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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
The Career of Marriage
By DOROTHY DIX.

TN speaking TO 800 women graduates
who had trained themselves for
different professions. President
Edward j. James, Of the University of
Illinois, said.
The woman who chooses the ca
reer Of marriage when, the opportuni-
ty offers itself, or when she makes IL
for herself. as every woman can, Is
choosing a highway to social service
which is far ahead of all teaching, or
legal or medical service she can pos
sibly render to society"
That Is as may be. Mr.. College
President. II you were a woman you
would know that the opportunity 70
marry the kind of man you would
like to have for husband and for the
father OF your children doesn't always
present itself. Likewise that there are
tens of thousands OF women who have
not been able to capture a husband of
any sort, although they have done
their level best Also, If you are hon
est, you must admit that there are
many, many women married who had
no business to get married, and whose
marriages are a crime against So
ciety.
1t Is the custom to get maudlingly
drunk on sentimentality when you
talk to girls, and to advise them TO
marry, and to maunder on about the
beauty and the glory OF wifehood and
motherhood, but all of us in our sober
senses know that whether wifehood
or motherhood is beautiful and glori-
Gus depends altogether on how a wom-
an IS fitted for the job, and how she
pulls IL off.
Undoubtedly a good wife and moth
l.. - 4
such a one performs a great service
to society. On the other hand a
mean wife and mother is the devils
first lieutenant, and the harm that
such one does to the world is meal
culable.
II we have had mothers who have
given us a George Washington and an
Abraham Lincoln let us also reflect
that we have mothers who give us
our Gyp the Bloods and Lefty Louies
so there's no use in raising any mon
uments to motherhood until we find
out what sort Of n product 1t has
turned out. Certainly the mothers OF
the hundreds OF grafters. blackmail-
ers thieves and white slavers in the
world have done no service to society
for which the balance of US need be
grateful to them.
As for there being anything partic-
ularly meritorious in a woman mar
rying, that also depends upon the
spirit in which she does It, and the
sort of a wife she makes The WON
an who marries a man for love and
because she feels that he is her real
mate, and who bends her every energy
of mind and body to loving service 10
him, and to making him happy, I'M
doubtedly fills the highest and hap
piest career fate can allOt to a wom-
an. She makes a home that adds 10
the sweetness and light OF the world
But what or the young girl who
marries an old man for his money
who sells herself for the finery he can
give her? What Of the woman who
marries because 1t is easier to work
husband than to work a typewriter
What Of the woman who marries tC
escape being an old maid? What OF
the woman who marTies man tC
curse him with her extravaganza, hel
temper, her nagging tongue?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01

Is anything noble in such mar
riages? Anything worthy? Isn't the
honest little working girl who earns
her own bread and butter a million
times higher type of woman than the
one who marries Just for a living?
Isn't a home that Is a place of dis
cord a plague spot in the world that
infects every life that touches IL?
AS a matter of fact there are no
two other things on earth that need
reforming so much as wifehood and
motherhood, and instead of handing
out wholesale advice to girls to get
married we should be counseling
them to go slow about II, TO consid-
er whether they are At to be wives
and mothers, and II they are going
to be better wives and mothers than
the present generation Of women are.
Our asylums are crowded with the
insane and the neurotic that never
should have been born Our peniten-
tiaries are overlooking with crimi-
mails who are there because they had
not the proper rearing. Our streets
are full of hoodlum boys and way
ward girls who have had no restrain
ing home influence exercised over
them.
What we need is not more mothers.
but better mothers, mothers who
won't think It is enough just to bear
children, but who feel their sacred
responsibility 10 rear them into good
citizens
No one Is more filled with rever-
ence for a good mother than am, but
l see too many women bringing up
their children to be curses to the
world to shed any tears over fiub-dub
sentiments over abstract motherhood
Also | have seen too many men
thankfully paying their wives ex
penses in Reno TO look upon wifehood
as a grand career unless a woman
makes 1t noble by her unselfish devo-
ton.
In the meantime, while we concede
the worth to society Of the good wife
and mother, why ignore the service
that has been done by unmarried
women? Has any woman done more
for her fellow creatures than Jane
Adams who has mothered a city in
stead of a brood of her own? Are not
Miss Helen Gould's philanthrophies
apt 10 be lessened instead of increased
by her marriage2
Had Dorothy Dix and Florence
NlEHllUBdlt ana CARA barton anu
their many old maid associates mar
ried and stayed in their own homes.
might not the insane still be chained
10 the floors and the sick and wounded
be not properly cared for?
And in private life is It not almost
always the unmarried daughter who
takes care of the old parents and
helps educate the nieces and neph-
ews? Is it not the unmarried wom-
en- in every community who are at
the head and front OF every good
work? Who can judge of the relative
value OF their service and that of
the shiftless mother Of commonplace
children?
The truth is that whether marriage
is a blessing or a crime depends al
together upon the sort of a marriage
| Il is. and whether a girl renders a
social service to Ter day and genera
| ton by wifehood and motherhood de-
| ponds altogether on how she acquits
herself In those two difficult roles.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt.

