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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-17
Little Bobbie S
Pa
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

ia x Ma last mite, MS nalm is
Blackstone Smith. He jest left
college & he is going to be a law
yer, he doant know in witch town
until he hears from all the towns that
is after him & then he viii pick out
the town he likes best.
He was awful stuck up, he was the
stuckest up boy I ever seen. He is
twenty years oald & he thinks he Is a
man, he called me little shaver & sed
Poor boy. after he has climbed the tree
of nonege at sum college he will know
the difficulties witch us men has to face.
Yes, I dare say, sed Pa. this Ginning
a tree of nollege at college is sum sport,
Blackstone.
What a pritty naim, Blackstone, sed
Ma.
My parents knew 1 was going to be
a lawyer, he sed, so they gaiv me the
naim of the gratest lawyer that ever
lived. 1t is a fitting naim for me,
doant you think so?
pritty good, sed Pa. Wen are you going
to beegin laying down the law to the
wurld? Maybe my firm can swing sum
bizness yure way, Pa sed, If you locate
here in town. My firm is always in
trubbel. Thay doant lissen to my ad-
vice
| l shall be glad to straiten them out
after l start my office, sed Blackstone
| Smith. That is. shall endeavor to ad
/ Just, adjudicate, transact. perform &
otherwise accomplish such legal acts &
deeds as you may then or at any future
time bring, fetch or cause to be brung
or fetched to my office OF course,
shall expect a sutabel honorarium, he
sed.
| A what? sed Pa.
A sutabel honorarium, sed Blackstone
! Smith. A fee that is commensurate
with my skill g. my legal lore
Oh, that will be all rite, sed Pa.
will see that the firm pays you about
what you are worth. That wuddent
brake my firm, sed Pa.
I am riteing textbook in my lee
shur moments, sed Mister Smith, about
a masters liability for acks of his ser
want. 1t is going to be a vary compre-
| henslve work, he sed, dwelling fully on
all personal injury cases that may be
brought in any city, village, town, ham,
let. burg, postofice, railroad stashun,
! jumping off place or whistling post in
any State or Territory in the Union.
That is fine, sed Pa, 7 always like
to see a yung man be ambishus. Are
you going to talk any divoarce cases
Not until have a large STAFF of law
clerks, sed Blackstone Smith. Then |
shall transact, perform. render & other
wise do any & all such services as are
conneckted or remotely connected with
any ackshun for divoarce, separashun
interlockatory decree or other form OF
the annulment, smashing & rendering
void Of the marriage state
have sum very fine burbon here,
sed Pa. Wud you like a littel dram,
gill, boot, snort, snifter, shot, or sip
Of sed burbon as aforesed. situated on
the northeast corner of the southwest
quarter Of the sideboard CONTIGUOUS
hereto? sed Pa.
newer drink, sed Blackstone Smith
l feel that l owe it to my future clients
to stay sober.
| am afrade that yure future clients
will be a lot soberer men than you are,
| sed Pa. You doant want any honora-
rum. Pa sed, what you want is a sani-
| tarium
Then Blackstone Smith got kind Of
! cool 81 pritty soon he went hoam
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=: Placing The Blame ::

