Omaha daily bee., 1919-03-29
Society Manners,


Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee:
l am young girl, very inexperienced
| in keeping company with the boys.
There is one special thing would
| like to know. Is it proper to let a
boy kiss you goodnight? After go
ing any place with boy, should you
tell him you enjoyed yourself or had
a nice time? Respectfully yours.
SWEET.
Do not permit the boys to kiss you.
After an evening out with young
man thank him. tell him that you
have enjoyed the show and his COM
pany Cor comment on whatever en-
tertainment he has furnished). Boys
do not appreciate the kissing girls.
He May Be BashfuI
Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee:
| have two beautiful daughters, for
| whom l care for very much. The
older one is keeping company with a
! young man who refuses to come into
the house if any member of the
family is in the living room. He is a
very respectable man so far as |
know. and l have nothing against
him other than the above. Should
I allow her to keep going with him?
Hoping to see this in print soon. sin
cerely yours. MRS. c.
He may be bashful. I should in
sist, however. that he come in when
the family are present-that is only
decent. Tell your daughter to ex-
plain that 1t is not only discourteous,
but extremely annoying to her, when
he refuses to meet the family. After
the "ice is broken he may be all
right.
Everybody Read.
Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee:
In regard to letter signed Afraid"
you advice is very good and you are
right in saying she is good girl,
but she is indeed in trying posi-
ton and it is hard to break away
and still be in the same city. l am
quite sure ] realize what she Is fac
ing. Would it not be a good plan
for her to get work somewhere else?
There is plenty of work right here
and in our store If she would like it.
II even for a short while, until she
could better herself. I would like
so much to help her If she needs help
in any way. Please do not publish
this, but let her know about it If
you can, and am adding names and
addresses where she can find out
anything she wishes as to our re-
spectability, as she would not care
to trust herself to any one again /
unless she knew about them, tell her |
to write me If she wishes. Truly |
yours, &C."
This letter is from a young lady |
who gives banks and the most re-
putable firms in the town in which |
she lives as references. She is what |
I call a good, square girl. human
and without CLAWS" I know, she
asks me not to publish the letter,
but I am sure she will not care since
I have omitted her name. 1t is good
to read-not only for myself, but
the sentiment has it's good effect
upon all Of our friend-readers.
afraid" did not give me her name
and address-wish she had.
Hope Box.
Dear Miss Fairfax: Kindly tell me
everything a girl should have for her
"hope box" If she is to be married
soon. INQUISITIVE.
Suppose you do bit of this think
ing for yourself. Most of the thrills
ton and actual labor. therefore, I
shall not rob you of that which really
belongs to the engaged girl-the
pleasure of planning.
Brown Eyes-Hair that is growing
out for the first time is difficult to
comb. Curling it removes many diff
ficulties and there are clever ways
shown in magazines.
Be Patient.
Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee:
I'm young married woman and
have very nice neighbors. They
call to see me quite often. like
them all real we'll, but when we are
together all they talk about is their
church affairs, their aid, their min
lister, how good and smart he is and
how grand his children are. I get
so tired Of it. Now, don't think. my
dear, that I'm not church mem
faith and take no pleasure in al
ways Dragging our minister and his
wife and family to them. I don't
want to seem impolite to them, but
I think I can't stand
them. Please send me your always
good advice through The Bee. Do
you think these people do right?
Answer soon, please. ANXIOUS.
Be patient with your friends. We I
cannot make folks over and, there
fore, must accept them and over ;
look peculiarities. You may have s
some Of your own, you know, and be
Of them. Remember
the little truism:
There is so much good in the worst ]
Of us, l
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it hardly behooves any Of us
To speak i'll Of the rest of us.
Another Bachelor Farmer.
Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee: s
am daily reader Of advice to the 7
Lovelorn." | think it is the most in (
teresting part of the paper. e
I never wrote to the letter col
umn before, SO would like to see my
etter In print in the near future. s
am a bachelor farmer of almost e
23 years. / think just like Miss I