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FARM EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Starling Ali’all'a in the Proper
Way
J. XV. J., McKinnon, Ga.,
writes: We are figuring on
planting a few acres of alfalfa
on land that is well drained and
fertilized. What is the best way
to establish the crop, and how
snoulct it oe rertilizcd and han
dled?
According to our experience, al
alfa does best on the red lands c f
Georgia. More success has appar
ently attended its cultivation in the
Piedmont section of the state than
elsewhere. Such experience as we
lave had leads us to believe that
is cultivation should not be under
taken extensively off the red lands.
It is quite possible for you to ob
ain a good stand and your crop will
ipparently he in a flourishing con
lition for a part of the season, or
naybe for a longer period of time,
jut for some reason alfalfa does not
eern to persist on the very sandy,
ig’nt soils of the state. This may
re due to a deficiency of water, to
i lack of certain forms of plant
food, or to other causes with which
we are not familiar. We think tin
ier the circumstances that it is prop
?r to give you such advice and in
formation relative to this matter as
we possess.
t In case you undertake the culti
vation of alfalfa in your section, we
would advise you to plant the
ground. to a legume as soon as the
season opens up. We would recom
mend the application of two tons
if crushed, raw rock tc the land some
lays previous to seeding it down.
In any event, fertilize the land with
100 pounds of acid phosphate and
LOO pounds of manure salts,, Turn
he crop under and bury it as deep
y in the soil as possible whert it is
n good condition to cut for hay. Roll
he land so as to compact it. Fallow
t until November 15. If a good sea
son occurs at that time, seed twen
y pounds of recleaned western al
alfa seed. Cross-drilling of the seed
s desirable. Cover it into the soil
with a weeder. The seed, of course,
nust be carefully inoculated. Two
ons of lime should be scattered over
he land and well worked into the
lurface of the soil about November
I. Also apply a minimum of 500
>ounds of a 10-3-5 fertilizer two or
hree days previous to the seeding
if the alfalfa. ,
Fertilizing Cotton on Sandy Land
C. E. 8., Mcßean, Ga., writes:
Please state the proportions to
use of the following materials to
make up a 10-4-2 mixture for cot
ton on sandy land: Acid phos
phate, nitrate of soda, kainit,,
cottonseed meal, fish meal and
dried blood.
If your communication is correct
ly interpreted, you desire to prepare
B formula containing 10 per cent of
available phosphoric acid, 4 per cent
of available nitrogen, and 3 per cent
jf available potash, sing 16 per
pent acid phosphate, nitrate of soda.
Sulphate of ammonia, cottonseed
meal, and kainit. The formula you
desire to prepare would contain 200
pounds of phosphoric acid, 80 pounds
nf nitrogen, and 4 pounds of potash.
To prepare a mixture of this kind, it
would be necessary for you to use
1,200 pounds of 16 per cent acid
phosphate, 300 pounds of high-grade
sulphate of ammonia, 300 pounds of
high-grade cottonseed meal and 300
pounds of kainit. You may use ni
trate of soda in place of the sul
phate of ammonia and cottonseed
meal and obtain about the same per
centage of nitrogen. Dried blood
OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE O. THOMAS
Read and Ponder
As I have told you many times, I
do not pretend to know all about
anything, but I will tell you what
ever I have tried and found a suc
cess. I am trying to learn something
useful every day, and am glad to
pass it along to the readers of these
pages.
In the last issue of Poultry Trib
une I was gratified that a big ex
hibitor and heavy winner of Rhode
Island reds tells the readers of that
magaizne th-ngs that I have tried to
teach you. However, lest you have
forgotten some of-them, I am going
to quote from him.
1. Should a beginner start with
chicks, eggs, or mature birds?
Mr. Delano said: “I usually advise
beginners to start with eggs. Chicks
j*e all right if they do not have to
go too far. Eggs can be shipped
n.OOO miles and if properly incubated
they will give a fair hatch. I ad
vise the use of eggs because breed
ers will sell eggs for hatching from
birds they would not sell for any
price. On an investment up to ?75,
the chances are better for getting an
extra quality o* chicks where eggs
are used than from a trio or pen of
five birds. Use all the information
you can get with the eggs. The in
formation should be recorded in a
book, so the chicks can be toe mark
ed and records kept straight for
pedigrees later. Find out about the
breeding of the birds, whether you
buy eggs or mature fowls.”
