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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16

his toll No wonder the assembled herd
trembled
Then the moon came up, and the lion
left off roaring Instantly the waiting
herd were on the alert. and began to
move away from cover. They knew that
a lion does his hunting in silence. and
that when roaring he is not actually
dangerous. Directly the king of the
wild was dumb, however, It was a case
of look out all. No beast knew where.
under cover of the night. he would turn
up next-certainly in the most unex-
pected spot
Following upon that, for no less than
two hours not sound broke the still
ness OF the wilderness, save the pecu-
liar neigh Of the zebras-and they are
rarely quiet. Indeed, IT almost looked
as II the lion had gone in some other d.
reotion that night, and a troop. of beau
tiful yre-horned Grants gazelles-they
are far the largest gaEelIes-were at
length so overcome by thirst as TO ris&
the terror by the water.
1t was a wonderful and pretty sight tc
see them advancing to the pool. string
ing IN and out among the mimosas.
stopping every few yards TO look and
listen and test the air with their keen
noses. An old and cunning doe led and
the master buck who looked almost
top-heavy by reason OF his big horns,
brought up the rear.
They reached the water and eagerly
dashed in to drink as quickly as pos
sble. Behind them an old zebra stall
lion had followed. and behind him,
again a lonely ostriCh-sll keenly on the
alert and anxious TO see how the ga
Zelles Jared.
II must have been this old zebra stall
lion that first saw the lion. l think. He
was crouching under cactus bush
close to the water and the gazelles. He
had been there a fun hour, in fact wait
ing. Except for his cleaning eyes, he
was so still that not even the keenest
eyes could have made him out had II
not been for one small fact Just as all
cats wave the tips of their tails when
they are close to prey SO the hairy tuft
on the end of the lions tail was bobbling
from side 10 side outside the bush in
the Moonlight behind him. and it was
that that warned the knowing old
zebra
Wheeling instantly clean round on his
lind legs-neRrly overturnng the n
dignant ostrich as he did Sc. by the way
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
Up-to-Date Jokes

Mr.. Tightfst-And so you are the
noble fellow who rescued my wife
from in front of the electric car at
the risk of your life? Take this
quarter. my heroic man, as an express
sion of our undying regard"
Mr.. Rags-An right, boss. You know
better'n do what the woman's worth
Teacher (sternly)-Johnny. what is
the matter with your eye? If you and
Willie Whyte have been fighting
again, l shall give each OF you good
whipping"
Johnny with the victor's generos-
ity)-Yes'm. But you needn't mind
about Bill; he's had his.
i've bought a bulldog" said Par
Sniff. to his friend Lessup, and
want a motto 10 put over his kennel
Can you think of something"
Why not use a dentists sign:
Teeth inserted here" suggested
LeSsup.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
. . .

bigger around in the middle than a big
mans body.
1t was blow from this monsters tail
which had knocked the lion silly. See
ing that the lion had come down upon
the snake with all his terrible talons
extended swift retaliation was hardly
TO be wondered at.
Then, however, the lion did foolish
thing 1t may have been through ter
ror, or it may have been through rage.
1 can not say Anyway he grappled
with the cOiling serpent's body. In
stantly the monster went for him with
a hiss, striking a blow with his blunt
head like a battering ram, that would
have easily stunned any ordinary beast
What happened then is not known, for
the dust rose up in a cloud and hid the
fighters. The noise Of the conflict how
ever. was awful. and it could be heard
even by the gathered herds out on the
plains so that il set them galloping and
stampeding right and left.
But next day, and for many days to
come the animals came to drink in
peace and safety. The monster python
was lying mangled and dead, all twisted
up in knots, and there was no lion at
all-at least no recognizable lion, only
something crushed almost to jelly, that
might perhaps by a great stretch of i'm
agination have once been king of beasts
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
Snap *
x Shots

