The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-21
Heart and Home
y II BY Mrs.
Tr0hIOT77 ~ Eliza beth
Thompson,

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl of
| seventeen years and am deeply in love
! with young man of twenty-One. My
! father forbids me having anything to
do with him. l allow this young man
| to kiss me any time he wants to and
meet him away from the house. We
! have planned to get married twice, but
my father has found it out and has
prevented. My mother died when 1
was SIX years old and l have had a
! stepmother for about eight years and
she and my father have been recent
+ ly separated. So as l have no mother
! to give me good advice on this mat
/ ter, will ask yours, with many
| thinks.
TROUBLED.
Be guided by your father, my dear,
until you are a year or two older. If
/ the man really loves you, he will be
! willing to wait that long. You are
! really too young to marry just now, or
! to decide that this man is the one you
will be happy with all your life. Is
he able to support wife comfort
! ably?
/
Dear Mrs. Thompson: % We are
/ sisters, thirteen and fifteen, and have
! five brothers. Is our family too large?
| CD How old should a girl be before
going to a factory? 90 Are we too
young to keep friends with boys or
have them come to our house? "a
Is it proper for a girl to ride on a
motorcycle? CD Is it proper for a girl
to wave or nod to a boy friend? 90
What wages should a girl of fifteen get
in helping in Homework and in the
garden?
WORRIED SISTERS.
% Not if your parents are able to
support and educate you properly. CD
She should be sixteen, according to
the law. CD I hope you have a good
many nice boy friends "a 1t is dam
7 {
if they are acquainted. 60 If she is
helping at home she should be glad
to do 1T for the sake of helping keep
things looking nice. Away from home
you should get the wages usually paid
for household help.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: At very
early age, Mrs. Thompson, [ contract
ed the bad habit of working for a liv-
ing-a habit which / kept concealed
from my friends as long as possible.
Not that it was anything unusual as
there are good many who have the
same failing, but my main objections
to it are: 1t takes nine hours of my
time each day, and leaves me with a
very tired feeling. Think of It! Nine
hours wasted that could have been
used for pleasure.
I have tried to think of a plan to
overcome this evil, but every way
turn this awful fear confronts me: eff
l don't work, will starve" Oh! If you
knew Of the sleepless nights I have
passed trying to think of a plan that
would checkmate this stern reality,
you would pity me. Advise me how to
overcome this habit and how to con-
quer the fear that is running my young
life.
John D. doesn't work; why should
I? WORRIED CHART ES"
My dear Charles, you should
worry"
Don't think for a minute that John
ID. doesn't work. He worked until he
couldn't digest a cracker, then he
worked to get his digestion back. He
works now-hard-to put in "a hours
day without being bored to death
The people who worked the hardest
are the ones who have nothing to do
They're trying to find something to do
Have you ever tried finding pleas
ure in your work? If you haven't
you're a shirker and you don't know
how to enjoy yourself when you have
a chance.