The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-21
HEART AND BEAUTY
PRORI EMS

BY Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson

Dear Mrs. Thompson: / have been
reading your answers to questions.
and thought you might answer
question for me. love to dance and
60 to them once In q while. But some
times do not care to dance with the
man who asks me. II have that
dance taken Of course 1t Is easy to
say so. but cannot ten him 1t is tax
en- and then sit It out by myself, or let
him see me give 1t to someone else.
My question, how can refuse him
and still not hurt his feelings. He 10
q nice fellow, and dance with him
once In q while, but II give him as
many dances a. he asks for. the other
dancers notice and talk about 1t.
II. G. L.
II there is no personal reason you
do not wish to dance with the young
man, give him one or two dances dur
ing the evening and then explain that
you do not think It would polite to
the other girls present to take 30
much Of his attention.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a girl
nearly sixteen years old. Do you
think / am too young to 60 to the
show with boy II another girl and
her boy friend goes too. Would It
be- all right to have some girls and
boys down to my house to dance and
play games? What time do you think
they should go home7 Where would
be nice place to work tor girl that
has never worked before. Do you
think there would be any harm In my
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Do you think there is any harm in
wearing the ring of boy schoolmate1
What color dress would you mako an
evening dress?
THANK YOU.
It would be better II you went to
the theater In the afternoon II that 10
possible. It Is all right to go places
with other couples. but you arc too
young to give 30 much Of your atten-
ton to tho boys. You should be In
school. unless 1t Is necessary to work
to help support your family. II you
feel that you should work. apply to
one Of the stores or factory where
they employ girls. II you take bust
ness course you will be qualified for
better position. 1t Is all right for
you to go to the rink to skate II you
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proper for you to have your friends
at your home in the evening, and
much better than meeting them down
town. The should go home at least by
1890. Do not wear the boys ring
Any becoming color would make q
nice evening dress.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: / am cor
responding with seven girls. In fact
! don't care for any of them. only
as friends. / am only II years old.
Please tell me II am doing wrong by
starting young" and corresponding
with more than one.
II they are only friendly letters it is
all right to correspond with as many
girls as you like, but don't lead the
girls to whom your are corresponding
to think that you are in love with
them You are too young to think 50
much about girls.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: / am a step
mother, and / have two daughters.
One Of them is twenty years old, and
she keeps me worried almost all the
time. She was keeping company with
young man. Sne mas DeeH SOms
with him for year. They have been
having one dispute after another.
Then they get together again. l don't
think he is the kind Of a young man l
would chose for the girl If she We're
my own daughter. He smokes great
many cigarettes, and drinks. l have
talked to her and tried to show her the
results Of choosing such a person as
q companion, and she declares she
will never go with him any more, and
then she will steal away from home,
and get with him. let him come to
the house to see her several times.
but the last time they quarreled, told
her he should not come any more.
I do not feel that / can let him
come under the condition. / cannot
reason with her, as she has bad tenn.
per, and yet do not feel like encour.
aging anything that is not good for
the girl. DISCOURAGED.
Do not force the girl to meet the
young man away from home. 1t might
lead her to take a step which you
would regret, and which would make
her unhappy. Is there no other young
man whom you respect. and in whom