Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-25
MARY MEREDITH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

her to make love to you or tell
your friends she loves you, be-
cause they might form a wrong
opinion Of her. Whatever you
do. be and act the part of gen.
tleman; in time this girl will
all it is. If you love another
girl and she cares nothing for
you, the only thing L can tell you
to do is simply be nice toward
her and bide your time; let her
see by your actions you are !Wor-
thy of her regard, and will will at
least incur her respect, which,
in time, may ripen into love. We
cannot use the name of the girl
without her consent.
I am a girl of eighteen, coming to
you for advice. [ am in love, with
boy of twenty-five years of age,
who writes me a letter about twice
week, but never comes to my home,
he always wants me to meet him at
the theaters. / am in the tenth grade
and am thinking of going to college
next year. He has asked me to mar
ry him and l consented, which would
you advise me to 90. go on to school
or marry him, Fourth Of July? He
thought lots of by everybody. He
hasn't got a very good education, do
you think that 1 could teach him aft
er we are married? Thanking you
in advance, BLUE EYES.
1 think the young man should
come to your home, unless your
parents object. and I suspect
they do, because, whether he
has any education or not, if he
is a gentleman and conducts him
self in the proper manner, and
has no bad habits, I do not see
aOV reason WhV thew would Oh
ject to his calling at the home.
And it will look better for you.
An education is a splendid thing,
and as [ have said often before,
it is something that cannot be
taken away from you, and can
be handed down from generation
to generation. Go to school while
you have the opportunity, and
don't throw away your life on
a man who isn't worthy Of. you,
nance died out, you will be
ashamed of. For it is very hard
to teach a man anything; a man
can uplift a woman, but it is
very hard. for a woman to uplift
the man. They form habits ear
~ in life and have more free
dom, consequently they are, as
whole, rather Indifferent to
uplift societies, and would pre-
fer going their own gait.
Dear Miss Meredith: I am coming
to you for advice. I have never gone
with but one boy in my life, and
dearly love him. I am sixteen years
old. Don't you think I am old enough
to marry? The boy I am going with
is twenty-five years of age and has
asked me to marry him, and have
about decided to do so, as my par
ents don't care for his coming, and
I am afraid to turn him down; afraid
I will never have another chance.
Please give me your best advice, and
tell me if I write a good hand or not.
The boy is sure pretty.
You say you are only sixteen
and never have kept company
with but one boy, and you are
afraid you won't have another
chance. You must be extremely
homely, or there isn't but the
only just beginning to realize
what life is, and yet you are will
ing to grab the first chance you
have had. Suppose you do marry
this boy, and find out later he
isn't the one you want after all,
suppose you meet another after
you have married this boy you
are going with now, when 1t Is
too late to make your life what
you dream now, in your romantic
frame of mind, what will you do?
Don't marry yet; wait awhile, be
sure you are honestly and truly
in love with this man before you
take such a serious step. 1t is so
easy to marry, but so hard to un-
do the things you have done.
Consider we'll Marriage is so
sacred and so serious, one should
give it a deep thought before
entering the contract, "for bet
ter or worse until death do us
part
+ am coming to you for advice. Il
am nineteen years old, going to high
school and in the ninth grade. Do
you think a girl can learn much in