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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

a bit Jagged" Then she derided Jennie for trying
to take her fellow away from her.
They had fine row. which made the fellow
who seemed to always pay for their 'parties'-very
angry. He told the girl he was tired Of her any
way, and she had better get some one else to pay
her expenses
Then he proceeded to make violent love to Jen-
nfe-and poor Jennie didn't know what to do
The other fellow-the Jennie was with before
didn't have much to say, and whatever his friend
did was all right being how his friend held the
purse strings.
Coming back in the machine they sat on the
back seat and the fellow talked and talked and
tried to get Jennie to consent to let him furnish
up flat for her, and she could have anything she
wanted But Jennie was crying. and all she would
say was: "NO-NO-NOw Her girl friend wouldn't
speak to her, but had vowed to get even-if it was
the last thing in the world she ever did Jennie
begged the fellow to take her home-but he held
her all the tighter in his arms, kissing her.
HAL COFFMAN.
ITO be contlnued)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

gave their baggage such a travelled,
cosmopolitan" air.
The one label that was left over she
put on large trunk that she had had
brought up to get out some things for
the trip. 1t had never been abroad, but
she NIGHT have taken it, so she had
no scruples in decorating it with label.
Unfortunately just at that moment
Warren appeared.
These yours p" throwing down a
couple Of her linen collars that had
been sent to the laundry with his.
Then noticing the label as she jumped
up almost guiltily from her knees be
fore the big trunk, whats that mean ?
You're not going to take that trunk?"
mo, dear" flushing in confused an
ticipation Of his rldicule
well why in thunder did you stick
on that label?" Then as it dawned
on him. BY George, I've heard OF
fool women who bought foreign labels
and plastered up their trunks. but l
thought you had some sense"
This incident did not contribute to
Helen's speed in packing for with burn
ing cheeks, she scraped off with the
scissors the offending label
THE ice mans here now, man."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
An Unusual Remark.

The first girl smiled indutgently.
They We're bound in the swaddling
clothes of superstition, all right" she
said.
/ gasped with surprise. These girls
belong to old. conservative, rather
narrow minded families, and they
themselves are sweet, modest, intelli-
gent, well educated young women,
who haven't the faintest idea of being
revolutionary, or anything of that
sort. What they said simply voiced
the viewpoint of the new generation
They didn't argue about the ethics
of divorce at all. They simply ac-
cepted divorce as a fact, a modern
convenience, something that tended
t. make life pleasanter, just as they
did i'm elevators in apartment build
ings, or electric lights. or running hot
and cold water in bath rooms.
II you had made mistake in mar
riage and your life was being ruined
by IT, you corrected it and took a
fresh start, just as you would do II
you found out that you had engaged
in a business that vas bankrupting
you. They could see no more reason
for going on with a marriage that
meant daily misery than there would
be in going on with an enterprise IN
which you lost money every day
You can't argue the divorce question
with the modern young girl, because
she simply doesn't recognize the an.
| cient view Of the matter, that there
| is anything noble, or pious, or vir.
| tuous in living with an individual
that brings out all the worst that Is
| in you, or in keeping together a fam
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
By DOROTHY DIX.

fave you ever considered the
II modern girl and how she diff
fers from the maidens of the
past She's a new species of the
feminine sex, and no more Ike her
grandmother. or even her mother
than if she had been waited down
from the planet Mars instead of hay
ing Just strolled out of the nursery.
We haven't taken much account of
her, but you've got TO reckon with
her in the future, and its time we
sat up and took notice Consider
these little stories as illustrations OF
the young person and her point of
view. The first is on divorce
The other day l overheard two
young girls talking.
Said one: When a girl marries
she should be very, very careful In
choosing her husband. and after she
is married she should do the best she
can to make a good wife and a happy
home, but If she finds out that she
has made a mistake, and is miserable
thank Heaven, she doesn't have to
stand it, She can always get a di-
vorce."
Said the other girl: "Oh. of course
that's the only thing to do under
such circumstances. 1t won't be my
fault if my marriage turns out badly
because I'm going to do everything
can, and bring every particle of in
telligence I've got to making it a
success, but none of that sutherland
be-strong business in mine! If my
husband isn't what he should be, OF
treats me badly. or | find I've made
an error of Judgment, I'm going Ia
correct It just as | would any other
mistake.
I'm not going to stick to it as peo-
pie used to do in the Dark Ages
Aren't you thankful that you live IN
these enlightened days. instead of in
our grandparents and our parents
time when people thought that nc
matter how miserable you were in
your marriage, or how much you
hated the person you were married to
won had ia endure il ."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
The Bibles of Presidents
Some Interesting Facts Concerning Them.

