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Show Life as an Adolescent 47 I like to go with him [name omitted] very much. The of the intellectual exchange ideas, conversation, his ambition, his will power, all make things very interesting. But there is something lacking. I'm afraid it's a sort of innate refinement, a respect for my finest feelings. I only miss these on rare occa but I miss them. sions' She goes on, in the same entry, to remark about another friend: [He] has all those qualities of exquisite respect for women. He never talks slightingly of them. He does not pretend to know them. He is always a perfect gentleman in his conver sation. He is very manly. Somehow, tho', he lacks high intel lectuality, decision, and wealth of ideas. He has all these in an average degree, but in him these qualities lack brilliancy. Wouldn't it be nice to find someone with a combination of the higher qualities of both. Perhaps someday I shall. I must give him every opportunity to appear,' Her eighteenth birthday party, March 1, 1919, was attended by twenty couples. She wrote, I drove around all day, getting things ready for the party. We played "Stung," then ate, and then danced. We had chick en salad sandwiches, olives, pickles, hot chocolate, ice cream, cake, and candy. Uncle Ike and Aunt Emily [Stewart] were there, and Papa and Uncle Ike kept things going at a high pitch. The kids stayed till nearly two o'clock. It had been funny all evening, Sharp and Chick [her two rival boyfriends] each trying to get ahead of the other I was terribly thrilled! It was my eighteenth birthday, there were two rivals, my party was a huge success, and I was deliriously happy!" .... III After her graduation from LDS High in May 1919, Madelyn spent her eleven-week summer at the ranch, where some of her male friends worked and where she had ample to opportunity contemplate her life. She continued to see friends, rode with |
