Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-01
MARY MEPEDITH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS At HOME

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her and get her to tell me how long
I have to wait.
ANSWER: Why not tell the
girl that you must have an an
swer-a definite ansWer--tell1ng
you how long you Will nave 10
wait 1t is not not TAR d f6e 9 nSp,, 10
tell you, once and for all, wheth-
er or not she loves you, and when
she will marry you. Of course,
I take it for granted that both
YOU and the girl are old enougn
to know your own mlnos' ABOUT
love and marriage.
We are two girls, IA and 49, !;
IL 60 with the boys. Am 1 old
enough to have boy friends? Is
it nice to go to parties with boys
friends IS that proper? We go with
no certain boys. They all seem TO
like us and we like them. Is 1t
proper to go car riding on SUNDAY
afternoons with the boys? How
should we fix our hair? How long
georgette fashion? What color party
dresses should we wear. Is hlgh
heeIed pumps fashionable this sea-
son? Brown and Blue eyes.
Answer: You both seem to
have the right idea about your
boy friends. 1t is perfectly
proper, at your age, to have BOY
- GO car-riding on Sunday at
ternoons in groups of girls
and boys, but not just with one
boy. o4,- L..
a pretty way to dress YOU lid III
knee. Georgette is very fash
ionable, and very beautiful. Soft,
light colors are best for party
frocks-pinks, blues, lavender,
yellow, and white, and very very
party frocks for young girls
are pretty. Medium heels, rather
than very high, are pretty fr
girls your age.
am lonely black-eyed girl
seventeen years of age.
| am in love with a boy twenty
three. He seems to care for nobody
else but me- He never would keep
company with any girl very much
We have been going together Tor
the one he wants he won't have
any. My mother and father say
they don't want the thing to go
that far, but if nothing else Will
do me but to go with him they don't
want me to run away. HIS Iather
is dead and his mother mas peer, Deen
married to a nice young man. They
have parted and she is unWelcome
everywhere, while the boy is we'll
thought of. 1 have lots of friends;
Please tell me do you think 1 would
lose all my friends and soon be-
come dissa tisfied or would be
happy. EL ELL! fs
cult question. You do not state
whether the boys mother lives
with him, and whether it would
be necessary for you to share
seventeen is very young to nave
to make such a decision. Could
you not wait year, and see
what twelve months will bring?
1 think that would be best.
7 am boy IA years old, weigh
10 pounds, am feet and inches,
medium complexion. l met girl
about IA years old last August and
we became warm friends and we
started up corresponding the last
letter I received from her an
swered, but have not received an
answer. L have written twice since
then but still have got no answer
Please advise me what to 40. am
sure L have not said anything out
Writing to me. BLUE EYES
Answer: You might write the
girl, once more, asking the rea-
SON for her silence. Then, if
you still do not get an answer,
1 wouldn't bother any longer
just forget her. A great many
things could have happened to
cause her not to answer your
letters, so it is only fair that
you should give her an opportu-
nifty to explain.
of age. Do you think am old enough
Old Should / be? Should a girl ask
her boy friend in the house at night
if it is later than 10 o'clock? What
should a girl say when boy asks
told her that he loves her? What
should anyone say when they have
met several new friends, and after
service is over and rney tell you
they are glad they met you. 1 was
visiting relatives last summer and
went with a boy whom [ thought
lots of, and .corresponded with one
of his cousins. She wrote me that
he said he loved me very much.
What would be proper for me to
write back?
If you know girls whom you do
not want to associate with, how
should you act toward them in
company? Is it proper to drink be-
fore asking the boys?
"HOLLYHOCK."
Answer: Yes, you are old
enough for boy friends-but not
for sweethearts. You are too
young for questions like this.
Tell the boy that you like him
as a friend, but you are too
young for love-making. 4. When
your new friends say they are
glad to have met you, thank
them pleasantly. 5. Ignore the
statement that the boy. loves
you and just tell the girl that
you liked him as a friend. 6.
Treat the girls pleasantly, but
coolly, and when you see them
later, just don't speak to them.
This seems to me the quickest
and easiest way out of it.