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you he will not long delay saying so. If he does not, and is simply caressing and kissing you be- the privilege, the sooner you abandon the prac- tice the better. Retiin your kisses for the man who esteems them most highly. —_—_—--—_ “Although it may seem foolish of me to ask advice inthe matter I shall refer to you, still I ask your advice in all sincerity, since it is of such vital importance that trifling would be entirely out of place. ARP (bam a young girl, eighteen years old. I have a friend who has Been all a friend could be to me for years, We have had the misfortune to fall in - Jove with the same man. She knows nothing of my love for him, but has often told me in con- . Wines how dear he is to her. Not long since he told me he estéemed.me more than any woman in the world, but that next to me he esteemed my friend. What shall I do, take his love and leave my friend? She is so true-hearted that she will love but once. Shall I ruin my own life or _ my friend’s. — Maupbe D. A.” If you are really in love with this man and he isin love with you, we fail to see why you should consider spoiling two lives for the sake of one. You are not even sure that the man would marry your friend if you did throw him over. It is cer- tainly a misfortune that she has given her affec- - tion to the man who has bestowed his upon you, but that is the way of the world, and you are not in any way to blame. _ If you desire this man’s love and he offers it to you, accept it by all means. There is no treach- ery in this to your friend, if you have always been open and candid with her. 4 They call me‘an old maid,’ soI suppose I amone. It is a hard lot to live, and I am only human and yearn for human love. Can I ever getitand how? How often I think, ‘No one to love me and no onetolove!’ I have never had _ alover—my friends tell me to advertise. I think it too public, though I would take most any man _ just so I could love him. I am fifty-six years old, _ only, real nice and real pretty. Ought I to adver- _ tise? I love Marion Marlowe, for it is she who has stirred the old flame of passion into a mag- nificent blaze. Make her, oh, so very happy! Dolly isso sweet! Pray get Miss Allyn a man, for her life must be so lonely without some male love. I shall look for an answerin your next magazine. AMANDA L. P." _. You seem to have arrived at a very seasonable age without falling a victim to Cupid’s marks- manship, but as the tiny god is known to be no respecter of persons he may yet senda few arrows _ inthe direction of your heart. You seem to be Willing to accept almost any sort of man fora _ husband, and, if you are as ‘‘nice’’ and ‘“‘pretty”’ as you suppo some lonely soul who yearns as hard as you do. _ An advertisement would bring answers from an _ undesirable class of men, and we are surprised that a woman who has reached years of discre- _ tion should consider it seriously. We do not MY QUEEN. cause you permit it and not because he values. , you ought to be able to attract. 29 think that there is anything very ‘‘terrible”’ in being an old maid. We are glad that Marion has warmed your heart after all these solitary years, but hope the results will not be detrimental to your peace of mind. Miss Allyn has not shown any signs of lonelines, but is a self-reliant young woman, and will probably be able to survive for the present without a lover. “T met a young lady friend of mine in the city about a year ago. I moved away, but we lmve been corresponding with each other ever since. Her grandmother and my grandfather were brother and sister. Do you think we are too nearly related to marry? We love each other | dearly. CHARLES G,”’ While we personally do not approve of even distant relations marrying, we believe that the © world at large offers no objections. If you are both in good health and the record for health in preceding generations is also good, there may be no evil results from such a union. We advise you to consider the matter carefully. ~ “Tam twenty-two years of age and possessed of a good contralto voice, having sung in most of the large cities of the New England States, and am in love with a young colored gentleman who is at present on the vaudeville stage. He is very anxious for me to accompany him and assist him on his tours by singing in connection with his ‘turn.’ He has proposed to me and I am almost at my wits’ends as to what my answer should be. My parents object very much to this union, saying he is not of my class and color. Do you think color has anything to do with love? Kindly answer this as soon as possible, as I shall anx- iously await your reply. Luuvu O.”’ Not since the Correspondence Department of ‘“‘My Queen’’ was started has anything shocked and horrified us like your letter, Lulu! My dear, dear child! Are you really serious? Is it possible that you,a white girl, would marry a negro? The thing is unnatural, and we beg that you will put it out of your mind at once. There can be no honest affection in such a union, which is sure to endin sorrow. Consider motherhood. Dare you inflict such «a horror upon any human being as the one which must be contemplated at this hideous marriage? I do not disparage the colored race, but that a white girl should even consider a marriage with one of them, passes the limits of my comprehension. If you have an atom of self-respect left, give up this man at once! os “Tn the Questions and Answers of ‘My Queen’ I see many helps for the youny ladies, but few from men, but will you please help me on a sub- ject that troubles me very much. I have been in love and engaged to a young girl for over two years. She is still young, just past seventeen but we have loved each other dearly, or at least I have. She would not give any other boy—I am only twenty—any encouragement for eighteen months, but then I overheard a few words that cut me to my heart, but she said she was only flirting. She said thatif I would not allow her ECONMNICLMOOKS.CO C An