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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10

T OS ANGELES society folk during
the coming. week are TO get more
than one demonstration of the
athletic proves of the Countess Guy
de Lasteyrie
Until her marriage several months
ago, the countess was Miss Constance
Warren, New York society's premier
athletic girl whose feats at swimming,
running, golf, shooting, riding and ut
lawn tennis have never been para
lplIad
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
DON'T DO 1T.
az Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am in love with young giri Of
my own age. ! love her dearly,
Whenever | see her she says, "Hel-
To-" and no more. Is 1t right for
me TO speak first? S. l.. 7.
! am sorry she says this much to yoy
Don't take advantage OF her friendli
ness. Wait until you find mutud
friend TO introduce YOU.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
A Good Walker.

AS at lawn tennis, golf and swim
ming. the countess excelled by good
margin all who tried to outWalk her
During her summers at Newport it was
not by any means a rare sight to see
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
FIND A MUTUAL FRIEND.

Dear MISS FalIfaX.
am IS years of age and am
dearly in love with 2 young girl of
my age whom j have known about
one year, but never made an at
tempt to speak to her. She often
passes my house on going home
from work and always smiles.
j. S.
Find out who she is, where She
works, where she lives. and who are
her associates. 1t will not be difficult
to find a mutual friend who win intro
duce you, and don't speak to her till you
have.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10

sons. and several prominent artists who
have viewed her efforts in this line have
pronounced them of considerable merit
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
TAKE TIME FOR DELIRERATloN.


| am nineteen and have been
keeping company with young man
four years my senior for the last
few months | love him dearly,
and ! know my love is returned,
as he proposed to me and we
agreed to be engaged shortly. But
we are of different religion. and
my folks object to me going with
him on account of that. They don't
let him come to the house.
BROKEN H EARTED.
Marriage where the difference in re-
ligious belief Is disturbing factor and
the opposition of relatives another are
not usually happy.
Would you give up your church for
him? Would he give up his church for
you?
II you give up your church it means
giving up your family. Is your love
strong enough to stand such test?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
ALL DEPENDS ON THE GIRL.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
/ am 80 and in love with a girl of
%. My love is reciprocated, but
] object to her brothers and sisters.
who are very careless of dress. Her
relatives do not conduct themselves
as Americans, but as peasants from
the European countries. / am prac-
tically surrounded by business as
sociates and it WCuld degrade me to
have her relatives around me.
{. q. l..
If the girl loves YOU so much she will
keep her objectionable relatives in the
background. They will not disturb
your happiness Put as a rule (and
you must not dismiss ,his lightly d
girl will consent before marriage tc
giving up her relatives, and cling tc
them after.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
Do You Know

Australia is twenty six times as large
as Great Britain. fifteen times as large
as France and almost equal in size to
the United States
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10

Russian vodka barkeepers will hence
forth be supplied by the government
with entertaining books, the sale Of
which they are urged to push among
their customers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10

The longest straight line piece of
railway line in the world is from Nyn-
gan to BouTke, in New South Wales.
This railway runs 1876 miles on a level
in IA perfectly straight line.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10

The imposed task of breaking
the worlds piano-playing record has
just been completed at Lithgow. n s.
w, by Walter p Brent II was at the
instrument for 1914 hours. breaking
the record, it is stated, by 10 minutes
The performer finished comparatively
fresh. though his face was drawn and
his hands were somewhat swollen.
Artistic jewelers. have recently real
lied the value of some of the brilliant
butterflies as adoInments. and they
are now making jewels of them by set
ting them in crystal. a brooch has
been made with the two wings Of one
of these butterflies. They are arranged
in the shape of a butterfly between two
thin sheets of crystal, and the edge of
the wings was set with diamonds. An
opal formed the body OF the fly Round
hatpins have been made Of the crushed
emerald green wings. set between cTys-
tai. which look Just like precious stones,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10

what is it? What has happened"
Some ones on to lis" snapped Gage
without turning his head, Skidd waved
his hand for silence and told his story
with the exaggerated impressiveness OF
the Importantly drunk. But it was nonG
the less alarming.
Continued In Next Issue.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10

n. r. Write to; Chattanooga Medi-
cine Co. Ladies advisory Dept. Chat
tanooga. Tenn, for Special Instructions
on your case aHd 6f-page book, "lIome
Treatment for Women sent in plain
wrapper.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21

