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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18

n SHORT time ago l met my
n friend, Joe Brick. He looked
worried When l greeted him
with a smile he groaned.
"Oh, if you only knew! If you knew,
but you don't"
Then feeling. like most unhappy
men, a desire to confide the story Of
his misery to somebody. he told it to
me, and a pitiful story it was indeed.
My affairs were going splendidly
and | was already hoping to become
a member of the Billionaires' Club"
began Joe. "A rich marriage, l
thought, would help me along. In So
ciety. l had often met Miss Ruby
Smith, daughter Of the king of agri-
culture, a young lady of unusual
beauty. but who unfortunately had
neither arms nor legs. She was called
the trunk woman. She was known to
be amiable and sweet tempered, and
was extraordinarily bright, so bright
indeed that most of the schemes
which had made her father the rich
est man in the United States had
been Matched in her brain
Il Decided to Marry"
Il decided to marry Ruby Smith,
and one afternoon, dressed in my
very best clothes. | asked her father
for her hand.
He looked at me sharply and
said:
My daughter is very rich; how
much are you WORTH
81 told the dreaded magnate all
about my hopes. | proved to him
that | had an idea which would rev.
olutionize the manufacture of beet
sugar, that | had a scheme to cut the
cost of oleomargarine in two. and de-
picted to him all the details Of my
plan to increase the crop of Brussels
sprouts, to triple it's present size by
sprinkling the plants twice a day
with water from the celebrated Man
neken fountain in Brussels, and how
there were untoldrmillions in my idea
of exporting black radishes to the
negroes in Africa.
He was greatly impressed, took
me into his arms and exclaimed:
"'YOu are to be my son-in-law, il
Ruby will have you for her hus-
band
Miss Ruby received me most cor
daily, Poor little one, how beautiful
she was A regular Venus from Milo.
only more perfect still, since her legs.
too, were missing.
Il shall not go into details II is
enough to tell that she accepted me
and a date was set for our wedding.
1t was celebrated with great splendOr.
1t was the happiest day in my life.
After the ceremony my wife received
all her old friends with open arms, in
spirit at least, in our new home. |
felt my future was assured and knew
that | would surely be elected for
membership in the Millionaires' Club,
which was the height Of my ambi
ton. Alas. it was not to be-"
My dear little wife, my darling
Ruby | said to my bride when we
were alone: What do you say to Civ
ing mp all our old habits for few
months and leave this feverish town
for an idyllic wedding trip?
You really think of everything
joel she exclaimed, and as she could
not clasp my hand she looked RICH,
into my soul with her angelic eyes. !
am ready to follow you to the end If
the worldr
Il have always been a most chiv-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
By Virtue of Age.

Yes" said the old man to his Wis
itor. I'm proud Of my daughters,
and it is the ambition of my heart 10
see them all comfortably married.
Whats more" he added knowing
", I've made a bit OF money in my
time, so my girls wont go to their
husbands penniless. There's Mary
for example, 25 years old. and real
good lass-I'll give her $500 on her
wedding day. And to Bet-you see,
she has past her thirty fifth summer
III give her, at any rate, a couple
Of thousand; whilst the man who
takes Eliza can rely on taking with
her at least IS, 900 OF the very best"
by the way" inquired the young
man, how old is Eliza"
Forty" replied the elder.
Hum! I suppose you don't happen
to have a daughter somewhere be-
tween sixty and seventy"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18

There is no room in their memory
for the cry of the heart for its mate,
and, lacking this memory, they are
as unfit to be parents of young girls
and boys as an Egyptian mummy.
They are without sympathy and I'M
derstanding, at the period when the
young in their charge need sympa-
thy and understanding the most.
Without these they are also with
out charity. | have a notion that
the father Of Mildred, who compels
her to do her "sweethearGng" on
the streets, would be like flint in his
Judgment if she yielded to the I'M
wholesome influences Of the dark
corners of life and erred. Yet he
would be more to blame than she.
Wisdo INTO Refuse.
1t is wisdom to refuse to let a girl
bring man to her home of whom
her parents know nothing, but 1t is
better to grant her even this priv
ilege than to let her meet him on
the streets. If they know nothing
of him a closer inspection in their
own home gives them every oppor-
tunity to know him better.
They can never know the manner
Of man their daughter is learning to
love if they compel her to see him
on street corners, and, being ignor-
ant of him, they are without argu-
ment or weapons if he is undesirable.
Open the parlor for the girls. 1t
is their right!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
The Melody

