Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-06
The Lords Of
Creation
pv GERTRUDE MAILMAN.

AM much interested in the woes of
o.irr of eighteen. who has neither
L .,o+ber nor father, and who seems, |
,.r loneliness. to have given her
art to the wrong man.
,rne,, have been sweethearts for sew
49,, ,..ars and during that time ne has
'n5a,ed off almost with every change
W, the moon Always he comes back,
Tvs the girl forgives him, ana al
ba is repentant-til a new face
a,ons. i'ner h- wanders again.
.,,,~ asst RECOMMENDATION mad contin-
several months, an unprecedented
,,. time. and the wedding Gay was
few weeks before the day set for
.u,tr marriage the young man lost his
position.
.fron1 that day to this" writes the
...r, 81 have not heard one word from
Kim, though he passes my home every
.,of, I love him, and l cry myself toI
,o., every night. My evenings are so
-,rs.ome can endure them no Longer"
Then she asks how she can win back
r...- lover, She suffers the chills of de-
.,-s.son outside the prison walls, and
-.,rt, the key that she may make her
.one inside: She is experiencing the
...,ntons Of a serious complaint. and
.'r,ys that she may know the full raw
aces nj the disease. The plaything of
conrfcious lover, she asks to be the
,.,ctfn Of a tyrannical husband
Only her extreme loneliness excuses
bar fo,tv. The best thing that can hap
AN +o her is that this Lord of Creation
never comes back, yet. woman like, she
boy.s her head to the ground that she
may hear the first echo Of his return
ing footsteps
There is a loneliness of unappreciated
rova the wife knows that is far more
,raaic than the loneliness of the girl
whose sweetheart has neglected her
Neither sees any hope ahead, but there
= hope for the unmarried girl There
rs little. or none. for the wife. The
-ouesomcness of the girl doesn't last
forever. The healing hand of time has
caused her heart to close its doors on
one lover and to open to another before
she is conscious that there has been
anv change Il is like the morning
light that steals in so gradually no one
can say just when the day began.
With the married woman. there is no
hope. So long a she loves her husband
she suffers, and when love dies she sur
tcgs more
The man who treats his sweetheart as
aa would treat Il dog at his heels
Visiting to 1t. or striking it. as his
rood demands, will not improve his
ways when he is married.
The best thing that can happen to
any girl is to know a man before it is
foo late. 4 pillow or two wet with
fears. q succession OF. evenings spent in
looking anxously at the clock the hui
initiation Of knowing that ones sweet
Heart has transferred his affections to
mother girl, are all payments eXpe-
rionce exacts from every girl who loves
Unfortunately.
The Lords Of Creation trample ruth
'-siy over the hearts of women. and the
best fortune that can befaU woman is
that this tramping is done when she is
Unmarried. and in position to resent it
and make her resentment count. This
81" has much TO be grateful for. She
has seen the flaws in hcf lover before
they have become flaws in her happi-
pes, for life.
Don't cry any more. little girl. Rather
'' glad that for your experience in low
..s you have been assessed so lightly.