Show T I 1 C ga rc I 1 L ales t from a perplexed girl your columns have been so helpful to others I 1 would afke to have your advice I 1 have been going with a boy for about two or three months and like him very much and he has told othel other people he liked me better than any girl be ever knew when at a leap year dance how many dances should I 1 give him bina do you think it consid ered unladylike to wear small pearl earrings or would they make me look coarse what should a girl say when asked to have a dance Is it really wrong to let a boy kiss you if ha lie is in earnest perplexed B I 1 hops hope from henceforth these col dumns will prove helpful to you and that you will come just as often as questions bother you it depends upon how many dances there are I 1 should think you could give him every other one girls are wearing earrings now and it if small I 1 see no harm for the ears are not pierced these days and it Is only a harmless passing tad fad to wear them I 1 think it is really wrong to let a boy kiss you and per haps you will think I 1 am very prim to say so it if the boy really thinks a lot of you you can explain in a satis factory manner why you d rather not permit familiarity and he will ampro chate and understand your situation and like you all the better A short contest please give me some little game to while away a few moments before refreshments are serve served d after a card party madame grundy after a card party while the hostess was busy putting the finishing touches to her refreshments the guests had this interesting pastime printed on little paper bags were the following questions 1 bag A city 2 bag A trifle 3 bag A musical wind inspru ment 4 bag luggage 5 bag A kind of cloth 6 bag dag caught in a sack 7 bag A fish 8 bag stretching or pouching 9 bay day A game 10 bag where packages etc are I 1 kept when traveling answers I 1 bagdad 2 bagatelle 3 bagpipe 4 baggage 6 bagging 6 bagged 7 bagre 8 bagging 9 bagatelle 10 baggage car to the one answering the most the hostess presented a dainty silk bag and then she filed the little baga bags on which the contest was written with home made candy progress progressive ve candy jack straws I 1 wish to entertain twelve little boys and girls at an afternoon party will you suggest a novel scheme with which to begin the party puzzled mother provide a quarter of a pound of twisted candy sticks known as op era sticks in most candy shops they come in all colors and there must be a different color tor for each table tour four at a table A pair of candy tonga tongs must be in readiness for each player and a box boy for conal containing ning the candy straws the game Is to see how many sticks may be withdrawn from the pile without breaking or throwing the pile into confusion progressions are made and the score kept chil dren enjoy this entertainment and eat ing the sticks is bermis ible after the game is over and the scores set tied enteria ament for bride elect iam I 1 am to entertain a bride elect and am P puzzled as to what to do in the way of entertainment what c can an you suggests suggest 9 A L T I 1 wonder vonder it if you have had either a magazine book or a den showery at the arst the guests decide before hand what subscriptions to magazines to give gile each one contributing 50 cents this assures pleasure tor for the whole year the chebook book idea is carried out in the same way I 1 lor or the den there are so many attractive things to get A tion Is for five or six to club together and give all the pieces for desk set all to match those of leather are especially attractive copper or dull brass are also much liked then there would be candlesticks waste paper basket etc A western girls girl s answers you are rather stout tor for your hel height but no doubt will grow much more slender as you grow older so take all the exercise you can every day especially walking never lead a man on it is the most unkind thing when you just intend to turn him do down n I 1 think it Is decidedly wrong to alloa allow bo boys a to kiss you perhaps your le let t went astray and the boy may not have received the last one there win will ha no barm in writing t find ni 01 t |