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The Washington times., 1930-07-11
DAILY ANTIQUE
No. 81

The old Dutch chair pictured
in today's series Of antiques is
the property of Mrs. Maize J.
Grimm, of Vienna. Va. This
and many other very old pieces
have been in Mrs. Grimm's fam
lily for a number of years.
The Washington Times iDtu
publish from day to day inter.
eStin0 specimens of authentic
American origin or OF historic
antiques. Readers possessing
genuine antiques, particularly
articles of ColoniG or early
association, are invited to for.
tOGrd photographs and records
for publication, or notify the
Antique Editor and a photog.
rGpher tDtl be sent.
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CHAPTER SO

Late on a June morning Ra-
quel sat in a garden dawdling
over her coffee and rolls, and
gossiping with Greta, who had
just returned from a visit to
New York.
She was in Paris. Or in
Neuilly, to be more exact-a
suburb of the Capital Of
Beauty and Of Fashion.
Above her a Towering tree
shook its dainty pink and green
skirts in the sunshine. The
gravel had been freshly raked
in the garden. and all around
the air was saturated with the
scent of roses flirting with the
ardent sun god.
do you know, Greta," Ra-
quel said, raising delicately
pointed fingers by way of emu.
merating. 1--WE been away from
home-America that is-more
than two years?"
II was wondering when you'd
be ready to be shipped with a
tag labeled U. s, A." said Greta,
crinkling her slant blue eyes
quizzically.
Il wasn't thinking Of that"
Raquel said, listlesSly.
why should you?" Greta
asked. "We've got a pretty
nifty little bungalow right here.
Three floors, one Of 'em with
a glass front; our own ball
room, a studio big enough for
a skating-rink, a flock of baths,
and a. retinue. Five servants
is a retinue-eh, wot?"
II haven't thought about 60
ing back-Since we took this
house. It's more like home
than any I have ever had. I
was sort of restless, though,
this last time you went over.
You said you'd stay only two
months, and you stayed four"
But AlphonSe did the trip
in six weeks flat"
yes" Raquel'S eyes wan
dered to where roSe-vine clung
gracefully to a high brick wall.
Greta eyed her sharply.
"You seem to do fairly well
+ without u.s." she said. Whats
this I hear about some young
English blood burning to make
you Lady Somebody or Other"
Eric Stafford"
That's the blokie. And what
a name! Talk about your Lime
house nights"
Eric is-he's charming"
said Raquel, defensively.
"Of course, he iS," Greta
agreed. You don't think I see
the toast of the boulevardS-
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By Jane Dixon

for nothing when the fire Of
his passion for his young wife
had burned out.
Only beauty, physical beauty,
could fan that dead passion to
flame again. He had been too
selfish, too selfcentered to
awaken q want for beauty in
his wife. It was easier to find
beauty, ready-made, elsewhere.
Yet when he discovered how he
had cheated himself, he yelped
like q coyote in q trap.
And Mrs. Dexter" Raquel
thought out loud so that Greta
might follow. "She carped about
love. She loved him. She must
have him. She was poor and
mean. Sick in mind and body,
for all her money. Love was
what could save her. But since
she's found beauty and power
to make men love her, she's
stopped crying for toys"
you mean she's given Dex-
ter and Danny Cupid the air?"
laughed Greta.
Exactly" said Raquel. She's
learned values"
The imperative ring OF bell
somewhere at the front Of the
dignified red brick house in
the walled garden brought a
small man in a black velvet
coat hurrying toward the grilled
iron gate.
That must be-Eric," said
Raquel, fluffing up the sable
cloud Of her hair.
"Sir Reginald" exclaimed
Greta, 80 early in the morn
ing? This is serious"
Raquel laughed softly. She
had risen and was waiting for
an alert figure that hurried
along the gravel path to greet
her.
Greta say a man of medium
height, cloSe-knit, blondiSh,
with the ruddy cheeks Of the
outdoor Briton. An air of dis
tinction sat easily on his broad
shoulders. His face was grave,
yet merry. His sensitive lips
seemed bent on retaining a line
of firmneSS that wanted to
curve into q smile.
"Pve been anticipating this
pleasure, he said when Raquel
presented him-with pride in
her voice, Greta thought.
Miss RojoS has been incon.
Solable without you"
"It don't look that way to
me-" tinkled Greta, sagely.
Copyright. 1880. Metropolitan News
paper Service)
To Be Continued Tomorrow
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"MISS HARD BOILED"

