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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25
She Has Lost Out.

Dear Miss Libbey I am % have blue
eyes and light hair. I'm in love with a young
man near my own age. He is some swell
dongs, a graduate of college. He is studying
at present to be a lawyer. l surely do love
him and sure he loves me, but my girl
friend jumped in and cut me out Now what
shall | do to win him back? He is nice to me-
but am afraid she has me bested. He has
fine horse and bug-s. l know she does it just
to tease me- What shall l do? Shall l give
up her acquaintance and let her have him, or
what? Shall 1 write him note and coax him
back? B."
No, Bessie, don't try to coax the fellow
back. You wouldn't be successful and would
only succeed in making yourself ridiculous. 1t
is amost impossible to revive love that has
cooled. The result rarely ever even justiies
the attempt Let the othe: gil have him.
Perhaps she hasn't drawn the prize she thinks
she has.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25

ionally or not, he fatters her by laying bare
the inmost secrets of his heart.
Perhaps there is truth in the statement a
man friend made to me recently: Among
themselves women may have a great deal
L, talk about, but few women who do not
take part in sports or art seem nowadays
to cultivate any conversational role with men
except that Of appreciative listeners"
The wife of the =" talker" " is more often
to blame for her husbands garrulity than
he is himself. She can cure him in the early
stages if she only will by turning his talk
into conversation-by interesting herself in
the subjects in which he is interested She
should not drop into the habit|of simply let
ting him talk and placidly murmur yes !"
or no" at appropriate intervals.
Many a husband of the garrulous sort who
maintains the custom of chatting and tell
ing all the days news to his wife talks to
her, in part at least to hide from himself,
from her, and from their unlocking circle the
sorrowful fact that-despite her presence
he is very, very lonely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25

into household the head Of which was
stock broker. This young mans father made
a couple of million dollars in an incredibly
short period The young man was given a
college education and at school happened 70
be thrown in with set of youths who had
already learned the role of the " strong,
silent" man. He came home from school
a perfect snob, unbearable even to his fam
lily because of his ridiculous attitude.
Then one day his fathers fortune disap-
peared entirely-swallowed up In a bad in
vestment-and the young man was thrown
onto his own resources entirely. 1t was not
long before he discovered his mask was a
perfectly useless asset-without spark of
commercial value. Fortunately he had sense
enough to discard it before it became per-
manent habit and he recovered enough of his
original and natural self to put him on the
road to a fairly good livelihood.
After all, there is a good deal that is
human and lovable about the talkatiye hus-
band. His frankness is disarming. His
wife is genuinely in his confidence Inten-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25
Has Threatened 10 Kill Him.

Dear Miss Libbey / come to you for ad-
vice. l have been going to see girl regularly
about five years. We have been reared in the
same neighborhood. We are both desperately
in love with each other. The family all seem
to think well of me and raise no objections
whatever to our marriage. But one of her
brothers objects seriously for me to visit her.
He says he has no objection to me, as have
no bad habits and am from a nice family. But
he says he just does not want her to marry
any one. He has forbidden me ever coming
to their house again. He has threatened to
kill me If we marry. What do you advise me
to do? Our lives will be wrecked If we are
deprived of marrying and not allowed to see
each other at her home. 1t seems l can't
hardly leave home for any length of time to
go to some other country to marry. am
pleasantly situated and feel we could be so
happy If this brother of hers wasn't SO mean
We are both grown and she is willing to make
any sacrifice for our future happiness. She
says she is willing to marry me at any time,
regardless of her brothers threats P"
That is most unusual stand for a brother
to take. However, don't believe he would
ever carry out any such threat. If you are in
love with each other pay no attention to his
foolish remarks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25

even interesting to talk to, and 1 just natu-
rally do not like him. Will you please advise
me what to do and how to start in going with
some of the others? am plenty old enough.
! think, to start going with the boys of my
own age and my mother does not object.
"TBoUBLED"
Why not invite some of the young men in
whom you are interested to come to your home,
naming a definite date? 1t seems to me that
a girl need not be bothered for long with un-
welcome attentions. The trouble with many
girls is that they will encourage fellow about
whom they care nothing when they want little
favors done or want to be taken certain places
and at the same time resent any impression
that the fellow is going with them. However,
If this is not the case with you and the fellow
insists on bothering you just tell him frankly
that you prefer not to have him walking home
with you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25
Hon Can She Find Out2

