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lady In the case bought u diamond
tiara next day that was mentioned In
all the papers. She could have paid
the bill thousand times over, but
she needed the diamonds first l paid
the seamstress."
There was an uneasy movement up
and down the room, and for some rea.
son all eyes were directed on Mrs.
Somerville. She was conscious Of the
fact, but with a sang froid that did her
credit she put up her lorgnette and
stared at picture on the wall
Il happened in at milliner's," said
Sydney. with smile. Queer place
for man to be, but | happened
Can't say that was looking for hat,
but in searching out subjects for re-
form you have to drop into various
places. Milliner nice little widow
All her capital In the business. Just
received letter from wholesale
house threatening suit on bills over
due. Her customers all rich, but they
didn't pay cash down. Don't pay in
| three or six months. In fact, they
didn't pay for year or SO and only
when forced to. l have seen many Of
the hats that were bought there that
way Relieved the distress and passed
on
Every lady in the room except the
Hon. Mrs. Spofferd had on an expen-
sive hit. Each lady started to look at
the other, but gave 1t up and cast
down her eyes with proper modesty.
They might not all have known the
milliner referred to, but they had
thoughts After a painful silence Mr.
Gerald continued:
Happened to meet the butler of
house where / frequently call. Just
happened, you know Down In the
mouth; looked bilious. As would
be reformer l spoke to him and got his
story. Lady OF the mansion hadn't
paid his wages for five months and
had borrowed his savings besides. he
dared to speak to her about 1t. and she
had sent him packing. Saw the same
lady buying 5000 ruby ring the other
day"
Every lady In the room helplessly
glanced ut the hands Of every other
lady A poodle dog belonging to one
of them seemed to be the only thing In
the room at ease.
Happened to call on u florist" said
the obliging reformer when the silence
had endured to the painful point; "just
happened So One Of his statements OF
accounts sent out to a lady had been
returned with very sharp note. The
account was two years old. and be-
cause he sought to collect 1t the debtor
informed him that she should take her
patronage elsewhere. 1t was only one
case out of score. Sympathized with
the florist and passed on. Happened
across discharged coachman. dis
charged for limiting that he wanted his
wages. Helped him out with I'VE
dollar bill. Happened to run across a
| goveraess In the same fix. That's all.
Good evening, ladies'"
For two minutes after the reformer
disappeared no one spoke. Then one
lady after another rose up to go and,
turning to the honorable widow work
ed up smile and said
"Isn't Sydney Gerald just too charm
Ing for anything. And how awful Of
people not to pay their billsv'
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the appropriateness of the stanZa-ev
erything from the art side of the pro-
duction il a marvel But all this Is
Fitzgerald So TO Fitzgerald be the
honor.
Another strange feature of the case
Is that poem 80 brief should have
won practically the entire English
speaking world and have made the
Immortality of two men. Its author
and its translator. In Fitzgeralds
final edition there are only 10l stanzas.
or trihe over 400 lines 1t IL a
thumb nall masterpiece. Most poems
we wish were shorter, but this one
only whets our appetites to want
more. If 1t succeeds in teaching flu
greater fame.
A further striking fact about the
"Rubaiyat," although not 80 unusual AS
the Others mentioned, was the tardi-
ness with which II came Into vogue
compared to the swiftness with which
1t won its way when once started
Fitzgerald offered the first Quatrains
w olaSdLiuc, WuiCH uOL
want them. He then gave them to a
publisher free, who brought them out
IN tnin little pamphlet at hvepence.
There was 80 little demand for this
that he afterward exposed 1t out In
front at penny. Here Rossetti at last
picked one up and passed 1t on to
Swinburne, which started the cult
The tree of popularity grew slowly
even yet. No one can tell just how the
universal craze finally broke out, but
break 1t did, and now we are all OBJ
sessed by It,
The popularity Of the poem extend
ed to the translator. Edward Fitzger-
aid was one Of the oldest figures that
ever Invaded the republic of letters
He was so shy that he lived almost as
hermit and was so ayerse to fame
that he allowed his name to appear on
only one Of his books. The poets par
ents were cousins, his fathers name
being Purcell, the mother one of the
famous Irish family Of Fitzgerald,
which name the father also took on
coming into the estate 1t was his Irish
extraction which afterward caused Ed
ward to refer to himself as scatter
Drained Paddy" Born In 1909, the boy
lived for few years Of his infancy in
EaEis IN . house once occupied BY
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NOT A PLUMBER BORN.
The Beginner Who Was Sent to Find a
Leak and Failed.

