The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-08
Worried by
Too Many
Boy Friends
BY MARTHA LEE.


Il isn't very often I get z lettel
from a girl who has so many beau5
4 she doesn't know. what to do. Usu.
/ ally the young things who write II
/ their woes are begging for informa
/ ton on how to be a success witt
the boy friends. And more otter
than not it is a plea for the recipe
on how to attract just one boy
friend
Every once in q while a young
girl discovers she practically is ire
sistible That every boy who comes
within a mile of her is from that
moment on her devoted slave
Simply taken back with this new
found power. the girl starts collect
ing boy friends, Just to see how
many she can maneuver at one
time.
And the consequence usually is
that she finds herself on The shelf
when the less popular sisters are es-
tablished in their own homes with
security and husbands,
Perils of Popularity
The girl with a flock Of boy friends
usually finds difficulty in selecting
one out of the throng. She sees a
quality in this boy to admire and
another quality in that one, not
possessed by the other ten or twelve.
And there she is. She can't de-
eide which one to choose and so
time slips bv ana soon she finds she
has no choice at all. It's all been
settled outside Of court The boys
have given up and are no longer
in the race for honors.
AND so you see. it is almost worse
to be too popular than not popular
At all. Because the come-doWn Is
usually hard one to take.
A young girl who is in the midst
of a very popular season writes me
letter that may be interesting IN
connection with this subject.
Dear Miss Lee-This is not life and
death matter. but it is Of importance to
me. I have firted too much, to my sorrow
When 1 was quite young l discovered that
by rolling my eyes and looking COY l
could attract Just about any boy I chose
Now 7 am not Dragging ABOUT this. In
fact I have gotten to be ashamed of the
fact.
But here is the rub It has not caused
me to lose the boy friends I already
had but has proven to be a means Of
gaining too many. And they all con-
zider me seriously. As a consequence I
can not single out one to like the best
like them all and do not want to loose
the friendship of any. I will not 90
steady with any of them. because I do
not know which one to choose
Flirting has become such habit with
me that I find every time meet new
boy. I start in on the old tricks How
can I break myself of that habit? And
how can I bring myself to choose one of
these boys and get serious with him? I
hope you will be able to help me-
CONSTANT READER.
My dear, if you are an example
of the result Of reading the column
constantly, heaven help me. Flirt-
ing is the most cheapening thing a
girl can do. and perhaps the reason
YOU can not. choose any Of these boys
is because one is Just as hopeless
as the other. The type of boy who
is attracted by flirting is not usually
the stuff model husbands are
made of
Give Them All the Air
would suggest you give them all
the air and get yourself one really
worth while boy friend who seeks
YOU out because he likes you. not
because you flutter your silken
lasheS at him and act coy.
And, by the way. the only thing
that is cheaper than flirting is act
ing coy. It's a sure way to disgust
people, as a general rule. Any kind
OF wife is preferable to coy one
The only way you can break your
self Of flirting that I know of would
be 10 look in the mirror some time
when you are in the throes of a
big flirt Instead of looking upon
every boy you meet as a possible
scalp fer your belt, why not try
making few real friends. The fact
that none of these boys has told
YOU now foolish you are acting con-
vinceS me that you haven't a real
friend among them