Dear Miss Libbey: A short while ago
was bridesmaid. The bridal couple, the best
man, and myself went out together quite lot.
Now the best man and myself 60 all the time.
l am 20 and 1 am considered beautiful. NV
hair is dark and have plenty Of it. My eyes
are large and brown. l am very tall, while nv
friend is rather short. l sometimes think he
loves me, but he has never spoken one word of
love to me. He treats me in every respect Just
as a gentleman should. AS to myself am
not at all bold with him. but love him I,
distraction. Now, how can find out if he
really loves me? BLANCHE"
Most every woman knows if a man ia in
love with her by that sixth sense-intuitiop.
However, it is much wiser not to take it for
granted A girl never can be sure of a mans
love until she has heard it from his own lips.
Don't be impatient. He will probably get
around to it in time. He appears to be much
interested in you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25
He Likes Blondes.

dear Miss Libbey: So many Of my
friends have been advised oy your good counsel
that feel may bare my heart to you. l am
% and desperately in love with three charm
ing girls. / can hardly decide amongst them
because l have decided affinity for blondes
and, in fact, feel that could lot lead happy
life unless married blonde. On, of these
girls is a very beautiful blonde, but she is
very fat and very lazy and continuously goes
out nights against her parents will. The
other blonde is tall and syphiike and has
beautiful teeth l admire her very much, but
she is very jealous of me. The third one is
very dark and has sparkling black eyes and
raven locks. She has tho best disposition of
the three but she is not a blonde. Would
YOU advise me to get her to bleach lie. hair,
or do you think am foolish in my quest for
a blonde? Hoping you will advise ME a.
soon as you can, as ! am Feeply troubled.
S."
wish could make you reals what very
little sense you have Any girl who is un-
fortunate enough to get you has my sympathy.
Try to cultivate some sense. Natural colored
hair is always more beautiful than artificial
hair At any rate the color of the hair has
nothing to do with happy marriage. good
disposition. however, i most important
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25

think he would care for my company? He
promised he would call once in awhile, and
that / should call him up also and can invite
him over. Should I spend any more time on
him? If he asked to let him call once in
awhile should l, or would it be waste of
time? Would it be proper foc me to ask him
to call, for he said | should? As | love him
very much, Il would like to have his company
again. d."
The fellow isn't greatly interested in you.
! can readily see why he wouldn't be- You
will not be popular, | am afraid, if that's the
way you going to act. I think you are a
bit overanxious to marry. You can afford to
wait few years. Let him do the telephoning.
Men care very little for girls who keep calling
them up all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25
He Wishes 10 Monu.

Dear Miss Lbbey: / am 2s feet
inches tall, weigh 175 pounds, sturdy built, and
considered very good looking. / do not drink,
smoke, chew, or gamble cannot even dance
or play cards. l am all alone. l have several
sisters and brothers, but they are scattered all
over the world. have not seen them for
many years and perhaps will never see them
again. l had been travelling much in order to
the world, but decided to settle now for
good I working at my trade and earn
from $40 to $25 week. Have tried my best
to meet my future wife, which think God has
provided for me, but without success. l read
SO much about the poor girls working hard for
starvation wages l wish l could meet one of
those girls. I would make her one of the hap
me happy if she were true, kind and loving
woman. What i want to know is how can |
succeed in finding partner? I think the rea-
why / cannot find girl is because am
not much Of firt and do not 90 to dances
In other words, ] seem to be too good. L."
! would suggest that you join some social
organization in connection with your church or
a dancing class in some nice neighborhood
You must not get the impression that girls
care only tor the talking. firty type of man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25
He Bothers Her So!

