Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
CUPID CAPTURES
CA. CAPITOL FOR
TRUSTING PLACE
Best Courtin' Place in Atlanta,
Say Guards Who Witness the
Movements of WoOers,
DOME is USED IN DAYLIGHT
But in Evening the Whole Block
Is POpuIar-LegisIative Halls
Frequently Invaded.
DOME is USED IN DAYLIGHT

Dan Cupid, the Oldest little boy IN
the world. is not on the official pay
ron of the commonwealth Of Geor-
gia. but he is the busiest worker at
The state capitol Just the same. And
he holds his job whether progressive
or conservative take office while gov
errors come and governors go.
Ask one OF the old men who guard
the statehouse at night after the Of
fees are closed and the politicians
have gone home.
why. sure, the capitols the best
courtin place in Atlanta" they'n tell
you. Grant park and the picture
shows are left far behind II you
don't believe # Just snoop around the
grounds in the shadows. Walk easy
and you'll flush a dozen coveys sweet
heartiu'"
Try il any evening when the wealth
er is fair Pcrched In the corners
Of the great stone steps. just out Of
the glare Of the electric lights, you
win find John and Jane swapping
sweet nothing9 for hour after hour
Jane is guuggled up against the wall
On the handkerchief John has care
fully spread for "a cushion, and John
IS step below, looking up into James
eyes and swearing they are "a blue
s the eternal sky or as brown as
q hazel nut, Is the case may be.
A few steps farther up and across
the broad stairs is another couple,
far enough away to be out Of earshots
FOR the conversation Is not loud
enough 10 disturb the peace. on
the coping around the corner you Will
find another pair of turtle doves and
on the next steps a quartet perhaps.
II II is "a particularly fine night YOU
may count nifty pairs OF swecthcarts
within the block surrounded by the
four streets and known as the prop
erty Of the state.
Dome a Favored Place.
But the dome is the counting place
OF the daylight hours From the third
floor 20 the pinnacle OF the capitol
leads a winding steel stair twisted
like "a torkscrew. SO abrupt in It's
turns that 10 gives one q headache
But "a person-or pair Of persons
sitting on the stair is clear out OF
view from six feet below or six feet
above. SO the stairway provides pri-
waite drawing rooms for dozen sets
of lovers.
outside. iu an easy chair ne has
worn smooth iu the years, sits "Olu
Man Allen. keeper or the dome His
Is an easy job, to sit In the cool cor
ridor day after day, watch the door
leading into the dome and be care
ful that nobody carries of the iron
stairway. Mr. Allen held the place
under Governor Browns first admin
..r 4
Hoke Smith came in Allen was sue
eeeded by a smith partisan But on
the day Little Joe" came back 90 the
governors seat "Old Man Allen"
climbed the stairs 60 the third door
again. resumed the chair ne had oc-
cupied for two years and notified the
incumbent 10 hunt another place.
Little Joe and me have come back
for "a while longer he remarked
And before the eyes of the old man
half doing In his chair have passed
in review a thousand Romeos and
Juliets. "A thousand Thiebes, each with
her chosen Pyramus. There are silent
couples and gigEling couples, girls
still In short dresses. young women
old enough TO vote were Georgia 20
suffragette state.
Each Has a Swain.
There are girls from the factories.
with bent shoulders and tired eyes.
girls from tile country looking about
IN awe al the magnitude of the state
house shudderiug bit at sight of the
spiral stair But they have this iu
commou-ea.u mas swain at her
side.
WHY. yes. . reckon I've seen "a
million. more cor less come roWtu.
in the dome said vu, of the third
ma L.. A. 7. Iaf