Marion Marlowe in Society, or, A Race for a Title — page 34: what you’re looking at

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# Your lover probably realized that his actions required some excuse, so he invented that one. The best love is far beyond jealousy, which is an unreasoning, selfish sentiment. The man who loves best, will desire the best there is in life for the one he loves. He will be glad to sce you enjoying a conversation with another because it - gives you pleasure. True affection is accompanied _ by generosity, by sympathy, by charity, by self- denial. Jealousy is not on good terms with any of these attributes. . Aman who will ‘‘have fits’’ at a social conver. sation will probably act the same uncomfortable - way without any reason whatever, and we would advise you to insist upon a complete reformation of your lover’s character in this respect before you think of marriage. j “J am very much interested in the letters in ‘My Queen,’ as a dozen or more of them have hit ‘my case exactly. I’ve got all the troubles that 2 pee ce pondents write about,and a few dozen others, do you suppose you can help me? To try and muke it easy for you, I will say that Iam awfully in love and the girl won’t look at me. ‘I’m the laughing-stock of the town just because of my affection, Do give me some advice, straight out from the shoulder! Am] a fool or an ass, or just a commonplace idiot? | ih... - You are a very honest, plain-spoken fellow, _-Bill, and we like your letter immensely. It is the misfortune of most genuine lovers to betray their passions, but we see no reason why you should remember, Bill, that you owe something to your own manhood. Don’t let any one, man or woman, makea fool of you or place you ina false posi- tion among your fellows. If you can not get over your unfortunate affection for this girl do not give up trying to hide it. Assume an indifference _ which you do not feel and recover your dignity as soon as possible. There are other girls! Bottle up your affection and wait a while. a “T am in love with a married man, and my love is returned. He is sick in bed and I have not seen him for two weeks. I know he is longing _ for me as much asI long tosee him. His wife does not know of our affection—in fact,-he has ‘fulfilled his duty to her in every respect. I can- “not bear not seeing him, and would like to know whether I could not call at the house and ask them to let me see him. What would you advise. ae . SSacrRnrry.>’ You are certainly in a most unhappy position, and we can feel for you deeply. One who loves is more anxious to be with the object of their affection when sickness or misfortune reaches them than at any other time, but have you con- ‘sidered whether it is right for you to love this man and whether or not you are acting the part of a self-respecting woman to be so solicitous of his welfare? You have no claim upon this man at the present condition of affairs, and, probably, if you should call at the house, it would on! _ Make his wife suspicious, MY QUEEN. bea “laughing-stock” because of it. But always. 31 We do not blame you for feeling a passion like this, but we do blame you for cultivating and nursing it when you should be trying to stifle it. No doubt this man appreciates fully your feel- ings during his sickness, so itis quite unnecessary for you to demonstrate them further. The spec- tacle of a married man’s sweetheart entering his wife’s home to condole with him while he is ill in bed is one that passes our wildest imagination, What do you suppose a girl like Marion Marlowe would do if she were placed in your position? “T am very nervous indeed about writing this letter as I can’t help thinking it sounds a little silly. Iam fourteen years old and a very pretty girl, if I do say so. 1am in love and my young man calls me his angel. He is in the high school, and he loves meand we wantto get married. Would you advise me to run away with him some night and then come back and get my father’s blessing? I wouldn’t dare to tell him I was in love for fear he would lock mein my room. Do tell me what to do! I simply must marry my | lover! Ipa.”’ My dear Ida, if I knew who your father was, I should be strongly tempted to send him your let- ter. You have evidently been reading some silly stories and have got your little head crammed full of nonsense. A girl of fourteen should be studying her lessons and not thinking of running away with some youngster who is probably quite as silly as she is. I should like very much to sit down and havea talk with you, Ida, for, if ever a girl needed a sensible talking to, you do. Now, please do Grace Shirley a favor—let the boys ‘alone! Attend to your lessonsand mind your mother and father. If you do not do this you will never be a good, sensible, intelligent woman. “You answer so many questions from young women that perhaps you won’t object to answer- ing one from a man just by way of variety. I have beerra reader of ‘My Queen’ from the first issue and have enjoyed itthoroughly. Lonly wish that I could meet a girl like Marion or Alma Allyn, but I guess that all the girls like them were married long ago. Is it true that all the girls that are pretty and witty make poor wives? Are the unattractive ones the only ones that a man will find satisfactory? JI ask these two ques- tions because I see many of my married friends really unhappy, and I don’t want to take any such step myself unless Iam reasonably sure of the result. EpWwArp W.B.” We are mtich pleased to answer your questions, and think that one answer will do for both. There are many women inthe world who are beautiful, both in face and character. There is no clearly defined rule regulating this matter. You seem to bea very cautious young man, and we are glad to see itin you. You cannot be too particular in choosing a wife, neither can a girl be too particular in choosing a husband. We hope that you are deserving of the best wife in the world, but, sometimes, young men do not think about themselves. They expect all the virtues and graces to reside in the other half of the family. 3} EO NOOKS. CO