F Kathleen Norris Says:
A Way With Men
Ball Syndic aU.?WNU Features.
'#?< bar* are not unart enough to keep a conversation going; that is the girr?
M and km resents it if she falls down on it."
, By KATHLEEN NORRIS
WHY men want to marry
certain women and don't
want to marry others, is
a myatery no one has ever been
able to solve.
A woman can be everything
admirable; pretty, clever, cap
able, pure and men will pass
her by. Okler men, younger
men, popular men and unpopu
lar men, no man sees Winifred
at all. Her women friends tell |
them about her; "I've asked
Winifred Martin for you. She's
a darling. You'll love her." But
tfaey never find her a darling j
and tbey never love her.
On the other hand, there are
women Gfce Adele. Adele has been
a completely worthless character
oil during the 20 years since she
was It She has married three
lames; she is treating her present
husband just as she did the two pre
vious ones, and this marriage will
end hi divorce as the earlier ones
did.
Adele is not especially pretty, nor
has die wealth. But she has some
thing that renders the sverage male
heiplese in her talons. She is as cold
as a female cobra inside, she is as
aellbh aa a woman can be, she is
intellectually a complete loss. But
no insular, she has a way with men,
and at TO abe will still be charming
tfaesn into thinking her the most de
sirable little armful of cuteness In
the world.
The impression she makes is one
or friendliness, happiness and easi
ness. It unmarried women, going
lonely and wistful into their 30s,
?m*'" grasp the value of these three
qualities, there would be no more
unwilling spinsters. I don't mean
that Adrtr is really friendly or
happy; she merely gives that im
pression.
"TeCre Wonderful!'
D It Is a picnic, Adele slips a
confiding warm little hand into the
nearest male hand and says, ]
""Hang onto me, I'm a perfect little
fiasl about hills ? or woods ? or i
beaches," as the case may be. If it !
as a dance she surrenders her whole
fragrant little body into the arms of I
her partner, presently to say,
""You're wonderful!"
If it's a beach Are, with frank
furters and barbershop chords,
Adele leans against the man near- ]
est her. She slips her hand into his. |
She sends him by firelight a glitter- i
ing look of affection and challenge.
Sometimes it doesn't work. But 9 i
times out of 10 it does.
What Adele knows by instinct, of
course, for she has no brains, is
that a man is as shy as a girl! He
wants to be on easy terms with the i
girl with whom he is paired oft;
be wants other men to think he has <
a terrific way of getting on with
them; be wants other less occu
pied couples to look over his way
and arander how he and that little i
brunette have found so much to
laugh and chatter about.
tt be pets a nice, stiff, shy girl,
wtaaae specialty is awkward pauses,
wbe cant for the life of her be
natural and ralax, he feels humil
iated and angry. Most boys are not
amart enough to keep a conversa
tion going; that is the girl's Job,
asri be resents it if she falls down
on it
Shy Girl Is Egotistical.
Shyness in a girl is a form of
egotism. Self-consciousness is ob
vvousty egotism. Stiffness is pride.
Vesy often the unpopular girl feels J
tiui if she doesn't analyze or ex
pecan it something like this:
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"I've evidently got the boy no
one else wants. Adele got the Fer
guson boy and Marian got that Yale
boy. Ha. And I'm supposed to
entertain this big clumsy thing with
Lhe glasses. Ha. I should worry to
Bnd something that interests him I
If they want to pair me off with the
one they don't like, I'll simply sit
here. I have more brains in my
little linger than he has in his whole
body, and if he won't talk, neither
will I."
This sort of thing at 17 leads to
b lonely 37. A smarter girl would
take on the discarded boy with all
her power of charm. She would
get him talking, ask him to come
and have supper some night. He
may be the big surgeon of 1960; he
may be the engineer who is going
to take his wife some day to the
most fascinating places of the whole
world.
The Adeles of this world may be
callous, cold-blooded, empty-headed
little flirts. But they give. The
quiet, respectable, admirable girl
too often expects only to take. She
will not stoop to a little harmless
Battery. Why should she? Men are
quite conceited enoughl She will not
try to interest the quiet, clumsy,
spectacled boy who has been as
signed to her; the fascinating men,
the dancers and tennis players, the
newcomers who have taken the
town's girls by storm, have been
grabbed by the more sophisticated
girls. And she has Sam Sloane, who
was with her in grammar school
and who stammers, to entertain!
That stammerer may be speaking
in the seaate some day. Those
short-sighted eyes may be correct
ing author's proof on the novels of
the next generation. But that won't
mean anything to a certain prim,
lonely unmarried woman, back in
the home town.
They Won't Make Ton Fat
Potatoes are not fattening, ac
cording to Edith LawTence, special
ist in food preparation for the A.
and M. college extension service.
