Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20

my father said | wasn't fit for any
| thing. He won't let me go with the
boy to look at. He gets all of my
letters and makes somebody read
them to him. They won't let me
go anywhere. If a boy was to ask
me to let him go home with me,
what Should I say to him? 1 am
and they won't let him come to see
me- My mother said that this boy
would make me nice husband.
Hope to see this printed. I wrote
twice, but have not seen them in
print. BEAUTIFUL GIRL.
cannot imagine father
treating his daughter the way
your father treats you, even if
you might be inclined to be "a
bit hayward and hard to manage
You are human and his child, and
instead of treating you like a
criminal, he should try love and
kindness. Brutal treatment never
made men anything but towards
and assassins, and turned many
girl out in the streets. The
home is responsible for lots of
girls going astray. If they have
the proper raising in the begin
ming, and are taught from in
there is little chance of their do
ing any great harm to themselves
in later years. Parents have a
serious obligation before them.
Children do not come into this
world of their own accord, and
goodness knows the little things
are entitled to all the love and
kindness they can get. If you
haYe any grievous faults which
is a source of worry to your par
ents, it is up to them to advise
you and control you with love,
and not treat you like the lowest
criminal on earth. 1 cannot stop
your father, nor do l wish to
NEEDLE, but at the same time 1
have feeling of love and kind
boy, and l have been placed in
position to know that, child
will not go far wrong if that child
gets the proper training at home,
and the love and affection and
consideration that goes with it.
I am girl coming to you for ad-
vice. l am fifteen years old, and do
not often go with boys. Do you
think l am old enough to have boy
friends? There is asboy coming to
my house to see. my sister. and 1 do
doesn't treat me nice at all. Says
he doesn't like my looks and 1
can't see why it is that he doesn't,
for l treat him as nicely as possible
and / don't think myself better
tell me how it looks for boy to sit
up and tell a girl her legs are little,
and make fun of them. He comes
here very often and 1 do not want
him to call at all. Please advise me
BLUE EYED MARY.
That boy is very uncouth and
rough, and you will do we'll not
to have anything to do with
him; Why don't you tell your
about you. She should be the
one to find out the sort of boy
he is, before she allows him to
cal! to see her girls. Have
nothing at all to say to him if
and he may get it through the
thickness of his skull that you
do not care for his ungallant re-
marks.
am an orphan girl coming to you
for advice. will describe myself, L
am five feet and five inches high and
I weigh 1853 pounds, have a round
face, coal-black hair, chestnut ewes
and dark complexion. 1 stay with
my mother, sister and two brothers.
tb i am m nineteen i and have a beau
going with me a good while; last fall
ne asked me to marry him, 1 told
MIN l was too young and he said he
would wait while. so he has asked
me to marry him; again Xmas. He
IS very nice boy; he says hee loves
me very dearly and he treats me like
ne does. He is very smart and / be-
neve he would be good to me and
don't believe [ can love any one
else like l do him. Please advise
me what to do, and print it in the
next issue of The Journal
ROSET, AND r
think you showed good judg-
ment to ask your sweetheart to
wait awhile, and if you love him
and feel sure he will do his part
husband you desire, then there
is no reason why you shouldn't
marry him. 1t would. BE- better
to wait until you are at least
tWenty-one, but that is entirely
with you.
Dear Miss Mary: will write you
h hgf didn;t f have written you before.
is a, girl free. Is it eighteen or
twenty one? My father is so mean
to me think I will leave him.
am eighteen and can he make me
come back home or not. Can he
make the people I work for pay him
anything, nor give me any money to
buy any clothes with. What must 1
do? Please answer in the Tri-Week-
~ as soon as possible, for 1 want
to know what to do. 1 thank you.
RUTH
Twenty-one is the age of free
dom, recognized by the courts of
he United States In some states
1t is the age of eighteen. If you
want to be sure about yourself
you could go to the courthouse in
your city or county and seek in
formation there.
1t is too bad you are so mis-
treated at home. Your father does
not act like a human being, but
more like a brute. Try to do the
over your lot, for after awhile
things will right themselves for
you. Pray for things to be Net
ter with you, have faith in your
Heavenly Father and do the best
you can in the meantime.
Here comes a boy of twenty-one
for advice. Is it any harm for a girl
letter to tear off what she said in the
first of the letter and then let her
uncle read it? Is there any in a boy
slapping a girl around, anywhere on
her body in company and out of COM
pany? DO you think she would make
a first-class family, though she says
that she loves him? Please advise
me, as my mother is not willing for
me to be with her. Sincerely.
H. D. G.
Why show the letter to the
girls uncle at all? She is writ
ing to you and not to the uncle,
but if he wishes to see it and
you really do not mind, and the
girl has written you something in
commence, it wouldn't be gentle
manly in you to fail to do as she
requests. 1t is not right to take
liberties with a girl. To place
your hand on her person is ex-
ceedingly improper. If the girl
is a lady herself, even though her
family aren't as good as yours,
I do not see there will be any
terrible crime you have commit
ted if you marry her. Some of
the finest women have risen