Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-25
CAROLINA JEWETTS ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

hau no FlSnt 10 call up tne OIner
man and demand why he broke the
date. / do not approve of girls tele-
phoning to men in the first place.
Always let the man do the calling
up. Since you are not engaged to
him, it was not necessary to ask him
to account for his actions. He was
wrong to have broken his date"
with you, but the thing for you to
have done was to have been exceed
ingly cool the next time he wished
an explanation for your attitude to
him, then to tell what you thought
of him for not keeping it. Your
concern was that he broke it without
any good excuse and not what he
did when he broke it.
have set my heart on trying to
become nurse, so am asking if you.
could give me advice as to when and
what to do to start Perhaps you
could give the addresses of hospitals
who take unframed girls who wish
to learn nursing. Is there any fee
in such places? Does the government
SUI call for unframed girls for
rurses! M. D.
All hospitals with training schools
for nurses take unframed girls, pro-
vided they are old enough and have
had a certain amount Of education.
Write to some of the Chicago hospit-
ais and get your information from
them. There is no fee, l understand,
and a certain allowance is usually
sven for uniforms and books.
At present the government has no
use for unframed nurses.
I am girl 16 years old. am
corresponding with a boy IS years
old. He often writes me letters call
ing me sweet names which L do not
like at all.
lie asked NC in one Of his letters
to marry him. I have always had
desire to finish my education and be-
come a music teacher. Do you think
it wise for me to marry while the
boys are so scarce or wait until L
finish school? l.. It.
| BY all means finish your education
before marrying, especially as you
do not seem to be really in love with
the man who has asked you to mar
ry him. Marriage without love al
| most invariably results in unhappi-
ness, and if yoC wait for your edu-
cation before your decision, you may
meet a man about whose love there
will be no question.
We are girls of 16 and Is years Of
age. Are we too young to go with
young boys? If not, please tell us
how we might win the affection OF
I boy IS years of age. r. e.
Girls of Your age are not too young
too young to consider going with one
boy to the exclusion of all others:
Enjoy them as you enjoy your girl
friends, but never try to "win the
affection" OF any particular one.
1 expect to be married the last of
this month and I would greatly APP
preciate a few pointers" as to no.
tells and travelling in general as we
are goine as far west as Chicago.
IN no va a
regIl,..r meals, large or small tables
as in restaurants, or do you have to
order what you want? Is one al
low to sleep in a seat on train
if there is no sleeper? Should l
leave ny coat and hat in my room
hotel, even though I am going out
after the meal?-T. A.
Every hotel will have a bill of
fare, from which you make your
choice of what you want. The ia
bles, as a rule, are small, either
seo+i lg two or four.
There is no reason why you should
nos sleep in your seat if you want
1t is quite proper to take your
wraps into hotel dining room f
you eEr It to go right out after the
meal. A silk waist and dark skirt
is quite appropriate for all occa-
sions while travelling.
a young fellow and he used to call
me up and take me out, but lately he
rever asked to take me out. l know
there has been another girl who calls
aim up and tells him that it is me.
Is il proper for me to call him up?
What cal 1 do about this other girl?
P. S.
Have a frank talk with your friend.
Tel him how you feel about the sit
uation. L do not advise you to do
anything about the girl until you
have heard whaI your friend has to
say You may be misjudging her. 1t
is proper for girl to telephone a
mar if size hiss something urgent she
wants to say to him, but do not call
a ma up during business hours I'M
less it is unavoidable.
Will you please answer the follow
ing questions for me? Is it right