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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
The Letter from Mary" Series
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE.

been instrumental in retaining girls
who had set their feet in the wrong
direction.
1t seems to me. then, can give only
two indisputable reasons why YOU
should accept me as a n-in-law:
First, your daughter loves me; sec
ond. I love her.
In doubling her selection, you doubt
her judgment, her good sense and her
power to discriminate. You COMPARE
the selection of a husband to the
choice of the doll she made as a child
forgetting that she has become a Wo-
man. Forgetting, also, that she never
chose a friend to her discredit; for
getting also, that she never took to
your home any one of whom YOU
would be ashamed; forgetting also
that she has always unselflshly con-
sidered your happiness, and all she
asks now is that you consider hers
What it Means
1t is a long why from Georgia TO
California, and her marriage means
taking the light and joy from your
home. l appreciate your feelings. To
call your attention to the home you
robbed in similar fashion some 80
years ago would be useless.
To pirate pedantically about this
being the way of nature would not
relieve the gloom of your home when
I have taken my sweetheart from it
forever. You are not a man to find
comfort in platitudes, and 1 am moi
a man to give them.
am sorry you object. Will you
not reconsider, for warn you, objec-
tions or approval. I intend to have
your daughter. This you may call
, highhanded, but these are high
handed times.
l love her; she loves me; but did
not KNOW I could make her happy
even Love would not count
Sincerely,
JOHN B. HALL.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08

sick. Every time he has a cold she
makes mustard plasters and soaks
his feet in hot water with a zeal that
proves she is remembering every
wrong he ever inflicted upon her.
What is meant by the common ex-
preston, "A clever woman?"
A clever woman, Child, in the pop
ular definition of the term, is one who
can put anything on a hat or in a
salad and get away with it.
Why do so many apparently
healthy women, Mother Dear, go 50
often to a doctor?
For sympathy. Inquisitive One. A
husband is so busy scratching for a
living that he doesn't have time to
give his wife sympathy for the ails
she has, or thinks she has. Her chill
dren never give 1t, since it is the
mission of childhood to demand
rather than to give. The neighbors
never give it, for they see she has a
good husband and a fine home, and
don't realize that she wants it. She
goes to see a doctor. You poor,
dear little thing" he says. Does a
mean old pain make your poor little
head ache?" Then he pats her poor
hands and strokes the poor head, and
next day she calls for more sympa-
thy, all of which her husband pays
for 1t would be cheaper, Child. If
husbands occasionally made time to
be a little sympathetic
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Smart Reply.

The captain OF certain troopshlp
conveying a cavalry regiment to tina
Cape was noted for his wit and At
every opportunity that offered h,
loosed his shafts OF humor. to IN.
chagrin and embarrassment OF their
targets Sooner or later the stinEar
gets stung, however, and this chronic
pun artist was no exception TO the
rule "A
on one occasion. when about two
DAYS out from port, ne approached
group OF soldiers who were swebbinr
the forward deck. and, singing out a
big, raw boned Irish recruit, who was
experiencing his irst taste OF sailors
lie, he gravely asked.
Can you steer the msinmast down
the forecastls stairs"
quick as a Dash came the reply.
Yes. SIR. ! can. 10 YOU viii stand
bsloN and coil II up"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE.

pursuit. I rolled a chair down steps
let the window fall, and made a la.
of noise on purpose to waken papa ."
Another half mile and still not =
pursuing shadow on the bright new
ribbon road.
Il even" she began to whimper
"set the alarm clock for two minutes
after 1 fled, and put it at his door
with a note on it telling him of my
intentions to leave his home forever
with the man l love-"
Ten minutes later, footsore in both
feet and illusions, she persuaded her
lover to turn back.
"An angry father in wild pursuit ia
half the JOY" she sobbed, land I've
been cheated"
When they reached the front door
about 3 in the morning they found
hanging to the knob a big bundle
with this note attached:
You forgot your kitchen dresses
and here they are"
Daysey Mayme opened the front
door, waved a backward goodbye to
the young man without troubling to
look as she did it, and YEARLY
climbed the stairs to her bedroom.
She had found it was another OF
those things that can't be done with
out duke and a drawbridge.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Poverty or Pride.

