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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

7 IZETTE writes me:
DO you think II In proper or
- II II displays courtesy and kind
ness on the part OF a young lady u
light gentlemans cigarette and
pour out beer from a bottle into his
glass at public placer
1t is not a matter Of prepristy, my
dear Lizette. Like many young girls
you do not observe the different
shades in tho meaning OF q word II
this is question OF propriety. then
suicide becomes solely matter of
etiquette. and a query II II IL good
FORM for a girl to pour kerosene
over her clothes and set them on Ere
is not a misuse of the English Ian
gu4ge.
Neither will you find in any author
sty on the origin, derivation and mean
ing of words sanction for the words
courtesy and kindness" as you use
them. They are gentle. weli-bred
words. and to apply them to ouch acts
as lighting mans cigarette and
pOuiI 4lk OUT MS peer IN pubic places
Ia like planting a violet in a bed If
poison ivy.
Neither would lady" show such
attention to gentleman" in any
place, public or private But these
words have been so universally
sbused that they have sunk to n low
rank, and your use OF them IL not
a misuse.
Let me write your question as It
should be written:
DO YOU think 1t lie vulgar or
If 1t displays recklessness and a spirit
Of indecency on the part of a woman
10 light a mans cigarette and pour
out beer from a bottle into his glass
when at a public placer
HER POSITION.
! certainly do! / think she lights
more than a cigarette and she pours
out mere than beer.
She applies a match to her good
name. She Is starting fire that will
consume her future. leave little of the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
HE is NOT TOO OLD.

TEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am eighteen and am keen,nr
company with s. gentleman who is
almost thirty. He is very serious
and does not want me to 20 out
with any other boys He has ,old
me he loves me and often asks ma
If I care for him. Is he too old far
me and do you think I ought In
give up all my younger friends for
him as he Is out of town most Of
the time? GRAY EYES
7 TE Is not a day too old for you
i l and there are many rsasons
why he is desirable.
He Is serious. Remember, my ss,r
that these young boys are not.
The giving up Of the boy friend,
to whom he objects will prove no
sacrifice II you love him Unless va,
love him you wrong him and your.
self by considering him q moment
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
Avoid Insffafions-Taks No Substitute

More healthful than tea or coffee.
Agrees with the weakest digestion.
Keep it on your sideboard at home.
A quick lunch prepared in a minute.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
WOMEN
OF MIDDLE ACE
Mrs. Hilbert Tells of Her
Distressing Symptoms
During Change of
Life and How She
Found Relief.

FLEETWOOD, PA-"During the
Change of Life | was hardly able to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
ASK THE FRIEND.

TEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
~ I have been keeping company
with a young lady for about one
wear, and love her very much.
But tho trouble is that almost every
time | ask her to go out with me
she wants to bring her lady friend.
she also pays less attention to me
while with her friend.
A FAITHFUL LOVER.
TRY diplomacy. Take the friend
without her. If she reproaches
vou tell her with all courtesy that
Won did it to please her. as she had
shown by her actions she wanted you
tn nav attention to her friend. If this
doesn't cure her, I am afraid she
doesn't love you.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23

Rich milk, matted gram, in powder form.
For infants, invalids and growing children.
Pure nutrition, upbulding thewhole body.
hvicorates nursing mothers and the aged.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
The Same.

of course. the remarkable young
man was your Mr. Thaxter," re-
marked Ethel.
We'll" laughed Alice, "he wasn't
my Mr.. Thaxter quite then, but he
was after we had taken a few horse
back rides together The poor fellow
had thought he'd have to struggle
and make his own way so he wouldn't
come to see me down at the college
when l invited him for he said he
thought it would be years before he
could ever ask a girl to marry him,
and ne said he knew that If he saw
much more of me he'd find it awfully
hard not to ask. His grandfather is
going to give him a start in business
so you see everything's all right"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
DON'T TRY.

UUNT THY.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am seventeen. l met a WA,
at a dance about two months aro
He cared very much for me have
kept company with him a while,
and now he leaves me and goes
with another girl. How could I get
him to 60 with me again?
LILLIAN &
THE first evidence a girl gives TIA,
/ she is trying to force a man,
q ttentions the less inclined heisto
give them. Just show him you don't
care. That's the way.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
A Hurry Call.

