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me import, has become well known. through the columns of ‘‘My QUEEN,” it is unnecessary to enclose stamps. “YT am a young girl of sixteen, and called very beautiful. 1 have black hairand black eyes. Iam in love with a young aetor, who is very hand- some, but poor. parents object to us going together. kindly advise me what to do? As you are entirely too young to judge for yourself, we should certainly advise you to take the advise of your parents. It is seldom that an actor makes a good husband, and his method of earning a living is usually very precarious, URAC RLEYS = E OHI NOTE.—This department is a special feature of this publication, and it will be appreciated, we feelsure, by all our . readers. It isconducted by Miss Shirley, whose remarkable ability to answer all questions, no matter how delicate the bi Readers of “My QUEEN” need not hesitate to write her on any subject. Miss Shirley . will have their interests at heart and will never refuse her assistance or Sympathy. As all letters are answered only STREET & SMITH, study your husband’s nature and to make him ; happy. It is possible that what you take to be _ ‘ . . 4 © “ ; ‘ r I love him dearly, but my W@ning love is merely caused by business cares | } Would you and worry. Pay no attention to it, but go right — Sypoul. H.” on being just as sweet and kind as you can, and : some day, we are sure, you will be rewarded bya return of his affection. ? “TY have read with great pleasure your new — As publication, ‘My Queen,’ and wish to say thatit is the best five cent weekly I have ever had the : you grow older you will be very glad that you have as wise parents as you have. We trust that they will be able to talk you out of your present infatuation and show you how foolish you are to rebel against their judgment. “Would you kindly advise me with your good advice? lam a young girl of fifteen and quite at- tractive. I have blue eyes, golden hair, rosy cheeks, and a loving disposition. I am neither rich nor poor, but I am desperately in love with a young gentleman. He loves me dearly, but is very poor. My parents object because they think he cannot support two. Would you kindly advise me whether I should marry this man or not? ‘Lu Evia M. E.”’ We are very sorry indeed for children of your age when they imagine themselves in love. It is like measles and whooping cough, that passion of yours, Lu Ella! Nearly allof us had it when we were about your age. Now take my advice, little girl, and get over it just as quickly as you ean. You will see scores of men, if you live long enough, whom you will love far better than you love this young man now. You may not believe it, but it is absolutely true. Ask any man or: woman that you know and see what they tell you, “T am only eighteen and have been married two years, and although my husband is a good never want for anything. Of Inte I have noticed a waning of his affection for me, I assure you that I feel very bad about it. What shall I do to regain his affection? We die Bee’ Your complaint comes to usin company with several of similar nature. We can only say to young wives, be as patient as you can, Try to provider, I ’ determination to change from a Protestant toa privilege of reading. I have read a great number of five cent weeklies, but ‘My Queen’ excels them all, with Marion Marlowe as a subject. I will, with great pleasure, continue to read every issue, : ‘RG. BULLOCK.”’ Many thanks for yotir kind words. We feel sure you will find the succeeding numbers of ‘My Queen’ more interesting than ever as the stories of Marion Marlowe’s career appear. “Vou, no doubt, are very busy with your corre- spondence, but I think you rather enjoy your task of giving advice to others; hence my letter to you. Iam a young man of twenty-four anda more unfortunate onein regard to sweethearts you never saw. Iam sorry to confess I have had about a dozen sweethearts, all of whom have broken with me, or I with them. ‘‘One I broke with because she announced her Catholic, and as I am not in favor of mixing religion, we fell out. Now, of all the girls I have gone with during the time we kept company, I always felt satisfied that I loved that girl, but if we fell out, the feeling seemed gone, and I barel ever thought of her. In my own mind I thin there is no such thing as true love in my whole — make-up, for every girl I have ever gone with I seemed to think I loved, and if we parted com- pany, then the doubt has come up, Now let me tell you, at an early age I went into the United States Navy and was naturally thrown in the company of pen of girls and young ladies. Do you think that having been thrown in with so many has spoiled me, or taken away all hope of a good, true feeling of love settling in my heart, And another thing, I am very short in height and have kept company the last few weeks with a lady some two or three inches taller than 1 am. Would that look entirely out of place, or doesn’t it make any difference? Ebooks.co com = i = ‘ -_ as aw? oe ee