The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-14
Modern Girl Wants More Human
Treatment, Not Idealism

The realist. who keeps his mind
on the work at hand, usually sees
these hazards in time to step
around. over or across them. The
dreamer just stumbles into them
and it isn't his fault that he does not
break his neck most of the time.
Seek Ideal Mates
This applies very neatly to those
young men and women who go
through life seeking their ideal
counterparts. The girl dreamer must
have a tall, dark, handsome, in
telligent (and usually wealthy
man. The boy wants beautiful,
companionable, loving, Puritanical
wanton, who will be combination
of his mother and the f1apper who
lives next door.
On the face of things, one can see
where ideals always raise a lot Of
furry for the man or woman who
has spent his life and set his heart
on finding them.
Boys are not so much given to
this "toSh" as girls, but here's a boy,
who got his ideal dressed up like
a Valentine, has found her and now
doesn't know what to do about it.
Dear Miss Lee-To me. young man Of
"A. woman has always been a creature
apart. For many years I have worshipped
a woman whose eyes are dimming and
whose hair has long since turned to sill
yer. With such an image Of womanhood,
1t has been easy for me to walk past many
types and merely look.
But, last January, it was my good for
tune to have an evening with a girl three
years my junior. Our association as en-
ployes in the same concern has awakened
me to her qualities as a woman and then
my absence in the west for two years
caused me almost to forget until that
meeting last January.
Again I went west for six months, re-
turning about five times to see the girl.
Her letters were regular and seemed to be
quite sincere In their content. I gave up
an old friend because cared for this girl
and did not want to endanger our friend
ship.
Since July have seen her twice each
week and several times she listened to
me declare my love and once said she
supposed 1t would come to that. but not
Just yet. I didn't say anything more until
last week. when I again spoke. She said
she did not care for me that way now
and upon my suggestion that we stop 60
ing together. she said that possibly she
did not know love.
have decided to rest my case and
los va he ~ hor fool hot
have been over-zealous in my efforts
Perhaps indifference should be the game.
but it is hard to be that way to some
feel that will win her. And yet I do
not believe in Santa Claus. JAMES.
Of course, the opinion I have of
you is cleaned entirely from your
letter, James, but have you ever
eaten six chocolate bars one after
the other as fast as you could eat
them.
Was Too Considerable
From your letter I gather that
you are too much frosting and not
enough cake. You spread it on too
thick. Not that you are not nice
boy, but Ill bet cookie she never
does anything nice that you do not
tell her how much she reminds you
of your mother. I would bet q
chocolate-coated doughnut you con-
stantly are being -considerate
of her.
In the first place, besides not con-
sidering the fact that your girl is a
twentieth century model, you have
not asSimilated the idea that she is
a sensible, self-supporting working
girl.
If I should take a long shot at
what was wrong with the case,
would say that you were treating
her too much like an ideal and not
enough like human being.