oh. Joy that comes and may not stay.
Shall ! then curse thee for thy
going?
Does dismal night make happy day
Less worthy of the knowing?
oh. Day that comes and may not bide,
Must all light fail when thou art
going?
After thy death at eventide
VIII night time stars be glowing?
Oh, JOY. Oh, Day! that might not
stay.
Far in the East new dawn is glow
ing;
There needs must be another day
The other JOY I shall be knowing
Maiden Meditations.
If a woman is as old as she looks
before breakfast. a mans disposition
is much as II appears at the same
meal
when a woman really begins to
criticise herself the result would sat
isfy her worst enemy; when a man
puts himself on trial the verdict is
usually for the defendant
Nothing seems more delightful to
most of us Girls" than to look so
adorable that Mister Man wants to
kiss us and then scold him roundly
for his impotence.
Don't be a martyr-they never were
popular and burning at the stake
used to be a favorite way of dispos-
ing of them.
Lillian LAUFERTY.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16

7 T was the only water for very many
miles around. Indeed, so far that
many animals were obliged TO jour
plains. You would not have considered
II very tempting Nor should I. 1t
looked like pale coffee as much as any
thing. But II was water, and there
was no other When you came to re-
member that the heat out IN the open
at midday was such that had you gone
out without sun helmet, sunstroke
would have smitten you in a very short
time, you can grasp, perhaps, more
fully what the water really meant to the
swarming wild folk of the region,
This day. however. something was
very much wrong. OF course. with its
partly surrounding cover OF giant,
spreading. euphorbia trees that looked
like great candelsbrR and bacbab trees
all matted together with vast vines
themselves often as thick as fair sized
trees-and dense masses of walt a bit
thorn and mimoss, this water was not
a safe drinking place. That was not
the point. however. The fact was evil
OenN ludl peIOfS the animals, DOth sin
gly and in large herds. had risked it.
whereas to-day they would not do so
on any account.
Nevertheless they wanted TO drink
All about on the plain, and under the
shade Of the euphorbiAs and mimosas.
you could see them gathered, these
thirsty ones. Here was herd OF beau
tiful striped zebras: there a herd OF that
odd. long necked antelope. the harte-
beest; farther of party Of quaint gnus,
looking like miniature buffaloes. loafed
together with dropping heads, and one
herd was made up OF mighty, long
necked girRfTes.
Later. just as the light rain began to
fall, j tremor seemed to run through all
these gathered herds A lion in some
rocks about a mile away began roaring
II was an awful sound, that deep sue
Cession Of low. coughing, mighty grunts
booming out across the silent plain
Every third night that lion had lain in
ambush there by the water and had
levied the terrible tax Of the king OF the
African wild-one antelope or zebra life
10 appease his hunger, And this was
the third night from his last kill He
was hungry again. and was coming for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
The Same, But Different.

An artist relates that a newly be-
trothed lover commissioned him 70
paint a certain secluded nook in the
rocks on The shore. because there he
had declared his passion.
The picture was painted. but before
1t was done the lover said to the
artist
"Of course, win see you through
on that picture. but my engagement
is off, and, naturally. It would be
painfully suggestive to me. If you
can sell 1t to somebody else I will
take another picture. and be extreme
ly obliged besides"
The painter assented to the ar
rangement but within a week his
patron presented himself.
It's all right" he announced. It'll
take that picture"
Am l to congratulate you on the
renewal Of your engagement" the
artist asked.
The other seemed a little confused
but quickly recovered his self pos
session, and laughed as he said:
well not exactly; ii was the same
place, but the girl was different"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
The Manicure
Lady
By WILLIAM T. KIRK.

