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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15
DEAR MARC ~
BY MAPGARET WILDE
CONTINUED from Last Issue J

Tell them you demand of the world
the right as a mother, to raise your
boy right. Just show them, dearie
you prefer righteousness, peace, and
your rightful heritage, happiness and
your boys salvation, to seven thou
SAINT dollars Inheritance!
Some money.
But it never can buy happiness.
And would mock you when, as 4
young man, he travels the road 9TH
ers have. before him. He is little
now; and innocent. You can teach
him many good things. His mind is
as garden. You can sow it in
good seeds. The reaping time will
come. Others reap1ng time seems on
tand now. Little they realized when
spwing-Oh, my dear. when you need
me, I'll be ready! In case l couldn't
come to you, use letters I've written
you. Oh, how l wish you'd. gotten
the right man, one who'd always un-
derstand,
Why is it things so often go
wrong? That those of noble and
high ideals, so beautiful and divine,
are pitilessly an illustration of be
ing pearls before sWine?" ] feel now
Id love to talk to AL for two hours
and seek, in my own way, to discover
if he has Il heart. or what sort of
thing he has inside him where hearts
coul dever reach beneath the surface
or not-hew ears as outside mask
he's a two in one affair Most charm
ing on occasions. And most some
thing else on others, eh. Margery?
I've been reading books.
Strange, they all have southern
settings 7 lived and breathed from
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

South Carolina girl to chat little
/ have been enjoying your good
letter; sorry there is not as many
as there were some time ago.
Thy father has taken The Journal
for many years. 1t is a fine paper;
We have in this state d tree Gull
ed locust. 1t makes fine posts and has
a fine fruit. 1t is a pretty tree, has
beautiful flowers i'll the spring,
makes pods Gonewhat like beans,
from TO 10 inches long, full OF q
sWeotiSh flesh, good to e1t.
They ripen in the fall after frost,
TIE tree is full OF tIorlS. | live on
The farm and 1 like it, ] like to
raise chickens. We have had lots of
rain. The farmers had to quit plow-
ing. Crops are good considering so
much rain. ] hope the Lcrd will
bless youl mother and Give her
health @g1iu.
FRIENDS, come c-@iu and lct us
hear from all OF you through these
columns.
May Ccl bees you with your
noble work,
St Charles S c.. Route No. ].
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15
AUN I JULIA.
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Chidren Here personal letter:
wish would publish in The Journal beauty school
quite children
the thing l going to make suggestions
OF do shades
dows and want the curtains kept potess that isn't hard
everyone takes Tie thing
clean is preferable and
Every school should have Of
wonderful
copy Of the Declaration Of Independence
chlldfen American
properly and it is the duty every flag is
80
window
room this ls-the time of the
10 be oyey in the spring Nearly
from us own garden few bulbs,
"no your Joy In the blooms will repay you spring
Lovingly, AUNT JULIA
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

1t just looks batiste somehow, that
adorable bit of a sleeveless nightie
with the saucy bows upon its should
ers! Still, that is not subtle advice
against making it of crepe de chine
or wash satin, if you prefer them
Besides, the lingerie indies haven't
by any means crowded out the silk
en- things of the intimate wardrobe
Nor is there much chance that they
are going to. There are amazingly
pretty white satins on the market
designed for undies alone. Fancy
one here touched up with a little
Irish or filet lace, with you? AS far
as cut is concerned, this little gar
ment offers absolutely no Difficult
ties. 1t is most conveniently straight
and narrow, the arrangement of the
lace at the Waistline being responsible
for it's happy suggestion of the en-
pire.
And what has been said about the
fine cottons and the fine silks for
the making of the nightie applies in
an equally artistic way to the making
of the Fascinating little combination,
which is calculated to be lovely in
crepe de chine as well as batiste, and
in chiffon as we'll as nainsook. Build
it on the usual straight plain with
some slight underarm shaping, both
for practical and esthetic reasons,
and touch it up with lace as the draw
ing directs.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

