Marion Marlowe in Washington, or, Meeting the President — page 30: what you’re looking at

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28 ance of their letters should remember that the edition of ‘‘My Queen’ is so large that it takes some time to printitin spite of the size of our plant, and the matter for publication is necessar- ily made up some time in advance of the date of publication. Every letter receives the personal attention of Miss Shirley and is printed in its regular course. “T am a young girl sixteen years old, and I wish to thank Miss Shirley for writing sucha nice weekly journal as‘My Queen.’ Marion Mar- lowe is the model of a pure, sweet girl that every young girl should pattern after. Lappreciate‘My Queen’ very highly, and I think it is a good journal for every young girl to read. I have read every number of ‘My Queen’ to the latest, and shall continue reading them. I think the corre- spondence department very interesting, and I have obtained very good advice through it. I wish much success, and a long, happy life to Miss Shirley and Marion Marlowe. Hoping to see my letter in print. CONSTANCE,”’ Many thanks for your kind words. They are deeply appreciated. “T have a sweetheart and have been going with him about a year. He is leader of one of the orchestras, and when his orchestra plays fora dance he always asks me to go. Is-it proper for me to go when he plays? There isa girl who comes to visit here, and when she sees him at a dance she always follows him around. What would you do if you werein my place? Our pa- rents think we are too young to go together. He is twenty and I am eighteen. Crete L.” We do not advise your going out with this young man against your parents’ advice. They are probably the best judges of what is for your good, and you are certainly both of you young enough to wait a while before going together continually. We advise you to have your sweet- heart call upon you at your home instead and only go out with him when your parents consent. “T have read every number of ‘My Queen,’ and have enjoyed them very much, I world like to know will there be any more books issued after ‘My Queen’ No. 12? Mary D.”’ We are glad you have enjoyed ‘My Queen” so much. As you see, we had no idea of discontinu- ing the publication after No, 12. In fact, Marion’s adventures since that issue have been more inter- esting than those you have already read, and we can promise you that they will continue to grow in interest. “T hada gentleman calling on megor quite a while. I have nothing to complain of, but I feel [ have utterly failed to interest him. He was nice to me, but never seemed to prefer my society to that of any one else. Now he has ceased com- ing, and as I think a good pit of him can you sugegest a way for me to win him back, for with- out him there is no happiness or pleasure for me. “Bratrrick R, W.” Weare very sorry for you, Reatrice, for you seem to have given your affection where it was MY QUEEN. unsought and unappreciated. We do not advise you to try to ‘‘winehim back.’’ You have no rea- son to think that you would succeed in arousing his interest now any more than before. Engage in some occupation that will take your time and thought and mix more with other people. In this way you will gradually overcome your wun- happy frame of mind. a “T have kept company with a young lady for over a year. She has recently moved to another town, where I pay her my visits; I love her dearly and she loves me as much if not more, for she never cares to go with any other young men. She is nineteen and I am twenty, and the first boy she has kept company with. Now, do you think Iam treating her wrong to attend a ball, theatre or party with young ladies of the same society? I never attend these amusements with other young ladies only when it is impossible for her to accompany me. JAVH, C.” We see no reason why you should deprive your- self of society because your sweetheart lives in another town. Innocent pleasure hurts no one, and we do not think that your sweetheart will care any less for you because you do not stay home and mope. “Tama young girl of seventeen, and as I am considered quite pretty, I have quite a number of gentlemen friends. I have one constant caller to whom my parents object, because he is a Democrat, and my father is a Republican. Do you think this sufficient reason for me to discon- tinue his friendship? Grace D.” We fail to see why your friend’s politics should be considered an objection. Hehas quite as much right to his opinions as your father has to his. If your friend is a gentleman, chivalrous and high- minded in his attitude towards you, we think you can accept his escort without considering his politics. —__-—_ “JT have a gentleman friend who gives me a call occasionally and whois quite a debater. I believe he is of Irish descent and born in Eng- land. Our last subject was, Who speaks the sim- plest; purest and most correct language of these three English-speaking peoples—the Irish, the English and the so-called Americans? He says the Irish people always did speak and are now speaking the simplest and purest language. Second, the English. The Americans, he says, speak not English. They speak what.we call broken English. Marte A. B. A perfectly ‘pure’ language is hardly to be found to-day, and a person who uses the “purest” language known is even more rare than the language itself. Both English and Trish are corruptions of their predecessors, Saxon, Norman and Gaelic, and our so-called ‘‘American’’ can best be described as a blend or amalgamation of every tongue that was heard at the tower of Babel. We should place the best English before the best of the other two mentioned, as being the ‘‘most cor- rect,” although it is no purer nor is it so simple as the [vish language. Eomichbooks <¢om -