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Show ! ' i 111 - Ii)vl?3vl6 & jrtunen JaJ Mtrtt irb8reHvuhkJ - " Que submitted to the Heaititoriian are limited to two oiet-lions oiet-lions each. All queries mint b written by pen or typewriter, and carry the full name and address of the writers alio name or initial . by which the answer is to be identified in the column. Qries wiU be answered as nearly as possible in the order received; failure to see your answer in one issue means that it will appear later. Do not " ask for a private reply if the query may be taken care of m the department. If a private reply is absolutely necessary, send self-addressed, self-addressed, stamped envelope. ... , , Communications not written in compliance with the rules of this department will be ignored. on of which aha need not be ashamed. 'n rducatlnx yonraalf. pnu see doing- your country the finest bit of service of which any boy or girl is capable, ao do It with a VENGEANCE and never mind tha work! Dear Miaa Kayo Plsase give ma little of your hslpful advice. I have boon engaged to a man aim, Julia. Just lately I have found out that thera ie another . girt who cares a great deal for him. and there ia no doubt in my mind but that he cores a little for her. Ha haa often told me what niea manners this girl haa and what a neat dresser ana ia. I do not cars to hava the man to whom I am engaged tell me things like this about other girio. Miaa Kaye, please do not tell ma there ia jealousy In my heart, for there is - not. If ha loves this other girl I am willing to give him back his ring. Pleaae tell mo what ta do. I ahall da Juat aa yau Say, for you know best, 2. Does It ruin a girl'a roputar tion ta work In a laundry? TROUBLESOME. My poor lamb, would he not have chosen the other girl, had ha not loved you BBTTEK? Possibly he haa merely a passing fancy for thla girl or perhape he admires ad-mires her aa he might a girl whom he could never, never love. At any rata, you can only try to tide him over thla, by diplomatically mak- ing yourself sweeter and lovller than ever. Let no one's mannera be more perfect than yours : be sure that no one could complain of your untidiness, ever exercising great care and precision preci-sion In the aelectlon aa well as In the wearing of your clothes. Be happy and cheerful; dn not seem to take any notice of his allusions to the other girl, and bide the time when either her charms will have failed to attract him or, by hla show of a preference pref-erence for her, your plain duty .will he Indicated. But,untll you are entirely convinced beyond any possibility of a doubt, do not seem to note his seeming seem-ing weakness for her. And until then, be most tactful In your loveliness. To overdo, or seem to Imitate, would lie JTS'T- l"n"rs, DlPfjf IMAI' 1 la (TvT watchword, and remember: MISS KATE thinks he cares for TOtT! 2.. Any honest work la ennobling, my d".tr, and if a girl la true to her better self, maintaining always a womanly dignified bearing, keeping herself above . reproach In manner, speech and deed, ehe mav work where she will. WITHOl'T QUESTION! But to the ambitious. Industrious girl, T would say. thla; There are better bet-ter positions In. the world than thoae to he had In laundriea. and If she be willing to strive for a hit of self Improvement Im-provement which la worth It at any price she need not remain In a laundry! Dear Miaa Kaye: What does one have to do to get to be a member of the club called La Msrraine? Is it the ssme elub which gsve socials for the soldier boys last fell? I live in Belt Lske now when I wr-ite to you firet I did not and I should like to join your club. Ms I? If this will not be much bother to answer, will you pleaae do so? - M. M. ft. . Dear Miss Ksyet If thera Isn't room In yaur eol- m fur the follnwIiiH ' la, llioii ; please ask yaur editor a insert ' thla in special apace, aa I think It requires consideration. I hava twe little girls going to school, and both earry luncheons. These luncheone are never elabe-rata elabe-rata ust els in, y n"1 nd " attractive ae possible. On several occasions, both this and last sea-eon, sea-eon, tha glrle Have ecme home and told ma ef tha wastefulness af many af tha ehlldren, whieh my girls theught waa due to the way their lunches wars put up. Their bread lent allced. but great chunks, with vary little butteri their meat la in huge pieces, and tha children -nibble about tha adgea. aat tha butter and a tiny portion of tha bread, and tha reet la diaearded. Such thinga are extreme wasteful-noes, wasteful-noes, yet the children are hardly - ta blame, aa na child will throw away a daintily