.iET TELLO, Laura. Is that you at
the phone? Good morning.
Yes, were all well, thank
you. l called up to say that was
rather mean practical joke you play
ed on me. especially when you know
how fond your brother Paul is of
brown bread. I must say that
thought l could depend upon his own
sister TO give me the recipe his moth
er used.
You say you did give it to me?
Impossible. The bread baked
wasn't fit to eat. It was awfully an
noying, particularly as l made it all
myself while Thora was out Thurs
day, for / was so anxious to have it
just right for Paul He has been
talking about brown bread for
months. l wanted to show him that
even if he did come from a family of
famous cooks there are otherst
MY failure with the bread was a
dreadful disappointment to me- I've
been waiting till ] got over being
angry about it before mentioning the
matter to you. | just wish to say,
dear, that giving me a defective re-
cipe didn't appeal to my sense of
humor, although doubtless you
thought it was funny. All you Gran
dalls are so absurdly fond Of joking.
"Of course, it's easy for you to in
sist now that you gave me the proper
ingredients and quantities, but if you
did why wasn't the bread good?
Horrid Stuff.
NO, 1 didn't use the molasses that
you said. l can't bear the horrid
black stuff. It never seems clean to
me. In fact, never have any of it in
the house
Yes, ! remember now. you did tell
me TO get some, but you see l didn't
Ike such dark molasses, SO, Of course,
| didn't order il.
Graham tour2 Certainly / used
Graham flour and l sifted out the
bran.
why did ! do that? Because I
don't care to feed my husband on
horse fodder. l got every bit of the
bran out of it, for | don't believe in
eating anything so rough. Really, l
can't endure such coarse food.
We'll, of course. dear, every one to
her taste If you like bran. / have
no objection I'm sure, but you can
scarcely expect me to eat il or ask
Paul to merely because you serve il
on your table.
Perhaps it is wholesome, but you
know Laura, | think it unwise to be
| thinking all the time about what is
| healthful. | consider that simply
pampering the digestion.
Yes, indeed, the cream was very
sour. In fact, il was buttermilk, so,
| of course, it was sour.
| Why, Laura, butteTmilk and sour
| cream are practically the same thing
| You know very well that one is often
| used as a substitute for the other. I'm
sure that was not what spoiled my
! bread for il was fresh buttermilk
| that our milkman brings especially
| for Thora, who Just loves it. | be-
| Geve in letting a maid have a few
/ little luNuries like that and, besides
1t comes in handy for cooking.
mo, you can not have this line It's
! busy. Isn't it surprising, Laura, how
| discourteOus people are about cutting
| in on the wire2 1t seems to me that
/ / never begin to telephone but the
other party on our line tries to inter
| rupt me. Shes evidently a very ill
/ bred person.
NO, | didn't It's all nonsense let
| ting bread rise such a length of time
As minutes. Now, if it were white
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bread there might be some sense
Of it, but brown bread is al
ways solid and heavy. l let it rise
20 minutes. I know it was as long
as that because I was waving my
hair while it was rising and I could
not possibly wave it in less than
20 minutes.
Il think you'll like the new way
I'm waving my hair, parted and
waved with a bun at the nape of the
neck Paul says it makes me look
like little Italian madonna. The eff
feet is simple, but it's really a lot Of
bother. If you like, I'll drop in to-
morrow and show you how to do your
hair the same way. OF course, with
your golden hair you'll be a Rubens
madonna.
Annoying.
Pardon me, but this line is busy.
I wish you'd kindly wait till 1 have
finished talking.
There, isn't that annoying? / be-
lteve III have TO make a serious
complaint to the telephone company.
There's no sense in being subjected
to such frequent annoyance. She al
most made me forget what we were
talking about. Oh, yes, my brown
bread. Well all / can say is that it
was perfectly horrid, and all those
expensive materials were wasted,
when I'm trying so hard to reduce
the cost of things.
Now, Laura, l don't think it's kind
Of you to say that l didn't follow
your directions. I'm sure 1 did al
most everything almost exactly the
way you said.
Well no; l didn't bake It in a
slow oven. l wanted to go down
town before luncheon, and / must
say that l don't see what difference
it makes whether a thing is baked
slowly or quickly so long as it is
baked. Really dear. you have a lot
of Oldfashioned notions about cook
ing. What's the use of having mod
ern convenience if you're going to
make your gas range bake as slowly
as the old coal stove your mother
had to use?
NO; / see we can't agree, so
there's no use discussing the matter.
Anyway, that persistently rude per-
son is trying to get the line again
l suppose l may as well let her
have it,"
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year and I got
nothing I h a t
helped me until /
b e & a n taking
Lydia E. PIN X
hams Vegetable
Compound. l was
irregular and had
cramps so b a d
that l had to go
to bed. Now l
have better health
than l have had
for years and l
cannot speak too
highly Of VOur
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-17

