The Washington times., 1914-07-22

To Girls
By ANNIE LAURIE.

Dear Annie Laurie:
am a school girl, and will soon
be sixteen years old, and there are
three boys and I ike the three OF
them.
They talk quite :ot to me ond call
me very nice names, ana say am
pretty and they love me.
Especially one; he leases me. and.
sometimes, I get mad at him. But
couldn't stay mad with him IL I
tried. Do you think am too young
to have anything to d. with him?
CUTEf.
W. HY, you foolish little school
A/ girl, you; you can't even spell
4" quite correctly. and then you
want to know whether you
are old enough to choose a swesthsa:t.
Go on letting the three boys talk
quite little to you. and have good
time with them, but don't let them
make a goose of you calling you such
very nice names and pretending that
they love you 50 dearly. Any boy any,
where near your age who is so very
glib with very nice names Is not In
earnest. A seventeen-year-old boy does
not talk when he's in love; he'd like to.
but he can't.
When he's Just fooling he can talk-a
lot-and he does, and that's what they
are doing with you, these three boys
you like so very we'll.
They are just making fun of you.
little girl. and they talk about you to
each other; oh. yes they do. You are
no different from any other girl who
allows boys to make q goose Of her.
I'm glad you're pretty and I'm glad
n
your sweetness for some one who will
really appreciate them. And don't waste
them now before you realize what they
really mean.
tie girl not to want a young man who
has his way in life to make to spend
a lot of money on you for useless TRIES,
and it Is perfectly permissible for you
to tell him so. Just be straightforward
and tell him that you don't feel that you
can accept so much from him. and that.
anyway. il is not his gifts that make
his friendship valuable to you.
II. ], M.-Apologize frankly To your
friend for breaking your engagemens
with him and ask him IL he VIII not
come some other time to see you. That
Is the least you can do after treating
him SO badly. II he doesn't respond
to that, I'd forget all about him.
Blondy-A slight difference in means
or station should make no difference
In the happiness Of a marriage. A diff
ference in education. ideas, social US
ages and ideals might, unless there be
strong love on both sides to bridge the
chasm. II is after all a question OF
each to the other. 1t is a question
that must be decided by the individuals
I'm each particular case.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a man is peevish,
easily offended, and apt to be disagree
able. 1t is a very good thing to Show
him that he Is not Indispensable. I'd let
him sue for pardon this time. Have
as much fun as possible with the other
boys who like you. and wait for him
to come around. He'll do II IL he really
cares anything for you.
Man-Because a woman Is a woman
Is no reason she should be allowed to
carry her moods to the extent your
fiancee does. She has no right to be- |
devil man who cares for her and for |
whom she processes to care. The next |
time she tries any such tantrums,
should just tell her that you do not |
propose to put up with such treatment.
and leave her. That will soon bring
her to her senses. l doubt not, and she'll
be begging for forgiveness. There Is
little chance for happiness married to a
woman with whom II Is so difficult to
get along. So give her a lesson before
IL Is too late.
NJ. H.-There Is nothing you can gain J
by writing again to the young man you
mention. 1t Is as plain as possible that
he Is not interested In hearing from
you or he would have written ERE this. |
Put him out of your mind as soon as
possible, and don't work yourself up into
thinking 1t a tragedy.
Constant Reader-When a young
man has shown you the courtesy of
asking to take you home on several &C.
casions. you owe him the courtesy CT
what your friend is waiting for. When
next you see him, tell him that you
would We very glad to receive him in |
your home. II Is quite correct for
girl to invite to call any young man
who has shown a desire for her COM
pany.
Miss Inquisitive-A Jealous disposition |
is a very difficult thing with which to |
cope I should think long time before |
marrying a man who Is as thoroughly |
jealous as your fiance. II You care |
enough for him to let him break up
your friendships with everyone else and |
accuse you falsely of being fiirtatious-l
why 60 ahead and marry him But |
think II over first. That is what is In !
store for a woman who marries an in |
ordinately jealous man. And they don't |
get over II, as rule.
Copyright. 1914 Newspaper Feature service.) |
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