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Thursday, June 23, 2005
TALKING TO MEN
SOME GIRLS FIND IT MOST DIFFICULTBeatrice Fairfax Advises Young Women to Read and Have Something Worth While to DiscussBy Beatrice FairfaxThe Mansfield News, Sunday, April 4, 1920"They always talk who never think," said a writer of by-gone days. Yet most girls imagine that empty-pated chatterboxes are more charming by far than serious-minded, dignified women who speak only when they have something to say.Daily I received letters from girls who sadly confess that when they find themselves alone with the man they most want to impress they find themselves tongue-tied."What am I to do?" writes Maizie. "I simply can't find myself alone with a man. In a crowd, I'm often the life of the party. I can sing and dance and play and tell an amusing story and keep everything going. So I generally make friends at a large gathering and get a number of invitations. But if any of them are to go to a show or spend an evening alone with a fellow I always queer myself before the evening is over. For I simply can't think of one word to say. I know I got a reputation for being entertaining at the party, and I go half crazy knowing I won't be able to live up to it. What am I to do? Can't you suggest some way I can find topics to discuss with men when I'm alone with them?" |
