Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-03
Please Tell Me
What to DO
An Odd Problem
BY CYNTHIA

An Odd Problem
Dear Cynthia--I have very, very
dear gentleman friend who lives in Wis.
Consln aud to whom I have been in
dcoted for saving my life while swim
mlng. 1t has been four years since
'hen, aud we have been keeping a
STEADY. regular correspondence.
re Is Catholic and | Protestant,
ana We also are of different nationality
FOR he is French and an American.
lie mas proposed to me. and ! said ]
would marry him. So the date was set
Tor the marriage.
As my mother and father do not live
win me, they did not know of the en-
gagsment until ] wrote them. and papa
Is dlsgustcd. He said that | should
have had more sense than TO accept the
proposal from him. His reasons for
not hiking me to marry him are that
ne is French and | an American. Can
aou ehhghten Inc to what might be
suitable TO tell my fiance. as | have to
LeI MIN that the engagement must be
broken. This nearly breaks my heart.
ana nave lost my love for father.
BROKEN HEARTED SYBIL.
1t you had stated your age it would
nave been easier to answer YOU 1t
seems strange that you should accept
man attentions even to the setting
of date for YOUR MARRIAGE vithnnt
the knowledge of your parents. And il
is equally strange il you are a grown
woman that you are Immediately Wiling
70 give TINS man up without allowing
uirn chance to see your father and
so make good in his eyes.
however. as your love is evidently
not Geep or you are perhaps very young
IL might be just as we'll to bronx thn
engagement. But you should toll fine
young man the whole truth about rho
matter. Mixed marriages Gin points Of
rehgion) are seldom happy.
Ted" Answers Ruth" and "Rose"
Dear Cynthia-Although ! read vour
coIumn every night and find many in
teresting letters, sarcastic and siIIy lct .
.ers, nave never before made an at-
Tempt to render my ideas of any OF
the subjects discussed.
l must first of all congratulate Won
."r 'he broad minded answers YOU give
~ some of your writer's. aItboupb -,
times believe could add little NOR,
TO some OF them. especially to some of
lNr>c sixteen -year.old girls who arc
writing sad love stories when thcy
should be studying their lessons: also
To some of the older ones who writ,
10 YOU, where. il they had any common
sense at all. they could solve their prob
I"m> themselves. I also would like I,
congratulate Buck Private" "E Tor
Ntrker and a few of the Others fojl
their interesting letters.
want to say a few things to Ruth
and Rose whoever they are. O,
! whoever they think they are. You hav,
heard the saying You cant Judge ,
book by its cover, nor can you judg,
Il girl by her dress" It's quite tru,
that a girl does not ike to go with .
person who is disgracefully dressed. but
it Is false pride when she refuses To Q,
with one who is not dressed asst styliShi,
as She. is. Some of the best men ar,
dressed poorly and some of the wors
are dressed like a millionaire. If it i
by his or her dress that you girls ar
judging u person, / pity you in tn
long run. If every one was judged tha
way large part of the girls would b
constantly judged as masqueradcrs
Maybe you would--no one can tell.
TED.
Letters addressed to Cynthia. EVE
NING PUBLIC LEDGER, Sixth and Chest
nut streets. always reach nc.
You must remember. Ted. that it
not always easy to use common sens
in ones own case. Very many becom
very much tied up" in their ow
problems, and want an unbiased point O
view. So it is not always want O
common SCnSC-