The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-12
Cynthia
Grey's
Answers

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wonder IL you can help us.
please. I heard that after the
18th of this month. register
ed man cannot have his choice
as to teh army or navy. Is this
correct? M. M. j.
A.-The statement Is correct.
After Dec. 10, 1917, registered
man has no choice Of enlistment;
but must serve i'm whichever
branch of service he Is assigned to.
Dear Miss Grey: While in
Alaska l met q young man
whom I admired very much.
have attended several parties at
which he was present and he
acted as tho he would have
liked to have my company; but
under the circumstances, wo
didn't have a chance to get ac-
quainted more than just In a
formal manner. I left there
rather Unexpectedly and did not
have an opportunity to give him
my address. Would II be pro-
/ pei W bcHu nlm Cuiui
IN DOUBT.
Aft your Alaska acquaint-
ance Is more than ordinarily in
terested In you, he will make an
effort to obtain your address thru
some Of your friends there. You
would not be presuming upon
short acquaintance, should yOu,
when you write to mutual friends,
ask to be remembered to the
young man..
Dear Miss Grey: have
very dear friend who is soon to
| become a mother, alth0 she Is
not married. The man is anx-
ious to marry her, but he is not
of age. Can he secure a mar
riage license without his faith
er's consent in case OF this
sort? A READER.
| A.-The courts of this state
look first, last, and always to the
best interests of children. IL this
young mans father will not give
his consent to the marriage, the
matter can be brought before tho
juvenile judge, and II 1t Is found
that he Is capable Of supporting n
wife and child, 1t Is probable the
marriage will be sanctioned by the
court.
Dear Miss Grey: Years ago
we read that the ex-czarina was
an English princess, a daugh-
ter of Queen Victoria; now we
hear all the time that she is
German. Please tell me what
nationality she Is. and also IL
she is related to Emperor Will
liam of Germany, and II so, in
what way? G. G.
The ex-czarina of Russia Il both
English and German. She Is the
lgranddaughter of Queen Victoria,
land the daughter of Ludwig w,
lGrand Duke Of Hesse. Emperor
lWilliam of Germany is the grand
son of Queen Victoria, oonse-
Iquently the ex-czarina Is his first
cousin.
Dear Miss Grey: l notice some
discussion in regard to putting
bounty on cats. l would like
to suggest that before this is
done, 1t would be moro practical
to put a bounty on rats and
mice. These disease carrying,
vermin-infected, and destructive
filth bearing rodents are par
TALLY held at bay by oats; in
some places, entirely so. It
would be folly to reduce our
protection against rodents. Let
some of the people who want
old "Tabby" killed get busy and
kill a rat, II they are wise
enough. w. @.
Dear Miss Grey: A number
of us women have been obliged
to stop working or they would
have taken our husbands for
the army. Il this fair? Why
can't we 60 on workingf
r. p.
Tho authorities have made II
very plain that no man would bo
taken I'm tho present quota whose
family actually needs him. Deceit
and effort to evade service always
results badly. Your husband is
probably needed 1t home, whether
Is n ~