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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12

TT was the lobby Of a welI-Rnown
'woman's' hotel Girl bell boys
whisked about and women room
clerks were behind the desk An
open archway gave glimpse Of the
restaurant with women walters.
Helen went over 90 a lounge beneath
a discouraged looking palm and gazed
around curlously. She had often heard
Of this womuns hotel. but had never
been In it and the scene was fun of in
terest.
She was TO dine here with Miss Car
son, who had invited her so many times.
As Warren had gone to Philadelphia and
would not be back until tomorrow
Helen had been glad to accept the in
vitatlon for this evening
The brisk woman clerk al the inquiry
desk had Just told her that Miss Carson
had not yet come in. But as Helen was
several moments ahead OF their appoint
ment. which had been for $780, she well
coined this opportunity Go wait and look
about
II was probably the busiest and most
interesting hour TO view this hustelry,
for women were now streaming in from
their various days activities. Many
were professional women. many were OF
nee workers OF the better paid class
and some were out-of-town shoppers
but they an had that frayed, disheveled
appearance which comes To every wum-
an who has been cut all day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Up-to-the-Minute Jokes

DO YOU really believe. doctor. that
your old medicines actually keep any
body alive" asked The skeptic
surely" returned the doctor. My
prescriptions have kept three druggists
and their families alive in this town for
twenty Years"
Sergeant Rooney noticed that one Of
his squad had neglected 10 wash the
back Of his neck
Hi, YOU" he called 10 the cuIprit.
Right about face, and look at your
self"
Booksener-Would you care about
this. madam new book Of fairy tales.
Just cute"
Lady-No, thanks: I'm used TO them.
I've been married for years. you know.
Pluck. pluck. pluck. first. second and
thirdly. my boy. is the secret of sue
cess. said Mr. Magnste. the million
aire
All. sighed the pale. over-worked
clerk. Il guess so. but wish you'd
tell me YOUR method OF plucs,ing
GuesJ-Why don't YOU put az least two
oysters In YOUR stew
WaiJer-Ne tried IL, sir. but they used
10 quarrel
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12

((H ONT tell me- said young Clek-
ky, with deep sorrow in his
tones. that you are a suffra-
gettev'
In spite of his protest young Clekky's
voice limited that he didn't care in the
least what she told him, just so long as
she continued TO direct her conversation
at him, In this sentiment young Clek-
ky would have been Joined by any man
who had CHANGED to be in his place,
which was next to a fascinating, pink
and white, large-eyed divinity of
eighteen, with sense enough to act as
though she did not know that she was
adorable.
Indeed. l ami" insisted Miss Flu
mey, Indignantly. Everybody is now
adays. And you can't imagine the fun
we have at the meetings or at the lunch
cons the girls get up! At mine I'm go
ing to have cream Of mushroom"
why are you suffragette?" persist
ed the shocked young CleklSy What's
the use? Haven't you always got
everything you wanted on earth. any
how. just by looking as though you
wanted it?"
''W-e-ell,' admitted Miss Flumey,
dimpling Then she looked stern. II
am not thinking of myself" she said.
Suppose" went on Miss F7umey,
that l was poor woman with six
children and a drunken husband. who
dindn't earn a cent and came home only
to beat me and take away the money
had earned over the washJub-wouldn't
it be splendid to have a law that would
do something perfectly awful TO him
and let me keep my money? That's
what we are working for"
81 should think such a law would be
a good thing" agreed young Clekky,
with enthusiasm. ANY money you
earned over the washtub ought TO be
framed and hung on the wall-only, /
suppose, you would have TO spend II
for potatoes and cabbage and things
for the six hungry children. That's the
trouble with money-when you want to
buy all the orchids in the shop for a
girl you have TO go and pay the tailor
or your laundry bill. Oh. l know you
were using that merely as an example,
But I think it is very commendable
of you, really!'
Your voice doesn't sound So" pro-
tested Miss FIumey. obviously. You'll
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Teach Children Usefulness.

