The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-01-02
Cynthia
Grey's
Answers


what a thankless task you
have when you try to please
all with your answers. and !
have wondered many times at
the patience you possess in
answering the many silly
questions so amicably.
But, when | read a really
sad question asked by some
unfortunate girl, and the
kind, womanly answer you
give her, 1t pains me that you
have been censured unde-
servedly, as by the woman
who signed herself Mother"
and took you to task for tell
ing of the Crittenden Home
where girls can be cared for.
hope II her daughter Is
ever I'm trouble in any way
and needs outside advice she
will call upon Cynthia Grey.
She will receive the best. All
honor to you and the good
work you are doing.
Many mothers and daugh-
tiers will join me in wishing
you Happy and Prosperous
New Year.
ANOTHER MOTHER.
A.-Really my work Is not
thankless, nor do try TO please
everyone. 1 say what think;
but 1 thank you for your kind
wishes and appreciation. As for
the woman who objected to my
answer, Of course she has q right
to her view Of the matter, and
really thinks IL makes it easy for
girls to do wrong IL they know
they will be taken care of when
they get into a condition to need
II. 1 cannot blame her, fog she is
not placed where 1 am, in n posi-
ton where a very broad and
sweeping view Is afforded. IL Il
am at fault when censured 1 am
frank to admit it; IL not, it does
not hurt me, for my conscience is
clear-especially where young
people are concerned who have
mover been taught by the parents
the things they should know.
Dear Miss Grey: ! cannot
help but thank you more than
/ can tell for the splendid,
encouraging words you have
often given me in general
way through your interesting
department. e. F.
Al am truly thankful if i
have been instrumental in helping
anyone to get a brighter, better
view of life's problems. To feel
that those helped will pass it on
is my compensation.
Dear Miss Grey: Will you
please decide this question?
/ am a native born Ameri-
can woman. My parents
were Americans, also. If l
marry a foreigner and he
will not become an American
will it deprive me of my
vote, and American rights?
Thanking you very much,
AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
Ayes. 1t is an unjust law,
and one that women should get
busy having corrected. l might
marry a foreigner and be just as
true an American citizen as 1 am
now, have more independent
vote than the men who sell
theirs for everything from a plug
OF tobacco to a political position
with power and money attached.
Dear Miss Grey: We are
two girls, 16 and II years.
We went to a theater the
other night and got acquaint-
ed with two ushers. They
went home with us and want
ed to make a date, but we
didn't do 1t; but waited to
ask you about it first.
PUZZLED.
A.-There are ushers, and ush-
ers, and being SO does not mean
the young men are not all right.
But, 1t was mighty poor way
for you to get acquainted. IL
isn't just the right thing for
young girls to be ont so late with
out some older person with them,
and you throw yourself open to
when you are.
IL the boys are all right they
will be willing to call upon you at
your homes and meet your par
ents, and at home only when your
parents are there. It simply is
not the proper thing to do, no
matter how nice the young men
may be, and You are too young to
mako mistakes that you will be
sorry for afterward.