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Rh happy time you two may build castles in the air about the little home which is to be yours, which you both look forward to as a positive reality. Treat your sweetheart always as a friend; let him know of the great love that is at your heart, and let it find expression in words once and a while, but remember that a continued expression of it is like the giving of many teaspoonfuls of marmalade—the hungry one will tire of it, and yearn for plain bread and butter. Give plenty of the bread and butter of affectionate friendship, and every now and then add to it a spoonful of marmalade of love.

I like the old-fashioned word "sweethearting." But it, like all good things, has its written and unwritten laws, which must be strictly observed by the girl who wishes to retain her sweetheart's respect as well as love. I think the law that must be most closely observed is that of discretion.

But that one little word, discretion, covers a very wide ground. It means that not only must you be careful in what you say and think, but you must be wise in the giving of good things, and no matter how much your sweetheart may seem to long for your presence, you must not let him have too much of it. When he comes to see