The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-10

NeUeY to Be
Satisfied
BY MARTHA LEE

There simply is no satisfying hui
mainly. Do you remember that old
song, Il can't get the things I
want. Those I got, I don't want?
Chat was way back in the prehis-
toric days before Vo-de-o-do be-
came the national anthem. Any
way, if that isn't true never heard
mouthful.
A car, beautiful home, with an
oil burner and clothes chutes, to
say nothing of dumb walters and a
buzzer system is just enough to
make at least one of the occupants
of the house long for a farmhouse,
with a thatch roof and pot-bel-
leid wood stove, and a combination
dining room, living room and
kitchen.
A clerk in store wishes with
every ounce of his ability for wish
ing that he could be a floor walk
er, and the floor walker will never
find rest until he is manager of the
place. A bus boy wants to be a
waiter, waiter a head waiter and
the head waiter a maitre d-hotel.
And that's progress, we are told.
1t is the feeling of dissatisfaction,
unrest, longing for better things
that brought about the industrial
revolution, the inventions, the rise
of civilization. It is individual dis
satisfaction that causes humanity
to make desperate efforts to better
its condition, whether that condi-
ton be material, spiritual or mental
I have letter which I think will
prove interesting to my readers:
Dear Miss Lee-I am coming to you for
the first time. I am not going to ask
for advice In a love affair. for youth
never takes advice in love. That would
be waste of both your time and mine.
I am leaving within the month for
foreign city. against my own desires.
feel though I am not free to go FOR
the reason that a very dear friend of
mine. a boy. is seriously i'll. He calls for
me constantly. I do not feel like hurting
the boy now by telling him do not love
him. because he cares for me and 1t
would not be the best thing right now.
have never told him I loved him. al
though I have gone steady with him for
three years. Were we living in any other
age but the present. I suppose that would
be a formal announcement of an engage
ment. but I feel under no obligation to
him. concerning marriage; only a deep
friendship that comes of a long compan-
ionShin with n charming person
The idea Is, I want to leave, since
have to go. as gracefully as the situation
will permit. And above all I do not want
to hurt my friend. Shall write him a
friendly note and leave. or stay until he
is completely recovered and tell him.
I have no one to go to. Ny mother and
father are both too occupied to bother
with what they would consider a trivial
ity. I suppose that is why they are head
ing me for Europe and foreign school.
I won't be so much trouble. There won't
be vacations and all those things to both
er with. I would appreciate an answer,
Miss Lee. NEGLECTED.
Your parents are sending you
away with the idea of giving you
the advantages they feel you should
have. If you can't get their view
point. and really feel it is for the
reason you say, I most certainly
would have it out with them. You
should not go away with that feel
ing in your heart.
About the boy, why is it neces-
sary to tell him any more than that
you are going away?