Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-05

married her simply to have a mother for
his children will say: AT least / can
feel complimented in having him pay me
that high tribute. and / will gain their
love and do my very best to make them
just what 1 would my own" 1t takes time
10 make friends OF uncongenial neighbors,
and to lift them to a higher level. but 1t
can be done. Good deeds never die. and
one never knows the extent of ones in
fiuence.
l hope that nobody will imagine that
have no sympathy for an unloved wife.
IL must be the very worst form OF
slavery, but whom God hath Joined to-
gether, let not man put asunder." was
not taught us by mortal On the other
hand. there is n certain amount Of in
dignity TO be taken. and then It must
end. and a quiet separation has been
known TO work wonders. From the tone
Of one Of the letters I am sure that the
writer has humored her husband until
he has decided that he can treat her
most disrespectfully and when he needs
her has only to coax her a little, and all
is forgiven.
1t is right to forgive. but there is no
need TO put oneself in jeopardy more
than a second time. OF unhappiness to-
gether or absent. / believe I'd let abb
sence work a spell. She says, Now, /
an merely porte 10 MIN. But must i
live thus forever? Can 1 do nothing to
win his love? 1 am helping to make the
living. but ] get no credit for anything.
/ am in despair. We grow farther and
farther apart. and he is not even polite
to me except when his drinking bouts
make him helpless"
She asks the advice OF our Household,
and right here / want to say that hope
these letters quoted in Chat will not
cause the trouble that some others
printed in our Household have.
All OF you remember a man writing of
his wite's dreadful temper. There were
women from four other states, TO say
nothing of the Georgia women, who must
have found the cap an exact flt 1 had
/ to personally assure any number of them
that their husbands had not reached the
limits of forbearance.
The letter written about the false
friend has also evoked all sorts of ques-
tons. To all who wrote and asked for
the real name OF the writer 1 can only
say that Il seems to me the note at the
top of this page should be enough to keep
| them from asking for addresses. l have
personally certified to some that the par
ties suspected had nothing to do with
that letter.
It was said that when Dickens created
the character Of Squeers six irate school
masters went to London to thrash him
for caricaturing them. 1 can well believe
| II, since I've had so many letters from
suspicious people, or suspected people.
And please don't think that I am the
author of any of the sensational letters
printed. 1 have all the letters needed to
keep our Household in an uproar without
| making up any
I am happy to tell you that l heard last
week that Miss Beatrice Seay is happily
married. 4 am sure that all will join
me in " shing her all the good that NOR
tails MED expect. She married fine
man. and he has a wife to be proud of.
1t Is with sincere regret that we hear
Of Mrs. Maude Allgood's death. Truly,
| in every home there is a vacant chair,
and when it is the wife and mother there
is a loss that almost seems irreparable.
The poem at the head of our columns
/ this week is one that friend sent me
| when our loss was Irst published. l am
sorry that / can not write personal
note to all who have expressed sympa-
/ thy, but my time is so fully occupied
that It is impossible. Your words have
been like balm. and / thank you Tor
| them. Faithfully yours,
| LIZZIE o. THOMAS.