The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-10
Err in
Overlooking
Quiet Men
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Famous Authority on Problems
OF LoDe and MGrriG0e)

Famous Authority on Problems
of LoUe and MdrrtG0e)
Two or three weeks ago this
column published a letter from
a man who signed himself Mr..
x" He was a bit downhearted
and lonesome.
Temperamentally he con-
fessed himself to be what the
Germans call friend of ma
ture." He enjoyed taking long
walks in the country, identifying
bird notes.. and collecting plants
not to be found in formal gar
denS.
"Mr. x" liked to row boat,
play a violin and cook his eve
ming meal out of doors. But
he had never been able to find
just the right kind Of girl to
share these pleasures.
He wrote that the girls he
met always wanted to dash
around in high-powered cars,
park, pet and drink, and that
they were too dull to appreciate
real companionship.
He didn't object to kissing
a girl if she appealed to him,
but he wasn't for storming every
Jane and Mamie he met and
demanding kisses.
JUST THE TYPE
Up to date great many girls
have written me letters, saying
that ''Mr. X". is just the type
of man they are looking for,
and that they are as much
opposed to kiss hold-ups as he.
They, too, like to take walks
and find forest plants, and to
them, cooking an evening meal
on the banks Of a river, with a
congenial companion, would
seem heavenly.
Yet the only men these girls
ever meet seem to be the rough
and-tumble sort who want to be-
gin petting 10 minutes after an
introduction, and if they haven't
a car of their own, borrow one.
All these young ladies, and
some not so young, wanted Mr..
KS real name and address,
though a week does not pass
without this column stating that
we never exchange addresses
or introduce correspondents.
OUTER PRINCES
But here's a tip to girls who
would like to meet men Of Mr..
KS type. When you're invited
out, don't hang around "the
life Of the party" Consider the
possibilities of some man on the
outer fringeS who is quietly lis
tening to "the life's" wisecracks.
Perhaps he's a Mr.. X-but Of
the shy kind, who doesn't keep
all his goods in the shop win
dow. He may love the great
open spaces, enjoy rowing a boat
and cooking his evening meal
on the bank of a stream,
though he doesn't tell you
these things Immediately.
He has a take-it-or-leave-it at
titude, and if girls pass him up
In favor of a noisier type, we'll,
that's that-he doesn't care par
ticularly. He has the open spaces,
his thoughts, his boat-every-
thing, in fact, but the right girl.
GIRLS MADE FUN
Not so long ago there was q
man of this type whom girls
used to make fun Of when he
went to a party. He never had
much to say, and the girls didn't
bother with him. After while
he dropped out of the parties,
and no one missed him at all.
Then, sud d emily, his name
headed the list Of best sellers
in a leading publishing bouse.
His book was the hit Of the sea-
son. eff we had only guessed" "
the girls have been saying ever
since.
But they didn't guess. BY
this time, the man has become
welded to his solitary way of
life. At least, he has never mar
ried, and he continues to pro-
duce best sellers.
Spellbound over "the life of
the party" you may be passing
up a winner.