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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-05
DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSESLIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME

ing to live with father, but they
have no hesitation in booming their
mother to that fate. And when they
say that, because she has endured
twenty-five years Of marriage with
him, she should suffer it on to the
bitter last of her life, they are talk
ing foolishness. They might as well
say that a prisoner who has been
in Jail for twenty-five years should
refuse freedom. They forget that
mother has served out her term at
hard labor.
Nevertheless, Martin Is bewildered
about what she should do. She does
not know whether she should listen
to life calling to her or to her chill
dren. She is only forty-six years
old, strong and vigorous Of mind
and body, with many years left
before her in which to be happy
or miserable. Which shall she
choose?
say she has the right OF self
determination. She has done her
full duty to her children. She has
no duty whatever to the man who
failed to keep the marriage vow to
love and cherish her, who has shown
her no kindness, no tenderness, no
consideration. That frees her from
every obligation to him, and if she
Is wise, she will take what is left
for her Of life and do with it as she
chooses, and at least be free from
the daily harassment of living un,
der the same roof with a man she
has come to loathe and despise.
There are many Thomases in the
world, but, believe me, the number
would be small if every man real,
lied that Patient Martha was going
to give notice and quit as soon as
the children are grown, unless he
made the wife job attractive to her.
Copyright, 1924
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-05

male weakness, and there was no help
but to be operated upon, and ofcourse
What wour7 cost us great deal. My
husband heard about Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound at the
factory and one night he stopped at
the drug store and bought me bottle
oft. had begun to think there was no
help for me, but took three bottles of
it and nowI feel like myselfoncemore.
The price for three bottles wasn't so
much as the doctor had charged. l
cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound enough. Mrs.
Dora OSBORNE. $50 Sherman Ave-,
South Bend, Indiana.
Women troubled with female weak
ness should give Lydia E. Pinkham 9
Vegetable Compound fair trial.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-05

Hurry Mother! A toaspoonful Of
california Fig Syrup" now will
thoroughly clean the little bowels
and in a few hours you will have a
well, playful child again. Even if
cross, feverish, bilious, constipated
or full of cold, children love its pleas
ant taste.
Tell your druggist you want only
the genuine California Fig Syrup"
which has directions for babies and
children of all ages printed on bot
tie. Mother you must say Cali
fornia.' Refuse any imitation.
Advert isenNntD
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1t seemed an
ideal match. One
Of thu Sc "and-
they were mar
ried = and = lived
happily = e V e r =
afterWard" kind
Of t h e story
books. Martha be-
came a notable
housewife. She
was thrifty and
economical. No
house was more
spic and span
than hers. No
man sat down to
bnttor dinner
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From Prince to Pauper

LONDON.-Prince Eugene Kot-
choubey Of the old Russian empire,
is insolvent and blames it on the So
Wet government. The prince, be-
fore the war, received $4,000 an
nually. Now he works for a London
merchant for five pounds a week.
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my DdCk anu DedI-
ing down pains. I
was so sore I could
hardly drag my
self around and
was not able to
do a bit of house.
work. My husband
worked all day in
the shop, and then
came home and
h Helped me a t
night. The doc
TORS said I had fe-
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SPRING DRESS GOODS CSC
A YARD

Remarkable offer on 5-yard rem
nants of serges. tricotines and suit.
inss being made by Textile Mills Co.
Dept. 1922. Kansas City. Mo. Write
them today for free information,
advertisement
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HAD To LET
HOUSEWORK GO
So iii Husband had to dothe Work.
Completely Restored'to Health
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etabIe Compound

South Bend, Indiana. &c was all
rundown, tired out, and had pains in
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-05

No unsigned letter printed.
No letter written on both sides Of
paper printed.
All letter not to exceed $50 to 200
words.
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Your new cousin and friend.
=, Mn T 7 II VLHN VI LEN q K r.
burg Miss