My dear, | was so angry and dis
appointed that l actually cried. One
of the junior girls felt 80 sorry for
me that she went to the telephone and
called up her brothers fraternity
house, where she knew quite num-
Der of the men. But her brother and
every one OF her friends had engage
ments for the evening
Well" she said to her brother.
you've simply got to send some man
over for Alice, whethe, it's any one
we know or not. This is very i'm
portant affair and the last dance in
her college life, and 1t would be
shame for her to miss it. Now hurry
and get somebody as nice as you
can
She told me afterward that her
brother laughed and said he would
get me a man if he had to hire one
Cheer up, Alice she admonishe1
me when she left the telephone
There will be a Mr.. Somebody for
you. and even if he isn't as wonderful.
as the renowned Billy Tucker, it will
be better for you than being on the
side lines
Il naturally didn't expect very
much, so you may imagine how
pleased | was when a stunning young
tlldu appeared at our nall ana dSke
for me. The awkwardness I felt at
the situation was quickly dissipa ted
by his ease of manner. He was a
perfect dancer and l had such a good
time that l quite forgot my anger at
Billy. When Mr.. Thaxter-for that
was his name-was departing | in
vited him to call before | should
leave for home the next week.
I'm afraid l must not he said.
I think you should know that l am
general student factotum at the Beta
M house and that | was hired for
this pleasant service-that l took the
job he smiled engagingly, because
| needed the money. You see, I'm not
In s,nnint,r a Ii
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
The Approach.

"T don't care If YOU aren't l said
I like you better than a lot of men
who are in society. l wish you'd call,
anyway
81 won't call. but l shall always
remember this as a specially happy
evening. Goodnight and good by.
He hurried away before | could think
of anything to say.
Il was awfully blue, you see. |
was furious at Billy, and / felt that
| should never see that nice Mr.
Thaxter again. Really. Ethel, l liked
him so well that l was almost sorry
| had met him.
We'll. when l got home father de-
cided to take US out to the Yellow
stone. | didn't think of him or Billy,
or any other man after that. | just
determined to leave men out of my
good times. The very first night we
got into the park, mother met an old
friend who told her about an inter-
esting young man she knew at the
hotel who had worked his way
through college because his grand
father who had brought him up.
didn't believe in wasting money on
higher education. But when he was
finally graduated this year his grand
father was fairly bursting with pride
and was giving him a trip through
the WnSt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23

"WAsst stunning AllSs s ~1as D'Tfs su1
pose it means that you and
Billy Tucker have finally decided
to"
1T means" said the girl caller
hastily, that Billy Tucker and l are
merely friends, Ethel"
Really? Then. who is the happy
man? Remember, you always said |
was to be your maid of honor"
That's the reason / came over,
my dear, so that you should be the
first of all to see my ring"
What an exquisite gem. But. of
course. am expiring to know who
the man is
Well, the story begins with the
senior ball at college last spring, lust
before commencement. Billy had al
ways acted as if no journey would be
too long or too arduous for him to
take If few moments Of my society
were the cause of it. So l asked him
10 come east for the bail. Then l
told all my friends what a splendid
dancer he was and how good looking
and entertaining. l don't see how
ever could have thought Billy par
ticnlarly goodlooking and he really
isn't very brilliant talker. And l
know at least one man who dances a
great deal better than Billy does.
Well do you know, at o'clock
the night of the ball, when I was
quite excited by the thought of seeing
Billy inside of another half-hour, l
received a telegram saying he was
unavoida bly, detained at home!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23
The Emergency
Man
BY FLOYD STEYN.

Alice, what a perfectly
w stunning solitaire! 1 sup
pose it means that you and
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09
FIRST or WORLDS MOSQUES
estIng Legends That Are Con-
nected With Famous st. Sophia In
Constantlnople.