She says studies by the bureau of
human nutrition and home eco
nomics show a medium-sized po
tato contains about 100 calories, no
mora than the amount obtained
from a serving of green peas. Pota
toes do not step up poundage, Miss
Lawrence says. It's the company
Ibey keep, such as butter and rich
gravies that does it
PLAYING HER PART
Some women are popular with
men, while otheri who may be
prettier ami more intelligent are
not. Miss Norris explains that
women who gain and hold men's
interest know a few little tricks,
and use them. She tells about a
woman in her thirties who, al
though neither beautiful nor
wealthy, is always able to attract
the attentions of almost any man
she wishes.
Her little technique is to be
always feminine, always helpless
and dependent. She lets the man
she is with help her over rough
spots in the road, or show her
how to swim better; anything to
make him feel superior and cap
able. Her conversation is not
brilliant, but she keeps it going,
and she puts in a good bit of
flattery for her male companion.
She gives the impression that she
is friendly and happy.
Too many girls, says Miss Nor
ris, are shy and awkward because
they are really egotistical. They
expect the man to play to them,
to flatter them, to carry the bur
den of conversation. Many men
are unable to do this. They ex
pect the girl to keep the talk
flowing, to maintain the easy,
pleasant relationship of close
friends.
IP hen a girl finally realises
that she must play her part, and
a bit more in the game, she is
past her youth, with all its nat
ural charm. She must then try
doubly hard to be interesting.
j MEDAL FOR FATHER . . . Little William B. Collins, 2 years old,
never saw his father, and he never will. Lt. Jarden B. Collins, L'SNR,
died in action. In lieu of a third air medal, a (old star was presented
to his son.
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MICHIGAN WHEAT TITHING PROJECT ... A block-long fence of
wheat was built at Adrian, Mieh., for the Lord by Michigan and Ohio
farmers who joined with Perry Hayden, Tecnmseh, Mich., to complete
a six-year tithing project. The original coble inch of wheat planted
by Hayden multiplied into a 2,660-acre crop in its sixth year.
J POLAND !
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Si FRANCE
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t-Kurust.u rtait ilkms . . . Area affected by the proposed
treaties being considered at the Paris peace conference are shown on
this map in black. Slices of territory on Italian-French border to
France. Greece gets the Dodecanese islands from Italy, which also
loses Libya. Pantelleria would be demilitarised. Albania would be
recognised. Yugoslavia gets most of Venesia Giulia and Zara from
Italy, and Trieste becomes a free territory. Romania gets Transylvania
from Hungary, but it loses Bessarabia and N. Bukovina to Russia and
8. Dobruja to Bulgaria. Finland loses Petsamo to Russia, but will get
back Hangoe. v
DISPOSSESS PIGS FOR HOME ... George A. Holm en, Davison. Mich.,
with two of bis three children, Evelyn, II, and Edith, 14. feeding the
pigs they had te dispossess In order to have a home. The mother left
them several months ago. The father, being oat of work, had no place
to go, so be moved the two girls Into the ben boose and he and his
son, Kenneth. 1Z, live in the pig pen. Neighborhood farmers are offer
ing to help the dootttnts family.
DA PREEM BACK . . . Giant
Primo Camera, once heavyweight
boxing champion o( the world, is
back in the United States ... as
a wrestler. He claims to be cham
pion wrestler of Italy. The 6 foot
6 inch, 250 pound grappler is in
Los Angeles.
SHATTERS RECORDS . . . Jim
my McLane, 16, former Phillips
academy, Andover, Mass., swim
star, who shattered one American
and one meet record as member
of Ohio State team in the National
Men's AAC championship.
C. 8. MAJOR FREED . . . Maj.
George Wood, U. S. army officer,
of Philadelphia, Pa., has been re
leased by Yugoslavian army offi
cials. He was seized in Trieste, as
was his wife, Evelyn, and their 7
year-old son. Reason for the arrest
is still undisclosed.
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ROCKET TO MARS . . . Prof. 1
Alexander Ananoff, director of
astronautics at Sorbonne univer
sity, Paris, hopes to send the first '
atomic energy rocket ship to Mars
by 196?. No humans would be |
aboard on the 44 million mile
"swish," lasting 15 days, he said. I
SAVED SON'S LIFE . . . War
Dnnsford, Nottingham, England, 1
scientist, shown with his son, 1
Peter, alter the boy's tile had been
saved by a new plasma discovery
made by his dad. Dnnsford hopes 1
other lives will bo saved by plasma
which ha originated.
FIRST SHOE REPAIRS . . . Volunteer French shoe cobblers are
shown at work in one ol the repair projects established in Paris
by the Salvation Army to provide repairs denied Parisians since
outbreak ol war.
ON THEIR FEET AGAIN
Parisians Secure First Shoe
Repairs Since War Outbreak
Twenty-five thqusand Pansians
who have been wearing the same
battered and tattered shoes since
the war cut off all sources of leath
er?and new shoes?are having
their first half-soles and new heels
since 1940, as a result of a shoe
repair project launched by the Sal
vation Army.
Spurred by reports that shoes are
the most needed article in France
today, the Salvation Army recently
dispatched 500 shoe repair kits to
that country. Each kit contained
enough material for the repair of
50 pairs of shoes. Leather soles,
leather and rubber heels, pieces of
leather for patching of sides and
uppers were included in the kit
along with a hammer, repair knife
and other equipment.
