Marion Marlowe Entrapped, or, The Victim of Professional Jealousy — page 32: what you’re looking at

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30 that the object of my affections has forsaken me for another, Oh, what can I do to win him back! I shall certainly die if I have to live another week without him! IMOGEN 8.” There is anguish in every word of this letter, and we are very sorry indeed for you, Imogen. There is no grief so poignant as that which a young girl feels when she awakes to the fact which you seem to have discovered. But bear in mind, my dear, that there are scores of lovely and lovable men on earth, and perhaps your cloud will yet have a silver lining. Some day you will meet a man whose love will be all your own, and you will be able to see that this first disappointment was all for the best. We would not advise you to try and get him back. If he _does not come back of himself his love is not worth having. * Will you please tell meif you think fifteen is too young to love? Iam just that age, and I have a met a young man who is very attractive, and know he is in love with me and wants meto. marry him. People tell me that at my age I don’t know my own mind. I should hate to marry him thinking that I love him and then find myself mistaken. e LotTa.”? A‘ letter like this is a positive treat! A girl of fifteen who can reason so wisely will not be apt to make many errors. A great deal of the misery in the world has been created through thought- less and hasty marriages. Women marry men at eighteen whom they despise at twenty-five, or choose husbands at twenty-five whom they have ceased to love or respect at thirty. Humannature is ever changeable, and it is one of the most difficult tasks in the world to discover two intel- lects that will be perfect mates for life. One may go ahead or lag behind, and because of this the result of marriages is uncertain. We would cer- tainly advise you to wait until you are older, No girl of fifteen is sufficiently well developed mentaily or physically to marry, and, further- more, your education cannot be completed at your age. “T have been married a year, and, oh, how I rcuwret it! Just think, Miss Shirley, I was an only daughter. I earned ten dollars a week as cloak model down town, and having no board to pay, could use it allin pin money. Now ten dollars a week has to do for a whole family, my husband, myself and a six weeks’ old baby. I would give the world if I had never been married, and I write this letter as a warning babies che I 7 hope rj intit in your correspondence coltimns, you will printit in jy j ee ice We receive so many letters like this one that if we printed them all we are afraid we should dis- courage matrimony. You sl.ould have ‘‘looked before you leaped,” but thatisa thing that young people in love rarely do. It seems strange that love, or whatever the sentiment is that draws some young people together, should so blind their eyes to the future. We are very sorry that working on a small salary, MY QUEEN. you have made such a blunder, but now that you have done it you should make the best of it. For the sake of your child you must put your shoul- der to the wheel” and try to conquer every ob- stacle that threatens your domestic happiness. Above all, try not to take too many into your confidence in this wise; people will only laugh at you for marrying in haste. It is better to hide your grief and bear the penalty of your own error with silent dignity. “T have read your Correspondence Department .¥ for several weeks with great interest, and wish to add one more to the list of questions. What I want to know is this: Is a woman of thirty ‘too old to marry a man of tweny-one, and what will be the natural outcome of such a union? ‘* GERTRUDE B.” As a rule, we should answer “yes” to the above question, but there are exceptional cases which demand a different answer. Some men of _ twenty-one are very mature both mentally.and physically, and many women of thirty are as ; sprightly as kittens. Mentality should always decide this question. If a woman of thirty has ~ — every gasteincommon with aman much younger ~~ ‘and feels, confident that she possesses, sufficient spirit and magnetism to charm him through the years that are before them, she is running very © little risk in marrying him. It is true that most women age faster than most men, but the excep- tion is not so rare as it used to be, however. Physical exercise and a more intelligent mode of living are keeping our women young nowadays, while the men are inclined to age a little prema- turely. one “T am very much in love with a man of fifty who is a widower with four children, the oldest being only fifteen. Would you advise me to marry him! He has no money of his own—is i ABBIE S.”’ No, we do not advise you to marry him. The — position of step-mother to four children is not an enviable one. No doubt, he wants you to be a motlier to his children, a wife to him, cook,. Sei - “” ‘housekeeper, needle-woman ahd perhaps laun- ~ dress. We advise you to look farther before you marry. “T have read every number of ‘Marion Mar- lowe,’ and I ean hardly wait for the weeks to come around. I knowa young man whois exactly like ‘Bert Jackson,’ and I mean to catch him for a husband, if possible, Do you blame me? “Nora.” I do not indeed, and I wish you success! Young \ men like ‘Bert Jackson” are very rare. We ad- vise you to do all that you can, modestly and properly, of course, to make Bert’s counterpart fallin love with you. We are sure it will be a 7 happy marriage. ; “Tam about to be married, my dear Miss Shir- ley, and I am sure it will surprise you to learn Eomichooks.com 7 >