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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
DEAR MARGERY
BY MARGARET WILDE
Continued from Last IssucJ

They'd fastened me securely on
that table. much after the fashion of
a cowboy lassoing ana tying up
COWS before they brand 'em; evident
ly they foresaw, or saw beneath my
mask, that l was only wild, little
savage, and would kick and fight off
that ether. Anyway, they took no
fully good and quiet as lamb. Let
others fight and claw, but I'd be diff
ferent and set a new model for 9TH
ers to copy! | told them to be sure
and wake me up; that I'd sing their
praises 9an;5 forevermore; And - if r., 1
wilkins as he adjusted the death
mask and contraptions. ooh, I'll
not know much about it. exceptin' I
might come back to liant YOU" l
threatened.
Pretty soon 90 n I didn't get, much
{ eii you they Knew ! I was oneDs it
would sooner take effect. 1 tried not
to, because the choky stuff was
bad enough and I'd take deep, long
draughts of it sos Ia soon be gone
breast. Gt'd save 'em trouble later
on in case-) The mask over my
face. and hot, suffocating stuff in
my nostrils. throat and lungs, I long
ed for one pure breath of Gods pure
air like I'd always been accustomed
to drink freely of, yet never appre-
ciated before as I should! And hence
forth would. Choking-hot-ethe
I'd not fight; no, sooner I was over
come the, better! 1t was awful, but
tried to grin and endure it and
impress as much of it on my dying
brain as possible. in order to write
you a full and accurate description.
Strangling. ,choky-a river rushing in
my ears, but I saw no boat to
change across in--my limbs growing
dull, heavy helpless, then a sensa-
ton of a thousand needles sticking
on. then a numbness indescribable.
That's a-plenty. Take it off. I'm
bout gone" I informed them, hop
ing wilkins would believe I knew
more'n he did and remove that death
mask, but no, sir, his hearts flint
and I kept travelling farther on
away-and no boat in sight-but I
stand it was me, yet I knew in rea-
son it was. voice from afar was
talking and saying, "Don's the best
husband in the world; left everything
to come to the desert for my sake
he's" and no telling what else that
voice kept saying, if anything,
cause I was floating farther on and
away. No telling what worlds
explored. I wish I could remember.
But that voice it occurs to me even
tongue! I guess I was trying to
leave a tribute, sort of monument
to Don. behind me. If so I'm glad.
It's pretty bad to be wondering what
else you said and l think some one
ought to invent something to pre-
vent helpless mortals from wig
wagging tongues, especially when
the brain isn't on the job to see it
ways AS it should.
Well, first I knew after all these
ITO be CO
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experiences, remember my poor
brain worked overtime; registered
all it could for future rehearsals to
II belong" clubs) I could hear feet
coming from affair My mind strug-
gled trying vainly to shake off its
weight and I'm coming back" it
registered. 1 SenSed a spirit of eXul-
tation. Knew I'd won the fight and
was returning to shore in same old
battlescarred boat. But l couldn't
move. Seconds must have passed
or minutes, or hours. [ don't know
when I opened my eyes, but my first
remem bered move was a Wriggling
of my right big toe. Then l wrig
gled my foot I lay there, eyes
shut, happy. as any baby you ever
saw just wriggling my toes and glad
to know I was coming back to life!
Pretty soon my tongue Embossed
it's awful long silence and moved
thusly: "Is that you, DOM" and
his reply, You bet it is" grinned
from his mouth, such a funny mouth
all upside down. Just faint outline
upside down, topsy turvy.
rs it really you?" begged.
Sure, you can just bet it is he
smiled crafty. l glimpsed nurses
tramping. along the corridor. Theil
feet made a clumsy, wooden-like
sound, like the marchings of great
hosts, Then, one paused in the open
doorway, and, she too, was upside
down! But, l moved my right arm,
which is movable from long prac-
tfce writing letters to you, and in
cidenrals. From this [ came back
gradually to my senses and learn
ed that Don knew all along I'd ar
rive in due course of events, since
he'd been out in a secluded corner
of the screened porch praying for
me, which shows you never can tell
anything about what a boy will de-
volop into if everything goes right.
You remember some Spratt's folks
nearly died when 1 married him.
He's a leetle bit wild and he
drinks" they mourned. But he
Marge And, deliver me from the
ones who pray loud in public places,
then get on n midnight spree that
sleeps off before dawn, allowing 'em
to hypocrit it over folks the next
day. Only they don't fool me.
drink the Colorado river dry. didn't
get sick at all. 1 scored one there.
My food didn't nauseate me. I can
always eat, dear, and drink They
warned me about the drink and
prophesied I'd be awful upset and
i'll if 1 imbibed too freely, but they
trusted me, but she trusted too far
when she left me pitcher of ice
water on the table where I could
"sip 4 swallow" slowly along. Pre-
viously, little girl nurse left me only
a glass of water, warning me the
perils that beset the drinkers path
way after ether. But I'm sure Sis
ter Agnes had a feeling for me. She
knew my throat was parched and
burning and thirsty. So she left that
pitcher and left me and it alone!
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MARY MEREDITH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME

