Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-09
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MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: | am alon.
in this big, wide world. l am IN
the twenties. A few months age
my gentleman friend went to an
other town To work At that time
thought | didn't care for him
| He seemed to think a lot of ME
and We had known each other
about five years. He tried to get
my company, but | never accepte
it mntil July last Then his folas
wrote to him and wanted him Il
come home He came to me the
night before he left and said he
was going to leave the next mora
ing wished him good luck, but
it was under my breath. Neither
of us said anything about writing.
Would it be proper for me to
write him first. as | feel that
want TO apologize for the way
have treated him. / also fear h.
might be called to fight for our
country, as he is within the draft
age.
If you think it is proper for ne
of how | should start letter.
Should l ask him to write by re-
turn mail? A. B. G. X. Y. 4.
The boy should write first. but
since you expect him to be callel
to service | think it would be all
right for you to write him a letter
and wish him luck and a safe re-
turn. Do not apologize for the
way you have treated him. An
apology is entirely uncalled for.
Start your letter, Dear Bob" or
whatever his name is, and say
what you yourself want to say and
in your own way.
Do not ask him to answer your
letter. If he wants to correspond
with you he will write whether you
ask him to or not.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am IL
years old and my friend is % We
have been keeping company for
three years Do you think we are
too young TO be married If we have
money enough TO live on and our
daily habits are good?
2. II. G.
Yes, you are too young.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: My face IS
inclined to be rough | use a good
night cream, but do not know what
else to do for it. Will you advise
me? BETTY.
At night wash your face thor
oughly with hot water and a soft
face soap. Then apply a cold
cream. If you find the cream yod
are using unsatisfactory. try an
other for a change. Do not use
too much powder because it makes
the face rough II probably would
make your skin softer if you pat
on vanishing cream every morn
ing before applying powder.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: What is
the best and quickest way to get
lice out of a thick head of hair?
And what is good for d tender
scalp? CONSTANT READER.
Get some larkspdr and make 4
strong tea. Then wash the hair
thoroughly in the tea and let tns
hair dry without rinsing After
the hair is thoroughly dry you can
pick off the dead nits The next
day wash the hair in the custom
airy way.
A very small quantity # vaseline
applied TO the scalp with the finger
tips will remove the soreness. A
soft brush only should he use |
when scalp is tender.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is it right
for the hired girl of a certain gen
tleman and the hired man to hug
and kiss each other when they
have no understanding between
them? They have known ca ch
other for little over one week.
BUICK.
1t is not right. Conventions are
the same with them as with any
one else.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am a girl
of Is. For three years | went with
a man 10 years my senior. AT
party one night ! met boy of 81
and went with him a year. | learned
to love him.
Then the older man wanted to
marry me. He had money and an
automobile and | am sure he loved
ill., Dul L iONtu Iue boy.
the boy what to do and he said the
other man could take better care
OF me than he could and l could
have a nice home and things l had
been used to having. The boy only
makes SIS a week He thought [
wouldn't be satisfied on what he
could give me, and so he told ME to
marry the other man.
% He said he loved me too we'll
TO have me live in poverty with him.
Do you think he loved me?
t2) Do you think it looks cheap
for two girls the same size and age
to dress alike? MARGRETTE.
% | do not think the boy loved
you. II he had he would have been
more ambitious and asked you TO
wait until he could earn enough
money TO make a good home for
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