Dear Aunt Julia: May new cousin or
ter the band Of bovs and girls? am (
girl from Tennessee. ! don't think hsv.
seen any letters from Tennessee vet
/, like most Of the girls and h7vz
live on farm. 7 90 to school 81 vhea
High school, and am in the eighth grade
Ny sse is Is aud my birthday is Octobe
-. Who has #?
What did you cousins get FOR Christ
mas; l got severa. nice presents
waut all the cousins TO write 70 m,
and ! will assure You sn answer
tMlSS) CYNTHIA CHRTSTENBERY.
Olive Springs. Tenn. Route .
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Mother please write me or send the song
and I'll send A song in exchange Also if
any one has the book 'Kazarr," please lend
it to me. III return it in good condition
and pay postage both ways, Please write
llrst as l want only one book. I enjoy
reading and have read heaps Of good hooks
| have six children, four boys and two girls
So YOU see I have lots 10 do. VIII stop now
Hope to see this in print soon as I'm anx-
lous for the book and song. Love to Aunt
Julia and the cousins.
(MRSD A. r. CLEMENTS.
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l'ied him.


than did her husband. And when
the babies came no children were
cared for more tenderly. none reared
with more loving wisdom than hers,
And through it all Martha kept
herself up. No matter how much
she economical, she was always
neatly and tastefully dressed. No
matter what the stress under which
she lived, she always turned a cheer
full face on the world. No matter
how hard she worked, she always
found time for reading.
Thomas prospered, as he was
bound to do with such q helpmeet.
He was sober and moral and, to 81
outward seeming, model husband
But he inflicted on his family all
the meannesses of little and mean
nature. In his home he was
grinding tyrant, who delighted in
showing his power by denying his
wife and children every pleasure and
thwarting their every plan.
He was stingy to the point of
miserliness. He ragged like a mad
man when the household bills came
in, and every cent for any extra OK
penditure had to be coaxed and ca
ioled and jollied out Of him. He
was cross and surly and grouShy,
He would spend days in a frozen
silence in which no one dared to
move or speak for fear Of further
offending him, and he sent the do
mestic atmosphere down to zero.
The sound of his key in the door
at night stilled the rrattle on the
children's lips, and sent the cat
scurrying to the cellar. And the
family looked forward to Sundays
and holidays, when the head Of the
house would be at home, as days of
dread and doom.
It did not take much knowledge
Of the real Thomas to dissipate Mar
tha's ideal of the lover she had mar
ried. 1t did not require many years
Of browbeating and parsimony and
injustice to kill her love for him.
But by that time Martha had given
hostages to fortune, and she had the
grit and the courage to carry on
for the sake of her children. She
stood between them and their father
She got things out Of him by hook
or crook for them. She softened
their lives as much as possible by
her boundless love and service. She
literally offered herself up to them
as a living sacrifice.
They left home and got away from
father as soon as they could.
Some of them are married and
have homes Of their own. The 9th
ers are settled in business. But they
are all away from father, where
they can live their own lives in their
own way.
And Martha wants to 60, too. She
also desires little freedom, a little
peace. little happiness. But when
she tells her children that she wants
10 leave the man that they fled from,
they are Mortified.
They tell her that she will dis
grace them. They say that people
will talk. They say that if she has
stood living with father for twenty
five years, they don't see why she
can't stand it until the end. They
think it shameful for people who
have been married so long to sep
arate.
These selfish young people, to save
their own faces and to avoid the
unpleasantness of having family at
fairs gossiped about, are eager to
sacrifice mother. They are not will
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When Full Duty to Children Has
Been Done. Wives, Like Small
Nations, Have the Right Of Self
Determination-They Can Quit
On the job, If Their Hus-
bands Have Been Tyralhs
All These Years {,
All These Years

