An Interrupted Wedding, or Marion Marlowe as Maid of Honor — page 31: what you’re looking at

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28 My advice to you, Lorna, is to put lovers out of your head, for the present, and see if you cannot learn to write a neat letter. If your parents would do a little planning to educate you before they Marry you off it would be to their credit. We do not believe in marriages without love and neither do we believe in matchmaking parents, who yeern to sell their daughters to the most desirable bidder. If you take Grace Shirley’s advice you will go to school for two or three years, so that when you do marry you will be a wife to be proud of. I was married three months ago to a man of nine- teen, and I, myself, am only sixteen and a half years old. My husband used to tell me he loved me and could not live without me, and I believed every- thing he told me and married without my parents’ consent. He treated me very kindly for about a month, but since then he has beaten me and called me names. I[ have been thinking of getting a di- vorce afid leaving him. I hate to do it, but love seems a very foolish thing to me lately. Please advise me so I can know what to do. Mrs. F. M. New Bedford, Mass. Your pathetic letter distresses me greatly. It is the same old story—a thoughtless, foolish marriage, which, before the honeymoon is over, has begun reaping its bitter harvest. We can only say to you as we have said to scores of others in your plight, be kind and gentle with your husband and try to ap- peal to his heart, if he has one. If all your efforts prove fruitless and he still continues to abuse you, by all means leave him; at least, for a time, Per- haps that is all that is needed to reawaken his old love for you. I am very much in love with a charming young lady. We both attend a business college and are together a great part of the time. We are quite young and nave not known each other a great while, therefore I have never confessed my love for her. Although she appears to return se affection and shows preference for my company in a number of ways. [ am not sure she loves me in the way I would most appreciate. Would you advise me to plead my cause now or wait until we become better acquainted ? LOYAL A. L—, Maine. We would advise you to complete your education and allow this young lady to complete hers before you talk to her about love. It is of the utmost lm- portance that you both become equipped for the battle of life before you think of anything else. A few years spent in study will benefit both of you and, during this time, you will become better ac- quainted with the young lady and more sure of her sentiments toward you, as well as of your own to- ward her. have read all the issues of ‘‘My Queen’”’ and like tem very much, so I take the liberty of asking you a question. I am a young girl of sixteen and like a young man of seventeen years of age. I meet him at dances and many other places, but have never gone out with him. He knows so many girls he does not pay much attention to me. Would you So a tell me how to gain him for a lover?. BP. G. Chicago, Ill. Since the young man has not shown you any at- tention and has so many other acquaintances who oceupy his time, we would not advise you to en- deavor to gain his love. Save your affection for the man who will really desire it and appreciate it and do not waste it where it is not wanted. You are young enough to be able to afford to wait a few years before you spend much time thinking of iov- ers or love affairs. You may think it very strange that a map of forty-nine would come to you for advice, onde been married three timer and have nine + ae three of whom are married. [I am very much ove with a lady of twenty-one. She is very handsome and I think she loves me, although she has never MY QUEEN. told me so. Some of my friends say it would be a for advice. W—., Ind. ‘disgrace for me to marry her, so I have come to you We do not think that any man of your age ought to ask a woman twenty years younger than himself to assume the responsibilities of being step- mother to nine children. This girl is entitled to a much pleasanter future than the one you can give her, and you show small regard for her happiness when you selfishly consider making her your wife. We presume that your friends are about right in their criticism. We are three chums And are calling on three sis- ters. The eldest one of us is in love with the young- est sister, and the youngest one of us is in love with the same girl. The oldest sister thinks more of the middle one of us than she does of the oldest. Please ~ give us your advice. We all six think “My Queen” is the only weekly on the market. Chicago, Ill. / THREE CHUMS. We are very glad to read your words of high praise for ‘‘My Queen.’’ Love seldom runs in the channels dictated by age or other conditions. Cupid is a very uncertain young man, indeed, and plays strange pranks. It is unfortunate that two of you should have set your hearts on the same girl; but, perhaps, even this difficulty will be remedied in time. The best advice we can give you is not to be in haste to become seriously attached to these three girls. It is possible that they may become acquainted with three other men whom they will prefer to you. Let your muddled love affair work out its own sal- vation. Time is a great adjuster and will probably prove to be one in your case. _ » * Having been a constant reader of ‘‘My Queen” and seeing your answers to the young ladies’ questions, I thought you would answer one for a young man. I am twenty years old and, as I was skating I met a young lady, whom I got acquainted with, and with whom. I would like to keep company. But she seems in erent. What could I do to gain her confidence? I think the world of her and would be happy with her. O—., Neb. E. H. Ask the young lady to allow.you to call upon her at her home. You will then be able to make her acquaintance better, and as she learns to know you she may take an interest in you. There is no one road to win a woman’s favor. Be as good a man as you know how to be, be a loyal friend in all cases, do not be afraid to face any trouble or mis- fortune—in short, be a man. Even if you do possess all the desirable qualities that could be desired, it is possible that this young lady will still prefer some other suitor; but you will, at least, have the satis- faction of knowing that you were at all times worthy of her attention and interest. TI had a very dear friend whom I respected and mired very much, but being told something about on which displeased me, I broke off my riendship, Afterward I found that the report which I had heard was entirely untrue, and I wrote to him and apologized for believing it, and even asked him to call; Dut he did not come. Do you think it is my 24 to do anything more toward ai | cago, Ill. TRLLE si You have apparently done all you could to regain oie friend’s esteem. Probably the fact that you were willing to believe the false report in the first place hurt his feelings severely, It is even possible that because you believed it he has not much confi- dence in your friendship and, therefore, does not care to continue it. Be slow to listen to idle gossip regarding any one whom you know. If you do hear reports derogatory to their character, the only prop- er way—and that dictated by true friendship—is to go to them direct and ask them to frankly tell you the truft.. cS Eomichboo com