lie lis noir-barging about with
a dead one, do you'll"
Please don't call me that
lie lis noir-Greta. l hate it."
"Why?" Sagely. Its a swell
moniker. The Black Lily. With
a name like that, a girl ought
to be able to wangle most any.
thing she wants"
1T soundS-unhealthy."
so do orchids. But plenty Of
us are willing to take a chance,
and wear 'em. I'll admit the
blokie who tagged you with the
moniker that night in Mont
martre was an awful egg, but he
had a howl of an idea. All
Paris has taken it up. To Paris
you're lie lis noir."
Il saw BERTHE Adams in New
York"
Raquel's black eyes sought
Greta's blue ones with interest.
Did you?" she asked.
Eyes. He told me you gave
him hard wallop. But the pa
tient will recover. He's engaged
to some little doll who rides to
the hounds on Long Island. A
debutante, if you know what I
mean"
I'm glad" said Raquel, with
the wrath of a smile. BERTHE
deserves the hest
Then he ought to have got
you," said Greta, loyalty.
by the way" Greta chuckled,
II saw your rival at Ciro's last
night"
Rival? Who?" Raquel
wanted to know.
Mrs. Dexter. Next to you,
she's the hot choice of the
judges for the Queens Cup. She
certainly is a fast worker, that
one. There was a cloud of men
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TELL IT TO ELSIE!
By Elsie Robinson =

men do seem to get plenty Of at
tention.
And the nice girl is too often
left stranded, listening to the
radio
But I don't think she's left
stranded just because she's nice,
Cynthia. And / don't think the
other girls get the breaks just
because they're wild.
think the wild women"
have glorious time largely be-
cause they're honestly good COM
pany-merry, peppy, tolerant,
understanding, full Of sun and
sparkle. They may land usually
do) kiss and smoke, too. But
that isn't the basis Of their popr
larity. The real reason men like
them is because they're regular
guys.
And all too often the nice girl
isn't a regular guy.
She's good-She doesn't break
any laws or start any scandals.
But outside of that, she's apt
to be dull as diSh-water. She's
limp and lacks luster. She
feels no stimulation in her own
life. But she expects SuitorS
to throng about her and rouse
her - and make her sparkle.
And when they don't, she Bit
terly concludes that goodness
doesn't pay" She's wrong.
Goodness pays-if it carries
a wallop.
But dullness is always q
"pain-in-the-neck."
That, 1 think, is the answer
to part Of your problem,
Cynthia. But it isn't the an.
swer to all of it. If you want
popularity you must acquire
the right technique. But you
must also pick the right sort
Of a man..
Violets wouldn't be appreciated
in a soap factory.
And neither is virtue ap-
preciated in a gang of rowdies.
If you like nicenesS, go where
it grows. And there is nice
ness amongst modern young
men, Cynthia, just as well as
amongst modern young women.
But you'll have to look for it.
Is it worth looking for-and
waiting for? I think it is, little
girl. If you really love beauty
you'll never be satisfied with
ugliness. And if you look for
beauty in the right way, 1t
will surely come to you.
That's my opinion, Cynthia.
And now I'm going to throw
the meeting open to Jack and
Harry and Al and Jim and
Bill. How about it brothers?
We all know you pass the nice
girl up - you needn't try to
deny it. But why do you pass
her up? Just because she's
nice and you like 'em wild?
Or because she's so often q
flat tire?"
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buzzing around her, too. And
the rest of the entries in the
international beauty race that
goes on in this burg without
ever closing the gates, were Civ.
ing her the evil eye"
She's the lovelieSt-looking
woman I ever saw" Raquel said.
ungrudgingly.
She ought to be-" Greta said.
You made her what she is to-
day. You and Alphonse. BY the
way, what did she do with the
appendix"
appendix I didn't know
she was ILL"
Sure. Appendix. Husband.
The one who fell for the snake.
charmer."
"Greta" Raquel expostu,
lated. You get worse instead
of better. If you are talking
about Mr.. Dexter, the last tim2
I heard of him he attempted to
Jump into the Seine because
Mrs. Dexter wouldn't see-him."
Don't tell me the gendarmes
went and spoiled the party?"
"Yes, they caught him in
time"
TOO bad. Poor Mrs. Dexter.
I'm afraid the jinx is still on
her"
Raquel's lips, their vividness
heightened by some sort of
cosmetic the color of ripe tan
gerineS, twisted Sardonically to
show the blue-white glisten of
her teeth.
''Men!" she said.
Dexter had deserted his wife.
The mother of his sons. Her
devotion, her love, her Steadfast
loyalty in the face of his ruth
less and shameful attempts to
shake her off, these counted
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TEA-TABLE
CHATTER

