Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-14
To "Miss Twenty-Five"

Dear Cynthia-Just now, upon read
ing your column of the 24th. ! 1eei as
though some one should write MISS
twenty-five, for her letter appears
more and more to be one written In q
moment of haste after having reac
Bachelors recent letter; haste due TO
anger. A., ..,,,,,.
taFen bv either. They are both right,
vet they have both erred in the nam
answer to the problem. AS / read MISS
Twenty-two's letter l undeTstane tns
Bachelor has cast slurs at the girls OF
iaSvis dispieasure = intimating that
morally they are lax! That they are
wholly without ambitions and Ideals.
Appa rently, as she says. he WONDERS
where the old-time girls are: and she
more than answers his question wnsn
she replies: The only difference is the
girls Of today are more independent:
She is right there. and he Is wrong IN
assuming all girls are not good, as she
believes he implied. .,,....
because she has grown more broad
minded: contact with the men in
business way has spoiled her ideais-as
one specked apple in barrel IN time
had one notion after the other cis,
rupted because she saw the bad ones
nd not the good. Which is Just What
she accuses him of having done IN
way when she asks, How has he hunted
for a girl? Then she does some eX-
claiming. Apparently no man on earth
is good--so far as she has found-which
again is wrong: there are more women
in this good U. S. A. than men, but
l wager in proportion there are just as
many good men as women ,
She forgets II takes all sorts or lndl-
viduals TO make a community or coun-
try. We are all human-and some are
good, others are bad
And what II they are Snug. self
contained. self-satisfied creatures. sell
fishly content in their freedom? Ism I
1t better for them, and for girls ike
Miss Twenty-Five, that some OF this same
class remain bachelors? ] think SO,
and the same applies to the Bachelor
Girl also Yet Miss Twenty-Five. near
the end OF her letter. assumes the air
of the disappointed fox when the grapes
hung too high; she says; ,org Am aSSans bays
too much? as s,it,n I1ng d as ! nooS nSSs
home" that makes her independent
and she is satisfied! And ends by say
ing she has a lot to be thankful for
because of her mothers denial of many
SO. why should she not be happy?
Dear Cynthia, tell her she is wrong
She, too, apparently has failed to look
in the right place for the man she
wants but he Is somewhere near. Her
skepticism Is frightful. and she blames
the Bachelor for faults that are glar-
ingly open on her own doorstep
After all, Miss Twenty-Five. the man
proposes and the woman has the choice
of accepting and refusing. remember
| Every girl has the right to happy
! married life, but human frailties are
common love is the leveler of all things
and no one should assume a holier than.
| thou position Casting the first stone
! is not being done these days, / know
! for l must confess that | woulc be th'
! last in line 10 throw. In other words
in years gone by l had my chance ant
| have had to lead life of disappoint
ment since, because l am weak
AS are a good many, and we have al
suffered more or less, but I know Their
are some good men, too. Just as Their
| are girls in this country OF ours, VIII
| as you say are clean, clever, clea
thinking and would make eXCellen
wives. It's true. There are marriag
licenses still being printed to prove m.
assertion that some find in each othe
| what they look for-at the same TIN
records of divorces increase TO prov
also and substantiate the fact that
takes all kinds of people to make tn
world
But. Miss Twenty-Five, forget what yo
hear and don't remember what you dis
like to see. Go on hunting and hopin
for him" who'll come to you Dea
knows there are too few of you in thi
world as il is and you will be happy
A BACHELOR WHO WISHES IOl
WELL.