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Dear Mrs. Thompson am Il girl of
IL and have been going with II young
man of 20 for Il year and four months
He has been treating me awfully cool.
i am a good friend of his sister n go
Ia his house to visit her and he does
not pay any attention to me. What is
your advice? NJ. Il.
Drop him. He is tired of you and
probably thinks you visit his sister just
to see him.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-I have been
married six years and wife and / don't
get along very we'll. She doesn't give
me any consideration when around
home. She is a good woman and puts
in all the time keeping house. / would
like her to pass some time with me
when | am home. She acts more like
a hired girl than "A wife. NJ. s.
A woman makes a terrible mistake
when she places her house above her
husband. After all, n house has no
heart and it can't be much Of a COM
fort in either joy or sorrow: but "A
husband has and can.
/ would suggest that this husband
offer to help his wife with the house.
wor so it a be finished quickly, and
make the time so jolly, when he is with
her. that she'll be glad to be more Of n
companion to him.
Invite her to go out with you once
In a while, tell her how pretty she
looks when she wears Il clean, pretty
dress n makes her hair ~becomingly.
Flatter her and pet her and make her
a few little presents. and tell her you
don't care a hang how the house looks
IL only she looks nice. That'll help "a
whole lot.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-I am a girl Of
20 and not bad looking, Il brunette with
6lrE hVnNn nuoc 1ilEA 11nn1 1Nr
but never had the chance of getting
any. I've had lots of gentlemen
friends. but they We're all dark.
Their is n fellow ] like very much.
] see him every day as he is employed
in the same firm l am. He is nice and
very friendly and always speaks to me,
but a much to say, and I think
he is bashful, for he bushes every time
he speaks to me. Please tell me how l
can get better acquainted with him
without letting him know | care for
II he likes you he'll find a way of
getting acquainted. He probably
bushes just the same when he talks to
other girls. But why prefer blends? l
wouldn't turn Town a good man just
of the color Of his hair.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-Some time ago
! met my chum's beau at her home. A
few days later they had a quarrel and
now ! am quite sure they will not be
friends again. This friend OF hers
treated me very nice that evening.
Would 1t be proper If I would call the
friend up? ] have his telephone num-
her n would like very much to get
acquainted with him. MY chum would
like very much to go with him again,
but 1t seems he does not care for her
friendship. M. A. ID.
and win him. especially when you NOW
your chum still likes him. Besides, IL
he cared anything about you he would
do the calling up and not wait for you.
Dear Mrs. Thonlpson-u) Is it prop
er to go with a gentleman friend to
spend he evening with his folks very
often? CD Is it proper to go with II
gentleman to a restaurant for lunch
after the theater? (3) Would it be all
right to go with a gentleman friend on
to spend the day? JANE.
% Not very often. He should visit
at your home %oftenest. (2) Ii you are
Is or more. n a sensible girl, there
would be no harm in it. (3) You
should not go alone mEy with him.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-Ql How old.
should a girl be to go with a fellow;
how long to &c with him to be en-
gagged. (2) l love peppermint loz-
enges and eat a pound q week. VIII
they harm me?- SWEETNESS.
% A girl should be Is before she
has a regular beau. They should be
reasonably we'll acquainted with each
other before they become engaged. In
some cases this takes q longer time
than others. II there is no obstacle to
marriage the engagement should be
short-from three 10 six months.
(2) A pound a week is a good deal,
my dear. It can't be good for your
stomach. Suppose you try to eat a
little less every day. and break your
self Of the habit OF eating sc many
Dear Mrs. Thompson am II and
my friend is about Is. I met him a
Few weeks ~ mi I really love him.
I don't know whether he likes me or
not. I have written him three or four
my place to write. or his: LEONA.
Dear little girl. 20 don't know
enough about real love yet to say that
you really love any boy. It's a sure
sign he doesn't care anything for you
when he doesn't answer your letters.
him so often. It's HIS place to write
first and to write the most letters.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-My best
friend, a lovely girl, and whom I'd
rather be with than anyone I know, is
ccpt her fathers offer to go to college
or moi. She has a fine education. hav-.
Ing graduated from both high school
and one college.
I have talked the matter over with
her several times. telling her how anx-
iOus nm for her to remain here; but
h 10 yet undecided. How should I
talk and Whist inducements should /
offer to get her to remain?
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