Marion Marlowe Entrapped, or, The Victim of Professional Jealousy — page 31: what you’re looking at

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heart and never refuse her assistance or sympathy. “Will you please advise me in the following matter? I am engaged to a young man who is only making twenty dollars a week, and who is obliged to support his old father and mother, If I marry him I must live with the old folks, and do all the work. Do you think by doing this I could ever be happy? Mamtie.’? We think the chances are that you would be _ very miserable indeed. You had better wait until - the young man is able to employ some one to take care of his parents, and then you can have yourown little nest together. It is not well, asa rule, for a young married couple to begin life in the same house with their relatives. “T have been reading the ‘Marion Marlowe’ stories with great interest, but I am inclined to think that Marion is something of a coquette, and that she does not seem to know her own mind where her lovers are concerned. The stories are very interesting and exciting, and I enjoy them immensely, but I felt sorry for‘Archie Ray’ and ‘Dr. Brookes.’ I feel like scolding Marion be- catise she does not love them. I wish I had her chance to marry either one of them. If they are really true characters I wish you would send me their addresses. MB” We are Glad to hear that you are réading the ‘““My Queen” series, but we are afraid you have not studied Marion’s character very thoroughly. She has been absoiutely honest with the two young men you mention, and no one would resent the term of ‘‘coquette’’ more quickly than they would. Unfortunately, we do not know their addresses at present, so we cannot favor you, but no doubt, both gentlemen would feel honored at your candid appreciation. “JY have been married ‘two years, and have a baby six months old. My husband says I give all my time to the baby and none to him. The baby is delicate, and no one can soothe him except his mother. If I must neglect either one, which should be neglected? FLORENCE McK.” This is the same old story that we have heard many times. Many married men use it as an ex- cuse for spending their time elsewhere, and God pity the wives of such inhuman monsters! You have brought an innocent childinto this world of GRACE SHIRL . NoTr.—This department will be made a speciat feature of this publication. It will be conducted by AAS panel whose remarkable ability to answer all questions, no matter how delicate the import, will be much appreciated, we in sure, by all our readers, who need not hesitate to write her on any subject. Miss Shirley will have their interests a = STREET & SMITH. sin and woe. It is your duty to devote yourself to it just so long as it needs or claims your devotion. The claims of wife are nothing when compared with the duty of motherhood. The man or woman who would neglect his or her own child for even one hour is guilty of the greatest sin that can be committed. You cannot expect your child to grow up loving or respecting you unless you have proven yourself worthy of these sentiments. Try and make your husband understand your position and his in this impor- tant matter. “T have been brought up to think that it wasa sin to drink liquor, and now I am deeply in love with a young man who often drinks a glass of wine; who, to the best of my knowledge, has never been tipsy. Would I be doing right to -marry thisman? I do not know how I can give him up, and yet I hate to go against my princi- ple. Hpna.”’ Your anxiety is very natural, but we hardly think you would be doing wrong to marry a man who takes a glass of wine occasionally. History is filled with the names of great men who were not total abstainers, If liquor disagrees witha man, or he is prone to yield to its insidious fas- cination, that is another matter, but the mere fact of a man taking an occasional drink is nota sion that he is destined to fill a drunkard’s grave. Total abstinence is commendable, and in the case of men weak in will power itis almosta necessity, but many a man who is a moderate drinker will prove a better husband than the total abstainer, whose other virtues are not as fully developed as his abstinence. Study the character of the man whom you think perhaps to marry. If he is honorable, brave and true, you can safely trust your life’s happiness in his hands, despite his occasional glass of wine. —_—-+- = “Tam so sick at heart that I can hardly write this letter, but I must know your opinion, my dear Miss Shirley. I have been deeply in love for over a year, and how dam tpeqado te hesiects