we are coming to the climax of our in
terview. Won't you tell me how one
may acquire white, even teeth that per-
nit Of a truly dazzling smile?"
Well began Miss Gertrude slowly,
'Of course I go to the dentist and have
my teeth thoroughly examined every six
months He is a good dentist-and l
employ a good dentifrice. too. But I
have a real tooth secret to impart l
smile because l am busy and happy to
be working and trying to do my best
and it Is nice to be able to smile with
out worrying about crooked teeth.
They were crooked once upon a
time-and I did not pay hundreds of dol
lars and wear disfguring braces for
years to have them Strengthened From
the time I was little tot. my mother
taught me to press the teeth into place
each morning while my gums were still
soft and had not set for the day. 1
massaged the gums firmly with my
fingers for at least five minutes each
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01

morning. pushed and pressed across
the soft gums and trained my teeth to
60 in the way they should, pressing
down all the while so the teeth that
wanted to jut out or grow in crooked
should have to go straight Was il
worth the effort?' queried interviewed
Of interviewer.
And to all who are sane enough to
grasp at simple means 10 attain their
ends instead Of pinning their faith only
to what is hard and unattainable, |
answer as l answered the eager, grlish,
ambitious little dancer: 1T was well
worth the effort"
Made in Paris" and Made in Ger
many" are little labels that cost a
pretty penny-elaborate beauty secrets
sound impressive and must be paid for
on the same scale Of impressiveness.
Gertrude Vanderbilt's practical little Sc
crets Of beauty are strictly home
grown and worth the notice of all her
ambitious little sisters.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
. Of Course Not.

Sir J. Forbes-R Robertson, addressing
a suffragist meeting at Sheffield, told
the story Of lady who called on a
prominent Edinburgh tTadesman with
the intention of getting him to sign 4
memorial in favor of Lord Miners
South African policy
rs it money ye're wantin'?" was
his first query.
After he had been treasured on that
point, he wanted to know who Lord
Miner was!
1t was explained that his lnrdship
was our proconsul In South Africa.
What's a proconsul?" said the
Edinburgh man.
Another explanation followed
Finally, when the lady had satisfied
all the bridesmaids queries, he agreed
to sign.
But ye're not letting the women
sign this?" said he, anxiously.
"Oh no." replied the lady.
"Ah! That's right-that's right. Ye
ken the women know naething at all
about these things!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01

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Mrs. ED FERRON, SIS High St.
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l give you permission to publish my
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Compound to many of my friends
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
Kept His Word.

A groom at a certain mansion sold
some property that he had had left
him for $500. There was employed
at the same place a farm bailiff. a
great and clever person in his own
estimation, who made II a rule to
snub and try to ridicule the groom
and make him look as small as pos
sible on every occasion they met at
the village hostelry
The groom was returning from his
lawyers with notes to the value of
$500 in his pocket, and on calling at
the pub" found Mr.. Bailiff there, as
usual, doing all the talking and drink
ing gin and water beverage Of
which he was too fond.
On entering, the groom said he
didn't wish TO disturb the company,
but he had just had a slice of good
luck Would they drink up and have
one with him
Pooh, pooh! Bosh!" exclaimed the
bailiff
They all, with the exception Of Mr..
Bailiff, did as requested.
The groom, TO the bailiff's aston
ishment, paid with a ten dollar note,
adding that he had more money than
any man in the room, and to show
he had no Ill feeling against Mr.. Bal
iii, ne OOHered 10 treat MIN Win GIN
and water for the rest of the evening
on condition that he gave him ten
cents.
The bailiff paid thinking what a
glorious fiddle he was going TO have.
The groom ordered the landlord to
bring in a bucket of water and ten
cents worth Of gin, and when sup
piled he astonished the company by
emptying the spirit into the bucket
and saying to the bailiff:
There, you can go on for an hour
or two now"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
.Daysey Mayme
AndHer Folks
By FRANCES L. GARsIDE.

