The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-08

Dear Jane Jordan-In reality. this
letter is to Young Girl, whose letter
read in your column recently. Now.
Young Girl. I'm speaking directly to
you and sincerely hope youu read this
and profit by it.
had such an experience as yours
recently. I really loved land still do)
young man and he cared for me. He
was very emotional, and said he couldn't
90 with me unless I surrendered to him
Like a fool, I promised to do so. and
he quit me fat
Thank heavens. he never asked me
to fulnll nay promise. He told me that
he was only trying me out" and that
/ didn't come up to his ideal since
was weak enough to promise to sur
render I still love him, but It's Of no
use He doesn't care for me any more.
Now Young Girl. appeal to you with
all the strength of my soul to be strong.
He'll love you more. or at least respect
you He may only be trying you out.
so be strong. I don't agree with Miss
Jordan when she says for sure that he
does not love you. He may, because
some fellows have queer methods Of test
ing their loved ones. Don't think I'm
an old maid I'm only 10, but I've lived
lifetime, It seems, in these last SIX
months.
Now. Miss Jordan. here's question
for you. Can you see where there Is
any hope Of my winning my ex-friend
bocko A READER.
NEAR READER wish we could
- have more letters like this
from our readers. When somebody
can produce an actual experience
that proves the truth of what 1 say,
it is more valuable to others than
all the words of advice ever given
And now, dear Reader, you've
asked me how to win this young
man back. If I were you, wouldn't
have him on a silver platter covered
with gold and rubies. Leave him
alone. He's a snake-in-the- grass
who has not shown up your char
acter, but his own.
What he has objected to In you
was not inspired by weakness, but
generosity. Against your better
Judgment against your training,
you were willing to step over the
line for his sake. Instead of thank
ing you for your sacrifice, he turns
on you like the Pharisee that he is
and cries: "Uncleanl" Who is I'M
clean? He is, if you ask me!
Weak at All Times
Often, I grant you, women yield
from weakness, because they haven't
sufficient stamina to resist their
own desires. They are thinking of
themselves, not the man. Such
women are not to be trusted, be-
cause they're just as weak when
confronted with other temptations.
With other women, it is the very
finest qualities in their natures
which prompts their surrender and
gets them into hot water. It's a
desire to give an inability to
deny the loved one single thing
that will add to his happiness, even
though that thing may be forbidden.
Such woman needs no legal GER
tificate to keep her faithful. How
ever mistaken, it is strength and
not weakness that caused her to err,
The man without the diScrimina-
ton to distinguish between the first
type and the second is unworthy of
the heartaches he has caused you.
always have despised the prohi-
bition undercover men who are said
to tempt people to violate the law,
even drinking with them illegally
for the pleasure of arreSting them
later. The means are unfair, and
not cricket.
Throw Gloves In His Face
I think it is Leigh Hunt who has
written a poem about a lady who
attended a bull fight with her lover.
She dropped her gloves into the
arena for the pleasure of seeing her
lover risk danger to restore the
gloves to his lady. The lover got
the gloves, at great peril to himself,
but threw them in her face, with
the remark that vanity, and not
love, had z ompted her action.
Likewise, I believe your young
man merely was catering to his own
vanity to see whether he could
cause you to risk yourself for his
sake. Dear Reader, I beg you to
throw your gloves in his facet He
is a cad of the first waterI
Thank you for your letter. hope
it will open the eyes of other young
girls and save them from taking a
chance that may end in disaster.