Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-16
MRS. WILSON GIVES IDEAS
a FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Please Tell Me
What to DO
by CYNTHIA
For the oId.FsshIoned Cir,

ror the .OId.Fashloned Girl
Dear Cynthia-NTey ] crave your in
uuIgence and a space In your column 70
reply to certain queries of yonr cor.
respondents? j am college man, have
,raveIed extensively for years, have
hos,s OF girl friends (no self. adulation
Iosnueu I on and even more men friends.
an, m thirty years of age. -"
The answer to the mestio, nc IN
whether men desire a girl to be 'mod.
ten ,a or old fashioned Ito use two
,erms that are 50 often unused) Is that
wv men arc almost universally and
anonymously in favor of the "old fash.
,oned type Of girl. but are reneraiiv
arald to admit it---another sign of tbc
fsn fsoolisn trend Of the times. will tho
,.Inlnlnc readers Of your admirable col.
hnlh pardon me when I say that man
,, ,voN Wlth inistrust and some SUSPICION
lsr; has different date for ovcrv
nignt IN the week and thinks more Of
measure than Of home or church? Tber
,nay not say so-but this IL due to n ,
incs OF courage in this respect or 70 n |
des,re to avoid friction with their f..
,I,a'c acquaintanccs (man always loves |
peace. you know. ''''
The girl who is ever looking for
pressure is considered by men as a mere |
,, " au hitcrnOOn or evening |
or' as the French young meu term it. |
a "bagatelle"--a mere playthinc TO
Dc cast aside, when her usefulness is |
gone. Yes. It is difficult for the girl |
OF Today to be ''old fashioned, sweet
ma pure and dcmurely lovable. per-
hhps, but. after all. this is the tyne
mat men marry. Marriage is a game
OF cnance, If you wish to call it so. but
an aI, m man Is SPORTSMAN enough to risk
aii 10 chance in this lottery. The pleas
ure- seeking girl who Is petted and ad-
mircd and complimented finds that her
utl,Ity ends when a man begins to think
seriously OF life and its successes. He
docs not wish TO be tied to a woman who
thinks OF nothing but dress and com.
tort and pleasure. She may get all
thesc, but they must be incidental. not
paramount: Otherwise no man can be
successful in life and his greatest dream
Is shattered. Notice. for the sake of
for "modernity." Is she not the sort Of
girl who has little reverence for things
sacred. who seldom goes to church and
VINO is bored by such "dcmcaning" dut-
tics as houscwork?
This is the belief of men land I know
whereof ! speak. as there is nothing in
the social curriculum that has not been
nlnel, Men today admire and revere
ldespite their assertions to the "mod-
ern," type of girl. the girl who is sweet
and good, who holds dear and sacred
what should be held so. who respects
man as man and not as n money
gcttcr-and who sees in conscientious.
ambitious man the loyal friend and
trusted companion whom she can some
day learn to love.
The girl who fails in these particulars
may not realize it. but she will one
day wake up to the fact that shc is
unpopular. friendlcss and alone.
"VOYAGEJJR.
A True Erie,d
s"'
Dear Cynthia--I have a frcnd--a
student az university-possosscd Of
unusual talent III acting, writing and in
many other ways. He is a delightful
chum. is generous and kind and
agreeable. Nothing seems too much for
MN TO DO for any one he likes. His
popularity with boys and girls alike Is
unpounded., as he Is an all around
sport and very witty, Now there is
Gn'y one tnlng ! 10 not hke about him;
u Is ms insistence on certain things:
Hc does not wish me to be "slangy"
or to act too familiarly with any one:
he always says that boys respect girl
VINO is devout ana NOT bizarre Though
he never hurts my feelings by his kind
y manner OF saying it. he tells me
that ] am TOO nice n girl to act as
! sometimes DO. Now, ! 90 not say that
he IS wrong IN arguing this way, but
% want TO- TO ask you % II &C., conscientious .h boy
llke tmat rs Dctter tnan the snappy,
dashy kind we see so much Of! He is
twenty,,three and | twenty. He will be
finished bTs Ms rs course EN- in year or SO H and
than ! do. have plenty of dates,
Cynthia, and most of the boys ! go
with are not so careful IN act or speech
as he. Indeed ne has been called for.
maj Dy some 1rienus, put nonGstiy, ne
makes himself so bold as to ATTEMPT TO
I;Ss nc thomoh be saws he sees No oh.
lection t to people kissing when they are
going to be married. But we are only
ma sVetfs Sns ho ho. '"k h;.Sor III ;dosls Any J Than
other boys know. and vet I do not
wish to think that I should not "dnsh
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