CHICAGO, ILL.-"I take pleasure
in writing to thank you for what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. I suffered
with such awful periodic pains, and
had displacement, and received no
benefit from the doctors I was ad-
vised to take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and am now as
well as ever"-Mrs. William Tully,
2052 Ogden Avenue, Chicago, III.
If you have the slightest doubt that
Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Com
pound will help you, write to Lydia e.
Pinkham Medicine Co. (eonhdentIaD,
Lynn, Mass, for advice, Your letter
will be opened, read and answered by
dsnce.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-17
Advice to the
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
DON'T BE HASTY IN JUDGMENT
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX!
/ am 10. and have been keep
ing company steadily with a
young man two years my senior
for the past year and a half
We are to be married next
month
Last week while visiting
theater with nv mother, / met
this young man with my girl
friend.
DO you think ] would live
happy life marrying This man
who proved so untTue2
ANXIOUS.
Have you given him a chance 20
explain
You owe him that much But It.
after hearing his explanation, you
still doubt him, you must give him
up. There is no happy marriage
without faith.
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The Lottery Ticket

tn HE story of my marriage! You
wish to hear it? Well, you will
find there is nothing common
place about it.
pale, disheveled girl, in a thread
bare dress, sold me a lottery ticket one
night outside a cafe. l paid her an
enormous amount for it-a whole sill
yer dollar. and she rewarded my mu-
nificence with a charming smile and a
blush.
1T will surely bring you luck, senior"
she said, in the low, clear voice peculiar
to the young girls of the lower class in
Madrid
Are you quite sure?" I asked, laugh
ingly, as I put the ticket into my coat
pocket and buttoned my overcoat to
protect myself against the crisp De-
cember air.
Yes, / am quite sure, senior THAT
number will be drawn You see II is
1920, and fourteen is the number of my
years and twenty the number of days
since my last birthday. That is the
reason l bought it"
I'm that case, my child, we will play
together, and IL the number is drawn,
half of the prize is yours"
Her pretty little face beamed with
joy.
Then, senior. give me your name and
your address. I know the big prize will
be ours inside of four days"
Half regretting my joke. 1 gave her
my name and address. Ten minutes
later, as I walked from Porta del Sol
to Gale Montera, I had forgotten the
whole incident.
Three days later, before 1 was out
Of bed in the morning, I heard the news
boys selling the list of winning mum
oers, and told my valet to get me a
copy. The first thing I saw when l
opened it was 1920 in fat type My
ticket had won the great first prize OF
$4,000 I grew quite excited, jumped
out Of bed and began to look for the
ticket.
The Ticket Lost.
l remembered putting it into my over
coat But where was the coat. Oh, of
course, it was hanging in the wardrobe.
/ opened the door and found it, I
searched all the pockets-they were
empty. I rang the bell and asked my
valet if he had brushed the overcoat
during the last three days, and ne re-
piled that he brushed and beat it the
day before. after carefully emptying
the pockets, but there was no Lottery
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-17

ticket in them. l looked at him sharply,
and his face convinced me that he spoke
the truth. Besides, he had been in my
service for more than five years, and 1
had always found him loyal and faithful.
I blush when I think that I lost my
temper and abused him for nv own
stupidity, 1 upset everything. emptied
the wastebasket and turned everything
in the room upside down I found moth
ing. My hands were trembling as If in
fever; my tongue stuck to my throat.
but l was at last forced to give up the
search.
In the evening, when l lay on my. sofa
smoking my cigarette, suddenly heard
the door bell ringing. followed by angry
words between my servant and another
person. a moment later the girl who
had sold me the ticket rushed into nv
room and threw her arms around my
neck.
He Tells Her.
"Oh, senior, we have won the great
prizer
l felt utterly miserable. I thought !
had got over the worst, and now came
this cruel discovery. Stammering like
a criminal, had to tell her that l had
lost the ticket, that l had searched for
it high and low, and that l had given
up every hope Of finding it.
In her eyes thought I saw a CLEAN Of
doubt and supicion. but she raised her
tear-stained face TO me. looked at me
with a gay smile and shrugged her
shoulders.
My conscience left me no peace until
l made up my mind to look after her
[ sent her TO a boarding school, had her
educated and at last l married her.
And the strangest thing CT all is that
found happiness.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-17
WOMAN A
GREAT SUFFERER
Tells How She Was Re.
stored To Health by Ly-
Ola E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.