slveineded vanity
SemWeeky Journal is offering premium
especially readers and those who of the
bestre find
the vanity fact herself and
it is convenient
Lonely Widow,
Meredith and her right and address
Meredith with her personally.
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Mast EITONS TALKS
CONDUCTED BY
MRsWH. FELTON,
IHE PHILOSOPHY OI' KU MAN
LIFE

A wise old lady, who has lived out
more than the allotted Bible time
three score and ten-said in my
hearing: Il had to be almost Old
enough to die with my weight OF
years. before I could take things IN
a philosophical way. No matter how
little L might be able to do in maxi
ing my domestic troubles easier, l
was always dwelling on my disap-
pointmentS and trying to find a way
to help things that were completely
beyond my power to remedy. AS
and wasted my time and wore out
my patience, oftentimes. At last |
had clearer vision l discoveries
that l only hurt my poor self anu
made no change in those who had
been making life burden to me, and
needless poor selves. Then l deter
mind to put these difficult things
behind me, and to try to think or
other things that were more pleas
continual entreaties to improve con-
ditions, which entreaties were not
only UNDECIDED, but laughed to scorp.
l saw some old women like myself,
who not only fretted themselves
into i'll health, but were sent to the
asylum. L saw was drifting into
that class and L determined to face
about and look at things. from
different angle, and it is the better
way l am sure. l do not cease to
ones. With the Almighty Power, Of
God nothing is impossible and He has
said "All things work together Tor
good to those that fear, Him and
keep His Commandments"
Therefore, 1 said to myself, Let
patience have it's perfect work"
Whatever comes into your life that
you must endure and which it is in2-
possible for you to change by any
means within your reach, then make
if not happiness, peace of mind in in
other directions. 1t has worked we'll
in my case because I can find many
cheerful things to do, many y,, good
visit, many beautiful things to gaze
upon, in nature. and why should L
live in sackcloth and ashes, because
l can't make things better for those
who refuse to be helped
[ we'll understood that his dear
old soul had been greatly troubled
in her life, had been disappointed in
many of her dearest anticipations
and had been trying to walk the
straight but narrow way, that leads
to life everlasting, and it was a con-
fort to know that she was getting
peace of mind if nothing else was in
SIGHT.
AS a rule mothers are impressed
children fail to come up to the full
measure OF good reputation ard
character. for there is a wide diff
ference between good reputation and
good character in many instances.
While l do not discount parental in
huence. it must not be forgotten that
the mother very often fails to be
regarded as the eXemplar and gov
erning authority in her own house
hold. There are too often cross cur
rents that will not yield to her helm
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I am a girl Is years old. 1 mar
ried a man 25 years old, and he
was called to the army just few
short weeks after we were married.
I was between IS and IA when 1
married. He stayed in camp a year
before going to France. He will
have been in the camps years in
September 1t has been one year
this month since l saw him. Since
he has been in France I have not
heard from him except a few times
and I haven't gotten any letters
from him since the war ended. But
folks heard from him once and a
while. Do you reckon he has just
quit writing and has forsaken me?
l love him with all my heart, and
will always love him as long as l
live, l have sweet little baby, but
he has never seen it. Will you please
advise me as L do not know what
to do. From a lonely soldiers
BRIDE
Answer am sure that he
must have written you. There
are so many ways in which let
tiers can be lost when they have
such a long way to come, and
there have been so many SOL
dier's letters to look after. l
would not worry. IT you have
his address write and tell him
all about the sweet little baby.
how it is growing and how
much you love it, who it looks
like and all the little things
