Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-29
Fables Of the Wise
Dame
By DOROTHY DIX.

who by hustling early and late
and always being Johnny-on-
the Spot, succeeded in accumlating a
stack of Pelf that was an Eye Opener
even to Wall Street.
Except for his Talent for Divorcing
others from their Securities, the Man
was quite an ordinary Creature. VINO
Preferred Corned Beef and Cabbage to
French Entree and who desired no
other amusement than his Business af-
forded. but his Wife was a Superior
Being with Social Aspirations
Unfortunately, Society did not seem
60 miss the lady's Absence from it, and
when she tried 10 break into the Four
Hundred it gave her a welcome that
was so much on the Fritz that it con-
gealed her Back Teeth.
Nov, among this Worthy Couples
Assets wa Daughter who had grown
up into a Peacherino. with a Willowy
Figure. and Peroxide Hair. and Soulful
Orbs, and when her, Mother observed
this she returned thanks to Heaven for
all her Mercies, for she had Hunch
that through Daughter she could win
out and Get to Know all the People
who Did Not Want to Know Her
This Frappe Society has gotten on
my Nerves" she remarked to herself,
but I opne that there is still another
DeaLcoming to me and that shall vet
have these Head Liners on the Run.
Happily my HUSBAND has not spent his
Life in Doing his Fellow Creatures in
Vain, and it is up to US TO take q Eu
n E
into the Closed Doors with it"
The Wise DANES Scheme
Thereupon she went to her Husband
and thus addressed him y feel" she
said. that it is our Sacred Duty to
give our Daughter all the Broadening
influence of Foreign Travel and Educa
ton, and that l ought to make the Sac
rif1ee of buying my Paris Gowns in
France instead of on Sixth Avenue
Wherefore, I viii take our Daughter
and 60 Abroad, and while I am Con-
scientiouslv Opposed to Husband Hunt
ing, as a Rule it may chance that | may
run across a Coat Of Arms that will be
just as good as, New if Regilded'
Knowing the Duty of an American
Husband and Father, the Man consent
ed, and so the Lady took her Daughter
and hiked across the Herring Pond,
where the Girl acquired a Foreign Ac-
cent, and was taught to be Ashamed Of
Father because he was in Trade.
Mother trailed her Purse like an
Anise Seed Bag All across Europe and
Il was not long before a Pack of Hun
sry Fortune Hunters was on her Trail,
but she was Wise to the Game and led
them a Chase, while she looked for the
Right One who would be worth the
Price She did not Propose to Invest
her good Dollars in Macaroni Title, OF
a Shoddy Thing Made in Germany, and
that had not been o. KID by the AL
manach de Gotha
At last the Real Thing appeared on
the Scene. He was Guaranteed as a
Genuine Antique in the AristoCracy
Line. for the Newest Thing on his An
-estral Estate was the Fifth Mortgage
The cool Calmness with which he ran
NJ Bills that he never intended to Pay
was as Good as an Affidavit of Nobi-
lty. While his Blase Air in standing off
Creditors betrayed how long his Fam
lly had been Familiar with the Bust
ness He also possessed Hyphenated
Name that was so long that it had to be
Handled on a Hook and Ladder Truck
and only used in Sections
Charmed BY Real Thing.
The Mother was enchanted Il opine,"
she said to her Daughter, that a Name
ike that VIII be Jimmy with which
you can break into any American So
cietv. and that as a Parlor Ornament
The Count.wi4 be Bargain at Four
Figures"
But" objected the Daughter. 81 do
not care for him He has weak Eyes
and a I.isn and he makes me Tired
and | should like to have a Regular
Man for a Husband"
"F'oo1ish one" cried the Mother. amy
Husband is liable to make YOU Weary
but if You marry the Count you viii
always have the Consolation Of being
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