The Washington times., 1928-04-18
Noted Authority
Gives Advice
to Girls
BY Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on the Problems Of
Love and Marriage

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Love and kissesi''
This sweet message has brought
. thrill to many d lover.
Love and kisses have always
been so closely identified that one
has grown to be symbol Of the
other.
But to the modern sheilx and q
certain type of flapper, kisses are
Just kisses.
Dear Miss Fairfax writes
Cecilia. II am what is called q
nodern flapper. / pet, smoke
and drink. As q result have
dates every night in the week. ]
accept them all--not because
wish to, but because prefer this
70 staying at home.
seldom hear Of young man
who prefers reading or other quiet
ways of spending the evening to
necking and parties. They are not
worrying much as to whether they
will be perfect husbands to some
nice girl Nor do I see why any
girl should stay at home and wait
for some man who has spent his
youth attending wild parties.
Such sheiks ruin the lives of many
girls. Why should they not marry
girls like themselves, instead of
those who are dumb enough to
wait for them?
often wish newspapers would
try reforming modern sheiks and
let flappers alone
K1nRrs1aA a. K|nnn1{ngm
philosophical remarks, / shall
print extracts from the letter Of
G. Ct.
My idea OF q kiss Is this" ex.
plains G.. q. ttIt is almost mean.
ingless, unless received from some
one you care for, at least little.
You don't have to be in love to
get thrill out OF kiss. but you
have to like the man ia a certain
way, not just as buddy or pal.
''Of course. we girls date men
we're not keen about having kiss
or pet liz, but neither they nor
we see any, harm in q few kisses
IL we didn't let them pet and kiss
as they would cali us stale, dry
flat tires. I'D
without q doubt, when you're
u
to a kiss. But love isn't what goes
to make marriage a success. 80
why worry about tt! As young
man once remarked n me, Unless
q girl permits a man to kiss her.
he isn't going to ask her to step
out again.
You must remember. we're mt
living in "a. And from what I've
been told by q few women about
so, there were young men and
girls in their day. very much like
the youths of today.
It. is true, G.. c., there have al
ways been girls with your philoso-
ply and that of Cecilia. Eighty
four goes a little too far back for
my memory. But until very re-
cent years, the girl with kiss for
every man who smiled at her, was
frowned on az cheap and pro
miscuotis. And she is not really
In fashion this spring, 1928! For
we are advancing to a little more
conservative standards, more
tdeaIistic code!
I'll tell you girls why the con-
Viction is growing everywhere,
that there is not any real fun,
any worthwhile thrill In distrib-
utfng feminine fayors promiscu-
ously.
AS result of the fad OF pro-
miscuous kissing and necking,
men are running away from girls,
because they are tired of having
girls fling themselves at their
heads. Girls have made the love
game 30 easy for men that they
yawn at he thought of it.
Girls are too easy--a man can
get away with almost anything
When it comes to marriage, I'd
be ,fraid to take = chance with a
flapper!'
These and similar remarks are
heard. even from those men who
date girls for the petting there is
in it.
After a Jew pettIng parties a
kiss gets to be a mechanical, bust.
negg-1ike affair, measured prin-
cipally / wear on lipstick.
OF course we can acquire a
taste for low things and lose our
appreciation of what Is really
beautiful, good and true. Stand
ards of respect for women can in
time be battered down. But i'm
stead this has happened: Men
and girls are sick of meaningless
mechanical kisses. Young men
long for the charming, winsome
girl who has modesty, mystery
and allure-the girl who is hard
to win, and when won is trust
worthy. Such a girl usually has
} her choice of all The finest men
of her acquaintance when it
comes to love and marriage.
If you reduce the ideaIism and
mystery and lure of sex to their
lowest level, sex loses its appeal,
and the result is a gray, uninter-
Asting outlook on life.