Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-22

tortured with jealousy. get green
eyed when I think Of his spending
his DAYS in an office with his ste
nographer, although she is tF9 nome
Hest middle aged woman you ever
saw, with no more idea of being a
vamp than she has of being a canary
bird. I could cheerfully put poison
in the food of every good-looklng DIN
ner partner he has, and when L see
him laughing at the antics of flap
pers, young enough to be his daugh-
ters, ard buying them SODA water or
candy, it takes all of the centuries OF
ciVlllZa ton behind me to keep me
from clawing out their eyes, and
pulling out their bobbed HI
"I suffer a thousand deaths, and
all for nothing. Worst still, make
nv husbands life miserable by my
Iungrounded suspicious that are really
insults to him, and yet do not know
how to cure myself"
"I know" said another woman,
Jealousy is Woman's besettlng SIN.
We are all jealous of the man we
love. It's the cruX Of the whole IN
law situation. The mother is OBJ
sessed with jealousy of the woman
who takes her son from her. ThH
wife is mad with jealousy of the
woman who bore her hush" d and
knew him before she did, and so they
fight over him like dogs over
bone"
every woman wants to be the
only woman in the life of the man
she loves" said a third woman, land
she is Jealous of every other woman
he has ever known, and she is pe'-
fectly certain in her own rnind that
trey all tried to marry him, and
that they We're no better than they
should have been.
1--WE seen some tragedies along
that line. L have known women who
were fairy godnothers TO young
chaps, mIddle-aged women who moth
cred them; who steered them safely
past temptat ons; who l..Gde them
free to come to their homes; who In
fancy that here, at all events, peace and
good will mutual help and affection had
made that dwelling a heaven upon eart'|
But while the story is being told, an I'M
steady footstep is heard outside the door; g
father, a son. a brother, as the case may De,
angry or incoherent speech, disclosing too
plainly that drink is his undonG, and peace
and happiness of the little circle is at an
end for that evening. A drunkard can make
wilderness Of the home, which else Should
blossom as the rose. But drink is not the
only deadly night shade that can poison thf
life blood and cloud the serenity OF ram
lily. One bit of dishonesty in any member
of it may bow down father mead anu
break a mothers heart and make lnnoce IT
sisters ashamed to appear among tneir
friends. To make a home happy it must be
minia ture republic, with equal rights Tor
all. We often hear people say that they
don't want charity from others so long as
they get justice, but in our thought md
treatment of each other charity is often
part of justice. Hoping to hear from all
he cousins all over the United States. bui
before I go [ must say that I'm by no means
an old maid-just a little girl, age twenty
Lovingly ....o.,,.,
Woodbury., Ga.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Won't
you all admit girl from the dear old
state of Georgia into your happy band of
il Just fine. My home is about four miles
from the city of Athens. where l go to
school. How many of you like to go to
school? l see almost everybody does. l
surely do. l go to school ut Athens High
school. It's sure fine school, too. Well,
l will not take a subject this time. But
will ask everyone to write TO me, l Will
try to answer all mail I receive. 1 will
leave my age for you all to guess-it is
between fourteen and nineteen. Now,
please don't disappont me, but write to
me. From jolly little girl.
GLADYS WHITEHEAD.
Athens, Ga, Il, y. ID. No. ..
Hello, aunt Julia and cousins! Will you all
admit an Alabama girl into your happy band
of boys and girls? Papa is taking the dear
old Journal again after an absence of five
years. It is just like the return of dear
old friend, | enjoy the Letter Box and the
stories better than any of the rest OF The
Journal. Say, cousins, move over good
bit and give me big seat by Aunt Julia.
Get we'll out of my way. If l should hap
pen to lose control of myself and fall on
for the hearse. Enough nonsense. I sup
pose. 1 notice nearly all of YOU cousins
take some subject for discussion. If l
should take one I would choose Friend,
ship" but I think it has been well dis
cussed. What do you cousins who do not %
to school do for pastime? I read, pick cot
ton and help at the house. 1 like reading
better than anything else. l have read sew
eral good novels, written by good authors,
but could not in truth tell which the
best. If any of you cousins have the book,
1.-The Curse of Clifton send it to me, and
also these songs, Let the Rest of the
World Go By and ''Tipperary," send than
to me, and I will return the favor in some
auntie's rules. / want each and every one
of you cousins to write TO me, also send
photos 1 will answer all letters and cards
received. Let your cards and letters come
to your new seventeen-year- cousin,
(MISS) VERDIA MAE JONES'
Lottie, Ala.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Wonder
what you all are doing these days; sitting
around the fire, 1 guess. School has begun
and 1 am having a grand time. am in
the seventh grade, studying hard so
can get through and go to town to school.
I am just crazy for summer to come, so
I can go in swimming. How many of you
cousins can swim? l can, and like it fine.
I live a farm and like it better than
town life. Hoping I will see this letter
printed, and hoping to get many good, in
teresting letters from you cousins, your
cousin
MISS REBA SMITH.
Swainsboro Ca. Route ..
TOO haIlGH