Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-08-14

s"eetHess' muses. are turning to this /
ties, zephrs are becoming cruel winds
and clouds of disgrace are hanging
over some and obscuriug the sunlight
from these ruined young actors who
have played their last role IN the social
drama and have fnaHy been hIssed off |
the stage by faithless friends who have
been more fortunate and made their
escape ere the curtain of the question
able vaudeville dropped. But it is not
of the social queens, paNid with nervous
prostration, and equity young scions
of wealth and high social position
that [ am here to speak. They are
the debris left the genial and tai
ented society editors Of our metropoli-
tan papers for Sunday topic, and FOR
the gifted woman of talent who Yields
the pen and draws the highly magma
tive gorgeous and gilded pictures of
the social world in our daily paper, 1
have the highest respect 1t is bust
ness with them, and | would not will
ingly pluck one jewel from the crown
which each and all of these hard work
eEs in journalism deserve, but l speak
from personal experience when say
there is no species of humanity more
deserving of the sympathy and prayers
of the charitable public than is the
Society Editor: Hers Is q herculean
task. She must blow the social bubble
until the rainbow tints dazzle and cap
tivate the smart set.
In many instances cultured individ-
uality can form no part of her profess
sion. Toadyism must be substituted,
and when the inflated, roseate
bubble bursts the fragments must be
waited to the realm of social OBLIVION
with all the fiattering adjectives which
are the admitted stock and trade of the
magnanimous editor.
/ find there is much of sunshine ia
this life to write and tell Of. 1t is full
of sweets; upon every hillside the for
ests stand as majestic sentinels of
strength and uthlty, and in all the
valleys there are flowers which give out
the delicate perfume of their beauty
History reminds us that it was from
this realm of earthly paradise, where
many of Georgia's great men breathed
and first had their being, and in my
humble opinion it is to such haven of
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rest, free from the distracting inhu-
ences of political strife and social bick
erings, that we must now look for the
mothers of our future statesmen, men
who are to become guardians of our
Republican form of government. There
is no disputing that the metropolitan
newspaper is a mighty power in this
age, and 1t is the gifted picture of social
life painted day by day that has ten
dencY, / fear, to inculcRte discomfort
and unrest Rneng the boys and girls on
the farm. 1t is pleasant duty to
chronicle in glowing words the domes
tic graces, intellectual and artistic tri-
umphs of our young men and women,
to encourage the yoang college student
with praise, commencing his industry
and applsuding his ambition. But to
faunt to the brazen gaze of the care.
less, disinterested public the sacred
beauty, the personal loneliness and
feminine charms of our refined girls
seem to me immodest, ungracious and
unholy.
love the sweets of lfe; have seen
muck of it's beauty, l have felt it's
charms, loves and delights and would
not now urge an argument against the
proper social enjoyment of the young
men and women of our land. They are
nv friends, l live among them, the
music of their cheeE voices daily thrills
my heart and soul inspiring me to good
deeds and reminding me of the scenes
and blessed memories Of the long ago
spent in my dear old home ia Tennes-
see where l slept and dreamed OF
life as beauty. Again, l know that
social reformers of this day are classed
among the crsnks and their work
of3mes seems hopeless, an undertak-
ing we'll nigh as stupendous ss organs
pet scheme Tariff for Revenue Only
and Senator Morgan's blasted hope,
the completion of the Nicaragua Canal.
The Christian denominations one and
all are waging righteous crusade
against social vices and fashionable
criminals, and the press of the country
perhaps will assist the men of God in
their good work, but their wall will
soon be lost in air,
For this brave old earth
Must borrow it's mirth
1t mas troubles enough of it's own.
New it is trWe that sosiety, both in
the cities and the country, must neces-
sarily be blamed with faults of midi
viduaIs; society must be composed of
men and women and as they haye their
faults, society cannot be perfect.
But there is do aeed for distrusting
the future of our boys and girls. for
the vaIor of the American youth has
commanded the admiration of the civ
ilized world, while the womanly tideli
ty, virtue and patriotism of his lovely
browa eyed sweetheart is second only
to that OF Clara Barton, the white
winged angel of peace who has planted
the red cross OF every battle field of
the last deca lie, and whose name is
written in tablets of gold throughout