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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-11

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-11
From Lucille S Diary

Che afternoon. and had to own that
she was too tired for tennis. When
she noticed that | was playing in
heeled pumps she said, a little Sc
verely, that she would lend me tennis
shoes. She sent Harold for pair,
and l went into a gale OF laughter
when / tried them on, as they we're at
last three sizes too big for me, and
they looked too funny l fancied
that Ruth looked chagrined when, as
Mr.. Hawley was helping me put on
my pumps again, he laughingly said
something about Cinderella Indeed,
Ruth seemed bored every time Mr.
Hawley made complimentary speech
to me.
Havoc.
Sunday morning when she was as
sisting In the household duties / sug-
gested that Mr. Hawley row me up
the bay to gather water lilies for the
dinner table.
I'D like so much to get some for
dear Mrs. Deane," l said. and I could
see that he felt Ii was thoughtful Of
me. When We got back after several
delicious hours on the water, Ruth
was really cross because we were a
trifie late for dinner. She is a
strangely tactIess hostess.
While / was alone on the porch,
resting a few moments after dinner
in a hammock young Harold Joined
me and remarked that was in bad
with Ruth" l asked him why.
You didn't do a thing 10 the ten
mis- court" he said. Your stills cut
II up like sausage meat We've got
TO get man from the village to ron
it, II you want to make a hit next
time you come bring a pair OF rub
Der soles in your pocket"
After this l made up my mind not
to stay any longer. for l confess J
felt little hurt by Ruth's inhospita-
Bile manner toward me. SO when Mr.
Hawley said that he was going to
town on the. evening train l asked
him If he would he so good as TO act
as my escort. We had q delightful
trip. getting home just at midnight
He has called twice this week.
Although I have written the incest
kind OF bread and butter letter TO
Mrs. Deane and Ruth, mentioning
how kind their friend Mr. Hawley
was TO me. l have not heard a word
from Ruth. She is dreadfully care
less about the small amenities Of So
cial life.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-11
His One Wish.

ct suppose" said Mrs, Jawe. "yo1
keep wishing you were free 10 marry
agaln7''
NO" replied the long suffering hus'
band, Just free"
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
SAVING THE CIVIL SERVICE.

The Times news reports Of yesterday indicated
that President Wilson is aroused to the need of in
terfering with the rapaciy of Congress if he would
save the civil service Hungering and thirsting fol
jobs, Congress is looking for chances to keep new
ones from the merit system, and to get old Out
from under that system. s...- ....-.
The President has been civil service reformer OF
the thorough going kind ever since he has had any
record of opinions on public affairs. He has written
on the subject good DEAL and always on the right
side of it.
OF course, he did most of that writing when he
was able view the subject quite academically: he
didn't suppose ne was going to be President
But as President he has repeatedly indicated a
contempt for the patronage kind of politics. Like
most other of wide observation and real expert
ence he thinks the distribution of jobs does more
harm than good.
If the President chooses to veto the urgent de-
fciency bill in order to demonstrate his attitude
toward the civil service he will find about ninety
nine people in each hundred strictly on his side AMI
he will give Congress most effective lesson
The Washington times., 1913-10-07

nominal excuse of realsm-wth all its sordidness
as palliative. In other words, they are society
novels" and such supposed to reflect the spirit
of the time.
But is the time so bad as they would paint it?
Assuredly not Why should an eminently respectable
writer and publisher present the custom of the coun-
try as divorce2 1t isn't. Why should another firm
publish two books in day in which ST the i'm
porant characters in each tale openly describes her
self the mistress of the villain of each pot?f That
isn't American life Why should perfectly normal
young woman author present a picture of trained
nurse, surgeon of renown, and his crippled little
daughter as all cursng horribly whenever their pas
sions moved them, each being a perfect "case" OF
neurasthena? That isn't American life.
None of these are wholesome reflections Of life,
broad or narrow and they forces leading toward
evil rather than good The cloak of "respectabiliy
never has hidden more repeent wolf than this to
gnaw at the vitals of morality and right living
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
"Old.fashiOned Method"

