The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-25

think the whole trouble with you is
| self consciousness Practice self-con-
troll. and when hearing something dis.
agreeable say to yourself that you will
not be unhappy or become nervous e,i
ference TO you. You show yourself In
the worst possible light when you be-
come angry and doubtless your friends
say things to offend YOU just to see
| you flare up. If you believe that the
/ boy is in the habit of going to places
of i'll repute, have nothing to do with
him or have one of the men in your
family find out the truth about it. 1t
may be some idle tale. Unless you
are very sure that you love the boy anG
he has asked you to marry him, there Is
no re lson why you should tell him that
you love him. Give him some evasive
answer when he asks If you love him.
Try TO practice the golden rule and
you will find your manners and at
ttude will b. above reproach. Certainly
it would be entirely proper for your
friends to come to see you Christmas
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To Broken Hearted Wife-After
thinking over your case / want you to
write to Unity School of Christianity
Tenth and Tracv streets, Kansas City.
Mo-, and tell your story.
Dear Mrs. Thompson wish to send
a line to "A Wearled Father" lost
my wife on Auq. 4 and was left with
children, the oldest IL years. Altar
keeping the baby month, | placed
baby With a good Christian family and
90 to see the baby every week. The
rest Of the children and keep house.
! send five Of them to school every day
and we aim tn continue the same way.
A HUsTLING WlDoWER.
Good for you, Mr.. Widower. / am
glad you are looking out for those lit
tie ones instead of putting them off on
strangers. But don't forget that you
will have to be mother as well as
and kind and tender Gather your chill
dren around you at evening and read
to them. You will hold your children
if you make them feel that you love
them and are interested in them. II
you wish a list of good books suitable
to read them, write me.
Dear Lonesome Boy-Your handwrit-
ing is 80 illegible l can not read your
story II you will do better job CT
writing will be glad to advise you.
Anxious-This is the fourth time ]
have answered this letter. OF course.
understand that the two girls are not
writing it,. but that 1t Is written by
neiRhbor who Is quite anxious over the
SITUATION ana my answer Is tHe StiIie
yesterday. today and forever. These
girls doubtless deserve the criticism oc-
casioned by their conduct My advice to
Anxious is that you write a letter to
these girls mother and tell her what
the neighbors are saying. II she doesn't
done all we can, and the girls, poor
things will have to take the conse|
ouences
Dimples-You should weigh 11S
pounds. You are about average height
for your age. Spats viii be worn this
winter.
Just wanderer-I have given much
serious thought to the full description
81 the situation in which you now find
yourself Are you really serious When
YOU say you viii appreciate and follow
the advice YOU ask me to give? Do you
honestly wish to turn over a new leaf
in the book of life? And do you want
to win back the little wife who tried
so hard to help you make man OF
yourself and q success of your life? II
you are truly and seriously interested
in beginning again. then I can help you.
Look not mournfully into the past.
Art thou a sinner? Sins may be for
given" Send me your. name and adj
dress, also the name and address of
your wife In the meantime my earnest
following verse:
For indecislon brings its own delays,
And davs are lost lamenting DER lost
days.
Are you in earnest? Seize this very
minute.
What You can do, or dream you can,
begin IL.
Boldness has genius, power magic in it.
Only engage, and then the mind grows
heated
Begin. and then the work will be COM
pleted'
Every effort to maintain the decisive
state OF mind acts directly on the will. |
A determined resolution to decide in
diligently and forcefully all questions |
Of life as they present themselves |
rather than suffer them to hang for |
ito turn up"-will be found |
to be.a perfect will tonic. Let me hea4
again from you