A charity worker had on her list a
woman whose husband was really
very handsome. but lazy and inetfl
Client The family was in dire poverty
when a chance 10 earn some money
by carrying a hod was offered TO the
man. The charity worker went TO the
mans house TO tell him of his oppor-
uunity to learn TO become wage
Garner ut good pay lie was out. and
his wife said to the proposition,
"Oh, ma'am. don't you think that he
is RELY too handsome man to be
seen carrying a hod? II il was floor
walking, now. or head waiter in a
restaurant. IL would be dinrent. But
Tor a handsome man like him 10 be
Carryin' "A hod, wouldn't Il he little
well a hale incongeroUs ?"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Do You Know
That

The largest stage in the world is
that Of the Grand Opera House in
Paris. 1t is 100 feet wide, nearly 200
feet in depth and so feet high. TIE
height is measured from the level Of
the stage to the flies" The stage o.
the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York City, Is l0i feet wide, SO feat
deep and n feet high, and is believed
to be the largest in the United States.
That a prepaid telegram can be-
sent to Paris from London quicker
via New York than if sent direct was
the remarkable statement made by
MIR. Albert Picard at the Franco
British Travel Congress held in Lon
don recently
Ten pounds was the weight of
lobster which, landed recently At
Bancrana, near Londonderry, was
% inches long and II inches around.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Up-to-Date
Jokes

Sea! Sea everywhere, as the great
liner made. her powerful course over
the Atlantic.
"Oh, captain" came a disconsolate
groan from a seasick passenger, half
reeling in a deck chair, "how far are
we off Iand"'
No answer came to this remark,
which had been reiterated several
times that day.
ooh, captain, do answer mellow
far?"
Mile and half" came the gruff
reply.
Thank heaven! In what direction,
captain?"
A twinkle came for a moment into
the eye of the brusque old seadog.
Straight down." he grunted.
DR.. Gore, the Bishop of Birming
ham, was standing on the curb, wait
ing for cab, one day when two lit.
tie street arabs came up behind and
began to discuss his black clerical at
tire, one of them being especially
struck by his lordship's episcopal gai-
ters.
"Wot's e, Bin?" asked this youth
of his companion
ooh" was the reply, don't YOU
know what e is? Els a Scotchman in
mourning, of course"
Jack (after several drinks)-Say
Mac you've been used to wearing
kits, haven't you?
Mac-Hey, mon, rather,
Jack-Thought so, / haven't noticed
you put your hand in your pocket
lately.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
By PHILIP GIBBS.

kkYM sorry. But you see how It U.s.
don't you, Perriam?"
The man who spoke was VS.
count ErrinRton, known as the bad
boy" OF the House of Commons and
as young man who numbered
among other hobbies. such as golf
and yachting. the ownership OF
literary review with an honorable
record of high criticism and imam
cisl failure.
Yes" said John Perrlam, who un-
I'll Ave minutes ago had been his
literary editor and chief critic. Yes,
l SEQ perfectly how II ia. Because
you have private axes to grind, be
cause you find log rolling useful
game in tho social and political
world. you dismiss the man who tells
the honest truth without fear or
favor. on, / see your point OF view"
You can put II that way II you
like. Perrism, 1 don't want to argue
with you. But there are other
people besides myself who complain
that your method OF telling the truth
Is rather too severe. You must con
Tess you've got a vitriolio touch"
Il take a serious view OF literature.
l don't pander to the mob"
quite so. Bpt. as / said, shall be,
glad IL you transfer your truth to
some other paper which can afford
The luxury of Il. Well, good
night. Youth excuse my dropping in
At your house like this7 / wanted tho
new man to begin work tomorrow"
Il suppose you know what this
means to me? suppose you know
that in getting rid OF mo like this
you are breaking up this little home
81 mine? How am / to tell my wifeY
How am l going to tell her that once
again she has got to face all the
squAlor OF poverty"
Errington shrugged his shoulders.
A moment later the hall door
banged. and in the drawing room of
little house at Hampstead a sohol-
srly looking man. with grsy-streaked
hair, stood. with clenched hands. and
dropping head. alone with despair.
He spoke aloud in a kind of whisper
How shall l tell herr"
He turned hastily. and pretended to
be searching for a paper, when the
door opened and his wife came In.
She was in a charming gown, and
TO- night, after one glance at her. his
heart ached at tho thought that she
would have to so shabby again.
Lord Errington dbd not stay long
business matter, ! suppose
Yes"
What's that you're reading. Alice"
She answered lightly, but fer some
reason her face flushed.
"Oh. n novel"
What novel;
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Laughed After All.