GRANVILLE, ILL.-'T was a great
sufferer of female complaints for a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-17
Up-to-Date
Jokes

At the fish docks in Aberdeen the
rather remarkable coincidence was
noticed OF three steam trawler7 lying
berthed side by side. their names be-
ing respectively Rose, Shamrock and
Thistle.
what a pity that Wales is not rep
resented remarked a visitor. That
would have certainly completed It."
Don't worry about that, guv'nor."
replied the man addressed Il expect
there's a leak in one Of them"
An author who was present at the
first night performance Of a very sue
Cessful play written by a rival de-
clared afterward that IL was the poor
est piece he had seen.
"Then why did you not hiss it?" in.
quired a friend.
impossible" was the retort, "a man
can not hiss and yawn at the same
time!"
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Case of Mrs. Tully.

medicine. Mrs. Jessie Schaar, AIS
Main Street, GRANVILLE, Ill.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-17

Known as the kleptograph. a bur
glar alarm invented by an Italian ig-
mites a flash. ght and photographs the
intruder VINO invades the room In
which II is set
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-22

WITH the approach of Easter
w come rumors and more
definite facts of spring
weddings.
For the next several weeks the
Easter bride will be most inter
esting personality on the social
stage. and while the announce
ments of weddings in Atlanta have
been few in number, the young
women to be married in April are
well known and popular.
Their parties win be numerous
and delightful. and their weddings
social events Of statewide interest.
one of the very interesting we'd
dings of the season has not been
formally announced the first pub
lie acknowledgment of what has
been an open secret among their
many friends for some time be-
ing the Invitations which Mr. and
Mrs. w T. Gentry will issue Mon
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cial activity of the Wilson family,
and probably also at their social
charm. Southern women of gen
tie breeding approach the European
aristocrat in appearance and man
ners more closely than do the
women of other sections of the
United States,
In the news from Washington's
social circles this week We're sew
eral items of personal interest to
Atlantans. The Misses Elizabeth
and Mary Howry. who have often
visited here and are cousins of Mrs.
John K. Ottley, gave a beautiful
luncheon for the Misses Wilson
early iu the week.
Mrs. William Bailey Lamar. who,
with her husband. Judge Lamar
has returned to Washington TO live
after several years residence fu At
-anta. has taken her place again
AS one of the popular hos;esses of
the capital. she gave an elaborate
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-22

ST. Patrick's day luncheon in honor
of Miss Lucy Hoke Smith, the
daughter of Senator Hoke Smith,
who sat on her right at the table.
with Miss Genevieve Clark. the
lovely daughter Of Speaker Champ
Clark, on her left. At the end Of
the beautifully decorated table sat
Miss Callie Hoke Smith, and among
the guests well known here were
Miss Flora Bewick, of Atlanta, who
is visiting the Misses Smith; Miss
Maitland Marshall, niece of Mrs.
Preston Arkwright, and Mrs
George Howard, who is a frequent.
visitor here; the Misses Howry and
Mrs. Lamar Rutherford Lipscomoy
Mrs. Albert l.. Mills is also enter
tanning quite bit this season in,
Washington. s4S
II is probable that "a num6ef ~
charming Atlanta women and
girls viii figure in shln2ton So
ciety within the next four years.
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president and his wife. Both the
president and Mrs. Wilson are well
known here, where they formerly
lived, and have friends and rela-
tives in the city. The young wom-
en- of the white house also have
many close friends among Atlanta
young women.
In. addition to the interest felt
because Of the friendship with the
president and his family, many
other names prominent in social
circles of the country are familiar
10 Atlanta friends. 1t is interest
ing to note the change of person
mel in the social chronicles OF the
washington papers and that the
news conceruln= ones friends and
arollaintan, has taken ti. place.
of personalities familiar Ivy feH9'r
hp- personally Unknown to S"-ti-
arrars Washington society has
been somewhat surprised al ta- So
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-22
Georgia D. A. R.
To Hold Big
Meeting in
Augusta
NUMBER of prominent At
lanta women are interest

