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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04

~HE books on etiquette are un-
satisfactory. One reads what
l. o say to the man whose wife
lad eloped with the chauffeur; there
are fiowery recipes for after-dinner
speeches. It's pages illumine the
gloom of the guest who has used his
bonbon spoon for oysters, and spe-
cific. directions are given for introduc-
ing ones friends to poor kin or to his
lordship
But no light is cast on the manner
in which one should behave when
calling at a home where death has
made an invasion.
Should one when asked to look at
the body Of the dear departed re-
fuse? And if one does not refuse,
what is the proper comment to make
when gazing on the dead that will
express sympathy, resignation anu
hope?
HE looks natural" is common
place, and reminds the widow that tn 2
departed's natural expression was
that of a crouch. He looks hand
some" is never the truth. He is bet
ter off, is purely guesswork.
NO matter what / say about
HIM" said Daysey Mayme Appleton
to herself on her way to place Of
such bereavement. Il intend to do my
best to comfort her I will be a ray
of sunshine in the gloom
Daysey Mayme was admitted to ne
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04

The reason for this lengthy courtshir
was that the bride had promised heI
dying mother that she would devote
herself 90 taking care of an afflicted
brother thus making her marriage
impossible. When AT last the brotuas
died she vas free To wed the man who
mad waited for her 80 long. and the
nuptials were celebrated amid the re-
ioicings of tile country side.
a vow To make big fortune SEP
aratct Two Swiss lovers for even
longer than this. \ Young man named
Horzfe'd became engaged TO a beau
tifHJ girl before no was 20 and short
ly 3fterWsId set out alone to AmCrlca
in order 10 make les fortune. Before
leaving. he vowed that he would not
return to claim his bride until lie had
made $4,000. 10 took him As vear., to
fulfill his vow. and during all that
time his sweetheart waited patiently
for him in Switzerland At the end Of
the IS years HsrzfeId returned home
white haired but rich and still low
ing, and very shortly afteTWavd he
vas happily married 20 his faithful
sweetheart. During the - years the
couple exchanged no fewer than 5000
love letters and 80 photographs.
Probably the record in long en-
gagementS. however. was created b.
an English couple in the Lake Dis
t.ic-. As sir' g Young woman be-
came euss ged. but she declined 70
marry tire man EiTis her mother wa-
alive Fifiy Wears Iale- IKE mother
was alive and Tle couple We're Sti'-
-HcageO One le, the man fell iL
ANA r"t long elre-rs-. died. ms
faithful sweetheart 1921. sins him t-.-
derry rg t... end
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
Complimentary.

men colonel nomas Wentworth
Higginson celebratd his eigbtv-eey-
cnth birthday a Nlng lady nm an
mirer of his bookstalled and bro,,gbt
him a bouquet of ises. Colonel Hir.
ginson asked her anne. and then a.
said:
you live, l supbse, with yo1u par.
cnts2" i'
NO, SIR the lady replied. "mv
parents are in HAVEN. Uva r,.it5
my husband"
Your husbandtoo. is i'm Heara, ",
answered ColonelIigginson.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
Engaged to Wed for Fifty Years

OPINIONS have always varied
l concerning now long matri-
tuonial engagements should
last. and most people ATE agreed that
;hey should NOT last for more than a
year or TWO. Recently. however. some
cases have come TO light of loving
couples having waited so long before
they were able 90 war.y ,ha, when
juc happy day arrived they had de-
Ncloped into quit, old men and Wom-
Cu.
At the beginning of The present
Year. FOR instance. a q Tmau slipper
maker. named HesburE. Ted to the
altar 90 woman Go s.lum Gc had hseu
engaged for over 80 years When he
was quite a young man. ouly Is. in
fact ha mot and fciI i'm love with n
charming young girl. to whom he
pliZhtej his trJth. Tho marriage was
actually settled when rich aunt
threatened to disinherit him If he
should wed the girl of his choice. Ac-
torduEly the wedding was postponed
until the aunt died. but when her Will
was read IL wa found that she had
eft her money 20 her nephew only On
condition that he did not marry his
sweetheart until 50 wears from the
time of his aunt's deCeasa. Hesburg
and his sweetheart consulted together
over what taey should 60, ard finally
decided TO wait the SO years before
becoming united. In February last
the long period of waiting expired and
Inc happy oUt much aged couple were
made man and wife.
A romantic marriage took place ~
r tuugreEi r'aual Church 10 Derby
shire EusIaUd. tsv mourE. a-a.
Tire arIl, ana bridegroom aai been
.l-sgyE 60 -u- luH-lr. for g" yr..s.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
Went After Doll.

