Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-22
O DIX'S BOX
How Can a Girl Get Acquainted With Nice
People in a Strange ~City?-Should a Girl
of Sixteen Become Engaged?-The Bad
Tempered Girl Who is TrifIng With Love

DEAR MISS DIX How does one make friends when one Is "a sqans
e eE @ a t~ ran men one n . of fHe is nV Sc u nSde tGF %f that shS avoid @d f bn as h a1a
6 bs 6 6oesnto con ne ar 9med very ye gs one mee I O Know possibly twelve girls but St t tRs
re nor Friends dhey nave meyer G ameo on me- ana au sb m he IA her beri m nn ne
Of fri friends cqt,D whom M o shs had | g Ts ste % s omoIet gIh 3sn on n that d'f it x eTs u 10 ada
ing I haven't been to church for more than a year, because when I did
NJ. s ss 5sP sa ss %y s5%s IN Rb sls n ssvs a half ! T Sohd fssm 4 r%S 4 4 90 NJ i, to "a. as1 +
with a book or a game of solitaire for company. and a friendly reading
ea ! IS. . what kind Inc Of aa n evening min ;h IS that u for a .S girl who dS s s1 Daty en-
and ad W who Oh is al good pp ta T"g and a BETTE @S lis" listener So I ask you again. how
when she she e%s to to live in a strange town. SALLY.
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gray &T hairs trying to devise son plan BY which n frisadIsss
creatures. But nobody yet has ever been able tm.t to formulate !.
ah Ra8 %h% a D%si 9n"r% Gu@o@ 6 "f| %oad not have in At hem
every op 5f%sa FE Of a' o%o to he e1n%i"ded. an '~'
III. SO sd the st tas ;S%, Of q.d lqa ssnss tn IN s ssss s ss tg n and sau Prf ssns ysqq s, s sas
n nTn girl oS G9 nre hdg M + up , and dS sht their heir he hsaf suS out a in vain an l0R wandsr w hrs
only knew a nice girl like the girls back home,
tn. a aae OF as &oo' o sss"s sh hoy though to Gsia ash i9' t aS9 I tssstsss d 5ssss
After all a city Is not a deserted island, and seone or later you WIN
% %i f lntSodu sy you gu to sF his "S oS Se pq re1 Ss's a@G fnei : friends Tsa " Will Il : Il e s sas
tight little circle, and bmicadng against newcomers yourself =
and e est ss%G saes tR When You you h ss to %sas soq as g Dsop fsl gs
th hsye r sSs to to r h"aw YOU yonr ssa.t to t Rsn have sp r a aye &c got at t. . @Sns
enough site 70 them to make them follow up the introduction, It
"' "+N = DOROTHY DIX.
DEAR MISS DIX know a girl who is good-ootlng, with a very at,
already at the age of sixteen she has attracted attention by her work. and
This summe she became acquainted with a gentlsmanly young fellow
ing to work his way through. He has been calling m her almost every :
sn I Ter parents = wiling for them to become engaged engaged and wait until
VA
Certainly not. A girl of sixteen is still a child with a
ohildg taste and a ehIds Judgment. She is n more capable J.
across the ocean, or running a corner o n Wall Street.
Nothing is more curious than that a mother who wouldn't let q girl
select her s If life mate, and that a father, who would not trust her InVid = |
Of men and things to make a hundred-dollar trade. will let her gamble
man she sG is q going da'3 to l% Hs ~ !" + %i she " is 4 fv S1fa 7 %e "n'' '''' ?
The very type that appeals ito her at sixteen fills her with DISCUS. or
gagement is not so disastrous as a early marriage, it is a heavy handi-
For a young girl to be engaged during her schoddays
is a fatal blight On her education, for n thing. She cam
L nt ~ M mr hen m nnd e ~ 70 r s di%Ieet If 4 me em is w waiting ling To- loye
derng what her fanoei is doing;
OF oG III II Il keeps eS C arer,s men sasayn iron h Fn' al n doe 10 hr onI
the girl who has missed that has missed the gift of the gods.
Parents are certainly very foolish who let a young girl tie herself UP
the tn 'g gou me5 m%n g q a re %a n gnees nnel thew " as rs 1r better yto ta 9Hth ma aor 20 ana q
well is love.
,.,o1 If s tesg truly aso love " t% ssn .o other + THEY SS will VII ,s stand sas vt9 sst
there will be no hated halter to break.
n Jens %T N {o lo y9Gng M mar tbo Sp wnOm ntbI l. a m M S engagea at a. W er rd l an I'm
things that l do of which he doesn't approve, but he will OF spoil my
n But wi when z. | i1 GET g ss F%,a and "a an a hateful f%3 he SSsan1s+t stand nd It for Just 50
Do you not think that if he really loved me he would love me whether
l am n a good temper on a bad temper? UNPLEASANT.
Answer:
nd Mo- H. WHY should he love love you when you r. dhagrsssDS
her passions, Is every whit 3 disgusting as a drunken woman.
Love survives many things, but not temper.
Copyright, 1923, by Public Ledger Company