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acquire in those intervening years ought to make them more desirable husbands and their married ‘life happier than if they had married prema- turely. — —_ —_——o P <— l “T am a girl eighteen years old and havea sweetheart. I love him very much, and he thinks a great deal of me. One evening he asked me for a kiss and I refused him,so now he does not think so much of me. Please advise me what todo. . Ki, E.” Your lover’s affection seems to be very easily © - swayed. The refusal of one kiss ought not to bias his regard, if he really thought ‘‘a great deal” of you. You are rather young to be worrying your- self about sweethearts. Let the boys alone fora few years and, when a genuine sweetheart does come your way, then, perhaps, his affection will be of a more substantial kind. ae _. For some time I have been corresponding -- Iam very fond. A féw months ago his letters _ dropped off and I have received none from him sinee. He says he is very busy and don’t get time to write, but I think if he cared anything for me he might find a few moments in the day to drop - meatline. I don’t know whether it would be my place to write to him first or not. Please give me _ - your opinion, LoLortTer M.”’ If the-young man really cared to continue the correspondence, he would find time to answer your letters. The fact that he makes excuses for . not doing so ought to convince you that he is not — anxious to continue writing. If he wrote you ~ last, it would be proper for you to answer his letter, but we do not believe in young women wasting time or thought upon any man who is - wunappreciative of them. _ “Tama young girl, twenty-two years old, and _ had been keeping company with a young man for three years and a half up to last August. He _ was a very bashful féliow and also quick-tem- pered. He had never spoken very plainly of matrimony still I think he had good intentions. . We quarreled almost every time we were together as [ am very quick-tempered myself, Last August I became acquainted with a young man whom I told I was already keeping company with another, but he kept asking me to go to different places of amusement andI went. After a while I grew © _ rather tired of my old friend and quarreled with , him, which I deeply regret. I have since given up number two’s company and am going with an old friend whom I do not care much about. I _ tfeally believe I can never care for another as I _ eared for number one, but he has never written nor shown any signs of making up. Please tell me whether to write to him or not; I hate to write, but it was my fault. S. B.” | If the disagreeament was your fault, the only _ fight thing for you to do is to say so frankly. We can see no reason why the young man should be _ expected to do the making up. We would judge _ that you were rather fickle in temperament and _ would advise you to be sure of your own affec- _ tions before you seriously consider matrimony. _ A marriage based upon frequent quarrels and <™ MY QUEEN. with a young man of my acquaintance of whom : 29 ‘‘making up’’is not apt to be productive of much future happiness. “T am a reader of ‘My Queen,’ and ask you to ant me a favor by informing me through your fatal whether I have the right to sell our roperty after the death of my husband without e willing it overto me? My name and his were _both on the bill of sale when we bought the property. Mrs. A. W.”’ You do not state whether the ‘‘property’’ you refer to is real or personal estate. We advise you, in either case, to consult a responsible lawyer in | regard to the matter, as no one should engage in a transaction of this nature without being sure that all the legal forms and requirements have been complied with. This is the only way to guard against possible trouble in the future. “T have been reading your delightful weekly, ‘My Queen,’ up to date, and I would like to ask you a question. I am sixteen years old, and I want to know: Is thereany cure for love? I have a habit of falling in love with girls, and when I get that wayl am a regular fool. I can’t help it and it makes me so blue that I lose interest in everything, and it becomes a serious affair. Do you think it my nature or can I get over it. wad Fier ish You seem to be very impressionable, and you are certainly unfortunate if you fallin love with every girl you meet. A young man of your age ought not to be spending much time thinking about love affairs. Get out with the other boys, play football, baseball and learn to ride a wheel. Spend ail the time you can in the open air,devel- oping your. body, and spend your evenings in study, so that ae you area few years older, you will be a big, strong man with good brains. Make the girls the last thing you think of and we are confident that, in a few months, you will find that you are cured. “My friend and I have been going with two young ladies that we dearly love, but they‘do not seem to think so much of us, and that is why { drop you these lines. We want to go with them steady, and they seem as if they did not want to go with us, but we think they realiy do, Just give me a few points and I will bring things around all rtght. If they turn out the way I want them to I will let you know. “‘CHARLEs, A D.”? You are not the first nian who has been puz- aled by a woman’s aspect, and there are lots more young men who would like a ‘‘few points” on how to make their love affairs run Smoothly. If you think the young ladies really care for you, in spite of their apparent indifference, why don’t you tell them that you love them? Any woman will consider a man more Seriously if he tells her frankly why he desires her acquaintance, than if he allows her to think that he is simply killing time. A straightforward, manly stand is an ad- vantage in love, as it is in everything else. Let us hear from you again, for we would like to know how your love affairs turn out. COMmicloo an) (C <Sric@