The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-26
ADVICE 10 GIRLS

Dear Annie Laurie: | am a girl
of twenty and am in love with a
young man with wonderful brown
eyes, who works in a garage in a
small town. He called en- me once
and appeared TO like ne but has fail
ed to call OF late. What can do
TO get him to cali again? love linn
very much.-Blue Eyes.
Blue Eyes: The young man is
probably too busy planning repairs
TO automobiles TO bother with shat
tered hearts. Ard lip.en 60 me, dear
perhaps he has another sweetheart.
Have you thought of that?
Good Thunder, Mimi Dear Annie
Laurie: No. 1--we are two girls Of
sixteen and are in love with two
young men of seventeen. They are
very polite young men, hut when out
walking they insist en- putting their
arms around ug. is it the proper
thing to do? They take us to the
MOVIES Sunday evenings and then to
the ice cream parlor. No. 2. Do you
think this proper? They have told
other young men that they love us.
No. 8. Is it correct to accept candy
and flowers from them? No. 4.
What should girl say when she is
being introduced TO boy? No. 5.
Is il proper TO dance with young men
whom you have never met2-PKie
and Dixie
Pixie and Dixie: No. l. Abso-
lutely and positively No! No. 2.
What do your parents say about az?
No. 3. Candy and flowers will he
acceptable when you are old enough
to receive them. but not now. No. A..
Simply repeat the name, smile and
bow. No. s. No, girls, it is not
And il is better not to attend dances
at which no introductions are re-
CURED
Mankato, MINI. Dear Annie Laur-
lie: | have been going with gen
| tlem2n for two years and as Christ
mas is drawing near I feel as if he
will ask me what ! like to have. Is
II proper for me, TO tell him or not?
Mickey.
Mickey: nope he will not ask
you, dear-how embarrassing it would
tie TO ask for something just because
it is near Christmas, or course, you
know, gifts must be very simple un-
less you're engaged.
Dear Annie Laurie: | thought
thing of girl that he has gone TO see
n couple of years that never tells
her he does. would like to write
you a letter and you to answer di-
| rect to me, for no one else TO see.
| How should | address it?--Dimples
Dimples: If he loves the, girl he
will tell her so, dear. Send the let
| ter to me and ask me not to publish
| il and VIII print only the an.wer-
SO no one will know what the let
! ter might be any more than they
know in this case.
Dear Annie Laurie: We are two
girls of twenty years coming 10 you
for advice. We two girls have two
toy oh1ms each Tire ones caring
for us the most and We like the hest
our parents object to and want us
TO give them up. The ones We care
the least about our parents think the
| most of. The ones We care the most
for have asked. US to become engag-
cd, but we are coming 10 you for ed :
vice first before we give our prom
Uses How lato hours should .;irl
of our age keep. Please give us
some good advice.-Two Unhappy
Girls.
Two Unhappy Girls: ! think you
had better listen to the reasons your
parenta give. They have better
! Judgment than you, can possibly have,
and theb have nothing to gain or lose
as you have. They are not blinded
| by love of the man. you know. You
will be wise, my friends, if you do
not keep the late hours at all, but
send the ycnng men On their way at
an early hour SO that he will get his
. rest and you can get yours. =