Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-22
MARY MEREDITH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

live in the same neighborhood, when
, the parents will not permit him to
Gall on her? LONELY GIRL.
ANSWER: You are too young
for sweethearts-.but not for
boy-friends,. provided you make
friends, and not sweethearts Of
of them. You are much too
young to know whether or not
you are in love with boy. See
the photograph and story in the
way to do your hair. 1t is all
right for the boy to walk to
church with you if your parents
are along. If your parents OBJ
ject to the boy calling I'm sure
they would object to your CORE
spending with him
I am a girl Of fifteen and I am
He writes very loving letters, but L
have never seen him. Still, am al
most sure that [ love him. He has
asked to come to my home, and told
him to come. What should I say
when I first meet him? AS I have
me ali kinds of "honey-talk" in his
letters. Is that nice of him? How
could I fix my hair? How should L
wear my dress-loose or tight? How
long should 1 wear them? What
should L say to my strange friend
when he leaves for home? Should
1 kiss boys when they ask me?
SAD HEART.
ANSWER: I have steadily ad-
vised against girls correspond
ing with boys they have never
met. It is never wise--and es-
pecially when you allow the af-
fair to get sentimental. You
should not call the boy darling
nor should he call you similar
things. See the issue of June 10
for a pretty way to do your hair.
Wear your dresses any way that
is becoming, and the length de-
Ponds on your height-though
they should be about halfway
between the knee and the shoe
tops. You should not kiss boys,
or allow them such familiari-
ties.
am sixteen and am coming to
you for advice. Am l too young
to have boys call on me? If not, is
it right for them to come at night
and how late should they stay? And
is it right for my sister--aged eigh-l
teen--to stay in the room with us?.
If boy insults me, and we fall out"
is it right for us to make up again?
Should ] let him come back to see
me, and then, when he insults me the
second time, what must I do? Is it
right for the boys to take us to meet
ANSWER: You may have boy
callers, If your sister chaperons
you, though she should be in the
room throughout their call.
They may come at night, but
they should not stay later than
$3.50 or 10 at the latest. The fact
that you forgave the boy the
first time, and he insulted you
does not respect you, or that you
forgave him too readily the first
time. [ would refuse to forgive
him again. Do not allow him an
other opportunity. 1t is all right
for you to go to meeting at night
with boys, provided you are in
crowd. l would not go, how
ever, without chaperon.
have black eyes and dark brown
hair. am five feet two inches tall,
weigh $50 pounds. Do you think l
weigh enough for my height? I am
eighteen years old. Am going with
boy twenty years old and he has
asked me to marry him. 1 have a.
very dear friend in foreign France
! who asked me to wait for him till
he got back, and I love him most
| dearly. But since he has been in
France. he has quit writing to me.
Before. he wrote me a letter nearly
every week while he was on this
side, and he came to see me just
before he sailed. and asked me to
| wait for him. He said, though, if
loved anyone else better than I
loved him, not to wait, but to go
ahead and marry him. He said he
! wanted only my happiness. He said
that he loved me better than anyone
| else in the world. Do you guess he
was trying to fool me? W do you
suppose he really meant it? He
writes to the folks a little. He asked
me not to write to another boy, and
l told him I wouldn't. And then
answered two other boys letters and
| l think he found it out since he
has been in France. Would you wait
| for him if you were me? Do you
think would be happy with tha
boy who is here now? l have loved
! the soldier since I was fourteen,
BLACK EYES.
Answer. You say that you love
the soldier and have loved him
for four years. Then how can
| you possibly imagine yourself
! IN love with another man? It is
/ possible that the soldier, when
! he found out that you had brok-
! en- your promise to him, lost
heart and decided that you did
not really love him, so he wrote
you no more. Why not write and
| explain everything to him, tell
| him that you really love him,
and that you will wait for him.
There is no reason for you to
doubt the sincerity of his love
for you-but you have given
him cause to doubt you, for
you've broken your promise TO
him. I would wait for him by
all means-he is sure to be
home soon. and then you can set
lie everything for the best.