Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-04
The Country Home
NV NJES VIZ III TNEIE MON
Marrying One Cousin

writes to his old Journal friend,
Mrs. FELTON,. He is violently in love
with his lovely young girl cousin
| They are willing to marry but some
| body has whispered, cit is not the
best thing to marry own cousins"
That is a difficult question to an
swer. Writers on heredity tell US
that every member of a family
| children born of the same parents,
inherit the peculiar tendencies-the
| idiosyncrasies the facial resemblance
the peculiar shapes of fingers and
| toes and that the same walk, the
| same tricks OF eye and gesture are
often reproduced in their progeny.
These are symptoms Gf not in
heritances) that the recognized as
family traits by many observers.
Along with these traceable SINH
larittes we are told that inherited
diseases are in evidence. This is a
| more serious matter. tuberculosis
and cancer are very stubborn all
mentS. l have known consumption
to sweep off nearly all the mem
bers of a large family in a short few
years. Science and skill are doing
wonders to alleviate and abliterate
such insidious and supposedly in
herited diseases. So much on that
side of the argument.
There is another side which is
the full acquaintance and affection
of young people who have grown up
together. We know the ways, and
the manners of their cousinly sweet
hearts, which anybody will agree,
a
life.
Shall I leave the subject just at
this point?
1 believe I will.
Marriage is generally a lottery,
| and it must be narrowed down to
one conclusion:
If your love is strong enough to
| bear all things, endure all things,
and cant live without you" condi-
lions, these cousin SWeethearts
must settle the problem for them
selves, and risk it!
TWenty-one Years With Journal
Twenty-one years is considerable
period in state and church and indi-
vidual life. When a child grows
into maturity it has arrived at
place where the United States gov
alone You belong to yourself. You
have ceased, to be a minor. You can
take your allotted position as cit
izen in this great country. You can
vote for your representatives, and
you are privileged to be represent
you to do So" While the child is I'M
der age then the parent must do his
Or her part for it. The father is le-
gally entitled to the child's services
up to twenty-one years of age, and
the child's wages can be claimed
from the employer
All of this preamble has little or
nothing to do with Grandmother
Felton's connection with The Semi
Weekly and later The Tri-W eekly
Atlanta Journal for twenty-one years.
L am only telling you that twenty
one employer in peace and good will,
and I might add kindly regard and
loving kindness.
In this world Of rush and hurry
and ups and downs, war times and
peace times, "by waters still and
much in harmony and good will that
the aged contributor to the Country
Home Column can truthfully say to
the outside world that The Journal
people are flrst-class and amply de-
serving of all the good fortune that
has come to them is a pretty good
record 1870.
Twenty-one years ago, on the 25th
Of August, I made my initial entry
into the columns of The Semi eek
ly Journal I expect I am the only
survivor of those pioneer workers.
Week after week my pen Cor penclD
kept on at the steady task of con-
tributing to the paper. So far as my
memory serves me have never failed
Or missed a single week IN all OF
now to 1892 weeks, counting 81
weeks to the year. That is some rec
ord in itself 1t speaks pretty we'll
for the Suitability of both Of US.
If the scores of letters that 1 get
in steady stream from January to
cherished paper are worth anything,
they are still glad I am yet alive
and well enough to write my articles:
That is also something to cherish and
to be proud of
ion and hearty good wishes as any
grandmother could be fond OF the
respect and reverence of her own
household. It is a great thing. to
have so many tell me by letter tnat
the world is the better because MIS-
FELTON,, has lived in 1t.
What higher tribute could, I ask
or anybody deserve? In all these
long Years I have kept one main 1dea
in my mind, namely to give the very
best advice my experience ana al
lection COulu luLhloAl, e"AA1 ~
icle everything that was W firsf
knowing, in current events, and flrsI
and best of all, to write the WORDS
of truth and soberness as we musI
Give an account for every word ana
act in that final day. l expect 1
have been sometimes mistaken IN
both nv opinions and CONCLUSIONS.
II ia human to err, even WITH Iue
verv best intentions, but [ have been
dong nv little best as prompted ny
nv heart, and especially my CON
science. I have always deemed IL
nr;vileee to meet my congregaLlon'
so often and regularly II 4 mas pGTn
such a privilege as few ordained mn "a
1 Is Is not not exactly a pulpit, but It
LES IL Is i nrettv near it, Wherever l
e 90 in Georgia somebody comes up
n tell me that they have been mace
ecnuainted with me during tn EI
tTantv-one wears of service to Inc
Tonrna1. 1t is an ACQUAINTANCE l
INV -annreciate. When my ne1ghnors
o. abroad and then come home, they
fe1I me they meet people all over
Georgia who ask about Mrs. FeIIoIl:
MANY young people write me 1haI
their fathers and mothers loNeu ~
Rad after this aged scribe, lately
nassed her eighty-fifth mile post
and always active and interested IN
+he caurse of right and humanlIy'
Heaven be praised for these preserV-
ing merc1eS! o,+ from
me the best wishes of a loving heart,
for your continued happiness anu
SUBS 'an'i8i p MRS. FELTON,.