Mr. Delano aHvises beginners to
start in the spring if eggs are sedu,
AFTER AN ~ '
-OPERATION
Mrs.Wilke Couldn’t Get Back Her
Strength Until She Took Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Rochester, Minn.—“l had a very
serious operation and it seemed as if I
Icould not get my
IllillllUUlUjIllll! health back after
it. 1 suffered with
11 pain almost con
stantly. My sister
WT came to help take
»*^ -*•**' W care me * an d
W 5 she was taking
II Lydia E. Pink- ’
||h J|| ham’s Vegetable
,|||| Compound for
/ I nervousness and a
I run-down condi-
■ it inn She had me
try som of it, and in a very few days’
time 1 to feel better. In two
weeks 1 Hardly knew myself and after
taking a coupleof bottles more I was
up and helping around, and now 1 am
strong and healthy again and am still
taking it. It is a pleasure for me to
write this to you, and 1 hope that many
other women who are suffering like I
was will find out about your medicine.
1 will give any information 1 possibly
can.” Mrs. James Wilke. 933 E.
Center Street, Rochester, Minnesota.
Remember, the Vegetable Com
pound has a record of fifty years of
success among American women.
Lvdia E. Pinkham’s Private Text-
Book will be sent you free upon re
quest. Write to the L vdia E Pinkham
Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass.
THE ATLANTA TH! WEEKLY JOURNAL
contains a little less available nitro
gen than nitrate of soda. You could
make a very good formula in so far
as the nitrogen is concerned by using
200 pounds o f sulphate of ammonia
with 300 pounds of dried blood. Or
you may use 250 pounds, of nitrate
of soda and 250 pounds of dried
blood.
Fish scrap contains about the
same amount of nitrogen as cotton
seed meal. It may run a little high
er in this element. It also contains
from 6 to 8 per cent of phosphoric
acid. You might use fish scrap in
place of cottonseed meal in the first
formula suggested. We have only
one criticism to offer of the formu
las you propose to use in that we
think they are rather low in potash.
This difficulty might be overcome by
substituting manure salts for the
kainit. This material contains about
20 per cent of available potash. Three
hundred pounds of it would there
fore supply 60 pounds of available
potash instead of 40 pounds and in
crease the ammount of this element
in your formula to 3 per cent.
Varieties of Cotton Seeded to
North Carolina
J. B. H., Aurora. N. C., writes:
What variety of cotton seed
would you advise for this section
where the boll weevil gets most
of our crop? Our market does
not ma,ke much difference in
price for short and long staple
cotton, and for that reason I
want the variety that will give
the best yield under weevil con
ditions regardless of length of
staple.
Where one is attempting to grow
cotton in the face of a heavy boll
weevil infestation, the early maturi
ty of the crop becomes a matter of
primary importance. I suggest,
therefore, that you secure a stand
ard, early maturing strain of cotton.
By that I mean a large boiled variety
that will produce fiber an inch long.
This variety should be strongly re
sistent in disease and have demon
strated its value under your climat
ic and soil conditions.
No doubt your experiment station
can give you much valuable advice
and information along the line sug
gested. Here in Georgia, we have
found College No. 1, a strain devel
oped through the agency of this in
stitution, and well-selected strains of
Cleveland good varieties to cultivate
under existing conditions. Os the
extremely early varieties, probably
Twice and Over-the-Top are the best.
Os the long staple uplands, Light
ning Express and Delfos have proven
the most satisfactory. In those sec
tions where the wilt disease is bad,
some of the selected strains of Toole
cotton, Lewis 63, and Dixie have
proven best. For' general cultiva
tion, earliness and profitable returns
to the farmer, we think the first
two strains mentioned will be found
the most satisfactory.
Os course, there are many things
to which attention must be given
in growing cotton under the boll
weevil conditions. The careful se
lection and proper fertilization of the
land constitute matters of the ut
most importance. Liberal fertiliza
tion, rapid cultivation, and the closer
spacing of cotton are all important
matters. You must fight the boll
weevil from the very beginning. In
the pre-square stage, it is all right
to use a properly prepared, home
made molasses mixture in the bud.
