Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-16

" HE girl who has good. sensible
mother. and who heeds tina:
mother. has a guardian angeI
sufficient for all earthly needs.
But there are girls whose mothers
are weak, inane. and lack judgment
though it he heresy to say it. And
there are also girls whose mothers are
with the real angels
For the girls who are motherloss in
either way. there should be more
guardian angels Relatives, good
friends teachers. the policemen and
all the laws OF the land are not suf-
fcient to keep such girls from de-
struction when they once set their feet
that way
They fall in love with the wrong
man. All VINO are interested in girls
best interests argue, command threaten
and implore All Of which does no
good. The girl, apt in the language Of
romance. believes she is constant
and takes pride in the word.
There is a word not so pretty which
describes her stubborn" 50
stubborn is she that with a realization
of the pitfalls before her she walks
right into them rather than turn about
and admit she has been travelling
dangerous path.
Under the word stubborn" I would
class the writer Of the following letter
She comedies that all the warnings
her relatives give her are based on
fact, but continues on the path which
will lead 10 her sorrow
She asks advice. Are not her rela-
tives giving it till they are black
in the face? Haven't they shouted
themselves hoarse with their warn
ings7
81 keep company" she writes, with
a young man who is very kind to me
He always dresses neatly and comes
to see mo three times week. /
have no father or mother. ! live with
my older sister
MY folks say he is not truthful,
and that he is heavy drnker
have been told by friends, also. that
after he has left me at night he has
been seen coming out of saloons drunk
dS Ndi ue. nan lIt llIlit ne ubtS NOT
work. and every one says he can hard
ly support himself, much less a wife
! have seen him often when he had
drink In him.
Because l 90 with him, l am on
bad terms with my brother and
brother-in-law and they don't speak
TO me. l don't like to live that way
am %, and my friend is "a I have n
few dollars saved, and they say he is
after my money. What would you aG
wise me TO do?"
A girl deliberately plays with fire,
and turns from the blaze to ask fol-
advice!
the fire as fast as she can! There can
be no half way measures.
The man isn't truthful He doesn't
earn more than enough to support him
self and he gets drunk
To Offset all these vices, she enum-
crates but one virtue He is kind"
TO her
1t would be more to her interest II
she knew how TO be kind TO herself
II she were kind to herself she would
know that no man who drinks can be
kind to a. girl by paying her atten-
ton.
The only way he can he kind Is to
never go near her. or write.
The only way left for him to be kind
TO any woman is to let that woman
remain in ignorance Of his existence.
II he can't reform, in no other way
can he be kind ana he is not kind
to the woman to whom ne gives the
task of reforming him. If he cut her
TO death by inches he would be more
human.
The advice this girls relatives give
her is the best there is No one could
give her better, She owes it to them
to take II.
She need not hope for anything but
sorrow If she marries him, and it is
my earnest opinion that sorrow is what
she wants unless she goes to her rcIa
lives. and acknowledges she has been
in the wrong
1t may be hard to admit she has been
stubborn. But such an admission will
be easy compared with what the flu
ture has in store unless she does.