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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16

times unwarranted. If she is only half
as stern as their own mother had been,
she is a merciless tyrant II she de-
MES them all their wants, she is parsi-
monious and is suspected of lining an
individual pocket If she grants all
their desires, they lay the failure of
their father to wax wealthy on her
shoulders. The Pronoun Parent is al
ways misunderstood.
Their Excuse.
If this baleful result lasted only
through their childhood. the effects
would be bad enough, but It accompa-
MES them through life.
Il have a stepmother," a girl writes
me, and that is why left home She
objected to me going out nights"
Il am only sixteen" writes another
girl, and man Of forty wants me to
elope with him. have heard he drinks,
but my stepmother says so, and l don't
believe it."
Il am fifteen" from another girl, and
in love with a boy of sixteen Would
you advise me to get married? You
know 1 have a ste pmother."
All through life they use as a reason
for the eradication Of self-wiH, as an
excuse for folly, an explanation of fail
ure. the existence of a stepmother And
I contend that the blame lies less with
the woman who tries to fill the mother 5
place than with the dead womans rela-
tives and friends who turned every lit
tie head and heart the wrong way by
maudlin sentiments Of pity the day the
father took a second wife.
The Prououn Parent may make mis-
takes. So Though one must ask for
giyeness for saying IT'D does the parent
who is not called Her" or She but
~ the g.orifymg name OF Mother"
She may make mistakes. but wait
until she makes them, Don't hasten the
day by implantinE into her stepchil-
Grens breasts the conviction that sha
can make nothing else.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16

and nature. Each of us should be
alone a part of each day, and the
very best time is in the GOODNESS Of
the morning You can just plan then
to have your day bigger and finer
than it was yesterday
I'VE all need solitude and we all
need pleasure. Life has to have re-
taxation and spice as well as ideals
But l don't know how any one can
be beautiful unless they try TO be
sweet and lovable And that is not
bit what you wanted, is it?" said
Miss Jerome.
1T was not exactly what I ex-
pected," l answered. But l like your
old fashioned girl and your old
fashioned ideals-an l hope you can
make them the fashion Of to-day"
And so I do, little sisters, and so
would you if you could truly see the
charm of Florence Jerome's clear
fresh girlhood unspoiled by Cosmet-
les, undimmed by jewels, and shin
ing forth by its own idealism as our
great ideal-Beauty.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
Easy for Him.

An Irishman was one day engaged
at stone breaking on the roadside, and
not being used to the work could not
get on very fast A friend of his
who CHANGED to pass by as Pat was
belabOriag a large stone with renewed
vigOr tried to show him the right way,
and taking the hammer from him,
broke the stone with ease.
Said Pat: Sure. now, and It he
easy for We to break the stone afther
I have been softening 1t for the last
half hour"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16

Each of us
should be
alone part of
the day.
The best
time for that
is early in the
morning.
An early
morning walk
braces and
invigorates
you for the
remainder Of
the day.
You should
always have
your own ideal
as a picture in
your mind.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
Keep Busy!

Shopkeeper Ito new boy)-When
you've finished sweeping the shop and
put things straight, don't hang about
wasting your time. You can be catch
ing flies and putting them into our
new patent fly-trap, so that il viii be
ready to put in the window.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
The Trap.

The former glanced up at his con-
frere and smiled Evidently Jones
had taken him seriously and intended
to complete the ledger before going
out At ten minutes past / Jones got
up and, getting on his coat and hat,
went out. He descended to the first
floor, which was. deserted. Here he
took up station by the gates Of the
automatic lift
Presently. just about a quarter past,
the lift began to descend. Quickly
and quietly Jones eXerted his strength
and wrenchad open the gate. The lift
stopped. Then the junior clerk stole,
chuckling, out to lunch.
At ten minutes past 1 that after
noon Todbury Finch, Esq, junior
partner Of the firm, was seated in his
sanCtum on the third floor when there
came ring on the telephone
"HeIlo," he said who's that? Oh.
hello Georgei How are you? What's
that? Got something good for the 2
o'clock? Buebell, 100 to s. What's
that? Back heavy? It's a cert then.
Put # on at once Yes, I will. Thanks
for tine tip, old man. Goodbye
He put up the receiver and looked
hurriedly at his watch. Just on a
quarter past l. By Jove. he'd have
10 ttl IulthlN. ne II dbb't MS nat
and hurried into the lift Pressed the
button and began to descend Sud
denly between the second and third
floors it stopped. What was up? He
pressed all the buttons vigorously re-
slammed the gate, fumed and pOttered
for five minutes.
Then he called out:
Hi. Shut that gate there! Hi!'
The Wrong One.
The reply came back in angry
tones:
Gate there! Hi"
Todburg Finch simply frothed with
rage. 1t would be too late TO put any
money on the 2 O'Clock The junior
partner Of Dodson, Finch & Dodson
was Gagged up like prize rabbit. But
his demeanor was less placid than
rabbits.
Meanwhile. Junior Clerk Jones,
with the feelings Of one who has sue
cessfuIly perpetrated a joke of the
first water, repaired to the tea shop
where he usually took lunch
Here he espied Stemmings, a fellow
clerk and kindred spirit, and took
seat opposite him.
Presently Jones. having battled sue
CeSSfully with toasted muffin.
leaned back in his chair and threw
casual glance over the assembly of
diners. His face went a shade paler
and his eyes took on a suddenly star
tied look
For deep in the contemplation Of
draughtboar5 in the vicinity was no
other than Mr. Brown
What's up" inquired Stemmings
seeming something unusual
How longs Brown been In here
asked Jones
Game in just after you. Why
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16