All children should be given some
work to do. some trivial duty to per-
form regularly, and they should be
taught to do Il willingly and without
Whispering Train your children TO
wait upon themselves, and 10 keep their
toys and playthings tidy and IN their
proper places.
1t is good plan to teach them to play
with one toy at time. and when tired
Of that 10 replace il before a fresh one
is taken. Then, insteal of a litter Of
things to be tidied and put away at bed
time. or when the little one has become
tired Of playing, there is simply one toy
that can be quickly cleared away.
When a child returns from a walk
teach him TO put his outdoor garments
neatly away in the place allotted to
them. This early training viii be Of
great use 10 him as he grows older. and
help 10 form and strengthen his charac-
ter
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Copyright. 1913. by Star Company

copyright, 1913, Dy star Company !
TN the first glamour and rapture of
possession, betrothed lovers and
newly married people are i'm
mune from the influence of any third
person. The most fascinating wom-
an, the most attractive man, is pow
erless to awaken more than passing
platonic interest in husband or wife.
Very young lovers believe this con-
dition will prove eternal, and when 1t
diminishes in any degree-when either
one becomes in the least susceptible
to the physical or mental charms of
another-they imagine they have
reached a crisis of misfortune. and
that welded love is dead or dying
Instead, they should regard it as
the mere rise and fall of the emo
tional tides. When the sea is at high
water mark, all the pebbles and rocks
on the coast are covered; when it
GIBBS they are revealed. but the tide
comes back and covers them again.
Love Should Be Eternal.
The pebbles change and the rocks
wear away, but the tides are eternal.
So, husband and wife should realize
that married love is the eternal thing
and wait for the fullness of the tides,
and not regard mere incidents as
tragedies. ncr attach undue impor-
lance to passing distractions.
The magnet ore attracts the parti-
Gle OF steel until the steel is charged
with the same magnetism-then it
does not follow the steel.
Yet left to itself for a period of
time, it again is susceptible to the
same influence. The thrill goes out
of the hand-clasp and the kiss at
times, because husband and wife have
been so constantly associated. Let
brief separation ensue-and 1t is
found again.
The mistake lies in supposing that
ii is gone forever and is rushing forth
to seek a new sensation elsewhere,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Snap Shots
BY LILLIAN LAUFERTY.

A bit O. verse.
A bit O. praise.
A bit of idle musing-
/ hope you'll find
That you're inclined
To like the lines I'm choosing.
''This too shall pass. "-IIindoo
proverb
"WHEN I WAS ONE AND TWENTY"
BY Lawrence HOusman.
When l was one and twenty 1 heard
a wise man say:
Give crowns and pounds and guineas,
but not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies, but keep
your fancy free"
But l was one and twenty-no use to
talk TO mel
When was two and twenty, heard
him say again;
The heart from out the bosom was
never given in vain
IT'S bought with signs a-plenty. and
sold for endless rue"
And ! am two and twenty-and, oh,
it's true-'tis true,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Elderly Women, Too.

Most of them went straight Go the
desk for their KEYS and mail. then hur-
ried over Go the elevator To be whisked
up 10 their rooms. 4 few loitered 10
chat in the lobby Some turned into
the tea room 10 sustain their WEAKNESS.
Besides these home coming workers
there were a number % elderly women
drifting about, who had evidently not
been out. but had come down from their
rooms Ca spend this hour before dinner
In the lobby viewing their more active
neighbors
one had brought her crocheting, an
other some embroidery work. and they
all had black handbags and jangling
room keys
IL was relief Co see a man swing
through the revolving doors and stride
up 10 the desk Even the rather glum
woman clerk smiled gracIously as she
phoned up his name.
In few moments the youngest and
most attractive woman Helen had vet
seen there came down In the elevator
and greeted him cordially lie did not
even let her sit down bat hurried her
out. evidently wishing 90 get away from
the target or feminine eyes.
well. where She We egt'" Helen
heard him ask as they passed
ANY place where there's life and
music laughed the girl
And Helen could well Imagine that II
one lived In a woman's hotel one would
want occasionally TO dine out gag some
place with life and music.
Front" called tine clerk az the desk
name fu page
Miss FELTON, $50 Down the h8l
ana through the restaurant switched
. the gIr calling ~hriHy. "Nis- Fulton
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12

and if found elsewhere, to suppose it
means affinity"
Were / the mother of a young
daughter about to be the wife of a
man she adored. l should say to her:
DO not imagine that you will never
feel the attraction of any other man
when you are married. If you are
in perfect health and if your mind is
receptive and progressive you will, as
the years pass by, find yourself in
terested in, and stirred by other mag
netic masculine personalities. When
such an experience comes, give il az
little thought as possible. 1t does not
mean that you have ceased to love
your husband, nor that you have
found one who could hold your inter
est longer than he. 1t means that
you CHANGED to be susceptible to an
electric current which can vitalize
and strengthen you if made to act
upon you mentally, or can be turned
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Willing to Go Higher.

