Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-05
MARY MEREDITH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS At HOME

staying too long. A couple of
hours is long enough, unless you
are pressed to stay for dinner.
Comb your hair the way it is
most ecoming-straight back in
pompadour, or parted, which
ever looks best.
1t is quite proper to take a
girl home from church-but
think I would ask the girl my
self. Also. it is a good idea to
ask her parents.
I am a young girl, have dark hair,
brown eyes, medium complexion.
What color should I wear? How late
with boys? Should 1 wink at boys
when they wink at me? Should par
ents retire and leave a girl sitting
with boy at night? Should par
ents go visiting and leave their girl
at home? Should girls go out for a
ride in the evening with boys?
BROWN EYES.
Answer-The colors you can
wear depend a great deal on
whether or not your complexion
Is clear. Dark blue, brown, all
shades of red, yellow and a clear
light green should be becoming
to you.
You should not be out later
than $3.50. Nice girls do not
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leave the boy and girl alone, for
a while. It is all right for the
girls to be left alone, if it is
safe in your community. A
crowd of boys and girls may go
riding in the evening, if they do
not stay out too late. I would
not advise girls your age to go
riding alone with boys at night.
We are two girls of ~ and 10, COM
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boy in our section very much. There
is a girl who lives near here, and
who is very jealous of him. She is
thirteen. Do you think she ought to
be jealous of him? How long should
we wear our dresses and how should
We fix our hair?
J. Rose. am thirteen. and am 4 feet,
5 inches tall. 1 have red hair, brown
eyes, fair complexion and weigh
seventy eight pounds. Would it be
proper for the boys to give us pres
ents, such as candy? Do you think
we are too young to have boy friends
(not SWeetheartS)?
Please answer all questions.
ROSE AND VIOLET.
ANSWER: No, you are all too
young to be jealous of anybody.
Have plenty of boy friends, but
avoid sweethearting until you are
old enough to know what love
really inCdIS. Oo SlIOu1u "Sc1I
your dresses about half way be-
tween the knees and shoetops.
Wear your hair in some simple
fashion, with a bow Of ribbon at
the back. Your height and weight
is about right for your age.
Rose, you S should n be able ito to
white; avoid yellow (unless it is
a soft, clear Yellow all shades
should be able to wear almost
it is ali right for the boys to
give you presents of candy, and
Inexpensive things. They should
not give you jewelry. though.
You are not too young for boy
friends.
I am boy of eighteen. Do you
think l am old enough to have a
sweetheart? My folks say am too
young to, think about the girls, yet I
am deeply interested in an educa-
little about the girls. But these
lonesome days at home make me long
for nice young lady to spend Sun
day afternoons with. My parents
been going with, SO. far as character
is that the girl is also eighteen.
They have agreed to accept your
opinion on the matter. Miss Mere
dith, 1 am not thinking Of marrying
far from it--at least, not until 1
get an education, and that will be
hungry for the friendship of some
nice, young lady. Other boys much
younger than myself in my commun-
ity go with the girls. All the girls
seem to like me. There isn't a. single
girl in my community that I can't
rro with T01noCo pYn19in WlU
you object to a boy and girl locking
arms at night, out in the country
where the roads are bad. l don't
see where there could be any objec-
ton. L have saved several girls from
taking bad fall, through holding
her arm. Every couple around here
locks arms at night. Of course, :!
want to do what's right, and will
take your word as law on all subjects
above referred to.
-, ANSWER: It seems to me
fectly natural for boys and girls
to like being together. And I
can't see any reason why you
should n enjoy the friendship
of the young lady you mention,
as well as the other girls of your
ents understood just how you
feel about education coming be-
fore marriage. they would look
at things differently.
disapprove of boys and girls
arms" but it is perfectly proper
indeed, it is only courteous and
thoughtful-for a boy to hold a
girls arm, when going along a
rocky road at night.
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