Famed throughout the world for its
beautiful architecture, the mosque OF
St Sophia has legend that acquires
sudden interest now" writes a Euro
pean correspondent Of the Daily
News. Originally the mosque was
Christian church. The priest
was in the act of celebrating mass on
that memorable goth of May, 1853.
when Sultan Mohammed rode his
horse into the sacred edifice, follow.
ed by his victorious Turks, and be-
gan slaughtering the Christians. The
priest fed from the altar, passing
through a small door behind it, but
when the pursuing Turks reached the
SPOT, intending to follow the priest.
they found but blank wall--the door
had disappeared, and all traces of the
fugitive were gone. But the story
goes that when once again the mosque
Of st. Sophia becomes Christian
place Of worship the wall will open Of
door out Of which the aged priest will
step forth to conclude the celebration
of the mass at the altar.
Another legend, recounted even by
the Turks themselves, tells of two
monumental candles built into the
apse Of the mosque. On every high
Christian festival these candles are
supernaturally set alight. When these
candles are quite burnt down into their
sockets the Turkish domination will
be over, and the mosque Of holy wis
dom will be a Christian church once
more.
"The Balkan allies are now wonder
ing how far the candles have been con-
sumed, and hoping that the present
year may witness the ful6llment of
this ancient prophecy"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09
HEAD A MASS OF PlMPLES

Hyattsville, Md.--"My little boy was
taken with an itching on the scalp.
There was an ashy place on his head
about the size Of ten-cent piece, and
the hair was falling from this place
by the roots. In about ten days all
over his head were these ashy spots
which looked like ringworm. but were
porous.like. The itching and burning
made him scratch a great deal. His
head had gotten SO that 1t was Just n
mass OF mat.ery little pimples all
heaped on each other, and when took
off his night-cap, the hair and flesh
came of at the same time. really
thought he would lose his whole scalp.
He couldn't sleep for Ave weeks, 1t
would itch and burn until I thought
he would 90 into convulsions.
81 used different soaps and salves
to no satisfaction. Then decided to
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
Finally noticed he began to sleep all
night. used one cake of Cuticura
Soap and one box of Cuticura ONT
ment and he was entirely cured. He
has better growth of hair now than
he had at first." (Signed> Mrs. IDA
s. Johnson, Mar. &c, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09
Where Auto. Are Barred

Prince Edward island bars automo-
biles, not because the islanders can
not afford the machines. but because
OF accidents caused by the reckless
ness of drivers who brought in the
first cars. They caused many run
Always. and few had tragic endings.
The legislature at once passed law
barring autos from the island. Some
OF the leading cities have since en-.
deavored to have the enactment re-
pealed. but the country influence has
always been strong enough to over
come all such efforts.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09
1T WAS EVER Thus
Another Proof Of How Sentiment
Rules and Governs Even the
Most Dignified.
BY ALvAH JORDAN GARTH.

Jarnigan sat at his desk in the bank
supremely satisfied with himself, with
the institution of which he was an
efficient and valued official, and with
the results Of a good days work.
There was no sentiment about Jar
nigan, at least so he told himself.
System was his hobby Face, manner
and methods were all made subser-
Went to dignified unvarying rule.
To Jarnigan men fitted into the bank
measure, or didn't. In one case they
were taken into fostering financial
arms protectingly. Per contra, the
useless. the delinquent and the utter
iy bad were cast IA rubbish to the
void.
No scheming promoter or Not suf-
fcient funds" man had ever PIT 1t
over" on Jarnigan. He had the record
Of the bank for sizing up a borrower
just right. and shutting him off dead
short at the first hint OF shrinking
deposits or insipid collateral Two
or three cases in this category had
passed the shrewd cynosure of the
efficient cashier that day. Jarnigan
had been congratulated for discover
ing defect in bond issue the in
etitution had come very near han
ding. He felt pretty good, and rub
bed his hands together with a pleased
sense OF being strict follower of
banking ethics. with no sentiment
standing between his good judgment
and the best interests of the bank,
A bank book was passed across the
counter slab and directly under his
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09
Cropping for a Genius.

