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AWA SMAI tt “N \ AY readers. import, has become well known. veSTies GR NOvTE.—This department is a special feature of this publication, and it will be appreciated, we’ feel sure, by all our It isconducted by Miss Shirley, whose remarkable ability to answer all questions, no matter how delicate the Readers of “My QUEEN” need not hesitate to write her on any Subject. Miss Shirley \ f NSIMIBR CE SHIRLEY — SY —s* will have their interests at heart and will never refuse her assistance or sympathy. As all letters are answered only through the columns of ‘‘My QUEEN,” it is unnecessary to enclose stamps. ‘‘T have read the correspondence department with great interest, and would, please, ask your advice in a matter that is perplexing me. About a year ago I became acqttuinted with a young man. We kept company together, and he seemed to think a-good deal of me. But all of a sudden he went away. He did not let me know he was going. I heard nothing of him until about three months after he went, he wrote me and said he knew he did not do right by not letting me know he was going, and he said how bad it would make him feel if I did not answer. We corresponded for a while. He asked metosend my picture, and I did but did not receiveananswer, That was about two months ago. I did not know I cared so much for him till he was gone. Please let me know if you think I should try to forget him or if you think he cares forme yet. Estar C.” The young man you write of, Esther, seems to be an ‘‘uncertain quantity.’? We should say that he was a little in doubt as to what he wanted himself, and would advise you to forget him, if possible. Thinking and worrying about him will not bring him back, nor will it increase his regard for you by so much as an atom, . While he is making up his mind what he wants, you may be able to find some young man who is not so slow in his decisions, and, perhaps, this is exactly what fate has in store for you. “T have been married over four years, and it has been four years’ unhappiness. [had not been married a month before my husband struck me, and for nearly a year my poor heart was broken. I did not love him when I married, but thought that would come in time, but I prayed to Heaven o make me a good wife, ’ “Wy went eit to work and bought most of the furniture, and did all I could towards making a comfortable home, Yet it was not appreciated, I took his mother in my home, when her own daughter turned her out, and did all L eould to make her happy. Yet I got no thanks, and my husband is a terrible drunkard and very brutish, He has thrown me on the floor and was coward enough to kick me. [ have tried my best to put up with all this rather than cause any scandal but now my nature rebels against all this, anc he has killed what little respect [ had for him. am thinking very seriously of leaving him, birt | have no one to advise me, so dear Miss Shirley, if T am not asking too much, kindly advise what ‘¢ hest to do. Now I see my folly in marrying for STREET & SMITH. the sake of a home, which was my whole reason for marrying when I did, and Iam all alone in this great country. Dear Miss Shirley, if I have not asked you too much, kindly advise me what I should do, and I can assure you, your advice ~ will be appreciated. I shall await your reply very eagerly in ‘My Queen.’ Anna §.”’ Such letters as this cause our very-hearts to weep! Poor child, we cannot blame you for your, folly in marrying as you did, for you have been bitterly punished already. We unhesitatingly advise you to leave your husband. In your most foolish moments you would probably not have married a drunkard had you known it. If you can help to support a husband you can certainly support yourself. : “Would you kindly tell me what you think, whether it makes any difference to marry a cousin. Last fall- he came visiting to our home and he fell in love with me, told meso, and I love him also. He’s been sending letters right along which I have answered. I’m _ nineteen and have a good home, but he wants me to marry. Some say there’s no luck when cousins marry. Tell me what you think about this. — ‘*Gracg O, D.” We do not approve of cousins marrying. It is entirely contrary to the laws of marriage, as nature has ordained them. It is a great pity that you have formed this attachment, and we sin- cerely hope that you have sufficient strength of character to resist it. Write your cousin exactly how you feelin the matter and beg him to face the question squarely. More than yourselves are to be considered in this matter. Do not be too prudish or silly not to look at it from all stand- points. We blame your parents for not ‘‘nipping jn the bud” this unfortunate attachment, “T gee by reading your weekly journal ‘My Queen,’ that you can answer any questions thata yerson can ask, Now, Iam very anxious to ask a fax question as | am clerking where we have your journals now on hand and selling them rightalong,and Lam rending them and findthem very interesting. So I would like to know what are your prices or how you arrange it, “Kpoira M.”? — Gomicboo (E S a & —se yy a” Ee a — a a ee ee ae