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Catch a Beau. A good third of her mail comes from teen-age girls, many asking how to catch a beau. ("The three great boy-catching qualities a girl can possess are: Femininity, Amiability, and Enthusiasm.") For those who want more elaborate answers she has a shelf full of pamphlets ("Mothers-in-Law," "Philandering," "Are You Sure It's Love?", etc.). To those who want her to broaden her interests and run a matrimonial bureau on the side she gives a sympathetic but firm no, has never been able to figure out why my most intelligent mail seems to come from Philadelphia."
For first-hand advice she often goes to her sons. She is seldom asked for any in return. "But they get it anyway. They can't escape."