a NUMBER of prominent At
n lanta women are interest
cd in the state convention
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution which will. be held in
Augusta next week.
The convention will be presided
over by Mrs. :. w. Foster, Of At
lanta. state regent. Mrs. john
Marshall Slator, wife of the gov
ernor- elect. will be guest of hon
or. and will contribute an address
to the first meeting. Mrs. William
Lawson Peel president general of
Georgia, will be "a notable visitor
from Atlanta, and other leading
women Of the d. A. z. from this
city VIII attend are:
Miss Nina Hornady, president Of
the Daughters of 1872; Mrs. John
a. Perdue, regent of the Joseph
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hapershaln chapler' 4Irs' Joseph
H. Morgan, eX-regent of the At
lanta chapter; Miss Ruby Ray,
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SldIe h'9toi i''ii' NiiS' iio""lu wv
Call, state recording secretary;
Mrs lanes Osgo0d WYNN. Mrs.
To,.a,,,,i,,, 1,,,,.., NJ Arob A,...,.,.
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MISS Dag mar Sums, MISS I'''
Scnanc Mrs. 6. b. Walker, Mrs.
r. e. Brooks
The Atlanta v.,nen leave Tues
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va. ''o ms '''
me business "'lo' l"' s''''
convention viii he interesting and
important. \ promising social
nroe,rar,, las baou pro,ared nv tho
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l'".'S W w % 20 ''''' - y,
Whicn AliS. 'iiai iea iIill'i~9' one ol
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The brides father will officiate.
and the only attendants will be
Miss Ruth Angler, of Atlanta. maid
or honor, and Mr., Fred Townsend,
brother of the bridegroom, best
man. Little Miss Mary Sayward
and Master Ralph Edmundson will
stretch the ribbons.
Miss Alice Silvey, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Jerome Silvey. will
be married on April to Mr.. Van
Buren, whatley. The ceremony will
be quietly performed at home, no
invitations having been issued. DR..
Charles Daniel. of the First Bap-
fist church, will officiate. Miss
Elizabeth Silvey Will be her sis
ter's maid of honor and Mr. Ell
wood Floersch will be best man.
The bridesmaids will be Misses
Edna May Davis and Grace Davis.
Misses Rosemary Green and Ma
rian Green win be flower girls.
Several parties win be given for
Miss Silvey next week: Miss Edna
May Davis, who gives a tea; Miss
Fannie Thrasher. who entertains
at the Georgian Terrace, and Miss
Annie Lou Padgett, who gives
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Miss AHene Gentry To Be BRIDE
0fJoML W00dSide, N:, mAprI

Rosser and Mr.. Charles Shelton
takes place on April Is, at the
home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Luther Rosser. in West
End, and will be followed by a re-
ception.
The bride will be attended by
Miss Ruth Rosser as maid of hon
or. Mrs. Luther Rosser, Jr, and
Mrs. Joseph Eby win be matrons of
honor, Miss Annie May Shelton
will be first bridesmaid. the others
to be Misses Lula Dean Jones,
Martha Francis, Passie May Ott-
ley and Mildred Borden, Of Colds
boro, y. c.
A group of groomsmen will in
clude Mr. George Shelton, OF Val
dosta, as best man; Messrs. Lewis
Shelton, Luther Rosser, Jr, Cam
Dorsey. Al Thornwell, Roy Dor
sey and DR.. Joseph Ely.
The marriage of Miss Stella Ed
mundson, of Decatur. to Mr.. De-
Der Townsend, Of Atlanta, takes
place on April 10, at the home of
the brides parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Thomas Edmundson, in Decatur.
No invitations will be issued, an
nouncement cards to be sent out
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-22
Phelan- WRIGHT Wedding.

y cordial and widespread interest
ceutors is the marriage Of this Well
known young couple. Miss Gentry
is the youngest daughter Of Mr.. W.
r. Gentry. president of the South
ern Bell Telephone Company, and
one Of the most charming members
of the young social set. She has a
piquant beauty and a winsome per-
sonality which has won much ad-
miration for her since she made her
debut a few years ago. Mr. Wood
side is a We'll known young man of
the city. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John J. Woodside, his father
being one of the leading business
men of Atlanta. The prominence
Of the young couple ana of their
families will make their marriage
ceremony one of the most interest
ing Of the spring weddings.
Plans for the Phelan- Wrigh;
wedding have been announced. this
TO take place on April >. one of
the first Of the seasons ceremonies.
The marriage of Miss Nora Belle