The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-08

StdhC though aItef you nave picked 1t out-though must say a good many of the boys have lines which they have just sort of grabbed off hurriedly and which would be bette: for little close concentration.
 There's Ferdinand Pullbaek, who took me to the theatre last night. I've just about concluded that even a real theatre every week isn't worth endur- ing Eerdy's line. Every time a girl opens her mouth to say the simplest thing Ferdy bends over regarding her in- tently and gazing deeply into her eyes says firmly that he wants to know the underlying motive of that remark what was it really prompted her to say it? Tell him Nothing is so discon- certing as explaining why you said any thing, You just say it. And esepecially when you have said something chatty like oh, there's Magic Rhinedoodle and do look at the dress she has on'-or maybe you murmur that it really is ter ribly warm and it looks as though it were going to rain.
 Tt doesn't make particle of differ ence-Fery acts as though you had pro nounced the fatal words parting you two forever, or else had stated that you thought you should murder some body at :10 sharp, and he has to know all about it.
 What do hate worse is the little girl line and you'd be surprised to find how many men have picked it. Just let man decide he is going to prove to you how big and strong and manly he is and what tender, devoted na- ture he has, and he little girls you all over the place! It doesn't matter if you are a gOlfing amazon or a champion woman boxer, little girl you are when he appears over the horizon.
 "'Here am r. says he, ready to shield you from the crool world, my dear little inexperienced, fragile child, with the deep wondering eyes And tell you it is strain having to play up to that. There is simply nothing to do but try to look as though you weigh ed as little as possible and hadn't an ounce of brain matter inside your skull and to introduce him t0 your worst enemy.
 "Whenever girl sees another girl with a better line than her own she immediately changes to that one and therefore the men have a pretty hard time. Suppose a man has grown used to girl looking intently into his eyes and hanging upon his every word in an admiring, self-effacing way, and then one evening he calls and expects to bask in this torrent of approval. But he finds slim, slinky creature re- garding him coldly from long, mysterious eyes, draped across one end of couch, too languid to move. utterly blase and unimpressed with ordinary man. He is simply fIabbergasted and retiFes routed, wondering what is wrong with his brain.
 'The baby doll line has sort of gone out the last year or so and the spark ling, vivacious line, is following fast. No stylish girl nowadays ever is so folish as to clap her hands and cry, 'goody, goody ' as so many of them. were in the habit of doing while ago. You have to have a really unique line to make hit these days, something mo- body else has thought Of-and I've just decided on a peach v
 What is itT' asked the bachelor un cle, with deep interest.
 Well" his pretty niece confided in him, from now on I'm going to be just plain, natural and do and say what l feel like, regardless! I'm not going to do a single thing to be odd and differ ent! I am going to be myself" '"
 Huh !' said the bachelor uncle. Tt. can't he done There never was a wO-