The Washington times., 1914-07-02

take up with just any one
1 dress very nice and neat can
dance very near all the new dances:
but refuse to go to any but small
party dances. i am an out-of-door
girl, but there is absolutely some
thing wrong? What shall | do?
Shall i grow old alone. an old maid
A VERY. VERY LONESOME LIT
TIE GIRL.
N1ow. Little Lonesome. there is
nj nothing absolutely wrong
with you at all It's just the
situation that ought TO be dlf-
ferent. It's a shame for a nice, sweet
pretty girl to be so lonely when there
are thousands of people living right IN
the same street with you who Wouto
be only too glad to know you.
Where do you live? Why don't you
) pick out a nice. pleasant boarding house
somewhere and make a few acquaint-
ances that way? How about the girls
who work alongside of you? Maybe
there's a girl right in the very next
room who's so lonely she doesn't know
what to do with herself. You're just
one, you know, among a thousand
others.
Never mind about the lone boy yet
awhile. He'll come along all right just
about when he is due. Be natural and
simple and friendly. and if some of the
young men who come into your place Of
them. Don't be afraid of them. and
don't be too familiar with them: Some
decent chap will see you and like you
and he will find way TO get &C
Quainted with you. never fear.
Make friends with all the girls of your
: own age that you can-and. let me
= whisper. take pains TO make. friends
> with the mothers of those girls; 700:
= They'll do more to help you out OF your
5! loneliness than the girls. They're look
ing on YOU know. and they see more
than the girls. who are themselves
playing the game. o,, ,ron,t
cheer UP, Little Lonesone-Sou "0n
he lonesome long.
W A-what a list Of questions. But
I. Annie Laurie is very glad to answer
them Yes. II is quite proper for you
10 write asking your friend Tor your
ring. In fact, ii is the only tnins 10
40 He can't very well send il back
,ntil YOU ask for il, can he? Also' II
IS correct for you to ask man to can,
N ne has been presented and mas pa1 t,
"a think he would like TO come 10 see
you- some girls prefer to wait untl
man asks permission, ana mere S ~
i Tip d Essther ID do the asking myself.
Then there is no danger OF your nay
ing TO be rude or grant perIlis 81 I.o ~
someone who is objectlonaple 10 SUu
Again. there is no reason why aou ,,9.
men Of YOUR acquaintance snould not
ioin you, If they meet you IN me st a.Sa,
and accompan you home: IN tH re- iii Ia re
Ind i o'clock is most certainly 700 ld N,
&c, Lo1Inr people to stay out. especially
IN they are unchaperoneo-Io IaIe y
about two hours. If the ride nome -
YER long and to reach home oy Il
n,'I,iId cI9rtal the evening too mucn'
Nbsrs half mast eleven might be ex,
cusabfe, but that is late enough IN an
conscience.
Two worries''-I don't mean to de-
tract from the sacredness OF vow OF
~ ycur given word. which shouId pc
lust as sacred. but when II IS ahea
broken In spirit. there Is not mucn POM
l., ciinsing to the letter. II you ana
tbe rirI YOU mention are agreed that
TnIr care for someone else, BREAK OH
Whatever is between You lpu VIII
10th Re happier. Anyway, talk IL over
candidly with her and tell her how you
fcei. Even If she still cares. l DON
believe she will care u hold by such
chain a nan who loves some one else.
GRAY Eyes-You may be hurt because
2 man you are fond of plays around
with another girl. but you have no right
10 criticise him, unless you are en-
gared TO him. especially after you have
0uarreled with him. II the quarrel
. makes you unhappy, hold out your
. IL up IL ne responds to your advances.
II he doesn't care enough for you 10
dc that. why let him go play with
some one else. His friendship can't be
Of much velue to you
NJ. PIT looks. my dear, as IL your
friend were tired Of YOU and looking for
a convenient loophole TO slip out Of
friendship that wearied him. II I
thought that, I'd do my very best TO
enlarge the hole and would fiirt for
Gear life with his brother or any other
attractive young man who showed a
willingness to respond. II won't break
your heart and there is no job in the
world so thankless as trying to hold
q man whose affection is dead.
f. c. N.-How could Annie Laurie be
sort of mother-confessor to girls II
she did not consider letters confidential?
As a matter of fact, l have no recollec-
ton Of ever receiving a letter from
your friend. ]. E. but IL had, most
certainly could not tell you the con-
tents; II you care for him as e e
he does like your sister as Well as ne
does you? You should be very. very
glad II your sister makes friends with
your friends 1t is Just one more
bond between you Don't bother about
10 know anything about love. any way,
and when the time comes when some
one really loves you, you won't have 10
try to keep IL. Go ahead and be good
friends with the young man. you and
your sister, too, and ask him to come
20 see you II You care to. but STOP
thinking about love until you are old
enough to know what love means.
Little Lover-You haven't been quite
loyal to your friend. ] fear, little girl,
you and her fiance. But sometimes
such situations are sprung on you be-
fore you know there Is any danger
when you realize there is something
10 avoid, then IL is too late II you
find you really care for your friend s
fisnce and he cares for you. tell her
the truth-it is the only fair thing to
her. What course to pursue afSerward
will depend largely upon her attitude
but don't doubt that she will release
him. Before you take any serious
step however, be sure OF the man. be
sure that this time II is the right WON.
an. and that he won't ere long be for
getting you and losing his heart to the
next pretty girl he meets.
Perplexity-If the man you speak OF
IL simply amusing himself with you
why, amuse yourself with him. Let