Pipes 4 Fassitt ran busy shop.
They had men out working the eight
hour day in the Washington heights
district They had helpers out. too, at
the regular rates.
Monday morning had opened up with
4 rush. Joints were bursting, and
bathtubs were flowing over.
Fassitt generally followed mp the
jobs, seeing that they were covered.
Pipes held the desk down AMI made
out the bills.
Presently the door pushed open. and
n hardy looking young fellow came in.
He handed note to Mr. Pipes, Pipes
read Ii.
please. sir said the young fellow.
Don't please anybody here said
Pipes. Riley says you're good man
and willing to work. Siddownw
The hardy looking young fellow sat
for five minutes; then the telephone
rang
Get that or the wire. said Pipes
The young man got it.
Its Mr.. Sllverberg that owns the
big apartment house OH st. Nicholas
avenue. His star tenant complains of
leak in the ceiling from the floor
overhead"
You take that wrench and go over"
said Pipes Locate the floor. Get
around to Congdon's, where we've got
contract, and lift helper. Go back
and find the leak. Then report TO me
Don't hurry too much"
The young man departed. returning
in q couple of hours.
Nothing doing, Mr.. Pipes" he said.
'"rhe tenant overhead spilled some wa
ter In corner of the kitchen. 1t ran
under the sink and followed the pipe
line to the floor below. That was all"
Pipes kept on making out bills. A
ninety cent clock got along to IL Just
as the noon whistle blew outside.
Then Pipes rose up sadly.
Here's sitting time" he said. Take
the money. You'll need II. A tenant
imagines IL leak The owner wants to
pay for repairing the leak. You were
sent to find It. You failed. Some day
you may be an angel. but you will
never be plumber. Goodbyp'-New
York Sun.
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Was Or. johnson BsshfuI7

On the eve OF leaving London for
Canada Mrs. Brooke, who wrote 1.-THE
History of Emily Montague" the first
novel written In Canada, gave fare
well party, Hannah More, Johnson and
Boswell being of the company. DR.
Johnson was obliged to leave early and
apparently departed after wishing his
hostess health and happiness. Shortly
after n servant whispered to Mrs.
Brooke that gentleman was waiting
below to speak 10 her. Running down
stairs, the fair novelist found the ven
cradle photographer. Madam said
be ponderously, 81 sent for you down
stairs that | might kiss you, which l
did not choose TO do before so much
company.
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oC~-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s->-s-
of Genius 1909
and Omar
By James A. Edgerton
Copyright. 1909. by the
American Press Association
By James A. Edgerton

alone and Fitzgerald alone failed TO
strike fire. 1t WAS only the combina-
tion of the two that made an undying
light. Like two chemicals, their con-
tact brought forth new element diff
ferent from either and, judged by the
work of each alone. UNNECESSARILY
greater than either. This makes the
"Rubaiyat" unique--sets 1t apart, In
fact, as thing without parallel In
literature.
The strangehess of the case does not
end here. From an ethical standpoint
the "Rubaiyat' is frankly rotten Its
highest praise is for wine. Ii Is pes
simistic. materialistic, OF the earth
earthly Outside of its blbulous tend
encles Its chief theme is of death,
and not of death alone, but of Il death
that ends all Its philosophy, while
shot through with profound gllmpses,
is not new. All that 1t says has been
said before, long before. and discard
ed. Yet 1t was never said 80 ex-
quisitely nor 80 well After all, the
charm of the piece must be due to
Fitzgerald, for II is not in the sub
stance, but the form. Here again is
shown its strangeness That this re-
hash Of an old and outworn material
ism. this appeal to u baser passion.
this song OF the grave, should find So
tremendous II vogue In Christendom
and in nations almost Puritanieal IN
their standards, nations that for ages
have been committed to higher faith,
Is more than an anomaly; IL Is II Hat
contradiction of literary precedents. II
is not the sentiment. but the finish OF
the workmanship, that must account
for the popularity of the poem. 1t Is
the artistic beauty of the vessel, not
the contents The polish of the piece
the choosing of exactly the right word
the originality of the form of express
sion. the delicate shades of meaning
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May, Frederick A T. Barnard, the
American educator; June Richard
Monckton Mines, the English poet.
Mary Cowden Clarke. the English
Shakespearean scholar. and Marshal
Canrobert, the French soldier July,
John Stuart Blackie, the Scotch critic;
August, Alfred Tennyson, Oliver Wen
dell Holmes and Hannibal Hamlin,
Lincoln's vice president; November,
Admiral Dahlgren and Fanny Kemble,
the actress; December, William Ewart
Gladstone ami Kit Carson. Surely It
WAS fruitful year.
OF these twenty-one names those Of
Lincoln, Poe, Darwin, Tennyson,
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Concerning certain time serving
Washington clergyman OF whom a WIS.,
itor was one day expressing a harsh
estimate President Lincoln said:
! think you are rather hard on Mr.. -.
He reminds me OF man Ia Illinois who
was arrested for passing u counterfeit
bill. He admitted that he had taken 1t
to o bank cashier TO know IL II was a.
good bill. We'll. what was the reply of
the CASHIER" asked his lawyer why"
evasively answered the prisoner, "he said
1t was pretty toerable respectable sort
of q bill"
Mr.. Lincoln thought the clergyman
"a pretty tolerable, respectable sort Of
a clergyman"
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Birds In Winter.

