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Scores of letters have reached us ahead ~ of yours, and these must be answered in the order in which they are received. Besides, the enormous circulation of “My QUEEN” renders it necessary that we should have the letters in hand sqme time before the date of issue. All letters to “MY QUEEN”’ are answered, so your query and its answer is bound to appear in due time. “Tam twenty years old and have never had a lover. I like young men, but don’t seem to cap- ture any one. I live up-stairs, and atten o’clock one night aiter turning out the gas I sat on the landing. There wasa young man came up that I was slightly acquainted with. He sat down for a chat. Now, ought I to have risen and opened our door or was it proper to sit there in the dark with him? . SARATOGA.”? You have plenty of years before you in which to capture a lover. We do not see anything radi- cally wrong in your sitting in the dark witha young man, under the circumstances you men- tion. The man that one cannot trust in the dark would be likely to be untrustworthy in the light. As a rule, though, it is always wise to receive your callers in a lighted room in your home, par- ticularly if, as you say in this case, you are only ‘slightly acquainted’’ with him. “Tama young man of twenty-one—weigh 162 pounds—considered very handsome. Have an exceedingly good education, but some people seein to dislike me for some catise. I am honest and upright, have no bad habits, am_ pleasant but poor. I have met some girls that liked me at first, but soon became tired of me. Will you please give me your advice. I am continually longing for the love and confidence of some true little girl. Will you tell me how to gain the good will of others? GRANT I, You have written us a manly, straightforward letter and that makes it hard for usto understand your position, A man really possessing the good qualities you tention ought to have no trouble in making acqtiaintances. It is just possible that you are too much inter- ested in your own affairs. Try to become inter- ested in other people, their aims and ambitions and, perhaps, you will be more attractive to them. A thoroughly self-contained man is seldom interesting to others, contented and happy until my husband ‘aoe going out and leaving me alone three ant oN nights a week. Then two women came ane STREET & SMITH. told me (what I afterward learned was true) that my husband had been going around with their daughter and sister for seven months. I con- fronted him with this and he promised that it should not happen again. But when he wantsa night or evening out I cannot control my feelings and by the time he comes home I am almost in hysterics. Should I trust him and let him go out evenings or do. you think a man that does that is not to be trusted? Mrs. ALEXANDER W.”’ We wish that some of the young girls who write us that they are anxious to get married could meet you and realize what a serious matter matrimony really is. We are sincerely sorry for you. Your husband has evidently given you cause toadoubt his sincerity, and when doubt once enters into one’s home the spell is broken. You might endeavor to make your home so attractive to your husband that he will have small incent- ive to go elsewhere. If you do your utmost in this respect, and it fails to accomplish your pur- pose, it would be doubtful whether it was worth while to waste any more time or thought upon him. “Tam in love with a young lady and as I have no other way to spend the evenings I call on her three times a week. She likes to go to some quiet spot where we can be away from every one, but her parents object and have said if I could not see her at home not to call on her at all. Do you think they are right? R. So We think this young lady’s parents are per- fectly right. The place for you to call upon her or any other young woman is at her own home, We judge from your letter that your trips to “quiet spots’ are more her fault than your own, but you ought not to consent to anything of this sort when you know that it is contrary to her parents’ desires. We advise you to talk the mat- ter over with her and show her how much more sensible it would be to fulfil the requirements of etiquette. “Tam a girl of sixteen and am called very pretty. I do not go with the boys and do not care Gomicbooks.com 2