like that.
I am q girl of fifteen. Am 1 too
young to nave boy friends on Sunday
l am liking a boy of my
age, and he said he was going to
write to me. Would you answer if
he does? Would it be all right to ex-
change rings with boy friends?
Should a girl Of my age wear high
heeled slippers, and how long should
[ wear my dresses? LILLIAN
Answer-You are too young to
have callers, but if your parents
do not object, it would be all
right, I suppose. If he writes
sensible, friendly letters you
might answer them. I would not
exchange rings. Girls of your
age do not wear high-heeled slip
pers. Your dresses should be
halfway to your shoe tops.
L am 16 years old I am married
married when I was ~ and my hus-
band IA, and l have two children. I
do not believe that 1 can go on living
with my husband. What would you
advise me to do. l love another man,
and l am sure he loves me; and he
wants me to get divorce from my
husband, and l have come very near
doing it; but still I think what if he
should forsake me. 1 could not sup
port myself and and children. What
shall I do? LONELY WIFE.
Answer am so very sorry
for you. Have you no mother or
father to have kept you from
marrying when you were nothing
but child yourself If I were
you, L would try the very hard
est that I could to make a sue
cess of my marriage, though you
are so young yet that this will
seem almost harder than you
can do. But if your husband
treats you fairly and does the
best he can for you. you owe it
to your two babies to try. to
maintain their home for them.
If you find that things are just
so difficult that you cannot face
them out, return to your parents
Do not let yourself think that
you are in love with the other
man. You are hardly old enough
yet to really know even about
him, and your unhappiness in
your present marriage may cause
you to imagine you are in love
with someone else, when really
what you want is your freedom
instead of another husband. All
men are alike mainly, and the
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second man might make you just
as unhappy as you are now
Can't you in some way study and
prepare yourself to be self-sup-
porting?
Is it right for a strange man to
hire taxi car when he calls on you
ii the chauffeur is a married man,
and is it all right for me to go car
riding with him? Is it harmful to
face? Is it proper to wear a signet
ring on the little finger? How long
should | wait before answering the
first letter? GRAY EYES.
Answer-It is all right for
him to hire a car and for you to
go for short ride with him in
the afternoon if you know him
well enough to be sure that he
is a thoroughly nice man. do
not know what kind of soap
Palmer's is, so cannot answer
that question. 1t is all right to
wear signet ring on the little
finger. Wait about a week.
We are two girls. thirteen and
fourteen years old. 1, the thirteen
year-old.. go with a boy seventeen
years old. He has asked me to marry
him, but 1 told him to wait until I
got to be twenty years old, that
want to finish school. I, the four
-year-old, go with boy thrice
years old. DO you think that we are
old enough to marry? He asked me,
and I told him that l would tell in
three weeks time. What would you
advise me to do?
Answer want both of you to
read the letter above from "A
Lonely Wife" You see she mar
ried al twelve, has now two chill
dren, and is very unhappy. That
is what always happens when
girls marry while they are still
just children themselves. 1t
means unhappiness for every
body. If I were both Of you.
would quit playing at sweet
hearts and think of other things
until you are older.
I am a girl of fifteen. Do you
think am old enough to have boy
friends? 1 am liking boy about
my age, and he seems to think l am
mad with him. How must I let him
know that / am not? Is it all right
to ride a bicycle with a boy? Is it
all right to play baseball with the
boys? LILA BELLE.
Answer-you are old enough to
have boy friends but not old
enough for sweethearts. Just
smile and be friendly to him
when you see him. You should
not ride the same bicycle. If
other girls play ball, it is all
right.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-24
by HEANYA RUpINA,

