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DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME

her, but that the thing that she does
know she worries herself to death
over, and so few men are foolish
enough to furnish a wife with a
working diagram Of their past lives
with which she can torture herself,
and them.
! They draw a discreet veil over cpl
sodes that are best forgotten, any
way, and deal only in glittering gen.
eralities IN referring to their gay
/ bachelor days.
! Moreover, women are sensible
enough to let it go at that. No wom-
an wants her husband to tell her
things that stab her every time she
thinks of them, and that eat like a
oanker in her memory.
versed, and when it is the woman
who has a blot upon her past, that
she wonders if it is the right thing,
the honorable thing, to tell the man
who wants to marry her about it.
OF course, the woman is bound in
this by the double code of morals,
which make one standard for wom-
an and another for the man, and
that, humorously enough, makes a
husband feel that he has been ex-
ceedingly ill-used if he discovers that
his wife has q past that matches his
own.
Therefore, because she is afraid
that in future years her husband
may find out about her past life, or
else driven by her conscience, or for
the sheer relief of sharing her bur-
den with another, the woman nearly
always tells everything to the man
before marriage.
Sometimes it drives him from her.
! Sometimes he loves her enough to
marry her, in spite Of her revela-
tons.
But, while he forgives, he never
| fOrgets. Always he is haunted by
the memories of what she has re-
Vealed. He never trusts her, never
wholly believes in her, and he has
to be a bigger-souled man than most
men are if he does not reproach her
with her past, and use it as a whip
of scorpions to scourge her with
when he is angry with her.
OF course, when either a man or a
womans past life has in it some sin
lister curse that reaches out and lays
a hand on the future of the one he
or she marries, he or she is bound
in honor to tell the other one about it.
But when there is nothing Of this
kind, nothing but a youthful folly,
a mistake, a blunder in the dark, bit
terly repented Of and lived down, it
seems to me the part of wisdom for
both men and women to forgo post
mortems, and to wash the slate clean
and make a fresh start.
What they have done does not
matter so much as what they are
going TO do. And it often happens
that just because man or woman
has stumbled in the past they walk
the more carefully among the pit
falls Of life, and that out of the sor-
rows and repentance for their sins
they have brought a tenderness, a
compassion, q forbearance and an
understanding that makes them bet
ter men and women than the vast
majority of those who have lived
blameless lives.
Confession is always weakness
The brave soul keeps its own secrets,
and takes its own punishment in ST.
lence. 1t takes q strong man or
woman to keep from blabbing, but it
pays never to tell anything that you
jdo not wish the world to know.
(CopVright. 1929
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OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE O. THOMAS

where it will cook slowly, not boil.
| While it is cooking beat the egg
whites till you can turn the dish
upside down. Then draw the melted
sugar to the hot part of the stove
and boil till it strings when you pour
some from a. spoon. Then pour this
| hot sugar over the beaten whites of
| the eggs. Beat at least fifteen
minutes. Flavor with a teaspoonful
of vanilla. If it gets too stiff add a
| tablespoonful of hot water. Put the
| frosting on in layers till it will be
an inch between the two dark lay
ers. 1t takes a lot, and the layers
must be perfectly cold a the begin.
ming. After an inch is put on then
comes your second layer of cake and
another inch of frosting. You do not
use so much on the sides of the
cake.
turn my cake upside down on
a clean towel. then put a wet cloth
over it and let it steam fifteen or
twenty minutes. Just on the same
principle that I set a saucepan in
cold water If the contents burn 20
the bottom. [ will be pleased to write
again on the other. subjects men
toned.
Now I am going to give you a
recipe that is a great favorite among
the many that have tried it, though
it does not sound as good as it tastes.
[ call it missionary cake, because l
made twenty-one dollars for the work
yselling this recipe for ten cents
each.
Missionary cake: One cup sugar,
one cup, water, one cup raisins q
third of cup of lard. Boil three
minutes after it begins to bubble. Add
a teaspoonful of cinnamon, half as
much spice and a pinch of salt. Put
half a teaspoonful of soda in a little
cold water, dissolve and pour in the
boiling mixture. Set off to cool a
little, stirring it thoroughly. Then
add flour enough to make a batter
about as stiff as for layer cakes. 1
sift four cups Of flour with a tea
spoonful of baking powder and it
generally takes it all. but you know
some flour is more absorbent. Grease
your pan and let this amount go in
a pan about two inches deep. Turn,
on a cloth and let cool. 1t is better
after a day or so.
Sometimes I serve 1t hot as a pud.
ding sand use Sunshine sauce:
Moisten one tablespoonful OF corn
starch Tor flour in a little cold water.
Then pour in a pint of boiling water
Add half a cupful of sugar. Beat one
egg until very light, pour over it
gradually this hot, stirring all the
time. Beat a minute, add teaspoon
full OF butter and flavor.
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where her early escapades are un'
known.
Then love comes to these women.
Good men offer them marriage and
an honorable place in society. And
the question they ask is, shall they
tell these men the stories of their
lives before they marry them, or
bury their secrets in their hearts,
and leave the matter on the knees
Of the gods?
That is a problem that no human
wisdom can solve, for, so. far as the
woman is concerned, it is a case in
which she will be damned if she
does, and damned if she doesn't. Her
chances of getting happiness-or
misery-through opening up her
skeleton closet and exhibiting its
contents to the man who has asked
her to be his wife are about even,
with the odds for happiness slightly
in favor Of keeping the lid clamped
down good and hard on her secret.
The question of right does not en-
ter into the matter unless you instl-
tute a. prematrimonial confessional
in which men shall bare their souls
as we'll as women. There is no more
real reason why a woman should
tell a man every detail of her past
than there is Why he should tell
her of every time that he has
strayed off of the straight and mar
row path.
1t is true that couple who knew
the worst of each other would start
out their life together on a firm
foundation of honest understanding,
but nobody can claim that it would
make for their felicity, or increase
their affection for each other.
On the contrary, they would have
swept away every illusion. They
would have destroyed the faith OF
each in the other, and they would
have called into being an evil spirit,
a, grizzly ghost out of the past, that
they could not Danish, and that
would forever stand between them.
Men have had the wisdom to per-
ceive this. They realize that what
a woman doesn't know doesn't hurt
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A BEDTIME STORY
BY THORNTON ". BURGESS

