The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-15
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BYyANt JORDAN

WTOULD you like an outside
w viewpoint on your problems
Write to Jane Jordan, who viii
answer your questions just as soor
as she has time to study your needs
Dear Jane Iordan-Do YOU believe in
long engagements? Do you believe that
young girl should marry when she is
10. I 20 with a girl who is 10. We
have made an agreement whereby I
would wait till she was 81. I am 20.
now. We think that at 81 she will
be able to see more clearly il she
really loves me, or whether 1t was
lust puppy love. as they call IL
What do YOU and readers of the Manners
and Morals column think on this subject?
BILL 80.
Dear Bill '32-I do not believe in
long engagements if it is possible
to avoid them. Where circum-
stances are not favorable for i'm
mediate marriage, it certainly is
not wise to subject SO delicate a
plant as love to untoWard condi-
tions, but to wait until the part
nership has a good chance of sue
cess.
The average girl of 18 and boy
OF 20 are too young to be thinking
OF marriage at all. The girl who
takes the fancy of the boy of 20
may not appeal to him at all at
25, and vice versa. Marriage en-
tails adjustments and RESPONSE
bilities which very young people
are not prepared to cope with.
When they take on problems be-
yond their ability to solve, con-
fusion results. I will not say that
young marriage never succeeds,
but the failures outrun the Sue
cesses so far that it looks like a
serious risk.
You and your girl would show
your good sense to keep your COM
panionShip on a friendship basis
until you are financially able to
maintain yourselves and are emo
tionally mature enough to know
what you are doing.
In former letter, I advised YOU
TO marry this young girl if you we're
sure you loved her. That was be-
fore you told me how young she
was.
Dear Jane Jordan-I am Just % wears
old and l66t, am reformed fast stopper:
al types of girls and know them from from
to q. lust have realized that. the
Of In the long Tnn al NV m idea oi
good match is girl. who cooks and
likes housework. one who can live With
and not want to be on the go. all the
Tune; hurrying home, at meal time and
She asO us cut Pf 6abes s as
like me. with the reputation l carry.
tvpeP A REFORMED FAST-sTEPPEsRFs.. Err
Dear Reformed FaSt-Stepper-
You wouldn't be the first reformed
fast-stepper to find a virtuous girl
who was willing to marry him. You're
only % and it is not in the cards
for women to hold your reputation
against you. If you prove your sin
cerity by period of conservative
living, people will forget your brief
past in a remarkably short time,
I hope you haven't formed habits
that will cling in spite of your eff
forts to change them.
Dear Jane Jordan-There is a certain
fellow whom I meet quite frequently.
He used to pay me marked attention, Lit
any at all. Since then haven't seen
to attend the same nS' class Ne s 9Th Is
friendly but I suppose he thinks there
Is no use to approach me, I feel diff
terently toward him now. How would
YOU suggest that I let him know this
without appearing too 81 bold2 60,
Dear Black-Eyed Susan-A girl
can encourage a boy in thousand
subtle ways without appearing to be
bold. She shows her affection by
unaffected pleasure at the sight OF
him; by enthusiastic attention tc
his slightest remark; by asking his
opinion on her personal problems;
and by apparently casual invitations
to call. If this is oyerdone the boy
SHES way, but in moderation he
finds 1t very flattering to his ego.
Dear Jane Jordan--I am past IS ana
have gone with a fellow for more than
wear. He is two wears older and we
have Quit each other three times. hut
somehow before long We start going 10
sether again; When We quit the last
time. ] said we never would 60 to-
gether. any more. Since then he mas
started 20 drink. and he asked me to
give him one more date. because he lad
something to tell me. Another fellow
likes me n lot and wants me to date
him. but my mother objects. She viii
give me no reason. but simply SAYS.
Dear Bubbles-I see no objection
10 your hearing what the youn
man has to say for himself. You
mother possibly has a good reason
for asking you not to see the othe
hoy, but it would be wiser for he
to tell you what it is. Since you ar
so young, why worry about dates fo
a while? Evidently it is not goin
to be big problem to you as it
n S0rno GIRLS