Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22

1. I am a girl fifteen years old
I was married to a boy eighteen
years old when 1 was fourteen. We
are parted now on account of his
think I did wrong in leaving him?
Do you think L should go with 9TH
er boys? My parents do not care
what 1 doc. C. L.
Answer: I think you have a hard
question to decide and you are so
very young, too young to have been
married. 1 think that two persons
should not marry until they know
beyond all doubt that they love
together, but l can understand just
how you feel about not remaining
with your husband. I would not go
with other boys as long as the mar
riage exists in name, even if you
are no longer living with your hus-
band. Why not put the boys out
of your head for the present and
is full of splendid opportunities for
serious and capable women now
adays, and later perhaps your diff
culties will straighten themselves
out.
2. We are two girls, aged Is and
II. We are very fond of boys. Are
How often should they come? How
long should we wear our dresses?
How should we fix our hair, and
should we wear ribbon on it? If,
how? Is there any harm in paint
ing?, I. Make, like. boy. very
me. How could 1 win his affection?
l, Edith, love boy. He seems to
like me but he has never told me
he does How could 1 make him tell
me if he does?
Answer: 1t is natural for you to
like the boys, and / think that it is
all right for you to have company.
Two or three times a week. The
length of your dresses should be
governed by your size and height.
The f1fteen-year-old girl should wear
her dresses several inches above her
shoe tops, while the seventeen-year-
old may wear hers to her shoe tops
if she likes. For the fifteen-year-
old girl, the hair ribbon is pretty
when worn at the back of the neck
where the plat may be turned un-
der or with loose curls hanging, if
your hair is curly. If you do not
want to wear the ribbon, coil your
hair in a loose knot at the back of
the neck. The seventeen-year-o
may wear her hair in any becoming
manner, the knot at the back of the
head being generally worn now
adays. Painting is a question of
spoil a pretty skin, and it is really
not attractive in young girls. 1t
makes them look cheap and for
ward. Make should not try to win
the boys affection; just be good
friends with him and be interested
in what he is doing and he will like
you. Edith is in too much of hur-
ry. If the boy likes you, he will
tell you sooner or later. Why try
to force a declaration of love and
lose the charm of a growing mutual
liking?
3. L am a girl fifteen years old,
have black hair, brown eyes and
light complexion; and an called very
attractive. What colors should I
wear? And how should 1 dress my
hair? Should 1 ask a boy when he
is leaving my home to come again
or how should 1 ask him? Am l
too young to go with the boys just
as friends? What way should 1 en-
tertain my boy friends? Please give
me advice as my mother died when
I was an infant child. 1 have only
one sister and six brothers. My
sister is married. I do all the house
work and clerk at my fathers store
with no one to help me. My broth
ers all farm. Have quite job
Please give me good advice as 1
have no one to help me.-A. X.
Answer: You can wear almost
any color that you like. Brown and
shades of tan would be becoming.
out you can wear others, too. Your
hair should be simply dressed, the
prevailing style at present being to
draw it back from the forehead in
front with soft ,puffs over the ears
and a knot at the back. Tell the
boy when he is leaving that you
will be glad to have him come again
sometime. You are not too young
to go with boys just as friends.
Find oug' the things in which your
friends are interested and talk to
them about those things, and get
them to tell you about them. You