Jim’s Darling.—Your mother should see that the two children obey you, and if they need punishment she should inflict it, not you. Your spelling and writing are both very defective.
Red Berrie.—“Genius” appears to us to mean originality and creative power; talent does not imply originality. We generally apply the word to those who ably interpret the ideas and carry out the discoveries of others.
Janet Moreton.—Stopped teeth sometimes last for years if well done. If the stopping should come out, it ought to be at once replaced.
Daisy Naomi seems to need a tonic. We advise her to read the articles by “Medicus.” Cod-liver oil would probably be of service to her. Naomi needs a doctor’s advice as to her digestion.
Alys and Mabelle.—“Nigel” is pronounced as it is spelt; the last syllable as the first in “gelatine.”
K. M. W. is anxious that others who, like herself, have lost their voices, should know how much she has benefited from the treatment by the electric battery, which she obtained at St. Thomas’s Hospital. She hopes not only to recover her voice completely for speaking, but also for singing.
Mona.—The lines, “Break, break, break! On thy cold grey stones, O Sea!” are by Lord Tennyson. They have been several times set to music, and you can obtain the songs at any music-seller’s.
Fair Rosamond.—When you first observed that the strange man made a habit of occupying the same seat as yourself, you should have gone elsewhere. Now you have habitually sanctioned the liberty he took, seeing you without a chaperon or companion, and this has made your case difficult. You can only say that you acted indiscreetly in the first instance in allowing yourself to be drawn into conversing with a perfect stranger, and that you regret that you must withdraw from further intercourse, unless properly introduced and suitable references be given. Even were he thoroughly respectable, he may be in no position to pay his addresses to you in point of fortune.
Four Maidens.—Young ladies in England have their names put on their mothers’ visiting cards, unless under peculiar circumstances. If they have no mother, their names would appear together—i.e., Miss Smith—Miss Belinda Smith.
