The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-31
HEART AND HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: When was
fourteen years old a boy invited me to
Ia party and my parents would not let
me 60 Now I am sixteen and have
never gone with a boy. Ny best girl
friend is going to have party soon
and she has told me to come and
bring boy friend. I haven't any
/ brothers and j do not know of any
boy to take unless it is the one who
invited me to go with him two years
ago. Do you think it would be all
right to invite him L. L.
Yes; it would be all right to invite
him. Your invitation will probably
please him since two years ago he
was turned down by you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: My girl
4 friend ard 1 have had a quarrel. We
! both like the same boy and one night
she foand 1t out She said she would
never, speak to me again. She said
! that if he had asked TO come to see
her she would not have let him, be-
cause sho would have known that it
would hurt my feelings.
Do you think did wrong by let
! ting him come to see me?> Do you
/ think ought TO apologize
GERTRUDE r.
| 1t was all right to let the boy. come
1 to see you. Your girl friend would
have done the same thing in spite of
what she says. You do not owe her
an apology. but I would advise you
| to be friendly if she tries to make up.
Dear Mrs. Thompson Ny husband
had to go out of town on business,
and because he had to leave me for
over month he said he would buy
me nice present when he got back.
When we were married did not have
an engagement ring, because he could
not afford to buy it, but 1 have always
wanted a beautiful ring. I told him
what I wanted and took him to the
jewelry store to look at a ring I had
been admiring for a long time. 1t is
solitaire diamond in a simple but
beautiful platinum setting. j
When he came back he brought
me ring, but it is an emerald in a
platinum setting. never liked
emeralds as much as I do diamonds
and I am very much disappointed.
Do you think it would be wrong for
me to tell him how disappointed I am
and ask him if he VIII try to exchange
the ring for the one I want?
DISAPPOINTED.
Tell him that you appreciate his
bringing you such a beautiful ring.
but that you have had your heart set
on the diamond and ask him if il
would disappoint him very much to
try to get it in place of the emerald.
Confess that you are disappointed and
if he wants to please you he will let
you have the other ring.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: There is a
boy at school who always speaks to
me. but he never tips his hat. Other
girls have noticed the same thing and
we all feel that if he is too lazy to tip
his hat we do not care to speak to
him. We have thought OF writing him
an unsigned note telling him that it
is only polite to tip his hat to girls
when he speaks Do you think it
would be wrong of us to do so? One
of the girls can run a typewriter and
he wouldn't know who sent the note.
SIXTEEN.
The letter might help the boy, but
on the other hand it might hurt him
to such an extent that he would be
very shy when he meets girls because
of his embarrassment. I would sug-
gest that one of you talk the matter
over with the school teacher and ask
her if she can tactfully tell the boy
what to do. I think it is too bad that