Young Carriers father allowed him
to take a trip to Europe last spring.
Before starting the youth made up a
cable code of his own for possible
use while travelling. He gave dupiI-
cate copy to his father who locked
1t up in his desk without looking at It,
A few weeks later the elder Garter
received a cable consisting Of one
word: Laugh" He laughed II
seemed to be something quite pleas
ant. His code was at the house. He
unlocked his desk in the best Of hu-
NOR He took the code out and read
"Laugh-Send me $500"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
. AYSEY MAYME APPLETON
didn't stop to catch her breath

~ AYSEY MAYME APPLETON
didn't stop to catch her breath
in her latest chase for man.
He had neither looks, nor money, nor
brains to recommend him, but he had
something greater than all these. A
soulful appreciation of the heavy bur
dens borne by Woman. He had de-
clared that No Wife of His Should
Ever Put Her Hands in Dishwater!
From that moment her heart was
his!
She decided that they would elope.
An angry father in mad pursuit is so
much more romantic than one who
grumbles over the trousseau bills ana
falls all over the brides train while
escorting her to the altar.
She climbed out of the window late
one night though the front door was
unlocked, and lite ehrsaelfftinllo
unlocked and let herself fall into
the arms of her waiting lover. The
moon shone bright and unashamed,
and the road stretched like a bright
new ribbon, without a spot on it,
miles before them.
ut is strange" she murmured half
an hour later after many pauses and
backward looks, that no one is in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
TABLOID TALES

wv HY Is 1t, Mother DeaI, that SO
w much furniture is being taken
from the home of the Browns
next door? Are they moving away?
No, Child; their Oldest daughter has
married, the piano always goes with
the Oldest. girl and she is claiming
that almost everything else in the
house is hers. and is taking it with
her. A mother and father always
have TO start housekeeping over again
when the Oldest girl marries.
What does that light late in the
night at the jerks house mean? Is
some one sick Mother Dear?
1t means that Mr.. jerks has in
somnia, and is waking up every one
in the house to prove IT, That is
characteristic of the men
What makes all the neighbors so
indignant at the Smith family?
can see nothing they have done
wrong.
You are not observing, Little one
or you would have noticed that their
automobile stands idle before their
door an hour at a time.
Does woman, mother dear. ever
have chance during all her married
life to get even with her husband for
his meanness to her.
Never, Child, except when he is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Rudolph Was Wise.

A man who was a regular patron OF
a certain restaurant said to the waiter:
Rudolph, instead of tipping you every
day I'm going to give you your tip in a
lump sum next Christmas"
THANK you, SIR" answered Rudolph:
'but-er-would you mind paying me
something in advance. sir?"
HIN. It's a funny request" said the
patron, but here-here's So for you
What's the matter; do you need the
money or don't you trust my memory ?"
'Oh, no, sir, smiled Rudolph, pocket
ing the tip. 1T isn't that only Pm
leaving here to-day, sir"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08

7 I ERE picture 0 s a S
II S Her housekeep-
keep busy morning
that she
the sunshine the that offers those will
them Her hands gnarled, unshapely from work
Sitting beside
the
responsibility All
pepeXed problem
for her
The Older
solve each days troubles herself
the truth
She
had active pairs story
the hands of the of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
A Letter from Jack.
\ TR. CHARLES C. HART, Crest
Nj Hill, Ga:

N II. C1ArNLES - t1AISlJ CIeSl
N Hill Ga:
My Dear Mr.. Hart-The
morning mail brought me a letter
from Mary inclosing the one from you
in which you object to me for a SON
in-law.
You have that right, and 1 should
be the last to fail to respect it; but,
as it is a question that involves the
lifelong happiness of two, l can not
let your objections pass lightly. / am
willing to consider your point of view.
You must consider mine.
If were to tell you WHO I am
a point which seems to cause YOU
much anXiety-it would not tell
WHAT l am, which is more impor-
tant
AS for the WHO: l am a graduate
of the University, which 1 know, from
your outlook on life, is not much in
my favor You never went to college;
you achieved success with a common
school education, and, like many men
of your kind, have a contempt for the
rah-rah quality of finish the college
gives.
That I was graduated with honors,
! therefore, is not in my favor, for
overshadowing that so-called dis
tinctiOn is your prejudice against a
man who lets his father pay his bills
| and keep him in school at an age
when you, by your own efforts, had
laid the foundation of your fortune.
To have had a wealthy father was
my misfortune. Even you, who so
highly esteem self effort, can not
! blame me for that. 1t was also my
| fathers money that started me in
business out here in California, but
wish to add that in the ten years
have been at it I have paid back
every cent he advanced, and now
have an income that should make me
eligible as a husband, if income We're
| the only point to consider.
His Father.
I could point to the long and hon
orable record of my father in this
State, but as good men proverbially
have worthless sons, that would not
help. I could tell you that my mother
was an earnest, God-fearing woman,
and that I was the greatest joy life
held for her in her declining years
| but mothers have a way of finding a
blessing in children whom outsiders
| NOulO DIS d Sul 81 llCl las
letters to me, her last words, would
not relieve the situation.
You say that Mary does not know
what my standing is in this town
I have been Mayor, but the office Of
Mayor is often purchasable; my name
| is good at the banks here for any
| sum- so is the name of the town s
biggest gambler. ! am member of
! the Episcopal Church, and give~1ib-
| orally, but that is a sinners popular
/ whitewash, and I claim no credit for
1t.
Regarding my private life: / have
done my share of blazing a trail on
the Primrose Path. Indeed, to speak
| frankly, there was a time when
worked overtime. / can not claim to
have reached the age of 80 and have
remained virtuous. Would you be-
! lieve me If l made such a claim?
! But l say this to my credit when
all is counted against me: 1 never
started any woman wrong, and God
helping me, I never will. And l have
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Damaged Goods Not Returnable

He had tried in vain to cut through
the slice of roast beef the restaurant
waiter had served him.
Look here, waiter, he said at las,
81 can't do anything with this beef.
Bring me something else instead"
Sorry. sir" replied the waiter,
but l can't take 1t back now-you've
bent it,"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
YOU ARE IMPATIENT.

Dear Miss Fairfax;
am 20, and about FIVE months
ago ] was introduced to a gentle
man about five years my senior
Every time we meet he treats me
nicely. and by his talk and &C
tions I think he likes me-and /
like him. too-but he has never
told me so. His friends tell me
that II ] stick to him I have a
good chance, but / think / am
only wasting my time
ANXIOUS
] might also say my dear that you
are of calculating nature. You have
weighed this man as coldly as n he
were pound OF sugar Give love
time TO develop. Five months friend
ship may develop into love, but 1t Will
be better for your happiness If it
takes twice as long Regard it as a
friendship. and remember that no
sincere. decent friendship is waste
OF time.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08

yertised for such cases and ! sent and
got q bottle. Ii did me so much good
hat ! kept on taking Il and found Il
10 be all you claim, I recommend your
Compound to all women afflicted as
was Mrs. r. = Mullendore, Munford,
Ala.
An Honest Dependable Medicine
10 Lydia r. PinkhRm Vegetable Com.
pound, A Root and Herb medicine orig.
mated nearly forty years ago by Lydia
=. Pinkhsm, OF Lynn. Mass. for CON
,rolling female ills.
Its wonderful success IN this line has
made II tho safest and most depends
Bile medicine OF the age for women and
20 woman suffering from female Ills
does herself justice who does not give
II trial
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia E. Pinkham S Vege-
table Compound will help you,
write to Lydia z. Pinkham Medi-
2Sine 90, (confdential) Lynn,
ass, for advice. Your letter
NH be opened, read and answer
ed by a woman, and held in strict
confidence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Snap x
- Shots
BY ALLAN LAUFERTY

