Having accumulated a backlog of pitiful pleas for advice on every subject known to man, Salient has decided to employ a well-known personality to give advice to the perplexed.

You are invited to send your problems to Henry, c/- Salient. It is not necessary to include your name or address. Henry has found in the past that this tends to inhibit correspondents.

Girls He Liked Didn't Like Him! Fussy ?

Why is it that the girls I like never like me, but if I can't stand the sight of a woman she hangs around like a bad smell? There are two girls in one of my classes who are pretty friendly and are mostly to be seen around together. One is a real doll and I would like to know her better, but the other is just not my type. Believe it or not, although the first one hardly notices me and I haven't even had a chance to ask her out, the other one is always under my feet.

What can I do to get rid of one and make a big impression on the other?

Three O'Clock Rock.

T.O'C.R.: The grass on the other side of the fence, eh? Well, that's the way it crumbles.

If you must have the doll, try ignoring her and paying attention to her friend. If that has no effect, believe me, my good fellow, she's just not interested.

You'd be better to recognise the attraction as 90 per cent, your own vanity and take the one under your plates. She won't be there long.

Henry.

Vermin Trouble ?

I'm half-way through my degree, trying to get five subjects.

I have perfect board, handy to Varsity, room to work or entertain. on a quiet street, and I only pay £4.

In fact, it's almost paradise. The almost is because of the landlady's three teenage daughters, who keep pestering me. Just because they always wanted a brother I'm expected to make conversation all afternoon, listen to their rock records, criticise their hair styles and clothes for them. Last Tuesday I was doing an assignment in between stirring a custard on the stove and hearing the poetry the youngest had to learn for school.

Not only is all my time taken up with all this brotherliness, but my fiancee back home has heard that there is an 18-year-old in the household and she doesn't like it.

What would you do?

—Dilemmad.

Dilemmad: Move.

Henry.

In Love ?

I wish to seek your valuable advice through the column in your Salient. My problem is simply this. I am a young married man with no family. My wife is very intelligent and good looking, but at the same time very domineering in character. I am employed by a large overseas company and have a position with unlimited scope and prospect for advancement. I put in extra hours after work to gain experience and efficiency and so reach home a little late. My wife doesn't believe that I work but instead has a suspicious mind that I may be going out with my typist. I am full to the neck of her nagging and boisterous manner every night. Unfortunately, this has come to show up in my daily work at the office and the staff is most concerned. My typist has received most of my short temperedness yet she has been very understanding and helpful during the course of her work. I am in love with her and think that she would make a wonderful partner. She is willing to come with me but I cannot make up my mind. This I know that I will find no peace at home with my present wife.

Can you suggest any thing?

"Rising Fast."

Rising Fast: Your typist gets paid to be pleasant. Alimony costs a lot. Women are all the same at six in the morning. Draw your own conclusions.

Henry.