Eye brows are more varied
than most of us know. There
can be no absolute, definite pat
tern for arching them. The
line that suits a girl with round
eyes will look wild and dis
traught upon the noble forehead
of the Sweet Sing whose eyes
are Slanted or almond shaped.
The trouble with weeded eye.
browS was that one set was pre-
ciSely and exactly the same as
the next one, giving TO the coun-
tenance no individuality.
If the complexion re lis
against soap as sometimes hap
pens, put it on a cereal diet;
give it oatmeal, which is not
only cleansing, but which
Soothes and refineS the epider.
mis-. Fill the washbowl with
warm water, dip in the wash
cloth and sprinkle it over with
oatmeal. Use the same as soap.
Rinse in the warm water. then
with cold, dry gently and apply
cold cream.
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Search for Girl

where does this Sargent
girl live?"
Il haven't the least idea. I
think she worked last in The
NiftieS.' They might be able to
tell you at the Chalmers Thea
ter, but think you'd be wasting
your time, Captain. She's been
out of Merle's life for some time
even though she wouldn't pe-
lieve it,"
Jardin failed to get Belle Sar-
gent located that day. The ad-
dress they gave him at the Chal-
merS Theater led nowhere. She
had moved away six weeks be-
fore, address unknown.
The case seemed to have come
to a standstill when the second
tragedy struck and opened the
bloody trail that led to the cul-
prit, Robin Dale had not yet left
his apartment the next morn
ing when the telephone bell
rang. It was Captain Blake.
We've found Belle Sargent.
She was strangled to death in a
(To be Continued Tomorrow
flat on Fifty-third Street.
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question which brought out the
information they wanted and
opened up the second startling
and unexpected phase of the
case.
Michael, didn't anything
happen yesterday, or perhaps
the day before, that concerned
Mr.. Merle-in any way?"
Nov that you put it that
way, there was a young lady
come in just before the curtain
went up and asked for Mr..
Merle. She seemed terribly ex-
cited and I had a hard time
keeping her from running on
to the stage. You see, Mr..
Merle was on at the rise and
used to sit out there sometimes
five or ten minutes before cur.
tain"
why didn't you say that be.
fore?" growled Jardin.
But ye didn't ask me-"
"Never mind, Michael, tell us
just what happened"
II was holding her by force
when quick-like she stops and
runs out of the door like the
divil was after her. Mr.. Clyde
was coming out of the wings.
He told me to keep that girl
out of the theater and not let
her bother Mr.. Merle "
bless his SOUL"
DO you know who the girl
was?"
Sure, I don't have much to
do with girls the last few years,
so I don't pay any attention to
them +" but she was like
the Sargent girl as worked in
the company when the show
opened" s>r..- -..s - .-.
"It was Belle Sargent,
Michael" They all turned at
the unlocked for interruption.
It was Murray Clyde. Merle
had been mixed up with her at
one time, that's why I dis
charged her from the company.
When she saw me she ran out
last night. At first I had a
little trouble with Merle about
the affair, but he got over 1t
and didn't want to be annoyed
with her any more"
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YOUR RULING
STAR
By William Shwader.
THE YEAR AHEAD
FOR Those Whose Birthday Is
July IL.

