The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11
IS IT WISE TO SHARE
 YOUR BEST BEAU WITH.
 YOUR BEST FRIEND?
By BETTY VINCENT

"All is fair in love and war" runs the old saying, and so Anna-Belle frequently cuts in for Mary Janes best beau.
 What am I to do?.,' writes many Mary James. "My best girl chum has ,vamped my beau. Dear Miss Vincent, please tell me how I can win him back He was the kindest, best young man who ever came into my ] life, and because l trusted my chum ! frequently praised him to her. The result was that she won him away 1 from me. I don't blame him, and while I don't want to appear to run after him, isn't there some way l can 1 get him back?"
 There they are-Anne Belle and Mary Jane.
 Anna Belle feels quite certain that she really didn't vamp Frank. He 1 first fell head over heels in love with her. and what was she to do? Mary Jane knows very well that If she hadn't had Anna Belle at her home half the time Frank would still be Icalling with bunch of violets and
 box of chocolates under his arm. l After all, who is to blame? l Let's eliminate Frank in the begin ming. N
 In the first place Mary Jane made
 a mistake in having Anna Belle con- stantly at her heels. There is cer- l tain type of girl who can't exist
 without her best girl chum. She shares her love letters and her last
 chocolate drop with this girl. And when poor Frank comes in for
 quiet evening he finds a second girl whom he must play up to or tote | arnnnd a tO
 If Anna Belle hasn't an escort of
 her own It's quite natural for her to fall in love with Mary Jane's. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" and Frank Is so handy! You can't expect her to see how kind and sweet he is to Mary Jane without wishing she had an escort just like him. And if he begins to turn his attention to her you can't blame her for reciprocating!
 That's all Mary Jane's fault, then.
 And when she writes me asking how 'she can win Frank back. all l can
 tell her is to play the sgame of "watchful waitins.' He may tire of 1 Anna Belle and come back of his own free will. If lie doesn't she can only blame her innocent little self for not being clever enough to know that Anna Belle needed an escort and was
 q natural born baby-vamp.
 But there Is also the girl who just likes to steal her chums best beau
 to show what she can do. She may cave five or six young escorts all as 1 Interesting as Frank. but she dotes on adding another heart to her love- chain as much as the American h. dian prided himself upon his scalps. This girl is not looking for an escort. a sultor or a husband She is look ing for a wild filtration. And Mary Jane need have no fear of her. Poor Frank usually falls for her at
 the first bat of her eyelash. He quits calling on Mary Jane and some times even sends back all her love letters. i He is a slave to his new found love. But in less than two weeks he comes back to Mary Jane a sadder and a wiser man. That is, provided Mary Jane didn't send back his letters or write him appealing love sick letters to come back to her. But if she played that same "watchful waiting" game, some night when she is play ling Home, Sweet Home" on the piano there will be an old familiar ring at the bell and she will open the door to find Frank with the same 1 sweet scented violets and the same brand of chocolates.
 ] So whether your chum Is a vamp or a flirt. girls; If she runs off with ! your best beau-wait! Don't write to him or try to coax him back. Nine chances out of ten he'll tire of the vamp. And in ten chances out of ten he'll get over his infatuation for the flirt.
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