The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-28
Men Resent
COuYting by
Weaker Sex
BY MARTHA LEE

Many a girl loses all chances for
ever being any more than a passing
acquaintance Of the boy she wants
70 be a sweetheart to by rushing the
boy of his <cet before he has a
chance to say pleased to meet you.
Nothing makes boy warier OF
a girl than % have ner make IL
very evident RON the first moment
she sets sight CT him that he is
the chap she's pcen looking for all
these years.
AS soon as sire does that she's
signed a death warrant for what
might have been beautiful friend
ship. Which was exactly what she
didn't want 10 do.
For some reascr boys do not allow
a natural liking and friendship 70
be shown oy a glrl. And the girl
who is smart enough to know this
is very apt to be the girl who will
march down the aisle clinging fond
ly to the arm IF the boy she has
wanted all along.
Girl Must Be Clever
Men speak disparagingly OF the
subterfuge women employ in affairs
of the heart. Which always gives
me a big laugh. Because If women
were frank, honest, outright with
men the only men who willingly
would walk down the church
aisle to say Il do" are those who
had been hit over the head with
a club until they we're nit-witted.
Men want women, regardless OF
how they feel, TO be distant, unre-
proachable. They want to do all
the courting, all the proposing. The
girl. if she is clever, may maneuver
things around so that the counting
and proposing will take place but
she has to do it so skillfully that
he never will catch on. And If he
does catch on, it must have so many
loopholes that it might have been
most anything from an invitation
10 tea to a suggestion TO take the
next and fastest boat TO China.
So 1 say women resort to suoter-
fuge. many times against their own
desire. because men expect them TO.
And the woman who does not soon
finds herself toasting her toes IN
solitary confinement.
Becomes Serious
Take this man for instance.
Dear Miss Lee-f am bachelor 30
v.srs old. With a good position and
enough money 20 get along fairly we'll
bav. car. a E1od bank account ana
all that I enjoy going out with girls very
much. I like a GOOD time. But heres
the trouble.
Every time I md a good playmate,
sirl can take out anywhers and De
assured Of a good time. she ups and gets
serious thoughts in her head She says
little things that ere hints toward our
future and ali that
Then. when get a little leery about
what she has on her mind and stop
calling her Up. she starts calling me,
wanting to know /. / want TO so here or
there, DO this or that
All this is spelling my good time and
making me suspicious Of women in gen.
eral There is one Rirl in particular I am
thinking OF. 1 went with her a year.
OF and on. She vas an awfully good
seout. but she did the same trick.
Since then she has called to ind out
Why I never come to see her any more.
She insists that / tell her. I stin like
her and would Ike to go with her again,
but would like to explain my viewpoint
TO her FIRST.
Why can't girls Just be good friends to
men. without angling for proposals all the
time? BACHELOR THOMAS.
Did you ever stop to think that
you might be reading things in the
casual remarks of these girls that
are not there at all? You have an
idea that you are a pretty good
catch and that every girl you take
out has her eye on you as a proSpec-
tive husband.
You look upon these girls as good
scouts. somebody nice to take around
when you want to some place. Did
you ever stop to think that maybe
that was all the girls thought of
you. just good party boy?
You're at the age where it will
be very easy for you to become as
suspicious as an old maid. You are
changing your bachelor Thomas to
Doubling Thomas" If you are go
ing to think all your women friends
are out angling for you. soon you
will have no women friends.
And then what would you worry
about? The only thing worse than
being angled for by a flock of
femnes is not being angled for at
all.