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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
SOMETHING TO WEAR,

Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The first Christmas that hus-
band and I celebrated after orr
marriage we each agreed that we
would conffne our presents to
each other to useful things.
gave him a pair of shoes and he
gave me a dress. Ever since then
and we have been married AZ
teen years-we have adhered to
the old program and are more
than satisfied with it.
MRS. JAMES G.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

little nearer to the boy, whose stricken
form lay across the table. But he did
not touch his son. The bond between
are cold things-when a boy is left to
the wiles of a Kitty May.
"Ken!" said his father. you are
going to doe lot of thinking begin
ming right now. You are going to re-
member-not SO much that it was l
who gave you the life you are wasting
but the love we always had for each
other What real friends we used to be
father and son-and friends, my boy
from the time you would first toddle
along with your chubby little hand in
mine You are going to remember that
| worked hard to crafty every wish of
your heart-and that you repaid me
with blow!'
The strong mantle hard man"
ing for moment. He was struggling
for the strength to finish with quiet
composure.
That is going to hurt that memory
but in the end ii Is going TO open
your eyes"
Fascinated but helpless before the
storm she had evoked Kitty May had
crept closer to the two men-Her fin
gers were fumbling with a little lace
bordered handkerchief Her lips We're
parted in a little foolish smile--and she
was mumbling softy-almost inco-
herently- and to deaf ears
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
A Butterfly.

II love YOU, ken-houest, ] do"
Poor little Vampire that thought to
prey upon men she was not a vampire
after au-only a weak little butterfly,
with soiled and dropping wings-a weak
little butterfly that might live for one
day-and that had found her brief day
stormy A butterfly on a rainy day
after ALL that is a bitterly sad sight.
But Just now Kitty was erased from
the tablets OF memory and vision, II
only Charles Nelson had remembered
her power For there Is a poison but.
it "the death that flies by night"
Quite as if she had never interrupted.
Nelson. went on:
Then when you see things quite
clearly YOU can come hack 10 NEAL
the more easily because Of my fault
And We can be then-not. SO much
father and son as two men who have
learned to forgive one another-who
have learned to be ashamed OF the rot
ten things they have done"
lie turned from the boy, hesitated for
moment. and then with firm tread
walked toward the door The time was
Not yet The hoy must learn for him
self even as Inc bad done the boy must
drce his ain weird.' thought Charles
Ncisur And hr diJ NOT guess where
learning Tor himself might lead ken
meth. lie did not know that the lime
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
A USEFUL PRESENT.

Miss Mary Lea Davis:
My husband seems to think a
great deal of my Christmas gifts
to him. For years l have made
practice of giving him something
useful, such as a pair of gloves.
hose, a fancy waistcoat, etc. /
have never had the courage to
pick out a tie for him because
know that a woman's taste in
such matters rarely If ever coin
cides with that of the man who
is to wear it. MRS. TATUM.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
A CONSTANT REMINDER.

Miss Mary Lea Davis:
I am going to give my husband
something this Christmas that he
will keep always and which will
be a constant reminder to him of
me, his wife. I am going to give
him the SO gold piece I win in
III have my initials engraved on
one side, and every time he takes
out his watch, which is many
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
A BOX OF CANDY,

Miss Mary Lea Davis:
When I was counting my wtfs
/ used to present her with a hox
of the best candy l could buv
Now that we have been married
six years l still make a habit Of
giving her a similar present at
Christmas and l don't think
could give her anything that cha
would appreciate more. Most of
the candy makers put up special
Christmas boxes covered WIFI
holly and mistletoe and tied with
bright ribbon. 1t looks Christ
masy and is always welcome.
J. G, II.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

pntiiH ana was udI
regular, my head
aehed all the time,
J had bearinA
down pains and
my hack hurt me
the biggest part
Of the time, I was
dfasy and had
weak feeiiags
whea ! would
steep avsH 10 hurt
me to walk any
distance and !
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
CHlNAWARE.

