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m ake him realize that your talking and dancing with others has nothing whatever to do with your affection for him. It is very possible that there are better dancers than he, and there is no dance with them. - reat the discussion with perfect calmness and dignity, and do not allow his ideas to influence you against your own judgment. He will respect you more than ever if you insist upon what is ight and reasonable. “There are two young men who seek my hand in marriage. I like both of them well enough to marry them, but cannot decide which to take. One of them is quite handsome and engaging in manner. The other is not at all good looking, but he is awfully kind and thoughtful. I am sure that either of them would make a good husband, but cannot judge between them. Won’t you please tell me which you would take if you were me? STELLA 8, C.” We cannot answer your letter better than to quote from Shakespeare: ‘‘A straight back will stoop; a curved pate will grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow, but a good heart is the sun and the moon, or, rather, the sun, for it shines bright and never changes, but keeps his course truly.’’ Good looks will make no one happy; kindness and thoughtful- ness usually help one along way toward happi- ness, if they do not create it. . _ Aside from this we do not think that you care enough for either of these men to think of marrying them. You may like them ‘well enough,’’ but you certainly do not Jove either of hem, and marriage without love is a very doubtful experiment. “So many inquiries have received wise replies hrough the columns of ‘My Queen’ that I am going to ask you to give me the benefit of your Pinion upon one that isa little out of the usual un. Do you think that women should be allowed to vote? Mrs. B. L.” When we took charge of this department we id not anticipate that we would be called upon to decide upon the woman suffrage question, but ve are willing to tell you what we think even if Sur thoughts and desires may have to wait many ears for their fulfilment. In our opinion, the matter of suffrage is not yet properly restricted ven as far as the male sex is concerned, The man who is ignorant, depraved and a pauper, Aas at present the same voice in the conduct of he affairs of this nation as the scholarly, high- hinded property-owner whose interests are at the 1erey of the rabble. A large number of the men who have the right of suffrage are absolutely indeserving of it, and we would be glad to see ne privilege taken away from them and trans- erred to those women whose brains, education nd character entitle them to a voice in national ma ters. The right of suffrage, however, carries ‘ : MY QUEEN. reason why you should not occasionally enjoy a 29 with it certain duties, and we doubt whether many women would desire to assume those duties. “T think Marion Marlowe is the sweetest girl I ever heard of, and Bertis just splendid! Are they going to get married some day? I think they ought to, for Bert certainly deserves her, and [ would so enjoy reading about their wedding. (Sapipn H.”’ Marion has not revealed any tendency towards matrimony as yet, and we doubt whethershe has any ambition in that direction. She wants to make her own way in the world and be the archi- tect of her own future. Bert certainly deserves a good wife, and perhaps he will get one some day. ‘“‘T have come to you with my trouble because I could go nowhere else. My husband spends half his evenings away from home, and when I _ remonstrate with him, he only gets angry. I do all Ican to make our home attractive, and I am at a loss to know what course to pursue. I am utterly miserable about it,and hope you can help me. Can’t you suggest some way by which I can keep my husband home nights? “Mrs. A. 8. B.” We would suggest, first of all, that you cease to ‘‘remonstrate.’’ A home lined with remonstrances and roofed with complaints is attractive to no man. Make your home as bright and cheerful as you can. If a pleasant face and a sympathetic manner will not keep your husband home then let him go elsewhere, but never fail to make him realize that his own house is very attractive. If he still gives to others the time that you consider yours, then surround yourself evenings with pleasant, sociable friends and tell him next day what a pleasant evening you spent with them. Before long he will probably wonder whether he would not have hada better time if he had stayed home, and then you will have won your victory. A man frequently appreciates his home more be- cause of an evening spent elsewhere, and an oc- easional change will not injure your husband or yourself. _ ‘‘T am twenty-five years old and have not yet had a love affair. Almost all my girl friends are either engaged or married, and they make fun of me because [am an old maid. I am really made very uncomfortable sometimes, and wonder why I cannot find some man who will make me as happy as they seem to be. Do you think that there is anything wrong with my disposition that I cannot attract affection as the others do? Is it any disgrace, anyway, to be an old maid? “Miriam C,”? Do not let your friends’ idle jests make you uncomfortable. Look about you at the many un- happy married couples and consider how much better off you are than they. Your disposition perhaps requires more of a man than vour friends do, but when you find the right man he will be superior to those they have selected. 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