You certainly are very much like “Marion Marlowe,” and that is as great a compliment as any girl can have paid to her. Any girl who respects herself can and should talk sensibly about love and marriage, although it is only fair to allow her a few blushes. The natural modesty of a young girl will always make her feel a little shy in the presence of her lover, but she should never allow this feeling to prevent her from discussing the subject of marriage in all its phases with him after they are sufficiently well acquainted. No girl should engage herself to a man until both understand each other thoroughly on these subjects. I am glad you take an interest in “My Queen,” as you apparently do, from cover to cover. We can promise you each week a thrilling and instructive story. “I have read one copy of ‘My Queen,’ and have sent for the others. I am sure Miss Shirley must be a lovely woman herself to be able to construct the character of ‘Marion Marlowe.’ I am very much in love with a young man, and for that reason I wish to read all about Marion Marlowe, for I want to see how she talks to her lovers. I am afraid I am a little inclined to be silly, but when one loves very deeply is not this excusable? “Ida C.” I am afraid all lovers appear just a little silly to those who have never experienced the “grand passion,” Ida, but there is a time and place for everything, even silliness, so if you do whisper baby talk in your beloved’s ear you can rest assured that we shall not blame you. I am glad you like “Marion” and that you are studying her character. We intend that she shall be the purest type of American girl. She will be a good model for all young girls to follow, but we trust that her imitators will have far less trouble in their lives than our unfortunate heroine. “Ever since I met a certain young man a month ago I have been almost unable to sleep and have lost my appetite completely. Do you think I am in love? He is very handsome. “Agnes D.” Loss of sleep and appetite do not invariably occur from an attack of the “grand passion,” but they have been known to follow in its wake. Perhaps your food is not well chosen, and that you need fresh air and exercise, or perhaps a tonic. People are frequently deceived in matters like the one you mention. I would advise you to study the state of your liver and not lay the blame on your heart until all the other organs have demonstrated that they are perfectly normal. “I am so much in love that I am positively miserable! I keep thinking that perhaps my lover will prove false or that something will happen that I will never marry him. There is hardly a day or night that I do not picture him dead, and then the tears roll down my cheeks. I cannot help it. Do you think he will ever appreciate such affection as this? Do I not love deeper and harder than any other woman? “Etta W.”