Marion Marlowe in Denver, or, The Tragedy of Pike's Peak — page 30: what you’re looking at

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have been offered a small pany in this city, but he will not allow accept it. . a You seem like an ambitious woman, and your letter isa very sensible one. We would advise you to be guided, as far as possible, by your parents’ advice. However, if your father expects you to support yourself, we should think you ought to have some say in determining the kind of work you are to take up. me to Ivy. I am a typewriter girl in the employ of a law- yer who is married. He persists in offering me various attentions, giving me flowers and other presents. Should I accept them? He has also offered me a pair of jeweled garters, ‘with the tstial privileges.’ What does he mean by ‘the usual priviJeges’? I shall look for an early reply. GEORGIA W. We are, indeed, sorry to hear that you are so unfortunately situated and advise you to havea - very serious talk with your unprincipled em- ployer, as soon as possible. Any man who will insist upon paying attentions where they are not wanted is sadly lacking in manliness, and fora man to present a young lady with a pair of gar- od addition of the insult which you mention. Return the articles to him at once, if they are in your possession and ask him what he would do to a man who would offer his daughter a similar insult. We sincerely hope that you will not be - obliged to give up your position, but would ad- vise you to be ready to do so at his next intima- tion of familiarity. I ama young girl of eighteen with blue eyes, andthe men say Iam very good looking. Fora year and a half I have been engaged to a young gentleman who has been very kind to me, but of late he has grown cold, and I would like your advice as to whether he cares for me any more _ or not. He is twenty years old and has no bad habits except he cares very much for flirting. 7 ANNA M. B. Do not trust to all that men say to you, for the tongue, with some, is a deceitful member. If the young man you speak of is a flirt, hve advise you _ to break your engagement. It may be that he has tired of his bonds and wishes to be free. You were both too young to enterintoan engage- ment. Iam acquainted with two young men, one is dark and pretty, the other light and homely. _ They both say they are in love with me, but I amin love with my light-compiexioned friend. am very handsome. I have a girl friend who is very light and who is in love with my light-com- plexioned friend also. He has asked me to marry him, but I have not given him a decided answer. I would not like to harm my girl friend _ as I like her very much. MADELINE. _ Cambridge, Mass. _ If the young man has shown a sufficiently de- cided interest in you to ask you to marry him, r ‘ MY QUEEN. art in a stock com-.: - ters is a sufficient breach of etiquette without the lam very dark and the girls in the shop say I~ 27 we do not see that your girl friend has any claim on him whatsoever. As she does not own his love, you cannot take it away from her, and you should not let a feeling of pity make two lives miserable. Too much sentiment is quite as bad as too little. Consider your conscience first, in love as in everything. I am a young man of twenty-two and am des- perately in love with a young lady of eighteen. This young lady loves me and we would marry but for her parents, who are opposed to our marriage. Will you kindly advise me what to do? We are now thinking of running away and getting married, but would rather have the con- sent of her parents. = Bop. B—, Conn. _ You are very wise to prefer an open, honor- able course to a secret one, and we advise you to wait patiently until you have won the consent of your sweetheart’s parents. You are both young enough to afford to wait, and, no doubt, when they see how constant you are to each other, both father and mother will bless your union. I have no one to go to but you for advice. I have read ‘‘My Queen” for a long time, and read each number over two or three times. I can hardly wait until they come out. I would like -very mtch to meet a girl like Marion, but I fear there are but few of them. I am very much in love with a girl, butt she still seems happy with- out me. She does many mean things to me and to her friends. For her sake, I would like to break her of her mean ways. Please advise me. Schenéctady, N. Y. JAMESJ.H - We judge from your letter that you are the right sort of friend for a girl to have and are sorry that the young woman does not appreciate you. Possibly a few gentle hints or an earnest kindly talk will help to work a reformation. I she persists in doing ‘‘mean things,’’ you will only waste time by thinking of her and will do well to interest yourself in some other direction. Tam a young lady of eighteen, and am very good-looking. Have a datk complexion and am of medium height. I know a young gentleman that I think very much of. I go to his house quite often and when I am with him he treats me very well, but my friends tell me that he keeps company with another young lady. Every time I ask him he says, ‘‘No.’’?’ Howcan I tell if he loves me? JOSEPHINE. Cambridgeport, Mass. You can hardly expect the young man to treat you other than well in his own house, but how does it happen that you do the calling? Probably the young man knows as much about his own actions as your friends can possibly know and we advise you to take his word and not listen to gossip. If the young man loves you, he will te] you in due time. Do not force your affection nor your company upon him. I am in great trouble. Iam “cut dead” by all our set, and I know Iam toblame. Last month a young man I have known for a year orsoasked COMMICDOOKS.€@