Evening star., 1923-03-04
Girls and TIL cir Affairs.
Conducted BY Helen H. Fetter:
ME announcement that some Of
tho girls of Washington are
going to inaugurate an Anti

7HE announcement that some of
tho girls of Washington are
going to inaugurate an Anti
Flirt" week tomorrow brings
10 mind the theory of the swinging
pendulum, theory that has been dis
cussed as a possibility by more than
one eminent author in considering
the manners and mode of thinking of
the American girl. 1t looks as though
4 return TO the puritanical attitude
or Priscilla and her cotemporaries
might not be impossible after all.
yet one wonders if such strenuous
efforts are really necessary when
considering the vast majority of
sensible girls of today.
fhe group of girls advocating this.
the newest of the many weeks"
which threaten to outnumber the
standard fifty two allowed each
year, call themselves the Anti-Flirt
tlub and have as their motive for
organizing such IA society the eva
sion OF being "emharra Ssed by men
IN automobiles and on street corners"
Inc club feels. according to its sec
retary. Miss Helen Brown. that this
rs matter of such grave Importance
sIal u must be brought to the serious
attention of all the many women's
presentations in the city-wherefore
the setting aside Of a week for duly
pondering this subject
ne present membership of this club
includes Alice Reighly. president:
Helen Brown. secretary: Louise Hunt,
Nate Smith. Mildred Christie. Ina
lick, Annette Trumbull. Margaret
Lowe Mary Nermillion and Agnes
l.raYall.
There are few girls who are pas
Sably good looking and we'll dressed
mat nave not at one time or an
other tNperienred some such "em-
harrassment." Yet with the major
that after the first time they cope
win the matter in a safe and sane
*ma nner LI simply snubbing the
Would-he intruder and nindinS their
The ten rules Of admonition OF the
club are: !. Don't fIrt, Those who
firt IN haste repent at leisure. ..
Don't acCopt rides from motorists.
ihcN don't all invite YOU III to save
You walk. >. Don't use Your EYES
for ogling - they wcr" made for
worthier purposes. 4. Don't 20 out
with men YOU don't know. They
may be married and YOU may he in
for hair-pulling time, ; Don't
wink. y hutter Of one eye may
cause = tear III the other. 6. Don't
smile a. tiirtatiouS strangers: save
them for people YOU know. :. Don't
annex all the men YOU can get: by
flirting with many Non MAY loS. out
on the "u" s. Don't fall for tho
slick Cake-catcr: tn" unpulished gold
OF a real man is worth more than
the glass of a lounge lizard. .. Don't
let elderly men. with an eye to a
Irritation. pat YOU on the shoulder
and take a fatherly interest in you.
This is the Kind that usually want
10 forget that they are fathers.
10 Don't ignore the man YOU are
sure of while you flirt with another.
When YOU return To the first one You
may find him gone.
OF these ten. the fourth. seventh
and ninth are the most practical ad-
vice and the least likely To occur
10 the mind OF the Inexperienced
girl; the others are So Did and trite
that the girl who deliberately dis
regards them COULD not possibly do
so on the ground of ignorance
It would really seem as though
the most important of all adlnonl-
tinns to girls was left out OF thus
list That is. if You will 50 busy
yourself with a few of the many
things that you ought to do as an
Individual in busy world there
will be no need for single one OF
the above mentioned list of don t..
In other words. it all SINNERS down
TO the age-old adagc. satan hnQs
some mischief still for idle hands
10 do