Every sewing room has it's quota
of odds and ends. Sometimes these
odds and ends include lovely bits of
lace, but too short and too few to
go very far or very smartly on a
frock, and too "odd' to successfully
make a whole lace cap or a whole lace
bag, but with really delightful pos
sibilities for indies. Think now,
doesn't your scrap bag hold some bits
of charm that would work up wonder
fully we'll according to some one of
the three plans suggested?
Feeling is strong for the strictly
lingerie things just now in blouses
and neckwear and indies. Meaning,
that you may with the whole and en-
tire approval of the mode make any
of these models in batiste or main
sock, longcloth or the exquisite linens
that come for the purpose.
The first undercostume of camisole
and petticoat would be perfect lit
tie CONNECTION in nainsook with ap-
pliques and edgings and insertions of
any sort of lace that you may happen
to have on hand. Note the fetching
way that the shoulder straps have
of continuing down to the bodice
proper in an attractively ornate way.
Then mark the charm of the pointed
scallops on the petticoat, and the
charming emphasis that they are Civ
en- by meaAs of cleverly posed inser-
tiOn and meda1liOnS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

Georgia mule 1t is well known tina
.noI6y corn will disease hogs. In m,
early life the corn that was to b
ground into meal to be eaten by hu
man beings was carefully picked il
the big corn crib-and the farmers
were eager TO secure clear, white
corn meal for domestic cooking.
informed concerning what mean corn
We need not so to Italy to b.
whisky can do inside the humal
brain and stomach The prohibition
of intoxicants by federal amend
ment to the national constitution
was a wise provision, as | see it. T.
provide sober homes for little chill
dren to be born into and to provide
sober fathers for such children and
to save billions of tax money to the
people of the United States nov
3pont on courts and juries, penlten
tiaries, jails and insane a3ylums.
AS a remedy tor pellagra, corr
Whi"ly hes not been much adver
tised. but corn whisky can max
people kill one another. beat theii
wives and starve their children. Pei
lagra, after it occupies a spot in the
human system, can be relied on t.
produce not only disfiSured hand
and faces, but it can introduce in
sanity with rapid haste.
[ had rather risk cornbread TO-
-'y5elf than corn Whisly-if ] had
0 choose between 6pe or the othe;
il dealing with nellaSga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

1 will be twenty-one my next
birthday and am going with a boy
eighteen. He says he loves me more
than any one on earth, and. that
he will never love another. ,,.
and he says if I don't marry him
that his future happiness will be
destroyed. Do you think our age
would make any difference?
We have been going together reg
him. was engaged to boy %. He
loved this boy in France until 1 met
this other one, and now I realize
that the boy of eighteen is the
only boy l can ever love. I don't
want to offend this boy in France
SO please advise me. Between the
two what shall I do?
GOLDEN HAIR.
Answer: think you
really love, the boy in France,
for L I'd don't h think +5 you could could
younger. than you and at your
age, three years means a great
deal. But this boy is present,
while the boy in France must
be just a memory. 1t is only
natural for a woman to love a
man, not boy. The man in
France is old enough to pro-
tect and shield you from harm
capable of making. decisions for
your mutual welfare. The boy
of eighteen is not. Why not
wait until the boy i'll France
comes home-which is bound to
be very soon noW-and then
let events decide for you?
Here come two girls asking fol
advice. One soon be seventeen, one
soon be fourteen. IN playing thin
| BILE is it any harm in letting a boy
kiss you? Is sixteen too young to &c
with the boys if your parents dom
| object? Is fourteen too young to lei
boy walk home with you from
church? if your parents don't object
| Is it any harm in taking car-rides
with a boy Sunday afternoon if yol
know the boy we'll? If you have {
| party and the boy tells you he's haC
a nice time and enjoyed your com
pany what should you say?
Should you ask . boy in when ht
| comes home with you from churcb
and what should you say when h,
| goes to leave?
If boy asks for your picture
! should you give it to him? Should
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15
TO RENOVATE VELVET

Velvets get defaced by having the
pile or nap crushed. It can often be
raised again by careful steaming
Lay a wet cloth over the back of the
velvet, lift the two together, and
pass them over an inverted hot
iron, holding the wet cloth next the
iron; or hold the velvet stretched
over the steam from vessel of hot
water or a steam spreader on the
spout of a teakettle, with the back
of the velvet toward the steam.
Dust may be removed from velvet
by brushing, then sponging carefully
and steaming.
A piece of beeswax tied into piece
of old flannel should be near at hand
on ironing day. There is nothing bet
ter for cleaning irons and it will keep
them very smooth.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15
YOUR DEARIE,
ITO BE Contiuued)
HOW TO FREsHEN R1gnoNs

