Marion Marlowe's Escape, or, A Dangerous Mistake on the Road — page 30: what you’re looking at

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IRENE.”’ We do not think it proper for any one, girl or lady, to correspond with total strangers, unless it is upon some matter of business where it is ne- cessary. Ask your mother and father to tell you what is proper, Irene, or,if you have no parents, J we will always be ready to advise you. ‘‘T am only sixteen, and havea kind mother and father. I have been reading about ‘Marion Marlowe,’ and think the person who wrote it must be very nice indeed and a woman of splen- did character. Mother does not allow me to correspond with boys. Now, I have two boy friends whom I am very fond of, one especially. I feel that he cares for me also. He livesin another city. When he heard mother did not allow me to correspond with boys he wrote at once and said he would never do so again with- out her permission, but the other boy said he would keep it up as long as I did. What I want to know is which cares the most forme? Of course, I love my mother too much to disobey her in this matter, for I know she knows best. ‘‘A LovER oF MARION,”’ The boy whom you love best seems to bea very manly fellow, and we hope that your mother will let you correspond with him. We are sure you would not write him silly letters. You had better drop at once any boy or man who tries to influence you to disobey your mother, A girl of sixteen has no better friend than her mother, unless she is more than ordinarily unfortunate. _- eS “Will you please answer me these questions? A certain young man tells me he loves me, I love him very much and have promised to marry him. He chews tobacco, which I strongly object to. I have asked him frequently to stop, but he pays little or no attention to what lask. Do you think he loves me as he should? He, on the other hand, has asked me to stop telling falsehoods, which I willingly did because I love him tn the right way. Do you think it would be better to drop him or to pat up with him chewing tobacco. Please state your just opinion, Liny BH, C. Tobaceo chewing is one of the most offensive habits aA man CAN POsSseSs, A man who prefers STREET & SMITH. his ‘‘cud’’ to the caresses of a wife is not fit to be ahusband. We advise you, by all means, to give — him up. When he sees that you are in earnest, he may break off the habit. If he doesn’t, it will be proof that he never loved you. “‘Y workin my father’s shop. There isa very pretty girl who works there. I have been trying to get acquainted with her fora long while, but cannot. Every noon she goes over in one corner of the shop and eats her dinner. She does not speak to any one. Kindly let me know how to get acquainted with her and oblige, “PRANK C,”? The conventional way of getting acquainted would be to have your father go to the girl and tell her that his son desires an introduction to her, and if she consents all would be well. If this does not strike your faney, you might amble over to that particular corner and offer her a nice, large, juicy pickle to eat with her luncheon. A pickle will win the heart of almost any young girl we know of, but, if she still refuses your suit, © here is another alternative: Make a sudden dive © for the corner while she is eating and yell, “Mice! like all possessed. This will, at least, force her to move towards you and exclaim, “You horrid boy!’’ This breaks the ice of con- versation and, under the. circumstances, you can consider yourself introduced. ‘Tam in great trouble, will you not advise me? A few weeks ago a very fine opera company visited my city, and I have fallen deeply in love with one of the leading men, His home isina distant part of this city, as 1 know some of his friends. Do you think it advisable for me to seek an introduction? Of course, I would do nothing unwomanly, but it does seem as though I would have to meet him! I wonder if he isa lover of beauty! Every one says that I am very beautiful, and would be so glad if it would help to win his love. Oh, how anxiously I will await your reply in your next paper!”’ You are by no means the first girl who has become infatuated with an actor. What do you know of this young man, of his character and habits? The average actor is so accustomed to at- tention from silly girls that he looks upon them comicbooks-com 4 = =)