pared with the copy Of the Bible, bound
in red leather with silver clasps, on
which Washington took the oath as
first President Of the Republic on the
balcony of the old Federal Hall in New
York. It was borrowed for the occa-
sion, and the descendants Of those who
lent it preserve it as a most sacred
relic.
Americans. inspired perhaps by the
example of the late FIerpont Morgan,
who included many historic Bibles
among his art treasures. have Of late
years exhibited a great passion for Bible
collecting Bibles belonging to Queen
Anne George III and Richard. Duke Of
Gloucester, are to be found in the
United States
1t was II. E. Huntington. the railway
magnate Of America who a couple of
years ago paid $50, 900 for a Gutenberg
Bible which was once in the Ashburn-
ham Library. America, however has
not succeeded in securing a literary
treasure TO be found among the finest
collection Of English Bibles in the world
at lilt bllSlbl bdpJlSl 1piitEts 1 MS COL
lege possesses the only perfect copy in
existence of Tyndale's first New Tesla
ment, printed at Worms in 1926 The
then Bishop of London bought up and
burned this first edition. and thus pro-
vidsd Tyndale money for an improved
and larger one. The only other frag
ment of the destroyed edition is now
in the British Museum, but it stops short
at the I'D chapter of St Matthew,
The trustees Of the college have often
been tempted to dispose Of this unique
volume, but hitherto they have been
proof against temptation. though no less
than $50. 900 has been offered for it.
Another valuable Bible in the collec-
ton is a copy Of Coverdale's Bible, pub
Iished in 1886 Lincoln Cathedral pos
sesses the only other perfect copy in
existence. although six other more or
less complete copies are known to exist.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
Little Bobbie S Pa
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

THARE was a convenshun Of mis-
shunarys in town this week &
Ma went & toald the ladies' of the
club that she wud be glad for US to talk
at leest one misshunary & keep him AT
our house so he wuddent have to pay
any hotel bill. Pa dident Ike it a Bit
but he dident say much. He kicked a
littel. tho.
can not see why you act so cold
about entertaining a noabel man who
is going to give up his noabel life,
maybe, Ma sed, oaver thare in the Fee
gee Islands. teaching them awful black
men how to be good. Why, sed Ma,
I was going to say first that we cud keep
two of those noabel men here & now
that | see the way you are acting / am
glad that l only promised to take one.
Why doesn't he go to a hotel e. reg
lister, like a noabel drummer or a noa-
bel transhunt Of any kind? sed Pa
doant see anything very noabel about
horning into a household & putting
everybody out for a week, Pa sed It is
bad enuff to entertain yure relatives all
the time, sed Pa, without having any
guy with a long face and short purse
setting around and talking about spread
ing the gospel. Thay spread more hot
air than thay spread gospel, sed Pa
them misshunarys, & besides they eet
moar than a trained nurse, witch is sum
getting
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

eminent. You could find needle in
a haystack easier than a college bred
girl who is an anti.
And this is what the modern young
girl thinks about woman's sweet de-
pendence. A very rich girl said to me
the other day:
1--WE got the best and most gener-
Gus father that any girl ever had. He
showers on me everything that money
can buy I've got charge accounts
all the way up and down Fifth Ave
nue.. and every month he gives me a
big allowance, but ! never see a girl
standing behind counter, or sitting
behind a typewriter that | don't envy
her. ! would rather have a dollar
and fifty cents that / had earned my
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
What He Meant.

