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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
They Are Engaged.

Dear Miss Libbey: l am young girl of 20 and am engaged to a widower of 50 who is very young looking man, gentleman of quiet habits, fairly well off, and much de- voted 10 me. He is quite busy man, is often out of the city, and cannot give up much of .iis time to me. He manages to see me, however, two or three times week. sometimes in the evening, sometimes during the day. I am employed in large office where there are several young mep who are always paying me attentions and asking to take me out. My fance cannot marry me for two years and meanwhile we do not want the engagement to become known. l am of very lively disposition, while my people are quiet and homelike. On that account like to go out and attend dancing parties, which my intended does not care for and has no time to visit. He takes me to shows and suppers whenever possible, but this is only couple of times . week I have asked him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22

if he objects to my going out with other gentlemen just to pass the time, my home life being too dull for me. He is always very kind and eonsiderate, and tells me that if feel l must go, to go. provided I am faithful to him and show no favors to others. At times he objects to this, that, or the other man for one reason or another, but always ends up by saying for me to go, as he does not want to put any obstacle in the way of my pleasure when he is away. He loves me very much and is very companionable, but he thinks l am frivolous, while. really. it is just my nature to be little indifferent to every one Do you think 1 am doing right by him, or should I stay at home instead of going out to have a good time when I have the opportunity? I am no Airt, but hate to stay at home when he is away and can go Q shows and dances with others every week
 ' ELsrE.'
 If you are engaged 10 him you have no business going around with other men.
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barrassed that I can scarcely say anything, and ordinarily I am fair conversationalis'. l have tried to overcome this embarrassment, which puts me in an unnatural position, but have been unable to do so. o, Miss Libbey, how can I overcome this embarrassment, for this man means more to me than any young man I ever met? How can l arouse his n- terest in myself without placing myself in q position of running after him?
 Another obstacle is that sister of mine also is in love with him, but she has not the difficulty I have of becoming embarrassed when in his company but can be just as en- tertaining as ever. Why I should be so ! don't know. No one is aware of my interest in this party. I have tried to put it aside but cannot. Dear Miss Libbey, please help me. if you can. A."
 You are embarrassed because you are self conscious. Try to forget about yourself and you will overcome the embarrassment If your sister is interested in the fellow hardly think it would be fair 10 try to get him away from her. Do you? There are plenty of men in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
Avoid Expensipe C1ts.

Men should welcome this joyous season for
 the opportunity it giyeD them to extend some little form of appreciation to the girls who have entertained them at parties, dinners, or dances in their homes.
 And the incest expression of such apprec- ation is in the box of candy the bunch of vio- lets, or the latest popular novel, or perhaps subscription to Der favorite periodical. pair of gloves. dainty perfume. eorsage bouquet or boutonniere of artificial flowers too, are acceptable remembrances.
 Jewelry, or furs, or any expensive article should never be sent by man to girl to whom he is not engaged unless he wants to be stamped as i'll bred and suffer the embar- rassment of having the article returned to him by the right sort of girl.
 silver chatelaine or vanity case. opera glasses. an extension lorgnetfe, bracelet coral necklace, or one of pearls, pendant silk parasol, chafng dish. toilet set, wrist watcb(a fitted handbag. brooch jew eled bar pin, leather suitcase, leather pocketbook, writing desk accessories framed prints of favorite pictures, are but few of the many, many things a plighted lover may choose from for his sweethearts gift
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
Some Unwclcomc Gtts.

s If girls had to ask their fathers for money for the gifts they buy today many of the in- dscretions connected with gift giving would never be committed. The girl who thinks to buy ring for fellow to. whom she is not engaged if forced to ask her father for the money with which to buy. no doubt would be strongly advised against the folly of such an act
 But the ignorance of .outh is most often responsible for the present that should not be sent.
 In the choosing of a gift for her beau girl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
She Is in Love pith Doctor.

" Dear Miss Libbey: 0, Miss Libbey, will you, who have given so many helpful sugges- tions to others, please help me, if you canf Any suggestion you may offer will be kindly appreciated My trouble is ths am in love with a young doctor in another town. l met him more than year ago, but my oppor- tunities for seeing him are limited, and when do see him it is usually on business. He is a man between 30 and 9 years old, is very reserved, and has very little to do with the opposite sex, even though he is one of the most sought after men in the town by the young girls and marriageable women. have met number of very eligible young men, but they never interested me more than friend
 When met this dictor I fell in love at first sight. What makes it difficult for me is that when l am in his presence 1 become so em-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
Suitable C1is for Men.

