Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-31
MARY MEPEDlTH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

NARY MEPEDlTH'S ADVICE |
70 LONELY GIRLS AT HOME !
Will you please advise me? I am
a girl of seventeen and have been
going with a boy off and on for a
year. He seemed to care lots for me
until about a month ago he got mad
for some reason unknown to me
and I can't find out what it is
about. I'm sure think more OF
him than any boy I've been with,
and I want you to please tell me
how to find out what he is mad
about, and how To win him back for
a friend. Your advice will be &C
copied and highly appreciated.
BLUE EYES.
Sit down and write him note,
and ask him why he is angry.
Tell him you are at a loss to I'M
derstand his attitude, and if an
apology is due him from any
cause pertaining to yourself,
you would like to know the
cause, and If it can be adjusted
you will be very glad to right
the wrong. If he fails to reply
to a courteous note, he is not a
gentleman, and you needn't
waste your time worrying about
him in the future.
I am coming to you for some of
your good advice. L am thirteen
years of age. Do you think l am
too young to have boy friends? Do
you think it any harm for a crowd
Of boys and girls to go opossum
hunting after night? How is my
handwriting? 1 have brown hair,
medium complexion, am in the
eighth grade, am five feet five inches
tall, weigh 100 pounds. Please tell
me if I weigh too much for my
height. I will close hoping to see
this in print in the next issue. Sign
my name as DADDY'S BABY.
Frankly, your handwriting is
fair, but you should learn to dot
your ITS" instead of making
"O's" on the top Of them. And
for the eighth grade you are
not much of a credit to yourself
when it comes to spelling. Try
to improve, and I am sure you
will enjoy the effort and result.
No harm for party Of boys and
girls to so opossum hunting at
night, provided some grown per-
son is along as chaperon. More
than one the better. Your weight
is all o. X. You needn't worry
yourself further about it.
am girl, eighteen years of age.
Am old enough to marry? I am in
love with a young man and feel that
life would not be worth living with
out him. He says he loves me bet.
ter than any one on earth. Is it
all right to sit in boys lap or kiss
one good night if we are engaged?
Is it proper to ride with two boys in
a car if you are engaged to one of
them? Mamma don't think it prop
err. But I do this anyhow. This
young man comes to see me once a.
week. Is this too often? Also how
late should he stay at night? I am
to be married at Christmas. Will
you please tell me of a pretty materi-
al for a wedding dress. Please an
swer as soon as possible. Sincere
ly yours,
LONELY GIRL.
Even it you are so deeply in
love with the young man and you
are engaged to him you haven't
any business sitting in his lap.
If you can't find a chair to sit
in, sit on the floor. Time enough
when you have the marriage GER
tifcate claSped in your hand with
the minister's signature attach
ed. One doesn't have to be pru-
dish or a "sticl" to be high
minded and decent. If you want
to be thought we'll of by other
people, first think we'll Of your
self. If you want respect you
must respect yourself. And
young girls cannot be too par
ticular.
We are coming to you for some
girls seventeen years old. Do you
think we are old enough to marry?
[, Brown Eyes, am greatly in love
with a boy twenty-three, and he says
he loves me dearly. Do you think he
does? He has asked me to marry
him when 1 am eighteen, and L
promised him I would. What do you
advise me to do? Marry or wait
until I am older?
I, Gray Eyes, am in love with a
boy seventeen, and I sure do love
him dearly and he says he loves me
better than any other girl he ever
saw. Do you think he really does?
He has asked me to marry him
Xmas. What would you do if you
were me? Would you go on and
marry? Everybody tells me ought,
for he is the incest boy, 1 am sure.
that ever saw. We are going to
school and are in the tenth grade.
How is my handwriting? Thanking
you in advance for your very, very
| best advice through The Journal.
Both of you are old enough
to have young men callers. But
you are both too young to
marry, to give up your freedom,
your good times, and your other
men friends. You will have to
do this, you know, when you
| marry. You will have to do
| pretty much as "friend husband"
says, and if he's selfish and
| jealous you will find yourselves
wishing you were single again.
| Wait a while longer, you will
! not regret it.
years old, but my birthday is in December,
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