Anybody, from the millionaire down
to cook, can write good play. This
is fact, and must be true, because
all of them, laying aside for the mo-
Inent their overmastering mode, will
tell you SO.
This is what the manager of a
great theatrical business in New York
said the other day.
1T is the hardest thing imaginable
to find good play. Our concern has
read thousand plays year for the
last seven years, total of seven thou.
sand and out of that number we have
not found a single play worth using.
Anybody can write play but mighty
few can write it right. The Popular
Magazine
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09

eyes. Usually chary of glances or
greetings that took time. and there
fore cost money, as was his wont,
Jarnigan was about to give the case
the attention it might require, when
he noticed that q shapely gloved hand
had pushed the book over to him.
The bank man looked up sharply
to stare steadily He was looking
into the fairest face he had ever seen.
It was that of young girl. very neat.
ly but plainly dressed. A wistful
mournfulness in her eyes seemed to
appeal for sympathy and kindly atten-
ton.
"What is it, miss?" spoke Jarnigan,
tritie less peremptory than was his
custom. "Ah, | see" he added as he
opened the book and found enclosed
a check for five hundred dollars,
signed Robert Dalziel."
Il gee. And this is his bank book.
Very good" continued Jarnigan. "He
wishes to draw out his entire bal
ance and the check is made out to
you"
II do not wish the cash." explained
the young lady. Il would like to have
the account carried In my name
now"
"Could not your brother come with
you-for purposes of Identification"
my brother replied the girl In
q voice very near to tears, "is--in
prison"
Jarnigan did not reply. He felt q
strange wave of pity sweep over him.
Then, methodically, as usual, he made
out new book. and presented it with
the necessary documents to the girl.
Him" he soliloquized. as she thank
ed him in a low tone, and he watched
her graceful form clear to the door
way.
Somehow the incident fingered In
the mind of the bank man. Some
aow, too. he hoped the girl would
come again. Several days passed by,
and one morning an elderly lady pre-
scented check for twenty dollars,
signed by Ida Dalziel" The receiv-
ing teller sent her to Mr.. Jarnigan.
"That is all right observed Jarni-
gan, scanning the signature, but you
will have to be identified"
81 fear I do not know anybody
down town." said the lady. Il live
with Miss Dalziel."
81 am sorry" said Jarnigan. "but
we have a strict rule as to strangers.
By the way" and he felt conscious
flush, tell Miss Dalziel will send
the cash by messenger, who will ex,
plain to her how she may o. X her
checks, so there will be no further
trouble when they come in"
All that afternoon Jarnigan was in
q strange mood. He went to the bank
files and got the card address Of the
fair depositor. He caught himself
thinking of her In the very midst of
Important business. Then he arrived
ct decision. He would take the
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09
OFFICER SAVED FROM DEATH
Driftwood 0atherer Rescues the Only
Survivor OF Small Boat Run
Down by Barge.

New York.-For two hours before
dawn recently Policeman Otto
Schmuck, attached to the East One
Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Street sta
ton, fought for life in the twisting
tides Of He'll Gate, and finally won.
while three companions who were
with him In a powerboat, run down in
He'll Gate by a railroad barge. were
drowned.
Mrs. Caroline phillips, who lives at
IS Hoyt avenue, Astoria. makes q
practice each morning to search the
shore of the river only few hundred
feet away from her house for drift
wood. and Schmuck owes his life to
her
She saw what she at first thought
to be a log-''a nice. big log" as the
cleaner of driftwood put it--lodged
among the rocks some rs feet out
from the river bank.
As she was trying to devise some
plan for the logs recovery she heard a
shivering moan and she saw a move
ment Of the black streak in the wa
ter.
Without a moments hesitation the
woman waded out into the Icy water
to her waist and came to a man who
was floating, anchored to the tip of
a rock by the grip Of his two blue
hands.
Though the current was swift, and
the weight of the half-drowned man
was dragging. the gatherer of drift
wood towed the limp body ashore.
The semi-conscious man was removed
to the Astoria police station ant
thence to st. Johns hospital.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09
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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09
Euuiyocal Replv,

A nonconformist clergyman in Man
chester is chuckling over letter he
recently received from the vicar Of
certain parish. He had written tc
the vicar asking for permission to con
duct funeral In the churchyard.
"He Immediately sent me n most
courteous note" the nonconformist
clergyman says; "but could not help
noticing that 1t would be possible to
give to his word a sinister meaning
The note ran: You will, both to.
morrow and at any other time. be
most welcome In our churchyard.' -
London Tit.Bits.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09
INDIAN ASKS FOR DIVORCE
uts Woman First Of Original AmcrL
cana to Resort to the White
Mans Method.

