The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-03
" u MRC.ELIZABETH THOMHyONE

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Dear Mrs. Thompson: When Z
girl leaves town and. her boy
friends know her address, whose
place is It to write first. the boys
or the girIs!
BOBBY.
I II is the boys place to write
first, unless he has requested you
to write to him.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am
young, fourteen, but oh. how l like
a young man of seventeen! / have
only been with him, once and that
was a very short time, but he was
so nice and he acted like a gentle
man. He called me up the other
might for date, but my mother
seems to think l am too young ev-
en- when my girl companions of my
age go with boys. l suppose my
mother is right, but how can l keep
the boys affections without going
with him like other girls?
FRESHIE.
Your mother is right in not want
ing you to go with boys at SO early
an age. Do not worry about keep
ing the boys love, because that is
"a thing which fate will decide.
Simply trust that if you do the
right thing the outcome will be
good.
Dear Mrs. Thompson l am 20
years old and married. We have
two children. My husband got to
staying out nights and so when he
came home one morning We had
some words and he left. | staid at
our home for nearly a week wait
ing for him to come back, but he
didn't come, and SO l went home to
my folks with the children. He did
not leave me any money and l had
him taken up for non-support. He
told me while he was in Jail he
would go to housekeeping if l would
get him out of it. l did, and when
he got out he told me he would
live with me in two years if | was
good to the children during that
time.
. If I keep the children l will get
$40 a week from him. Do you think
it would be better to let him take
oneschild and give me IS week.,
l have nobody to take care of them
for ME and l cant work If l have
both, but / could with only one.
MAY M.
Since your husband has proved
to be such an irresponsible man, l
should think that you would hate
to put one of your children in his
charge. If you are determined to
keep both the children in your care
you could find way. l should think
your mother would take them. Iii
she cannot, however, it would be
possible to find some kind woman
who would keep them during the
day time for a reasonable sum of
money. Talk the matter over with
the Judge who decided your case
and see If he knows of such a
woman.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am
young married woman about "a
years old. l have been married |
seven years and | have four little |
children. My baby is two years |
and nine months old now. | am
just crazy for an infant son, but
my husband doesn't care for chill |
dren. guess it is because he is |
so much older than l ami. Every |
time l say anything about an in !,
FAINT he says we have more than we |
can say grace over He is good to |
me and gives me anything l ask for |
as far as he is able. l do believe /
that he loves me. l am in good |
healfh and so is he, and | don't see |
why he doesn't love children. His !
mother was the mother of eight |
children and my mother was the !
mother of IA. All of my sisters |
lCVC thIlult Il anu tUeE
have from two to six children. !!
Please advise me what to do. II
would like to gain his love for chill i
dren in some way.
RROkEN-HEARTED MOTHER.
You are so already blessed in |
having four children, that it seems
to me you are unreasonable not to
be willing to stop there. Probably |,
your husband loves the four he al
ready has, but breads the resnon-
sibility of increasing the family,
In reality you will have quite
enough to do if you devote your
self to your four children. After
you have ministered to sleir ma.
terial comforts. there is much YOU
can do in spirityxf way. Read to
them, play with them. and be their
best friend. Try to be realist in.
stead of an idealist. You think It'll
would be ideal to have baby son,
but while you spend your time
and longing for that, YOU
are wasting time which might be
used to develop the children you
already have.