Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-05-03
Can You Answer These?

Dear Household: I have been studying thtFe
or four hours preparing my lessons for another
dav I raise my eyes to rest while. and
after admiring my dainty little room part'i
the curtained and began to ENJOY t1 Srs, ~,
the pretty clingng bush all enamele'i
with blossoms. How beautiful Is everything
just now, Oh for one hour To wander ABOUT
the fields aud shady forests and listen 10 w"
melosly 81 q Thousand voices chanting thelr
Masters praise and feel my soul melt WIN
joy and gratitude.
I watch the continual stir I'm the street
people coming and going. all seem 10 be in =
rush. until I see the newly married COUPE
WHO have inst returned from their wedding
tour. They seem 20 be living IN perfect -apl'i.
ness I I'm wondering II this happiness VIII
last I wonder ~ I hear the rippling laugh
Of the bride II she looks into the tarr-oit ~,
ture 20 when the honeymoon Is over ana the
hum-drum life has begun; when the r.
sronsfhilities are lowering about her. ma
she considered wellwha it meant to ne
wife and the queen Of a home:
II ali girls would ask themselves these
questions and others when they think OF gettins
married and associate the thought WIN nv
young man with whom they think they are
in love there would be more ideal honl's'
fewer places to stay and still fewer divorces.
Can always be true to the sacred vow! VIII
a. be as easy for me 20 love him When VIII
have learned more Of his disposition; when our
DISPOSITIONS though perhaps very dltterent
must be blended. I always be as Kind ana
congenial TO him | am while he Is my
sweetheart. and really can I always be his
sweetheartT Can ! live 50 that the more uS
learns Of my disposition the hlEhef NJ wiz
esteem me? Above all, must he even as
good as ! have appeared in courtship. or i
cannot hope for him TO love me as much. M'il
7 be patient with him in the subjects whcn
We differ in? Can smooth the rough places
I'm his disposition and allow him TO make me d
more perfect woman. or, in other words 40
I love him well enough TO be corrected by
him aud take hTs advicet
When things go wrong, VIII still De ual
sweet girl he though ! when nfe was
full Of sunshine: Will there ever Oe TIN"
that 7 will grow selfish and negligent and Tor
get that Il is my duty to make him very
happyp by lavishng my affections on hinl
and making our abode a tidy neat nome Ior
him 10 rest in when he has finished we uay
laborg And. most OF all, am i able 10 ne
lust what God intended for wives to beg AM
I able to hold the most exalted position tha1
God has given to- any one?
Then n these questions can be settIeu me
Girl has found a young man who looks ON
Iffe from the same viewpoint ana can meet
her on middle grounds. she is ready to marry
and not before according 10 my Judgment.
Al least this little maid will have To Settie
~ these and more ere she becomes the Driue
81 sny young man. matter how promising
Don, YOU think 7 am right?
n all the girls would stop ahu con 81
real life and then live II IN their MONIES INV
,rouId he more real ideal homes.
Have you forgotten me during my absence
n So think once more OF me as the samS'
- svo,ts Gs ROY 1al. LITTLE MAID.