Later on, we believe dusting with
calcium arsenate constitutes the
most satisfactory and economical
method of procedure to follow.
or chicks, but the fall is the time
to buy mature fowls. The average
purchaser should be willing to spend
from $35 to SSO in getting started,
aftd he could do better to spend
that much money in eggs.
When asked how many birds
should a beginner start with, his
answer was Intended for the man or
woman who lived in town, and could
give them a hover, and all the at
tention they demand. He said: “The
most common mistake is to start
with too many. City dwellers will
most probably have the best luck
with fifty or sixty the first year,
while they are becoming familiar
with the brooding problems. It is
safe to figure that 50 per cent of the
eggs will hatch. For example, if
planning to raise 200 to 300 birds
from 400 to 600 eggs will be needed."
You remember that, every year I
advise you to plow' up and plant rye.
It keeps down disease and furnishes
green food for the flock. If you will
turn all the flock together in August
or early in September, plow their
yards and sow rye after the ground
has been sprinkled with air-slaked
lime. Keep the birds off for six
weeks and give the rye a chance. I;
will be eaten down before spring,
but will come out again.
When I came to this place it was
alive with gape worms. I got the
farmer to plow even the backyard
clear un to the steps, and had it all
sowed Not much of it ever came - p
for we could not keep the flock out,
but they scratched and put the
worms out of business, even to this
time.
Mr. Delano says this is all that he
has done for nineteen years, and he
never has any sickness caused by
germs in the soil. He says that he
whitewashes his houses inside every
year, using three tablespoonfuls of
salt to prevent scaling, one pound
of carbolia acid crystals in ten gal
lons of the whitewash.
I have often written to people who
had no experience with incubators
ami begged them not to buy one too
large. I well remember my start,
and believe twenty-five day-olds is
plenty if there is not a brooder, and
a. little experience to begin with. I
know that we are told that we can
take care of forty as easily as ten.
I have tried it and succeeded, but it
meant everything else had to give
wav to the chickens.
And don’t think that you can buy
eggs from Tom. Dick and Harry and
even get a 50 per cent hatch. It
has been tried in this part of the
world this winter a" 1 just one-third
of the eggs hatched. Have a fifty
or even seventy-five egg size and
save your own eggs,
Smoot Introduces New
Bonus Bill m Senate;
Values Scaled Higher
WASHINGTON, March 19.—Chair
man Smoot, of the senate finance
committee, today introduced a sol
dier bonus bill providing for paid
up life insurance policies payable
only at death but based on slightly
higher values than the twenty-yeai
endowment policy plan adopted yes
terday by the house.
The plan would cost about $4.-
='91.422.422 spread over a period of
siy.y-fcur years, with a maximum
i >.«t in any one year o£ $147,555,-
3'’-0. Mr. Smoot estimated.
AUNT JULIA'S COUNCIL
A Friendly Meeting Place for All Tri-Wcekly Journal Readers
THE LETTER BOX
t-Ol: T*E BOYS AND GIRLS
“Help lor the Helpless—Kindness to
All Dumb Things”
Huiss
No unsigned letter printed.
No letter written on both sides of
paper printed.
All letter not to exceed 150 to 200
words.
Dear Children: From the way the
March winds are blowing I believe
that April will come in as quietly as
a lamb. I hope so, for surely these
gusts makes us blink our eyes and
shiver.
Tuesday morning when I started
to the office the jonquils in our yard
were limp little yellow silky scraps.
It just made you sad to look at
them. But just as soon as the wind
died down and the sun came out, up
came these brave blossoms to glad
den our eyes again. It made me feel
that surely the rest of us Could hold
up our heads after a heavy wind if
these delicate little flowers were so
brave. Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
open the door and admit a stranger into
your happy band of boys and girls? My
father takes The Journal and 1 surely do
enjoy reading the Letter Box. also the con
tinued stories and Dorothy Dix's talks. 1
tun another country cracker and like country
life fine. I see most of the cousins live in
the country. I live about four miles from
town. 1 go to school and like to go, am in
the seventh grade. I think every one ought
to go to school all they can. We just have
a five months' school, but I wish it was
nine, sometimes. I go to town and they have
a nine months’ school. My teacher’s name
is Mrs. Tom Richardson, and I like her fine.
