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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-05

groans over how much it costs to
support a wife.
The spinster sees that she is bet
ter dressed than sister unless sister
happened to marry rich, and that
she looks about five years younger.
Moreover, the spinster observes
that in addition to everything else
that sister does, she has to spend
her time and energy in placating
husband, or else in quarreling with
him, and that, although it is polite
and complimentary to believe that
husband still loves sister, there's
no evidence upon which to base
this conclusion. Apparently it does
not take more than three months
to rub the gilt off the ginger
bread matrimony and after that if
a man feels any admiration. or
tenderness. for his wife he doesn't
take the pains to show it,
Thinks She's Better OFF.
So the spinster takes a good,
firm grip on her latchkey and her
pocketbook, and says that she's
better off. than sister and that she
doesn't envy any married woman.
And there's no bluff in that She
is simply telling the truth. nine
times out of ten, when she makes
that assertion. for it is only too
sadly true that ideal marriages are
as scarce az hens teeth, and that
in the whole range of our ac-
quaintances we scarcely know one
couple who have made a success
instead of a failure of matrimony.
In the past the old maids boast
that she didn't marry because she
didn't want to may have been a
bluff and not sincere, because in
former days every woman had to
marry in order TO get a home of her
own. That is not the case now.
ANY woman can support herself
as well as a husband is likely to
do 1t, and SO matrimony has be
come choice instead of neces-
sity and it is because women see
so few good husbands that they
are getting more and more afraid
of marriage. and to believe that it
is better to stick to the peace and
contentment they have than to risk
the danger of a heart breaking
disappointment in matrimony.
But the single woman knows
that while she may have missed
misery. she has also missed the
highest happiness. She has but
the half loaf and she goes to her
grave hungerins for the love, and
the man and the ould, and the
home that should be every vom-
ans portion,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-05
Is the Useful Man.

ANY college that does not teach
its pupils to work at practical
useful tasks, is q believe. and
every college student knows it,
From the age Of six or seven and
upward the pupil should feel that
he is doing something useful. not
merely killing time; and so his
work and his instruction should
go right along hand in hand
The educated man is the useful
man.
And no matter how many college
degrees a man has. if he can not DO
something that the world wants
done, he is an educated ignoramu-.
aud is one with the yesterdays,
doing pedagogic goose step adovn
the days to dusty death.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-05

a MAN asks these questions:
~ rs it not 81 bluff when an
old maid says that she has
never envied a married woman,
and wouldn't trade places with
one, and that she is happier single
than she would be if she was mar
ried?"
Probably every man in the world
would answer these questions in
the affirmative and say yes; that
every old maid who Pretended that
she was a spinster from choice was
putting up a bluff that any man
would call, but a woman would
reply to the question by saying
both yes and no,
Undoubtedly the old maid who
SCOTS at marriage and boasts of
her single blesseduess is fibbing,
and putting a gay face on sad
matter. Every human being
knows. every instinct teaches us,
that men and women are each in
complete without the other, and
that it takes both to round out the
,,are,,. 1;F,
La Junta tribune., 1912-04-13
celerade's Mistake.

In the house. March 3lst. Repre-
sentative Rucker spoke earnestly
against the heavy reduction Of the
tariff on wool proposed In the Under
wood bill lie declared that the cf.
feet would be to ruin the wool grow
Ing Industry OF his state. Similar pro-
tests have been made by Colorado's
representatives In connection with
the iron and steel bill and the free
sugar bill that have been passed by
the house frcetralers. Colorado did
her part In turning the house over to
the control OF the frec-traders. All
three Of her representatives are dem
0crats. Her democratic state conycn'
tion passed "A resolution calling for
ali.rOund tariff reductions toward a
tariff for revenue basis. The miners
tho sheep raiscrs and the sugar beet
growers of Colorado must have voted
In lary. numbers for this kind 81
representation In Congress. u the
threatened injuries to Colorado's pro.
ducing Inter- sis are 10 b" aycrt"d, II
will b. because other states are rep
resented In the senate by men who
are not frcc.trnde democrats. This
year Colorado will have an opportun'
ity u rcctify her mistake OF sending
4 solid non.protcctlonist delegation to
congress. Next November will show
whether Colorado has learned any
thing In the last two ycars.-Amer'
icaa Economist.
La Junta tribune., 1912-04-13
County Dads Hold Meeting.

