Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-01-30
The "Old-F ashioned Girl"
nv Beatrice Fairfax. J

(By BeaCr1Ce Fa1fIax.)
Il was very much pleased while
reading your column few days ago
to find that there are still some
young women that have not lost
their heads over the latest dance
steps and know the real meaning
of the word home.''
That's one OF precisely SO letters
from men which came to me after
I'd published a plea from girl
who wanted to know If she was
doomed to sit at home unloved and
unsought forever because she isn't
modern, doesn't paint and powder
and play the game after the fash
ion of so many OF today's daughters.
where are the men who like
fashioned girls?" she asked.
And SO youths from various parts
of the country wrote in telling me
where these men are and registering
their admiration for girl of the
simple, home-loving type. That
seems to answer her question better
than any assurance OF mine can do.
Yet l want to quote again what |
said to her and what is borne out
by the testimony OF all these eager
youths who long to know just such
a girl.
Don't be discouraged, my dear,
I told her There are plenty of
men who are looking for a simple,
home-loving girl and who will ap-
preciate you when they come to
know you. Don't change your
standards, for your character is
part of you and it would be like
cutting off your right arm to lower
your belief in all that's fine and
sweet"
Many girl might read that and
say:
"Oh, she's a woman. She can't
know how the men feel. And she's
old-fashioned and priggish, It's all
right to preach. But a girl wants
to be popular, to be sought after,
to have a good time. The men like
the painted dolls and take them
out. So what's the use of clinging
to the ideas that have gone out Of
style?"
But the testimony Of 80 men
counts for something, doesn't it?
OF course there are plenty OF men
who like pep" and Jazz and all
the thoughtless, careless gayety So
many girls affect today. But are
they marrying men?" Could they
support a wife if they had one?I
And would the dancing, society man
be good TO wife if he could sup
port her?
1t isn't the number of invitations
a girl gets to cabaret that make
for her future happiness 1t isn't
the dance partners she can be sure
CT or the motor trips she goes on
that do anything TO insure a girls
future against loneliness or to as
sure her of a home and the JOY that
comes of a real love partnership.
One stable, sturdy, -principled
admirer is worth all the casual
invitations in the world. But youth
likes gayety and light and color
and the girl who hears other girls
telling about their good times and
their invitations is likely to forget
that most OF those good times don't |
lead anywhere-beyond a tired feel
ing next morning.
Ar "a y,
nature viii crave real companion !
ship and understanding. The girl
who longs TO be invited about and |
Shown a good time" has a bigger
desire behind her wish to be popu-
lar. She keeps hoping that while
she's fitting around she'll meet the
right man and get her chance at
marrying and making a home. But
the man who wants to marry and
make home and make himself and
woman happy isn't dancing his
evenings away.
He knows better than to wear
himself out in the pursuit of pleas
ure so he won't be fit for the pur-
suit of success. He's plodding ahead
to the goal of his ambitions. And l.
he's looking for the sweet, simple,
home-loving girl to share his nest
o. dreams.
Maybe the old-fashioned girl
doesn't have gay present, but shell
has a promising future.