What do you cousins do for pastime when
you are not in school? I read, crochet and
on Sunday go to church. Cousins will any of
you be kind enough to send me some of
your flower seed, as 1 have lost all I had
last spring. I am an Alabama girl between
twelve and seventeen years of age. to the
one that guesses my age I will send my
photo. I live cn a farm of about 200 acres,
in a yellow house; we have a Buick car for
going about. What has become of Rosa
Castleberry, I haven't got an answer froin
the last letter 1 wrote to you. I forgot to
tell you cousins my birthday is June 29. I
have a twin, haven’t I? If so, write to tne.
All you cousins write me. I will answer all
letters received.
(MISS) JEWELL JANET.
Center, Ala., Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: May I Join
your happy band of boys and girls? I live
on a farm just a few yards from the sta
tion. I am a school boy of twelve years.
We have a lot of White Leghorn chickens.
We get from 100 to 130 eggs a day. My
birthday is April 23. Have I a twin? All
you cousins write me, I ’will try to answer
all letters received.
POMEROY RICHARDSON.
Patsburg, Ala.
Dear Aunt Julia nnd Cousins: Will you
please admit an Alabama girl into your
happy circle? Move over, cousins, and give
me a seat by dear Aunt Julia. Cousins,
don't you think she i* the sweetest lady
tor letting us have a corner so that nil
the girls and boys can get acquainted from
every state? I wrote about three years
ago and received many nice letters. For
my subject I will take education. I think
every boy and girl ought to strive for
an education. Some girls and boys quit
school when they get to the sixth or sev
enth grade. They ought to keep on going
t oschool. I will not describe myself, will
only say I am gray-eyed. With love to
Aunt Julia and all the cousins,
MISS WILLIE LOL' GREENE.
R. F. D. 1, Red Level. Ala.
I Dearest Auntie and Cousins: Here conics
L another begging for admittance to your
, happy circle. I hope I won’t be denied.
- I just love to read the cousins’ letters, and
■ think Aunt. .Tulia the dearest lady I have
, ever heard of (except mother). I live three
miles west of lied Level, on a farm of 118
acres. I love outdoor life, and wouldn’t
’ live in a city for anything. I go to school
1 at the Terry school, ami am trying hard to
finish the seventh grade in this school. T
believe that every boy and girl that can
should get an education. There are many
people that just throw away their chance
of getting an education. I am a true friend
to the powder puff and heartily approve
of it. We all have our faults, though, and
I guess that’s one of mine. Willie Lou
Greene la my dcskniate, and she and I are
great friends. I would like to receive let
ters from all the cousins. I’ll try to an
swer all I get. Love to all,
, MISS VERNA TERRY.
Red Level, Ala.
Dear Aunt .Tulia and Cousins: Will you
I admit two rather lonesome north Georgia
girls into your happy band of boys and
, girls? We live in the country, and like it
fine, especially In summer. Our fathers
have been taking The Journal for several
years, but T, Velma, could not. get enough
courage to write. I, Myrtle, have written
before and received many letters, but would
he glad to hear from you good-looking boys
and girls. What do all of you cousins do for
pastime? I read, crochet and help do the
housework. I am visiting my cousin, and.
believe me. we have a good time. I will
not describe myself. I will leave my age
for you to guess; it is between sixteen and
twenty. I guess I had better be making
preparation to go, but I haven’t stayed long
enough, so please pardon me, auntie, if I
break the rules. I, Velma, cook, wash
dishes, read and go to school. I am having
a jolly time, for you know when a crowd of
jolly girls and boys get together they must
have fun. I study the ninth grade. I am
so glad the paint and powder subject is
about to chine to a close. ] just wonder if
' there will be as much time spent on discuss
ing bobbed hair: but. conn on; mine is
bobbed, and I certainly do like It. God
bless the painted, powdered and bobbed
haired creatures. Bur don’t lot the boys
' kiss you, for kisses bite love in two, As
I this is my first attempt, T must, be going
before auntie tells me to go. With love to
■ all. (MISS) MYRTLE PATTERSON.
I (MISS) yELMA BYERS.
( Culberson, N. C-. Route 1.
. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here conic
two jolly Alabama girls to join your happy
band of boys and girls. We enjoy reading
• the letters which are printed in the Letter
Box very much. What do the cousins do for
: their pastime? We go to school all through
, the week, and on Saturday we do almost
t anything. Esther is in her teens, and so
am 1. Mae Pearl. All of you cousins write
us, for we want to see who gets the most
i letters. Will answer all letters received
(MISS) ESTHER KEENE.
, Tuscaloosa, Ala.. Route 4, Box 84
. (MISS) MAE PEARL CHRISTIAN.
Holt, Ala.
. Hello. Aunt Julia' and all the cousins:
Here comes -a North Carolina boy seeking
admittance and a place to get acquainted
with all the cousins. I, like most of the
cousins, live on a farm, and like farm life
fine. Ini going to let you cousins try
guessing my conect age; it is between six
teen and eighteen. My birthday is July 11.
Have I a twin? If so, I would be glad to
hear from them. Cousins, wouldn’t it be
grand to have a group containing all the
cousins’ pictures and Aunt Julia in. the
front.' I know it would be beautiful to
have dear Aunt Julia and all the laughing
gir s and boys where [ could see them every
day. How about all you cousins writing to
1 me and sending me your photo? I will as
sure everyone ar. answer. Your now cousin.
~ (MR.) CHARLTON MORRIS.
Morven, N. R. F. D. 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Have yon
got room for a boy from Arkansas? I don’t
see many letters from this state, but see a
lot from Georgia and North Carolina. T am
a lover of books and read a lot. but not as
much as I want to. 1 have blue eves and
dark hair and a few freckles. My’ age is
between ten and twenty. Will leave "that
for you to guess. Well, Mr. W, B. mar
get my letter this time. If he docs. I wifi
t rj j. a . sain - ' leave before I break Aunt
Julia s rules, hoping to hear from all of
[ you.
(MR.) WILLIAM HOLCOMBE.
Gravette. Ark.
Dearest Auntie and Cousins; ’ Open the
door ’fore I get wet. It is just pourin- the
tain out here. Have yon luncheon prepared?
I am mighty hungry. ) came right nt din
ner time. I started bright and early, but
jus now arrived. I ,-ame once before and
ncv rr had a subject to talk on at all. I
think I will hiivp orip this tini?. I.pt ni<*
think. What shall I take? I will take the
I ife of Abraham Lincoln.” He was born
Tehruary 12. 1809, j n a log cabin, on fl
small farm in Kentucky. The enbin was
hardly more than a shack, built of rotighlv
hewn logs, carelessly put together. It con
tained only one room, with one door and one
window. When he was eight years eld iiis
father moved to the frontier country of In
diana. Ail the furniture and clothing that
the family owned was carried on the backs
of two borrowed horses. In the forests of
Indiana Abraham’s father built a hut. On
one side the house was entirely uncovered,
and the family was exposed to the snows,
rains and winds of winter. Abraham s bed
room was a kind cf a platform, built of
nlank®. raised almost to the height of the
roof and supported on one sid*- b.v the wall
of the cabin and on the other by poles
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ly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Folks: With an eye towards
getting things wearable in ship shape
before the sweet out-of-doors just
makes sewing an irksome task, let
pie suggest that you get out your
embroidery and lace boxes, polish up
your needles, and at least get under
things in order. Styles in underwear
are definitely settled. Soft materi
als that do not “lump.” Another
suggestion that I have to make is the
use of the single fine tatting in place
of more elaborate trimming. You
will find that this goes far towards
making a dainty garment, and wears,
Oh! so well.
Cordially yours,
AUNT JULIA.
Mary P. T.: My preference for ev
eryday wear is the narrow linen tape
in the tops of lingerie, tack this in
the middle of the back and you are
relieved from continual running in of
tape. For dress wear the soft wash
ribbon is best, and I prefer white
for all garments that show through
your dress.
• Ignorant: Surely there could be
no lovelier, more refined gift than a
hand-made reed basket filled with
flowers for your girl graduate. The
basket can serve many days after as
a reminder of your thought.