Al . meeting Of the county com
missiouers of Pueblo. Fremont aud
Otero counties IN Pueblo last sat'
H1n1, several matters Of Interest to
the various counties through which
the Santa Re trail aud rainbow route
pass. were discussed. Those present
were ConmissIoners Spaid!ng. Harsin
Anl Barnard. ol Otero: I.a0range. All
re- ~ Kelso. Of Fremont: and 0las-
cos. Thompson and Hixxins. Of Pu.
cbio.
TIE design Of . uniform marker
foe ~ Santa Re trail and Rainbow
rosts was considered. but Il was fin
ally ssreed 10 leave this matter to
Prea1snt r. II. Faxon. Of the Santa
70 Trail Association. and President
G. 3. Mcl.ain. Of the Rainbow Route
association. They will attend the
meeting Of the Old Traits Association
In Kan as City on April 18th and
lstA anA will doubtless decide at that
tine upon . suitable marker for the
rou1o.-Pusbjo Chieftain.
La Junta tribune., 1912-04-13

the council was without quorum.
An adjournment was taken from Mon.
day until Wednesday night.
On this evening the council pro-
eeeded to consider the applications
Tor the various appointive positions.
for the position of city clerk there
were two applications-J. G. Howard
and 4. T.. Deabenport Each candi.
date received three votes and the
mayor cast the deciding vote for J.
q, Howard, who was declared duly
elected.
j. II. Simonton and r. G. Dalton
were the applicants for city treas
urcr and the vote being tie the
mayor named X. &. Dalton.
I r. Hoffmire and a. F. Thomp-
son were the two candidates for city
attorney. and the vote was once more
a tie, the mayor naming Hoffmire.
II, Brinkman, J. w. Douthitt and c.
/. Seeley We're candidates for police
magistrate. The vote stood Brink
man three, Seeley three. and the
mayor decided the tie by voting for
Brinkman.
Tue clerk read the applications Of
sA persons for the marshalship, and
also petition signed by seventy
four business men requesting the re.
appointment of W. J. Lewis. The bal.
lot showed two for II. A. knoeke and
four for W. J. Lewis. The announce
mglt that Lewis was the choice of
the council called forth hearty ap-
pIIusc from the spectators.
Frank Nixon, W. NJ O'connor and
J.. r. McNutt were the applicants
for night marshal. but Councilman
Il 5. Shull moved that the marshal
b" allowed To select his own dep
. AaN WHICH WIS anu
Marshal Lewis namde w. NJ Mat.
thews as his deputy and the ap-
puiutment was approved
Jas. King received four votes for
street commissioner against two othei
competitors.
Another tie vote resulted upon
the applications OF 7. Il. Wilson and
kiscr a. Criag for the city printing.
The mayor made Tom Wilson the
city printer OF the burg.
c. w. Wonderly was re.appointed
chief of the fire department without
any opposition.
1t having been publicly charged by
certain newspaper" and many per-
sons that bocdl,ism and corruption
existed In the council during the pre-
,ious year. Councilman Shull moved
that committee be appointed TO
Investigate all the acts Of the old
council Councilman Leayit prompt
~ moved that the motion he laid
P6n the table. There was another tie
vote. and the mayor once more set.
tied II by voting in the affirmative.
Tabled,
Good night.
La Junta tribune., 1912-04-13
REMINISCENT
tDrPIllD FRui nRlDuG
FILES 6
TWENTY YEARS AGO