Miss Mary Lea Davis:
My wife loves chinaware and
glassware and every Christmas
add to her collection. She tells
me nothing that I give her could
possibly please her more.
LOUIS D.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
The Quarrel
some Girl
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
DEAR BEATRICE:

DEAR BEATRICB:
I am in love with a sweet girl
that Is, she's sweet to me. The
only thing is, she talks so mean
about her sister and quarrels SO
with her mother and brother My
mother says she'll be a bad wife
on that account, but l don't be-
lieve it. think it's just a habit
she's got into--what do you think?
HOPEFUL.
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felt blue and discouraged,
" began taking Lydia u, Fsnkahm's
Vegetable Compound and am new in
good health, II II had not heaa for
that medicine ! would have been in
my grave long time aso,"-AIFa
ARrfE E. HAMILTON, Il, Y. - Ma
6, Warren, Ind,
Another Case.
HRmond, II, In write "a tell Won
how much good yeur medicine has
done me and to let other women
know that there is help tor them |
suffered with bearing down pains
headache, was irregular and felt blue
and depressed all the time, | tooa
Lydia =, Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound end commenced TO gain In a
short time, aud am well woman
To-day, ] am on my feet from early
morning uutn late at night running 4
boarding hpuse ena do all my own
work, hope that many suffering
women win ivy pour medicine, II
makes happier wives and mothers -.
Mrs, ANNA HANSEN, Rsmend.
Rhode Island.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
fNovciIzed byl
Zq@6ag

QFrom owen Davis play now being pre-
scented at the Playhouse, New York, by
Wihiam A. Brady.-Copyrigh 1913, by
International News SerVicel
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

times each day, he will be re-
minded of the little woman at
home who lives him always.
MRS. JESSE B. DEAN
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
BLUE AND
DISCOURAGED
Mrs, Hamilton Tells How
She Finally Found Health
IN Lydia e, Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

WaEHeR, lpd.~-'1 WAS hatheRel terv
ShlY with female weakness, I had
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

7 ELL. Hopeful you may be
I right. but l don't blame your
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-26

knows how much different her life
would be from that on the old Virginia
farm as she remembers it through
the mists of years?
Three things are required for sue
ceSsful farming. First, the human
factor, the farmer and his family
The city mans work is independent of
weather. bugs, worms, flies and plant
and animal diseases. He can plan
exactly, and carry out his plans. But
when he finds himself on the farm ne
is confronted with a great mass Of
influences over which he has no con-
troll.
Then there is the natural factor,
land. 1t seems a shame that there
should be so many acres locked up III
the hands of people who do not them
selves work them, but such is the
condition of things. Some time hope
it will be different. Some time L
hope we shall recognize in our insti-
tutions the basic fact that the posses
sion of so much land as he needs for
his actual uses is the right of every
human being.
Then there is the matter of capital.
Tools are needed. Live stock, seed,
fencing and building material are
needed. And farming has no payday.
Nobody hands the farmer an envelope
containing his wages at the end of the
day, the week or the month. Thous-
ards of people in the city would not
be able to wait for the land to yield
ITEM a living, even if they had the
land.
"And yet many of them make the
break to the farms-and some win
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-26
CLOSE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISoN GLOBE.

There's one thing about self praise. if
is sincere. -
1t should be said for the fat man that he
rarely rides motorcycle.
Wha- has become of the n f man who
used to keep his in demijohn?
An attorneys office bov assumes amo,r
ms friends to know all about the law
No crook would have a chance if the
average detective We're as wise as he
tries to look.
We should become reconciled to our
losses. but a widover shouldn't be too
sudden about it.
a lucky young man is the person too
bashfUl to propose, for living is going to
be high this winter
1t not only takes a lot of money to
drink regularly. but time which could be
spent TO better advantage.
An Atchison barber insists there is
more symmetry to mans legs than to a
womans. However, it is too hot to argue.
Dancing is good exercise. So is CATCH
as-catch-can wrestling, and in modern
form the two have much in common.
Alb. Adkins gets SO little mail for his
wife TO open that he figures he must be
something of a disappointment to her
Would it, with the present narrow =
gauge styles in vogue. be inappropriate
to refer to a fashion mag, as book of
revelations?
While we cheerfully concede that the
canned fruit by any stretch of our elastic
imagination
Il confess I could never be much of II
conversationalist, owing to the difficulty 1
experience in saying anything when 1
have nothing to say-7-Rufe Hoskins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-26
SAYS UNCLE CIV