Mollie O.; Cunning child: If you
are that small and you like your
evening dress "bunched at hips”
make it that way. I notice several
of the new evening dresses have the
wire or cord at the hip giving that
bouffant effect. You must have your
dress made of Georgette or lace or
net to get the best effect, let your sat
in underslip be quite straight and
slim.
John H.: The bow tie is considered
best for summer wear. I have never
understood why in the winter wear
a lonf tie that is nearly entirely cov
ered with vest, and in the summer
bloom forth in the short bow tie,
leaving the whole shirt front expos
ed, but thus it is. A black tie is al
ways good style.
Ernest: My advice is to "forget
your feet.” Goodness, everybody has
to have feet, and really if you will
stop a minute to think you will real
ize that people have something else
to be interested in besides youi- feet.
Don’t sprawl across a chair, sit with
your feet comfortable before you,
then as I said, forget them.
nailed to the floor. He climbed to his bed
by means of pegs driven into the wall, and
slept on leaves for a mattress, using the
skins of animals for covering. Abraham did
not go to school more than a year in his
whole life, for lie had to do a man's work
while yet a mere boy. When he was not
working at home he was hired out. to neigh
bors, at 25 cents a day, the wages going to
his father. The boy longed for an educa
tion. and since he could not go to school,
he decided to teach himself. At night, after
a day’s hard work, he would lie on the
floor of the cabin in front of the wide
rhimney and study by the light of the fire.
He would work sums on a wooden shovel
with a piece of charcoal for a pencil, and
Hie next day would plane off the shovel in
order to use another night. He borrowed all
the hooks he could get to read, and in that
wny educated himself. At the age of sev
enteen he had n fair knowledge of history,
geography and arithmetic. He could oiit
spell any one in big county. Lincoln was
a clever mimic and he had a vast fund of
wit and humor. Often, while a boy. lie
would make stump speeches for the amuse
ment of liis friends. By the time Lincoln
was eighteen he had grown to his full
height, 6 feet 4 inches, and he could "out
lift, outwork, outrun and outwrestle every
man of his acquaintance.” When Lincoln
was twenty-one his father moved to Illinois.
There Abraham helped build a new cabin,
split rails for a fence mid prepared a small
plat of ground for planting. Lincoln de
rided to see what he could do for himself.
At first lie hired out, now on one. farm and
now on another, one day, by his mistake,
he overcharged a customer a few pennies,
lliat. night, after the store was closed, lie
walked three miles to the home of the cus
tomer to return the overcharge, When the
store failed he was left, with a heavy debt,
but he paid it off, dollar after dollar,
though it took him seventeen years, and he
became known as "Honest Abe.” Lincoln
became a surveyor. Next he was elected to
congress at the ( . se O s thirty-seven. He
was not attractive. He was plain of fea
ture. He had long tegs and arms and large
feet and hands, and was very awkward in
his movements. Next Lincoln became pres
ident of the United States. Hie task was
tremendous for a self-taught man, whose
life had been spent on the frontier. He was
very tender-hearted. It grieved him if anv
of his work went wrong. As long as Amer
icans value unfailing honesty, faithfulness
to conviction, and rugged force, so lon~ will
the memory of Abraham Lincoln live. I
just made a sketch of his life. All you
cousins write me. Tm sure you will get an
answer. I had better be going, as I have
staged quite a while. Your cousin,
(MISS) DOLLIE GLADSON.
Culberson, N. C.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit a Virginia girl into your happy band
of hoys and girls? I have been a silent
reader for a long time. I enjoy the Letter
box very much. I go to school and am in
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get acquainted with people in other states.
Wish 1 was acquainted with her personally’
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DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME
i If Only the Bride B’Jn’t Demand a
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Could Begin Life Free of Debt,
Earning Thanks of Family
and Friends
THE Turks have passed a law
prohibiting elaborate and cost
ly marriage ceremonials, and
forbidding the giving of expensive
wedding presents.
What a pity that we cannot have
such an edict issued in this coun-
try! For there
is no other one
thing that
would do more
to allay heart
burnings and
jealousies, pre
vent nervous
prostration and
and bank
ruptcy, and pro
mote peace and
and thrift than
to officially
"can” the show
wedding.