Ribbons.-Spread the ribbon flat
on a smooth, hard surface like a
table top or a marble slab and
sponge or brush with lukewarm wa
ter in which a little mild soap has
been dissolved. Rinse by holding
the ribbon stretched between the
hands and passing it through a
bowl of clear water of the same tenn
perature. Dry by spreading it out
straight and flat on a smooth, hard
surface. Draw the hand gently over
it to press out air bubbles which
may have formed under the ribbon
and would make it look "blistered'
when dry
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

NOuSHeSS a II q
headaches and
every m o n t h
would have to
stay IN bed most
of the t i m e.
I r e a t m e n is
would relieve
me for a time,
buc my doctor
was always urg-
ing me to- have
an operation. My
sister asked me
to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Veg
etable Co M
pound b e f or e
consenting to an
operation. I took
five bottles of
it and it has
C o m p l e t e ly
cured me and
my work is a
p1ea SI1re I tell
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

all my friends who have any trouble
of this kind what Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
for me."-Nell*e B. Birmingham, 609
Calverton Road, Baltimore, Md.
1t is only natural for any woman
to dread the thought of an oper-
alton. So many women have been re-
stored to health by this famous rem
edy, Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound, afteI an operation has
been advised, that it will pay any
woman who suffers from such all
snbmitting to such a irving ordeal.
(Adyt
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15
Automobile in Mud
-.Unearthed bY Rair

DR.. D. C. Murdoch, OF Oklaho-
ma City, a cattle tick Inspector
working under the direction of the
bureau of animal industry, is for
good roads.
Last Thursday night he attempt
cd to ford a shallow stream near
Ardmore, Okla, and the car STALL
ed. A heavy shower halted his eff
forts at rescue, and he returned
Friday morning with team. The
a semi-quicksand and water.
A siX-inch rainfall Friday night
uncovered the car and washed il
down stream about fifty feet. Al
present the car is partly buried il.
sand and mud. and he is planning
to have it lifted out with der
rick.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

lAlt+SlI' h'IkI tt>-I-'E lSSSlI ;iltI 60. 3laN
brown eyes and hair dark complexion
weigh about 1@J poUnus. l ill let You al
s2eSs my age; il is between nineteen and
twenty +fyc. All you cousins write to me-
NAE LAHIER.
Hello, Aunt JLlia anu Cousins. Hc-s
GENES anothcr Georgia girl knocking al
yyYr door for aGmlttance, and l nope 20.
will let Inc i'll.
na7c heen silent rcadcr Of the Lctte,
Box and thilk Il is grand. What 90 20;
cousins do fer I2stime! / crochet and read
THINK it VIZ nice of Aunt Julia to adopt
Ettlr Ivomc. As l diQn't get 10 see he;
picture i'll The Journal l wish some Ont
wcGld please seLd it to and l will re-
turn ii.
l an going to school and like it fine.
az III Inc seventh grade. l live on a farm
five niles from Jacksonville, END 1 lie
farm life very we'll.
rs others describe themselves. | will DE-
llNe"lse, so hero goes: DItk mai, 3lowI
eyes, medium cuMploxion. feet u l.. incDe,
tall, a-e fifteen Yeas. Now / guess you. all
can tell what | los like. Some OF yov
s sn1eT pG"se + write rt to me- viii try t.
Aontie ard ali the cousins.
Your new cousin.
OLA CRAWFORD.
HaNaonvillc, Ca. Il. L. d. =.
Dear A@nt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit another Georgia boy into your happy
band of boys and girls? l live on q farm
and like it fine. live enc mile and a hall
from li"rtwell. l would like to correspond
with some Of you boys and girla. AS my
letter IS getting rather long, ] will describe
myself as the others DO Dprk black hair
blue eyes. fair complexion; Ely weight il
100 pounds. who has my birthday-June 6:
My GGc is fourteen. Thomas BGrron, the
answer to your riddlc was stars. l will
close With best wishes to Aunt Julia
RAY CHITWOOD.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Don't be
surprised to see a letter from a south Geor.
sla girl. / hope you all are enjoying these
Pleasant days L am. Say, auntie,
ttih?usnl 1t was my time to write so you see
this was next.
Cousins, it has been some time since
wrote to the Letter Box, but you all will
forgive me, will you not, if I'll be better
next time? l think Cousins, don't you
think we have something TO appreciate? l
think so, and think you all viii when 1 say
it's Aunt julia. 1 will not describe myself.
rs ] have written before. Cousins, excuse
my lengthy letter. 1 will DO better next
time: With best wishes from an old
cousin, WILMA HILBURN.
Damascus, Ga. Rt. 1, Box o.
z. S.-Here is my bit for Ivorng
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Say, can't
some Of you cousins move around and let
me have a seat by Aunt Julia and some OF
those sood-looling boys and girls? That is,
if you will admit q lonely girl from the Pal
m9ttQ state IT,, into your bIappy, band.
l, toe, think Aunt Julia did grand thing
IN adopting the little French baby.
Well, guess l had better describe myself,
II none of you cousins will get scared: Light
hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, Az feet
high and weigh 1912 pounds. Who has my
blrtaday-May 16:--Ind also my age is be-
tween foulteen and twenty. Who can guess
If any of you cousins would like to cor
respond with me, let your letters and cards
1iE to ANNIE LOU CONNELLY.
Ninety Six, s. c., Box 1OG.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

