Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-01
MARY MEREDITH,S ADVICE
nOlONElY GIRLS AT HOME

hair, fair complexion, am. fifteen
years old. Do I weigh enough for
my height? If not, what must 1
do to gain more. Am I old enough
to have a few boy friends-and not
lovers? What should you say or
how should you act when boy says
something insulting before you?
What would be nice to give to boy
for Christmas? If a boy and girl
are special friends, would it be all
right for a girl to give a boy an
Xmas present grst?
What must a girl say to get more
boy friends? There is a bunch of
girls and boys here that just run to-
gether all the time and yet the girls
don't care what they say or do and
they have boy company all the
time. Will they be thought well of
when they are grown?
I. Dick, am just five feet tall,
weigh 112 1-2 pounds, blond hair,
fair complexion and am fifteen years
old. Am 1 old enough to have a
few boy friends? Is it any harm to
go car riding with a boy or with
crowd of girls and boys? Is it all
right for a boy friend to take you
to a party after dark, or sit with
| bow in church? How should 1 fix
/ my hair for a girl my age. Am 1
old enough to wear baby Louis slip
pers. Please answer through the
Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal.
BILL AND DICK.
| ANSWER-You will gradually
take on weight as you grow older,
| if your general health is good. Rice,
potatoes, milk and sweets are fat
tening. You are old enough to
have boy friends. When a boy
makes insulting remarks, keep away
from him in the future, and call him
| down the first time he does it. Don t
overlook his commences the first
time. Handkerchief, books, a tie,
notebook, fountain pen, or leather
belt, is an acceptable gift and can be
bought at reasonable price. Ii
you have known the boy some time
| and he has been nice to you on diff
| ferent occasions, you can hand him
a little remembrance on Christmas
! if you desire. Make the. gift of
small value that he may not feel
embarrassment in accepting it. There
is no special rule to follow to gain
boy friends, other than a cheerful
disposition, to be free from malice
and charitable in your dealings with
others. Cheap talk, familiarity
rough behavior is bound to leave
it's mark. If you wish your future
life to be above reproach; you must
begin now to make a firm founda-
ton of good character, when temp
tations come later, you will have the
strength to overcome them. Be not
your "brothers' keejer,'' but look
first unto thine ownself.
DICK-you are old enough tC
have a few boy friends. There is
no harm going autoing with a crowC
Of boys and girls. But l do not
think you should be permitted tC
! go out at night in an auto with g
! boy without a chaperon. Young
| people enjoy parties, and there
isn't any harm to have a boy es
cort you to a party after nightfall
But late hours for very young PEG
pie should not be allowed, as it is
injurious to- their health, also they
are unfit for school work when late
hours are INDUCED in. No harm tC
sit with a boy in church. You will
have to arrange your hair to suit
the contour of your face. Don't &C
to extremes in hair dressing
though. Ladies' slippers are proper
if you are tall, or well developed
The fiat heel and baby Youis are
more practical.
~, o
can and will. I have no sister OF
brother, but have my father an6
mother. I have gone to schoo
some, reached the seventh grade. ]
4 love school very dearly and 1earr
rapidly, but my parents won't lei
me go. I stay worried all the time
I worry so till care nothing for
sleep or food and do but little OF
either.
I have a determination to dc
things great. I want to do some
thing wonderful, such as travelling
working to earn my daily bread.
have ideas such as "Someday I can
buy a home with money made from
my own hands" I am tender and
free hearted and want to always
help others-neglecting myself en-
tirely.
I have had lots Of nice positions
offered me from over the world
but here is where my hopes are
! Crushed-my parents won't listen to
any of them. I want to and L know
[ could work and make money to
support me and some to give to
them. L have no friends, but try
hard to have them. They are
friends to my face, but to my back
they speak cruel, untrue things OF
me and make others believe it.
[ have had young men friends
who would be very nice to me for
the first few times they called
then they would say naughty things
sin. Seems the devil has more
power over me than I can resist.
What can I do? I'm helpless and
need some one to help me with my
troubles.
[ don't want to marry. I know
now shall never marry, though I
can't live long worrying my life
away. L don't weigh 100 pounds at
times and am so weak 1 can't go.
I'm only nineteen years old. I'm
afraid / have said too much, but
please, o please, give me one en-
couraging word.
ga WORRIED, SAD LIFE"
| Answer-You are suffering from
melancholia, and it is all wrong.
You have youth, and the world is a
bright place in which to live Sup
| pose Won were blind arno1eSS or