YES" said the old man. addressing
his visitor. Il am proud of my girls,
and should like to see them all com
fortably married; and, as I've made
little money, they won't go to their hus-
bands penniless. There's Margaret,
twenty-five years old, and a real good
girl. l shall give her $1,000 when she
marries. Then come Bet, who won't
see th4rty-five again, and she'll havs
$4,000; and the man who takes Dora,
who is forty. will have $4,000 with
her"
The young man reflected a moment or
so, and then nervously inquired, "You
haven't one about fifty, have you
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12

" Our first baby is
strong and healthy and
we attribute this re-
suit 70 the timely use
Of your Compound.
Mrs. FRED NoHANN,
Kent, Oregon.
l owe my life and
my baby's good health
20 your Compound. 49,
Afrs. W. .. SPENCER,
X. +. D., No. ., Troy,
Alabama.
I have three chill
dreu and took your
Compound eachtime
Mrs. JOIN HowARn,
Wilmington, Vermont.
I have a lovely
baby boy and you can
tell every one that he
is 'Piukham' baby"
Mrs. LOUIS FISCHER,
- Niunroe ST., Carl
stsdt, \. }.
We are at last
blessed with a sweet
little babygirl." Mrs.
G.. A. LkPEROU
MOutegut, La
/ have one Of the
finest baby girls YOU
ever saw Mrs &. (.
/ GooDwS. 1912 s. 9Th
ST., Wilmington NC
any husband e the
happiest man alive TO
/ day. Ms. CAR
4 DARBRkKE. 2gT Maril
Ia ST. Buffalo. NY.
Now I have MIC
baby girl, the JOY o
our home. Mrs. Do
SYLVIA Corr, No. III
So. G ate St, Worces
Ter, Mass.
"Ihavea hne strou
baby daughter now
Mrs. A. A. GILFs
newittville, y. y.
Route a..
have a biz. fat
healthvlu Mrs s
A. BarENGEE. RID
, Mol, Baltimore. OhlC
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
The Claret Is Good.

Pm afraid you1i have a demoraliz-
ing effect on the place" laughed Helen
as she slipped the excellent claret, which
was served in a bottle with a grape
Juice label
I'D like to- grinned Miss Carson;
they need stirring up a bit. No won
der they call 1t the old ladies' home"
Have you noticed what dissatisfied
expressions most OF them have?" unused
Helen Il was watching them while
waited in the lobby. and I didn't see a
really happy or contented looking woman
among them all
"Of course, You didn't You don't
think women who live alone are ever
really content, do you? DO you think
there's a woman here who wouldn't be
happier If she were living in her own
home with a husband and children?
There are probably more heartaches
right here than under any other one roof
in New York-iust because every woman
here is alone.
And yet. some women claim that
their work. their career and their indie
pendence are more to them than the love
OF any man" ventured Helen.
NNen lntA say lnal II s To save their
pride, because they couldn't get the man
they wanted" declared Miss Carson,
bluntly. mo woman ever said II truth
fully, Many Of these women have ca
reers-there are many successful law
yers, lecturers and writer's living here.
They probably wouldn't be honest
enough to admit that their work doesn't
satisfy them. But do you think it does?
There isn't a woman here that wouldn't
give Il all up for home Of her own-if
it could be with the man she wanted p"
II was after 10 when Helen got home
Without waiting to take of her wraps.
she sat down at the desk and wrote a
hurried note to Warren, so that IL
might reach him at his hotel in Phila-
delphia before he left at noon:
Dearest: I've had dinner with Miss
Carson, as l had planned. And oh. my
dear, I'm so glad and grateful that I'm
Mrs. Warrent f. Curtis. with my home
and my husband. and not a lone woman
living at a woman's hotel.
Miss Carson says some Of them have
| careers successful careers-but they
| don't look very happy Oh, I'm sure
there isn't any career for a woman
that's so satisfying as Just being a wife,
! HELEN
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Just About Women

a woman ought to be pretty to con-
sole her for being a woman at all.
An intimate acquaintance with a
woman always develops that her woman
friends are not as perfect as you had
thought them
If a womans voice sounds sweet 10
her family. depend on it, she is calling
them to dinner or to get out of bed
Praise a man TO his wife for being
good to his children and she win say.
well, why shouldn't he be? They are
his"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Didn't Catch the Point.

