Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-17
MARY MEPEDITH'S ADVICE
LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

am another lonely girl of four
teen coming to you for advice.
[ have been corresponding with
boy of sixteen, off and on for year.
I got mad with him once on account
of him writing to another girl and
I wrote to him and blessed him out,
and he did not write to me any
more, but a few days after that |
was very sorry OF the way l nao
treated him because he is such nice
boy and is very timid, so l wrote him
a real sweet letter. Then we made
up and again we busted up for some
cause like that and 1 was the cause
of it, so l did the same way again.
Do you think I sn ala TIght nor, 90 if
we had never busted UP and I love
him very dearly and he seems 70
be very fond of me. He is about
the only boy I care for, There is
another boy that wants to go with
him. So will you please give me your
advice as to getting rid of him with
out hurting his feelings.
Is there any harm in sitting out
in the swing about eleven o'clock at
night with a boy after getting back
from party?
Thanking you for your advice:
You show rather a high tenn
pered disposition, and you ought
to curb it now, as it may cause
you a great deal of distress and
real sorrow later. [ do not think
you should quarrel at the least
provocation with the boy you
say you care so much for. How
ever, you are young and your
sweetheart of today may be
your friends sweetheart next
year. That seems to be the way
of girls and boys, and no one
takes their love affairs very Sc
riously. If you do not care to
go with the other boy do not en-
courage him at all, and you can
find some plausible excuse such
as having some errand to run or
a duty at home to perform or an
other engagement. There are
countless ways to get out of go
ing with some one whom you do
feelings. Do not insult him, for
he may turn out to be your
best friend in later years.
1 am a girl of nearly seventeen:
I have medium brown hair and
blue eyes, fair complexion and am
about feet inches high and weigh
1876 pounds. Do you think [ weigh
too much for my age and height?
There is girl who has been
very dear friend of mine, but for
about a year she hasn't wanted me
to write or have anything at all to
do with other girls and if I did
write to any others she would be so
mad she would not know what to
do. Then last spring she said some
very hard things about my brother;
they were so hard that 1 could not
keen her as a friend any longer, but
she seemed to think 1 ought to-.
She doesn't seem to think anybody
else has any feeling at all. NOW
she wants me to go on as if nothing
has happened. She hasn't asked
me to forgive her or anything and
I don't know what to do. 1t seems
that all my lovefor her has gone.
especially since she said those hard
things about my brother. What do
you think best to do? Please dc. not
forget to tell me about my weight.
Please put this in the next issue
Many thnaks. BLUE EYES.
To learn to forgive is the
greatest task we humans have.
When some one has hurt us,
wounded us it seems beyond en-
durance then come to us and ask
forgiveness, shall we turn deaf
ear? No; but forgive them, as
we hope to be forgiven by our
heavenly father for what we do
to him. You can treat her kind
ly, at all times, let her see the
greatness that is in youby so
doing; but never place confidence
in her again. Do not tell her
anything, and if she has talked
about your brother, or you, the
mere fact that you are nice to
her will make her grossly ashamoo
fire upon her head. She will
suffer more than you my child.
Your weight is about right. You
might reduce to 1913 pounds or
thirty pounds. You will lose
some flesh as you get older.
Will you please inform me of a
good business college where can
prefer a smaller town than Atlanta,
if not too far away. A place where
it would not be so expensive. Do
you think this would be nice job?
Hoping to see this in next issue.
M. L. E.
I do not know of, any good
business college outside of At
+. lanta. In this city there are sew
ell very fine colleges, and they
~ very reasonable, too. 1t will
ply you to take course, because
not only will you become indie
pendent, but at the same time
can command larger salary than
merely filling a clerkship posi-
ton. Even if it will be some
what expensive now, you will be
the gamer in the end.
and a lonely girl of thirty-six years.
There are two men going with me,
ones age is forty-one, the other one
a WidoWer with three children, age
is thirty-five. Which one do you think
would suit me best? I love the
oldest one best and he seems to love
me. L am feet 4 inches high, blue
eyes, fair complexion.
MARY E.
Love the oldest one best and he
1l1 -
your own mind, without any
advice from me, but you would
be exceedingly foolish to mar
ry the man you do not care 50
much for. If you really love
the elder man and he loves you.
there is no reason why you
should not marry him. Decide
the proposition for yourself.