GkVY TILFRED is going with a suf-
M fragette now" said the Man.
icure Lady He met her at
a lecture on poetry and other pastimes
the other night. and guess she must
be different from most of the suffra-
gettes that l have saw. because Will
fred says she is a queen and that she
walks in beauty like the night. what
ever kind of way to walk that is. He
don't call her hair hair at all. he calls
it her tresses, and instead of talking
about her swell lamps he says she has
Hmpid orbs. l have had a lot of ad-
mirers, George. but none Of the gents
that ever shined up to me called my eyes
orbs. That orb line Of talk might
have went in the old days. but plain
talk and a good bankroll wins more Of
US trusting girls nowadays
IT'S funny, George, how love will diff
fer a man. The girl a fellow loves can
make him change his mind quicker than
he changes his tie. Wilfred used to be
fierce against the suffragettes. He wrote
a battle hymn, he called it, for all the
men to sing, a kind of a bark against
women even daring To think of having
the sacred right of the ballot.
81 guess he didn't get no men to sing
1t. but it was an awful panning for the
girls that wanted to vote. And the
time the sufragettes had their parade
through the city not very long ago, Will
fred ran along with the rest of the cut
ups and roasted the walking women as
hard as ne could. That was always
Wilfred's speed anyhow. and told him
so that night when he got home all tired
and hoarse. and the next time he asked
me for a five and turned him down fat
'Well. anyhow, as 1 was saying. this
new girl of his has got him shouting
for what she calls the cause, and he
and father had a regular row at the
table last night. The old gent ain't so
good talker as Wilfred, but he had
something on brother because he kept
all the time throwing up to wilfred
how he used to knock the very cause
that he is plugging for now. There
amt much comeback to that kind Of
arguments, and after a while wffred
shut up. The row all started over a
fool poem that Wilfred wrote last
night called Vote, Fair Woman, Vote.
brought it down to read it to you"
You didn't have 10 do that" said
the Head Barber.
but please listen, George" implored
the Manicure Lady. ION the level, this
is so bad it is good. Listen:
Vote, fair woman. vote!
That right must not he denied to
you.
Men try to trample on thy throat
And often they have lied to you.
From where the vast Pacific rolls
To where the Atlantic holds each
boat.
Let us shout this cry, a million souls,
Vote, fair woman, vote;
Vote, fair woman. votel
There is no reason why you
shouldn't,
Gladly would I take of my coat
And work for you, only 1 couldn't.
have so many tasks to do.
The same as any well known poet,
But this l ever shall sing to you!
Vote, fair woman, votel'"
did he read that to his new girf?'
asked the Head Barber.
Il think So" said the Manicure Lady.
She wasn't to home when he called
her up this morning"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16

he gave vent to one wild warning
neigh and was off at full canter, the
monster bird of the desert racing along
side Of him well aware of what his
warning spoke. At the alarm the
gazelles flung up their heads, and with
out a second hesitation gave an immense
bound, which was followed by bound
upon bound. calculated to confuse any
foe. And at the same instant the lion
sprang
He had aimed for the beautiful buck
gazelle, but did not find him there. As
the lion sprang the gazelle leapt and
the two. almost passing each other in
mid air as II were, landed again prac-
tically at the same time. but six yards
apart.
l think the lion lost his temper. Cats
of all kinds generally get fearfully angry
n they miss their spring. Anyway. the
lion, who possessed considerable speed
for short distance, gave chase in saw
age silence. He proceeded in a series
OF mighty bounds, the gazelles now GO
ing away in long even leaps just ahead.
Suddenly he saw the leading gazelle.
the old doe give prodigious bound as
If sprnging over something in her path.
Instantly each member of the troop on
reaching the same spot acted in pre-.
cisely similar manner, leaping high over
nothing. just as you will see q line of
sheep do coming out of a gateway. And
now you will know one of the reasons
why the habit, which has been handed
down TO our domestic sheep from their
wild ancestors. was formed
The lion knew nothing about these
things He knew only that he had al
most caught his prey up and he landed
bang on the spot over which the gazelles.
even in full flight. had so carefully
sprung. AS he did so, it seemed to him
as II he was coming down on the trunk
of a tree which was lying stretched
across between two trees right in the
path.
Next instant he was on his back. with
all the wind knocked out of him, and
long drawn venomOus hiss ringing in
his ears. The trunk OF the tree was the
blotched and speckled body of an enro-
nous python. lying full length in the
moonlight, and as still as only a snake
can be II was well over nfteen feet
long. OF tremendous strength, and was
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16

apart
the strain Day day the elbows
surprising
the up"
inssten call urge behind
these biggest their
baby love of himi
He sundered into
under impulse
busy Thinking him. the woman
between the sun
ancient feuds have
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
Wonder What He Got.

