Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-09

give me if 1 marry him and do not
marry the man she has selected for
me. She has no real reason to OBJ
iect to my choice, as he is a moral.
upright man who makes a good
living. He is a better man in every
way than the one she fancies. l
hate to hurt my mothers feelings,
yet I cannot give up the man l love.
What shall 1 do?
TROUBLED GIRL"
Answer:
Marry the man you love. Take
your own choice, not your mothers
choice. You are the one who is
going to have to live with him, not
she. And you are the one to be
pleased.
When a girls mother tells her
that she should not marry man
because he is immoral, or drunken,
Or has a brutal temper, Or is just
plain lazy and no-account and can't
make a living, the girl should listen
to her and be influenced by mothers
counsel, because her own common
sense will tell her that any one of
these things disqualify a man for
being a suitable husband. But when
mothers objections are mere preju-
dices, they are not worth consider
ing.
A mother takes a great response
bility upon herself when she keeps
her children from marrying the
man or woman they want to marry
because of a difference in religion,
or nationality, or social position. If
the young people have love enough
for. each other to overlook these OBJ
stacles, it is their affair and she has
no business to interfere In the mat
ter.
Furthermore, no one, not even a
mother, can feel the attraction that
a man and woman have for each
other and that makes them con-
genial to each other and antipa-
thetic to others.
After all, marriage is the most
personal act of life and the one in
which other people have the least
right to interfere.
DOROTHY DIX.
"Dear Miss Dix-For nearly five
years [ have been the victim of the
song writing bug. During all OF
that time l have been writing lyrics,
but have not been. able to sell any
of them yet, and what L would like
to know is this: Should 1 keep on
in this profession Or stick to bust
ness and forget it? 1 often say to
myself: ooh, well, what's the use?
I'll never get anywhere But the
if it is worth it. Aunt Julia, if I don't
soon say adieu the wastebasket, fear. Will
come into view. Now, won't some OF the
cousins kindly spend few moments writ
ing to their Alabama friend? | will an
swer all cards and letters received. Try
nv (MIsS) NAE ALFRED.
Blount Springs, Ala
Dear Aunt Julia; Just little invita- ton
to all of the boys and girls of Dixie to
| visit ME down here in the Canal Zone. Of
course the trip would be fine. even though
| some Of you did get a little seasick on
the way down. Then after you got here
[ would show you things that would inter
| everyone would be interested in the canal,
which alone is well worth the trip. But
| the canal is not the only thing that is
| worth while seeing. Colon and Panama
City, with their old Spanish and modern
American buildings standing side by side
and with its strange mixture of old and
new customs, presents a very interesting
contrast. These are the two largest cities
| IN Inc KepuDnc OF Hanama. lou nature
| lovers, 1 would take out in the jungles
and show you many strange and interest
| ing specimens of plant and insect life and
q few strange animals. You would see the
parrots and macaws right in their native
| haunts and maybe catch a glimpse Of a
! troop of monkeys swinging through the
| trees. You, who love flowers, could gather
orchids by the armfuls and not pay a penny
| for them. There so many things that
1 can't begin to tell you of them all. If
| you want to hear more, just write to
GLEN W. PRICE, PINS.
| Coco Solo, Canal Zone.
7. S,-To the person who guesses my age
I will send assorted collection of post
yards and kodak views. 1t is somewhere
between - and IS. Buenos Noches,
G. W. P.