at took me a long time to figure
out what's the matter with that risin'
young merchant over there" said old
Doc Houser to me, indicating with a
gesture of his cob pipe the general
store conducted by Glenn Wiggles-
worth. but I've got him tagged at
last"
whats the dope. Doc?'' 1 asked
seeing that he had been perusing the
pink sheet.
Dope is right" Doc replied. ST got
i, out of the sporting page-that fel-
low has everything but control.
You see,' he went on, after filling
the venerable cob anew, hes got
plenty of speed and action. 1 should
say he could bats about 800. He's Il
great lad for the bleachers and his
heart is in the game, but somehow IL,
doesn't seem to bring home the bacon
The same thing that ails him ails a
lot of us. We're long on the spectacu-
lar, paw around and muss up the
landscape. get everybody's eyes fixed
On us, and then shoot it across three
feet wide of the plate. We've got
everything that goes with big league
salaries except the ability to deliver
the right thing, at the right time, in
the right place So we stay with the
bush leagues all our lives. Most Of
us are still playing corner lot ball.
From which I gathered that young
Glenn Wigglesworth had brains. en-
crgy, industry, business training
everything but the skill and the judg-
ment to do definite thing at a par
ticular time in a particular way, and
thus accomplish a definite purpose.
Hence he was almost a complete fail
Ure. His business was only one leap
ahead of his creditors and bets were
even that they would ''get i'm afore
fall" Finally they did get him.
Glenn lacked control just as most
OF us lack of it. He had plenty Of
energy, but his brain wasn't disci-
Eiined. He thought not wisely but too
fast. His progress was marked by a
series of explosions rather than by
steady unceasing movements. He
lis toll would bring him. His efforts
were many. but their directions were
never identical. Everything that he
did seemed to be at cross purposes
with every other thing. The harder
he worked the worse he jumbled his
affairs.
It's perfectly plain that you can't
succeed without control Given
Trains and industry. with the energy
TO back both. nothing is impossible u
you if you know how to work to 81
set purpose and force your hand and
brain to bend all things to that pur-
pose; TOO many of us continue to
lombard the grandstand when We
should be utilizing a part of our en-
ergy IN learning to put the ball over
the plate. 1t makes no difference what
you do or how well you do it. if it
isn't done at the right time and in the
flght place, and doesn't fit into your
scheme of success. Wild efforts make
Wild disappointments; so per cent Of
flc1ency is valueIess. 1t is the thing
liar you can do just right when the
oemand presents itself that counts
copyright, 1913. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-26
FARMING HAS NO PAY DAY.

Herbert Quick. editor of Farm anu
Fireside, the national farm paper puo-
lished at Springfield, Ohio, publishes
i'll the current issue OF his paper 4
letter from a woman living in Chi
cago. who is yearning to get onto the
farm. Her husband is an engineer on
the Michigan Central railway and they
have five children. The wife is 80
years old and the husband a few years
cider. The writer of the letter adds
that she was born and raised on Il
Virginia farm and that as she looks
back those were the happiest days OF
her life.
In replying to this letter Mr.. Quick
says. among other things:
How can 1, how can anyone, pla7
out a way for these people to get Il
farm? They are used to the income
OF a railway engineer, which is a pref
ty good income for working people.
Could they ever save enough to buy a
farm by going into the country and
working for wages?- l wish 1 could
say they could. but 1 dare not.
I'm the first place, it takes more
than desire to make farmer. The
desire is the most important thing
perhaps, but other things are also es-
scItial. 1 wonder if this woman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-26