NEW commercial enterprises m
II London could claim for their
counting house a scene Of
greater activity than Messrs. bod
son, Finch & Dodson; but. unfortu-
nately, that activity was not always
confined to counting" or the other
legitimate functions of the depart
ment
Discussions and differences arose
constantly over matters a trifie re-
moved from silks and satins.
'Tottenham Hotspur," said Junior
Clerk Jones, pugnaciously, could eat
Chelsea! So now!"
At which Assistant Clerk Brown
bridled and drew on the resources Of
official prestige.
Look here, Jones'" he said shortly,
get on with your work! I haven't
got time to listen to your football
Claptrapi I want that ledger bal
anced by lunch time, or you'll explain
to Mr.. Coates!"
NJ Jones leaned over the ponder
Gus ledger on his desk, and addressed
himself in tones happily inaudible.
That was Brown all over Couldn't
nave a decent sensible discussion
without losing his temper end turn
ing on shop" He wouldn't get any
ledger balanced by lunch time. He'd
watch it. Explain to Coates? Rats!"
An Inspiration.
Mr. Jones by a spasmodic species
of logic ultimately came to the con-
clusion-not altogether unique-that
Brown was a fool.
That being so, it became the jun
ior's overwhelming desire to take his
confrere down peg.
How, he had yet to decide.
Half an hour later the junior
clerk had occasion to traverse the
corridor that led to the buying de-
nartment, As he did so his eye
caught the gate Of the automatic
self operating lift 1t was a more OF
less prosaic object for an eye 10
catch, but it flashed to the nimble
brain Of Mr. Jones an inspiration OF
the first water. He chuckled.
Properly to appreciate Mr.. Jones
attitude a short description Of the lift
is necessary. 1t was one of that or
der which, when you have gained the
interior and securely closed the
gates. proceeds to the desired floor
upon the pressure OF u mum Der eu JUL
ton. To avoid accident, the lift in
geniouslv refuses to move an inCn
unless the gates on each floor are Sc
curely fastened. 1t is plain, there
fore, that if one of the gates be forCi-
bly, wrenChed open ever so slightly
while the lift is in motion, the lift is
automatically stopped and if this
phenomenon occurs while the eleva-
tor is between the floors, the unfOr.
tunate occupant is Gagged in like a
prize rabbit until such time as the
offending gate becomes adjusted.
1t was this knowledge that in
spired Mr.. Jores with the aforemen-
toned inspiration.
Everyone went out to lunch at I
o'clock except Mr. Brown, who-from
extra zeal, let us say-stayed almost
invariably till a quarter past. Also,
the assistant senior clerk was in the
habit of descending by the automatic
lift,
This Mr.. Jones also remembered.
At two or three minutes to l the bus
tie and activity Of the Dodson Finch
establishment became alarmingly ac-
ceutuated. Everyone seemed excess
sively impatient to leave the prem
ises-that is, with the exception Of
Mr. Brown--as usual, and also Mr..
Jones, strange to say.
The Trap.
The former glanced up at his con-
frere and smiled. Evidently Jones
had taken him seriously and intended
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
Not a Prig.