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
Some excellent addresses made by
Vice President Marshall and other emil
nent people have appeared In your col
umns this past summer, referring to the
presented need OF giving children
home training in religion.
In this connection will you let me
urge the claims OF an odd ashioned'
method Of providing this training. I
allude to the custom-ence widespread.
NOW almost obsoiete-of having family
PRAYERS" worship of God morning and
night In the home This practice fur
nished also the foundation" on which
to build the edifice Of ''church-g going. +"
Why has this custom fallen into disuse ?
Why not restore this strong influence
for good in the home. this connection
between home and church?
Never In their history have our
churches done more for the people than
they are doing now. II religious train
ing of children Is not what It should
he. and II chukch attendance Is not in
creasing 1t IL because we home people
are requiring Of ministers. Sunday
school teachers, and other church work.
ers to do our work as well as their
own-a well-nish impossible task Their
vast work Is being marveiously well
done. We are requiring Of them, In ad-
d,tion to this. to make good the founda-
tion for interest in the church and at
tendance there-this foundation work"
being our work. and being In great
mea sure neglected by US as long as we
neglect worship OF God in our homes
Bible reading, and prayer at the family
altar, night and morning. r,
Washington. p. c.. Sept. g. IS1a
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
SOME PRISON HORRORS.

Thomas Mott Osborne, "a convict for a week.
HIS come out of Auborn prison several pounds lighter
i'll flesh and full of information about how the place
is run He spent an afternoon and night in the prison
dungeon as punishmet for refusal to do work assigned
to him. Dealing with real convicts not amateurs,
punishment for such breaches Of discipline is neces-
sary; but that does not seem to justify making the
punishment include a diet Of insufficient bread and
water so that in cases the prisoners have drunk
the dsinfectants placed within their reach The
story that regular part of the punishment is in
adequate ration of water if true, places Auburn in the
category of dark-ages institutions at whose horrors
nice people have been won't to shiver.
Mr.. Osborne will make detailed report on mis-
experiences and observations He declares the prison
system extremely cruel, and certainly calculated to
turn its victims into instructive enemies of society
That is the very point Of the matter. When society
makes a man into dungeon slave for a period of
years, and then expects him to come out reformed
man merely because he had had no liquor or drugs
ard has been compelled 10 attend chapel at intervals
II is committing about the most egregious pos
sible. The wonder is that in generation in which
intelligence and humanity so commonly mark prison
management, State like New York should maintain
the Auburn institution
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
WHY THEY ARE ASSIMILATED.

The Children's Bureau has discovered that there
are almost 100000 of children under fifteen IN
this country; not quite third of the population.
The striking bit of Information appended to this OBJ
servation is that almost all were born here.
That is, while the adult population includes large
proportion of alien-born men and women, the child
population includes few aliens. The children are
born here; are born Americans; they grow up here
under American institutions, with American thoughts
and ideas. More than that, they do more than any
other influence Possibly could educate their parents
in Amercanism. That is why the melting pot does
its wonderful work so we'll.
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
THE DISASTER AT NOME.

One of those tremendous storms that periodically
sweep up from the broad Pacific has been pounding
upon the gilded beach of Nome and wrecking the
most northery city in the word. 1t is not the first
time that this strange and quite unique city of the
arctic has been assaed in Just this way. In the sec
ond or third year of its existence, Nome had this
very same experience. At that time it possessed a
larger population than now and was not so we'll built
As result thousands of people were left shelteress
without supplies, to suffer. Many of them managed
to get back to the States just many of the victims
of the present disaster will do but the disaster SPELL
ed ruin for thousands, as it will do this time.
Nome is one of the most strictly modern cities in
the world with excellent business blocks handsome
homes, electric lights cabaret in every cafe, any
thing you like to gamble on good newspapers, mil
lionaires and slums From its goldladen sands more
than S35 100000 has been shipped away and present
methods of extracting the gold will keep steadily at
that business for generation more, with probability
that the total output of the immediate region will at
last pass 5000 100000.
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
JUST ONE HUMAN LIFE.

week of frenzied work. in which no energy or
expense was spared, was devoted to getting just one
man out of Pennsylvania mine in which he had
been imprisoned by cave-n. The mere money ex-
pense Of the rescue amounted to hundreds probably
to thousands of dollars. Yet nobody would think of
questioning the propriety of the expenditure If it
had cost ten times or hundred times as much 10
Just one human life, no matter how humble its
owner or how modest may be its importance to So
ciety, is reckoned above any money economic n
sideraton In its capacity for outburss of that kind
of sympathy and generosity, people is more NJ BILE
than the American.
Yet with all these splendid instincts, this nation
goes on year after year permitting people to be
slaughtered in its mines, industries transportation at
rate that other country permits; rate that ho r.
fes US when stop to think of it, and that scandal
ICES other peoples.
Our trouble, of course, is that we give vent to
our sympathies, energies our generosity, nly
wnen the particular of the threatened particular
life is before U.S. We let mine employ hundreds
of men while it is in dangerous condition, and 90
nothing effective to improve it, are too busy With
our joy-rides and money-making and enterprises and
projects to think what il all means until we are
shocked by present horror Then it is too late fer
all the good intentions earth to the lives t,a
thoughtessness has sacrificed little more FORE
kandedness with good intentions and human SEN
tments would save thousands of lives and endless
misery every year.
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
SOME WRETCHED FICTION.