when the baby gives a shrill cry
every one u the house runs TO it,
and when iii keeps h up every one
runs from IL except its mother.
When a mother puts away her first
babv's first worn-out shoe it is with
the half-eNpressed belief that some
dav the state historical society will
send for IT,
A mother feels worse when she
can't afford 90 buy certain toy for
her child than the child will feel If
81 gets no toys at all
The modern mother does so much
10 spare her children pain Il is
wonder she doesn't think up some
plan OF taking their pills for them.
III is a good thing" every mother
thinks when the father loses an UNI
hrella. that bringing the children
home doesn't depend on their father"
Every father cherishes q secret re-
sentiment because his wife will for
give their son so much more than
she will forgive him.
Mother and father never agree
upop what he can afford, and as ev-
cry daughter grows mp she has one
more TO take her side Of the argu-
ment
All father gets when he complains
~ his children Of the sacrifices he
has made for them is "a mental COM
harrison with their mother. who has
made greater sacrifices and never
mentions them
Passing between Scyus and Cha
,-,-adis is no feat compared with the
5ailv position Of the mother whose
ehildren are always demaUdIug more
money, Of her and whose husband rs
always telling her she must get along
with less.
BEFORE the oldest girl boo the family
Is sixteen her father finds his throne
@ofspring and 10y the time she is
efubteen ne hasn't enough authority
len 10 order "a fsyoritc ,0ln pictur"
Ioft ON the parlur wall
when father ~gulds aud goes "af
.a.tl,,l7ius. the door. tine daughter
,,-Ishes she could have 90 man llc
,s,.t for "a husband about "a minute,
ana shed cure him, and her mother
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
Valuable Man.

A restaurant which caters for man,
luncheon and tea parties suffered
much during "a strike from lack of
trade, The smart manacorcss schcmgG
"a plan for recouping the loss. she
advertised for an artistic carver"
Testing an applicants ability. she
said.
Prove 10 ME that you are the man
/ want"
The man replied.
Yes, mann. certainly. At my la 81
place / cut the beef SO fine that when
a waiter opened the door To admit
guests the draught blew the meat OF
the plates"
He got the job.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
Mother and F ather

tells her she viii have q chance
some day.
Mother cooks the meat I'M the way
that suits father; other portions Of
the dinner are selected and cooked
To suit the children. and the dessert
is the kind that pleases the babies.
As for herself. OF courscH mother
likes what pleascs the family
u rs not very creditabIe 10 those
children who live and grow up. hut
m the years to come the mother finds
her greatest comfort i'm the thought
that the child that would have always
been appreciatiye and kind. and new
or have hurt her is the one that
died when il was baby.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
A Bachelor S Diary
By MAX.

EARCH live arc back here
MI in my library Diary and T.
and I have a pleasant sense Of
curity / have not fe.t in months.
The house is quiet for Manctte and
ner little guest, after storrag pillow
fight. are asleep. ] can hear Rich
ards droning voice relating the eX-
periences Of che winter 70 her sister,
VINO mas called TO see her. but other
wise there Is not a sound
tt is peaceful. and ] am glad ] am
back here TO stay The winter has
been a profitable one. for Manet,e
doesn't look like the frightened little
shadow of q child she was when we
took her away.
one of the joys Of childhood is the
shortness of its memory. / saw a be-
wildeTed look on her face when she
stood on the front porch the morning
after our arrival, a puzzled look tina,
held pain in il, as II. she were haunt
ed by the memory OF the woman who
seized her and carried her away from
that spot not SO many months be-
fore.
But the look speedily vanished. She
was taking Sarah Rae over % Mrs.
Spencer's to see the surprise Auntie
Jack had for her. and all terror OF the
past was lost in anticipation OF the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
Fear, Not Love.

