The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-10-29
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.


founded for purposes of higher euucI
tion," said a gentleman at the kimbail
last Friday, but in the light OF VIA
happening at the University of Chlcaso
I'll have to revise that opinion.
1T was only the other day that sd"
in The Constitution that President fiaI-
per and the professors of the chicago
university were not onlv eating IA"
onions by the bushel, but had gone ~
lecturing on the value of the onion as d
promoter of mental activity and physicai
We'll being and were urging the stuue,l.S,
male and female, to exercise their hioi''
on the aromatic vegetable.
1.-THE onion business rather shocked me-
but now ] see that Oliver j. Iha'"10i'
who lectures on history at the chicago
institution, has come out as an adNOcd'o
OF slang. At least if he doesn't auVo-
cate the general use of slang, he mas
been splicing his lectures with IL, TOT l
see that the young ladies who are attehu-
ing his lectures have requested MN 10
quit using slang. to learn the names OF
his pupils and to be more careful IN ms
remarks about the Christian religion
1.-The charges are rather strong, and my
opinion is that Professor Thatcher eN-
cessive use of the onion has got MN
into the trouble l venture he has been
eating onions of remarkable strength anu
the diet has told on him mentally 10
such an extent that his language in the
lecture room has also been strong.
1T is true that Professor Thatcher IN
his defense. doesn't throw any blame on
the onion, but you'll never make me
believe that his use of the onion IS not
responsible for the revolt of the girl stu
dents.
Professor Thatcher admits that he uses
slang. but says he has used the up 10
date variety. The professor says;
I'm speaking Of Carl the Great. en-
peror of Germany. ! said in illustration
of the way he had divorced his wiie
that he had packed her OFF, which IS true
and again in referring to his letter 10
Pope Hadrian I, ] only repeated his exact
language ''You attend to the praying.
and | will do the rest" That IS historicai
fact. / have n class OF nincty-tWo fresh-
men. / couldn't get up and teacn the.n
they'd all go to sleep. | use live tath'
and l find slang very expressive an
not the only professor who uses Il f-N-
pressions and words that are now '"liI
sidered slang are found in many oid
works. a great deal comes from Sna heS-
peare. and even from the Bible SLANG;
if not vulgar. is usually the cleareSt arc
most concise way of expressing one =
self. do not consider IT n sin 10 use i;
As for knowing the names OF my pdPi,9'
I have. as | said before. ninety-tWo ireSA-
men in my class and | have not Yer ha'n
time to learn all of their names. ~ IS =
has, Islander to accuse me of diSrespect
toward the Christian religion. as any OF
my pupils will tell YOU
''That is lust about the sort OF detenSe
I should expect of man who goes 20
lecture n class Of girls fresh from COT.
surling a lot of raw onions u ms -
were not So aromatic his reply 20 the
complaint OF the onion-huroened anu
slang-a fIlictcd girls would not he so pun
gent If other universities follow Sutt
and add onions and slang TO the curric-
ulum I'll have To denOminate' them ms
tuttons for the promotion of sort OF
education that is both strong ana louu-
Hon. Robert FaiHgant judge Of the
Chatham circuit. was i'm Atlanta las
Friday. Judge Fanirant IS one Of the
best raconteurs in the state and yesterdaE
he delighted a number of gentlemen VITA
a story about the new woman
THE newspapers may write about the
new woman and her desire to shove man
aside all they want" said the judge but
there IS nothing in it. She is just play
ing. God bless her. She don't want 10
get rid Of men, To illustrate. I'll tell you
2 story: Once there were several girls.
just before Christmas talking about what
they wanted Santa Claus to bring them
one by one they told of the stockings
they would hang MP and what they hoped
to find next morning. one girl IN the
group. however had kept silent. Flnaiiy
her companions asked:
land what will you hang up Katie?'
"T won't hang up stockings. replied
wen, what will you hang up? A
I'm going to hang up n pair Of socks
and I want good man in them. said ka-
tie Is she blushed a fiery red.
''1h3t is the new woman at bottom.
said the judge. "she viii quarrel at tn
men. but after all she is like Katie
Tn the lobby OF the Aragon there hangs
n handsome portrait Of General Wheeler.
The picture represents the general as he
appeared when he was considered the
beau sabreur of the southern army that
was trying 70 stay the advance az the
overwhelming forces of Sherman last
Monday confederate veteran wondered
into the AragOn lobby. The veteran had
been celebrating; IT any rate, he was
considerably affected by what he had
been drinking. He was not stUpidlv
drunk and his voice was not thickened
but he was in such a condition. as the
sequel will show. that ne was likely 10
mistake the imaginary for the real. lie
wandered about the lobby ior a while
and finally brought up before the por-
trait of General Wheeler. The veteran
looked at the picture, rubbed his eyes
and then gazed again as If in amazement
Finally he broke out in tones heard all
over the lobby.
We'll, III lust swear If it amt old Joe
himself. How are you, my general2 /
haven't seen you since you We're leading
rs on those wild rides around sherman.
Don't you remember, general. how you
used to make US charge anything-from
infantry intrenched behind stone walls TO
artillery strongly posted2 I'll give you
credit, though. general. for always rid
ing at the head OF the column.
General, | used to be mighty proud
that l was i'm your command. I've got a
boy at home named for you and I've told
him a hundred stories of how you used
to lead us against the yankees. I've told
him, over and over that if all our south
ern generals had been like you we would
either have whipped the yankees or bcea
fighting yet
Il was mighty proud, too when I read
about you at Santiago, leading United
States soldiers against the Spaniards. I
laughed nearly to splitting when ! saw
i'm the papers that, al Santiago. when
Won were leading a charge. you called out
in excitement: Come on, boys. We've
cot the id yankees on the run Down
our way we consider you the real hero
of Santiago We dog't think that Shat
ter. with his 800 pounds of fat, counted
at all.
.Oh, yes. I've reverenced you, general
and the proudest memory Of my life has
been that / was one of Wheeler's cav
airy.
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