Evening star., 1926-12-03
SUB ROSA
Be a Democrat-It's Safer.
BIZ MIMI.

In spite Of all the glorious ideals
Of American democracy on which
we're brought up by sensible par
ents-lots of us develop into the most
complete little snobs who ever sought
| to make class distinctions where none
existed.
And those of us who are snobs.
instead of beind ashamed of the fact,
are secretly rather proud about 1t In
| our inmost hearts.
We think just a. shade complacently
| that II other girls we're only as fas.
tidious and particular as we. the
world would be a better place to live
in.
"No. I'm not a snob," declares
Laura positively. But / must say /
| think certain boys are-well just a
little bit more aristocratic than others.
There's something about me that just
seems to love to associate with only
| the best. OF course, Henry Miller Is
perfectly all right in his way-tslt my
going around with a boy whose
father looked like that
No. Laura won't admit she's a
snob-yet all the time she's secretly
aware that she is rather snobbish and
| she half in the fact.
Which is just plain foolish Of her.
For the snob runs into more trouble
per second than the nice democratic
girl who likes people for themselves,
not for their families.
Take Laura. herself, for instance.
She pulled an awful bone just last
year. 1t was about Chet.
Chefs people are poor--they're
about the poorest people in the
suburb which Laura. honors with her
presence.
Everybody knows that Chefs
mother has to help out the family
budget by doing odd jobs for the
neighbors occa caSionally-taking care
of their children, etc.
$50 when the presumptuous young
Chet had the nerve TO ask Laura to
go out dancing with him the other
lay, she nearly died.
When she got her breath, she ex-
planned politely, but, oh so firmly.
that she was busy that night and for
all the rest of the nights to come.
Chet took the hint and departed out
of her life forever.
When. few weeks later. Laura
learned that Chet had made the best
fraternity in his school and was de-
veloping into one of the worlds best
dancers and athletes, she merely
shifted.
But the sniff didn't last long. 1t
ended in a sight at several dances
where Chet cut in on every ono else
but her.
He became the big timer around the
home town. in spite of his family's
poverty.
All the girls crowed with delight
when Chet Williams invited them to
this or that gaine--asked to call--gave
them rush at dances.
I,aura's terrific bone cost her the
friendship Of the most popular boy
in town.
Girls are constantly writing to me,
asking whether they "dare" go out
with a. boy who has this or that
social drawback. My advice to all Of
them is to snap out of their sense Of
social values
If you've got anything against a
boy-he bores you. he dances badly.
he's a hounder--by all means refuse to
go out with him.
But If you're worrying your silly
head over his social fitness to be your
escort. better remember that you're
living in democratic country. where
the man you turn down today may be
the man you yearn to know tomor-
row.
. Entirely aside from the principle of
the thing-stock to democracy, be-
cause it's safer in the long run.
Copyright. 1926)
sd Mimi T q b clad to sny
addressed envelope is inclosed.