T. T. Woodruff added 500 volumes
to the city library.
J. B. Sherman moved into his new
home on San Juan avenue.
! Born. to Mr. and Mrs. G. ID. Phil.
lips. April Is. 1892. son.
+. F. Turlcy. OF Trinidad. purchased
, the grocery store of J. w. Phenicie.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. ]. Foxworthy eel
ebrated their flft, enth marriage ami.
versary
A jury awarded local saloon $50
damages for the breaking OF . mirror
by a patron.
II was announced that the FALCONS
OF Rocky Ford would be closed on
Sunday-for the first time
A full head OF water turned into
the Otero canal "a short time ago"
reached the lower part OF the ditch
yesterday"
Engineer Jerry Shaw fell heir to a
large fortune through the death of
a relative In England.
c. A. Shultx returned from . week =
trip through New Mexico. where be
sold mine carloads OF Ia Junta fIovr
Dr. I. 8. Bryant went back to Mis-
souri, to settle up his affairs with
the Intention of locating perma.
nently In Ia Junta.
Tho water company 1.-THE Santa FcD
vas digging = well thirty feet in
diameter. near the round hOus. to
supply the town with water.
la JuntA organized = board Of
trade. with g. r. Buckley president.
c. A. Beerbohm secretary and X G.
Dalton treasurer. The membership
fee was IS. The directors were Jas
McNeen. X. W. Patterson. n. G. bal
ton. G. A. KilEore. J. b. O'Nol. ".
II. Robinson and X. a. Stecn.
A tramp Informed the city marshal
that he had been held up In the local
yards and his marriage certificate
taken away from him. Search was
instituted f,r the robber. who was
located. and the marriage certificate
found upon him. The owner could
not be found, and the marriage Ger.
tficate va. held by the marshr'
with the hope that the first tramp
would show up aud prove property
What strange things used TO happen
twenty years ago Wonder II thor"
are any hobos on the read these DAYS
with Il marriage certificate conceal.
ID on their persons.
The annual statement OF the ~.
nancixl condition OF the Incorporate
town Of La Jun'a for the year cndinE
April II. 1892. showed re, e,eipis. In.
cIudink the balance on hand Of
e72+.7a. amounting to ss.o70.so. and
disbursements Of S5.s5925. The re.
ceipts from saloon and billiard II.
censes amounted to e3.305 and from
police fines e3S7.1O. The disburso.
meats included e7.27s.s2 for police.
esss.S7 Ter streets and alleys. and
es7i for the hydrant fund. la Junta
dA not own the water works twenty
ysars ego. There were no cxpcndi'
eurse ~ hgAts according 70 the
statsoeat La Junta bowed in
esis.ee fos printing that year. Tho
total tndebtedners Of the city was
sS37.so. there being no bond Issue
ost at that time.
La Junta tribune., 1912-04-13
City ess"s'. Twenty year. Ase

There was . spiitup In the city
eosacsl tweaty years aEo. Just as
there 10 today. The hoid.over coun.
cilmea were n. .. Shuii. W. n. Rob.
inson and g. p. Donahue. and the
trustees elect were J. E. Hogan. j.
=. 6lattenburs aad WIN. Lcavitt. with
J. =. Walker wayos.elsct. when the
nsw counci1 met . motion was made
% pFocesd TO the appointment OF
town Officers. but bssors the mayor
put ths essstioa Tie newly elected
cosacitmsa rstired fron The room an.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-13
.GITY NOT ALL BRICK
Beautiful Scenes on the Out
skirts Of New York.
Picturesque Heights Of Hoboken and
Weehawken Give an impression
Of Florence Carried Across
Sea From Italy.

New York Eastward or westward,
as a New Yorker rides in the ele-
waited trains. there are Wstas to meet
his eye that will prove the city is
something beyond the poets brick
aAd stone II he win but look to find
chem. From the elevated roads on
the eastern side Of the city and once
the Battery park Is left behind. the
pessimistic versiher has much the
better Of Il.
After the northward bound trains
pass the Chatham square station all
glimpsos OF the East river, It's piers
and ships and blue water. with soar
ing bridge towers and graceful
cables, are left behind, and there 10
only the teeming life of the east side
to flash up before his eyes down the
narrow streets
Stuyyesant square and the pictur-
esque st. Georges make a momentary
oasis Of green and brown. and then
come the streets from the Twenties
northward, where the vistas end in
the river again, with all it's pictur.
esque activities and color Grim old
Bellevue strikes a somber note as one
background; but the buildings on
Blackwells island, serious as their
purpose may be, change the note Of
depression to one of pleasure by the
picture they present of velvet-smooth
lawns, out of which rise the vine-clad
walls of the cid gray stone city build.
ings. Now and again schooner un.
der sail crosses one Of these rectangu.
lar openings to give a FLIP to the
heart of the sailor man who glimpses
the blue water and the moving craft
with lively emotions of envy for
those afoat The Rockefeller insti
tute forms an impressive end to one
OF these vistas, the last one that
leaves an impression on the memory
as the train slides upward toward the
architectural jumble of Harlem and
! beyond.
But on the westward side of Man
haitian the vista hunter has richer
and more varied food for his eyes tc
feed on. BY the Battery itself there
is usually to be seen d fruit vessel
from the tropics, picturesque in Its
cleaning white paint and coloreC
stack and flags. Above the long line
of dun wharf houses coastwise steam
ers thrust their stacks, and the
mightier tubes that form the great
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-13

