Bradley beam., 1945-02-10
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on VdlenClne Lay! AS usual, we stand ready to offer helpful sug- gestions-this time to those smit- ten by the love bug. You know all about the gaily bedecke d candy boxes, lacy and frilly cards, per fume, jewelry and flowers avail able in the stores-but it's toward the middle Of the month, and may be you've not had time for shop ping. So, read on
 I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING
 BUT LOVE, BABY
 Remember that song? The next line goes That's the only thing I've plenty of, Baby. But Baby would rather have you tell her about it then find her mailbox emp. ty next Wednesday morning. And that's where the Base Library comes in. Not only does it offer a quiet spot for letter writing, but, on tap are books that will prove helpful. .....: ......
 "How to Write Better Letters" by M. M. Swartz is one of these, guaranteed to make letter-writing pleasant. Love letters, we know, are just supposed to write them selves, but unfortunately they won't. You'll find helpful hints in this book, on the kind of letters women want to receive.
 Every love letter writer is poet for the time being; he conjures up and lives in a new world, and puts that world on paper. Robert Sher- mans collection of "The Worlds Great Love Letters" will furnish you inspiration. True, today's lovers are not writing the eloquent, amatory masterpieces that are in cluded in this collection but they will supply phrase or two for you.
 You can whip yourself up to sentimental mood by glancing through Catherine Councils "Love Poems Old and New. You may even copy a few of them on U.S.O. paper and let that do for your Valentine-it's been done! Bart let's Book of Quotations" is an intending source of supply for apt words on love. The index offers three pages of such quotations, from Ut were all one that I should love a bright particular star and think to wed it" to "For what they'd never told of, and what I never knew, it was that all the time, my love, love could be merely you" That's what SHE'S waiting for! -s. --
 WHAT, NO VALENTINE?
 That's hard to believe! But per haps you're the SHY type. Louis Bisch has written book then, just for you, called "Why Be Shy ?". In the introduction MT. Bisch says "I am going to help you overcome your shyness. I am going to show you that you need not endure the agonies of this apparent weakness for the rest of your days. You will learn how to rid yourself, step by step, of this bugaboo that so drastically affects your life" He does, too, in witty and entertain ing manner. After reading this you'll be sending (and receiving) some lacy heart.
 Toothpaste and soap ads not withstanding, the most important way to be popular is to behave, and we have book on that too, writ ten especially for men. It's Gen tlemen Behave" by Charles Han son Towne, who is not only gen. tleman himself but a scholar as well, and extends to you in these pages friendly hand to guide you over the uncertain terrain of good behavior. Perhaps you'll meet HER on a train, or a bus-and you'll know just how to act after reading the chapter on Behavior in Public Conveyances". Or if you're so old fashioned as to be introduced, do you shake hands? How can you be sure to remember her name and