7 n ARTHA was a pretty, warm
lVI hearted, romantic young girl,
full Of high spirits and the
joy of living. When she was 20 she
fell in love with Thomas, who was
an exemplary young man, and mar
ried him.
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(NGRS.) EMMA LAWSON,
Montlcello, AK. Z. f. D. 4

Dear Aunt Julia: Please allow me little
printed. thought I would write to your
happy circle this morning. I am a farm
er's boy, and like to plow and raise fine
poultry as do raise poultry. I was
reared on farm, and enjoy its healthy at
mosphere, the singing of birds, and the
flowers. I 60 to Sunday school every sun
day. Ny sse Is between fifteen and
twenty. Who has my birthday, May 5? I
would like to have letter from you cousins.
Ny address IS
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-05

The memory Of my college life shall live
as long as life shall last;
The many great, Christian friendshins made
shall from my memory never pass;
Let come what may, what might.
But they from my memory shall mot take
flight
There they shall live eternaIly."
Susie Mae Gallman is friend OF mine.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-05

grasshoppers and the giants. The
minority sees God between giants
and grasshoppers. Shall victory be
yours now as His gift? Or shall
God have TO ask about you? How
long, and have TO bring YOU back
10 Kadesh after years Of q bitter
wilderness experience7
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- IN - n. D. VIENFN IS
Rochelle, Ga, r. F, D. 2

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: One Of nv
greatest desires has been TO become cousin
and friend Of every member of your Council
II you will permit my friendship into vonr
council l will write few facts about col
lege life. In my opinion, college life Is +
wonderful thing. I think that every grrI
and boy OF the universe should be given the
SuVahtage or at least one year in college
one who has never spent year in college
will never be able to appreciate tba iovs
or college life. Mothers and fathers, Won
owe 1t to Your child. It will make vour
glrl or boy learn to appreciate your love for
them more. 1t will help them ont Of tho
rut OF t1midity, make them realize their
state or inability without an education. and
make them work harder for their own vel
iare and for the welfare of the coming
genera ion' II you send them to the right
KIND OF school, 1t will help them to build
a stronger character. It will helm them in
appreclating strong. Christian characters.
Just here this Bible verse might he re-
called, "A good name is rather to he chosen
IMAM great riches" This might enable orr
girls and boys Of today to seek better and
hSher occupations in life. How often do
we hear mother or father say. We'll, He
IS sad disappointment TO my life?" Wait,
MHat cnance have you given your boy, your
Slri! Mothers, fathers. give your child At
least one year in college. is nv earnest
plea This Is my second year here in col
Iege, and | am in hopes that I'll no firqn
claily able "a continue my college course
until u Is finished. I am the daughter Of
a farmer. and, as many Of Won pertains
Know a farmers money crop Is verv uncer.
,sln' feel like these two years in col
leGe with me will always he as golden
memories and treasures that cannot be
is beautiful.
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And Martha wants to 60, too. She
also desires a little freedom, a little
peace, a little happiness. But when
she tells her children that she wants
to leave the man that they fled from,
they are Mortified
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-05

Dear Auntie snd Cousins: I wonder vhat
gu Of you are going this cold and cloudy
New Years day. an trying to keep
warm by the fire, It's job, though. !
surely do enjoy reading all the cousins let
ters and read them all every time The Jour
nal comes. I missed getting my paper to-
day as its New Years and no mail. II any
one has the song Take This Letter To Nv
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-05

Dear Children:
1 really did not think that we
would get more than two letters
from cousins born on February 20.
Don't believe I've known more than
two people born on that day, but
I'm glad to say that we have re-
ceived more than that, and these
letters will be published soon.
1t would be nice thing If some
of YOU would write birthday cards
to our Leap Year Cousins.
lovingly,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-05
vANNIE SAUNDERS.
ochlocknee, Ga, Route g.