me out" replied Danny. at was
the most welcome sound ever
heard. But tell me, Mr.. Mocker
what are you doing awake in the
night?"
oh" replied Mr.. Mocker, II Of
ten sing in the moonlight. 1t seems
to me that moonlight was made to
| sing in. I just can't help singing OF
a night like this. I often wake up
and sing awhile. There is nothing
more lovely than moonlight in the
Sunny South"
Just then the air was shaken by
/ that terrible voice that had Weakened
Danny and had so frightened him.
You should have seen him scamper
back under that old stump. He crept
just as far back in the hole as he
could, and shivered and shook. Not
even when he heard Mr.. Mocker
calling did Danny move.
The next story: Danny Finds Out
About the Terrible Voice"
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his strange surroundings almost as
light as by day. And then as Dan
ny sat there peeping out he heard
another voice. 1t was a very lovely
voice, and it was singing.
Danny's heart gave a leap for joy.
He knew that voice. Yes, sir, he
knew that voice. It was the voice of
Mr.. Mocker. the Mocllingbird, and
Danny knew by the sound that he
must be in a tree right above that
old stump. Danny dared to poke
his head out. Then as Mr.. Mocker
sang again Danny ventured to crawl
out in the moonlight, but he took
care not to go more than a few steps
from the safety of that hole under
the old stump.
Mr.. Mocker's song stopped abrupt
ly. well. well, well"' exclaimed
Mr.. Mocker. II thought you had
gone back to the great man-bird."
II started to, but L got lost" re-
piled Danny. "Oh, Mr.. Mocker, you
don't know how good it is to hear
your voice! [ have been frightened
almost to DEATH"
THAT is too bad" replied Mr.,
Mocker. Couldn't you find safe
hiding place."
II found a hiding place. 1t is
right under this old stump, but
don't know how safe it isl replied
Danny. Somehow 1 don't feel safe
anywhere"
THAT is because you have not
yet become acquainted with the Sun
ny South" replied Mr.. Mocker.
There are just as many safe hiding
places here as up home where you
came from. In fact, [ guess there
are more. But why aren't you in
that hole under the stump? What
are you doing out here?"
IT go4s VOICE that bEought
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NV dear friend:

My dear friend:
/ I am one among many, l know
who enjoy your contribution to The
Journal. You are indeed a help to
young housekeepers, and no doubt
many perpleXing problems are solved
through your advice.
/ am anxious to try your last fruit
cake recipe, but want to ask first
about candled orange peel. Do you
make that at home or can you buy
it? The grape juice, do you mean
just what you can buy? L guess yours
is made at home, but I have never
tried it. Now in devils food cake
pastry flour is called for. can the
other kind be used also with good
results?
You say make two large layers,
then do you mean put together as
any other layer cake? The three
whites. you say, will make the frost
ing; how much sugar, also what
kind do you use for this? If possible,
do explain further about these
recipes in next issue Of The Journal
and help young housekeeper pre-
pare for Christmas.
Do he!p an inexperienced house
keeper 10y giving an article entirely
on home management" where only
a cook is employed. feel like many
times it is the housekeepers' rules
that makes the best cook and keeps
her satisfied. 10 give your idea and
I feel sure i: will be helpful! to 9TH
ers as we'll as myself.
In some way or ether you can not
but see the good you are doing in
your writings to The Journal. Christ
mas is drawing near and I trust it
will be happy one to you. With
many thanks for your answer to this
through The Journal and my best
wishes for you.
INEXPERIENCED H o u S E.
KEEPER"
I am. sorry that Inexperienced
Housekeeper" did not give me her
address. 1 could have sent this di-
rectly to her, but trust it may yet
reach her in time. =
First, I will say that ono can make
the fruucake without sons of the
ingredients, but candied orange peel,
and ginger can be bought in the
larger grocery stores. Pastry flour Is
Best, but if you don't have it your
grocer will tell you what brand he
handles that makes good cakes. I
use any stiff icing to make the layer
between the dark cakes. Here 10 a
recipe:
= Frosting, put three cups of granu-
lated sugar in a saucepan, pour in
three-fourths of a cup of water, set
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-22
Former Columbus
Postmaster Dead

COLUMBUS, Ca, Dec. 19.-Colo-
mel Joseph S. Garrett, aged ninety.
two, for eight years postmaster at
Columbus, died today at the city
hospital after an illness of several
weeks.
He was a colonel during the War
Between the States in the Confeder-
ate army, and fought in many big
battles, but never was injured.
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There's No Reason Why Women
Should Reveal the Secrets of
Their Past Lives Any More
Than Men .DO-Happiness
Will Come by For
getting Post Nor
TENS and Start
in the Slate
Clean
TGET a great many letters from
women who write that there is e.
- dark stain on their past lives.
In the headstrong folly of youth
thew took a step down the primrose
path, then repented Of their sin, and
turned their backs upon it, and laid
hold upon righteousness.
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where some women had suffered just
as | did and got well and strong again
by taking the Vegetable Compound.
/ decided to see what it would do for
me, and before l had finished the
fourth bottle / was much better, the
weakness stopped and the severe
pains in my sides left me. l am now
much stronger and do my own work
and work in the factory besides. am
still taking the Vegetable Compound
and give It all the praise. Mrs.
NELLIE QUILLoN, II Morris ST..
Muskegon, Mich.
Women should heed such warning
symptoms as bearing-down pains and
weakness, for they indicate some fe-
male trouble, and { persistent anc
faithful use of Lydia E. Pinkham'S
Vegetable Compound will seldom fal
TO help ...,..'
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Cancer S Death Toll
$4,000 for the Nation

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Cancer
took a toll of lives in America al
most as large as that claimed by
tuberculosis last year.
Statistics of deaths gathered by
the census bureau for the registra-
ton area Of the United States, com
prising 50 per cent of the population
Of the country, give the total mum.
Der as SO,938. with an estimate Of
$4,000 for the whole country. The
death rate per 100000 of population
was 86.S, slight increase over 1921,
when the rate was $50 Tuberculosis
took 9O.752 lives in the registration
area last year.
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Another Voice in the Night
Blessed is the lot Of they
Who scatter songs along the way
Danny Meadow Mouse

How long Danny Meadow Mouse
had been shivering and shaking at
the sound of the dreadful voice in
the night he didn't know. 1t seemed
to him as if he had been shaking
and shivering for hours and hours
and hours. That was simply be-
cause he was so frightened. At last
he saw light peeping into the en-
trance to his hiding place under
the old stump.
Danny sighed with relief "It
must be daylight" thought he. per
haps that dreadful voice will stop in
the daylight"
But it wasn't daylight, it was
moonlight. Danny discovered this
when he ventured to peep outside.
It was wonderful moonlight. 1t made
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Sometimes no.
body knows of
the slip but the
girl herself and
the man who
was her partner
in Wrongdoing g.
S o m e tim e S a
woman who had
mired her skirts
to the knees has
washed t h e m
clean with her
tears Of remorse,
and had the
coura ge to build
anew her life in
49, ~ n n q
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IferenL physicians
without any relief
at all, they said at
last that medicine
would not reach
my case and /
should have an
operation. | hao
heard of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table COMPOUND
and often saw it
advertised in diff.
f4-E
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Four Pedigreed Grape Vines

year-od Concord vines from the famous South
Michigan where the variety has been
the last half century, and where the vines
have been bred to average yield of bushel OF the
finest grapes The Concord is hardy and
in locations where other varieties cannot be
grown. will send selected mailing
with Of roots to start off with vigorous
They fruit the third and reach full size in
after which, with you depend upon
choicest from vne and you can
cuttings which will give vineyard OF any size
desire.
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DOCTORs WANTED
TO OPERATE
Mrs. Quillon Tells How Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Saved Her from an Operation