What has got into publishers and authors
What induces them to turn out the wretched fctiNn
that comes to market these days? Are they putting
premium on abnormaites or merely looking at life
through slit skirt?
This spirit of inquiry is aroused neither by novels
that deal with the saacious nor with translation of
decadent European. literature. 1t is occasioned by
book after book bearing the imprint of some Of our
best publishing houses dealing with contemporary
American life, novels that by no means have the
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
0bIiging Her.

-HE sweet young thing was being
shown through the Baldwin To-
connective works.
What is that thingy she
asked, pointing with her dainty par
asol.
That ansu cred the guide. lis an
engine boiler"
She was an up-to-date young lady.
and at once became Interested. And
why do they boil engines'" she in
quired again.
ITO make the engine tender" politely
replied the rssourceful gpids.-PenIsyl-
vauia Punch Bowl .....- o..
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
THE TRANSFER HEARING.

The Public Utilities Commission has named Oc-
tober 20 as the date for public hearing the ques
tion of universal transfers Citizens and their organ
izations have been heard from good many times IN
this issue, and the coming sitting will be field day
for them. The commission is obeying the letter of
the law which requires that hearings shall precede
the issuance of orders
1t needs no gift of divinaton to guess that the
present Public Utilities Commission would not bother
much about hearings such question this, if it
were not that the law commands this formaity. The
desiraby of universal transfers is about proms-
ing topic for discussion as the desrablty of saliva
ten Everybody is one side of the fence, except
the street cars in and the devil in the other.
The question at length must be settled in the courts,
and nowhere ese (The question of transfers, not of
salvaton) Therefore, the sooner the case is made
up and the formaites of hearings, orders and the
like complied with and the COURTS set grinding
the case, the better for all concerned
This town doesn't want to wait FIVE or six years
for the first bit of tangible results from the public
utilities law. The new administration doesn't want
it to, either.
1t would be perfectly easy to fiddle along with
excuses about making complete valuation first, and
then having careful hearings and inquiries before
doing anything more; but all that would lead no.
where What's the use?
In the end, the only solution Of the universal
transfer question must be universal transfers. 1t is
just certain that universal transfer order will
issue as it is that people will keep on patronzing
the 1t is equally certain that the car companies
will fight the order not because it will hurt them, or
because it is wrong, because it will finally do them
any good; simply because they are car companies,
and therefore, congenitaly incapable Of doing the
right thing in their relations with the public when
there is any chance at all of doing the wrong thing
There is no more remarkable manifestation of the
perversy of humanity than the persistence
of street administrators in doing the wrong thing
in their relations with the public Pleasant capable
wellmeaning, publicsprited citizens in their private
capacities, they seem guided by maevoent star
that compels them in their relations with the public,
to do the wrong thing when the right would be easier
and more profitable.
The street car people of this town would make a
hit with their public, with the administration and
confidently believe with the great mass of THEIR
OWN STOCKHOLDERS if they would acquesce in
the forthcoming order for universal transfers More
over doing such a thing would fill them with feel
ing of amiabity and good cheer toward the rest of
mankind that would be surprisingly agreeable They
should try it.
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
Good Stories
HuIncr il Missouri.

go HEN Christine Nilsyaa msds
y" her eoneeFt tour In the
" United states in 1854 siGnor
BrisnoH sang with her. He
caused much merEiment when he came
1pFWaea in . Nisou.i tewn to spoloGizs
fer Nllsspa.s indispoattiea.
Madame NilSson esa lestie hoFts.
he said.
the audjenee. he repeated the state-
m.ent that Nilsson was leetie horse.
. loetle colt"
WheFSupon . facetious occupant OF
the gallery brought down the house oy
IemSFkinG.
wen. then. Why don't you trot her
outr'-London Tit-Bits-
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
MAIL BAG
FavQrs Lee Statue.
frcm 1he Tunes RsSdevs

