The Washington times., 1920-02-20
Wisdom That
Comes From
The Heart
BY Winifred Black.
the Devotion Of Millions
Of Readers.

7 IERE's letter thai r.'dc me
laugh--spd then IL r;aie ire
4 4 sigh, and while / w&s sigh
ing. l smiled. ] almost cried. Read
it. 1t is written straight from tho
heart of one of a race more simple
and yet more complex th II ours.
The one who wrote II Is d VIE
and mother. but there is something;
in her letter that sounds like lii
tie girl. Here It is:
DEAR SONORA BLACK.
am one of your readers, and
when I read your column always
have to laugh or pray OF sing, ami
very often ! cry. Now ] see this
morning where a man got a divorce
because his wife would not kiss
him once a month. I'd think I'd
want a divorce, too, especially IL ]
were the woman I heard of. who
gets just one kiss every Christmas.
I would want Christmas to come
very often.
will tell you a little Of my horne.
l am Spanish and AIN twenty-five
years oiu. hhNc loOI u 10 Inv
they are very nice looking. Papa
and mama love them with oil Their
hearts.
We are not rich; neither arc We
poor. for we have love, which Is
better than all the money In t.r
world.
My hubby works every day. IL
is home every evening and Satur-
day afternoons and Sundays. to-.
And as for kisses-ah, well. SOM
people would say "mush." but -
them, for I think down n the
hearts they are q little bit Jealous.
Not Always Happy.
In our home there Is no such Il
thing as a single day gong BY that
my husband and / do not put our
arms around each Others neck and
kiss each other twelve times, all IN .
one breath. SO, you see, ] have II
right to sit and cry for NY poor
sister, be she a kisser OF lSisslcss.
cold-hcarted wife.
Poor sister. that likes to be kiss
cd and IL not. what is there ia
life and what holds them all Is 80
cold.
A little kiss or q little smile
makes u woman love the more. ISu
a cross word or a fierce lool; make
her blood chill, and very often sh-
learns to hate the one lovc OF her
heart. 1 know from own eNpcu-
ence.
When was fourteen years old
married man of thirty-CigEL w,
had three babies, and then anotn.c
woman came and took M husoBng
from his wife, children end home
Today he Is married and has IT,
tie son. Well, ! hope they are hap
py, because 1 am.
My second husband is real
father to all my children No one
would know that he Is a stepfathur.
because he loves them as IL thcv
were his very own. could MT
describe our home other than II -
heaven on earth.
Oh, once in a while the tevil g'ta
loose and We quarrel for Give nv.
utes, but II Is all we can GO to ,,"e :
our faces straight Thon we ha,.
a good, hard laugh and kiss 80
make up, and we love eoch 9th,
all the more. IL that If possible.
will write you again and vi, %
you my name. lovingly,
A HAPPY SPANISH MOTHER.
Lnugb. sins. md snrilc.
like the styry this Letter frc.t
~ Happy Spanish Mother" ieu
don't you? There Is such 4 iri-
as wisdom OF the heart that b.
fifty times worth all the Wis ON -.
the head in existence.
with you'd given mo your num
little Spanish Mother, and had tuls
the where you live. so that The ~.
time 20 10 your city a. .ri:
you up and cit and work ~ ~,
radiant soy OF your presei o..
The worlds better - See v .
you are in IT, I.augs, o.
heart. Sing on, happy foul
on little woman. Yet. and J. rp "a
kissing, too. Your hush; n /.
lucky man, and you are 10 uadtt
women I wish there were nv. liUhs
mora IIkn you Than this old n griI