Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-03
NARY MEREDITH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

I am sixteen sumlEso.,s coming to
you for advice Do you think l am
old enough to have callers? Should
girl ask a boy in after he brings
her home from a party? Is 1t nice
for a girl to get up and leave him
when she has been talking to him?
Is it all right for a boy and girl to
go to ride together Sunday after
noon?
How must I fix my hair; how long
must 1 wear my dresses?
Is it nice for a girl, when boy
asked to carry her home, and she
with him not to go with him?
When a boy wants to go with you
and his parents don't want him to,
will it be all right for you to go on
with him?
Is it nice for a girl when she is
out riding with a boy for her to dine?
When a boy gives you a present
should you return one back.
Please print in next weeks paper,
SO I can see it.
Thanking you for advice.
Ethel:
Yes, you are old enough to be-
gin going with boys, and young
people can have such good times
if they would mingle together t,5fnir
they are in love with every girl
and boy they meet. There are
lots of good times in a clean,
healthy way waiting to be had If
young people would look about.
If the hour isn't late it is prop
er for the cir Ito ask the boy
in. But he must not larry long.
1t is considered rude to deliber-
ately get up and leave a boy
or girl, when you are talking to
around and joins in the CONVEX
sation. You then may ask to be
excused. Politeness demands
man ythings of us. but one never
loses anything by being polite.
If you do not care for boy,
excuse, and refuse to go with
him home. Unless it is unavoid-
able, then the 1adylike thing to
do will be TO go. But meyer
place yourself in the position
where it will be embarrassing
so you will not have to hurt his
feelings. The most precious thing
in life is a persons feelins; he
considerate always of them. 1t
is hard to unsay the things that
have been said, so consequently
guard thy tongue" 1t is all
right to drive car, when you
are with a boy. If. you accept
present from a boy it isn't nee
essary to return it. Unless on
his birthday or Christmas, then
if you like you may give him
some little token.
We are two young girls coming to
you for advice, I (Myrtle) am TWEEN
ty-one years old, five feet and four
inches tall and weigh 1853 pounds.
Am l the right height and size? Am
and blue-eyed; have
brown hair. Do you think am good
looking? / am in love with young
man twenty-five and l know he loves
me dearly. Do you think we are old
enough to get married and will IL
be any harm for me to kiss him:
Please answer this in The journal.
MYRTLE.
cannot tell whether you are
good-loolling or not. From your
description of yourself, you must
be a beauty. You are old enough
to get married. AS for kissing,
if you are expecting to marry
him, and understand the man.
use your own discretion. kiss
ing, just to be kissing, breeds
contempt, and should not be in
dulged in. When you bestow a
kiss upon a man it should be too
sacred to be abused, and be sure
he cares for you and respects
you. Do nothing that will lessen
the respect a man has for you.
A good, true, pure woman is
Gods greatest gift, and man
looks to her for the highest and
best on earth. That is why so
many husbands are called narrow
in regard to their wives; they
are not sufficiently Interested IN
other women to care particularly
what they do.
Here comes EfFie to get advice. Am
GT-n fEyn inp q
1926 pounds, blue-eyed, fair-com-
plected and have black hair and con-
sidered good-looking by. everybody,
and am fourteen years of age and 1
am in love with a boy fifteen, and I
love him dearly and he says. ne
go car-riding with him in the aft
ernoons, and are we old enough to
get married? Please answer this
through The Journal. Put our full
name on our letters. EFFIE.
Maybe you are pretty but to
let vanity destroy the finer and
nobler qualities you may possess.
There is nothing so disgusting
as a vain, shallow woman. Try
to overcome conceit and vanity.
Now, I do not mean self-respecr.
Self-respect is this-keep your
person clean and neat; be care
full of your associates, mOdulate
your voice, don't let other peo-
pie persuade you into doing any
thing that you know to be wrong.
Learn to think out problems for
yourself, and do right. That is
self-respect, and it is a little bit
different from conceit and vani-
ty. You are too young to marry.
The love affair you have now
will hardly amount to anything
later 1t would look better if
you had some other girl to go
with you car-riding in the aft
ernoonS.
Dear Madam: I am coming to you
for advice. l am in love with a boy
who has heen going with me about
four years. Ny parents like him all
right, but his parents don't like me.
My uncle has talked against me to
them, but what he has told them was
false. What can l do to make him
quit telling things that are not true,
and how must L act when in his par
entS' presence? I met another boy
two years ago and he is in love with
me. He says he will never be salts
fed without me, and he wants me to
marry him some time soon, but 1
love the other one best, but he has
never proposed, and perhaps never
will. Would you marry the one l
met two years ago, or would you wait
until the one I love marries, if
you were in my place?
Thank you. MADGE.
Your uncle displays poor taste
and a lack of regnement to talk
disparagingly of you to anyone.
Pay no attention to him. Unless
you do this, go to him and ask
him what he means by speaking
i'll of you; find out the cause.
With the votIng mans people be