Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04

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MARY MEREDITH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME
Your counsel will be carried out in
my case with thanks to you for same.
For some time 1 have been going
with my second cousin and we are
very fond of each other, but we
haven't gone "crazy" yet because we
are both attending a coed school, |
and I finish this session and she is a |
sophomore now. So We both want |
to finish before we think Of any
thing Serious" She is eighteen
years old and I am twenty-one. Do
you see anything wrong with second
cousins marrying? And would you
advise long engagements as we are
both planning to finish college and If
we do it will be some time yet be-
fore we can marry. Please rush this
if possible. Eagerly awaiting your
reply in The Journal, 1 am yours
respectfully MACKBETH.
1 do not recommend long en-
gagements. 1t is wrong to tie
yourselves down to an obliga-
ton you feel honor bound" to
comply with or obey. 1t is sweet
to be in love with each other.
But at the same time you are
both doing yourselves an injus-
tice to bind yourselves with one
another. There is nothing quite
as irksome or boresome as hav-
ing to honorably carry out con-
tract made on the spur of a mo-
ment or in moments hysteria
or infatuation. And honorable
persons will allow themselves to
become victims of a marriage
when love has grown cold, rather
than go back on their WORD.
don't see any ha'tn in your mar
rying your cousin, after you ana
she have finished college and you
both admit you still love one an
other. But don't burden your
selves with three years betroth-
al and live to regret it perhaps.
1t isn't fair to yourselves.
will YOU please advise me? My
husbands brother, also three others,
came to my house one Saturday night
drinking; the ones whom nave rel
erence to were cursing and going on
dreadfully, although they never came
in the house; and the next Saturday
I met up with this brother-ln-laW
and I told him that I wished he nor
the rest would ever come again IN
that condition; that | wished the re-
spect of my neighbors. lie new
| into a rage; he threw up my. young
est brother to me, who drinks also'
| and said I'd never be bothered win
| him again. Well, I don't particularly
mind his being angry, put ms Wlie
| love her ard hate not to visit her,
| but don't see how I can continue 70
go there. live in the country, apout
| ten miles from them. 1t seemed tlat
he thought, because my brother drinks ks
with anything; but not so with me,
for I plainly told him that wasn't
| the cause of my brothers bad nab
it's; they did not keep me from belng
| a respectable person. SO please give
me your best advice through Inc
Journal. With than6s, ,,vrp
Home Lover: You did right to
tell your brother-in-law you dld
not like his behavior. 1t doesn't
matter if your orotherS, stster n7;
have respect for yourself, other
people are bound to respect you.
And do not let what your broth-
er does alter your high OPINION
of yourself. We are all taken at
the value we place on ourselves.
You can treat your brother-ln-
law with cold politeness. You
can still be friendly toward his
wife by not discussing with her
the difficulty you had WIN ner
be silent. She cannot take issue
with YOU then when she sees you
will not discuss the trouble; she
will respect you for 1t-and ne
will, too, if he has any sense OF
decency or right in him. Let 1T
lie where it is, treat his wife as
You always have done. Treat the
man politely, but refuse to get
into an argument with him; AVOID
him all you can. 1 am sure ne
will be the one to apologize 10
YOU. Let time be the cure for the
trouble. But don't lower yourself
by wrangling with your brother-
in-law. He will see that he is In
| the wrong.
Dear Miss Mary: Please inform
me where ] can secure HaZe1 Icy :.
Matchelor's and James B. Hendryx
books or stories books, and also the
address Of a good blk sire; will ap-
nreciate it very much. Please print
at nee, through the Tri-Weekly col
umns and oblige.
There are several excellent
book stores here in Atlanta.
First. there is Miller's Book
store. "a North Broad street, a
very good store indeed. There IS
the Lester Book & stationary
Co., 70 North Broad street 71 +,,a ~
vii order it for you, if it can be
had Then the Cole Book Co., l23
whitehall street, the Southern
BOOK Concern, II South White
sail street. All in Atlanta: Eacn
one is good, and you are are. ll IKE, de- a.
find the authors stories you oe-
eira in either of these SlOIeS.
Will you please give me some I'D ad
49, - in nrint. I wish to be
stonoeranher. Does one have to OF
we'll educated? 1 quit school In the
fifth grade and can't go any more
Gould one take course at elghteeI
wears old with no more educatloi
than have? Is it very hart
lob? And about how long does -
lakeland how much does II cosI
no YOU know how l can earn any
money typewriting at home! WI
Won please answer questions soor
az nossible through the Journal? Ad'
vice WILL W app 0O' RAINBOW.
In order to become GOOD
stenographer, one must have com
mand of the English language
Must know how to spell a,5 ana
ton is necessary. I don't wish TO
discourage you, but I am afraid
Won need a decided education be-
fore YOU can hope to become
stenographer. Keep on practlc1ng
with the typewriter, and try to go
to night schol or have some one
teach you a couple Of evenings at
home each week. This Will help
you wonderfully.