steamships tunnels make vivid blocks
of color against the sky.
These tunnels and the ships cargo
booms form a kind of irregular pat.
tern of crude colors against the gen.
orally prevailing blue of the sky. The
heights of Hoboken and Weehawken
begin to march along at the end Of
the vistas a little further up town,
and far against the end of Twenty
ninth street the great pile of the
monastery on the heights gives an
impression of Florence carried across
the sea.
High above the river now stands q
thin line of trees along the Hudson
boulevard that give a French touch to
the momentary compositions one sees
as the train clatters on its way Riv
erside Drive and the park behind il
afford the most varied and delectable
backgrounds to these vistas, the
GROWING touch of magnificent pic
turesqueness along this line being
the gray bulk of the Cathedral of St
John the Divine rising above the
green and rocky slopes of Morning
side Park.
The brick and stone avalanche may
submerge the homegoer after this;
but if he has been feasting his eyef
on the yistas we have mentioned he
is fortified even against row after row
of fats with never a bit of green tt
relieve them.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-13
REJECTED; MAN STEALS GIRL
Another Tries To, but Is Fooled by
Neighbors Who Hear Her
Scream.

Two rejected suitors are being
sought by detectives from the Chicago
avenue station today.
One of the attempts at kidnapping
was successful. The other victim
struggled free from her captors only
to be injured by bullet from a revol-
YER
The missing girl is Mary Joidige,
I'LL Larrabee street. She is sixteen
years old. The other is Josie Tarano.
She is seventeen years old and lives
at S22 Townsend street.
The police learned of the Joidige
kidnapping when the brother of the
girl, Tony, ran into the street with
a revolver shouting that a man named
Frank Camille had stolen his sister.
According to the story told by the
brother, three men threatened the
girls life If she did not accompany
them
Miss Tarano was returning to her
home when seven men attempted to
drag her into carriage. Her screams
attracted neighbors and the men fed.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-13
BOY THIEF ESCAPES JAIL
Lad, IA, Whose Thefts Amounted to
Many Thousands Of Dollars, Slips
From NJ. Y. Juvenile Asylum.

New York.-It became known in
Brooklyn that for the second time
since his incarceration in the New
York juvenile asylum at Dobbs Ferry,
N. Y, Raymond Beck, the notorious
fourteen-year-old boy burglar, has es-
capped. The police have sent out a
general alarm for him. A newsbog,
who knows Beck we'll, said that he
had seen Beck in the vicinity of his
home.
Beck pleaded guilty to several burg
laries in the children's court last No
vember, and the police stated at the
time that they suspected him of hav-
ing had a hand in nearly hundred
others.
Beck escaped from the juvenile asy-
lum in March by sliding down a rope
made of bed sheets. He tried to reach
his home in a taxicab, but was caught
at Yonkers, after the chauffeur had
tipped off the police
Beck, in his confession, made after
his arrest, said that he had committed
so many burglaries that he had lost
count Of them. Several thousand dol
lars worth of loot was recovered
Beck has fair hair, blue eyes and
rosy cheeks, and looks anything but
tough. He seemed to take Judge
Ryans talk much to heart and if he
gets a proper show may redeem hir-
self
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-13
SKYsCRAPER STYLES OF 1912
Prospect Bright That Lofty Structures
VIII Harmonlze With Each 9th.
er, Says Architect.

Impressive as me cliffs OF Toledo"
10 the phrase used by a prominent
architect In describing how Michigan
ayoiIuo, In Chicago. would appear II It's
sky crapers we're designed as large
SCALE compositions OF line and mass,
without recourse to the conventional
styles. each building harmonizing with
It's neighbor. An article IN the Popu-
lar Mechanics states that new
school OF architects. believers in this
style Of design. Is now coming TO the
front In smaller buildings, and II Is
only n question Of time when these
architects viii invade the skyseraper
Held. In the meantime architectural
details and ornaments are classic,
Romanesque, gothic or renaissance.
according to the preference OF the
architect or owner-and a city street
Is a tumble Of all these styles. But
broadly speaking. certain principles
are coming to be recognized and the
buildings being erected this year show
a decided advance In the adoption OF
those principles by architects gen
orally.
When the construction OF slIyscrap-
ers hrst began architects we're at a
loss 20 devise a style Of treatment
suited to what was called "a building
set on end" Bruce Price, a New
York architect. conceived the idea OF
designing such a building In a way
analogous to a column-that is as
shaft and capital. This treatment Is
now generally followed The base is
usually three stories in height, with
strong horizontal lines, and serves to
break the vertical effect Of the middle
or shaft section. The capital OF
architectural attic serves the same
purpose at the top OF the building
In the middle section the vertical lines
are accentuated. In this way the
building forms a complete compost
ton, having beginning. a middle anc
an end.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-13