To the Editor Of TIE TINES;
Some time ago We read some letters BY
Daniel Smith Gordon and others about
having . statute In Washington, d. c.,
to Gen. r e. Lee ~ sort Of monument
to the fact that the fratsrnisstion Of the
veterans at Gettysburg, was complete
We, the president and members Of II.
L. Lee Chapter, u. d. c., Falls Church.
Va. most heartily indorse that plan
and earnestly hope 1t may be d,ne
We do this believing such a thing will
be a. q seal on the bond that makes
this country all one.
MRS. GEORGE ]. HEAD,
Hon. President Of r. E. Lee Chapter,
Falls Church, Va
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
One on Ginter.

ESSE CARMICHAEL was vaMfng
downtown In New Yofk with mis-
friend, Bob Gtntsr.
Bob was putting industriousiy
On q fat, dark cigar. and had succeeded
in consumi1g about half Of II. cans-
ing the eovsriRg to curl up with the
heat.
what In thunder are you smoktagT
asked Carmichael. a.,
cor. !" said Carmichael. sadly. I
"A fns cigar" replied Ginter,
'sOh," said Carmichael sadly.
thought II was An umbrella wv
ular 7Nasasins.
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
IhanksgivinA Date.

To the Dditer Of THE TINES:
notice by the press dispatches that
some citsens In Illinois are asitatiag
Wednesday, November ID. for Thanks
giving Day this year. This date will
be the hftieth anniversary Of the de-
livery of the famous Gettysburg speech
by President Lincoln. Thanksgiving Day
10 usually observed on the last Thurs
day of November. which would be on
the 9th this year. but by observing this
day on the 18th would advance II just
eight days.
1t seems fitting and proper that the
18th should be q general Thanksgiving
Day, and 1t is hoped that some agita-
ton in its favor will be taken UP to-
ward having this anniversa y date SO
proclaimed by the President and the
State executives. G. 6. j.
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
What Fishes Know.

That fs. possess certain power of reason affirmed
by many who have studied them They often
nike the voice of the who feels Fish will
gregste in places where food habuay thrown them
II, morsei large be swallowed, they
been known to divide 1t sharp stone-Harpers Weekly
The Washington times., 1913-10-07

In chronicling worlds series news in
this pillar of yesterday omission was
made of the fact that ''on the eve Of
battle the speculators are "reaping q
harvest" Kindly note correction.
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
What's on tie Program IN
Washington Today

Meetings. evening:
Masonic National Lodge. No. Il Arms-
Mus. No. s; Myrou y. Parker. No. q
and King David, No. 3; Lefnyette
Chapter. No. s and WaaninSton
nS.. Esx. y so p.si.esiSn. e aSs No. !. sesttiss
Rite; Aispah Chapter. No. y oresr OF
the Eastern Star.
RED Nsu-Idaho Tribe. No. Is ESrt1,
east Temple; Waneta Council. Ma =
Degree OF Pocahontsa FIN enA .
streets northwest.
GeIdsn Easlss-Mouarch Castle. Ne. =
fifth and @ streets northwest.
Knights Of coaumhus-Carrcll Council
election Of officers
KNIGHTS Of PythiAs-Weestsr Lodfes
No. I, smoker and entertainment; hx-
s:,.,s:, ss.;;:. y. ss. / I; Capital No = and
X. o. T. M.-Rrightuaod Tent No; &
Brightwpod; Aetropolitsn Tent NO
n. fifth and @ streets northwest
Odd Fsiaoys-Wsshingtop Lodgs, No
s; Amity, No. 9, and Golden Hute'
40. q; Trsd D. Stuart Ensanpnens
sunday schoo, Institute. McKsnsrss N.
e. Church.
Joint meeting Of Washington Distrtce
and Baltimore District W0@an
Foreign Missionary Society, Metro
politan u. =. Church.
Celebration Of sixty-second anniversary
OF the RsbekAh Degree. Indepenoeht
Order Qs Odd Fellows. eda rsstows
Hall. Seventh street northvsse
Anussmsats-
National-"Ths Ghost Breaker" as
d. m.
Bsiasco-Primross and Iockstader Min.
strels, S:lS p. m.
columbia-''The Master Mind" s:i6 p m.
Poifs-"Ths Travelling Salesman" s:D
and SIS p. m.
Keith 's-vaudeyille AIS and e;i5 2. q.
Cosmos-y Vaudeville. continuous.
Casing o-vaudevilie, continuous,
AcaSemy-.sOnicer ~ y Silk and els =. n.
0aysty-DuSiss(us. 3:ie and e:1l : =
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
We Are Pulverized to 4 Fraxxl.