A man once received as present
from a sea captain d fine specimen of
a bird which sailors call the laugh
ing jackass." As he was carrying it
home he met a brawny Irish NAVY,
who stopped and said to him:
'Phwat kind of burrd is that. sorr?''
That's a laughing jackass,' eX-
planned the owner, genially
The lrishman, thinking he was be
ing made fun Of was equal to the &C
Casion, and responded with a twinkle
of the eye:
It's not yourself; it's the burrd l
name SORT"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
Up-to-the-Minute Jokes

A man remarked that he came from a
very large family,
How many are there Of your" he
was asked.
We'll, there were ten Of us boys -"
he said, and each Of us had sister"
Good graciousl exclaimed the other,
then there were twenty Of your"
mo, said the boastfu man; eleven. %
Mamma-My dear, what are you
doing?
Little Notwithstanding a pen
wiper for my little sister
Mamma-But you haven't any little
sister.
Little Daughter-No. not yet but
Sally Stuckup has just got one, and
/ know we always get everything the
Stuckups do.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

\ FEW days after Jennie had got her
n clothes she met Tom her way to work.
Jennie all excited when she him
and wondered if he would speak to her after her
refusing to marry him and her treating him so
badly. She did hope he would, and that he would
admire her new clothes
Tom lifted his hat and acted as if there never
had been anything the matter between them, and.
boy like, did not even notice her gown, willow
plume and things that Jennie paying $3.50
week for on the installment PLAN
That day her girl friend at the office said she
had it all cooked up" for a party that night with
the boys they out with before.
One of the boys owned an automobile and they
would go out bear" of a time SO that night
after work Jennie and her pal met the boys Jen
ME all dressed up and her girl friends beau
didn't seem to have any time for any except
Jennie This, of course, made the girl Jealous. but
she held in until after dinner, when they all
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
A $4,000 Bible.

When Mr.. Roosevelt was indicted
into office as Governor of New York
some one presented him with the Bible
which he used on that occasion. His
name, which was written on the fly
leaf was misspelled. but he used the
same Bible at his second Inauguration,
and it has been one Of Mr.. Roose-
velts most treasured ,nementos ever
since.
These volumes, however, are to Amer
leans of Insignificant value when com
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
Have You Sore Gums or Loose Teethl

A prominent dentist, after years Of
experience, has found home rem
edy that will cure Riggs disease,
bleeding, infAmed and spongy gums,
and tighten loose teeth by rtnsing the
mouth
Proba bly, you have not enjoyed eat.
ing Tor some time. Get a bottle of
STYP- STRING ANT and that dis
ease Of the gums and teeth will be
cured therefore. aiding digestion.
soc bottle at all druggists, or par
eel post, 55c in stamps. DeLamater-
Lawrence Drug Company, wholesale
distributors.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
Very Sad.

But this man us a charming gentle
man, sed Ma. I am sure that you will
like him. Jest then the man cain.
Husband. sed Ma, this is Mister Weeks
of Jacksonville. He is going abroad
soon to teech the beenited natives all
about religun..
Mr.. Weeks was vary slim, vary sac
looking. Pa sighed kind of hard, but
he asked Mister Weeks to maik his
self at hoam & then Ma sed Now ]
am going to leeve you two men G. lit.
tel Bobbe to have d visit while l run
oaver to Missus Jones's & get that
recipe for stewed steak & milkweed
green's, Ma sed.
As soon as Pa was sure Ma was out
of the house he asked Mister Weeks
of Jacksonville to cum into the library &
look at his books. I went in, too.
have sumthing vary fine here, sed
Pa, in this long necked decanter. 1t is
the very finest burbon, Pa sed, & it is
so old that it has rumatism VIII you
try a snifter?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

oldest, Bibles connected with the
American Government is the
book upon which, since 1900, every
Chief Justice and every member of the
Supreme Court has taken the oath Of
allegiance when accepting his appoint
ment TO Uncle Sans highest tribunal
More than that, every attorney who has
practiced before the Supreme Court
since that date-1SOO-ha pledged his
allegiance over the little volume, with
one eXceptlon-Daniel Webster II is
told even yet of the Supreme Court Of
that day that Mr. Webster's fame as
an orator had so preceded him that on
that occasion when he came to argue
his first case before the Court the clerk,
Mr.. Caldwell in his eaEerness to hear
the great speaker, forgot to admins
ter the oath.
Some interesting facts have also been
revealed regarding the Bibles used by
American Presidents. When Grover
Cleveland came to the Capitol for his
first Inauguration he brought with him
a little red Bible his mother had given
him when he was a boy. and which
he had always cherished as a keepsake
On that Bible he took the oath Of Of
fee. a few days before Mr. McKinley's
Inauguration a number Of African Meth
odist bishops came into Mr.. McKinley's
office one morning with a tremendous
package, which proved 10 be a large
family Bible in a big plush box, and
they wished Mr. Mckinley 20 use it,
Their request was granted and the big
Bible was one of the show objects in
the Red Parlor of the White House for
long time afterwards.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