knowledge is proud that he has
learned so much.
Wisdom is humble that he knows no
more"
If love were what the rose is,
And ! We're like ne leaf
our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather
Brown fields or Powerful closes.
Green pleasure or gray grief,
II love were what the rose is,
Ana | were like the leaf.
-Swinburne.
We sow a thought and reap sn
act, we SOW an act and reap a habit,
we SOW habit and reap a character,
We SOW character and we reap \
DESTINY"
Music. when soft voices die
Nibrates in the memory
Odors, when sweet vloletS SiGkeu
Live within the sense they quicken,
Rose-leaves, when the rose is dead
Are heaps for the beloyed's bed
And so thy thoughts--when thou art
gone
Love itself shat slumber on.
Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Advice to the Lovelorn
YOU MUST DECIDE.
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.


Dear Miss Fairfax:
My case is a sad one am In
love with a girl three years
younger than myself. ] have al
ways been treated nicely by her
parents and brothers till two
months ago. l am a detective,
and found out that my girls
brother was dishonest / had to
do my duty and / did. He was
10 be imprisoned for one year.
having a pull, had his sentence
reduced to five months. Now her
folks won't have me near the
house. But the girl and ! still
meet. She tells me to change
occupation or look for another
girl
DISAPPOINTED DETECTIVE.
That is a question you must decide
for yourself and your decision VIII
depend solely upon how much you
love the girl
II you change occupations TO please
her be manly enough 10 express no
regrets BE satisfied that she is
the sacrifice.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08

Change of Life that,
! could hardly live.
MY husband had 90
nail rubber on all
the gates, for l
could not stand it
10 have q gate
slam
II also had back
ache and a full
neSs\in my stom-
Ach l noticed that
Lydia e Pink
hams Vegeta BILE
COMPOUND was ad
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
CHENEY'S
EXPECTORANT
Cures Group, Whooping Cough

Fifty years on the market and sold everywhere
for Csc. Best medicine for Group. colds and sore
throat affections. Don't be led away by new and
untried remedies. stick to Cheney's Expectorsnt
II Is sure. tAdy.l
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
HUSBAND NAILED
RUBBER ON GATES
Wife so Weak and Nervous
Could Not Stand Least
Noise-How Cured.

Munford Ala was 50 weak ana
nervous while passing through the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-08-07
Authorities Differ as to Its Derivation,
Many Claiming II to Be of Celtic
Origin.

We are told that the name of this
gentleman who wrote about it-Ameri-
Gus Nespucius. His real name, how
ever. was Vespucci, and Vespucius is
the Latinized form OF it, just as Ameri-
Gus is supposed to be Latin for Amer
igo. If the continent had been named
for Columbus 1t would not, in all prob
ability. have been named Christie
pheria. but Columbia. Why, then, II
Columbus was to be robbed of the
honor. is the land not called YES
pucia?
The question, too, has been raised
whether Vespucci's name. was Ameri-
90. One authority claims that it was
not 1t is said that In volume pub
lished at Milan only nine years after
the death of Vespucci his name is
given as Albertatio. II is. of course.
possible that this was a misprint,
though such an error would be unlike
ly to occur on title page. even in those
days.
One unique theory is the name
America was not derived from YES
pucci's name at all. but that II
came from n Celtic word imrich.
which means 10 emigrate. However.
the name may have been derived, 1t is
certain 10 stand The whole world.
except France, calls this country
America, and spells the name one way.
This uniformity is true of no other
great country. Deutschland Is Ger
many to the English and Allemagne
to the French, England Is Angleterre
to the French and Inghilterra to the
Italians. France is Frankreich to the
Germans and Francia to the Span
iards. Espagna is Espagna to the Ital-
ians and Spain to the English, and so
on. But America is America, with
practically the same pronunciation to
all the world except France, where it
becomes Amerique.