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

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who. bv husting early ana late
~ and always being Johnny
the Spot. succeeded in aceumlailns
stack Of PeH that Was an Eye Opener
even to Wall Street
Except Ter his Talent for DiVorcing
others from their Securities. the Man
was ouite an ordinary Creature VINO
Preferred Corned Beef and Cabbage to
French Entree. and who desired no
othet amusement than his Business sf-
forced but his Wife was Superior
Being with Social Aspirations.
Unfortunately. Society did not seem
70 miss the 'adys Absence from IT, and
when she tried 10 break into the -Four
Hundred It gave her welcome that
vas SO much on the Fritz that it con
gealed her Back Teeth.
Now. among this Worthy Couples
Assets was Daughter who had grown
UP into a Peacherino, with Willo0y
Figure. ana Peroxide Hair. and Soulful
Orhs. 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. ana tTel 10 hIDW al tllt N'Pi1
who Did Not Want TO Know Her
This Frappe Society has gotten on
my Nerves" she remarked to herself,
but / opine that there is still another
Deal coming toule and that l shall yet
have these Head Iinr-s 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 a Eu-
ropean Coronet out Of Soap. and break
into the Closed Doors with t."
The Wise Danes Scheme.
Thereupon She Went TO her Husband
and thus addressed him. u feel she
said. that il is our Sacred Duty to
give our Daughter all the Broadening
influence of Foreign Travel and Educaz ;
ton and that ! ought to make the Sac
rihce Of buying my Paris Gowns in
France instead Of on Sixth Avenue.
Wherefore. / will take our Daughter
and go Abroad. and while I am Con-
scientiously Opposed to Husband Hunt
ing, as a Rule. ii may chance that | may
rur aeross a Coat Arms that Will be
1Is1 as good as New II Regilded"
Knowing the Duty of an American
Husband and Father, the Man consent.
Cd, and so the Lady took her Daughter
ana mixed across the Herring Pond,
where the Girl acquired a Foreign Ac-
cent, ana Was LdQBtlA 10 ~ ANldilltN ~
Father because he was in Trade.
Mother traied her Purse like an
Anise Seed Bag all across Europe. and
st was not long before a Pack of Hun
gry 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 a Macaronl Title. OF
a Shoddy Thing Made in Germany and
that had not been Q. 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 Aristocraey
Line, for the Newest Thing on his An
cestral Estate was the Fifth Mortgage.
The cool Calmness with which he ran
up Bills that he never intended TO Pay
was as Good as an Affidavit of Nobil-
itv. while his Blase Air in standing eff
Creditors betrayed how long his Fam
tiy had been Familiar with the Bust
ness He also possessed Hyphenated
Name that was so long that 1t 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 10 her Daughter. that a Name
like that will be a Jimmy with which
you can break into any American So
ciety, and that a 8 a Parlor Ornament
the Count will be a Bargain at Four
Figures"
But objected the Daughter. II do
not care for Aim He has weak Eyes.
and a Lisp. and he makes me Tired,
and ! should like TO nave a Regular
Man for a Husband"
Foolish One cried the Mother. amy
Husband is liable to make YOU Weary
but If you marry the Count YOU will