In all fair
ness, we must
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admit that the display wedding is a
i feminine vice. No man, probably
. ever ready yearned to make a pub
. lie exhibition of himself as he was
being led as a lamb to the slaugh
ter. But by the time she is ten years
old the average girl has begun
planning her wedding and deciding
■ whether she will have a big church
affair, with ushers and flower girls
1 and ring bearers and maids and
matrons of honor and bridesmaids
and'a white satin dress and a real
lace veil, and all the other flubdubs
or whether she will be married at
■ home under a floral canopy with
■ an admiring audience fenced off
1 from her by white ribbons.
‘ And to realize this ten-minute
■ splurge she is ready to ruthlessly
ruin her family and half kill her-
' self. If she doesn’t get it, she goes
1 through life feeling that she has
missed her big moment. It is from
: this silly, dopey day-dream that
- women should be rescued by law
1 since few of them have the common
! sense and good taste to put it aside
! themselves.
To begin with, it would do away
l . with the disgraceful, bare-faced
holdups that precede weddings.
These are camouflaged under the
appropriate name of "showers,” for
! they cause every fribnd of an en-
- gaged girl to shed salt and bitter
tears at the realization of how much
they will be mulcted for in silk-
’ stocking showers, and handkerchief
1 showers, and towel showers, and
kitchen showers, and all the other
1 showers that go to make up a bridal
deluge.
It would also prevent that sick
■ feeling at the pit of the stomach
' with which we are attacked at sight
> of a large, thick white envelope in
• the mail. We know that it means a
■ “stand-and-deliver” present, which
somehow always comes just at a
- time when the rent is overdue, or a
; doctor bill has to be pain, or we had
I saved up a little money by pinching
- economics to buy a new hat or suit.
: It isn’t that we are stingy or mean,
■ Or that we begrudge a gift to a
i friend. It is only that we would like
, tn give when we could do so freely.
and enjoy the giving instead of
having to give at a time when it is
actually dishonest to bestow a pres
ent. Why, I have actually known
people who had to put off needed
dental work or taking a sick child
to the country when three or four
wedding presents fell together. The
wedding gift was a debt of honor.
"They sent us a set of salad forks.”
"She gave us a clock when we were
married,’’ and it had to be returned
in kind.
The abolition of the show wedding
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or has any use for them, that Sally
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poor young man. has to have piles
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them, and criticise them, and then
go home wondering how her father
is ever going to pay for them. If
her lingerie were not Exhibit A at
the wedding Sally Ann would go
along and provide herself with a rea
sonable amount of underwear that
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would stan’l wear and washing, and
not run papa into debt.
But Sally Ann has to have her |
show wedding. She has to trail uj>
the church aisle in her white satin j
and her tulle veil, and all the rest
of it. And by the time father has I
paid foi* the church and the flowers,
and the bridesmaid’s presents, and
the reception, and the automobiles
he has had to borrow money at the
bank and has saddled himself with
a debt that bends his back a little I
more, and puts new lines in his face, :
and adds to his burden in work and I
worry, which was already more than )
he could bear.
And it has all been for a few min
utes’ flaunting of herself in the face
of an audience of people who smiled
and nudged each other, and said'
"Did you ever see her look so home
ly? Brides always look their worst.”
"Wonder what he ever saw in her to
make him pick her out." "Is that
the bridegroom? Looks like a scared
rabbit.” "How on earth do you sup
pose her father will ever pay for
this? Everybody knows he can’t af
ford it,” and so on, and so on. Just
what everybody says at a wedding.
Above all, the abolition of the
show wedding and the saving of the
foolish expenditure it involved would
enable many a young couple to set
up housekeeping out of debt; and.
best of all, they would begin life
simply and honestly, and with the
admiration and gratitude of all who
know them.
Getting married is the crucial act
in a man’s and woman’s life. It is
the most awful and solemn thing
they ever do. And why they want
to have a thousand curious eyes
peering at them when they take the
step that is going to plunge them
into hell or lift them into heaven
passes comprehension. It would
not be more incongruous to send out
invitations to people to come ana,
watch you die than it is to come*
and see you married.
Wise that young couple who sim
ply slip around to the parson and
make their vows at the altar, with
no one but God to look on.
DOROTHY DIX.
(Copyright, 1924.)
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the wonderful aviation service is do
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“But stick to it boys. I’m still
very much with you all. See you
all again.”
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