There are three things to be considered in recipient, and the gift. As giver put into it tender sympathetic perception. The more genuine feeling the less money need be ex- pended.
 The gift should be worthy symbol of a worthy feeling-not some valueless thing with no meaning. Such was the gift of a volume of Bryant's poems to the rural mail carrier by his well enough intentioned sweetheart. On it's receipt the carrier exclaimed delightedly : " Gee, I'm glad to get these I've voted for that man three times
 Be ehary of those romance wreckers-the Christmas cigars and the neckties badly chosen.
 Here are few of the miscellaneous and not for men may be made
 Subscriptions to periodicals, books, book racks suitcase umbrella, card case, cigaret case, cigar cutter, pipe, telephone pad, desk postage scale or basket, a humidor, leather collar box, bill fold or combination bill and coin purse, collapsbe drinking cup, coin watch fob, leather pocket mirror, dictionary atlas, military brushes, art and crafts outfit, small camera, thermos bottle, travel slippers, pocket manicure set collar buttons cravat hanger. gloves, desk fittings, ash receiver, key q calendar. fraternity or den cushions, cane, clothes brush and holder bookplate, ring, or electric fashlght.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
Answer 10 Georges Querp.

4N EAR MISS LIBBEY: I read q
 letter in your columns signed by
 1 George in which he says that he
 does not think a young man will attempt to put his arm around girl unless he receives some encouragement.
 " I think he is right in this matter have gone with boys for five years and have never been bothered in that respect except once That time I had been keeping company with the young man about three months and while out riding one night he started to place his arm about my waist, but I asked him to please refrain from any famiarities and did not fly all to pieces about it. He was not offended and neither was I when he took the rebuke 80 nicely.
 "l went with this same boy for month. after but he never attempted to repeat the action, and it was never mentioned by either of us. I am positive that I won this gentle mans respect and esteem to a greater extent than if had either allowed him to continue his action or by refusing to go with him again. He s married now and he and his wife are among my best friends.
 So much depends upon the girl herself. and think great deal depends on the way girl dresses. If girl dresses to attract the attention of the men she will attract their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
Christmas CJt Not Cupid DUt.

Christmas Ctt Not Cupid Dni.
 Men should remember that love differs from all other Christmas commodities in that it cannot be commanded for the seasons trade Particularly should he think of this when the temptation to buy beyond his means in the hope of planting himself more firmly in girls affections oveTtakes him.
 Young boys are apt to make the mistake of thinking that the Christmas gift is one of Cupid's surest darts.
 Did you ever go into jewelry store in De cember and see the tall and shiny youth of meager salary leaning over the showcase, with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22

Several days after I received letter and she told me that we had better quit corresponding and did not answer my question. How can l regain her love again? Give me good advice what to do to get next again WILLIAM"
 There is no way that you regain her love, William. It doesn't seem to me that you ever had it. Better get interested in some other girl. There plenty of nice girls in the world you could learn to love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22

attention in a way she will be sorry for.
 '" George, you men are as good as the wom- en will let you be, and for one do not sym pathize with the silly girls who were 9 unfortunate to be hugged by the naughty man. They are as much to blame as any one in nine cases out of ten. ". D."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
B9@ GoMupQ JeQn G,610bea>Ge

his nose against the glass and his hand in his pocket, clasping tightly his weekly stipend of Sl2f He looks longingly at the tray of sparkling diamonds as his SIP shrinks smaller every minute. He finally secs case marked S1O50, and from it he chooses an artificial diamond pendant. What matters it, he thinks, if the landlady has to wait couple of weeks, so long as he makes hit with Lillian 2? In less than month, while he is paying up back installments to the landady, the fair Lillian has found more to her liking the company of his rival and disports about gayly bedecked in the gift that cost him so dear.
 Happy, indeed is the man whose privilege it Is to solve his Christmas gift to his sweetheart with a solitaire No happier gift can a girl receive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22

sands upon thousands of girls right now.
 Is it proper for young girl to give her man friend ring for Christmas gift?" I am asked by one of my correspondents
 Tell me what you think is an appropriate Christmas present for a boy with whom I've been keeping company for three years and who is awfully good to me-" writes another
 This is verify the season of brain puzzles
 Down on the list goes mothers name first But mothers gift is not hard to choose, be- cause at one time or another she has expressed wish for something that she shall have this Christmas. And so it is with father and sister and brother The girl chums are dispensed with with some little bit of handiwork
 But the one who is uppermost in the girls mnd-whose name she fears to write out in case her young brother would discover her list " and then set in to make life a burden with his teasing-is the one over whom her brain is puzzled most.
 How much happier Christmas was in grand mothers days, when girls never thought of making nor ever were expected to make gifts 10 men. But things have changed since girls have money of their own earning to do with what they will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
He Popped fhe Question.

