Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-27

am a girl of fourteen years. DO
YOU think ! am old enough to have
boy friends? l got a letter from
boy friend saying that he had re-
reivcd a letter from me, and I hadn't
written him. Would you write and
tell him you hadn't? How late should
i boy &tIy at night? If it is raining,
would it be all right to ask him 20
spend the night? FRANCES.
Aaswor-4ou are old enough to
of you see the boy. just tell him
you did not write. If he lives out
of town you might send him a
little note saying that YOU had
never written to him, and tr't
someone else must have sent the
letter. Not later than 10 o'clo|";
You should not ask him to spend
the night.
I am 16 years old and I married
a boy that is just 16 when l was
Is years old. 41e joined the army
4 short while before we married.
and he has been over~eas. He has
Just gotten back and gotten his
DISCHARGE Since he has gotten back
his parents are trying to get him to
quit me, and l love him most dear
~ and he says he loves me, but his
parents do not want me to come to
see him. l am five feet two inches
Aigh and weigh 118 pounds. Do you
think [ weigh enough? Please advise
me what to do as 1 haven't done
anything to want him to quit me.
Answer-His parents have
no right in the world to try to
make him quit you. They had
best be trying to encourage
him to do the manly and proper
thing now that he is married
and see that he takes care of
you and provides you with the
best home that he can, though
both of you were too young to
marry. If he doesn't If he is so
weak-Willed as to let them make
him treat you so unjustly, 1
would Just put him out of my
life entirely after having made
a fair effort to be to him what
your duty requires.
am a girl of 10, with brown hair,
gray eyes, fair complexion, coming
to you for advice. 1 have sweet
heart that has been in France two
years. We were engaged when he
went away, and I heard from him
regularly until about 3 months ago.
He seemed to love me dearly and
I loved him also. l have been 60
ing with a boy of tWenty-one who
seems to care for me very, very
much, and L also care a lot for him.
And the reason I did not marry the
one in France is, my mother was
opposed to my marrying him be-
cause he was stranger. What
do you think I ought to do-wait
for the one in France, or marry the
boy of 81? Or am I too young to
marry?
HEARTED BLUE EYES.
ANSWER: My dear little girl,
the truth of the whole matter
is that you don't love either of
these two boys. You are in love
viii n1~n
to know your own mind Wait
year-and see how differently
you will look at things.
am coming to you for advice.
[ am a girl twelve years old, and L
am in love with a boy of IA. He
says he loves me dearly and he has
asked me to marry him. And I told
comes to see me every Sunday
afternoon. Would it be all right
for me to kiss him good-by? He
takes me car-riding every Sunday.
How late must 1 stay out at night?
My mamma has no objections to
engaged yet. What would you. ad
wise me to do about it? How long
should a girl of twelve wear her
dresses? How should she fix her
hair? What color of a dress is most
suitable for party dress?
ANSWER: A child of twelve
years-for you are only a child
despite your brave remarks about
marriage and love affairs-is
about 8 years too young to
write the sort of letter you
write. You and the boy are
children in years. Why not
have some good times with other
boys and girls your age, instead
of trying to be grown-ups all
at once? Pm sure your mother
is not serious when she says
that she doesn't mind your mar
rying. No county clerk in the
world would issue you a license.
Get all such ideas out of your
head and be little girl while
you can. The length of your
dress depends on your height.