Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-10
MARY MEPEDITH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

I am coming 20 you for advice. L
am a girl of II, and am in love
with a man of 26 or whereabouts
He has never said one word Of love
to me, and I heard some time ago
that he was going to marry another
girl. 1 have tried to kill the love
for this man, but I cannot I love
him better than my own life. How
can I cease to love him?
l went with a boy for some time.
He was very nice boy and he said
he loved me very dearly. [ did not
love him, although We vera engag-
ed to be married. We got mad anc
/ have not seen him in a long time.
1t was my fault because we had the
quarrel. So what must I do? I feel
sure that he still loves me. I d.
not believe l can ever love anyone
else on earth, but the first man. My
people do not want me to marry.
Although 1 have no idea of it for
quite a while. I try to be jolly
when my heart aches very badly.
Do you think do right. This man
said 20 a friend that he loved me
better than any one he had ever met
and he has met good many peo-
pie. He said I was such a sweet,
good girl. I am considered a pref
ty girl, but I do not act like it.
Everyone l meet seems to love me-
Please advise me what to do. Would
you marry a man I do not love or
wait and see IL 1 ever meet another
that can love.
BOB.
I certainly would not marry
q man whom I knew I did not
love. Tt would be an injustice to
him and mean only unhappiness
for you. Besides you are very
young yet. Tastes change great
ly between II and %. and if you
simply put aside the idea of mar
rying and try instead to make
the most of your life, you may
find that at 25 some other man
appeals to you much moro
strongly than the one with
whom you now think yourself
in love. Instead of spending all
your time thinking how sad you
are because you are in love with
man who does not love you,
take up some line of work in
which you can be interested.
Read and study. Can't you get
your father to send You off to
college?
I'm a school girl, age seventeen,
coming for advice. Do you think
I'm old enough for callers on Sun
day afternoons? If so, how late
should they stay at night? Is it
proper for them to call through the
week? I'm going with a boy, age
tWenty-four. He comes most every
Sunday, though he goes with other
girls at night. Do you think he loves
me? If he loved me would he go
with other girls at night. though he
doesn't go with any other girl in
daytime. If 1 have callers at night
how late should they stay? C.
There is no reason why the boy
should not go with other nice
girls. You are both rather young
to be thinking seriously of love
affairs. IT you are still a school
girl it is better not to have too
many callers during the week.
Ii boys call on you during the
afternoon Sunday, they are not
supposed to stay throughout the
evening unless they have been
invited for supper. Callers should
not remain later at night than
1890 o'clock.
L am anxious for some advice and
will thank you many times to an
sWer the following questions: I am
nineteen years old and haven't any
certain beau. Am I too young to
take rides? I haven't any mother to
advise me, and there are lots of girls
who call on Sunday, some before and
some after noon. L always speak as
nice as L understand how. Should 1
invite them back before T pay them
the visit? If a girl brings her boy
friend, should I invite them in a
separate room?-W. NJ.
You are not too young to go
for rides if you know how to be-
have properly. 1t is always hos
pitable TO ask your friends to
come back again and see you. If
the boys come to call with the
girls all of you should sit to-
gether and talk with one an
other.