OF which the manuscripts here In the
library do not disturb the accepted
version OF II. Even such a story al
that of the making the Declaration az
independence is wrong. The library
has information in these manuscrints
as to who actually wrote II and as Ia
the circumstances under which il was
sent out The story Is different from
ANY published and it Is yet to be tolls
| Another thing is the framing Of thu
Constitution OF the United States Wa
have manuscripts in the Madison
papers and in other records which
throw new light upon that subject
About two years ago a monunentat
work. entitled THE Records Of the
Constitutional Convention" was print.
ed in three large volumes by Congress-
and 1t was supposed to contain all tha
new matter. Within a week after the
publication was issued the library re-
ceived, by way of Philadelphia, four
or FIVE other very ~aluable records re-
lating to the framing Of the Constitu-
ton. This makes the congressional
work incomplete. and so l mi hi say
we have no history which is a COM
plete history as yet George Wash
ingtOn has been more written about
than any other man in our history.
and yet not one-tenth Of his papers
have ever been printed"
Documents Relating to the Colonial
Days.
Have you many relating
10 our colonial days?"
I'VE have the paper OF the revolu-
ion, and those of the Continental Con-
gress. The latter begin with the First
congress in 1774, and they extend to
March 2, 1889, when the Congress
died. After that we have the Con-
gress as under the Constitution of the
UNITED States. None of those papers
has ever been printed. Indeed, it is
out Of the question for any man TO
write about matters relating to Ameri-
can history without coming here. The
Information is not accessible else
now SO arranged that we "a tell stud
ents where to go without waste OK
time.
The documents cannot be taken
away from the library. Indeed. q
great many have beer given only on
the specific agreement that they would
never go outside our hands. They
can, however, be examined here and
copied or photographed. This is, OF
course, for historic purposes. 1t Is
rot for sensational writings, and not
4 as to h publication of letters relat~
ing to persons now living. Many OF
the papers have been given to the
library on h condition that they
should not be put to any sensational
use. The later papers, such as those
OF John Sherman and other men OF
recent date, might, if published, in
volve many men still in public life.
We have to restrict that: Indeed. Of
all the papers after the time of James
<. Polk we ave to adopt more or less
reStrictiOnS.'
FRANK G., CARPENTER.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21
There Are No Fixed Prices Fol Any
Of the Manuscripts.

"Can you give me any idea OF h
prices Of manuscripts?"
s"There is no such thing as a market
price," said MI. Hunt "The price de-
ponds upon the temper OF the buyer.
There may be foul or five rich men in
the market buying certain kinds OF
autographs and If you should have an
autograph document that is along the
line they want it is worth as much as
they are willing to give for it. If only
one of them wants it it Is not worth
much. If they all want 1t the price is
fabulous. The library does not pay a
| high price and it could not do so un-
Ger any circumstances. II it did, a per-
son having family letters that were
really worth little might get an idea
that they were Of fabulous value"
What is the highest price ever paid
for an American manuscript"
81 do not know. Havemeyer paid
$1,4O0 for the draft Of Washington's
farewell address,. At the same sale a
manuscript Of Washington sold for
$500, n a letter of his sold for $50
You can get no idea OF prices paid.
and nothing is said IF the letters
which go for little. At the same sale
where the Washington address
brought $1,40O a letter Of Henry CLAW
may have sold for $3.50"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21
Autographs Are Not Boueht.

