The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-10-19
BY EDWARD
e. BRiTToN.

VINO nelQ me up at 5 a. IN. the OtneT
morning as was
AN EARLY headed for that haven
HOUR TALK of drowsy eyed mid
ABOUT COAL night and-worse wri-
tiers, an inviting bed,
and / tried to shake him, as the air was
chilly. but he wanted to talk, and l
yielded Come out under the electric
light" said he, '.its y0rmer there, for
where there is light there is heat, you
and I've got cold weather topic that
want to unbosom myself to you about.
Now in reality / would have preferred
sheltering myself behind the corner, but
/ yielded again. Say" said he, when
we were located to his fancy, 'I've been
looking up this coal strike matter and
all the trouble it's bringing on, and I've
got an idea / want you to use in an
article. If you print it / want to send
it to President Roosevelt, for ] believe
that when he sees it he can hold another
conference with the hard-hearted opera
tors and the striking miners and bring
them TO terms at once if there is any
little hitch in the present arrangements
and the miners do not begin to shovel
out coal.
/ doubted. of course. for all men are
more or less doubtless, but nevertheless
/ was eager to hear
YOUNG WOMEN of the argument
COULD END that was to aid in
COAL. STRIKE. such happy re-
suits. What's your
scheme?" said !. Its no scheme at
ALL" said he, 'but simply recital of
ooD,tpO ouanfS that will harrow I'm the
soul of the nation and give us coal. In
plain words it is the effect that this coal
strike would have on the matrimon-
ial market that has given me my idea;
You needn't laugh" he said, as 1 choked
down a mouthful of noisy mirth, for
when you look into the matter you will
see that we are standing on the brink
of national disaster for young women.
and as women are said to rule the world
/ am confident that just as soon as they
understand the situation they will line
up in a body and backed by them the
President can end the strike at once,
and coal will rush on the market"
mo, I've not get wheels in my head,
was his reply when / suggested that
thought his think.
THE COURTING mach inery was
SEASONS AND twisted. "All matri-
THE RESULTS. mony is based on
courtship, and I've
seen some folks and dreamy, faraway
expression crept into his eyes, that
think this is the very happiesl part of
the game. All the counting that is done
does not happen during the summer
when the breezes blow in zephyrs of de-
light at seaside or on mountain top. but
the solid, old-fashioned, marriage license
courtship runs along most merrily in the
winter time. 1t is when the trees are
bare and the wind howls around the
chimney top that sweet Nellie and gal
liant George love to sit in the fire-light
and while the Goals glow and the scuttle
is piled high the fever of love mounts
with the temperature and soon a whis-
pered yes settles the business.
"And SO behold how great a matter
little fire kindleth, and how much de-
ponds on the fires
HERE is FIRE this winter. Ex-
NOT FURNISHED anime the records
BY HARD COAL. and you will find
that there are
more marriages after the winter months
than after summers holiday. Now, see
what would purely happen with coal at
$50 ton and pity all those industries
that depend on the marriage market
Think of the condition of the father who
has carefully reared his daughter SO
that she may say yes and who finds he
will have to provide for her another
year, and think of the preachers who
will be unable in glee to count up the
fives and tens and twentys that before /
times they have exacted as tribute from |
the bridegrooms who with trembling
knees, stand beside white illusion and |
tulle and organdie and silk and brides t
roses and with chattering teeth say I
will Think how small will be their
cash when the weddings are cut out?"
-
"Oh, of course, there is going to be |
some counting, even if it gets to zero in
the parlor. George
A RARE SIGHT is going to try it /
IS THE LOVER even il he has to |
ON COLD NIGHTS. wear three suits, |
an overcoat and
muffier, while he encases his patent |
feathers in Arctics. But wont he be
sight. Imagine him calling on sweet |
Nellie in such garb and with hands |
deep hid in mittens, while his dearly |
beloved welcomes him bundled up in
costume of the Eskimo style. AS it |
grows colder and the hours speed by
behold the house servant bringing in
extra wraps for both, and perchance
mama will appear at the door and soli-
citously urge George to wrap himself
in blanket or two that he may not
get the breeze. How can those Two
young people court while hands are
numb, noses are red and feet feel as If
they were the assets of the ice man.?
THUS, my friend" continued the man.
as we circled about each other under the
arc light and stamped
AND BUSINESS our feet and blew on
IS GOING our fingers to Keep
TO DROP OFF. them warm, 'you
see that this lack of
coal Is going to do up the courtship line.
and when this is done up there is going
to be a drop off in ever SO many lines
of business. The Registers of Deeds are