Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-19
o DIX'S COLUMN
Ancestors Should Be an Inspiration, Not
a Dead Weight, to the Living-Make the
Most of Your Life, as They Did of
Theirs, and Don't Be Ruled by Ghosts

A GIRL came to me in great distress the other day. The gist Of hp
CONSIDERED %f mother the so ~ i nj ist oSts wt9a II to OF J 9faf Is sa nf marF gie Of 81,
could sotaa sGy s that HI h WA i bs npa sa o t rimm mo h.. pr 7 a nser reEer ell l would
mors; s Rdrf that tbd 1T Th1 With ai h payi if I maF attention h% Il u ags shs '1 nm. 0r hs 9
e%es 1r Si snat i in fine the 1 %Srl gps asa is in eo a "a on to an be be big has ad a suesess mad' 9
old race that has rn to to seed. :" :"
LEV. "h M CT s ss is slg g%sr ts ii Sia sso" att 0 sPe blu, tqs. el fssn AND sSsB be,
because W arc so poor that we are half fed. Mother is al
i G dr r%n and @S DANCED C witt sH lafayette ea" That do @%S a m9 % a
S %1 ane o to @S ds4 1oef myself ~s in H smart r o rss%u ra1f 10 m9GSr IS as9 10
Sa %Hn who could sign " check that commanded F''O'nt at the
but I Il d6 S2gf f %' san tS a ap6n to fail ny do 9~G' sG Worship 7 5Gpg them and IS s' mstses tA snd
made the most they could of their lives and opportu mites / wants wapt to s do
M and Sh 6een W AFRAID Idi4 to- make IA 1G y n mov az lest q theg sh wDTihs shoct th tbs f0r ass1s
6esH Called iiY upon ~ to- make f% sae a% sy to their f%% N " = wouldn't h''s
rule. n AN w Tyy sS%y I an aHe n% and Il I don't M. want wnss the idea dead to
paStG It's absurd. It's idiotc.
about loot ing i Hd o% figures res s Of fun Is 'i n patched ~ : up S% oS t haf 's 'sst Simply aS T si
family dHyy had YER sasne a an n honest S%sa Dc don i%S and nd she %' w epf' to think hin what IS sr 3
; sssss5S sss%$S'S { : !; { 4 + : 50 g. = t. $f $s%sss s''' s3 e s. s. nS sy s%@s as e? 6 8
me a Working Ss girl Hs she ev nearly ry1 died Of Of shame, Bgt she % V@"fd
to q SSsaG Old 'f1sH W. who 'e could / h% aaS sGe % me pe en- %'a ana a
s 5sefs rs = : ss %sss hey hey s re- t. proud proud to Do Sa ! kind = q " p e they a' r snt tel
cet a ro situation ion IS a bank president but who se%n a job
WAS fas years old and now he is vice president in!..e firm for which
every quality that by brothers lack. "' m'a'
"He has not only not asked a dollar of ANYBODY O. n
helping hand, bt h g las supported his widowed mother IN
have depended IN their family name and their family in
fluence, and felt that because they were my grandfather,s
grandsons that special places should be made for them.
assss his 9 .h.eas . !. I ssa times m 'f %oS a on m ans " hasst t hand
the who is just a leaner
MY mother calls John uncouth and uneducated because he doesn.
always Know Just which fork and spoon to Use, and he is guilty of o-
lcasonal lapses sin grammar. He doesn't know Anything about the Russian
]eahsts and he likes photograph music. She contrasts with horror his
tastes with TIL cultured ones o. my brothers, who know a lot nor about
the nw movement in literature han they d O Dol te lsto uotatfon ~
the stock market.
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of education. different brands of knowledge, and that John
may know little about books, but he knows a million vita. ~
practical things that are really important.
"He isn't dull and stupid. He has a mind a keen as a sword a rnA
that is marvelouay balanced, a forward1ooking mind, and a judgmel
that is almost unerring.
John may not read novels but all Of life is a pen book
to him.. He doesn't know a thing about the science of ply
chology. but he sees into the very depths of peoples souls. and
ther motives are as transparent as glass % him. He goes to
the very heart o. the truth of everys subject. Maybe all Of this
isn't culture but it's wisdom. It's life itself
And John is o his way He is going up. and he is going to arrive
mot only in a monetary way but cuturany and socially. He is learning
from everybody with whom he comes in contact. He is acquiring polish
and his wife is never going to have occasion to be ashamed If him. And
and said tn girl, wiping hr eyes, E" I am going to be that woman
mother or nj mother. I'm not going to be like my Aunt Clarissa. WIN
let the family keep her from marrying a poor young chap she was IN
love with and whom they called common, s they do my John. They lived
to see him a Senator and rich. and his wifes limousine splashfng the mui
on her ass she trudged along the streets N foot"
Good" said T. Marry your John, and found your
own family, instead Of wasting your life worshiping at the
shrine o. dead and gone ancestors"
DOROTHY DIX.