A Wonderful Secret, or Marion Marlowe's Discovery — page 31: what you’re looking at

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S> y | should desire to do so. We do not believe that three women have ‘‘made trouble” for you sim- ply because you were away from home attending to your business. It is very apparent that there is some other reason. I have a gentleman friend who causes me great anxiety. I have known him for about two years, His home is in a neighboring town, but a while ago he came and started in business here, All simmer we were together, and my parents ap- proved of my going with him. He has sold out and gone back home now. He has promised twice when he has seen me that he would write, but has not. I know I love him. Do you think it would be wrong for me to write him first? Heis a little bashful, I think. ANXIOUS. Ww——, [linois. If your friendship warrants a polite, friendly letter, there will be no harm in your writing him first. You can say, as an excuse’ for writing, that you were anxious to know how he was getting on, but do not display any particular sentiment. If he does not answer your letter, do not write again, as that will be conclusive proof that he does not wish to continue the acquaintance. I have been going with a young man abouta year and like him very much—in fact,I preferred his company to that of any one else. Now he has left me. What shail I do! My heart will break if he don’t come back to me. Please tell me how to win hislove again. I can hardly wait for your answer. MARGARET. S——, Ohio. My dear Margaret, I am sorry, indeed, that you have been unfortunate in love, but do not allow it to “break your heart’? or make any serious disturbance in any other directions. Re- member, ‘‘there are just as good fish in the sea as ever were catight,’’ and it is neither wise nor modest to be crying after a fickle lover. We do not advise you to make any effort to regain this young man’s love, as affection without constancy is not worth having. —— I have been keeping company with a nice young man and love him very much and he loves me. He asked me to become his wife and I said ‘‘ves,” but when he asked my parents’ consent, they said ‘‘no.’’ He has a steady position and is able to support a wife in comfort. They say the reason they object is because he is an American and IT am an Italian. Can you hel me in my trouble? ARINA C, Paterson, N. J. We have never been able to discover anything objectionable in an American gentleman, and think your parents must have some other reason than the one you have mentioned for their dis- approbation. Possibly, you are a Catholic and your lover a Protestant, We do not approve of daughters marrying without the consent of their parents, unless the parents are foolishly preju- diced in their judgments Iam a young man of very serious disposition, and write asking you to help me settle an impor- MY QUEEN. tant matter. Iam engaged to a young lady whom I have never seen, only her photograph, but since I have told her I was an acrobat and tray- eled for my living, she says she will not mar me until I change my occupation. Now, what want to know is whether or not that is true love, and would it be right to change my occupation. ——, La. We can understand that a young woman of domestic tastes would be very unhappy if her husband were constantly traveling, therefore we cannot blame her for objecting to your occupa- tion. On the other hand, we can understand how difficult it would be for a man in your profes- sion to change his occupation and the conclusion is, we advise you not to marry. A woman can love truly and yet not marry whén she sees her future happiness threatened. Thisis the best kind of love, for itis not foolhardy. It is very appar- ent that, like yourself, the lady is ‘‘serious,”” I am twenty-one years of age and very, very much in love with a young man of twenty. He is a very fine young man and well-to-do. I am so very, very mtch in love with him that it would break my heart to lose him, but Iam unable to’ find out whether he loves me or not, although I think he does. A. Z. Cincinnati, Ohio.. We cannot advise you in this matter except to say thatif the young man really loves you, he will speak in time, and itis your duty as a mod- est girl to await his pleasure, provided the delay is not unreasonable. One of the quickest ways we know of forcing a young man to make known his intentions is to feign an interest in another. This will arouse his jealousy and cause him to divulge his real feelings, after which, if you wish, you can explain your actions. I have a whole héart full of love for some one, | if they will only love me, I am only twenty years old, and am the only child of a rich mother and I havea stepfather. My mother does not seem to care for me, all she thinks of is society (which I have no use for). Ican never remember the time when my mother has kissed me, and, oh, I do hunger and starve for a little love! And now she wants me to marry a man forty years old. I know he does not love me, and I almost hate him. He is wealthy and a wholesale liquor dealer, and my mother says I must marry him, I have a good or fairly good education, and could get a place in an office as stenographer with sufficient salary to furnish me the necessities of life, but I love my mother, although she is so cold to me, and I would sacrifice myself for her, if I thought she would love me. But I do not want to marry for some years, my dear Miss Shirley. Shall I marry this man for my mother or shall I seek to earn my own living. E——, Texus. GLADYS, Our advice to you, Gladys, is not to marry. When you truly and honestly love, it will be time enough to assume the responsibilities of matrimony. We cannot understand how any woman, and especially a mother, can advise a child to marry for money or any reason other than h t affection, ; ii irMComichooks.com t