Dear Miss Libbey: I am in trouble about
young man who has been trying his best to
60 with me, and as I do not care for him
say No to everything he asks me. But
still he insists on bringing me home without
asking, just hooks on. I tell him not to
bother, but it don't seem to do any good.
There are other boys here who would go with
me, only they think that am going with this
other one and they let me alone. He isn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25

girl cannot help it sometimes Should young
man escort girl home? My parents do not
object. My brother escorts one of my girl
friends home RE- X"
do not approve of the kissing games you
refer to- Simply decline to enter into the
game. / think you are bit young to come
home from affairs with a young man unchap-
eroned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25
Playing Kissing Games.

"Dear Miss Libbey: have blue eyes, light
curly hair, and am medium height In our
neighborhood there are numeroul dinner par
ties given and night socials and dances. I
have brother of g and he and are mostly
invited Sometimes ! go with him and some
times with my girl friends. When at a social
should girl let young man kiss her in play
ing games when it is part of the game? A
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25

The right sort of girl is only too glad to make
the acquaintance Of men without bad habits
and as desirable as you appear to be. But you
must put forth little effort to meet the girls
worth while yourself. l am sure you will have
no difficulty in meeting nice girls ie you look
for them in the places l have suggested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25
BY Laura kap Lii
What Do You Think About IT?

Are men really getting to be the "chatterboxes"
of today?
Are lU0men lU1o .ush to be popular compelled
to listen to lot of Senseless chatter from men folk?
Won't you Urite What you really think about the
matter to me? l do so Want to k,10U my readers
opinions this subject Address all letters to Laura
Jean Libbey in care of this paper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25

evening paper. I sit by waiting anxiously
and longingly for few minutes chat with
him when he has finished the paper. But
instead of chatting with me he picks up a
book and starts right In reading as if never
were i" the room at all.
"When l tell him he must be tired of me
or he would not want to be buried in books
all the time he says ought to be very thank
ful that l have husband who is willing to
stay home evenings. Even at breakfast no
puts the morning paper up in front of him
and will not answer question l ask him.
At dinner he pretends he is too tired after
his days work to talk. He never compli-
ments me on the meals nor on my appear
ance. used to ask his opinion about my
new clothes, but all would ever get was
grunt and mumbled It's all right
When go into other homes and see
husbands and wives enjoying little chats be-
fore their fireplaces it makes me most un-
happy and bitter feeling toward my hus-
band sweeps over me. What can l do to
make him little more companionable?
Mrs. VAN D."
A saturnine or glum person in a house
hold is about the most unpleasant thing in
the world. One such wretch is capable Of
casting "dark brown shadow" that will
envelop every other member of the house,
Whereas the aura of the talker" is usually
just the reverse.
OF all the absurd creations there is prob
ably none more absurd than the strong,
silent" poser This is role often adopted
by men Of recently acquired wealth who wish
to give the impression that to their deep
and profound knowledge alone is due their
present good fortune, when, more often than
not, 1t has been entirely turn of luck In
which no brain work of theirs has figured.
X Il
Taltdtipe Husband Human and Lopable.
1 once knew a man of this type whose
success was due to his having been born
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25

