Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-11

husbands. comfortable home, lovely
children, and all, but who walled for
a grand piano, or a new motor car"
L have written what [ hope was
wholesome advice. 1t may be that
some of them will never write to me
again, but I know l have done them
a good turn. 1 have shown them
their own shortcomings. thing NO
neighbour probably, would ever
But occasionally I receive a let
ter that gives me a wrench, that
wringS my heart. Advice in such
cases, seems so absurdly futile. Here
is one such letter that 1 read this
Weekly Journal office, letter that
seems. in it's few rude sentences. to
spell so sad little real-life tragedy:
Dear Miss Jewett
ct am a girl fifteen years old and
7 am married. Nv husband is in the
army. He hasn't been DISCHARGED
and told me to stay there till he got
back Well. I STAYED as long as 1
could. They treated me wickedlY.
and insulted me and accused me Of
being lazy and no good, because /
didn't do all the cleanin" and the
people) wouldn't let me go over
to see my own mother and father
and sisters. They said that if I
went to see my mother they would
tell him (husband) and when he
came home from camp he would
home now, I mean at my father
ard mothers home. Do you think
it was right for them to tell me
mustn't come to see my own
mother? They ere going to say a
lot of wicked things about me to
L. L. toll
me. What had I ought to do?
The letter is signed by this pitt
full little child-wife, who lives in a
small town in Tennessee.
NY dear child, you have acted corr
rectiy in going to your own home
1t seems a pity, of course, that a
child of your years should have as
sumed the serious obligation of a
marriage. In my experience as a
writer of advice to girls, I have very
very rarely advised q woman to to
wise you now. But most en-
phatically do / uphold you in re-
turning to your own parents home
am there you should remain until
your soldier-husbdn6 comes home
from camp. If he will then give
to it with him, and start your mar
ried life with a refreshed honey
moon. The practice of children mar
rying is bad enough. but that a child
bride should be left to the tendc;
| mercics of her husbands parents
under such cruel conditions as yoU
| describe is unThinkable. Write me
again, "U. J.. F." and let me know
| the outcome of your miSadventure
I nm sure [ hone you Will report tC
me when your husband returns, thai
you are happy at last in your ow'
| little home.
I am a girl seventeen years of age
| fair complexion and am five feet
Geven inches tall. What do you thinl
about my looks? 7 weigh 140 pounds
| Is that too much? [ met d boy oil
the train who asked if he could sir
with me. I consented and later or
| he asked me to send him a card witt
my address. He gave me his card
and insisted that [ write to him.
hesitated about it, but tinaily die
write him. Was it wrong TO do that
Yours is just about the correct
weight for one of your height. YoU
should not have talked to the young
man on the train.
I am in love with a girl. but hel
will not allow boys to go to see
her. I think I could win her if !
had a chance. Will you please tel
me what to do. about it?
If the girls grandmother forbids
her to see you, there isn't much you
| can do about it. She can't very well