Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-07
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Clever Girls and Stupid Men.

Janet worries over Ethel, her sister.
| Ethel Is incredibly clever She has a
keen, shrewd mind and q ready wit and
a great deal of personal charm.
Every one has expected her to
marry a big cumbersome Infinitely
attractive man whose mentality equals
her own, even SurpaSses 1t.
lily circle by falling for the town dumb
bell-the big, overgrown baby whose
love making has aroused the scorn Of
every other girl in town.
Only Ethel has deigned to notice him.
Only Ethel has been convinced that he
is really In love with her. And only
Ethel would dream OF marrying him.
Janet is in cold state OF fury over
the thing. She doesn't understand it..
She is perfectly certain that Ethel is
the only clever girl in the world who
has had the bad taste to fall for a
stupid man.
Well, jamie. you're all wrong. It's
too bad that little sister has disappoint-
ed you with her uncommon choice, but
she's following in the footsteps of many
wiser woman.
Look here. Ethel's been bookish all
her life, hasn't she? She's lived in
books great deal; she hasn't had
many good times, because her superior
type of intellect scorned the small talk
which is necessary for social gatherings
All right Then We have her at 20,
clever, charming, sweet, without much
experience Of life. She's probably dying
| for some fun, but she doesn't know how
| TO get 1t.
Along comes Big Boy Dumbbell. He's
proposed to hundred girls and been
thrown over rudely. To his infinite sur
prise, he finds cordial reception from
Ethel She likes him He Is grateful.
He softens considerably toward her. He
falls In love with her
And Ethel2 On, she's having the
| time Of her life. You see, she hasn't
an awful lot of judgment Of men. She's
not had the relationship with them that
| makes girls understand the opposite sex
| No. she doesn't realize that the line
he's handing her is as stale and hack
| neyed as dead joke
| She reads romance in his eyes. She
| thrills TO the notes of love in his voice
| And what he doesn't say her keen
| mind irnagines for him
| With the power of her own vivid
| Imagination she makes him clever.
| Because she has lived in books. IL Is
easy for her to put him into her own
special book. He becomes the hero OF
one Of the most thrilling novels OF the
year-and she the heroine.
He respects her mind and she loves
that. He Is afraid OF her and her
vanity is tickled.
| And that's why she's going to marry
him Because he's her first experience
outside OF books-and because she has
made him part Of the most beautiful
| book that was ever written.
Oh, yes, clever women fall for stupid
men every day, simply because they In
vest their heroes with all the qualities
which they themselves possess In over
abundant measure.
And the girl who sticks too closely
to her books who doesn't give herself
| time TO rub elbows with real life--wilI
| very often reap heartache and disap-
pointment when she comes abruptly
into contact with real life.
The brainiest woman in the world
can make a fool OF herself over q man
Ii she doesn't watch her step and
listen TO the advice Of her more stupid
but more practical friends.
Copyright, 1922
Mimi will be glad 70 answer any In
auiries directed TO this paper, provided q
stamped, addressed envelope 10 Enclosed
Also size Will be glad 70 send Food fol
Conversation and How TO Overcome Self
| consciousness