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
permit Monticello girl into your happy
circle Of boys and girls? l surely love A.
T.-N. j. 1t has so many interesting let
ters that we all enjoy. We have been TAX
ing the A. T.-W. j. long time. and all
OF us certainly do enjoy it. I am lass
of thirteen summers. Who has nv birth
day. June 20? Have I twin? How many
OF you like music? 1 do. l go TO school
every day, and enjoy going I am in the
elshtn grade and have some fine teachers
so TO the Agricultural school Of Month
cello. 1t is nice school for everyone If
anyone cares to write Ill answer all I re-
ceiye. Your cousin
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-30

quoting from a letter which I wrote
a few days ago 10 a correspondent,
who had sought to enlist my infu-
ence against having colored man
become candidate for a Congress-
ionai nomination. In reply among
other things, said:
THE suggestion of denying any
measure of their full political rights
to such a great group Of our popula-
ton as the colored people is one
which, however it might be received
in some quarters, could not possibly
be permitted by one who feels his
responsibility for living up to the
traditions and maintaining the prin-
ciples of the Republican Party. Our
Constitution guarantees equal rights
to all our citizens without discrimi-
nation on account of race or color.
l have taken my oath to support that
Constitution. 1t is the source of your
rights and my rights. l propose to
regard it and administer it as the
source of the rights of all the people,
whatever their belief or race.
I stand on that statement, and be-
lieve it marks the line along. which
the colored people will advance to
the full establishment of their right
full political status. Just as emanci
patton from slavery was granted by
the immortal Lincoln, so is economic
being splendidly
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-30

my studies of the Negro races
achievements
In the accumulation of wealth, es
adjustment of material independence
and the assumption of full and
honorable part in the economic life
of the nation. it may fairly be said
that the colored people themselves
have already substantially solved
these phases Of their problem. If
they will but go forward along the
lines of their progress in recent
decades, and under such leadership
as your own and many others their
excellent organizations are affording
their future would be we'll cared for.
That they will continue in this
way of advancement can not be
doubted by any one who knows their
accomplishments heretofore. They
will continue their efforts for educa-
tional progress and spiritual better
ment, and just as they demonstrate
their eagerness for such Improvement
they will find themselves enjoying
constantly greater and greater sup
port and sympathy at the hands of
the whole community.
AS to the political status and fu-
ture of the colored people can not
better present my views than by
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-30
LOOK TO THE LAW.

Reports from centers into which Negro "6rst-me voters
have migrated during the past three years indicate that
nsncee advice and false Instructions regarding their rights as
voters under the laws Of the respective States which they
reside are being given by INSCRIPTIONS mnome who de-
defect the Negro influence to swing 10 the
selfish desires Of usncere candidates and their boosters No
No greater political injustice could possibly be done than
this; and dstme voters should look 10 the election laws
O heir Counties and States see that they correctly in
Termed State voting regulations and the victims
Of mseaders and propagandiss.
The right Of the ballot is sacred right gained through
constitutional 4.nendmen and persons who would wiuDy
unethica methods prevent 6rst-tme voters,
any others, for that matter, from enjoying the full Of
suffrage in their districts nothing short Of criminals Of the
first degree ri
In of the urban districts there are sufficient number
o attorneys and other interested persons that
the law is accurately Interpreted and that huthuy
advised of the election laws to which they are subject
LOOK TO THE LAW-and in an unfaltering way.
~fssssyti
(-By the CAMERAMAN for Preston News service)
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-30

CDR. Kelly Miller, Howard Univ
Marcus Garvey would paint God in
his own image. Even the black man
turns from the suggestion with a
feeling of revulsion and disgust. We
have been so long accustomed to re-
garding God as white that we have
identified His yisage with His es-
sence. Any change in the accus'
toned color implies alteration in
character. In all the religious
schemes of the world, the gods create
men in their own image and in their
own likeness. Man, in his turn,
fashions his gods after his own phys
ical similitude. Alexander Pope tells
us that, IAN honest mans tho noblest
work of God" Robert Ingersol, with
blasphemic aptneSs, retorts, that, IAN
honest God is the noblest work OF
man.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-30
COLORED HOLY NAME SOCIETIES
TO MARCH In BIG PARADE.