The day drew near for the eXhibi-
tion And the quiet girl named Clara
was obviously doing the best work in
the class. The students knew it, and
Of her.
Only three days now remained.
On that evening l was longer than
usual in my dressing room. The stu
AdentS had all gone Suddenly I
heard the studio door open quietly. 1
closed my dressing room door until
only crack remained to see who
was intruding. 1t was the girl who
sat next to Clara. She looked about
and walked softly across to where
all the clay models were standing,
each wrapped in its wet cloths, She
began to unwind the cloth from one
of them and I knew it was the girl
I had remarked. Then she took her
hands very carefully pressed the fig
cure here and there, so as 20 destroy
the proportions without altering the
outward appearance. Then she wrap
ped it again and softly stole out.
1 did not know what to do, so
did nothing. Next day when the
class assembled the girl whose work
had been tempered with began to
work on her model again, but she
could not work. She was puzzled
The instructor came around. What
is the matter?' he asked, has your
muse deserted you?" The girl did not
answer; she did not know what had
happened. At last in exhaustion she
threw down her tools and sat looking
out of the window. She was suffer-
ing, and 1 felt very sorry for her.
After the class was dismissed [
told the instructor what 1 had seen
the night before. He undraped the
cloth and looked closely at the work,
and saw what had happened.
There was nothing that could be
done. The work was all for nothing.
No artist can twice produce the same
thing. And, of course, this girl could
not do it even If there were time.
"Of course 1 will dismiss this girl
from the class" said the sculptor.
but that will not help the other girl.
l think one who will destroy the ar
tistic creation of another's brain is
worse criminal than he who burns
down building" said the sculptor.
/ agree with him.
CHAPTER 16
Famous New York Artists Model.
One of the most comical expert
ences of my career was the time 1
posed for the "poor-rich artist" as
1 will call him.
The longer 1 worked as a model,
the more I found that the artists
whom I liked best to pose for were
those least able to afford my serv-
ices. If I wanted to make good pay
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husband wanted me to try it. |
took it for a week and felt a little
better. I kept it up for three
months, and / feel fine and can eat
anything now without distress or
nervousness. Mrs. J. Worthline,
Pennsylvania.
The majority of mothers nowadays
overdo, there are so many demands
upon their time and strength; the
result is invariably weakened.
headaches. backache, irritability and
depression-and soon more serious
ailments develop. 1t is at such Pc
RODS in life that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compo und will re-
store a normal, healthy condition as
it did to Mrs. Worthline.-(A dvt)
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anu l. y
m 0 st of the
time. L went to
a doctor and he
said L had nerV'
Gus indigestion,
which, added 70
my weak condi-
ton, kept me
worrying m o S t
of the t i m e.
and he said If
1 could not stop
that, 1 could not
get we'll. I heard
so much about
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegeta BILE
Command m "
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The Real Story Of an Artists Model

1 had to pose for the mechanics"
of the Professionalism who were
making magazine covers or doing
commercial work. These men are not
artists in any real sense. A man
who has sold his soul for gold is not
interesting.
Even when I had to work for this
kind of artist to make il living, /
used to steal all the time l could
more than l. could afford--and go to
the studios of my real friends, the
poor and struggling men who were
engaged in expressing the artistic
sense that was in them. One day
had call from Il man TO whom my
name had been given by one of these
friends.
l went to his studio, in an old and
dilapidated building on East Four
teenth street There was no eleVa-
tor, and when l reached the studio [
found man dressed in overalls, in
4 studio unheated by steam, but in
stead in the middle of the room an
old rusty stove. His studio looked
like an old carpenter shop q found
afterward that he liked to tinker
with carpentering as a pastime) and
regular artists equipment, of only
some old stools, benches and broken
backed chairs. The man himself had
a face that ] liked at once, but he
looked like a laborer.
The room was cold and he asked
me not to undress until the stove
was we'll Gtight. But | told him |
was used to it, as indeed 1 was. A
model soon gets accustomed to going
about undressed in a rather low tenn
perature, and 1 think we are all the
healthier for it. 1 know that 1 never
have to wear heavy wraps.
Well, I posed for him and 1 liked
his work, even if one side of my
body was freezing, while the warmth
from the stove nearly blistered the
other side! He made only a few
sketches. That told me solemnly
that 1 was entirely too idealistic
for my profession; that l would never
myself to art, This led me to be-
lieve all the more that he was a
poor, struggling artist and the
sketches that he was making of me
knew he could not intend to sell.
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or rudder, and the bark drifts into

