Marion Marlowe in St. Paul, or, The Company's Mascot in a Double Deal — page 31: what you’re looking at

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asnap of my finger for them. Some of my girl - friends call me an old maid. Do you think I will ever go with the boys and care anything for them, and do you think they will care anything forme? | ELIZABETH R.”’ — You will not deserve the name of ‘‘an old maid” until you are twenty years older and you need not care if your girl friends try to plague _younow. There is abundance of time for you to “eave for’ the boys and you will probably find _ plenty of them that will care for you in the years to come. _ “T am very much in love with the stage, but hate to act, for I have a castin one eye. I havea seood figure and am called pretty and can sing a little. I am very poor, but I love the stage. Please tell me what to do. i ‘A STAGE-STRUCK GIRL.” We would advise you to think of some other means of livelihood. The physical defect which yow mention would probably debar you from prominence on the stage, and any girl is foolish to choose a career in which she has no chance to advance. Theatrical life demands more of its _ devotees than almost any other, and a place among the mediocre actresses is only gained at _the expense oftentimes of years of arduous study and laborious toil. “T have been feading your advice to the young people and find that each reply coincides with my views, therefore the following appeal to you, as Iam ata loss as to the right course to pursue. In your reply to Inez C. in No. 7 of ‘My Queen’ I find you are not explicit enough for me to understand your views on the marriage of — cousins, “Our case is dissimilar to that of ‘Inez C.’ in _ that we have loved each other devotedly for two years, also that our relationship is third instead of second cousins. After reading the following in your advice to Inez C., viz.: ‘We do not un- derstand how any young girl dare shoulder such a burden,’ we hesitate before taking such aserious step. Please explain fully and advise usas tothe right course to pursue. FRANK,”’ As you say, your case is not similar to that of “Inez C.”? She was by no means sure that she was in love. You seem to be sure of this, and you have apparently considered the matter very sensibly and coolly. The degree of relationship existing between yourself and your fiancee is so Slight that we doubt whether you will go far _ wrong if you allow affection to determine your decision, If you have stuck to each other for two years in spite of your doubts, certainly Grace _ Shirley will not stand in the way of your happi. ness, “T have been married about one year, have furnished a nice home and done everything to make our life pleasant. Yet my wife makes it very disagreeable, and we have frequent quar- rels. She gets angry very easily. She insists on my kissing and caressing her every time I come home or leave the house, and she wants me with _ her every leisure moment. She also neglects her _ housework and generally has some of her work MY QUEEN. for me to do when I come home. These things make me feel disgusted, and I am afraid if it continues I will lose my love and respect for her. Please advise me what to do. Wm. S. B." We would advise you to talk the matter over with your wife quietly and calmly. Show her how your frequent quarrels will affect your future and then take pains yourself to avoid any more quarrels. We believe you can prevent these if you try, for some of them, at least, must be ‘your fault; Your wife seems to be very affec- tionate. Try to appreciate this at its full value, and to return it. Itis really a sign of the esteem in which she holds you. We are not sure that she is obliged to do housework. Why do you not hire a servant to do this for her? If you do not earn enough money to pay a servant,we see no reason why you should not assist her in doing it. Do not be too anxious to find fault with her—it is more than possible that the blame lies with your- self. “T am nineteen years of age and have been living in this town about ten years. My parents are poor, though father and myself earn enough to keep us in good circumstances as regards a good home and decent wearing apparel. Since I became eighteen I have been trying to goin good society—that is, with the best girls. The boys with whom I associate get invitations and go out to nearly all the little evening parties, and have good times generally with the giris, but I am neve? invited. ‘‘While I am telling my ‘tale of woe,’ it may be well for me to state that I am a printer, and it may be that that has something to do with it, though, since I began six years ago J have risen from ‘devil’ to foreman of the office and am get- ting a very good salary. ‘There is one girl I want to gain the respect of, and have.tried in every way, but my efforis seem to have been wasted. I have written her several notes to take her to church or to the > theatre, but she has always declined in about this way: ‘Circumstances are so I cannot accom- pany you this evening.’ GEORGE K.”) Your letter has interested us greatly. We can- not understand why you should be “‘turned down’? as continually as you state. Suppose you give up seeking Society for a time and gee whether Society will not seek you. Such things often go by contraries, and the experiment is worth a trial. We should not think that your occupation had anything to do with it, for you are certainly an industrious young man or you would not have risen as rapidly as you have. In regard to the young lady you mention, we would advise you to let this matter work out its own salvation. We certainly would not continue to pursue her with invitations that are so per- sistently declined. Be manly about the matter and do not lose your dignity. Perhaps before long things will begin to ‘come your way’’ and you are young enough to be able to afford to wait. “TI am perplexed in regard to my f ze eeli young man of my acquaintance. y do i ele EORNIELOOOKS. ECO @