Philadelphia, August 2S.-(spec,
ial to The Planet)- coQored Holy
Name Societies of Philadelphia will
march as one unit in the Holy Name
Parade to be held in washington, D
c., Sunday, September 21st.
The colored members of the Wash
ingtop Section who are having a
large part in the general arrange
ment for the parade will entertain
the Holy Name men from Philadel-
phia and other centers and provide
for their wants.
1t is expected that 10000 Holy
Name men from all parts of the
United States will be in this line
of march. There are 100000
members of the Society in this
country.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-30
TOO GREAT A TAX.

Man is by nature idolatrous. He
bows down and worships before
images of wood and stone. This is
most especially true of concrete
minded raess and nations. 1t is too
great a tax to focus the emotions on
an abstract idea. The spirit we
worship must manifest itself in out
ward embodiment. 1t must nave
eyes to see and ears to hear and
visage to be looked upon. After all
has been said and done, idolatry is
only personified selfshness, Our God
must have our own color and facial
features. must speak our vernacular
and typify our moral and social aim.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-30
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE RE|TERATES
HIS INTENTION To SAFEGUARD
'7s@@a%&sssssfs ssssssssskssalksH
OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
Sends Message to the National Negro
Business League Session at Chicago
PRAISES PROGRESS OF COLORED CITIZENS

Washington, August 2l.-The White house gave out for
publication today letter written by Presidents Coolidge in
which he reterates his tributes the progress of the
Negroes of America and emphasizes his announced stand for
giving the Negro full political rights
There reference in The letter the sympathetic attitude
shown by the President his acceptance address for legislation
intended to curb ynchmg but the whole tone of the commn
caton amounts to declaration Of policy to see that coored
people have the protection guaranteed to American citizens
by the Constitution and the laws
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-30
DETAILED INFORMATION.

An nations. races and peoples have
been anthropomorphic. A collection
of idols and craven images of all ages
and times would make an interesting
and instructive museum. The del
ties of the different peoples and races
would be found to possess the phys
ical idiosyncrasies of those who
fashion them, Some would be white,
some yellow. some red, some brown
and some black. No other conclus-
ion is conceivable. The human mind
is ever prone to fashion its highest
conception after its OWL. physical
model. - n
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-30
CONSTANT APOSTACY.

There was and is constant apostacy
from the great ideal. The Samari-
tans sought to localize and racilize
Jehovah. and to monopolize his wor'
ship as their particular and exclusive
privilege. Jesus in rebuking the
narrow, intolerant spirit of the Sa-
maritan woman universalized the
claim of Christianity as the creed OF
mankind. Woman, believe me, the
hour cometh and now is. when We
shall neither in this mountain nor
yet at Jerusalem, worship the Faith
er The True worshipper shall wor-
ship the Father in spirit and III
truth. For the Father taketh such
to worship Him. God in spirit, and
they that worship Him must worship
Him in spirit and in truth" This
declaration forever banishes time
and place and race from the King
dom of God which Jesus came to set
up on earth.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-30
A UNIVERSAL RELIGION.

A universal religion must make
the universal appeal and must rise
above and transcend the incidents Of
race, color, language, age or cline.
The Asiatic, the European. the Afri
can in the fullness of self conscious
ness, will not accept religion whose
carnal peculiarities are built on an
alien pattern.
The Hebrew-Christian religion has
the fundamental requirement of uni
versatility. In its essential character
and quality, it is all but completely
detached from the Incidents OF time
and place and racial and ethnic
idiosyncrasies. 1t forever forbids
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-08-30
A WhiteWashed God

to those who are habituated to the
white mans forms of thought and
feeling. But why should God be
pictured white rather than black, or
yellow or brown, except for the fact
that the white man has given his own
color to the craven image which he
has made?