Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-08

us so that she would have nothing
to interfere with her going 70 the
pictures as often as she des1reo'
What should / do? A M
Answer:
T should think that 1t would be
good idea to take your wife at her
word, and for you to take your chill
dren and leave her to eEJoy her ID
vorite diversion unmolested. IL
would not take her long TO get her
fill of it, because she would find that
while a five-reel scenario may be d
feast of reason and a flow OF SOUL
it has no bodily sustenance IN It,.
And when "The End" is flashed on
the screen she will long for roast
beef and potatoes, and comtorta ple
home in which to spend her nlght
and gather up fresh energy for the
next days picture bat.
Evidently your wife has overlooked
the fact that you can't live on NOV
ing pictures alone, and that only the
well-fed and comfortable are IN a
frame of mind to enjoy the V1caflous
loves and hates and adventures OF
imaginary heroes and herolnes.
Nothing will cure her Of being a
movie fan so quickly as becoming a
starving outcast herself, and having
few personal adventures IN try
ing to make her own bread and but
ter, to say nothing of paying for her
own motion picture tickets.
1t is a pit yfor a woman to make
such bad use of such a good thing
as the moving pictures are, because,
taken in reason, they are one of the
most valuable assets of modern lite
and do more than anything else to
break the monotony of domestic life
and take the curse off ,housework.
Once or twice a week it does any
Woodworking mothr of family good
to drop into the neighborhood pic
ture show and see a film that en-
ktertains and amuses her, and gives
her something pleasant and new TO
think of as she goes about her work.
But when she goes every day anu
spends the time that should be de-
voted, to taking care of her chill
dren and her home on a sort OF ro'
mantle orgy she turns the amuse
ment into a vice, of which she
should be cured by drastice meas
ures if she will not listen to reason.
Dear Miss DIX met a young lady
and was in her company just
one evening. Since then we have
been corresponding with each other
Do you think it possible for two
people to know each other and fall
in love with each other through their
letters? I am afraid [ am doing this
very thing, though I also feel that
do not know her yet. TOM.
Answer:
Why not? Surely it is just as pos
sible for people to reveal their souls
through correspondence as through
conversation.
When you write letter you mere
ly express your thoughts and ideas
and opinions, and tastes on paper
insteal of through talk. And it
may we'll be, since letters are writ
ten deliberately and thoughtfully
that a man and woman will give
each other a clearer picture Of their
real natures than they would If they
were face to face.
However, there are two objections
that might be raised. The first is
that we are rather apt to pose in our
letters, and to represent ourselves
as being more heroic and more ro
mantle than we are. Women are
especially addicted to this, and their
letters slop over with sentimentality
that they are far from feeling.
I mean by this that they exag
gerate their emotions. They express
eternal devotion; swear they are
dying Of loneliness and longing to
see you, just because it sounds grand
and high-faluting and poetic. So
should discount by half any letters
from a lady.
Another danger of falling in love
with a ready letter writer is that
the individual may have a lot of
unpleasant personal peculiarities that
he or she doesn't send by mail.
but which would get unbearably on
your nerves if you were brought into
personal contact with them.
Suppose your correspondent was
a never-ending taiker, a human phon-
ograph you could not shut off! Sup
pose she had little nervous cough,
Suppose she shifted and sputtered
when she talked! Suppose her table
manners were not beyond reproach.
Suppose a thousand little things that
might jar you if you saw them, but
that are eliminated in a letter!
1 would certainly risk the price
of a railroad ticket to go and give
any lady the once over with whom
imagined myself falling in love
before l took the fatal leap. For
| marriage isn't a long distance affair.
Matrimony is lived in close quar-.
ters, and you want to be sure about