Il was getting measured for a suit o.
clothes this morning. said young Sissy
to his pretty cousin, ''and just for =
joke, you know, l asked Snippen If II
really took nine tailors to make a nan.
He said it would take more than nine
tailors to make a man Of some pegple
l thought It was quite clevah."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
CERTAINLY NOT.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
| am a young man of twenty
one years of age and am very
much in love with girl of
eighteen. / am at present at
tending a school Of dental surg
cry and have been here two
years The young lady makes
S1S a week and Is willing to keep
on working until | have finished
school. We would like to have
your advice as to whether we
should get married at once or
not. 4.
You do not want your wife to sup
port YOU, do you? Wait until YOU
are earning a living yourself and
then il will be time enough to think
Of marrying.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
can nor PusH MATTERS.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am a young man twenty-five
years of age and worked in
store some time ago. While at
work there l became very at
tached to my employers daugh-
ter, and she told me she was
very fond of me. | called on
her three times a week. but since
then have accepted another posi-
ton. | have tried to see her and
make an engagement to call,
but she told me that her parents
objected to any one calling on
her. What shall I do?
WORRIED.
II her parents object to your call
ing you can not very well insist OF
doing so. II the girl cares for YOU
she will probably be able to induce
them to allow you to call once in Z
while, at any rate.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
He Was Alarmed

The coal supply of the earth is
limited" said the scientist. No one
can say how long it viii last
Great Scot" exclaimed 4 man in
the back row. And here we've gone
and wasted more'n "a bushel Of il
heatiR' the hau for this lecture"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
SEND THE RING BACK

Dear Miss Fairfax:
| am a young lady twenty-one
years Of age and have been keep
ing company with a young man
for about six months. He Is very
kind to me, but 1 can not really
get used 10 him. l got a ring
from him, but / want to know IL
gave il back to him whether it
would make him feel bad about
il. | would like to get rid of
his company If l possibly can,
as l don't really really care to
keep it any longer Dear Miss
Fairfax, kindly advise me what
to do. ANXIOUS.
The only thing to do is send hi
ring back and tell him that you FIND
you do not care for him enough t,
keep it. A.ake your letter as mic,
as possible and spare his feelings al
you can. II is not fair to encourage
him when you know that you do no
care for him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Advice to the
Lovelon
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
SHE OWES THE APOLOGY


nEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
- / am very anxious to know
II a gentleman is insulting a lady
by telling her that her words and
temper were unladylike. The
young lady in question was first
talking sneeringly and sarcastic
ally, and later in the discussion
Yehemently against minister,
father of the young man to whom
she was talking. Some of the
things she said were false; others
she said because she misunder-
stood his manner. At first the
young man tried to defend his
father by answering her accusa-
tions; and then. firmly, plainly,
and taking her quite to task,
though not a bit angry, he told
her that it was very unladylike
for her to talk and act as she did.
The young lady was insulted and
said she would never speak to
the young man again until he
apologiZed to her. Now, do you
not think that she owes the young
man and the father an apology,
rather than that the young man
owes an apology to herr
ANXIOUS INQUIRER.
The young woman was not onl!
but extremely tactless ant
Inl1lnd. She decidedly owes tn,
-oung man an apology. l would no
,lame him if he never cared to b,
riends with her again. He did quit
light in Tebuking her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
It Was Low That Day.

Early Tuesday morning. when Brick
Smith, the aviator, was about to try for
the altitude record. he decided TO carry
with him an ordinary double barreled
shotgun His idea was to try to hunt
bit in the upper regions. provided he
could find anything that high.
At a point 14,36S feet above the sea
level he fired directly into the zenith and
brought down two pounds of print but
ter.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Just Took a Chance

Il don't see how you can enjoy
and opera when you can't under
and the words"
Didn't YOU ever enjoy "a dish of
ash without knowing what was in
b"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
ore Honor To Be Sought.