IF men are getting so used to i'm
mouesty that they like It, why then
let US train them to modesty and see
how much better they will like that!
A good beginning would be to dis
tinguish carefully between the clothes
We wear on the street and those We
wear in the house. Simple dignity for
the street, with the constant remem-
branCe that the sun-glare reveals
everything il can-SG we must be
careful to conceal what should be
cOncealed--and though l believe in a
bit Of powder TO cool the skin. don't
like to see a girl turned into a clown
by the brazen Tevealings of the sun
please don't get the idea that l am
a prig," went on dainty Miss Flor
enCe, whose beauty has the sweet
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
The Stepmother
By FRANCES L. GARsIDE.

TT makes little difference how many
children there are in a motherless
\ brood, there is always some woman
brave enough to promise to be a moth
er to them. Actuated largely by love
for their father, and with plying ten
derness for them for which she is never
given due credit, she becomes his wife
And from that day till the day of her
death she is classed among the Pro-
noun Parents.
She wants to love the children and be
loved by them. She would like to have
them call her Mother" or Aunt" or
by her first name, but their little lips
stiffen at the thought of any title so
suggestive Of forgiveness for one who
has committed the crime of taking the
a agreement, and perhaps almost uncon-
sciously, they begin to refer to her solely
as Her" or she"
And in this rebellion they are encour-
aged, actively or tacitly by all who
loved the woman who is dead
She is your mother now" they will
say, "and it is your duty to love her
Your poor dear mother! I wonder what
she would say if she knew you poor lit
tie things had a stepmother?"
Objects of Pity.
They are made to understand that
they are objects of pity because of
some monster Father has brought home
to rule over them with rod and lash.
They meet her with q fear. anger and
resentment that are never entirely over
come
The Pronoun Parent may he a para
gon of patience and tenderness. She
may have a heart filled with love for
her children. But never may she hope
to make their home so pleasant that
they will acknowledge they fare better
than when In the pillar-tO-pOst couGi-
riage rescued them.
She gets no credit for her efforts, and
she receives a criticism that is at all
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16

TIME world is being very kind to
pretty 1S-year-old Florence
Nugent Jerome, and she is Civ
ing back to the world smiles and
sweetness and sunshine
But far back in the depths of her
wonderful gray eyes is a question that
makes you think of some of the sad
ness of all the ages.
why should this little girl, who
has leaped into instant favor with the
theatergoing public, have this ques-
ton in the depths of her eyes and
souI?" l asked myself. But after a
few minutes knew. Little Florence
Jerome is a sensitive idealist, and SO
for all her merry nature. She would
have all beauty perfect, and she
knows it is not.
Rosemary Lee" can not find happt
ness in the "Follies" of New York
So the creator of Rosemary can not
find satisfaction in the follies of her
sister girls in New York. Even il
my little time in New York theatrical
circles, l have seen so much" saiG
she, land l wonder. wonder if girls
never think of the price they pay for
immodesty and Stiffness"
This was to be an unusual inter
view. I sat up, literally as well as
mentally alert. Have you brought
your ideals with you into the thea
ter?" I asked.
Girls Have the Power.
Eyes, and into New York" an
swered Miss Jerome, with assurance
and earnestness. Girls have it in
their power to make the attitude of
the men. Now look at the results.
The men are beginning to think that
they must be worldly and sporty and
to boast about it in order to win favor
with girls. Then the girls think that
in order to be popular with men they
must cater to the worldliness they
have helped create the demand for. So
We see girls painting their faces alb
surdly and wearing immodest clothes,
and everybody blames everybody else
for the lowering Of our ideals. |
blame the girls. IF we are sweet and
modest. and seem to admire and APP
preciate the fine qualities in men,
they will cultivate them-and then we
will feel that our sweet qualities make
US attractive 1t is an endless chain,
isn't it? But I do so admire he old
fashioned modest feminine s ir' and l
am sure the girl of this type will find
love and kindness waiting her wher-
ever she goes.
Not a Prig.
IF men are getting so used to i'm
mOuesty that they like It, why then
let US train them to modesty and see
how much better they will like that.
A good beginning would be to dis
tinguish carefully between the clothes
We wear on the street and those We
Waar IN, fha hnllst- Strr,rIa dig-nitN for
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-03
INITIATED IN JAIL; FAINTS
Young Woman Sees Members Of
Sorority Waving Bloody Turkey
Wings.