THERE is a ring at a woman's
door. In the two minutes that
elapse before she opens it she
cleans house, looks at herself in the
glass, brushes her front hair back
and her back hair front, dabs powder
on her nose, and opens the door look
ing as far removed from domestic
cares as if she had been graphing
with Browning.
There was a ring at the door of
Lysander John Appleton's home, and
in the two minutes that elapsed be-
fore opening it, Daysey Mayme' did
all this, and more: She put ink on
her fingers.
One size murmured, must live up
to ones reputation for being lit
erary"
The preoccupied look in her eyes,
the look always seen in the eyes of
those whose minds are absorbed in
deep reflection changed to a welcom-
ing smile when she saw who stood at
the door.
Her Best Beloved She was glad
she had on her prettiest dress, realiz-
ing as only the temperamental can,
how much depends on special scenery.
and she led the way into the parlor
with a happy smile.
She turned to take his hat. Sud
denly the look of JOY turned 10 an icy
glare. She grew rigid with her eyes
fixed above his head.
What" he stammered, "is the
matter?"
Her reply was leap in the air that
landed her over his head. Then she
jumped to the top Uf the piano; in
another instant she had leaped to the
center table always with her eyes
flXed in a rigid stare and with her
hands outstretched.
There was a frenzied plunge to the
floor, a dive under the lounge, from
which she emerged to engage in
wild chase around and around, knock
ing over chairs and tables and tramp
ing her guest under feet
He tried to risa, but with a leap she
was on his head, but only long enough
to give an inarticulate cry. and she
was down on her knees before the
window
Best Beloved grew alarmed and
gave a cry for help, but no one heard
him. for his cry was drowned in
loud. resounding whoop from Daysey
Mayme
I've got it! I've got it," she cried,
clapping her hands violently in the
air in a spring that lifted her five feet
from the floor
I've got It'll" I've got it," she
screamed again in triumphant Joy.
She had caught a moth!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
The Blessing of Ace =. ~ew Side to an Od Question

matrons than they were as girls. Often
and often age is the sculptor that
chisels rough features into symmetry,
or gray hairs soften hard face into
comeliness, and many times just the
mere expression of goodness on an old
woman's countenance gives her a
beauty that her youth never knew
It's the soul that we see as people
grow old, while it's only the flesh we
behold in their youth.
As for being interesting. certainly
all the advantage goes with age.
Nearly every young girl is a bore TO
talk to- She has no conversation
worth listening to. because she has
not had time to read anything. or see
anything, or have any experience Of
life. You can amuse yourself for an
hour playing with her as you would
with kitten with a ball, but after
that, Heaven help you If you have to
depend on her for compromising!
The Great Problem.
On the other hand, practically every
middleaged woman is interesting be-
cause, no matter how stupid she Is.
something strange and thrilling has
happened to her, She has had some
experience unique to herself She has
touched the great problem of human
existence at some new angle She
has taken her part in the tragedy or
comedy of life and has at least one
story of absorbing interest to tell.
Age also means to the average
woman the playtime Of life, and in
this country it generally brings with
ii comforts and Injuries. The early
years of most American married
women are strenuous ones. They are
busy bringing up their children and
working and economizing, trying to
| help their husbands get a start in the
world but by the time they are so
years old their task is done. and they
are ready to spend the balance Of
their lives enjoying the fruits Of thei-
I labor
Look over the middle-aged women
at any matinee or any woman's club
gathering and you see about as COM
| fortab BILE, well-fed, well-dressed, hap
pie as you will find anywhere on
earth.
They are women enjoying che fat
years after they have passed through
the lean years. You will find more
middle-aged women riding in auto
mobiles than you Will young ones
You will see more middle aged wom-
en- than young ones al the theater;
you Will meet more middle-aged
women than young ones when you
! travel And this is as II should be
| The young women are a the work
| time Of life. The middle aged ones
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
She Did, But

Mamma" asked Willie, NOW that
I've been such a good boy in Sunday
school, you don't distrust me any
more, do you?"
NO, Willie; l feel that I can trust
my little man now"
Then why do you keep the pantry
door loCked?"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01

Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
as l found it very
good for organic
troubles, and rec :
Ommend 1t highly.
l had displace-
ment, backache
and pains when
standing on my
feet for any length
of time, when I
began to take the
medicine. but I am
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
Where He Belonged.

In a small town theater a soldier,
arriving late, found all the cheaper
seats occupied; so, seeing a few OF
the more expensive places vacant. he
made toward them.
Here, where are you going?" called
an attendant after him.
Where am l going?" replied the
man, cheerfully. Where a good SOL
der should go-to the 'front.' Of
course"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
Have You Sore Gum, or Loose Teethi

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
Snap Shots
BY LILLIAN LAUFERTY.

CENH, Cupid is a foxy lad,
He knows what he's abous1
He gets you into awful
scrapes-
But he never gets you out
If e'er he coaxes you to wed,
You'll find it wise to tarry;
Do everything that Cupid does
But Cupid does not marry"
Love is such a mystery,
l can not find ii out,
For when l think I'm most resolved,
Then am most in doubt"
He either fears his fate too much,
Or his deserts are small.
Who dare not put it to the touch
To win or lose it all"
How pitiful 'twere If when one
Fair rose had blown,
The bush should d-oop, its bearing
done,
It's vigor flown.
How pitiful 'twere II when
We love and lose,
We might not find the way again
That love pursues."
S. E. KIsERs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
Within the
Law
A Powerful Story of Adventure,
Intrigue and Love.
BY MARVIN DANA from the
Play by BAYARD WELLER.