Though birds have much higher
temperature than man's-man's Is 3S.
while theirs IS 107-tbey suffer cruelty
from the winter cold. In mutton
country 1t Is not uncommon to find
sheep with dead birds fastened on
their backs. The little, cold creatures
snuggle In the sleeps wool to get
warm. their feet become entangled In
the fleece and they starve to death.
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to memory Now let us commit II to
e.--Mark ham.
Lincoln on Money,

Lincoln" said senator at ban
quet In Washington, had no great ad.
miration for mere financial success.
"'Financlal success Lincoln once
said, is purely metallic. The man who
attains it has four metallic attributes
gold In his palm, silver on his tongue.
brass In his face and iron in his
heart"
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A Tipping Tip.

How to avoid tipping the waiter at
restaurant. When the bill comes, pay
1t exactly. A certain involuntary ex-
preston Of establishment will be yisi-
Bile on the walters face, well trained
though 1t may be. You should then
rise, saying to him. 81 have made an
excellent dinner; you manage the ~
Enlistment much better than the pre-
cediDg proprietor did" During his
rapture at being mistaken for the own
err of the restaurant you escape.--Ar-
gonaut
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At Close Range

who is that neglected looking little
boy with dirt over his face?"
He is the child of the noted astron-
orner who lives over the way"
ooh, Is he? Come here. sonny. Run
home and tell your father he doesn't
need his telescope If he wants to see
spots ON the SON. baltimore Ameri-
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His Trouble.

Frlend-Don't worry because your
sweetheart has turned you down since
you lost your money. There are as
good fish In the sea as ever were
caught Tilted One-Yes, but I've lost
my -fIarper's Bazaar.
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Overlooked.