lily that is engaged in a perpetual
drawn battle at home
Nor can you argue the suffrage
question with young women, because
they accept it as a fact that is neon
trovertible that they are the equals OF
the young men they know, and have
just Is much right to a voice in gov
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
The Modern Girl / NsY Species # he Feminine Sss

self than fifteen hundred dollars that
was given me.
Il would give anything on earth to
know that | could stand on my own
feet instead of being a miserable para
site hanging on somebody else. And
every rich girl l know feels the same
way. But I've got one comfort, I'll
never have to be dependent on a hus-
band. How a woman endures the hui
initiation of having to ask her hus-
band for every cent she spends I
don't understand. It's enough to kill
her, and I don't believe women are
going to do it much longer. / think
in the future that when a girl hasn't
got an Independent fortune of her own
she'll continue after marriage at
whatever business she was in before
marriage. Financial Independence is
just as necessary to a wOmans self
respect as il is to a mans"
And here's another viewpoint Of the
1918 model of girl. If you will re-
call, the heroes of all old fashioned
novels used to be men who had been
sad rakes. They were men with dark
pasts, such as Rochester, who fasci-
mated innocent little Jane Eyre, and
even as late as a generation or so
ago a man lost no prestige in a girls
eyes from having been wild, and hav-
ing had romantic adventures. Re
Gently an opponent to the bill for re-
quiring all candidates for marriage to
produce a health certificate brought
up this former attitude of women on
this subject in objecting to the pass
age of the law. He didn't know the
modern young girl I said something
of this to one, and she defined the
modern girls position on the question
in one phrase:
She Knew.
We've read Damaged Goods" she
said, and we know what that sort
of romance means-insane asylums,
surgeons tables, death"
In former times, when a young girl
came to an older woman to confde in
her, she asked for advice about some
love affair. Nowadays when a girl
has a heart to- heart talk with you
she consults you about her life work
The young girls are no longer look
ing forward to matrimony as the one
only desirable career in life. They
are thinking of business, of settle
ment work, of a thousand avocations
outside of the home circle Love is
| no longer the whole of their exist
. ence. 1t is thing apart, just as
| it is of a man. If the right man
comes along and asks one she'll
marry, but If he doesn't, she can get
along very well without him, thank
| you
This is only cursory view Of the
young girl Of the period. Take a look
at her for yourself At present she
| is the great human Conundrum, and
she's the most interesting thing in
! the world.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
A Farewell Call.

While Maggie was to stay to clean
and close up the apartment. vet Helen
wanted to see that nothing was left to
draw insects.
She was stiTl in the kitchen, when
the phone rang and Warren called i'm
patiently:
Helen! Somebody wants you"
"Oh, WHY will people call us up at
the last moment?" she protested re-
sentfully, for every second now was
precious
Hello! l just wanted to say good
bye" shrilled Mrs Thurstons voice,
'and wish you all kinds of a pleasant
trip"
That's very kind of YOU" lied Helen
politely.
your boats sailing at 8. isn't it?
I'd so like to come down to the dock
but promised Mrs Walker to go with
her to a bridge tea. / disappointed her
last week, so I'll Just have to go. Well,
you certainly have fine day to start
! was afraid this morning it would rain,
but it's cleared off beautifully"
Yes, it has" murmured Helen stu
pidy, wild to get back to her packing
"Oh, while l think of it, I want to
give you the address of that place in
the Rue de Rivoli, the one l told you
about where I got those lovely hand
embroidered nightgowns. Have you a
pencil there?"
Helen got a pencil, took down the
address and was just about to say
good-by when Mrs. Thurston held her
with IA
And I'm going to ask you to get me
two more-size SO. You saw the ones
! have I paid fifteen francs for most
Of them, but use your own Judgment
only | shouldn't like to pay over TWEEN
ty I'm sure you won't mind getting
these for me, will you? And oh, don't
you want the address of that handker
chief place, where they embroider the
three initials for only a few confines
extra? If you'll hold the phone min
ute-Tve got the address on one of the
boxes they came in
Helen could hardly restrain her i'm
patience, but she was forced to wait
, for the address
Very Annoying.
II you re BetllnE some LOT your
SELF purred Mrs. Thurston, and if
it isn't TOO much trouble. I SHOULD
like another dozen of those tiny even
ing Observation-Disclosures know the mi
tials-M. c. T."
When Helen finally succeeded in
breaking away she turned from the
phone with a furious
The idea of her calling me up this
late. to send for things!"
well, I'd have cut her off quick
enough" growled Warren. "She wouldn't
have kept me standing there. Here,
showing toward her some steamship la
bells ne had just filled out with their
name and number of their stateroom,
better get these on now Can't leave
everything till the last minute"
Helen took the oval blue and white
North German Lloyd" labels and past
ed them on her trunk and suit case with
supreme satisfaction She had always
envied people with trunks covered with
steamship and foreign hotel labels-it
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
A Surprise.