Il would say, also" Mt. Hunt con-
tinued, that the library does not buy
autographs. 1t does not care for sig-
natures, pure and simple. nor does il
want single letters without they arc
OF historical value. We buy only col
lections. It would be rather absurd
Tor US to a for single letters of
Washington, when our collector ~
Washington letters already numbers
over 100000.
And them Mr.. Hunt Continued
take the e~Xtravagant ideas some No
pie have concerning such papers No
long age a man offered us a cat -
revolutionary roll books. He cons;d
cred them very valuable and he a.I'N5
$4,000 for the dozen in his collec+ion
calculated the value of the n,nnbl.
Of sucn books We had on hand $3.50
the price he asked our colIaa a
would have been worth s375 600 M
those books alone" '0oo Lor
Then your collection ;s h,
rather than autographic? ?" icdi
es, the photographic interest," o<.,
papers is the least impor,ant - me
collection might be caIlad rms
InateF!al 0 l American history az, "a"
TO just now valuable it IS - as
YOU no adequate conception si.e
say mat there is not a ST., Would
ant period Of American import
mas neen truly written. and tba. hhat
= not a single incident Of irnnor mere
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21
He Talks OF Valuable Manuscripts II
the Library.

In response to my question Mr..
Hunt said:
The manuscript division began
when the library came into this build
ing, which was approximately ten
years ago. 1t has been increasing in
size very rapidly within the past five
years, and it has now taken it's place
among the first three manuscript COL
lectiOnS Of the world. The credit Of
this is due first to the power of organ
ization of Mr.. Putnam, secondly to
the work of Worthington c.. Ford, who
was the first chief of this division,
and thirdly to my persistency in fol-
lowing up the policy laid down by
Mr.. Ford. MIR. Ford is the greatest
authority on manuscripts in this coun-
try. He is now employed in the Ii
brary at Boston, and 1 have taken his
place"
What manuscripts a you in the
library at the start?"
Very few. When Mr.. Ford took
hold there We're several collections of
documents that had been acquired in
n way or another in the course Of
its long history. The origin of some
of them is not known. Others had
been bought or given. These few.
however, were valuable. They con-
tanned, for example, the papers of
Rochambeau, which the government
had bought from his family, and the
jamestown u book, which anne
with the Jefferson library, which was
bought by Congress during the latter
part of Jefferson's life. And then
there were the private papers of John
Paul Jones and others, which We're
Of great value.
The jamestown court book gives
the proceeding. Of the court at James
town from y. u. 1G22 to 1926. 1t i
the oldest English-Anferican docu-
ment in existence. This book was il
Dad condition when it arrived here
1t had been lying in a cellar n had
got wet throCch and through. W.
have in a measure embalned it anc
it is now as we'll preserved as If i
were in q metal casllet- The writing!
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21
BRITISH WOMAN rs CHAMPION.
National Golfing Honors Go to Miss
RavenscrOft. OF England.
(By the Associated Press.


Wilmington, Del, Oct. 18.-For tho
third time in five years the women's
national golf championship has been
won by a player from the British
Isles. On the course of the Whining
ton Country Club today Miss Gladys
Ravenscreft, Of the Bromborough
Club. England. former champion OF
Great Britain, defeated Miss Marion
Hollihs. West Brook, Long Island, this
years Metropolitan title holder, two
up, after a sharp contest.
Both players were v at diff.
ferent periods. but Miss Ravenscroft
was the steadier. Miss Hollins play.
ed a plucky game. She go into fire.
quent trouble by making bad drives,
but usually came back with brilliant
shots.
notwithstanding Miss Ravenscroft
al several periods was off her game,
she covered the Is holes i'm SO the
best Of the tournament.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21
DALEY WHIPS PALZE,R.
victor showed Amazing Tootwork
and Was a Quick One Generally.

10y me Associated Pres
I'ttsburg, Pa, Oct. 18.-Dailey's
victory over Pa'zer was a sensational
ufprlz in sporting circles. In the
trst round DALEY showed amazing
ana vas quick. He seemed
to land at will. The second rolIrd
was merely a repetition of the first.
WIN Daley administering a much
neaVler blow. After q minute of
nshtlng in the second round. Daley
Palzer for the count Of nine.
raiZer arose and clinched. DALEY
men grove left and right to the jaw.
and the fight was over.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21
tBy FRANK G. CARPENTER