The YEAR AHEAD
For Those Whose Birthday I.
July IL.
If today is your birthday, dur.
ing the coming year it would
be well to take care concerning
all legal documents, writings
or letters Of any sort. If your
work. or the conditions about
you seem to be getting on your
nerveS-take a vacation, If pos
Sible:. or take yourself in hand
and put your mind in a better
frame. Relations or neighbors
may prove source of annoy
anCe, but the trouble should not
be at all important.
Important Dates: Avoid eX.
cuSSes of all kinds, take no
risks and maintain routine from
Aug. 81 to "a, Oct. / to 10,
Nov. 20 to %, Dec. 90 to 81,
Jan. 4 to 8, Feb. l to 10, March
q to 80. April 3 to Z, June l
to 30. Good for general affairs,
make efforts to advance your
interests from Sept. 80 through
Oct. and Nov. and until Dec.
u. Feb. 20 to "a, May is to 25,
June % to 81. Contradictory
dates show two opposing in
fluences.
A CHILD born today will be
unusual, original but difficult
to understand. He may be ex-
tremely sensitive and should be
kept in as calm and harmonious
atmosphere as possible. He will
be fond of nature and should
be encouraged to spend plenty
Of time in the open. He should
learn to control his speech and
never indulge in too critical
writings.
Tendencies for tomorrow (July
13). The celestial vibrations are
good for travelling. society and
unusual affairs. Venus is not
happily placed with the consc-
quence that unhappinesS and
misunderstanding could arise
over too sensitive emotions.
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CORRECT
MANNERS
MRS. Cornelius Beeckman

Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
when a gentleman calls
to take a young lady to a
theater should she have her
hat and coat on ready to go,
or should she ask him in and
then put on her hat and coat?
2-Should she bring her coat
to him for him to help her in
putting it on?
SIS it proper for a young
lady to take a young mans
arm? PATSY.
1-She asks hinf to come in
first and then puts on her hat
and coat.
2-She needn't be quite so
dependent" as this. Naturally,
when she starts to put on her
coat he will step forward to
help her, if she is putting it on
in the room in which he is.
3-YeS-when she. needs as
sistance. But not as they are
walking on the street,
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CHAPTER S