you wear q boys picture in you
locket? "FORGET- ME-NOT."
ANSWER: have said, since the
beginning Of this department
that boys and girls should not
kiss each other. Why play kiss
ing" game at all, when there are
so many other sorts of games?
If your parents do not object, it
it all right, 1 suppose, to do the
other things you mention. r.
When a guest tells you that he
has had nice time, say THANK
you've enjoyed having you
here!" If it is not late, you may
ask the boy in. When he goes
to leave, thank him for a pleas
ant evening. 1 don't approve of
girls giving their pictures to any
save the man to whom they are
engaged.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

Pour boiling water over the tea
leaves that are left in the teapot.
Then strain them through a clotl
and use the water for cleaning thu
carnished and stained woodwork. Ii
makes an excellent cleanser for this
DurDOSR
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15
MARY MEREDITH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

After seeing the good advice CIV
en- to other girls by you we have
been puzzled this year by the fol-
lowing questions.
1. Are fourteen-year-old girls too
old to wear socks? We are rather
small to our age and wear our
dresses even with our knees. Wish
ing to remain little girls as long
as possible. What would you do
about it? 2. Does face powder hurt
our complexion?
8. I, brown eyes, wish to know
just exactly how to treat a girl that
is in every sense prejudiceed against
me and pretending sweet friend
ship face to face? . 80
4. What Should you do when a
boy winks at you?
BLUE AND BROWN EYES.
Answer 1. This depends en-
tireIy on your size. If you still
wear hairribbons, ana dresses
even with your knees, and are
small for your size, why it is
all right. 2. A good face powder
is not injurious to the COM
plexion. 3. Why not try to find
out what it is about you that
the girl doesn't like? Why is
she prejudiced? If it is just
the result of her bad DISPOSE
ton, I would treat her with
courtesy, but don't be with
her more than you can avoid.
4. Ignore both the boy and the
wink, and do it thoroughly.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15
DOCTOR URGED
: AN OPERATION
Instead | Took Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and
Was Cured.

Baltimore. Md.-'Nearly four years
I suffered from organic troubles, ner-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

AnsWer: OF COURSE you are
too young to marry-at least
four or five years too young.
Winking and throwing kisses
at boys is very silly, foolish
thing that will cause people to
Don't do it. No, don't exchange
rings with boys. They shouldn't
stay later than $3.50. Nor should
they come oftener, at your age,
than twice a week. AS you are
too young to be engaged, you
are too young to kiss boy
GOODNIGHT,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

am a girl fourteen years old
and in love with a boy twenty
one years old. And I love him dear
ly.
He says he loves me better than
any other girl he ever saw. And
asked me to marry him. He says
life isn't worth living without me.
Do you think we are too young
to marry. Is there any harm in
winking, waving or throwing kisses
back at boys? Is there any harm
in going car riding in the after
noon? Will it be all right to ex-
change rings with the boys? How
late should the boys stay at night?
How often should they call? How
should a girl fourteen fix her hair?
Would it be all right to kiss a
boy good night if we are engaged?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

Here I come for advice. I am fiji
teen years old, weigh 1923 pounds, fivl
feet three inches height. Do 1 Weigl
enough for my age? How long shoult
wear my dresses? Am too younf
to go to dances? Will you please tel
me how to introduce my friends t.
each other and what to say when
am introduced to anybody? Or whe1
anybody is introduced to me? Pleas
answer my questions for 1 have N
mother to guide me.
JEFFY JELL.
ANSWER: Your weight is all
right, for your height. The length
of your dresses depends greatly
on your height and weight. 1
should say well between your
knees and ankles, would be a good
length.
A boy is always introduced to
a girl-that is, if you have a boy
and girl you want to meet, say
Miss Brown, may 1 present Mr..
Smith?" The boy should say,
II am very pleased to meet YOU
and her response should merely
be, ''Thank YOU" These are mere
ly examples, but will show you
what l mean.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