Visitor And so you're leaving Paris.
OF course you've been to the Louvre?
Fair AmerIcan-Y | bought this col
,aret there visItor-Ah, no! | mean
the pictures. y know. Fair American
There. mommcr! said there was a
gallery by that name,-Punch
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Little Willie Say, pa, what is ripe
old age? Ia Its the age. my son, at
which man Is willing to admit that
he's not the only dried apple Ia the
pantry Chicago News.
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on farm covering most OF the battle
field where Oliver Cromwell whipped
Charies |. He thus occupied the habi-
tat OF revolution. although there was
nothing of the revoIutionist In his own
makeup. He attended school at Bur,
st. Edmunds, and at Cambridge was
graduated somewhat To his own sur
prise, since he had spent most of his
time In the university In dawdling with
art, verses and what not. The remain.
der OF his life was uneventful In an
outward way. He had several houses
and lived IN them by turns. shut him
self more and more from the world.
read only few books, Shakespeare
and the Greek dramatists, made sew
eral translatiops, always very free
and wrote some original books both In
verse and prose, but without attract
Ing notice; finally took up Persian.
translated one or two poets, then hap
pened on Omar. became fascinated
and one day about a half century ago
gave the "Rubaiyat" to the world. The
world did not want 1t, did not take II
for long time and now cannot get
enough OF 1t.
The old Suits tried To make 1t APP
pear that Omar's paean of praise to
wine Is only tiguratlve Fitzgerald
would not have 1t that way ut all He
insisted that his Hamlet must be mad.
else he was not Hamlet 1t must be
confessed that the English translator
created a much more human document
out Of old Omar than the Sufis did.
but at the expense of his morality and
standing in respectable society. He
made the astronomer poet bibulous
sport, but quite interesting withal. An
other theory of Fitzgerald's was that
the way to translate poet IL To carry
over his atmosphere rather than his
mere words, the spirit and not the let
ter. 1t Is more important to preserve
his poetry than his grammar The
translator himself must be a poet and,
az Il poet, must be free and not slavish
To this theory the world owes the
"Rubaiyat;" therefore 1t must be good
Still. II would throw any of the old
school llngulsts into spasms.
Pretty much everybody has read tho
.Rubaiyat." but It Is Il thing that will
bear much rereading, so II will do no
harm TO sprinkle I'm n little of II here
Just TO redeem the text.
The Imagery of the poem has seldom
been excelled. 1t is the oriental wealth
shaped and polished by Fitzgerald's
delicate touch What more exquisite
than this?
The bird of time has but little way
TO fiutter-and the bird Is OH the wing
thorn under the rose, the decay OF
beauty, the grave.
The wine OF life keeps oozng drop by
drop;
The leaves OF life keep falling one by one
1t is Tennysons Two Voices" over
again, only here the dull one sided
voice" has MI the best OF the argu-
ment The moan In the laughter, the
tear behind the smile, the skeleton at
| the feast, Is ever obtruded
Each morn thousand roses brings. you
say,
| Yes. but where leaves the rose OF yester-
day
Yet there Is n nobler note. He sings
Of materlalism, II Is true but OF the
vanity OF materialism.
The ball no question makes OF ayes and
noes.
But here there strikes the player
goes.
And lie that tossed you down into the
neld
He knows about II al-he knows-he
knows
Not so materialistic, after all, That
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s-s-s-s-s"sTs~s- s~s-s
lSO9-The Year
Fitzgerald
Centenary Of the Birth Of
the Irish Translator Of the
"Rubaiyat" The Year Of
Great Men
vT>HERE W err .

THERE w ere
many celeb
rites b or II
in 1909, the most
I a IN Gus natal
year in history.
These We're scat
tered through the
months in Jan
uary, Edgar AL
Ian Poe; Februa-
ry, Abra ham Lin
coin and Charles
Robert Darwin
on the same day,
u n d IL [ h a I
month also Men
delssohu, the com
poser; Nj a r e h
Edward FitZger-
aid and Gogol,
celebrated X u )
sian dranatist;
Chopin, the com
poser, and Jules
Favre, the French
q e III o c r u { G
statesman: April.
James Glaisher,
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The Doctors Orders.

Mrs. O'Harrigan--Phoy have ye stuck
this empty flask under TIL baby? Mrs.
Carey-Th' Doctors ordthers. He told
me Ord have to keep tn baby on 4
bottle!-Judge
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Not to outshine. but to shine upon,
his neighbors Is che successful mans
mission. --Towne.
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Alcohol to Children

Ask your doctor how often he prescrbes alcoholic
stmulant for children He will probably say Every very
rarely Children do not need stimulating" Ask HIM
how often he prescribes tonic for them. He will prob
| ably answer Every, very frequently Then ask him
about Ayers nonalcoolc Sarsaparia tonic for the
young Follow his advice He knows dyer Co. LoweH Mass
The movement Of the bowels Ash doco
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Not so materlalistic. after all

and other similar
stanzas ring with
something of the
eternal music.
Ed ward Fitz-
gerald died In
1883. In his life
he had CORE
sponded Ill u c h
with the Tenny-
sons and others.
His letters are
W him steal and
entertaining. He
had married, but
had separa ted
from his wife.
He received IA
few friends, but
/ V e d Ill u c b
alone, "a k n 4
| long W a ! k 8
through England
or yachting about
the nearby seas.
Even before he
died the fame for
which he cared
not had begun to
shine uDon him
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Just TolerabIe.

shine upon him Later 1t broke with q
full sunburst of glory upon his grave.
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t
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

