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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
An Equine Scarecrow.

A prosperous farmer who had
gained the reputation of being ex-
ceedingly stingy, owned an old horse
which was very thin, and. as If to
make up for the lack of flesh on its
body, the animal had an abnormally
large head.
One day the farmer went to the ex-
pense Of a new collar for the animal,
but very few minutes after the de-
livery Of the collar he was back at
the saddler's with It.
Don't you know nuthin'?" he blurt-
er out. You've made it too small. I
can't get it over his head"
over his head?" said the saddler.
Man alive, 1t wasn't made to go over
his head. Back him into it,"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Items Of Interest

The heart OF a standing man haats
81 times a minute. of a sitting one
II times. When the man is living
down, its beats are reduced to S. per
minute.
In England the Smiths are the
most numerous of all families. but
In Ireland they are content to rank
nth, after Murphy, Kelly, Sullivan,
and Walsh.
The most common letter is f. In
1000 letters, p occurs 1877 times in
English 1874 times In French, 145 in
Spanish, and 17S in German.
Ebony is always soaked in water
for from six to eighteen months as
soon as cut. It comes chiefly from
Mauritius and the East Indies.
Heather VIII last longer out OF wa
ter than almost any other flower
The stem transmits very little water
to the flower.
There are nearly 1000 stitches in a
pair OF hand-sewn boots.
India grows 1s,sOo.o 900 tons Of rice
annually.
yearly, and eats 1890, 900. All Europe
eats only two and a half million.
Before a fire brigade can start for a
fire IN Berlin the members must all
fall in line in military fashion and
salute their captain.
Clippings from masculine heads Of
hair are used for making strainers
through which syrlIps are clarified
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Even Most Chronic Suffer.
ers Find Relief From
Few Doses of Croxone.

Croxone soon relieves such con-
ditions because ii reaches the verv
roots of the disease. II soaks right
into the stopped up, inactive kid
neys, through the walls and lin
ings; cleans out the little filtering
cells and glands; neutralizes and
dissolves the poisonous uric aci
substances that lodge in the Joints
and muscles to scratch and irritate
and cause rheumatism: heals the
lnfiamed membranes of the blad-
der, and cleans out and strength
ems the stopped-up, lifeless kidneys
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Cute Tommy.

Mrs, Jordan had ideas on the way
children should be reared. Her Young
hopeful. Tommy. caused her a little
anxiety in this respect Now and
again, therefore a serious polite
ness lecture was administered
Nov Tommy, dear" she started
'Supposing you accidentally stepped
upon genleman's foot. what would
you say
i would say, Beg your PARDON
That's my own little SON" smiled
the pleased mother. And if the gen
ueman gave you a penny for your
pohteneSs what would YOU do?"
The innocent look passed from
Tommy 5 eyes as he quickly an
swereI.
Why. l would stand on the other
foot and say. Beg pardon again, OF
course!H
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Do You Know
That

According to official statistics re-
Gently compiled in Germany, the
number of centenarians in Europe is
far greater than is generally imag-
ined. Spain possesses 40; France
213; Italy, 1877; Great Britain 90;
Russia, SO; Germany 76. Norway, %;
Sweden, 10; Belgium, 5, and Denmark,
2. Switzerland has none. The Bal
kan States hold the record. In Bull
garia alone there are no fewer than
1883 centenaTans, and there are an
other 1904 in Roumania, and 573 in
Servia.
a bright little Irish terrier has been
trained as perfect Caddie by a we'll
known professional golfer in London
When his master is giving a lesson
the terrier goes out with the party
and sits on the teeing green, well out
of reach Of the swinging club, criti-
cally watching the performance. He
follows the flight of the hardest hit
or worst sliced ball unerringly, and
having marked it down, races to fetch
It back He returns with the ball
gently held in his mouth, and drops it
beside the sand-box.
The most valuable pearl ever found
on the American continent has been
taken to Chicago to be appraised The
pearl was found by DR. Jesse Carr or
the banks of the Fox River 1t weighs
SO grains and is a perfect specimen
The finder named it Queen of Amer
lea" and presented it to his wife. On
his first opportunity he took ii to
Chicago to have it appraised, and
was astonished when he was told that
it was worth over $4,000.
An extraordinary case of religious
mania is reported from Panama An
individual who has proclaimed him
self the Messiah predicts the destruc-
tiOn of the world by a deluge in a
short time, and some of his so adj
herents are engaged in building an
ark, while others are busy collecting
in pairs animals of all species found
in their region.
A remarkable women's fashion re-
ported from Paris consists in wear
ing waistCOats of the regulation mems
style and size, not the small vests
that were tentatively introduced some
time ago. Some experts predict that
a mans heavy gold watch chain will
follow suit, to give a finish to the
garment.
Cows in Belgium wear earrings.
The law requires that when a COW has
attained the age of three months il
shall have in its ear a ring to which
IS attached a numbered metal tag for
taxation purposes.
In the west OF England. especially
Cumberland, the greater part of the
rain falls in winter but in the east
the fall is heavier in the summer
half of the year.
Sweden is being urged to pass a
law giving women the right to pro-
pose marriage.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Changed Times.