Several Parisian shoe cobblers
volunteered their services to the
French Salvation army and these
men have been working in the wel
fare department of the "Armee du
Salut," taking care of long queues
of French men, women and chil
dren, who were urged to come for
free shoe repairs.
Referring to the dire need for
shoes in France, returning Salva
tion Army investigators report that
the few new shoes on sale not only
are extremely expensive but also
are very uncomfortable, the soles
being made of wood and the tops of
a heavy cotton material. Poorer
people have managed to half-sole
their old shoes with strips of aban
doned tires while many, unable to
procure even this material, are
wearing shoes that literally are tied
on. Many poor people are wearing
makeshift sandals made of thin
slats of wood.
State-Owned Farms
Aid Food Shortage
By Boosting Output
SPRINGFIELD, ILL. ? Through
its operation of four farms, the Illi
nois department of public safety
ranks as one of the most extensive
farm operators in the state, accord
ing to Director T. P. Sullivan. Three
branches' of the state penitentiary
and the state farm at Vandalia
farm a total of 7,928 acres and ex
pect a 1946 crop with a valuation
of more than $250,000.
Complying with an order from
Gov. Dwight H. Green that the
state's farming activities be extend
ed to the maximum to relieve the
present food shortage, Sullivan ar
ranged with the institutions to culti
vate all available acreage.
Although operation of the farms
saves the state money, principal
reason for their existence is the oc
cupational therapy involved, Sulli
van explains. Inmates are kept oc
cupied on the farm, thereby learn
ing a trade to qualify them for a job
when released.
Products of the farms are as
varied as any well-managed farm
jnit.
Radar Gear Utilized
li Oceaa Oil Quest
NEW YORK.?Another postwar
ise of radar was disclosed with an
nouncement that scientists in a div
ing chamber, using radar to fix ex
act location of their finds, will start
soon on a hunt for ocean-bottom oil
under 2,000 square miles of water in
iie northwestern Bahamas islands.
Work will get underway immedi
ately, equipment already having ar
rived at Nassau aboard the 112-foot
ihip Stanba, which will serve as
mother ship for the experts work
ing below her. The ship formerly
was used by the Canadian navy in
anti-submarine work.
Absence of Stomach
Proves No Handicap
BOSTON.?Eighty-nine persons In
Boston have no stomachs, Dr. Frank
Lahey of the Lahey clinic reports.
Despite lack of a stomach, these
people are well and happy, Dr. La
hey reports. Removal of the stom
achs eliminated danger of can
cer and malignant growths. A loop
if intestine is used as substitute.
One man has been living for "h?
rears without a stomach.
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Aviation notes
AVIATION TRAINING
Several aspects of aviation will
gain momentum shortly as a result
of educational programs set by
scores of major colleges and uni
versities. The Board of Regents of
New York State has recommended
a State Technical Institute of Aero
nautics at Syracuse, N. Y., to pro
vide two-year courses for high
school graduates who wish to pre
pare for junior technical positions in
the aeronautical industry. . . . Cor
nell university has taken over Cur
tiss-Wright corporation's research
laboratory and wind tunnel at Buf
falo, N. Y., for use in a co-operative
research educational program. . . .
Illinois U. has set up three avia
tion courses. They cover Bight
training, aviation technician train
ing and airplane mechanics. . . .
University of Texas plans a new
course in airport management in
addition to courses already offered
in air transportation and airline ad
ministration and training. . . .
Northwestern university is planning
the establishment of new Institute
of Aeronautics for the purpose of
conducting research on the funda
mental problems of the aviation
industry, calling for an ultimate en
dowment of $10,000,000. ... A course
in applied aerodynamics will be of
fered during the spring term at the
Daniel Guggenheim School of Aero
nautics at New York university. . . .
Iowa Wesleyan college has added
an aviation department with 16
semester courses.
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A man who can walk only
with the aid of two crutches re
cently received his private pi
lot's license. The new pilot is
Casmer J. Sikorski of Polonia,
Wis., who is a victim of infan
tile paralysis. The license was
granted by civil aeronautics ad
ministration after Sikorski had
completed flight training at the
Stevens Point, Wis., municipal
airport. Sikorski owns his own
plane, equipped with hand con
trols for all operations.
ENTERTAIN PATIENTS . .
Thirty-five young patients of the
Adelaide Tiehenor Orthopedic
foundation at Long Beach, Calif.,
got their first plane ride and view
of their city from the air as guests
aboard a Mainiiner.
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TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS
Providing school teachers with
low-fare air travel fellowships on
United States international airlines '
is the objective of a plan broached
by J. Parker Van Zandt, director
of aviation research at Brookings
institution. A teacher awarded a
fellowship could "hitchhike" his
way abroad and spend six to eight
weeks of study and travel in a num
ber of foreign lands at a total
cost of a few hundred dollars. Sim
ilar fellowships could be accorded
foreign teachers to visit the U. S.