made a great mistake to notice them in the
first place. Don't do it again
4 *
What Shall She Call Them2
Dear Miss Libbey: have two boy friends
who studying to be physicians. One of
them will graduate in June, the other year
later. How shall l address them when pre-
senting them to my friends or in addressing
mail to them? Is it proper to say doctor or
should it be mister until they are full fledged
physicians? L."
The title of doctor should not be applied to
them until after their graduation.
X X
For James BIS Benefit"
Dear Miss Libbey: This is for James
BIS benefit, who wrote letter to you. We
were married over thirty-four years ago and
had the same continual disagreements. We
knew we could not live together thus. so
made the proposition that we agree to give in
every other time. My husband smiled and
said, That sounds easy but who'll give in this
time?' As l make the proposition, 1 will
He agreed. We kept the compact as time went
on, until we disagreed SO seldom we forgot
whose turn it was. A couple must have time
to become adjusted where two strong natures
brought together. We are today we'll to
do, well contented couple Tell James B. to
try this with his wife and avoid the disgrace
full divorce court. Wishing them the same
success we have had, l remain, JEAN"
Il Il
She ASKED Hin, the Reason.
Dear Miss Libbey I have been keeping
company with young man C 20 (I am 19)
for about year. He told me he loved me and
had asked me and 1 told him did, as loved
him very much. For the last four weeks he
has called on but twice, and often called
me on the phone, but never asked to come on
Sunday night. l called him up over the tele-
phone one evening and told him / wanted to
him, so he came over and askel him the
reason he acted he did, that if he did not
want my company he should tell me- He said
he did not have the time for steady girl:
that We should leave everything go for awhile;
but said l should not think he Goes not care
for me- for he does. But don't see that he is
busy in any way and I feel that it is a poor
excuse. If he cared much for me don't you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25
4 Consunn1ate Cad.

a Consumn1dte Cad.
Dear Miss Libbey I am in love with
gentleman three years my senior, and have
been keeping steady company for the last seven
months. About two weeks ago, while riding
on street car he attempted to put his
arm around me, for which I rebuked him.
He did not say anything further, so looked
out of the window. He did not speak to me
the rest of the way home, and when l spoke to
him he pretended to be sleeping. When I
reached my destination he did not leave the
car to escort me home and l have neither
heard from him nor have seen him since that
night I don't know whether he thought was
offended and refused to speak or whether he
was offended. As am greatly in love with
this gentleman, would you deem it advisable
for me to call him up or write him to find out
how he feels about it? r. J."
The fellow was consummate cad to have
treated you in that way You haven't much
self-respect, Florence, if you would wait until
the fellow apologized for his i'll bred behavior
If you show yourself so willing to excuse him
for offense like that he probably will treat
you with even less respect the erext time you
go out with him. The best thing to do would
be to ignore him entirely He il apparently
most undesirable
u i:
They Are Flirting With Wallace"
Dear Miss Libbey: l am college student
and want to make the best use of my time
But there are couple o young ladies next
door who continually in their window and
try to attract my attention. l have made
mistake and firted with them some. I wish
they would quit it. l don't want to move my
rooming place nor do 1 want to be too harsh
with the young ladies. What would you adj
wise me to do? WALLACE"
Don't look in the direction of the window
any more, Wallace. A cellow need not be
bothered for long with unwecome attentions
from girls if he has any sense as al. You
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-25

made great mistake to notice them in the
first place. Don't do it again!
Arizona republican., 1913-02-02
SIMS ELY RECEIVER
 FOR ARIZONA TRUST 60

The first session of the United States court was held yesterday In the handsome court room in the Federal building The principal matter before the court was the case of C. w Clark and others against the Arlzona Mutual Savings and Loan association, inVOlV- ing also the Arizona Trust company, for a receiver for which the plaintiffs had made application. Already a re ceiver had been appointed by the fed eral court for the savings and loan association. In another action the su- perior court had appointed the Union Bank and Trust company receiver for the Arizona Trust company, but yes terday morning Judge Phillips set that order aside and Judge Sloan named Sims Ely as receiver on the original application.
 There is still pending the contemr; proceedings against the Union Bank and Trust company for taking chargo of the asets of the Arizona Trust com pany in disobedience of an order that they be transferred to Captain George D. Christy, receiver for the Mutual Savings and Loan association.
 That matter, on Friday, was contin- - ued until tomorrow morning, but it is thought, since the orders of yesterday the complaint will be dismissed.
 The offices of Judge Sloan and Clerk Jaynes in the new building were in a state of disorder as, until late in the day, all the furniture had not been transferred from the court house.
 The court room is a large and we'll lighted apartment on the west side of the building on the third floor. The chambers occupy two rooms in the rear of the judges desk, while the offices of the clerk are north of the court room. A striking feature of the court room is a series of notices or aphrosims engraven in antique letters on the walls near the ceiling. Work men are dressing them in gold leaf.
Arizona republican., 1913-02-02
FORD MAN HERE