and seemed about to speak-to tell heH
that he had come in disguise to bear
her away to one of his p castles
He was something new and move.
in the man line, and that spirit u
mischief inherent in ninety-nine girls
out of hundred induced Miss Eve
lyn to lead him on a bit In fact, sne
Went so far as to say one day;
Ny Lord will you please root on.
that big burdock near the front gate >
Simon fell over his feet, ana iosl
no time telling Sarah the news.
L knew it would come was the
cooks reply. she has penetrated
your disguise, and you are ready ior
the next STEP
The family auto had been in the
shop for repairs. Simon was sent to
fetch it home, and the next day he
took Miss Evelyn for a ride. Before
leaving the grounds the cook had a
few words with him, and then a few
more, and the few more were:
IF she holds off tell her that you
are desperate enough to c'mmit muir
der and then blow your own brains
out.'
When the auto had gone a mile
Simon turned to Miss Evelyn
Dearest, will you fly with me?"
Man, are you crazy!" demanded the
girl.
Il love you to distraction, and you
must be mine!"
Turn about and go back, sir"
woman, 1 am desperate man! IL
you don't pledge me-
He had stopped the auto, and 1T
had been overtaken by one in which
a young man was driving alone.
Any trouble here?" he asked as he
raised his cap.
Il want you to haul this fellow out
and give him a threshing!"
Certainly, Miss
Simon put up the best fight he could,
but 1T was not good enough. He sat
by the roadside holding his bleeding
nose as the young man stepped into
the Castle car to drive the girl home.
The betrayed man didn't follow even to
get his things and the money due him.
1t was three months later that Sarah
Bexter wrote him:
The whole trouble was with your
red chin whiSkers. Miss Evelyn knew
that no hero ever wore such. 1t may
interest you t. learn that the young
man who smashed your nose is COM
ing some day next week to ask the
colonel if he can have his daughter
for bridge. Farewell base born!'-
Copyright, 1913. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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Unusual Feats of Memory.

One of the most astonishing
mnemonic feats on record is record
ed by John Wesley Il knew man
about twenty years ago. writes Wes-
ley, who was so thoroughly ac-
quainted with the Bible that if he was
questioned as to any Hebrew word
in the old, or any Greek word in the
New Testament, he would tell, after
a little pause, not only how often the
one or the other occurred in the Bible,
but also what it meant in every place.
His name was Thomas Walsh. Such
master of Bible knowledge I never
saw before, and never expect to see
again" Walsh had a close rival in
Macaulay, who, according to James
Stephen. could repeat ''all Demosthe-
mes by heart, and all Milton, as well
as great part of the Bible"
A strange instance of freak mem
DRY is recorded in the case of a ser
want girl in a Scottish manse. She
was almost illiterate, yet when deliri-
Gus in fever, surprised those around
her by repeating long passages of the
Bible in Hebrew. The kitchen where
the girl spent her evenings adjoined
the minister's study. He was accus-
toned to read aloud. The girl had
not understood or consciously taken
heed of the reading, yet her mind had
seized upon and stored the phrases
London Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-26
EVENING CHAT
Making Remorse Useful.
BY RUTH CAMERON