G. SIX; 1t is a pleasure to hold out
helping hand to a young man who il
struggling with the English LANGUAGE.
The sentence that bothered YOU was:
"A low moan Of poignant asonv i.
conveyed to US by Mr.. Burleson's uni
formed employees
Some Of our leading authorities de-
fine convey" in these words:
ITO carry, bear or transport"
The letter was written by . clerk In
the War Department, and conveyed
to the Post building by relays Of Mr..
Burleson's uniformed employees.
You don't get 1t, eh?
Oh. very well: Carried. borne and
transported by two or more mail car
riers. operating between the War De-
partment. the city postoffics and the
Washington Post Building.
These blue prints and diagrams are
cheerfully furnished to our palpitating
readers. ..
sympathetically yours.
F. p. n.
p. g.:
Clerks in the Washington War De-
partment do not wear uniforms.
P. 9. No. 9: Mr.. Cobb Is indebted TO
the Post composing room for the
final &C. in his preliminary or Chris
tian name.
p. 8. No. s: Mr.. George Ade and my
self have decided to use bromide a. q
slang definition of s'tiresome phrase.
When you resort to slang the birdie IL
off. n.
For the Self Depreciation Club: The
Herald sport ed ''Ths writer" he
willpeets. has placed himself on record
as favoring the Mackmen to win the
series, but in discussing the subject with
half a hundred other experts"
The Washington times., 1913-10-07

Our private statistical bureau reports
that 1t is now four days behind On its
work Of listing the wheezes built on
the comparative sttention-holdins pow
,ers of politics and the W. T.. and asks
for an additional clerk to bring the data
up to date
The Washington times., 1913-10-07

Yes. indeed, Siretta, a player who is
out of the game because of charley
horse can be referred to as charley
horse de combat
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
We Wish 1t Might,

tFrom the "Post.")
1t might be said that there Ii no bet
ting on the series here
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
In Which the Columnal Antiquity 10
Proven.

From THE Chameleon" a seventeenth
century poem.)
Two travellers of such a cast,
As DER Arabia's wilds they passed.,
Discoursed of THIS AND THAT and
of OTHER matter.
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
Whaddye Mean Decided To See?

q. S. X: How many W. s. games have
you finally decided to see?
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
THIS& THAT
With Sometimes L,ttis o, "a. osAv
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF

hnE FSiCdOLOGr OF II.
Before this autumn day 10 done
WW come q miiiiom queries,
And one and all scN ask who WON
The first game Of the sersess"
Wen say that people learn the Nacks
Apparently are ,Oinning-
Why do they grin like ,no.sacs
Aud keep on broadly orinniso.
Or hare it that they're told that Nsu
York has the quarry sighted
Why do they do the tAinps they dof
Why are they so delightedf
Reply to this one. series Jam,
Proposed as beginner:
What s,eans il to the av'rage man
VINO - declared the .0fmmerp
What means it-UeIl, tt's all the sams-
! hare not time to bicker-
hare to get the op'ning game
As 1t comes off the ticker.
For baseball fanaticism We yield to
none. but 1t Is our nevertheless notion
that too much time and attention are
lavished ON an event that, after all.
has nary a consequence of momant
The Washington times., 1913-10-07

That. however, is one of the beauties
of colVmning-the delicious uncer-
tainty.
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
Hits From Sharp Wits.

A woman Is no funnisr than she looks
In the present style Of costume.
A Kansas City woman traded her
baby for six hens and . roosteF. That
Is new way tn start In poultry farm-
ing.
The sons of clergymen have been ac-
cused Of w!ckedness, but In Indiana II
is the father of the parson who re-
quirss Apostolic blows and knocks
to he kept in order
Luck to the currency bill with ample
currency and lover cost of living.
some Of the rest Of US will begin to
Agupe how We can stand the extra ex-
peuss Of that dresm.mobilA
The Washington times., 1913-10-07
Tush, Sirl

Sir: Isn't that new latest -thins-in
riding habits a breechette Of etiquette!
The Washington times., 1913-10-07

You can never tell what will happen.
Q. Q. X.