W THEN evening came with the
wv shadows she let her little
frail hands fall into her lap
as if every muscle and tendon had
suddenly burst. Her finely shaped
dark haired head rested on the table
She was sitting in front of her sew
ing machine, at which she had been
working all day. All around her We're
scraps of silk and wooden goods,
fashion papers and patterns lay in
piles on the table, and when she
moved her arms some of them
dropped on the floor Her head was
dizzy with complete exhaustion. She
was unable to think, but felt the in
crea sing darkness as a blessing which
put an end to the toll of the day.
1t was ten years of work that mad
aged her These years mad been 10
her like one long walk through an
endless desert without a single oasis
to relieve the monotony; ner feet
had left no tracks on the sands; not
a single cry from her lips had been
responded to; nobody had met her on
the way to shake her hand.
But on the other side all these
years of weary thraldom there were a
few years when she had been young
and had lived. In those years the
two had sat together watching the
coming of dark, and were glad and
laughed at everything.
She was young then. and worked
for small wages in a dressmaking
shop. He had long hair dreaming
eyes, an ineXhaustible fund of hope,
and a ViOlin-that was all but ne
was an artist. He was young, gave
lessons on the violin and managed 10
make both ends meet He was al
ways bright and happy. Nobody
could laugh as he could. or cheer h r.
up as he could. He knew how 10
make everything appear In a golden
and rosy light.
One night he came to her unex-
pectedly and took her into his arms
Il cannot live without you" he
said. why should we wait until
we can afford to marry. Then We
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
Little Bobbie S Pa
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

TJSBAND deer, sed Ma to Pa last
n evening, at last 1 have found a
l. Il perfek jewel of a servant. She
calm to work this afternoon, & 1 want
you to motifs her wen she is serving
dinner She is as brite a gurl as have
ever met. She is a cullurd girl, her
naim is Minyunette, & she went to a
gurl's college that Booker Washington
had sumthing to do with. Her flow of
English is perfeck. Ma sed. & l was
thinking that Iittel Boobie cud improve
mis- English by jest lissening to her talk
Didn t Warm Up.
I doant warm up vary much as YOU
are talking, sed Pa. Sumhow | amt
very keen for servant that knows
moar than we do. You know how long
that one lasted with US that was all
the time talking about Henry James &
Shopenhaur.
Oh, but this gurl is different, sed
Ma She is vary quiet & l doant think
she will air her nollege any
/ knew Pa wasn't going to like the
new gurl, tho. l had herd her talking
to Ma beefoar Pa cain hoam. & this is
what she sed wen she was talking off
her wraps: | presume that the duties
connected with the situation will not
be arduous. That dident sound like our
other gurl that we had beefoar her, she
sed when shall / pitch in?
She Comes In.
Well, wen dinner began Minyunette
calm in to wait on the label. She had
a high forehead & woar glasses
Wife, sed Pa to Ma, you & little
Bobbie are going to a Shakespeer read
ing to-nite
Oh. sed Minyunette. l adoar Shakes
peer. He is so many minded, his scope
is so all en- bracing. l was just look
ing at yure fat husband. she sed. &
thinking of Shakcspeer's lines
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18

the left foot. When the weight
is coming on the right foot and
the right wrist is foremost, throw
the head to the right and give
the body (which must be bent
slightly back throughout the eX-
ercise) a slight turn to the right.
Alternate this from foot to foot,
Always practice these eXer-
cises in regular alienation from
right to left or left to right and
back again to insure even bodily
development Real beauty Of form
demands as first requisite absO-
lutely even and uniform develop
ment, for only when it is abso-
luteIy normal is the body truly
lovely as Our Maker meant it to
be
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
:: The Sins of OR Fathers