The times have changed. Your
mother and realize that this rapid
nrc c0urfing, with easy divorce to fol
low. IL quite the fashion, but II is not
the fashion We want our girl TO fol
low.
We want you 10 love, to he loved,
and to marry But We want. more
than this for YOU TO marry so happily
YOU will stay married We don't want
you to come back in a few months
with every hope, every faith in life
and love and mankind trailing in the
dust
81 give my consent OF course, real
izinR that II ! refused II you would
marry without IL. but I am going 10
put II straight up TO you To be sure IN
your own heart that you want II.
ut is IN TO YOU, Shall ] order the
,yeddfnR cake as / ordered the doll you
cried FOR when q child or will you
make him provShis worthiness first
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17

him, yet you are anxious to go away
from your comfortable home to risk
leap in the dark. landing only the
good Lord knows wherei
"Yo"r mother and / have never let
YOU take A trip as far as ten miles
from home without assurance Of who
would meet you at the end and how
YOU would fare. This Is a trip for
life. and we are powerless to protec.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17

Every day Coursey & Munn's
drug store is crowded to the ut
most capacity. People of Atlanta
are realizing that the Quaker Ex-
tract and Oil of Balm do cure
where all others have failed.
Many Of your friends and neigh
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Be Sure!"

You must throw up your own safe
guards my dearl We have let you
have your own sweet, unreasoning
and unTea Sonable way too many years
70 protest now We have brought
YOU UP 10 the habit Of your own way.
We want you 10 have It now, II II
is for you- happiness, but we want
you 10 he sure that II is
Love is all there IS in life, my
dear have been happy too many
years in the love Of your mother to
decry ~. But, when 7 courted her.
il was with her fathers permission.
after proving 10 that worthy gentle
mans satisfaction that ! was Of good
moral habits stood well in my home
town. had no past 10 conceal and was
willing and able to support her in
every luxury she had enjoyed in her
home, We had known each other Ave
years and were engaged two years.
II did not engaes her in Correspon-
dencc for a few weeks and then ask
her TO marry me without first pre-
eentinC my credentials 10 her father.
dId not use less consideration In
taking his daughter from his home
forever than / would have taken in
borrowing his horse for an hour.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17

Funeral Designs and Flowers
FOR AL OCCASIONS.
Atlanta Floral Company
455 EAST FAIR STREET.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Her Don't S.

MY 'dOn'ts'-whiCh stand for How
TO avoid being ugly'-seem to me to be
the cardinal beauty secret. Don't
worry. Don't dwell on your troubles
even If they are big enough to be
Eriefs. Don't get bitter over burdens:
that will Corrode the sweetness of
your nature. II will make your smile
acid instead OF sweet and make your
eyes hard and cold instead of sweet
and wistful Don't use other people
as stepping stones to your success.
Help them up instead Don't insist
on receiving all the time. 1t is great
fun to give-and II you can give
nothing more than a cheerful smile
and friendly greeting, you'll! find
that gift Will make happiness and
friends grow in your personal sun
shine, II takes sunshine to grow
things. you know-beauty and friend
ship and the joy of a generous nature.
Il suppose any one Of us would like
to be as beautiful as a poets dream
or the artists choice of the most
beautiful woman in America But I
have noticed one thing-women who
are radiantly beautiful are rarely
brilliant and brsiny. Perhaps thev
| think that Just being lovely pictures
is enough-and they don't lay up any
thing for the rainy day when beauty
| fades
Pink and white prettiness and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
FOR TEETH AND GYMS
Pleasant Antiseptic Wash That
Preserves Teeth and Prevents
Riqus Disease.

