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Show Dear Sally DEAR SALLY: I'm ayoungman of 18. Last week at a friend's party, I met a swell cirl and spent most of the evening dancing dan-cing with her and kidding around. She disappeared from the party about 11 o'clock and then later when I asked my host about her and cause one or the other principal kept Dlugsunz. DEAR SALLY: I'm a girl of 13 and already my life is ruined. My parents refuse to let me date until rm-in high school. Several boys have asked me to go riding with them or to the movies--but it's no dice--my parents say I'm too young. I know several other girls my age who are dating, dat-ing, and I think my folks are being very cruel about this. How can I wait two more years? By that time romance will have passed me byl BETSY. DEAR BETSY: I'm sorry, chicken, but I can't give you much help, other than to repeat what your parents have already told you--dating should begin in high school, and not before. I'll guarantee guar-antee that any 'romance" that happens to pass you by during the next two years will only too readily shift gears when the green light turns on. DEAR SALLY: I have had several sev-eral dates with a certain boy, and I think quite a lot of him.' Now, it happens that his birthday is approaching and I'm wondering wonder-ing just what kind of gift I should give to him. Will you please advise ad-vise me? ESTELLE. DEAR ESTELLE: Skip the gift and send him only a card. Or, if you really want to do something extra-special in honor of the day, you can invite him to your home for dinner. Any gift-giving should be initiated hy the man and, in a girl's case, it is better to wait until she's engaged to him. DEAR SALLY: I am engaged to be married, and both my parents and my fiance's parents have told us they intend to give us rather large gifts of cash for their wedding wed-ding presents. Now, I'm in a quandary. quan-dary. Do I lay these checks with our other gifts which I shall be displaying at our wedding reception? recep-tion? Some people have told me this is not proper, and others have said I would hurt our parents' feelings if I failed to display their gifts. SHARON. DEAR SHARON: A display of the checks would be vulgar. However, How-ever, it would be quite all right for you to tell close friends and relatives that your parents gave vou checks- but skip the amounts. where . I could phone her for a date, I was floored SALLY SHA.W when he told me that this girl was only 12 years old! Honest, I thought she was at least 16. I still can't get her out of my mind, though, and am wondering if it would be all right for me to ask her out. JACKSON. DEAR JACKSON: Twelve years is at least four years too young for a fellow of 18. And the fact that this young girl left your party at such an early hour is a pretty good indication- that her family is keeping a close watch on her social activities. You'll be far wiser, and have much more fun, if you date girls more nearly your own age. DEAR SALLY: How can I get back my wife, whom I love very much and whom I lost via the divorce courts through my own fat-headedness? After eight years of wonderful marriage I lost my head over another woman anti started running around with her. Of course, my wife eventually found out about this affair and sent me on my way. The affair amounted to nothing as such things more often than not do--and now I want my wife back very, very much! But whenever I phone her, she hangs up 'on me, and none of the numerous letters I have written to her have been answered. Please tell me, is there anything in the world I can do to win her back? DOUG. DEAR DOUG: About all I can advise you is that you exercise plenty of patience, and keep on trying. Candy, flowers, telegrams might help the situation. Of course, it may be too late for you to rescue that "wonderful marriage" you so foolishly threw overboard-but overboard-but then there have been many such marriages salvaged just be- |