forward, not backward, and particu-
larly they demand of the present its
enjoyment. They rejoice in their won
derful climate, they love their beauti-
full country and the life of each day
seems very good to them. There is
something infectious about this spirit.
Enter into it and you may be sure of
welcome that will warm your heart.
Every house is open to you; every
passer-by has ready a word of vel
come.
II you ride through an Australian
town you will see very little evidence
Of poverty or misery The little bun
galows stand in their own gardens at
the sides Of the shaded streets. Now
and then you come to a more preten-
tious house belonging, perhaps, to a
wealthy squatteT, who has another
home in the bush and a property meas
ured by hundreds of square miles. If
you hitch your horse to the rail out
side the gate and go in you will find
your host a simple, unassuming man,
living in quiet way,
He will talk to you about his sheep
and the wages he has to pay to his
shearers; of his cattle, and and how
at enormous expense, he is moving
them about the country to escape the
drought. He will tell you thrilling sto-
ries of the bush fires that often de-
vastate the country, and he will dis
cuss the entries for the next great
race meeting at Melbourne or Sydney.
1t would probably never occur to him
to give a dinner party in that large
dining room or a garden party in those
well kept grounds. His wife and
daughters, no doubt, pay occasional
visits TO the big cities to enjoy social
festivities If his wife joins you as
you sit on the veranda she will talk to
you Of the servant problem, ever pres
ent in the minds of Australian women.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-13
SOME BEST RECIPES.

Boiled Loaf-A simple pudding
which can be made for an emergency.
Take a loaf OF bakers bread and
cut off all the crust. then press into
the loaf as many seeded raisins as IL
will hold without breaking. After pre-
pairing a custard with two eggs, a pint
OF milk and fourth OF a cup OF sugar,
dip the loaf in It and let It stand long
enough to absorb all the milk Then
lay It in a Toured pudding cloth and
drop II in boiling water and boil for
twenty minutes. Serve with creamed
butter and powdered sugar favored
with vanilla. Place the bowl Of but
ter and sugar In hot water and stir
until soft
Delicious little cakes for tea are
made of the round crackers covered
with a teaspoonful of boiled frosting
and chopped nuts and raisins. Then
baked
Chicken Broth.-A very wholesome
and nourishing bowl of broth may be
made from the liquor in which a
chicken is stewed To a tablespoonful
Of butter, bubbling hot, add a table
spoonful of -four. then a cupful of the
broth When hot add a quarter of a
cup Of thin cream and pour the hot
soup over well beaten egg. Season
with salt and red pepper.
Cracker Dessert.-When pushed for
ideas on desserts try this: Put half
dozen Of split milk crackers to soak
in cold water for half an hour. Take
them out with a skinner and place
them on buttered dish, the innerside
up. Butter the top of the cracker and
put into a hot oven. In a few min
utes they will be pulled and brown.
Serve with any kind of preserves and
whipped cream.
| Black Bass, okauehee Style.-Pre-
pare the fish and fill with several
slices of bacon, which has been
dredged with parsley and seasoned
with pepper and salt. Wind a string
around the fish and fry or broil half
hour. Serve with melted butter and
| lemon.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-11-13

The fact that several Nebraska
young women graduating from the de-
partmcnt of agriculture at Washing.
ton into places of responsibility as
seed experts, some in state universi-
ties, while naturally gratifying to
their neighbors. is most significant in
this, that It shows what a potent In
fiuence the government is exerting to-
ward implanting the principle of in
tensive agriculture, says the Omaha
Bee. The first steps in the process OF
making two blades of grass grow
where but one grew before is the
proper selection of seed and proper
preparation Of the soil. The federal
government is doing a great work,
therefore, in thus fostering this move
ment and cooperating in 1t with state
educational institutions. Together
they are making the selection of seed
for agriculture and horticulture a sci
ence and a business. OF course, this
opens up to young men and women lu.
cratiVe fields of service, but that is
only incidental to the main purpose
OF improving methods of farming.