Washington, D.. c., Oct 18.-Within
the past five years some OF the most
important historical work ever done
FOR this nation has been going on in
h Library Of Congress in Washing
ton. This is the collection Of the raw
material Of the history Of the United
States and that Of the American colo
MES. 1t consists of gathering together
from every available source the pri-
vate papers and letters OF our Presi-
dents n our greatest statesmen. 1t
includes the transcribing from the
archives Of foreign countries every
document that relates to the Ameri-
can colonies, as well as all the mate
rial in manuscript form that sheds
light upon the r story OF the max
ing OF the American nation.
Already the manuscript division Of
the library ranks among the three
greatest manuscript collections Of the
world. It's papers and letters now
surpass in extent and value those Of
any other library or government of
Europe. excepting perhaps the Brit
lsh Museum in London and the Bib
llotheque Rationale in Paris. The
work SO far has been in active opera
ton for only about five years and
the collections are increasing so rap
Idly that our division OF manuscripts
will have more of such material than
n other similar collection in the
world.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21
Race Track Building Fired.

VBy .hr AssertaFef Pros
baitlmore, Md, Oct. 18.-An the
oulldlnSs at the Haver de Grace race
track Were destroyed bv fire Of nm.
known origin tonight. The burned
nuildlngs included the grand stand,
cup house and stables. 1t is unacr.
5000 there We're no horses at tho
track.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21

Indeed, l despair Of giving You an
adequate conception Of the enormous
amount OF material and of the admir-
able way in which it Is being made
accessible to the student and author.
The correspondence, private papers
and other documents already in hand
are actually numbered by millions.
Inere are more han one hundred
thousand letters Of the Washington
correspondence, there are thirty or
forty thousand Of the private papers
and letters OF Andrew Jackson. and
tnere are other papers OF almost every
President from the time Of George
washington down to the late civil
war.
There are thousands Of unpublish-
ed letters Of American statesmen and
politicians, including the complete pa
Green, Salmon p. Chase and Edwin
M. Stanton. The papers of John
Sherman are here and those Of Gideon
Welles, as we'll as those Of Gen. Sher-
man and Gen. Mcclellan. There are
also naval papers, papers relating to
our commercial history and upward
of.1OO,000 folios OF transcripts Of doc
uments relating to American colonial
history. There is scientific CORE
spondence and literary correspondence
the latter including letters of the two
Brownings, Marion Crawford, Mark
Twain and James Whitcomb Riley.
The greater part of the material is
new, and as l shall show, further son
In my talk with Mr.. Gaillard Hunt
who is in charge OF this collection
much of it will throw a new light
upon history, and the most of it ha
never been published.
But first let me give you some idea
OF the manuscript division Of the Ma.
tional Library. 1t is in the north
west pavilion on the second floor o.
the building. 1t consists Of a circular
reading room about 100 feet in diam.
eter, book stack running off from
II containing the hundreds of grea
volumes bound in red morocco, il
which these priceless letters and pa
pers are so carefully pasted. TIL,
reading is in the shape of /;
dome, with a circular mahogany desl
in the center, about which those VIII,
handle the manuscripts must it. TIL,
arrangement is such that the reader
are never out of sight of the chief o
the division or his assistant. The roon
is flooded with light, and all han
ding OF the papers is done under tn
Argus-eyes Of the attendants. Ever
the private office of Mr.. Gail,ard Hun
Is surrounded by glass, and he Ia
the whsle of the workings constants
before MIN.
NrCund the reading room are case
which contain a card index catalogu
to certain divisions Of the collection
This INDEX is 4 general one. TIL
material is so vast that it would b
impossible to index ii in detail, and
Is only by coming here in person tina
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21
is in the court hand OF the seventeenth
century.
The Way the Collection Was Acquired