Copyright, 1918. by the H. K. Fly Com
pany. The play within the Law" is
copyrighted by Mr.. WELLER and this
novelization Of 1t is published by his
permission The American Play Com
pany is the sole proprietor OF the ex-
elusive rights Of the representation
and performance OF within the Law
in all languages.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
Her Breakfast.

Il learned to make my breakfast from
a cup Of coffee and two pieces Of toast
in the inc ests Of my singing lesson
You can, sing after a hearty meal, you
see. But ! find that light breakfast
starts me off on the day far better than
a hearty meal ever could"
"And now, Miss Vanderbilt. feel that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01

have done their days labor and are
taking their ease. They are at the
best time of life, and if they are wor-
rying any about their lot, they GER
tainly don't show IT,
There was a time when age had
terrors for the woman who did not
marry and when to be an old maid
was to be the butt Of the ridiCule Of
fools. That time has passed Instead
of being an object Of pity or scorn,
the old maid is tine subject of envy
and admiration. She has her place in
the world, her interests In life, her
mission to humanity. and all that age
brings her is the boon of greater free
dom and of wider liberty than is pos
sible to the young girl.
Seldom Object.
There was never a time in the
worlds history when age meant as
little TO women as it does now and
that they appreciate this is shown
by the fact that you seldom hear the
subject discussed, or see a woman
who objects TO telling how old she IS.
There are so many more things of in
terest now than the fountain of per-
petual youth that We've ceased to
hunt for it.
At any rate, we are all wise enough
to know that nothing stops the
clock. II goes on ticking off birth
days, whether we lie about them or
not, and the only thing to do is 10
make the best of it. Time is only an
enemy to woman when she makes IT
so. When she accepts it is a friend.
It brings her the choicest blessing
Of life
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
Youth s Desire.

Naturally, all of US desire to keep
young in the sense of keeping our
bodies vigorous and our minds alert,
but barring that what have we to
fear from the years, why should we
so dread the coming Of age? Espe-
cially why should women worry about
growing old. until they reach - point
Of distraction. as my Correspondent
AYERS that they do?
II a woman has been raving, tear
ing beauty, we can understand her
agony at age robbing her complexion
of it's fairness, her hair of its lus-
ter. her eyes of their brightness.
But not one woman in a thousand
is a living picture, and it is an actual
fact that the great majority Of wom-
en- are better looking as middle-aged
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
DRAWN FROM LEE.

The dull harsh throb of an aching
heart,
A feeling harsh like to madness.
A sharp, keen sting in burning eyes
And that is only sadness.
The deep. soft beat of dizzy heart,
So near is joy to sadness,
And happy tears in trimming eyes
But that is only gladness.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
TO-DAY's INsTALLMENT.

The tension Of a moment grew, be-
came pervasive. Burke, accustomed
as he was to scenes of dramatic vio-
lence, now experienced an altogether
unfamiliar thrill. AS for Carson. once
again the surge Of feeling threatened
to overwhelm his self-control He
must not break down! For Mary's
sake, he must show himself stoical.
quite undisturbed in this supreme
hour.
OF a sudden an inspiration came TO
him, a means TO snap the tension, to
create a diversion wholly efficacious.
He would turn to his boasting again,
would call upon his vanity, which he
knew well as his chief foible, and
make it serve as the foil against his
love. He strove manfully to throw
off the softer mood. In a measure at
least, he won the fight-though al
ways, under the rush OF this vaunt-
ing, there throbbed the anguish of
his heart
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-01
Beauty Secrets of Beautiful Women
Gertrude Vanderbilt Talks on Beauty an Art
BY Lillian LAUFERTY.

IT HERE is nothing Of the toil-not,
neither-do- they-spin, lily Of
the-field simplicity about being
a beauty. The woman who is
not beauty wishes to become one; the
woman who approaches beauty wishes
to take the whole trip to her goal of
loneliness, and the woman who is truly
oeautiful wants to conserve her
charms, remembering that 1.-THE flower
that once has doomed forever dies. -
In fact the old quotations, In conf
dence we would say, for all Of this you
have to pay" applies with ever new
force to the pursuit of loneliness.
Slender. pretty Gertrude Vanderbilt
has been we'll endowed by nature, and
yet she works and studies INCREASINGLY
in the pursuit Of greater beauty in her
art-and in face and figure, too. She
was one of the stars at the FORSYTH
theater last week. Perhaps you know
her
Dressed in a simple little eponge
frock Of soft brown that toned in with
her hair, she sat on the big cretonns
covered couch in her room and told
me of the work and sacrifices she
knows in order to approach thte two
goals of beauty and success.