Comments on: She Had a Question, 1918

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:17:15 +0000

As well they should, T! (I’m glad your girls got a kick out of these … although maybe the YWJ‘s editors wouldn’t have approved of their laughter!)

By: TStevens

TStevens — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:58:38 +0000

Ardis,

I was invited to teach young women’s last week (I am EQP and they wanted me to teach about the Priesthood – I am not sure why). Anyways I got done a few minutes early and shared with them a few of the “She had a questions.” It was a big hit and a few of them are now going to repent of taking pictures with young men one on one while not married.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:36:26 +0000

jeans, this is a later set of responses than the others we’ve looked at (I think it’s the last year the column was published), so the style may have evolved with experience.

Glad you like ‘em. I’ll eventually post selections from other years.

By: jeans

jeans — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:05:32 +0000

Is this more personalized than other ones we’ve seen before? Seems that there’s a lot more answering of individual concerns in this installment. Delightful as always.

By: Coffinberry

Coffinberry — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:25:03 +0000

Funny, Tatiana… I thought the hem idea was a very clever way of working around a slightly misshapen figure. If the hips or waist aren’t exactly symmetrical, a straight measurement off of the waistline wouldn’t do; this method sets the measurement to where the skirt falls from the body, not from the waist. Wish I’d heard it long ago.

By: Tatiana

Tatiana — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:57:44 +0000

I think the answerer is on the wrong side of history with the oleo answer. =) Not to mention the health issues, butter makes much better cakes.

I’m impressed because so many of these answers (hem, wrinkles, photos) are impractical, or else just don’t work. That helps me feel smug and righteous when completely ignoring this sort of advice given today.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:31:42 +0000

I’m glad you’re still enjoying these. I try to pick out entries that are different from what has appeared in earlier posts — or else that are so much the same that it’s comical how people continue to fret over the same questions. I don’t know which end of that spectrum I enjoy most!

By: Hunter

Hunter — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:01:39 +0000

Yes, I loved these. Some of the answers made me cringe and feel sad (viz., stating that wrinkles are caused by a discontented personality), other answers made me chuckle, while many made me nod my head in agreement. Beyond the subject matter, I found the tone of the writer to be superb: charitable, very matter-of-fact, and yet not condescending.

Thanks for sharing this!

By: bfwebster

bfwebster — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:19:40 +0000

Ardis:

As always, these are wonderful; as the father of three daughters, three step-daughters, and two “semi-adopted” daughters, all now grown on and on their own, I think a lot of this advice would serve well a lot of teenage girls today. Of course, I can see all eight girls rolling their eyes at such a suggestion…. ..bruce..

By: TStevens

TStevens — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:56:03 +0000

I thought it was the evil of the ironing board.

Lucky for me but my late Grandmother “mooned” over a soldier a little too much while her husband was away. Otherwise, by extension, I wouldn’t be here today.