Or, more often than one ever ad-
mits, they are controlled by the same
passion that led the dog i'm the manger
10 dispute possession with the COW.
He did not want the hay for himself,
but he didn't want any one else to
have it,
Many of the authors of these let
tiers, if honest, will confess that il is
not love for the object which has
aroused their Jealousy. but the fear
that some one else may take posses
sion.
Bu- whatever the sentiment at the
foundation of Jealousy, beware Of IT,.
To every one who is experiencing its
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
She Is Shocked.

Her faith in their mutual PROBES
SION had been so pretty, so far above
all that is petty and unjust, that she
is shocked and hurt She discovers
that it is not a god she loves, but an
ordinary. suspicious man.
Perhaps she is the first to be touch
ed with green eyes. Maybe they go 10
a dance. and he dances with another
girl too often TO please her. She aC-
cuSss him on the way home of loving
the other girl He is amused at her
jealousy, taking it as proof that she
loves him. He is also tiattered.
But whichever it is that first sees
the other through green eyes this IS
the result: Faith has been shattered.
There enters into their love an Gle
ment of suspicion, and of all emotions
the human heart is heir to suspicion
is the hardest to overcome, and it IS
never killed.
Love" SAYS Charles Caleb Cotton,
may exist without jealousy, although
this is rare: but jealousy may exist
without love. ana this is common. for
jealousy can feed on that which is
bitter. no less than on that which Is
sweet. and is sustained by pride az
often as by affection"
So / ask of the young men ana
young women WHO come to me with
their tales of jealousy that they be
sure Of themselves. Perhaps their
jealousy is not the offspring of love.
but the child of pride. II hurts to see
one they had claimed as their own
showing marks of friendliness for an
ether and jealousy is aroused.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
It Sounded Like It. ANYWAY

Jane" said Bobby at he braakfas,
table, did Mr.. Julius tall any of the
umbrellas or hats from tft rack when
he went home last nigh? -
why. of course not, Bobby. laugh
ed Jane; why shoulder"
That's just what "a like to know
said Bobby, "becaue when he went
out I heard him s.: Tn going 10
steal just one and
why, what's thdmatter Jane"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
Love Balm For Aching Hearts
Bv BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

pangs, l make this pea: Have faith,
Do not he unreasOnng or unreason-
able. Do not jump tconclusions Do
not reach "A verdict without a fair
trial.
If lover strays, an attitude Of in
difference. or pleased interest. Will
bring that lover back. where re-
prOaches would drive tWay.
Give a lover the right to look at
others, and all desire TO look viii
cease.
If you would have love stay. treat il
well, remembering always that "ur-
less one make haste to triangle iear-
ousy. jealousy will poisol love"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
No Escape From Her.

The laws of hygiene De hanged,
Diary, / can't refuse Mancttc any
thing she has set her heart on. and
surely the love she has for the dos.
and the love with which his heart is
fairly bursting for her, viii keep all
evil away
March 12.-Whcn closed your cover
last night, Diary. / crossed the lawn
TO smoke "a gooa night cigar at tho
Spcuccrs'. and to Mrs Jack ] related
an that happened while ! was gone.
] made no reservation In my con-
fessiou If / wanted to, / wouldn't
have dared, for Mrs, Jack would soon
detect IT,
She did not laugh, neither did she
tell mo what she had discovered about
the relict of The Late MI Brown
you haven't heard the last of her
Max" she predicted when ! had con-
Cluded "She IS not the kind of Nom-
an who win let her prey escape. In
deed. there are few women these days
who set their hearts ON capturing "a
man who permit anything Co change
them from their purpose"
She sighed and I knew ~ what
she was thinking. Her brother Tom
had within the past month married q
woman he had known only three
weeks. ! viii not go into details. 1t
is marriage that suggests the story
Of Sappho. It was no burden the first
few steps but, Oh, what "a weight ne
will be carrying before he reaches the
top Of the stairs with the woman in
his arms!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
Unwarranted Pride.

