The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-07

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am eigh-
teen year old and graduated from
high school this June. Since l am
Of age am certainly a young lady and
old enough to be treated as such by
my own family
have an older sister who was al
lowed to entertain boys when she was
sixteen. At tho ago OF sixteen she
went to work and was allowed to
spend all but SO a month on herself.
was forced to graduate from high
school and now that / have done so
/ am told that I cannot 90 to work
but will have to stay at home and
help mother with the Homework.
have no pretty clothes and no spend
ing money. Besides this, my sister Is
considered the only young lady in our
family and she Is allowed to enter
tain all the young men she wants TO,
while l am not allowed to entertain
any one.
Do you think this is fair? And
what shall / do to make them see
that I am grown UP now?
ELSIE.
You are certainly young lady now
and should be allowed to entertain
Young men at your home. Is there
no one in your family to plead your
case-your father, mother or sister
Perhaps If you reason with them you
can help them to see your point or
view
Do not rebel against staying at
home to help mother. 1t is only right
of course, that you should have an
allowance for staying at home. In
case you receive no spending money
after doing your part for few months
you will be justified in insisting that
your parents permit you to work out
side the home. You and your sister
could contribute toward paying
maid to help your mother.
Do your very best to cooperate with
the wishes Of your parents, because
when they see that you are trying TO
do your part they will be al 1.-The more
willing to do things for you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is 1t all
right to take garden flowers to the
home of a boy friend who is sick?
One of the neighbor boys who lives
about ten houses away from me has
had pneumonia. We have beautiful
peoples and roses in our yard and l
would like to take him some. Do you
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do SO? DOUBTFUL.
Yes.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Seven years
ago l met my brother-in-law's brother
Although he and l were in our teens
we thought we were in love. After
the two weeks we spent together he
went to his home and I went to mine
Last winter he wrote that he wanted
to spend his vacation with me this
year at some summer resort. We
have the place all picked out. l ex'
pected my mother to chaperone US, but
now she says she doesn't want to.
Would 1t be all right for me to go
alone since l know l will do the right
thing? l have young married friend
who would like to go but she cannot
AFFORD it. Do you think it would be
all right for my boy friend and me
to take her along and pay her ex-
penses between us? I think she would
go If she thought she could help me
by doing so. She is five years older
than l am. MABEL.
You should not go to summer re
sort without a chaperone. People are
so eager to talk that they will find
something to say even if a girl knows
she is doing the right thing. Conven
ton says that a chaperone is neCes
sary under circumstances like yours
and convention should be respected
in this instance.
1t would be all right for the two o