Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-29

who, by hustiing 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. who
Preferred Corned Beef and Cabbage to
rrencn Entree. and VINO desired no
other amusement than his Business af-
forded but his Wife was a Superior
Being with Social Aspirations.
Unfortunately. Society did not seem
to miss the lady's Absence from it, and
when she tried to break into the -Four
Hundred it gave her welcome that
was 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 Willowy
dFigure. and Peroxide Hair, and Soulful
Orbs and when her Mother observed
this she returned thanks to Heaven for
ali her Mercies for she had a Hunch
that through Daughter she could win
out, and Get to Know all the People
VINO 1tQ rANOl W ant u IAilbW 1lNI
This Frappe Society has gotten on
my Nerves" she remarked to herself,
"but l opine that there is still another
DeaLcnming to me. and that shall yet
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 Eu
ropean Coronet out of Soap, and break
into the Closed Doors with it"
The Wise Danes Scheme.
Thereupon she went to her Husband
and thus addressed him: 81 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
rflce of buying my Paris Gowns in
France instead of on Sixth Avenue.
Wherefore, l will take our Daughter
and go Abroad, and while l am Con-
scientiously Opposed to Husband Hunt
ing. as Rule. ii may chance that may
tun across a Coat Of Arms that will be
,ust as good as New if Regilded."
Knowing the Duty of an American
husband, and Father, the Man consent
ID, and sothe Lady took her Daughter
ard hiksd across the Herring Pond
where the Girl acquired Foreign Ac
cent. and was taught to be. Ashamed Of
Father because he was in Trade.
mOIHeT tTdHtu IUtf uISe Inc on
Anise Seed Bag all across Europe. and
1t 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 Macaroni Title, or
a Shoddy Thing Made in Germany, and
that had not been o. ID 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. forf the Newest Thing on his An
-castral Estate was the Fifth Mortgage.
The cool Calmness with which he ran
dp Bills that he never intended 20 Pay
was as Good as an Affidavit of Nobil
bty while his Blase Air in standing off
lsNreditorss betrayed how long his Fam
= lily had been Familiar with the Bust
ness. He also possessed a 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. I opine,
she said to her Daughter, that Name
like that viii be Jimmy with which
YOU can brea4-int to- any American So
ciety, and that as a Parlor Ornament
the Count will. be a Bargain at -Four
Figures"
But" objected the Daughter II do
not care for him He has weak Eyes,
and Lisp, and he makes me Tired,
and I should like TO have Regular
Man for Husband
Foolish One" cried the Mother, ANY
Husband is liable to make YOU Weary,
but if you marry the Count you will
always have the Consolation of being
able to Contemplate your Visiting
Cards and the Crest on your Station
cry with pleasure
So the Girl was Married to the Count
in great SplendoT. and all the Exclusive
set that had turned Mother down so
hard almost Broke their Necks trying
to get Invitations to the Weddings.
The Girl had not been Married long,
however before she went TO her Mother
and put up a Moan that she was not
Happy.
er with anger. what do you expect? Is
it not enough to know that you are
envied by all of your old American
Friends because you Possess a Title
No one who Marries for Love is En-
We'd and I advise you to take your
Medicine and try to look as If you en-
joyed it. and that being a-Countess was
a Picnic"
So the Countess went away and Gull
tivated a Stage Smile that was only
Skin Deep. but when the other Rich
Americans went Abroad she Snubbed
Mem. and they respected her Greatly,
and--xhen they returned they Dragged
.---ahont how they used to know her when
she was a Girl.
MORAL: This Fable teaches that we
never know who has Really got a
C;nch in Life and that we often Envy
The wrong One.