Dear Miss Libbey am 24 and the young lady whom l met about year ago is about 20 We have been corresponding ever since met her and she always acted Ike she loved me very much. About two weeks ago l wrote letter to her and popped the question
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22

thought of paying for them exag- gerates this feeling, and doing them up in fancy papers tied with ribbons is the pro- verbal last straw
 But man confronted with this awful task Is there anything more helpless?
 The half ashamed, half guilty. out of place look he wears betrays his discontinue as he timidy approaches the sales girl who well comes him with almost outstretched arms be- cause she sees her sales check mounting with half the effort on her part woman customer would require.
 He usually waits until the last day. then rushes madly around, his footsteps directing him along the line of least resistance. with the result that he finds himself in compara- lively short order marching homeward laden with gifts-mother's, sisters, and sweethearts all chosen with about the same discretion or lack of 1t, I'd say.
 Young men are not apt to attach enough i'm portance to the fact that it is the thought rather than the gift that makes the girl happy. And where the gift symbolizes loving consider ation of the girls tastes-no matter how in- expensive it may belt is sure to prove a happy one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
Real Life Romances Offered for Solution Miss Lbbey

think about something which puzzles me. One thing first, should girl ask a gentleman to call and, if so, what should she say?
 '' l know that gentleman should not keep coming to see girl without taking her some- where in return. Nowadays the only places if seems there are to take girl are the the. ater or a dance.
 shall be much obliged if you will kindly inform me these subjects. PETE"
 It is n woman's privilege to ask the man to ' call on her.
 Poor Siatsi"
 Dear Miss Libbey: I am a young man ol 20. I am attending college and about two weeks ago, while attending dance fell deeply in love with beautiful young lady. l am about feet inches tall and of rather slender build. I have dark hair and blue eyes. The young lady objects to keeping com. pany with me because am so tall and slender. What can I do to overcome this feeling? SLATs."
 Food Slats. I so sorry for you. But there is no way that you can force any girl to fall in love with you. The best advice can give you would be to let the girl alone. Ignors her for couple of weeks and she probably will realize that the question of height is1't important at all in affairs of the heart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22
Something Which Puzzles Her

4 Dear Miss Libbey: I am not in any trouble, most of the people who write
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-22

should use the very wisest discretion possible. Many a romance has been shattered because of an i'll selected Christmas gift.
 The man worth while prefers not to receive a gift of any sort from girl to whom he is not engaged A Christmas card or letter breathing the spirit of joy and cheer of the season inspires a much more kindly interest in the girl than could ever be inspired by an unwelcome gift.
 A costly gift is never expected from girl not even from the engaged girl
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-16
ON THE COURTS

+, up as follows: J. Riemer and J. Con-
Ian. forwards: Garrigan. centre, and
Dougherty, Mulroy and Burk. guards.
The Bay View Seniors will meet
the Palace Five, of Jersey City. at
Bay View Hall tomorrow afternoon
In the preliminary game the Bay
View Juniors and the st. AIMS win
clash.
Hal Chase, first baseman Of the
New York Americans, will make his
debut as a basketball player tonight,
when he will take his all-star profess
| SIGNALS to Sheepshead Bay, where
they will meet the st. James's Tri<
angles.
The Turner's of the 'Ironbound Dis
trict' will have the Anchor S. c., of
this city, to contend with at Wieden-
mayors Casino Hall tomorrow night.
Preliminary to the big game the
Turner Juniors will face the Prince
ton Five.
The Tiger five, of this city. will go
to New York tonight to meet the
crack Pegasus five, of the Cathedral
Club.
The Bloomfield Big Five will visit
West Hoboken Monday night to play
the st. Michaels, of that place. Han
lily. Gould, Hoar. McGarry and
Daley will form the Boomers.
-
The Murray Five will stack up
against the Brotherhood Five at
Elizabeth tonight.
AT Casino Hall Thursday night the
st. Marys opened the season with
a victory over the Jupiter P. c.. 80
to II.
Harry Henninger and Frank Hill
both drilled the st. Benedict squad
yesterday, and from the present ma
terial developed it is hoped that the
High street institution will be repre-
sented by a crackerjack team this
season.
The st. Michaels won at Harmonic
Hail last hlsHl, pSaliAS thS ANaAAipAoAS'
of Arlington, by a score of "A to %.
The Saints played their usual fast
and clever passing game and rolled
up enough points to hold them in a
lead all the way. Preliminary to the
big game the st. Michaels Juniors
walloped the Princeton five, 80 to 6.
The 'vailsburg A. A. will open the
a at Kunzmann's Hall in two
weeks. AL Welsher, of 926 South
Orange avenue, is the manager.
Harry Welsher, the ball player, will
be a member of the team. The man
ager is ready to book games with
all first-class teams.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-16
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-16
With Trotter and PAGER