Professor looming from his club,
holding up his umbrella to his wife) 4:
You see. l haven't forgotten my UNI
brella."
Mrs. Professor: But. my dear, you
didn't take your umbrella with you.
YOU left il at home"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
H 4 B CIeek of theF orty R:s . S%s 3 a

then examined the blade Of his pocket
knife. The marks on the latter showed
clearly that the man had sharpened a
pencil with it-and, Of course, with
the point of that pencil against the top
of his thumb. BY The peculiar bronze
like shine Of the streaks and the small
particles of dust aGhering to the knife
blade l felt persuaded thar the pencil
was an indelible one-in short. one of
those which write a faint blackish-lilac
hue. which onsthe application of moist
gre turns to a vivid and indelible pur-
pie
'The moisture induced by the act of
thrusting his forefngers up his uostrils
to allay the horrible sensation of the
brain descending which that hellish pow
der produces, together with the perspi-
ration which comes with intense ag-
ony, had made 'such change i'm the
smears his thumb and forefnger bore,
and left no room for doubt at the time
he was smitten he had either just be-
gun or concluded writing something
with an indelible pencil which ne had
but recently sharpened.
Poor wretch, lie of all the lot had
some one belonging to him that was
still living-his poor old mother II is
very fair TO suppose that, finding the
Alvarez place so lavishly furnished. and
having hopes that great riches were We,
TO be his. he sat down on that bed and
began 10 write a few lines in his litter
ate way to that mother before wholly
undressing and getting between the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
Takes After His Father.

Grace think Mrs. styles son
takes after his father
Edith-Why SO,
Grace understand sometimes he
buttons up his mothers dress in the
hack
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
The Clue From the Tracing.

THE mark on his palm is "A clear proof
that when The powder suddenly descend
ed upon him he involuntarily closed his
hand on the, letter. and the perspira-
ton transferred to his flesh the shape
of the scrawl upon which il rested. How
did | know through that scrawl that (
was really on the track and that it was
the Bareva reef that was at the bottom
of the whole game? Aly dear Mr.. Mar
kom, / won't insult your intelligence by
explaining that. All you have 10 DO is to
turn that tracing upside down and either
look through it DC at it in mirror
and you'll have the answer for yourself.
whats that? The parcel the giri
gave him TO carry out on the prcteNt
Of taking 1T to an orphanage? Oh, that
was how they were slowly getting rid
Of the victims clothes. Cutting them up
into little pieces and throwing them into
the river. / suppose, or if not
He stopped suddenly, his ear caught by
warning sound; then turned in his
seat and glanced through the little win
cow at the back of the limousine.
To be Continued Tomorrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
That Would Hold Him.

How shall J express my sentiments
toward you2" said the young man ten
DERBY.
ION paper. please said the girl
Then there can be no chance of your
wriggling out Of it
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04

It is jealousy's peculiar nature
To swell small things to great, nay,
out of naught
To conjure much; and then to lose Its
reason
Amid the hideous phantoms it has
form'd. Edward Young.
.flTEALOUSY," some one once
wisely wrote. "is said to be
j the offspring of love. Yet,
unless the parent make haste to stran-
gle the child the child will not rest till
it hath poisoned the parent
The heart of man and the heart of
a maid are capricious things. They
meet: they love; with the confession
of love there is a profession of faith
You can not make me jealous one
says to the other in the few intervals
the sweet silence of love-making per-
mits for rational conversation, be
cause l have faith in you
And in you," says the other.
The days go by. their profession of
faith is perhaps two weeks old. He
sees Her walking on the streets with
Another. and Another. so capitalized
always means one of his own sex.
He grows hot and cold with wrath
He does not consider that the man
NAV have overtaken her at the last
corner. and win leave her at the neNt.
He swells small things to great ana
loses all reason.
II was not an accident-it was an
apnointment, She is false. All girls
are false, He has been duped by a
Girl, Thus he reasons. or, rather
concludes without reasoning, and he
strafgbtWav accuses her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04
It Was a Pup.

When she returned a few minutes
later the surprise" as at her heels
lust as happy in finding an owner as
she was in finding something alive -
love
Il was pup, A brown and white
nondescript. so fat and short -legged
II rolled rather than walked, and
when Mauette reached the steps IT
tried I'm vain to follow her. making
brave attempts to ascend what seem
ed 10 its puppy strength an insur-
mountable cliff. and falling on its
back and rolling over in ball at
every failure.
The laughter Of the children, the
frantic banks OF the puppy who
seemed to think unless he could fol-
low the children he would lose them
forever brought me TO the scene. !
started to the rescue. but MaucttC
was too quick for me. Turning back,
She gathered up her treasure in her
arms. and, half carrying, half drag
ging him she reached the top Of the
steps
Il Ike him" she said, coming
across the lawn to see what ] thought
OF this unexpected addition TO my
family. because he has no pedigree.
No one will ever put "a fictitious value
on him because his. tail and his ears
measure So many inches. lie is just
a common little alley Waif. and ne has
more intelligence than any Of these
arlsto ratio. highly bred dogs that
cost thousands ~ dollars and ave
cuned by women who haven't any
more intelligence than the dogs. nor
8 much You've got % heart and "a
brain. haven't YOU. Rags" Whist'inE
for the dog to come To her
Went After Doll.
"See. said Mrs. Spencer iu triumph.
"ne loves Mauettc already He was
nuru 80 love her"
He loves everybody" repeated
Iauettc. and that is true lie asks
nnthIne 81 lIfn hnt Tho nrINiLnen OF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04

