Evening star., 1941-10-09

sometimes goes little off the beam
under these circumstances? All at
once she finds herself with new
power, and, like a 6year-old with
a new toy, she has to try it out for
all it's worth.
Unless her family training has
been particularly sound, and unless
her parents handle her wisely now,
she's very apt to 60 somewhat to
extremes. She giggleS, she moons,
she is scatterbrained, she fiirts out
rageously. Any parental attempt to
tone her down and restrict her ac-
tivitieS\ is met with sullen or impu-
dent resentment. She's a problem,
and her family doesn't quite know
what to do with her.
Fortunately, this period doesn't
last long. After time she gets ac-
customed to the idea that she is
interesting to boys, and begins to
settle down again. Only the psy-
chologically retarded specimens re-
tain this slightly hysterical attitude
toward males for any length of
time.
But to you girls who are still
bouncing and bubbling at the
breath-taking realization til t
Johnny Jones has SUDDENLY decided
that you are cute instead of poison
Gus, we'd like to say just one word.
Take it easy!
This new power you've developed
is potent stuff-so potent that you
don't need to use it in big doses.
Also, you'll have it for a long time,
so there's no reason for acting as
though you'd be old and ugly by
Christmas.
And finally, while this is some
thing new for you. it's really the
oldest thing in the world-and every
girl has it. For that reason, you'll be
making a serious mistake if you
think it's all you need to get along in
the world, or to get along with boys.
Every girl wants to be physically
attractive, and she should do every
thing she can to make the most of
her appearance. But the real you,
the things that will make you liked
and loved, go a lot deeper than a
pretty face or cute figure.
Don't let this newly discovered at
tractiveness to boys fool you. It's
fine stuff. but it's by no means the
whole story. Any permanent and
worthwhile popularity or success
you achieve will depend on your
whole personality, not just on your
oomph.
@. I go to dancing class after
school on Tuesdays. Sometimes
when I'm dancing with a boy may-
be I should call him a dopeD, and
the instructor tells us to change
partners, the boy just walks of
Usually some one else comes to the
rescue, but sometimes I get stuck.
What should 7 do? JANET.
A. We'd suggest that you speak
to the instructor about this situa-
tion. It's his Cor herr duty to teach
his pupils not only the correct steps,
but smooth dance floor etiquette as
we'll. And that certainly includes
a system of partner r-changing
which doesn't leave some girl in the
embarrassing situation of being out
on the floor without a partner.
If you tactfully call the matter to
the instructors attention, he'll prob
ably appreciate the suggestion. Ger
tainly he should be teaching his boy
pupils that they must never walk
away and leave a girl stranded in
the middle of a dance floor.
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