5ie,t @11AE ! GlES
, A period Of dead silence fol
lowed this bombShell. The
eyes Of Etheline and Byrnes met
aS though each were striving to
question the other. The man
was the first to speak.
Nov I'm sure you know
everything. Great work, Cap
tain"
"I'n explain, Ralph" There
was a steely note in the actress
voice. mo use denying what you
gentlemen very cleverly discov-
cred. But there are some things
you do not know. You're prob
ably wondering why I'm not in
tears because of my husbands
death. Well, the truth is, I'm
not sorry I haven't loved
him for five years and we were
only married for six! Parmela
Gregory wasn't the first woman
nor the last, nor the only one.
Long ago I had gotten to the
point where I didn't care and
the only thing I wanted from
him he wouldn't give me-a di-
Vorce. Said it would hurt his
standing in the profession. I
tried to get evidence but a wo-
man needs a lot Of it in this
State and I failed. I've loved
Ralph for over three years and
we've been decent about it.
Finally-there was no other
way, and I'm not ashamed to be
married now.
But I can tell you this much:
there's woman concerned in it.
/ know, because it has been in
my. heart, often!"
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Nary a break-according to
Cynthia.
For years and years-lS, to
be ,exact-Cynthia has been o
good girl. She hasn't petted
or jazzed or smoked or made
whoopee. She has cultivated
all the virtues which gentle
men advocate enthusiastically.
She has been modest. refined,
reliable and home abiding.
And what has she to show
for it?
Not q thing-except gObs and
gObs Of loneliness!
Have the young men Of today
who so loudly hewatl the
passing Of the "Dear Old
Fashioned Girl''-beSeiged Gym
thia with attention because Of
her righteousness and refine
ment? Yes, they have not.
Instead, they have passed her
up cold. and made whoopee
with the wild, wild women Of
the day, who do everything
that Cynthia doesn't.
So Cynthia has decided to
be a wild, wild woman herself.
"a petting, smoking, drink
ing flapper" Then maybe
she'll get dates and be popular.
And SO, while you're reading
her letter, I'm putting it up to
you, Jack and Harry and Al
and Jim and Bill. Must a girl
be a wild woman to get the
breaks in 1880?
"Dear Elsie
'T shall tell you my story.
and 1 hope yOun agree with
me.
There's no need to describe
myself. It's sufficient to say
I've been called . peach Of .
kid and I'm not hard to look
at But when l draw the
line at free-fOr-aIl petting /
became q back number. Not
wanted!
These boys you meet now
a-days rave about wanting to
marry q nice girl sometime, but
when you try being nice, why
they drop you like you were
q hornet or something. And
I've found that my good quail
tiles were mot enough. I have
to become . petting, smoking
drinking flapper. to please
them and get dates and be
popular.
well, I shall. I'm tired Of
staying home, listening to rO-
manceS over the radio. I intend
to live romance, not just hear
about it. Let Mother Grundy
snort. Let these darned boys
rave about their devotion to
Nice Girls that they leave
sitting at home!
I'm going to step out, high.
wide and handsome. I'm going
10 nave All the run can, like the
others Of my age, and take all
that life can offer.
What breaks does a good girl
get? I'll tell you! She gets
none! She stays home, waiting
for the one and only, while he's
enjoying himself with wild wO-
men. Fine idea, I'll say! And
right here's where I'm changing.
I'm no little 'Sit-by-the-fire!' Sit
ting home is too dull and unin-
teresting for any girl with spirit,
even If you do get rewarded by
having one Of these wonderful
~ fellows offer you q wedding
ring sometime within the next
thousand yearS-if at all.
"CYNTHTA."
Yes, I admit that the wild wo-
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At Scene of Crime

"Try and keep me away"
Robin Dale was waiting out
ide the theater when Blake
lrove up with the district attor-
ley. Sergeant Jardin was with
them. AS they walked up the
tiny alley, Dale stepped beside
the detective.
Good work, Sarge. how'd
you dig up all the dope on
Byrnes and Wynn so quick?"
Even if I tried to explain
that strange phenomenon you
wouldn't be able to grasp it.
Have q cigarette?"
you and I are getting to un.
derstand each other, Sarge"
At first they were able to
elicit nothing from Michael
other than what he had already
told them. It was Robin Dale's
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Pair Allowed to Go

Byrnes rose and came beside
Etheline's chair. She raised her
hand and he took it in his. For
these two there was nothing
more to be said. Shortly there
after Wilfred Sands let them go.
She put her arm through his as
they went out of the door. Cap
tain Blake was the first to
speak.
What an actresS!"
what a fool Merle was" It
was Dale. Etheline had left a
deep impression on him. "A re-
markable woman courage
enough to do anything. But
I'm wondering " He
paused.
Wondering what, Dale?"
The district attorney wanted
Dale's views on the case.
"I'm wondering, if she COM
mitted a crime, whether her
courage wouldn't carry her
through to the point of coming
in here and telling the truth
about it"
you're wrong, boy" said the
Captain decisively. There's
one law above all of them: self
preservation. They didn't an
swer a question and still they
told us all we wanted to know
and more. Tangible evidence
we haven't a bit of it yet. If
We were sure they did it, we
1uldn't hold them.
by the way, is Michael, the
,orman, coming in today?"
mfr. Sands wants to look over
,e scene Of the crime. We've
ranged to be at the theater at
This afternoon. Want to be
sere?
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FASHION FLASHES
By Anne Anglin.

