The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-13
ThOughtleSs
Hurts Hard
to FOrgiUe
BY MARTHA LEE

In how many different languages
have men regretted that girls are
such queer creatures" And, in
truth. different girls have various
peculiar quirks of character I'M
dreamed of by the ordinary male.
Woe to him who tries to probe
the depths Of a woman's mind. for
he faces almost certain failure.
Only woman can understand an
other woman, for their tempera-
ments fundamentally are the same.
1t has been said, and with author
ity, that man never fully under
stands a woman, even though she
be his wife.
Usually, the trouble is brought
about by little things. Women
pride themselves in their ability to
forgive; they consider it a sign of
the nobility of their natures to be
able to overlook mountains. yet they
stumble over the molehills. In
crisis, the majority can face the
music bravely; in an annoying stu
alton. they break.
1t is fact that women emotion
ally are more unstable than men.
and this is true particularly in
small matters. Men become ir-
ritable when annoyed, but nine
chances out of ten, woman will
smile sweetly, all the while secretly
plotting revenge.
The Smile Fools EN-
It's the smile that fools. because
they believe in Its the face with
the smile that wins" No one is sup
posed to know the extent of the an
noyance at the time, but later &C
tions will show plainly the extent
Of the grievance. Then, when the
reaction, coupled with the remem-
brance Of the disarming smile, seems
unexplainable, the poor male is left
baffied, swearing, and vowing to
leave 'em alone"
A letter came the other day from
a young man who felt that he had
unwittingly offended girl. He
wants to know if his action was
rude, and whether his friend should
have taken offense.
Dear Martha Lee-I am so worried. and
1 do hope you will help me
friend of mine introduced ME to a girl.
and We, with another girl, went out to q
| movie. She was an awfully nice girl and
1 enjoyed the evening, although I was not
particularly impressed. She was Just an
other girl, and 1t was just another eve
ming.
Asked Phone Number
The next day I met this girl on the
street, with a most attractive friend. We
stopped and chatted awhile. and then !
left them. I thought would like to know
| this other girl. That night I called the
one I had been out with asking her for
her friends phone number. and although
she gave 1t to me, felt that she was
angry. I guess I should have been inter-
ested in her because met her first, but
did want to know her friend. Do you
see any reason why I should not have
called? HEARTSICK.
MY dear. isn't this girl business
problem? It really doesn't seem
right that the first girl would be Of
Tended, and can't believe that she
was. Perhaps it was imagination
on your part, or perhaps you your
self, felt that it was not the thing
to do.
You may have hurt her pride
little by so obviously preferring an
other, and by being SO blatant about
it. You know, it takes but little
slight to hurt the pride of one who
is inclined to be sensitive, and it's
the little, thoughtless hurts that are
so hard to forgive. Have you called
her recently to see whether she is
determined about being mad?