Greeley, Coto.-A score OF sorority
girls conducted an initiation in the
abandoned jail here and as a result
of their weird rites the candidate
tainted and had to be taken to her
home. The young woman who sought
admission to The society was led blind
folded to the Jail. When the blind
was removed she gazed upon a score
of girls arrayed in ghostly robes, each
waving bloody turkey wings. The only
light upon the scene car.e from a bath
tub in which alcohai mad been lighted.
Deputy Sheriff Frazier had killed q
number OF turkeys in the building dur
ing the afternoon and the blood from
them was spattered about the floor.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-03
PLEASURE KISSES NOW FADE
Smack Of Duty Alone Remains IN
Society, Il Is Said, by London
Correspondent.

London.-Kisses may be divided
into two classes, pleasure kisses and
duty kisses. At the present time, we
are told, the former have gone out
of fashion, but duty kisses remain,
whereof some examples. Nothing Is
more dainty than the kiss Of a well.
bred chaperon, who. mindful Of the
time and trouble spent over the pow.
der box, gently presses her lips on
your hair just north Of your ear.
The minister's wife is another
sweet soul, who knows where a kiss
will do the least harm, and her favor
lite method is an air kiss. with q
gentle pressure of her cheek to your
cheek.
The woman Of fashion, who patron.
ICES you and lets you visit her while
she is at her siesta. kisses you any.
where between the eye. ear and hair
line.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-03
G. DEATH
HoWLs CHASE TEN THIEVES
They Flee Without Booty When Res
taurant Cashier Wells and
Saves Register.

New York.-Five men entered the
Western luncheon at 4 Dey street.
Five other men loitered outside. One
of those who entered asked Aaron
Zuckman for a few cigarettes, luck
man stopped to get the cigarettes out
OF the case.
While his head was bent he heard
a peculiar noise like metal scraping
on wood. He raised his head quickly.
One of the customers was embracing
the cash register as though it was
his intention to bear it away in his
arms.
Zuckman is cashier at the res
taurant and he knew that non save
himself and the BOSS had a right to lay
hands On the register. So he yelled.
The man with the cash register in his
arms paused; he seemed annoyed.
One Of the others picked up a bowl
containing toothpicks and fired it at
Mr.. Zuckman's head. The aim was true;
tie bowl struck Mr. Zuckman on the
Uranium, scattering toothpicks and
~ricochetting round the cigar counter.
Still another of the customers reached
out and jabbed his fingers into Mr..
Zuckman's eyes. Zuckman let out an
other howl.
Five of them ran toward Church
street and five toward Broadway"
said Zuckman in detailing the at
tempted robbery to a reporter. Just
then Mr.. Zuckman's boss appeared
and ordered him to say no more.
Zuckman, however, had already
stated that he knew two of the men.
He said they were employed on a
buildin- in process of construction
near the restaurant, and had frequent
ly been in there for pie and sanwiches.
Detectives from the Greenwich station
were assigned to the case.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-03
BOOKS WILL BE BAKED HERE
Worms and Germs in MontcIa!-, N. j.,
Library Are Doomed to
Death.

Montclair, N. J.-Book worms ana
bacteria will have short lives in the
Montclair free public library after a
ster;lizing device, which the board Of
directors Of the library has installed,
gets down to work.
By this apparatus germs are to be
destroyed by the principle Of long con
tinued heat. The object Of its In
s~tallation is to protect patrons from
danger Of contagion and at the same
time preserve books where contagious
diseases have prevailed.
The heat is supplied by ghs, jets in
the base of a metal cabinet. TEN
peratures ranging from $50 to 200 de-
grees Fahrenheit are maintained by an
automatic device.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-03
Personal.

Congress, on reconvenlng, viii dive
into Investigations.
Hon. w. J. Bryan is now at his win
ter home in Florida.
Governor Wilson begins to feel the
strain of doing double duty.
An era OF investigation will con-
front when it reconvenes.
Many New York s~uffragettes, hik-
ing to Albany, got foOtsore and quit.
President Taft attended a ball given
in his honor by the president of Pan.
anna.
Governor Wilson spent Christmas
dav in bed, suffering from a slight at
tack of grippe.
In the absence of her mother, Miss
Helen Taft presided as hostess at the
White House Christmas.
Mrs. s. A. Dillon, the first white
child born in territory now known as
Kansas, died in Kansas City, aged SO
President Taft left Washington fol
his anal look at the canal
Woodrow Wilson feels his reform
work should begin in New Jersey.
English men Of prominence favor
international celebration of a hundred
years OF peace with the United States.
Mexican rebels are credited with
m important victory in the capture
Of the town of Casas Grandes.
Robert G. Valentine, former com
missioner of Indian affairs, was re-
buked in q committee report.
Judge H. H. Knight Of Chicago, who
went to Florida tn spend the winter.
committed suicide.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-03
CUTTING WIFE'S CREDIT COST
Feeling D~isgraced, Mrs. Pohi Of Brook.
Ign, N. ". Insists on Moving to
New Residence.