The German Store finished their four
weeks bargain sales last week, and those
getting the prizes of the bale of cotton
were R. P. Pickett, of Marietta, $23 so,
on ticket No. S66. The second prize was
on ticket No. 497, unknown, $3.50. The
third prize was IS, on No. S9l, awarded
Mrs. l. o. Dodgen, of Sandy PLANS,
Deputy Sheriff Kincaid done the draw
ing. Mr.. j. Sauls, the owner of the
store, was present, and made talk to
the crowd, and told them the store was
here to stay, and purposed to treat the
people right, give them value received
for their money, and hoped to continue
to receive their appreciated patronage.
The German Store has displayed good
deal of enterprise and push since it has
been here, and built up good trade.
Mr.. Jacob J. Saul ard Mr.. Joe Levin
are the managers, and have proven
themselves clever and courteous as we'll
as live wires.
Just received the second shipment of
misses and children's low cut shoes at
7 w Reads Clothing Store.
PHONE No. PIP for charcoal and fur
naces for ironing purposes.
j. s. DoBBINs.
1t takes too much ice to run beef
market in the summer, so the Hill boys
and Mr.. Hiiley have closed out their
markets until fall, when they will re-
sumo again.
Ladies, when in need of low cut shoes
and boys wash suits call at w Read g
Clothing store.
A large assortment of boys wash suits
at T w Reads Clothing Store.
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Mrs. Judge P.::..D, McCleskey at her
home on Church street discovered a
yearling in her front yard, which is not
enclosed. She stopped down to pick up
stone to drive the animal out, when
the yearling made for her ferociously
knocked her down, and butted her
across ths sidewalk. A colored man
came to her assistance and drove the
yearling off. Mrs. McCleskey was badly
bruised.
New style auto-piano just received.
Costs 500 90 less than those heretofore
sold. 1t makes musicians of the entire
family. Come and see it at
FREYER's Music ROOMS.
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For RENT.-Three or four furnished
rooms. Apply to Journal Office.
If there is q man in Marietta who has
never worn a Kuppenheimer suit will
come in and let us try one on him, he
cannot resist the temptation OF buying
one, and when he once buys one, he will
have no other make.
G. W DUPRE will fit you.
Wagon loads of very fine hay are be-
ing brought to town now. Hay is q
money. maker. Save the hay and save
the money.
Perhaps it is all for the best that the
world does not take the college grad
uate quite so seriously as the graduate
takes the world,
Time to have your PIANO tuned. Tel
ephone 81. CHAs. n. FREYER.
Saul, of Atlanta, has opened store in
Acworth, and is running a page ad in
the Post He will cause more adver-
Using to be done in that town.
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A bachelor is a man who either
has too much sense to marry or
not enough.
A woman can take pride in her
husband being above clothes, but
it won't do for herself.
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\ That girl was wise in her day and
generation who told the sutton who
asked her which she really loved, him
or his money, 81 love you both as long
as you are not separated one from the
other" She had the modern CONNER
cial spirit down pat.
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FOR RENT-The J. p.
Leake place, on Church
street. Possession at once.
The place will be put in
first-Class condition. APP
ply to J. L. Turner.
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The law will not make a man
good, but it may help him to make
good.
A woman wouldn't mind being
poor if none of her acquaintance
were rich.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

The two coaches that left here Friday
morning for Ponce de Leon, with the
Methodist Sunday school, were loaded
until standing room was in demand.
The baskets had to be carried down in
the express car-no room on the
coaches -..----------~
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

Mr., and Mrs. W. E. Schilling will
move into their pretty new house, on
Washington Avenue, this week.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

Ladies who are looking for style, neat
ness and durability in their Shoes,
should inspect our line before buying
elsewhere.
G. w. DUPRE, the Shoe Man.
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The colored folks are carrying on q
revival at the Methodist church. The
preacher has certainly pair OF lungs.
For convenience, buy Electric Lamps
from Dobbs Hardware Store.
The fruit crop will begin to move
about July 18th in Cobb county. The
crop will he short and the prices ought
to be good.
Mr.. John II. Boston spent last week
in Louisville, KY, at meeting Of the
officials of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad.
Electric Lamps just received. Dobbs
Hardware Co.
Little Miss Sarah Florence, daughter
of Mr.. T. w. Florence. who has been in
school at Mt. Airy, near Philadelphia,
Pa, will arrive home Thursday.
You know we'll enough you owe the
Marietta Journal on subscription, Why
not pay it today and help us keep cur
rent expenses paid up? We need the
money Pay US.
If it is Hardware you want, get it
from Dobbs.