vernal, Utah.-County court officers
were surprised some time ago when
the Ute Indians from the Uintah reser-
walton took up the civilized mans
method OF getting married by first
applying for a license to wed. but they
were more surprised when Kaibab
vasquaw filled 8 petition for divorce.
Kaibab, in her petition for divorce,
says she can no longer stand the
abuse heaped upon her by her hus-
band, Conconino. She asked for the
custody Of their two children. The
Indians have been married for TWEEN
ty years.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09

money to Miss Daiziel himself. Why
not?
Everything about the little fat and
its two occupants bespoke refinement
as Jarnigan entered the Dalziel apart.
ments. He was asked to sit down.
Before he knew it, his mission of
business ended in an hours stay.
Miss Dalziel told a pitiful story.
Her brother, Ernest, had been for
years the trusted employe of a large
diamond house. One day he was ar.
rested. Forty thousand dollars worth
Of gems were found missing. Dalziel
was accused. A few small diamonds
were found in his desk. placed there
by some one. he declared. The stolen
gems were not found, and he was
sentenced to the penitentiary for ten
years.
Innocent" insisted Ida, In tears.
And we know the guilty one"
you are sure of that?" inquired
Jarnigan, eager and interested.
Yes, it was James Hope, the chief
clerk. He placed the guilt ON my
brother. Ernest says he knows that
Hope has hidden the gems away until
he can safely dispose of them. Hope
is bad man. My brother found a
letter to him, In which convict in
the Ohio penitentiary charged him
with getting him into trouble. and
then leaving him to bear the brunt
of the crime He wrote that he lived
for but one thing-to escape. and then
he swore to kill Hope"
Have you that letter." asked Jar.
nigan.
YES" replied Ida.
Give 1t to me. / want to think
over the case"
Somehow the progress of "the case
furnished an excuse to the bank man
to call twice during the next week.
The one following he appeared with
suppressed excitement and satisfac-
ton in his manner.
Miss Dalziel," he said as they
were seated alone, 81 have good news
for you The missing diamonds and
James Hope, the man who stole them,
are in the hands of the police"
"And my brother?" cried Ida. clasp
ing her hands in suspense
"Will be a free man within few
days"
eThere the overcome young lady
tainted away, and, holding her In his
arms and gazing on her lovely face,
Jarnigan took final step--he kissed
her
"That letter" he told her later
gave me a clue. acted upon the
theory that Hope was in mortal terror
Of the man no had sent to prison.
bribed newspaper friend near the
Ohio penitentiary to print a story OF
the convict's escape. saw that Hope
got it. Our bank detective Swallowed
him. He went to lonely house and
secured the stolen gems. Thence he
proceeded to railway ticket office
and then we nabbed him, finding the
gems upon him. The chain OF evi
dence was complete"
"Oh. how shall we thank your
cried Ida. her eyes suffused with
mingled tears of Joy and gratitude.
Jarnigan, the man with no senti
ment, looked her in the eyes.
"By giving me your love, IL you
can" he said. and for reply she
placed both her hands within his own
Copyright. 1918, by w. q. Chspman.)
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09

who wrote that story about Roose-
velt's return to the outlook Officer"
asked the managing editor.
BILLY Pennington" replied the city
editor. Il thought II was a pretty
good story"
ut was more than that II was a
remarkable story. think we ought
TO raise Pennington's salary, He
didn't wind up by saying: The
colonel then plunged into mass OF
correspondence"
I'm sorry to have to tell you that
he did blue-penciled that part OF
II"
"Oh, pshaw! Well never be able
to make anything of that fellow"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-01-09

to hum and its product became part OF
the blood and bone Of early Ameri.
cans. 1t gave stamina to many OF
the men who carried flintlocks for
the young republic.
The mill stands on the battlefield
OF Bladensburg where the Americans
gave up the fight and the capital Of
the nation fell into the hands of the
British invaders. American sharp
shooters used this mill as cover and
some of the British received theiI
death wounds there.