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23. me to come over to his house to play games with himself and some girl and boy friends. He asked me to stay after they all had gone. He sat in the parlor with me and said he loved me very much. He put his arm around me and kissed me then he put his arm over my shoulder. I told him to stop, but he would not. I will not tell the rest, but last week he asked me over aguin and I would not go. He said he would get even and now he has told every one in our set and I am ‘‘cut.’? Iam sixteen years old. He has some power over me. ERMA H. ——, Illinois. We hardly know how to answer your letter through the columns of public print, for there is s0 much that we are anxious to say to you. We advise you to go at once to your mother and father and tell them how this fellow has treated you. The ‘“‘set” that you speak of must be com- posed of most contemptible people, if they will tolerate such a tattling cur among them, and you need not feel distressed over the “cut” they have given you. No sixteen-year-old girl is able to take care of herself, and you should never go out evenings without some one to protect you. Never, never allow Yourself to come into that fellow’s presence again, and be very careful in the future with whom you associate. If you have no mother or father, go at once to your guardian or nearest relative and do your best to get the miscreant punished, but as quietly as possible. Tell your legal protector the facts, but no one else, I have read ‘‘My Queen” since it has been is- sued, and would like to ask a few questions. I am a young girl quite good-looking and am keep- ing company with a wealthy young man. I am only a working girl, and as his relatives are wealthy they try to take him from me. What shall I do? He says he loves me dearly and will not give me up. I have done my best to separate from him, but he always comes back. Springfield, Mass. GRACE M. There is no reason in the world why he or you should consider his relatives. You cannot marry to please every one, so, if you marry to please yourself, you will be doing your whole duty. If you are a good, kind and loving girl, I can see no reason why his relatives should object to you. It must be your motto inlife to make your husband proud of you and then, some day, his relatives, too, will respect you, I am a man about thirty-five vears old and [ am in love with two nice young girls about twenty and twenty-five years old, and as I can’t throw one down und marry the other I have decided to throw them both down and get a new girl, but [ thought I would write you for some advice regarding this. The one I have picked out isa young lady about twenty years old who has four “hildren. Her husband has been dead abouta year. Please advise me. Jos. N, Vour letter is one of the strangest that we have over received. In reading it over, we were about deciding that you were absolutely incapable of MY QUEEN. honest love when you suddenly turn into a full- fledged philanthropist. We certainly approve of your “throwing down” the two young ladies, although we trust that you will perform the feat as gently as possible. If you wish to asstime the care of the widow and the fatherless, we have no objections. You do not seem to be the kind that suffers much from affection, but we hope and trust that you will be good to the children. —_— Iam in love with one of the dearest fellows on .earth and his name is Allie, but he makes me tinhappy because of his jealousy. Can you tell me some way to driye out this sentiment? Providence, R. I. Kate M. R, We are afraid that you cannot cure this young man of his fault—he must cure himself, there is no other alternative. Jealousy is a morbid condi- tion of the mind which is very dangerous to every one concerned, therefore we advise you not to arouse or submit to it. ‘ I am engaged to be married to the sweetest girl in the world and have been for a year. have a ranch about fifty miles from this place and have about eight hundred head of cattle. She wants me to sell my ranch and cattle and come to town, and I am afraid if I do I will want to go back. Please advise. J, BO A——, Texas. re You must consider your business interests first, as it behooves you to look well to your future finances, if you are thinking of marrying. Sec- ondly, you must study your owngtemperament and inclinations and refrain from doing that which will make you unhappy. We do not advise you to make yourself miserable or endanger your prospects because of a woman’s whim. It will be far more sensible-for you not to marry. Possibly a good, long, candid talk with your lady love will determine your actions. a I am a young girl of sixteen and am in love with a young man six years my senior. I am too oung to think of marrying, but would like a little advice of how to win this man’s love. He is a perfect gentleman—good, religious, indus- trious and has no bad habits. He takes great interest in me and has told me things he would not tell everybody. When he speaks to me, I answer him short, but never show any signs of my affection. I meet him quite often. It seems as though he tries to see me on purpose, as he has told me he sees me when I do not see him. He seemns in every way to show great respect for me. Do you think he loves me? Kindly give me your opinion, — IOLA C, New York City. The young man is apparently very much in- ‘terested, and we advise you to allow him to take his own course, As you say, you are too young to marry and, consequently, you are too young for any declaration of love, so it is best that your friendship should remain just as it is for the present, < ” any numbers are there to ‘‘My ueen? ts Macton going to be married ever roa which Comicbooks com -_ ei oe 4