The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-09

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to blame when he has been
In love with q young lady
and during the long course
of their intimate friendship
finds that her thoughts turn
more and more to fine
clothes, until now, fine
clothes seem to be her all?
/ know she does most of her
own sewing. l also know
that there are many things
around her home that are
becoming decidedly sloppy.
and also that while her
brother has but a few months
to live, he seems to be some-
what In her way-that is,
interferes with her enjoy
ment.
Yet she sens to care more
for me now than she ever
did, probably because I
drifted gradually farther
away from her. until now we
are lost to each other for
ever. Where once | beheld
vision Their is nothing but
shadow.
Miss Grey, will you kindly
tell me wherein is the differ
enee between a young lady
who marrles a whisky soak
and the man that marries a
woman who parades the
streets In some of the ridicul-
GUS costumes of today.
Under the present condi-
tons II sens to me the So
called fine dresses are max
ing more slaves of men and
wrecking more homes by far
than whisky does.
OBSERVER.
A.-What you say about the
girl may be true; but it may be
that when she Is impatient with
Others, her brothers illness may
be causing IL. There are natures
that show their suffering In this
way. The very fact that she is
trying to find happiness In fine
clothes may be an indication of
this very thing. Sickness IL a
more difficult thing for loved
ones to contemplate than for the
sufferer to endure-at least that
has been my personal experience.
Don't judge the world by your
own experience alone. There are
many women who dress we'll, who
give clothes less thought than
others who do not dress we'll.
Dear Miss Grey: l have
washed red all-wool sweat
er and now 1t Is too large.
Can you tell me something
that l can use to shrink It?
Yours truly,
A SUBSCRIBER.
A.-Water while hot should
shrink Il; but is apt to make II
harsh. Put a little bOrax in the
water to soften IL.
Dear Miss Grey: am a
young man of Is years and
am very popular with the
girls. Yesterday a girl whom
l have never met called me
up by telephone at the place
where | work and wanted
me to meet her at a certain
room In a certain hotel to-
morrow night.
Now. Miss Grey, please tell
me IL this would be the
proper thing for me to do, as
I have never been properly
introduced to this young
lady and would not like to
endanger my good standing,
or hers. Gratefully yours,
T. S.
A.-What would you think of
your sitter, or dear friend, or of
me il we would accept such invi-
tatiOn from a man we had never
seen.
Don't be a mouse to be caught
In such trap; nor a fly to be at
tracted by the false sweetness Of
mystery, only to find your wings
glued to the paper.
Dear Miss Grey: Is It
proper for a boy to put his
arms around your waist
while walking home with
you, and was 1t proper for
me to leave him after dark.
Please answer soon.
Il. M. B.
A.-What do you really think
about IL yourself? DO you like to
see a girl walking on the street
with a boys arm around her? IL
seems to me il would rather re-
tard ones progress, and make me
an object of ridicule. To me
tokens of real affection are too
sacred to be exposed to the eyes
of people who will make fun.
Very much depends on your
reason for going home i'm the
dark. Personally l do not enjoy