary that makes
me Independent and enables me to give
my mother some of the things she denied
herself, to educate me, I'm satisfied, ant
IL l can always remember what lot
have to be thankful for, there's no rea
son why | shouldn't be happy.
MISS TWENTY-FIVE.
splendid letter, my dear Cynthia
, hopes that some day you and the rlgh
man will meet and make that home
together.