"MY
There are still a number of pit falls into which you might fall Lack of through ignorance or thought, and it is to war against them that I am writing to
you.
you
I know you think your father
nituite and I are a couple of ducky, and as far as your father is concerned, I'm rather inclined to agree with you. But that is a secret which you (and I) must keep..
Be kind and polite to the peo- ple who work for you, and always be particularly charming and. thoughtful to the aged.
You
THE CHINA MAIL
1937
DEAREST DAUGHTER”
OU will be surprised at getting this letter from me, but to- morrow is your eighteenth birth- day. You will then be a grown-up woman, and as such it would be undignified for you to be corrected or reproved by another woman even though she be your mother.
coming in your direction, fix him with a steely "don't you touch me" glint in your eye, and generally abort his intentions.
you
I sat between two young people at dinner last night. The girl was jjust out, and the boy was at Cam-
bridge.
started by being rather fright- ened of them, but they were so easy, and such fun, that after a bit I plucked up my courage and said: "If either or you had a daughter who
WRITES BARBARA
BACK
I have from time to time pointed was just grown up, and whom you out to you the inadvisability of do wanted to be a success, what advice ing such things as sniffing, biting would you give her?” your nails and not washing, and the advisability of cultivating good manners, learning a foreign language and using a deodorant!
But there still remain a number of other pitfalls into which you may of fall through ignorance or fack
warni you thought, and it is to against them that I am writing to
you.
YOU'LL LOVE MEN OF YOUR OWN CHOOSING
God has blessed you with perfect health, average intelligence, and looks well above the average, and to you the world appears to be a great big football, to be kicked hither and thither at your pleasure.
sweet, But kick carefully, my otherwise you may find that it does not bounce up to your expectations.
Don't throw this letter into the fire and say: "I know what's coming. Now that I'm grown up she's going of to lecture me about the sort
know. I young men I ought to shall be friends with, and go about with, and love the men of my own choosing, whatever she may say.”
My dear, I'm not going to men-
tion men.
I know that I could order you to like one till I was black in the face, or to discard another till I green in the face--and all the notice you would take of me would be nïl!
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DON'T PAW IN PUBLIC
was
I am not going to harp on the disadvantages of love in a. cottage, or the misery of marrying for. money, and I do not intend to em- barrass you, or myself, with a lot of cant about Mr. Right. Nor am I even going to point out what is coming to you if you have affair
I am, however, going to suggest
Without a moment's pause the boy said, "Pd tell her not to giggle. Men run away from giggling females."
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The Girl Tell her not to try to
be: funny. The Boy: Or to tell dirty jokes. The Girl: She must be able to
be serious.
The Boy: Yes, but not arty nor
highbrow.
The Girl: She mustn't be always
saying, "I hate. so-and-so.” The Boy: She mustn't too bored"
to do this or that
to vamp, or the ones
For sports or travel
tumn costume is suitable:
this type of Au- town or country. Gail Patrick, screen actress, matches her accessories to the navy blue of her woven wool skirt. The jacket and bands on the skirt are of navy, white, and grey. plaid.
add for myself and which are, in and on the day when we all three my opinion, of paramount impor-decided that her clothes were bet- ter than our own, the poor darling
tance.
The Girl: Don't let her talk about Be kind and polite to the people had to stay in bed!
I won't. bore you any more, my the young men she's tried who work for you, and always be
who particularly charming and thought-precious, so good-night, and many, keep on ringing her up. orful to the aged. They never fail many happy returns of to-morrow. Y what say to her..
-AND IT'S A LETTER EVERY GIRL SHOULD READ!
"The Boy: Tell her not to give men her bag to hold for her. They hate it!
The Girl: Tell her to be Herself. (That one so young should have such a right point of view made me jump.)
The Boy: Tell her how to sit, and
how not to sit, and beg her not to sit on the floor. No woman ever managed to look nice getting up from that:" position, and what were chairs made for, anyway? The Girl: She mustn't belittle her ather parents in front- people.
that whatever you do with men IF YOU MUST EAT ONIONS
in private-you do not PAW-them
in public. Nothing is so
hot- I was delighted with that. I know making as the woman and the man, you think your father and I are a
too, for that matter who
mnot couple of nitwits, ducky, and
leave other people be
Pawers vary in their methods.
I
must admit that, as far as your father is concerned, I'm rather in- clined to agree with you!
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But that girl is right. It is a The vivacious dig you in the ribs, secret which you (and the malicious ruffle your hair, and keep. those who have amorous natures All the above "Don'ts" come fondle or pat or lean against you straight from your own generation As it is impossible to be pawed-the people you will live amongst without looking an ass, stand like so they are worth noticing.
But I have two which I wish to
Your Mother. to appreciate it.
And will you do something for PS. By the way, if you must me? Not borrow my shoes, gloves, eat onions, try to remember to eat stockings and handkerchiefs. Jan apple after. Your friends will
My mother had three daughters, dislike you less if you do!
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