The Indianapolis times., 1928-12-13
Males ViezO
OfPobularity
Girls Desire
BY MARTHA LEE

promised my readers to publish
more letters about this question
How to Be Popular and Causes
and Effects Of Popularity" OF
course, the primary idea is not to
snare a couple of dozen men with
most of the girls who want this
golden secret. The whole idea is
to get one man, who after having
the illusion that the girl is pop
ular, will Immediately propose for
fear of losing such prize.
That is putting things rather
bluntly, but after all, every girl
dreams of having her own home,
children, and a husband to love
her. And every walk in life leads
to the altar, as far as girl is
concerned. I would wager that most
any girl, working in an Office, is
there not only because it gives her
financial freedom, but because 1t
also affords her the opportunity OF
meeting more men, therefore giving
her a wider selection for the team
mate on the trip to the altar.
Now the question has been, for
some time past, with these girls
who have not been able to discover
this secret to popularity, just what
it is the boys like best in a girl.
Some girls just act natural and get
by great. Others act natural and
spend the rest of their lives en-
broidering initials on towels to put
in their hope chests. Still others,
who have acted the way their con-
science, upbringing, beliefs, ideals
or anything else you want to name
them, break down and start Smok-
ing and drinking and acting the
way the motion picture directors
think youth acts, just hoping
against hope that here at last is
the key to this Elusive, indefinable
thing called popularity. The result,
of course is more disilluslonment
and a widened chaSm between
themselves and Elysium.
Here is boy who puts forth his
ideas about how to be popular:
Dear Miss Lee-This letter is for Miss
Lou, who wants to know what a fellow
asks of the girl of his dreams.
I am sure if you were to analyze pop
ularity you would find that those girls
are most popular who are most, natural-
most true to their ideals. doubt If
girl who is popular could explain why she
is or how she got that way. Frankly.
believe individuality is the keynote OF
popularity.
There is nothing more annoying than to
be out with girl who is SO anxious to
please that she wouldn't do things her
way for the world for fear of displeasing
her date. And nothing is more distaste-
full than girl who poses and acts that
which you know she is not. 1t is i'm
possible to have an understanding with
such a person.
The ideal girl is one who sincerely en-
joys the same things you do. There is
the basis of companionship. She must
be able to discuss matters and take her
own viewpoint, without becoming angry
because that is the training ground that
will ride the two safely through the ar
guments that are bound to come after
marriage. She need not be beautiful. but
1t would be most satisfactory If she were.
She must not be led by the mob. BY
that I mean, if she has long hair. and
looks well with it long. she must be sensi-
BILE enough to realize her type, and not
bob it just because everyone else is bob
bing theirs.
Then, and this above all, she must be
well balanced mentally, steady morally
and have. belief in and respect for
some sort of religion. If this is any help
in what would make a girl popular, here
it is. And know there are many other
boys who feel just about the same.
RTII,