Shadows are creeping into
favor as witnessed by the mode
featuring wide brimmed hats.
A droopy hat of peach-colored
hair lace is trimmed with match
ing flowers and linen and has a
brim that is guaranteed to cast
fascinating shadows and so
create added charm.
Organdie is well suited in
the form of a crispy tailored
suit with flaring peplum on the
jacket developed in a vibrant
shade Of red. The blouse is Of
white organdie, piped with red.
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Initial means to achieve
smartneSs are to be found in
scarfs trimmed with ones in1-
tialS in letters of patent leather.
OF course, these have to be in
dividually made up for each
customer.
Cover charge is quite in order
when it means the price of a
good looking little evening nat.
Patou has designed a hat of the
sheerest black hair lace dotted
in chenille and trimmed in
black velvet ribbon clasped with
a crystal and onyx pin.
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THE BEAUTY
BOX
.RY Helen FOllett-

by HeIeN FUlleLC--
The female form divine is no
longer cylindrical. It must
have a natural inward curve at
the waistline and normal bust
development. If it has long
legs, so much the better; pres
ent-day dress designs need long
legs to carry them splendidly.
Hips are as hateful as they have
ever been and nobody wants
them. There is less dieting and
reducing and more effort being
made to acquire proper posture
and good lines. ALI of which
is to the good of the sisterhood.
It is fashionable to be healthy
and vigorous.
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The ''Perfect'' Mystery That
Rocked Blase Broadway
The Story Thus Far

Alvin Merle famous Broadway mysteriOusy
ered I'M his dressing after evening Robin
DALE reporter finds Captain Jardn Of the
Homicide Squad at work the
Michael stagedOOr keeper and Murray Clyde the stage
agerg questioned All the testimony shows that
Tered or left the dressing during the period Merle
killed single window in the irOnbarred mysterious
race suddenly at the window.
y q Parmea Gregory Merles leading lady, who was In
love with him. In heater alley from Meres the
dressing wife professionally rs Etheine
Barnes well known gambler. II
The police next day discover that Byrnes and Ethene
Wynne leased in the
Mrs. Ralph Byrnes before Alvin Merle's death.
NouU Continue
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What Do You KnOU:?
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST,
Questions On Editorial Page).

/. Descent of the Holy Ghost.
3. Tannhauser, by Wagner. 3.
Gothic. 4. Rosa Bonheur. 5.
32-100 Of an inch. 6. Making
. hole in one under par. Z.
'How dear to this heart are
the scenes Of my childhood" 8.
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Lots wife. 8. A military hat.
10. A percentage of the price
of stocks deposited with the
broker who makes the purchase
for his principal. IL. Increasing
in heat. IL. A deep wide trench.
13. A vixenish woman. IA. A
light spear, Is. Obliterats.
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ADVICE TO
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax.
A Secret Boy Friera
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

A SCCEGb DOy GEACI %
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am % years old and have
been going with a boy off and
on for five years. Ny mother
is quite strict so I have been
going with him without her
knowing it. He has always
been true to me, but last week
he took a girl out riding. I
found this out, and broke with
him. Do you think I did
right? WORRIED.
Since you are %, dear "Wor-
ried," are you not old enough to
insist on a sensible understand
ing with your mother about
these matters? I do not at all
approve of your secret acquain-
tance with the boy you speak of,
and it is hard to believe that
your mother would refuse to
allow q young men to come to
see you unless he had faults
that she diSapproved Of. This
situation should be cleared up.
But there is another. point.
Since you are not engaged to
the young man, what right have
you to object to his seeing other
girls? Or what reason is there
for your breaking with him?
My suspicion is, however, that
you would do we'll to let this
friendship lapse and wait for
another young man your family
can approve Of.