Billy DUSTY Rhodes reached his
winter stable at Gutenberg a week
ago Sunday with about seven head of
horses that he has campaigned during
the past season. "Dusty's" last stop
was at Kittanning. Pa, where he won
two races with Keenworthy, n with
Elsie s., and n second money with
J. F. NJ.
The trotting gelding Keenworthy,
a son of Bale Axworthy, goes into
winter quarters with a record Of
2:21A, and looks like n of the most
useful 2:22 class trotters for the sea-
son of 1913. He has this year been
timed in 2:15h in a race, likes the
game and is as sound as the day that
he was foaled.
The chestnut pacing mare, Elsie s.,
by Sidney Prince, took a record OF
2:1SA this season, yet it is known
that she can pace right at 2:1O-
over a twice-around-which makes her
chances during the season of 1913
look very rosy at this time.
Dusty has at this time upward Of
fifteen head of horses, which he will
winter, and from which he will select
a campaigning outfit next spring; they
are, indeed, a likely looking bunch,
and the blond reinsman should be
there or thereabouts" when they
pay off another eason
COnners Moves Back to Hudson Co.
r. ]. Corners, of Bayonne, who
matineed his horses over the local
track this season, has moved them
to his home in Hudson county.
The gray pacing gelding. Peerless
Pete, did right well owe the local
track, and will be used here again
next season. The bay pacing stallion,
Onward Patch, 2;24A, will be turned
over to a. s. Rodney in the near
future and trained at Poughkeepsie
next spring. This fellow is a son OF
the champion, Dan Patch, Lbs, and
during the past season his owner
drove him a mile over the Weequahic
Park track in 2:17. He is a good
gated PAGER, wears nc hopples, very
few boots and doesn't know how
to make a break. He can brush a
quarter in BIZ seconds, and If he will
learn to carry this speed he should
do well where they march some.
New Speedway for Bayonne.
The horsemen of Hudson county
are to have a speedway, and 1t Is ex-
pected that work on the course viii
be started IN the near future. Seventy
thousand dollars has been appro-
priated to start the work, and it Is In
| tended TO make it one Of the best
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-16
EAT OYSTERS OF EVERY
STYLEO
Chief Bason, Head of State s hell Fisheries, Declares People
Should Boom Fruits of jerseys Waters by Feast OF BIZ
valves on Date Set Aside for a Sea Meal.

Much has been said in recent years
in derogation of the oyster, but the
fact remains that many eminent
physicians. after close and careful
study of the subject, find the crtti-
cism unfounded and highly recon-
mend the bivalye for use as food,
especially for those with weak diges-
tive apparatus.
OF course. some people do not
favor the oyster in the raw state. A
good many Of them hold an un-
founded suspicion against 1t. But
that suspicion can be absolutely re-
moved by one OF the many proc
esses OF cooking. They car be fried
or stewed, boiled or broiled, toasted
or roasted, scalloped or steamed, and
in many ways made ~palatable and
presentable for human consumption.
Their food value is unquestioned n
their attractiveness beyond dispute.
They are the delight of epicures; a
precious morsel for the invalid, and
an ever ready help in time of great
cost of living.
Chief Bacon suggests that Fri
day, November %, be set apart in
New Jersey as annual "Oyster Day
for the State, and he pledges the
faith of the State to q recommen-
dalton of the New Jersey product,
with one or two minor exceptions, as
worthy of all confidence and esteem.
He says:
1.-THE people can use the luscious
product of the waters with impunity,
and feel that they are accomplish
ing something toward reducing their
market expenses. Compared with
other articles of food, the oyster is
extremely economic"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-16
[Fronl a staff correspondent. ]

TRENTON, Nov. 16.-Following the
lead of Maryland. Chief Bacon, of the
State Bureau of Shell Fisheries, sug-
gests that the people of New Jersey
set apart n day each fall as "Oys-
ter Day." In view of the fact that
New Jersey produces oysters and
CLANS in value equal to about four
millions Of dollars a year,and that the
industry is being plced upon a surer
and much better basis. Mr.. Bacon
believes thai interest in the industry
will be greatly stimulated by a pa
triotic expression of appreciation to
the valuable product.
The idea of oyster Day origin
ated with Swepson Earle, engineer
Of the Maryland Shell Fish Commits
sion and secretary of the National
Association of Shell Fish Commis-
sioners. Mr.. Earle proposed that all
States engaged in shell fish culture
should observe such a day, with the
idea of stimulating the industry and
removing from the popular mind n
lurking suspicion there might be as
to the unhealthfulness of the product.
He proposed that people every
where should on that day eat oys-
ters; eat them in the morning; eat
them in the afternoon; eat them for
dinner and eat them at night, in all
forms, from the luscious half-shell
to the broiled on toast and all the
more ways of preparing oysters for
the table, and every one of them
presents the fruit of the sea" in
palatable and nutritious form.