been a part with a moral influence
that is never lightly brushed aside
The girl who receives her lover in
her parlor impresses him, though
perhaps unconsciously, with the
sanctity, the responsibility, the dig
nifty of home. The girl whose par
lor is the streets may be good and
pure and sweet, and usually is, but
girls whose object is not moral also
meet men on the streets, and the
similarity upsets his moral balance,
An Impression.
The girl in the parlor usually has
a father OF a mother in the next
room. and the young man who calls
is impressed with the fact that there
is some one loving her, shielding
her to whom he will have to account
if he offends. The girl on the street
corners is without a mother or
father, so far as any impression of
personal security goes. She is
thrown out like a waif; if she be-
SOiiieS ueTeiICl the ldtiSi VI lhOIhSi
who refused her the privilege of re-
ceiving her lover in her parlor is to
blame.
The memory of parents is crimi-
nally short. There are few of them
who can call back to the days when
they loved and were loved, and when
the clasp of a hand, or a kiss, was
worth more an all the wealth in
the world q lefied the wisdom of
the ages. y have forgotten the
call of Youtn.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18

from one foot to the other, with
the arms hanging at the sides.
Then combine the arm and leg
motion. and see what gain in
balance results.
Lift the arms with dropping
wrists. and as the hands reach
the shoulders, and the elbows are
at waist height, turn the fingers
up, at the same time turning out
the hand above the raised knee,
and elevating the appointing
fingers of the other hand above
the head
Poise. balance, and reduction
of superfuous hip-hesh-is this
not a vast deal to gain from one
dancing exercise?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
Do You Know

There has been such a decline of
recent years in the marriage rate Of
Trieste that one of the civic digni-
taries suggests the institution of a
system of compulsory matrimony.
1t is proposed that on a given date
in each year all spinsters who have
attained their twenty fifth year and
bachelors who have attained their
thirtieth should be required to pre-
sent themselves before the syndic In
whose Jurisdiction they reside. The
names of those who on medical ex-
animation prove to be thoroughly
sound would be sorted according to
sex, placed in separate urns, and
then drawn two at a time. The cou-
pies whose names are drawn to-
gether would, at the conclusion OF
the draw, be united forthwith by the
syndic.
A travelling theatrical company,
which is at present visiting Lille,
France, gives performances in a
couple of barges, which are lowed
along the canal from town to town.
One barge does duty for the theater,
while the other serves to house the
players. The floating theater Is COM
fortably fitted, and there is a large
stage. with scenery painted by a
member Of the company.
One Of the competitions in connec-
ton with the Welsh Territorial Ar
tillery which recently concluded its
training on the sand dunes at Penn
brey, was a bun eating contest Two
sappers set out to eat fourteen buns,
the prize to go to the man who got
through the lot in the quickest time.
The winner ate his fourteen in rs
minutes, his opponent finishing five
minutes later.
A baseball player in America has
been insured for $4,000.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

TILDRED writes: 81 am deep
Nj ly in love with a young man
three years my senior
have been keeping company with
him for the past three months. l
would like TO bring him up to the
house, but my father objects to me
bringing any boys up to the house.
What shall | do?''
In the category Of sins which
fathers visit upon their children. no
mention is made of the heavy pen
atty that often results when a girl is
compelled to do all her sweetheart
ing outside the protecting walls of
her home. If the streets, the parks,
the public walks or the dark corners
of steps are made a girls parlor.
then | contend her father is visiting
upon her innocent head as great a
burden as if he violated all the NOR
al and physical laws. In the most
trying period of her life, when
through her love she is weakest to
resist she is cast out on the streets
without even the environment of ia
miliar scenes at home to remind and
to restrain her
one can not be as easily tempted
when in the familiar scenes of ones
youth and innocent dreams, as If in
strange surroundings 1t is as if
every chair the table, even the pic
lures on the wall, looked with ac-
cusing eyes, surrounding the girl
with whose life they have always
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18

The last figure illustrates a lit
tie faun-like movement that is
splendid for back. throat and in
sten, as well as for flexibility of
wrist. Walk forward on tip-toes,
with the uplifted hands crossing
first to the right and then to the
left as the bOdy's weight is thrown
first on the right and then on
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
FRECkLES
Now ls the Time to Get RID ~ These
Ugly Spots.

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as the prescription othinN-doutle
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needed 70 completely clear the skin
and gain a beautiful clear complex
ion.
Be sure to ask for the double
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guarantee Of money back II IL fails
to remove freckles.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
Condensed Measure

DO you call this a pint?" asked a
sharp servant of the milSman. whom
she suspected of giving short measure.
Yes" replied the man.
We'll, il won't do" said the girl.
when we want condensed milk we'll
buy it at the grocer'a"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
Is Very Simple.

