Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-17
Notes and Comments

Dear Household: / am incompetent to dis
cuss the subject OF marrying for love or
money" but no matter which choice one makes,
common sense ought not TO be left entirely in
the background, as is 30 frequently the case
wonder II Lulu Baty will recognize In
me an old teacher
old maids stirred up" but am not exactly
ready to say. Here goesi for, II remember
rightly this subject was discussed pro ana
con- some five years ago. and Georgia Waller
completely routed so / see no in going
over the same ground and fighting the old bat
ties again. However, ] Will protest most earn
estly that the old maid has the same right as
otheS people to live her own life without be-
ing considered a legitimate target for every
Smart Alick' who sees fit to fire his little
gun In the futile effort to gain little cheap
notoriety as a dealer In secondhand wit.
will say further that the old maid should be ex-
cmpr from the officious meddling OF certain
class of friends (D who are sometimes very
anxious to relieve her LONELINESS" and at the
same time gain for themselves reputation
as successful match maker This. perhaps,
being cue to the fact that they missed it so
much in their own case As TO girls not
being eligible to matrimony after she passes
q. that IS simply the argument used to In
to wreck their lives through fear of being old
maids. / have hesitation in saying that
a little money viii find the road to matrimony
open even beyond the three-score and ten, II
she should reach that age; 80 II Is not the
girls alone who have been charged with mer-
South Georgian was mistaken in posing as
the sole representative Of 90 large section OF
our grand old state. I wonder II We are not
near neighbors. / have not yet seen any badge
except my own.
/ am not signing for wonnAn's suffrage, since
cannot see that II would work any material
reform in present conditions. II woman" were
ANONYMOUS only OF what Is good. true and
pure, we might easily win the world to any
cause that we might espouse, but alas. why
need more be said7 As rule women are as
susceptible TO flattery. bribery, ETC., men,
and with womans suffrage conOItlons would
rot be materially changed. for IL would simply
be the incorruptible Of both sexes standing for
he right-and sometimes even good people are
divided in opinion-while the corruptible ele-
ment would be standing in opposition. Those
who claim that womans vote would put wbiskey
out or existence do not know more than ten
per cent Of the women in Georgia, so they
can not know how fond some women are OF
little 'hot today nor how strong II is some
times made.
I am no advocate Of the dance for are
taught plainly that whatever is not for, is
against the upbuiding Of Christs kingdom; and
even its strongest adherents do not claim any
tendency toward the upbuilding. While 1 hold
that there is no time nor place for 1.-THE dance"
in the Christians life. I do not agree with
those who claim that the dancing of Salome was
responsible for the death Of John the Baptist.
This preacher OF righteousness had the cour-
age to condemn sin in high places by saying
20 Herod. 'It is not lawful for thee to have
thy brothers wife,; and from this time for
ward, while Herod feared to put him to death,
Herodiss constantly sorght his life. While the