I doant mind If I do. sed Mister
Weeks. Then Pa poured him a nice
drink & took one hisself He looked
kind of surprised at Mister Weeks, but
I cud see that he was looking at his
friend moar friendly.
am sorry to intrude on you, sir,
said Mister Weeks, & as it is I wud
have stayed at hotel, only l got roped
into a stud gain last mite & got my
bank roll so nicked that it is almost
nit That is sum corn. he sed. II we
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

NN EAR could you make room for
this in your trunk?" asked
Helen anxiously,
I'm, what is it?" Warren did not
look up from the great roll of collars
he was fitting in the tray.
My heavy coat-Tn need it for the
steamer"
Should say I couldn't Put it in
the rob with the rugs"
But we've got to put both our train
coats and the steamer pillow in that
it won't hold any more"
Then you'n just have to carry it.
See here" opening a small leather
case Of folding coat hangers, how many
of these things will we need?"
Take them ALL dear, I'll want some.
Where is that other case of six. Aunt
Emma gave you for Christmas? Oh,
here they are"
Then put them in your own trunk.
I'm not going to fill up mine with
lot of truck for you Look at all those
papers" pointing to some packages he
had brought from the office.
"Oh, do you have to take all those?"
That's not aIl-there's more in that
suit case. And they're a darn sight
more important than your frilikins."
Helen, who had always counted on
putting certain things in Warrens trunk,
went back to her room and gazed help
lessly at her small and already over
crowded steamer trunk. How could
she get everything in?
What shall I do with this, ma am %
demanded Maggie, appearing at the
door with an opened package of cereal.
"Oh, you'n have to throw out every
thing like that; we can't leave it to
draw mice Now, you're sure you've
got everything out of the refrigerator?
The butter and the rest of that jar of
bacon you can give to the houseman.
And you'd better sprinkle some borax
around the sink. Wait, I'll come show
Won "
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
Once Again.

Warren's explosives were loud and
emphatic as he unlocked the trunk
Now is that ALP" as Helen hasti-
ly crushed in the robe BY Cad. I've
never locked trunk for you yet that
l didn't have to open half a dozen times
before we started"
But it was hardly a moment later
when Maggie brought in a blue serge
skirt Helen had asked her to brush
You're not forgetting this. mam?"
Helen tried desperately to get it in
her suitcase, but there was no room
The trunk would have to be opened
again. While she was struggling with
the stiff. heavy strap, trying to I'M
buckle it, Warren passed the door.
what in the devil are you doing
now?"
Never mind, II can open It," flush
ed and breathless with her exertions
Il just forgot to put in this skirt"
Warren pushed her roughly aside and
again opened the trunk, his language
more fervid than before.
Now is THAT ALP" he roared
again as he slammed down the lid.
Helen thought it was. But at almost
the last moment, she discovered a pair
of shoes she had left out TO be polished
The suitcase was bulging full, and she
dared not let Warren see her trying to
omen the trunk again. She would have
to carry them in a bundle There was
no other way
It was not until they were finally
whirling to the dock in a cab, with
the Trunks on ton and the hand Ia p