The way the NOlfccuou wa
THE library owes much to Presi-
dent Roosevelt continued MI. hunt;
He caused all the private papers anc
manuscripts Of the State Department
to be transferred to this DIVISION.
That department had no place Tor
them, and they were not accessible.
These papers are all here. Ihey IN
clude those Of George Washington,
Thomas jefferson, James Madison.
James Monroe, the records OF the
Continental Congress and the papers
Of Benjamin Franklin.
How did the State Department &C
quire those papers?" | asked.
'.They were bought by Congress
away back in the ~fOrties. For some
unknown reason Congress was par
ticularly generous at that period n
it appropriated a large sum for the
purchase of the papers Of Washlng-
ton, Jefferson, Madison. ana tiafiil-
ton, It paid about $4,000 for the
first installment Of the Washington
| papers and about the same for
second instalLment. It bought two
sets OF Madison papers, giving $so,-
| 900 for one and $4,000 for another:
lit gave $4,000 for the papers or
Alexander Hamilton and about $50.
also gave $4,000 for the Jefferson
papers.
These payments lac no reference
to the value of the manuscripts, n
they were mostly made in order TO
assist the descendants Of the several
statesmen and Presidents. This was
especially so with the none paid for
the Madison papers. 1t was to relieve
the wants Of Dolly Madison, and the
money was SO appropriated that II
was paid to her in instailments. rms
was mostly on account OF her way
ward son., Payne Todd, who had spent
the greater part Of his mothers for
tune and Who would have ODa
spent this if he could have gotten It
It was due to this provision that
dolly Madison had sufficient to main
tain her in her old age. n dled IN
comfort here at her house on La1ay-
cite Park"
HAS Cangress recently bought any
important collection Of manuscripts!
mo, Congress has bought nc collec'
tons by direct appropriation for q
great many years. The library itself
has bought a large number, but g
great part Of our manuscripts are Civ
en- to us. The accessiOns to the Oil
vision come in three different ways
Some of them are given, others are
bought at a fair price, and others are
sold to the library for a sum entirely
out of proportion to their value. Many
people would not sell their papers &c
any other institution or person., Du
being poor they are willing to take
What the government thinks 1t car
give. which is always much less tina.
the same manuscript would bring al
a private sale"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21

tho historical student or writer can
get the material for his work
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21
An Idea as to How the Papers Are
Cared For.

Nevertheless. these hundreds OF
thousands Of letters and papers nave
been made wonderfully accessible, ana
they are being so cared for that from
now - they will be practically lnde-
structible.
Eyr..e with me into the book stacks
where the manuscripts are kept. We
are in a great room 100 feet or more
long. filled with steel cases, which run
back on each side from a central
aisle. The cases are IN STACKS tnTee
stories high. The whole is a skeleton
of steel. The rooms are flreprooI, ana
the manuscripts are stored away IL
great volumes as big as the biggest
family Bible, a having its own
place in this steel construction. There
are thousands Of these volumes. each
containing hundreds OF pages, ana
each page holding a letter or paper,
many Of which are worth their weight
in gold. The papers are CLASSIFIED ac-
cording 10 the President or period to
period to which they relate. Many
Of them are in collections, such as the
Washington documents, the Madison
documents and the John Sherman pa
pers, U all are chrOnOlogically ar
ranged, and every letter and paper
has been so prepared and pasted that
it can be easily got at TO pc pnOtO-
graphed or copied.
When you remember that. as l have
said, the collection already numbers
several millions Of letters n papers,
one can appreciate the asst work that
is going on. At present q force OF
three men and three women are en-
gagged in mounting the documents.
The papers as bought by h library
are often in a deplorable condition,
but they are taken and treated SO that
they will last forever. Each manu-
script has it's w treatment accord
ing to it's needs, the work being an
Improvement on that originated by
Father Ehrly Of the Vatican library
who until the work began here was
the past master in h art Of preserv-
ing and ~renOvating old manuscripts.
One method used to keep the tattered
and torn and crumbling worm-eaten
| papers together is by smoothing then
out and covering them with a fine silk
gauze known as crepeline. This stuff
is SO delicate that it can hardly be de-
tected, when it owe the writing, but
it holds the papers for all time te
come
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-21
IMPORTANT WORK
IN J.. s. LIBRARY
Collecting The Raw Material Of
Country'S History
MILLIONS OF MANUSCRIPTS

Manuscript Division Of the Ii
brary Ranks Among the
Three Greatest Manuscript
Collections of the World
Numbered by the Millions
Thousands of Unpublished
Letters.