Muskegon, Michigan.-"After doc
toring for eight or nine years with diff
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Here Are Details Of Our Great
Fruit Garden Collection
Offer

I-HE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL will help you start
Home Fruit Garden or to add to what you
have by sending you Six fine Apple Trees Two Fear
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If you take advantage of offer without delay, we
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Think of barrels of choice apples and pears, the
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have apples pears and deWberr1es you can
your table and plenty left to put up Tor the
winter And and vines come into full bear
ing you surplus left to sell at fancy prices
Here what the collection includes:
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Two Kieffer Pear Trees

Plants shape Apple trees. This DID, de-
variety favorte for wherever
pears grown OF incompatible flavor when fully ripe
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Six Baby Apple Trees

Healthy vigorous "baby trees that rapidly
large, heavy-croppng trees They produced by
grating branch fruit tree to healthy one-year
root and tying the union with waxed Irvine. Though
less than length they take root shortly after being
planted and make wonderfully rapid growth when given the
care they will send Two Genuine Delicious
the Apple and the best Two Jonahans
be and of delightful
flavor. Weathys-popular and profitable; splendid
keeper.
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Eight Vigorous Lucretia Dewberry Vines

Dewberry produces a good the next summer
being planted they ideal to plant with
waiting your to into bearing, the
dewberry will furnish immense clusters of shining
black melting, Juicy berries. AS of delicious fruit
Juice Dewberry giving close
Dewberry juice Is good juice, and the
cheaper Eight Of vines in garden
will give your good supply of this splendid berry,
every from twenty to fifty plants
to reset to sell to your neighbors.
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Now, Note This Carefully

EVERY COLLECTION is GUARANTEED to consist OF
good vigorous arrive in growing condition
and every satisfactory unless
unreasonable Unsatisfactory plants and vines will be
placed free.
ILLUSTRATED INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLANTING
wrapped package Of trees and vines These instruc
illustrated with pictures and diagrams, and show
Just to have with fruit garden.
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SHIPMENTS WILL START IN DECEMBER. Nothing
can be accomplished by planting them AS know
the winter You will get them
ample the best possible growth II given
rect
Fill out this attach check money or express
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Hello, Aunt Julia and cousins! I wonder
II you will let Georgia girl join your
happy band this pleasant morning 1 have
been reader of the Letter Box long time
but have never written before. / enjoy ali
the cousins letters very much, and l enjoy
Dorothy DiX's talks.
George W. Raines, from Alabama, am
your twin. L was eighteen the 18th of this
month. l am small for nv age. for I don +
look to be over fifteen or sixteen. l am
still little girl if 1 am eighteen Well
dear cousins, L guess l had better not stay
so long this morning. All of you write TO
me, for all letters will be appreciated. With
love to all the cousins and Aunt julia, a
new cousin, ELSIE GRAHAM.
Mount ca
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AUNT JIJLIA'S COUNCIL
Friendly Meeting Place for All TrWeekly Journal Readers

She is nearly year old. I surely do enjoy
reading Dorothy Dixs Talks. How time
does fly! Next Thursday is Thanksgiving
Not long It'll Christmas, 1 have been mar
ried four years last Friday, November %,
but it doesn't seem that long. 1 will be
twenty-three the ODD OF January. Who has
my birthday? l wish The Journal came
best wishes to Aunt Julia aud cousins, a
cousin, (MRS.) ROY COOK,
LyerIy, Ga.
z. S.-My maiden name was Henderson.
I have seven sisters and two brothers. All
are living. My father died in July, 1916.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here I am
press my many, many thanks to auntie for
printing my other letter; next, is to thank
The many cousins for their nice letters. They
were CHEEKY and nice. l wish to assure
each and every one their letters were en-
ioyed to the greatest extent. There we're
many more than was possible for me to an
swer, but ] would like to say hello to each
Christmas and happy New Year. Will prom
Use the first one to write me this time
Christmas box. Am wondering who it will
be. If this is printed l will write again
soon on "A Visit to Marlin, Texas, and the
Hot Wells There" Most Of you cousins
remember me, ] guess. Before, when L Wis
tied the Council, my address was AdairS-
vile, Ga, but now I'm at work in Carriers
vile. My brother, Woodie, as most of you
know him, and L have gone into business
there, having bought a restaurant. l surely
enjoy the work. Will bid you all sdieu.
assuring you an answer to each one, II it's
not in the millions, but come on with the
letters. An old niece and cousin,
(MISS) IDA GARRETT.
CartersyiIie Ca