New York.-Although the purpose OF
A. w. :. Pohl OF Brooklyn in advertis-
ing that he would not be RESPONSE
BILE for his wife's debts was to save
his money By making it impossible for
her to buy gifts for her relatives. his
sister-in-law, Mrs. George H. Pohl.
said that 1t would cost him far more
than the price Of Christmas gifts to
atone for his action.
His wife has been made i'll by the
publicity" said Mrs. George Pohl.
She considers herself ~disgraced. She
insists that If her husband wishes her
to remain with him he will have to
owe to some neighborhood where
they are not known, as she is ashamed
to show her face to her neighbour"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-03
HARVARD LADS PLAY "KIDDOO"
dents See Attractive Girl on
Street.

Cambridge. Mass.-"Kiddoo" is the
newest diversion at Harvard. 1t Is q
game hat originated among the law
students. The young women OF the
college community play an important
part in the pastime, but they call II
awful" and sometimes threaten to
call an officer.
Whenever students see a young wo-
man approaching, II one OF them
deems her good looking, he raises his
right arm, aims the first two fingers
at her and in a voice stentorian shouts
"kiddoo," whereupon the young wo-
mans face gives a Kaleidoscope imita-
ton Of seventeen different kinds OF
rainbows.
AS she passes, the others look her
over, In a manner intended to be In
offensive, but nevertheless searching,
and embarrassing. Then all except
the "kiddooer" consult. II they decide
the girl is good looking the "kiddoo'
chap is credited with ten points, II not.
he loses ten points. Fifty points con
stitute the possible total. II it is on
the winning side the possessor OF the
required figure is treated by the rest;
II on the losing end the victim must
purchase.
One student. called Rags was
forty points to the bad. In the dis
lance he espied a maid. He made
out the contour OF a Venus-like figure.
Surely the possessor of such a form
must be good looking. AS she tripped
into the light Rags noted that she
was heavily yelled. He couldn't lose
now. The fair one was within twenty
feet, when Rags pointed a: her and
triumphantly yelled 'Kiddoo!"
Instead of shying away the maiden
set sail straight for Rags" Her
voice %Quivered with anger. Her
dialect was unmistakable.
What TO- you done point 1T me.
man. Wha' TO-? Huh?" And she
ended by landing a heavy left Oh
Rags" jaw. Rags" took to his
heels. He "sot them up" but he has
quit the game.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-03
60 ToWnsmen to Aid.

Princeton, N. j., Dec. Is. Down
Pennsylvania avenue in WASHINGTON,
as he rides with President Taft. Pres.
ident-elect Wilson probably will be
escorted in the inaugural parade by
90 of his fellow townsfolk and neigh.
bors. Members of Co. l., Second regi.
ment of the New Jersey National
Guard, already are getting new uni.
forms and preparing to participate in
the inaugural parade as the personal
escort of Mr.. Wilson. This company
was founded here by a member Of the
governors staff.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-03
FOR THE BUSY man
NgWS EPlToME THAT CAN SOON
De COMPRISED.
MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
Home and Foreign Intelligence Con.
densed Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs.
Congress-.


The house convened at noon on
Thursday and adjourned at 1917 p.
m, owing to lack of quorum, until
noon, January 2.
The senate court Of impeachment
resumed trial of Judge Archibald at
1880 p. m. Thursday, and adjourned
at 3:46 p m. until January 3.
A message from President Taft per-
tanning to %postofice, interior, agricul-
ture and commerce and labor depart
nents was read in the senate.
The Interior department expendi-
lures committee Of the house adopted
. report censuring Robert G.. Valen-
tine, former commissioner of Indian
affairs, for his conduct prior to his
resignation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-03
Servians Score Victory.
Road Orders 1000 Carr.

Portland. Ore, Dec. 2S.-One of the
largest single orders for equipment
ever mace by the Northern Pacific
was announced by Assistant General
Freight Agent +. II. Fogarty here when
he declared that his road had ordered
for early delivery after Jan. 1, $40,
100000 worth of equipment. There
will be no more talk of car shortage
on the Northern Pacific, for this order
includes 1000 box, fiat and refrigera
tor cars and several locomotives.