FORD MAN HERE-Ed. Rudolph received an unexpected but very well come visitor the other day. when w. c. Gates, assistant manager of the Ford agency in Los Angeles, arrived here to look over the automobile business. Gates has been seeing Phoenix with Rudolph all week, and says he is much pleased with this little town.
 NEW AUTO LlVERY-A new au- tOmObile livery, to be known as Fixes Auto Livery has just been started here by Freeman Ffke, located on North Central avenue in Auto Row MT F'ike has already placed five ma chimes in commission and will give a twenty-four hour service being ready to send machines out day or night. He will make speciality of runs to Roosevelt dam and the Gran ite Reef dam, also to any mining camps in the state.
 JELLY FISH TO GiANT-That is the subject on which Rev c. II. Ocheltree will speak at the mems meeting at the Young Mems Chris tion association this afternoon at 3.3O. The Y M. C. A quartet will sing several numbers and there will be singing by the audience. The asso- citation offers it's splendid cozy lobby to everyone, strangers and all. All the magazines and dailies are at the hands of the visitors. and there is a cordial invitation extended to every young man in the state to drop in and enjoy the best club in Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1913-02-02
TRACK MEET

The Interscholastic Track meet will be held Saturday, Feb. 8, between Glendale high school, Tempe normal school, U. S Indian school, Phoenix high school and Tempe high school II is one that is attracting considerable interest locally. The events are (D
Arizona republican., 1913-02-02

FROM "OlE VIRGiNY"-Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Burroughs have visiting with them this week Mr and Mrs. J. M. Merryman of Clifton Forge. Va. who arrived yesterday Mrs Merry man Is a cousin of Mrs. Burroughs
 JONES OF LEHI-D. P. Jones of Lehi is among the recent arrivals here MT. Jones, who is one of the prominent Mormons of Maricopa county. repre- sents the eastern districts in the leg islature. He is also president of the council of the Salt River Valley Wa ter Users.
 WORSLEY MAY NOT ATTEND- A. A. WOrsley of Tucson, who. with John T. Hughes, son of former Govern or Hughes of Arizona, makes up the Pima county senatorial delegation in the legislature, maye not attend the early weeks of the sessions on ac- count of an important law suit now pending in which he is counsel. Sen ator WorSley expects to be present at the opening and then get excused un- til he settles his present urgent busi- ness. when he will return.
 SENATOR BREEN ARRIVES Senator Fred $. Breen of Coconino county. one of the dyed-in- the wool
 hones-t goodness newspaper men in either branch of the legislature, came to town from Flagstaff yesterday morning. Senator Breen is also a lieu tenant colonel in the Arizona National Guard, assigned to the first infantry. "Breen's Own" the Flagstaff is named
 for him. He has been a member ot several Arizona legislatures, and las. year was minority nomine for pres- dent of the senate
 CHURCH OF GOD-Rear of the Postofice Bldg. Sunday school and Bible class, 9.45 a. m. Preaching service at II o'clock The pastor and congregation welcomes anyone who
 may wish to spend an hour in the study of the Bible or seek the Lord in the pardon of their sins. Street service will be held on the corner | of First avenue and Washington | street at 6:3O tonight Prayer meet ing in any part of the city where anyone may wish prayer meeting l during the coming week.
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