regret and remorse are two OF the bit
terest the commonest and the most
futile feelings in the world
10 dwell upon the past is to neglect the
present, and to neglect the present is to
prepare more regrets for the future To
morrow today will be yesterday" is a
good motto for those who are apt to think
too much about the lit might have beens'
and ignore the ait may be-
And yet there is one way in which the
bitterness of regret may be turned into
| the sweetness of wisdom. And that Is
when you are assailed by the miserable
| memory of some foolish mistake, instead
! of fleeing from that thought or trying 10
blame some one else, or indulging in an
G6n ne ut Of the blues Just walk
| carefully and try to put your finger on
| the exact quality in you which caused it,
quality, stick up good big danger sign
IN your consciousness. and perhaps it
may do some good the next time you are
headed toward a similar blunder.
For instance, once upon time L wanted
luxury I had been saving for several
years. A man who interested in
ed to tell me of a great bargain 90
went with him to see it and at once fell
in love with the rig and bought it the
realized that neither the horse nor the
buggy was at all what | wanted. The
spirited. A few months later I sold the
horse for one-half and the buggy for
about one-seventh of what 1 paid for
them.
Every time 1 think of that little trans
action l am assailed with bitter regrets,
the more because shortly after L
bought this outfit I might have had a
suitable and reliable rig for about the
same price.
Now to flay myself with vain regrets
or to bitterly blame the man who advised
me to buy is absolutely useless, but there
is one thing 1 can do. I can say to my
self. You were advised to wait a bit and
look around. put you were sure that was
the only horse on the market 1t was
your impetuousness that made you make
that foolish mistake. You know 1t is al
ways causing you trouble Next time yo1
lave an important step to take be guided
by other peoples advice and don't be IN
such a hurry. When you go house-hunt-
ing this fall, you'll be sure to fall in love
with the first pretty house you see, over
look all its disadvantages and think it S
the only one in the world. Well. that's the
time for you to remember your bad bar
gain
If l say that to myself empIaticaily
enough who knows but that l may i'm
prove a little?
Irretrievable mistakes are bitter things
but then so are some of the best medt-
zines; and like the medicine, they are use
less until we nave swallowed tlem.
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QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
TFrom the Philadelphia RECORD

GFrom the Philadelphia Record
Some people regard failure as merely
beng unable to fool all the people all the
time.
Were men as perfect as their wives ex-
pected them to be. the women would die
of ennui.
The hardest thing in the world to man
age is n wife. The next hardest thing Is
husband
II man doesn't make a fool of himself
over a woman before he is 3, he is apt to
do it after he is &C
Blobbs-''I believe it was Patrick Henry
who exclaimed: Give me liberty or give
me death Slobbs-"Yes. but that was
long before Reno was on the map.
Muggins-"And you really object to see
ing woman in a decollete gown" Bug
gins-"Not at all. my boy What l OBJ
ject to is seeing so much of her out of it -
II believe in giving the people what
tie want" remarked the business man
That's right replied Harduppe. You
don't happen. to have a ten spot about
you. do you2'
Wigwag-.'A prohibition town always
gives me pain" Guzzler-'Natural
You have to have a pain in a prohibition
town before you can get anything Tor IT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-26
BY THE WAY
By HARVEY PARSONS.

The social and financial standing of
q church is shown ''of a sunday 1narn-
in" and is to be determined by
whether a preponderance of buggies
or autos are parked outside.
A solution that would be generally
satisfactory would be to arm Thaw
and Jerome with razors, throw them
into an abandoned cistern and then
forget the location of the cistern.
The Morning Squash has finally
discovered that Stotts, former mem
Der of the Big 3, has job. Given
plenty of time and territory to work
in, the Squash will get some where
near the facts eventually.
A couple of ginks have been arrest
ed for setting fire to Turner hall in
southeast Kansas. 1t appears that
they had no connection with the at
torney generals office, and We're
therefore unauthorized to burn prop
erty in that district.
There is bug in every jug of ONT
ment. The Improvement in weather
cannot be said to be of any special
benefit to the soda fountains, ice
plants and laundries.
The most noticeable feature of the
Mann act is it's tendency to keep the
cussedness at home.
There is always one better. Sprink-
ling the river bed at Hutchinson is
good enough, but there is place in
Kansas where the water for miXin G
the cement in a river bridge is being
hauled three miles.
Only one suffragette in Lunaon jail.
The loudest alarm clocks will run
down in time.
One health specialist says it is poor
policy to eat while worried. So it is
up to the common peepul to refrain
from taking slant at the grocery bill
until after the meal.
Thaw is still in the woods, but the
benefits of his escape are many.
SherbroOke, Canada, was put on the
map, the lawyers get another hunk of
the fortune and Evelyn another hunk
of advertising.
Auto specialists claim that the time
is coming when automobiles will have
but one headlight instead of two. That
will add to the general gayety
of things by inducing timid Dedes-
TRANS to climb a tree every time they
see the new moon coming up.
Every man has his faults, but fire.
quentlY the faults of a man are so
blamed insignificant that no girl feels
justified in marrying him to reform
him.