Figure two is gayety shown in
one step of an old dance of
triumph. 1t gives the most mar
vellous control of thigh, knee,
ankle and instep, and will serve
to bring down an accumulation
of weight about the hips and
thighs. Furthermore. it insures a
graceful control of arms and
shoulders.
The practice of this seemingly
complicated exercise is simple
when once you carefully analyze
the picture I have posed for you.
Beginning with the left foot, rise
slowly TO the toes, at the same
time raising the other leg with
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
Where He Was Hit.

Benign Old Gentleman-Poor little
chap, Where did that cruel boy nit
you?
Tommy-Boo- oo-oo! We were
'avin' a naval battle and s torpedoed
me in the engine ROOM
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
By Lady Constance Stewart
Richardson.

Copyright. 1913. International News Service
EVERYONE agrees that for
the art of sculpture we can
not exceed the ancients. To
me it seems that the Greeks
had beautiful sculptured figures
because they had wonderful
models, and had wonderful mod
els because they had deep ven
Grafton for the almost divine
beauty of the human form And
so out of this circle of perfec-
ton they chiseled glorious fig
ures that we Of to-day may use
as models for the Identification
of our own bodies.
To-day | am showing you three
figures, and | shall dwell at
length on them and what we may
hope to acquire from f practice
of the poses they portray. Let
us make a slight study of the
expression of countenance and
body. For unless the face and
body are attuned in the express
sion of a mood. there will be I'M
graceful uncertainty as a result.
The First Figure.
The first figure on top might
stand for a number of ideaS-in-
jured innocence is the most
dramatic idea that it suggests.
To me it simply is harmonious
ly simple pose, in which body
and face express quiet dignity.
Try. it yourself-for it looks very
easy to take a pose like this.
But to stand poised firmly and
gracefully on one foot, with the
whole body balanced, ready to
spring into motion and life and
still at rest, is quite feat. The
ability to stand gracefully is rare
for people generally balance
on heels or toes, or sag aWk-
WdTulN on one mp.
Let me suggest an exercise for
the acquisition of ability to stand
gracefully. Balance the weight
on the ball of the right foot, let
the right arm hang easily at the
side. Sway the body slightly to
the left and raise the left arm to
the chest, at the same time rising
on the toes of the left foot until
the weight is all balanced on the
right foot. Then sway the weight
gradually TO the left foot, rising
on the right toe and lifting the
right arm to the chest. Simply
sway from foot to foot in exactly
the posture that figure one shows
YOU
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
Up-to-Date Jokes

The other morning Mrs. Blower
went to see her neighbor, Mrs Smith.
II was obvious that she was greatly
upset about something
IN have to get rid of Fido." she
burst out He broke into the larder
Yesterday"
Dear met" said Mrs. Smith. sym
pathetically. Did he eat much2"
Mrs Blower tried hard to speak
calmly. while her eyes blazed with
righteous and burning Indignation, as
she replied:
Every single thing except the dog
biscuits"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18
Lady Constance StezVart Richardson
How to Acquire a Beautiful Figure Through
Dancing.
Dancing.

the knee bent and the instep so
flexed that the toes point almost
perpendicularly to the floor.
The rising on the toes Of one
foot and the lifting of the other
limb until the knee is far above
the waist line must be stimuli
taneOus.
Practice this first, alternating
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-18

baseball player in America has
,een insured for $4,000.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-09
TELLS Of IMPORTANCE
OF BIG CONFERENCE
DR.. McGaw Arouses Much Enthusiasm
in Regard to Church Meeting to be
Held in Portland.

Before large and enthusiastic union
church gathering in the armory last
night, Dr. James S. McGaw, of Penn
sylvania, state general secretary Of the
National Reform Association, here to
speak in behalf Of the World Christian
Citizenship Conference, delivered his
message DR.. McGaw told Of this citi
zenship movement, which had its com
mencement during the dark days of the
Civil War, and since then has spread
through the different states from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. The speaker
said that Portland was chosen for the
conference as the place where the most
good would likely be done.
This was the outcome of the fact that
there are 100000 people in Southern
Europe that have already obtained pas
sage to come to this coast via the Pan.
anna canal at its opening. He then went
on to say that the coast states must be
ready to receive these people and edu.
cate them along American lines, instead