A few wears ago people began % think more
az their personal appearance aus would use a
preparation fer the teeth solely because II made
them look Ike pearls To-day, with the IN
creased knowledge O; tle importance Of keeping
the teeth from decayng. every one who hears
Of Calls Anti Rigs realizes its value This Is
pleasant antiseyiic tooth wsrh thst Kills all
the decay germs. makes the teeth sound and
white keeps the gums nm and hard and pre-.
vents Rigs disease
Even IN advanced cases a. Rigs disease
where the gums are bleeding and sensitive and
The teeth are loose, Cars Anti Rigs IS ~ great
benefit
Leading professional people who realize the
attraction q pretty teeth. viii not lie without
Cans Anti Riggs. Begin its use al once and
keep yCH teeth and gums sound and healthy.
hsec At Jsools' Pharmacy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
PERHAPS you think that beau
heaven. Well, even If it

ty comes by the grace of
heaven. Well even II II
comes that way it only stays when it
is made very welcome. And the best
way to welcome beauty is to set most
earnestly about not being ugly" said
Grace Field with her lll-be- there-if-
YOU want-me smile lurking in the
depths of great hazel eyes.
"Of course quite a few Of us have a
hard time winning the title OF
beauty but any of us can avoid
being ugly or homely | have a long
list of donts' for the girl who wants
to avoid being ugly And | have one
great big positive rule for beauty. 1t
Is keep in sympathetic touch with all
the world through your own joy in
your mothers sympathy My mother
with her sweet, helpful sympathy
stands as my link with God and
heaven"
The smile-wistful and sweet
trembled out now and lit the face of
New Yorks Cleverest SOubrette Sun
shine crinkled the mouth corners and
lit the wonderful gold brown hair of
Miss Field, the fascinating Anna of
"Lieber Augustin' at the Casino
Theater, instead of lovable Grace
Field in her own beautiful horny
home
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.
Scene-Court Room. Discovered,
Portia, Nerissa, Bassanio, Antonio
and Director
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
-. A Letter to Mary
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
CERTAIN little girl whose

A CERTAIN little girl whose
"A father Is necessarily away
from home great deal found
the following letter from him under
her plate this morning:
You ask my consent to your mar
rage with John. Since you we're old
enough 10 climb on my lap and whis-
per desire in my ear I have given
You everything you Ionged for I see
my mistake, for now. when YOU ask
Cor something ! should refuse, ! know
That the power Of refusal is beyond
lie.
Il know that you q ok me ms a mat
ter OF form; that should ] say no you
VII do as you have done for years,
laugh at my refusal and then pro-
coed as II pleases you.
This Is my fault. ] am not hlam-
ing you. my child have never
taught you to investigate. 10 reason,
or to consider the consequences
When I knew your own way would
rot he best for you ! have weakly
let YOU have il. and then have thrust
myself between you and the punish
mont that came afterward.
In this case. | can not do that
Have you thought OF that
so ! say IN the beginning that ]
will give my consent to your marriage
with John II you insist but ] wonder
Ht your ignorance Cor bravery in
dreaming OF going away from your
home with a man you have known
less than six months and then chiefly
through correspondence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17
Some Doubts.

You know that he IL good looking
Is Of pleasing manners. generous to a
fault with his money, and that you
love him. You will marry him ana
20 with him 10 "A strange town. and
YOU do not know what his standing
in that town Is.
You do not know n he Is consid-
cred in his home town the kind Of a
man a respectable girl cares to go
with: you do not know II he IL good
10 his mother; II his business pros
poets entitle him to assume the sup
port OF n wife
you do not know what his habits
are. He may drink, gamble, loaf ana
he addicted to the company of those
who blaze the primrose path, but Of
this YOU know nothing. You are not
making as much effort To learn some
thing Of the character OF the man
who wants 10 be your partner for
life as your mother makes in finding
out about the maid whose stay viii
not be longer than six months,
You know nothing whatever abou;
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17

Cows in Belgium wear earrings.
The law requires that when a COW has
attained the age of three months it
shall have in its ear a ring to which
IS attached numbered metal tag for
taxation purposes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17

~ RECTOR Nov we gotta hus-
tie through this qE<S- Ger 70
do East Lynne" afterwards.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-17