put up luncheon. Apparently thia eareleasnoea ia more noticeable among the boys, although prevalent tnrougnout the school. Thia la net fair. Juat be-cause be-cause the child happena ta ba a rough and tumble boy ia no res son whatever why ha lent entitled to the eama treatment aa tha girl. I have heard that the way to a man a heart ia through hla stomach.. I think it ia the same with eur boys. A dainty lunch meana much ta any aehoolchild. ha My girls certainly appreciate , 'their thinly eltced dainty jand-' jand-' wichea. A MOTHER. I thank you for the opportunity to wy a word on thla subject, which has ong been a grief to me. Often, when I am at the schools en-loying en-loying the klddlee and am Invited to stay for luncheon, I look at the sweat, eager little faces etretchlng their mouths to accommodate a sandwich snd a "hunk" of meat, and then won. der. Visions of their mothers' facee, many of whom I know by name and ii hiUJUIlllI lims IliHiimh mr n-ttmT anil irWalmost "impossible to connect thoae sweetly mannered, daintily gotten up women with the haphaiard. unattractive unattrac-tive distasteful luncheone and ao I go on and wonder. I wonder If those same mothers would have dared offer eurh a luncheon to any of thoae other mothers) They WOULD NOr! . And yet, day after day. the aweet Innocents, who ehould be dearer to those mother hearts than all the world beside, are hurried off with a lunch-eon lunch-eon they would hardly have the heart to offer aa a "handout" luncheon to a wayfarer at the back door! Boya- and glrla" stomachs ehould have the very first consideration. If the Inner man la not cared for properly. 1t will profit us little to care for the mental ani exterior man. Unsightly, distasteful luncheons cause Indigestion snd headaches; Indigestion and headache- cause grouches; gronchea cause hatred to spring up In the tiearts where In the normal child only love should dwell; hatred ta the source or crime. Po would It not. aside from the sentiment of tha parental love, he a wise plan to feed our coming men - and women well? Would It not be a score on the side of economics to grow Americans with sunshine In their souls and love In their hearts? Tause. dear, careless mothers, a moment ere you dash off to chat an hour with those fascinating other mothers, or even to make another bandage at the Red Cross pause and ascertain whether or not there la anything any-thing prepared for the morrow's lunch-palls. lunch-palls. If you would hava your boya and girls grow Into thoughtful, unselfish men and women, whoso loved ones' neeila come before their own. do not let lhm read In that fatal lunch basket bas-ket the dally story of a thoughtiese. elfish mother! I Deer Miss Kayei Will you please answer these few educations for me? 1. I am a girl of 15. Rather large for my age. I am going to school. Do you know. Miss Ksye, I feel ashsmed of mysslf doing nothing but going to school. New whet f want is a place I can go and werk after school hours and an Sstui-dsy afternoons, taking care of children, doing housework, ar anything I am capable of, and my eieter aays that a about every- ,hp,..e. anawar Mefr, My dear, a girl who la whole heart- rrllr rolng to school hla ablj; To become a member of La Mar- j ralne. one'a name muat be proposed hy j someone already a member, -after I which It la put to the ballot and. If' elected to membership, the new mem- ! ber takes oath aa Indicated In the constitution. Several beneflta were given hy La Marralne last year, and a series of j club dancea has been planned for thle' winter. The first of the series was set for October IB. but wsa postponed. ! of courae. because of the epidemic, j Aa aoon as the ban la lifted. La Mar- I ralne will again be active. - I If you would care to call at the' office I should be plessed to arrange ; to propose your name for mem hers hip. j My Dear Miea Kaye: I I hava never cent you question! ' before, but would like very much to set en answer to theee twet 1. Can you aerd money to a eoldter In France? ' i 2. Mew ehould you eem it? . RAYE. Money may be sent to your hoy In France. No one order may exceed a hundred dollars, hut aa many orders aa you wish may he cent- Thla money la aent hv noatoffice money order to the United Rtates poetofflce In France and ttrenee tn the bor for j whom Intended. Full Instructions will be given you at the local postoffloa. Dear Miss Ksyei Will you ptessa anewer theee - twe Questions I sm asking, ysut 1. How eld ia Mary Pickford? 2. Will you pleese give ' ma Dorothy 0 ish'e addrees ? VICTORY. Little MsVy waa tl years of egs last April. J. Dorothy Glah, Crlffl'.h Btudlo. Hollywood, CsL |