Marion Marlowe in Society, or, A Race for a Title — page 33: what you’re looking at

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30 we cannot look at matters from your standpoint. You seem to want to secure the man who is the best investment regardless of any idea of affec- tion and without any consideration for him. We presume that both of these men were deserving of a much better wife than they had. If you have any regard for the former, we would advise you not to go back to him. If he knew your senti- ments in regard to him he would probably cease to have any kindly feeling for you. The only decent thing for you to do isto stick to your present husband and treat him as well as you are capable of doing, “A friend of mine whomI have known ever Since we went to school together wants me to go off on a bicycle ride with him for a couple of days. It will not be possible for us to make the trip we want to take without spending one night onthe road. Do you think this would be very imprudent? Would it be better if we got a couple of friends to go along making a party of four? “MINNIS P, L.”* The bicycle has ruined more young girls than the much condemned skating rinks ever did. It is unwise forthe young of both sexes to be thrown together under conditions where the proprieties are disregarded, temporarily. Unless you can take your mother or a relative much older than yourself along with you as chaperone, we would say decidedly not to make the trip. To make up a party of four young people, as you suggest, would not improve matters, It would simply mean that another girl beside yourself took the chance of ruining her reputa- tion for a couple of days’ pleasure. Be a little patient and you will probably soon have a chance to visit the same places of interest under circumstances that are not at all question- able. “T think ‘Marion Marlowe’s Peril’ is the best story I ever read. I liked the first number of ‘My Queen,’ and did not suppose that you could issue one that would surpass it, but each number has been better than the one before it. I have fallen in love with Marion herself and am sure that she must be Miss Grace Shirley herself. Please let me know if I have guessed right. ‘“MiILuIcent J. B.”” Your letter is one of the very many that we receive weekly commending this series of stories. You and our other kind friends may be sure that the interest in this series will not flag, nor will even one issue be less attractive than its predeces- sors. The author of the series has certainly ex- perienced, personally, many of the episodes that fall to Marion Marlowe’s lot, else she would not be able to picture them so graphically and with such accuracy as to details of places and scenes seldom seen by the average reader. “An awfully good fellow has asked me to marry him. I think alot of him; in fact, I guess t really love him, but while he has salary enough to support me, he could not do so in the style to MY QUEEN. which I have been accustomed. In spite of my affection for him, I am afraid I would not be happy with him for this reason. Please let me know whether you think I would be wise to marry him. Hattie VY. V.”? No; we do not think you would be wise to marry him or any other man. You certainly do not love him enough to do so or you would not think of style and luxuries. If he hasincome | enough to support you and is such a good fellow you would not hesitate an instantif you really loved him. If physical comforts and the ability to keep up a certain style are of greater impor- tance to you than a true and loving man, we ages advise you to avoid the thought of marry- ng. } **T am seventeen years old and have gone out more or less for two years. They have just opened an artificial ice skating rink in our city, and as I enjoy the sport very much, I have been on the ice every night. My mother objects to this and says I am not old enough to be going out with menso much. She was married when she was om age, so I don’t think she ought to do you FANNIE R.” Sometimes people who marry young are much better judges of what is best for young people ‘than others. Perhaps your mother saw that she was in error when she assumed the dignities of married life at so early an age and is anxious to have you avoid making the same mistake. Her advice is good advice, anyway, and we hope you will heed it. A girl of your age should not spend every evening out if she wishes to retain her beauty and good looks. Skating is good sport, but the atmosphere of the public rinks is not al- ways desirable. There is time enough in the future for you to go out with men, and a little more time spent at home will be a benefit to you. “T have read ‘My Queen’ from the very first number and think it the best series of stories I ever saw. I do hope that Miss Allyn and Marion will get married before long, for I know they would make lovely wives, and I would enjoy reading about them. Is Marion going to marr Archie Ray? Please let me_ know in the nex issue, BEATRICE C, M,”” We are glad that you enjoy reading “My Queen,’ and think that future issues will interest you even more than those you have already read. Marion and Miss Allyn will both have chances to marry; whether they take advantage of them or not we shall see in the coming issues of “My Queen.” Archie Ray is surely one of Marion’s most constant lovers. Perhaps he may win her. Who knows? “Please answer a question for me. Is love always accompanied by jealousy? T have a lover who is awfully jealous, and when I remonstrate with him he says that if he were not jealous he would not love me so truly. I can’t understand it myself. Is it a proof of a man’s affection when he almost has fits when he sees me talking to another man? FiLorris R. W Eomichooks.com ~ | =_ a