I am a girl of eighteen ant
brown hair, blue eyes and fair
Do you think I am too young to
nave SWeethearts on Sunday after
moons? 1 am in love with three
boys, one forty. one nineteen and
on twenty-one. 1 love the one who
is nineteen best. AS I have got to
quit going with two, which one
shall [ continue to go with? Is it
wrong to take car rides with your
friend on Sunday afternoon.
A GEORGIA KID.
Answer: l am tempted to say
that you are too young to have
SWeethearts-"on Sunday after
noon"-When I see that you say
you are in love with three boys
and all at one time, too. The
boy of nineteen seems the most
suitable for you, as he is near
er your age. [ would give up
the other two. But don't be III
a hurry to get married! Wait
for loVe-real love- It's we'll
worth the waiting.
1t is not wrong to take car rides
with friends on Sunday after
noon.
When the kidIets get tar or pitch
on their clothins acrape eff as much
as possible; then saturute the spot
with lard or olive oil, Rub It in we'll
Gnd let it remain in warm place
for an hour.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

sratonola better than I do any Kind OF
music. viii Lcs:-i.'e myself ana go: llavc
brown eyes and hair, dark complexion,
weigh IpUut ID poEnls. / viii let You ali
s2ess my age; il is between nineteen ana
twenty-five. All you cousins write to me-.
Love tc Aunt Julla A friend.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

am a girl of fourteen years OF
age. L. Do you think am old enough
to have boy friends? 2. Do you think
1t is proper for girl to go with
her third cousin? 3. Should boys &C
company girls to church and enter
tainmentS at night? 4. Is it proper
for a girl to let a boy friend wear
her ring? S. When you receive let
ters from boys that you do not want
to answer and their cousins write and
ask you why you did not answer
his letter what should you write her?
6. When a boy comes to see you
that you do not want to come, how
should you treat him? Z. When you
have met boy, whom you think
very much of how should you act to-
ward him to let him know it? 8. And
when you have met a boy whom you
do not like and he wants to go with
you what would be proper to say to
him?
ANSWER: Yes, but not sweet
hearts. 2. Yes. 3. If chaperon-
ed, yes. 4. No. 5. Say that you
were too busy or, frankly, that
you did not wish to answer it.
6. With formal courtesy. 7.
Don't let him know threat him
in a friendly courteous way
but don't let him see that you
consider him as anything more
than friend. That's the very
quickest way to lose him. When
the boy wants to make an en-
gagement with you, always have
another engagement, or say that
you are busy. If you do this
two or three times, [ am sure
that he will take the hint and
stay away.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

i'car Aunt and Cousins: Please admit a
norui Georgia ,i:I mic YOUR hannv I'm"
have been visiting III Tennessee and had n
splendid tine: Ny cousin, Luther Huff, has
derIul time playing his Edison phonocranb
@nd talking about France. DO enjoy hear
my the boys tax who have been overseas.
why dont more of you soldier boys write
to the corner: Luther got 80 many nice let
'crS while | was there | decided to write.
'iVllnS to hear from some OF the cousins.
our new cousin,
BELLE BARNETT
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-08-15

Dearest Aunt julia and Cousins: May 1
come i'll ard chat Il while with you all this
rainy atte2nocn? | am lonely and thought
OF Aunt Julia and the cousins, aud 1 got
my Httle writing desk and thought 1 would
WlIte Il few lines. Say, how are you all
getting along: We sure are having lot of
rain. rhe crops are nearly ruined. Papa
Is farmer and takes The Journal. | enjoy
heading Aunt Julia's and the cousins letters
so much.
Mamma has been canning beans and to-
hi2t9eS ana has just put Up some peach
pickles fins year.
Mildred Walker, if you see this in print.
write 20 ne. l saw your letter i'll The
J2GrEal and wanted TO write you, but the
p7rc2 got lost. [ wrote letter last year.
/ :. ic@s sonic of You remember ne.
have L girl correspondent and think 4
cree ,icai 81 her. l met her through The
Ionfn"' We are corresponding with each
cth,| l1nN
Few many + you like music? am very
fond Of it. We have piano, but can
play il. | have sister. nine years old,
who can rlav very good by ear. Mamma
wants her t. take music, but 1 like