In the west OF England. especially
Cumberland, the greater part of the
rain falls in winter: but in the east
the fall is heavier in the summer
half of the year.
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page, to be taken seriously
and treated with the consideration
which is accorded real talent.
On the matter Of suffrage, ''L. A.
L.. stands where she has stood for
more years than she likes to think
aDout-only for a great many of
those years the matter lay more or
less dormant in her mind, as it did
in the minds of a great many other
girls and women.
To get down to the argument
which we. want to have: woman, in
the abstract, in the concrete, indi-
vidually, collectively, in classes,
masses and alone (and THAT looks
as though it would take in mighty
near all women doesn't it?), is a
theQrist, first, last and all the time
When she ceases to be one, she loses
half her charm for man, and he
hasn't the time to discover what the
other half of charm is.
Feminine theorism begins with
the little girl when she plays
with dolls; she has named them and
endowed them with the virtues of
those she loves best, and to her they
ill, for many years, the places which
loved ones. She grows older, and
of course new desires and new inter-
ests come into her life-and with
each, comes the train of new theo-
ries. When Nature sends out it's
irresistible call for the mate which
all women feel at one time, every
man who comes across the horizon
of the girl or young woman, has in
him Tho nnccihi1jtinc Of
he pleases her. The disastrous mar
riages which are made at this time
are proof Of the power which the
theory has over the actual fact, and
it would be dreary statistical task
to prove this.
You all know of the woman who
has hung virtues on the man whom
you know to be almost devoid Of
decencies-and what a thankless
task would be yours to try and en-
tighten the women as to the mans
real status; how many parents have
tried it, and failed? The feminine
logic has made the adored one pos
sess the virtues which the feminine
mind loved, and theoretically, the
adOred one possessed those virtues;
a species of high-school Christian
Science, as it. were.
A difference of opinion does not
necessarily mean difference of
facts, and on this line I must remind
some of the friends who have been
sending me letters, clippings from
newspapers and circulars, all of
which show how strenuously the
senders object to me personally and
to my ideas of suffrage, that l still
maintain that my facts entitle me to
my opinion.
Theoretically, it would be a mag
nificent world if every one were
good, happy, rich and content, but
we all know the Lord never meant
it to be so, and it never was so, and
it never will be so. If men were
perfect, it would take perfect race
of women to make them content to
stay here-and every woman knows
what hard job that would be-so,
as the clown says at the circus, here
we are.
Man realizes from the time of his
first responsibilities, that he has to
face certain facts of life, and he has
to face them as other men did be-
fore him; he knows he will have to
act decently treat others very much
as he would like to be treated him
self, and on the general average, the
ordinary young man, Of good, clean
stock. starts out in life with a fair
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-09-25
By l.. A. L.

LII6Q, WITH the same Ln0OT10S TO purl-
fly civic conditions and benefit their
fellow-man in the towns in which
they live. And these same politi-
clans have a cellar full Of theories
of their oWn-chief among them be-
ing every man has his price, and
there never was a game played but
some one knew how to beat it." And
these two commandments fill more
offices and pockets than any purist
can hope to get around.
While woman is trying to look
after the civic things which she is
shocked to find in SO bad shape
what is becoming of the house and
the husband and children in it?
Theoretically, it is another case of
Mrs. John and the tired John.
The civilian may be worried at the
conditions he knows exist in his
town, but when disruption gets into
his home, he is going to quit being
civilian, and become a tramp, a
club-man, an applicant for divorce,
or he may even get SO desperate as
to join new church cult like the
Christian Scientists, looking for the
answer to what is the Matter with
our Women?"
And that will be enough for this
week.
That man Lind should be pro
vided with an air-ship; everyone else
is up in the air as to what he will
or won't do in Mexican matters.
y
Bi-chloride of mercury cocktails
seem to be becoming more and more
popular, several deaths from them
being reported last week.
Criticism piques Mrs. Pankhurst,
says cable dispatch. Maybe, but not
half as much as Mrs. Pankhurst's
freedom piQues the insurance compa-
MES Of Great Britain.
Atlanta's police captain was
cleared of the charge of kissing a
lady, while he was on duty in one
of the parks; and after we had a
glimpse at his picture we could see
why he was acquitted.
Mr. Huerta Of Mexico should
thank his stars that it wasn't u.
S. brand of independence Day he
passed recently-there would sure
ly have been a cannon cracker or
two under the Executive chair.
News item sent out from N. Y.
states a lobster, about fifty years
old, weight thirty-fve pounds is on
exhibition in that town. And most
of us thought fifty year old Holsters
were rather plentiful in n Y.
Dear, dear, the most cruel man
in the world" has been sued for di-
vorce by his wife, and his name is
Smoake; and he used to whip her,
which of course made her smoke
too.
If Mr.. Jerome Of New York, is
wise, he won't let his photograph
appear any oftener in the papSrs
than he can possibly help. Old HUI
man Nature is a queer sort of ami
NAL, and it has a habit of remember
ing what oftener would best be for
gotten.
A woman at an ocean watering
place who appeared in too scanty a
bathing suit was hooted off the
beach; the Methodist Bishop who
presided at a recent New Jersey
camp-meeting paid his respects to
the split skirt" so it may happen
while some of us still live, the women
will be shamed into putting enough
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TheGood, the Bad, the Otherwise
And Few Laconics ByLAL
AND AGAIN, THE SUFFRAGE
"QUESTION."

T is always fattering to a
writer, even one whose efforts
are as feeble and as faulty
as the one who conducts this
mage to he taken cnriO11clu
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PAGE ELEVEN
Ask This Man TO
Read Your Life

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Lives at any Distance Am0zes
All Who Write to Him.