or rudder, and the bark drifts into
strange waters.
1 saw picture at the Philadelphia
Continental exposition in May, 1876,
mure than forty-three years ago,
that will illustrate what I am trying
to explain. 1t was RiZpah standing
on a bleak rock, gazing on her dead
sons. who were hanged by the Gid
eonites, because they were also the
sons of bad King Saul.
tied on the children. And I remem-
Der also that Eli, the High Priest,
went to a sudden death because the
ark of the Lord was captured, and
his bad sons who made themselves
vile and Eli restrained them not"
had proved themselves unworthy
.custodians of the Ark of the Lord.
There is no mention in this case of
poor Mrs. Eli, who doubtless was
submerged in grief over trials that
Therefore, I think the counsel of
my wise old lady will hold good in
the most of cases.
What you are obliged to endure
and you can not possibly change into
improved conditions, it is good phil
osophy to put it aside and do ones
best to forget it. If you can not di-
vert your mind of it's remembrance,
then try to remember that it is up
to you to be as cheerful as possible
over what you can not help, but must
perforce endure, as a duty to your
self, as your responsibility to your
self always continues until Death put
the seal Of silence on your pallid lips.
Lucky is the man whose troubles
don't bother him any more than they
DO his friends.
TOBACCOc%SSS!5S5RS s:;% .:.:
on trial II it cures, costs you 81. II it fails
costs nothing Superbn Co.. lib. Ba ltimore, Md
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AUNT" ~yUL-IA'sS:5
- + !" - z BOX
My Dear Children

SO many
that The
Ellerby allow,
that heading boy
with It. Lovingly
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NO PAINT FOE KANSAS TEACH
T1RC

Kansas women teachers have been
forbidden to paint and powder their
cheeks on penalty of losing their
certificates.
Miss Lizzie Wooster, state super
intendent of public instruction, has
announced that she will take such
action against those who use rouge.
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SATIN FIooR CUSHION

covered with colored satin, in
tone to match the room furnish
ings, and are finished with double
ruches of the fabric. Two colors are
used, one on one side, the other on
the double ruche shows both colors.
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THIS WEAK,
NERVOUS MOTHER
Tells How Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound Restored Her
Health.

Philadelphia, Pal was very
weak, always tired, my back ached'
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Z. S.-Will answer all letters received.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have
been silent reader of the Journal for a
good many years, and have been thinking
of writing to the letter box, but am now
on my way. We take the Atlanta Journal
and 1 enjoy reading the lett rebox very
much. AS other describe themselves
will, also: Brown hair, brown eyes, fair
complexion, feet inches high, weight
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Hazelhurst,

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
not move a little, so l can have chat with
Aunt Julia?
What do you cousins do for pastime?
read and play. For pets l have some biddies
and a calf. Her name is Rose.
| will describe myself, so here goes:
Brown hair, blue eyes and dark complexion;
weigh stxty-tive pounds; am twelve years
young and in the fifth grade.
Aunt Julia, if l see this in print 1 Will
write again. Cousins, let the letters fly to
me. l am
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TOBACCO TF sSr 5, M" ns,n H:.s
w %~%sVV~ remedy Guaranteed Sent
on triat. II it cures, costs you 81. II it fails.
costs nothing Superba Co.. lib. baltimore, Md.
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second man might make you just
as unhappy as you are now.
Can't you in some way study and
prepare yourself to be self-sup-
porting?
Evening star., 1919-11-11
DAYLIGHT SAVING TOPIC
OF COMMERCE CHAMBER
Bill Affecting District Is to Be Dis.
cussed at Monthly Meeting
This Evening.

1ull report on the measure pro-
posing daylight saving for the Dis
tr1ct OF Columbia and progress of
the bill introduced in the Senate by
Senator Henderson urging it's adop-
ton is expected to be made tonight
at the monthly meeting of the Cham
Ter Of Commerce at the rooms of the
chamber in the Homer building.
A. Leftwich Sinclair, chairman of
the committee on law and lesisla-
ton. in charge of the daylight saw
ing proposal for the District, will re-
port progress of the proposal and the
matter probably will be thrown omen
10 the whole chamber for discussion.
William +. Guide chairman OF the
committee on parks. highways and
prldses. Will report a resolution al
ready Endorsed by several citizens
associations urging acquisition by the
District of seven tracts of land now
available for purchase for play
grounds or to form a permanent chain
system of parks to the north and
west of the city. Isaac Cans. chair
man of a special committee. will re-
portation to Washinstons home The
acquisition by the United States OF
Mount Vernon and means of trans
portion to Washingtons home. The