exuding from the nostrils, then delirium'
during which the victim invariably falls
on his face and bites the earth, then
coma, and, last or all, ieath. Death
without Il trace. M frl,rd, for the hell
ish dust all but evaI crates, and the
sigh. sedlment that Tcwains is carrie /
out If ,he system BY the spasm OF en-
teric r. produces That is the. riddle $
solution.
las for the rest, those men were lured
here by letters from Alvarez-telling
them of the reeTs great future, of the
necessity for coming at once and bring
ing their deeds with them, and Impress
ing upon them the possibility Of being
defrauded If they breathed one word to
a mortal soul about their leaving, or
why
"TEey came: they were invited to
spend the night and 10 sleep upon the
accursed bed-and the Devils Dust did
the rest
Il traced that out through poor Jim
Peabody $ sock IL was one of the blue
yarn kind that are given TO the inmates
of warehouses;. I traced him through
that; and through photographs and 9TH
ers. Each had been known to have re-
ceived a letter from London, and each
had in turn vanished without a word
Poor chaps! poor, unhappy chaps, Let
US hope, dear friend that they have
found The Place Of Sapphires' after al"
Did Not Suspect.
How did / come to supect the girl?'
said Cleck as they swung Off through
the darkness in the red limousine.
We'll as matter of fact. ! did not sus-
pect her in the beginning her sanity
Reputation saved her from any such
thing as that II was only when her
father came i'm that l knew. And later
l knew even better-when | saw that
pretended imbecile sitting there in that
room for the wretched, laundering foo!
had been ass enough to kick off his slip
pers and sit there IN his stocking feet,
and I spotted the Alvarez foot on the in
slant
"SdH, 1 didn't know but what the girl
herself might be an innocent victim
a sort Of dove I'm the vulturcs' nest
ard IL was not until I found that scraf,
of wood from sharpened pencil that
! began to doubt her. and only when J
promised that harrington Edwards
should be trapped that l actually knew
THE light that famed up in her eyes
in spite of her at that would have made
an idiot understand
What's that? What should l suspect
from the finding of that scrap of pencil
Ny dear Mr. Narkom. carry your mind
back to that moment when I found the
stain on poor Jim Peabody's thumb and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-04

eating a dry crust or an occasional
bone and the happiness Of having
some one to love. II one speaks cross
to him he fixes his big brown eyes on
them IN a look Of such reprOach that
81 naunts me. / wouldn't scold him.
Diary. If he chewed you NJ, and that
is saying a good deal, FOR / 90 not
know what l would do without YOU.
He has been with as less than -
hours, but in that time he has chewed
up Lorena Belle. Manettc's best doll,
he dragged Anita Jane, her next best
baby. across the lawn by the hair OF
its head: he chewed a corner out Of
the best soft pillow in the nursery
that he might find If there We're any
mice inside. and when he had scratch
ed his way through the feathers and
got his head inside he heard no re-
proaches when Richards found him
and pulled him out. Feathers stuck to
his paws, filed his ears and chung to
his nose. but his eyes were left intact
and he used them so effectively that
Richards only laughed.
He jumps at Manette's legs. ana !
don't know how many times she has
had 10 take Off the stockings he has
scratched into hoIes. and, altogether,
he has had a very busy day. When
left the nursery an hour ago he was
rolled IN little ball in the bed of the
coll he decapitated.
He shouldn't be allowed to sleep
there all night, Diary. BY all the lawa
Of health. it should be forbidden, but
il takes a heart stouter than mine %
at the prospect Sarah Rae iu equal
distress, Richards in sympathy with
her charges. and the pup himself fix
ing those reproachful eyes on me.