Bat many "a man Is gently propelled
given direction without being aware
the fact. As long as he thinks he
doing exactly what DE wants 70. he is
ifeouy happy II is a very tactiul
,man who can lead without showing
hand
Some day perhaps. when woman has
ide so much OF place Tor herself in
world that she is financially on "a
ane with man. she can propose with
3 best of them, but until then she
1 better be content with her womanly
ivilege Of being sought
n is more Of an honor to- be sought
ln TO sue.
HELP things along 10 you can. DO So
obesity and tactfully, but don't force
situation, and never forget Your
Jmaniiuess.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
;HILDLESS
WOMEN

Frhese women once ChMdless. now hap
and physically we'll with healthy
iildren. viii tell how Lydia r. Pink
ans Vegetable Compound made all this
9ssibie Here are the names and COR
.ct addresses-write them n YOU want
}, and learn for yourself They are only
few ont Of many thousands.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Should Women
PROPOSE
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

VERY little while the time-woru
question should woman pro-
pose?'' takes a new lease of life,
the war of wits wages merrily for
me
IS always taken as q huge joke. but
" considered seriously for moment
\ course woman should not propose.
she never will. in the strictest sense
ne word. But if We only knew the
= inwardness OF many case. I won
how many women do indirectly pro-
hey DO not say, in 80 many words,
ii YOU marry me?" hut they attend
al the stage settings and give the
hng man his cue. and before he
alzes what he is doing he finds him
an engaged man.
me Men New Prodding.
,erhaps he never really knows just
i much assistance he has had.
orue men actually need this prod
10 bring them TO the proposal
aid They hang around the girl for
a. never getting their courage up TO
the asking, and all the time keeping
81 eligible men away from her
rho can blame the girl or call her
fa1aidenly II she helps such a tardy
Ser along a bit? She does not pro-
10 him; she simply makes Il easy
him 10 propose TO her.
here are some girls, alas! who prac-
iiiy ash, man his intentions before
knows them himself They are the
Il who are not willing TO accept
re- friendship from a man-with them
4 lovemaking or nothing. That they
quenuy end BY being old maids does
seem TO be warning 70 others Of
ir kind
girl cannot expect a man 10 pro
IL 10 her unless she gives him some
souragement. but there is a happy
dunn in lovemaking as in all other
ngs.
4 a man is attentive TO a girl and
, likes him. there Is no harm i'm her
owing her liking In a modest digni-
! way. She need not run after him,
I she can let him see that she likes
be with him and that his coming is
eays welcome
4 she PUSHES nervously into CONVEX
iors every time there comes sig
cant pause in their conversation,
J can defer tho proposal indefinitely
less the young man Is determined
Der
centuries Of customs have decreed
Al woman should not propose 10 man.
Is an unwritten law but very
'ingent one The mere fact or
man seeking him would be enough to
M the ordinary man cantering gayly
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Men Not More Tempted.

The woman who proclaims herself
absolutely Indifferent to men pro-
claims herself either hopelessly phleg
matte or anaemic, She is not nor
mall neither is the man who cares
nothing for-and finds nothing fasci
mating in-the association of women.
Wise is the wife who says to her
self: MY husband will see many
women who charm and interest him
but he shall be so loved, entertained
and trusted by me that he will not
want to wander away"
Wise is the husband who SAYS: any
wife will attract and be attracted by
other men. no doubt; but she is loyal
and true, and l shall give her such
attention and devotion she will not
wish herself the wife of any other
man"
That there are many such mar
riages 1 know, for l again assert that
despite all the hue and cry raised
about marital unrest, and despite the
frequency of divorce, happy mar
riages form the base of our social
structure.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-12
Married Life---Thrd Year ByI1e5z Heg25 U,1g
yl )'C n

there were glances of protest from sew
eral indignant old women
Really, l can't stand that draught!'
exclaimed one stout, assertive looking
matrou, as she drew her white shawl
closer about her shoulders and forced
an affected cough.
you see. shrugged Miss Carson, as
the waitress closed the window again.
"they can't stand breath Of air. You'd
have thought it was a regular gale the
way she drew that shawl about her.
But here comes our grape juice-thatn
be cOOIinR"