Sure, Casey was a fine fellow"
He was that. a fine fellow, Casey"
And cheerful man"
"A cheerful man was Casey the
cheerfulest man l ever knew"
Casey was a generous man, too"
Generous, you say. Well, ] don't
know so much about that. Did Casey
ever buy you. anything"
We'll. nearly. One day he came
into Flaherty's harroom, where me
and my friends We're drinking. and
he said to us: Well, men. what are
we going to have-rain or snow"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16

healed The writes
and he needed because of this DRIVER
the
a
This pcture-untn think-seems something
Paradsa bssu at
work But harness is all he SEEMS
KNOW they
pretty SEEMS lovely painted by
they know And his
NEIL BRINKLEY.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
Do You Know

The Oldest royal dynasty in the world
is that of Japan, which goes back I'M
broken 2 500 years.
Telephone operators in Egypt are re-
quired TO speak English, French, Ital
ian, Greek and Arabic.
The pulgat, Burmese measure, is the
only foreign measure exactly CORE
spending to our inch
The queen bee lays 200 eggs a day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
Advice to the
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
LET YOUR PARENTS DECIDE.

LET YOUR PARENTS DECIDE.
Dear Miss Fairfax;
I have been keeping company
with a young man seven months
We love each other dearly, and
have agreed to marry. His pa
rents have consented, but mine
refuse or account Of his national
ity What would you advise me
TO do? d. X,
For the present let your parents
control the situation. You do not give
your age but you owe obedience to
their wishes and consideration no
matter how old you are.
I am sure if you viii consider their
desires they will be fair enough to
consider yours.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16

VERE relentless drivers The baby your
RI house He drives with o
= The hand of sllken is greatest
drivers he ambIton-that demonac
little driver whom Tad pictured
labor
they are the woman
dream, and for the
calamity through the little grng
big under this new and
mighty whip labos
enghens to touch his elbows
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
CERTAINLY.
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear MISS 7 aIrtaN.
The other day | was in a music
store waiting for mother. Soon an
old school acquaintance came in
for some music He asked me to
have a sundea with him. | had
known him only a short time. but
he had made himself quite friend
ly He was a good friend Of my
brother Was it proper to aC-
cept? PERPLEXED.
He offered you only friendly cour
tesy, and il would have been squeam
shness to refuse
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
WAIT A FEW YEARS.


Dear Miss Fairfax
am 10 and am in love with a
girl two years older ! have been
going with her for the past year
and she informed me that her pa
rents dislike me on account of me
not being from the country Kind
ly let me know what to do in this
matter, as l like the girl and my
love is returned. A. w.
Their objection is not very serious
for the reason that If they gave theil
consent. marriage, for a boy of 10, Is
out of the question. You will be
young enough TO marry when you are
% or more. In the meantime, de-
vote yourself so zealously to making
a man Of yourself and be so faith
full to your love that their objections
will be overcome.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-16
FORGIVE HIM THIS ONCE.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
| am 10 years old and ! am in
love with a young man two years
my senior.
have never allowed him TO
kiss me but he kissed me I'M
awares the other night.
Should / drop him or grant his
pardon? KATH
| am glad IL was unawares / don't
want you to kiss him until you are
engaged.
Forgive him, but don't grant him
pardon so lightly He will feel free
10 offend again.
The Washington times., 1913-09-09
WOMEN ARGUE ON
Kissing OF WILSON
Suffragists and Ants Dispute
Report Of Incident at Jer-
sey Meeting. 4

IN the absence of any parades or re-
titions to Congress on which to vent
their enthusiasm, pro and con, the local
sunragists and anti-suffragists are start
ing a merry discussion as to whether or
not the women vote seekers hissed the
name Of President Wilson when it was
mentioned by Miss Minnie Bronson in an
anti-suffrage speech at Spring Lake, N
j., recently,
The statement that the Presidents
name had been hissed was accrs lifted to
the Washington headquarters of the Ma
tionaI Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage.
What / want to know is where the
association has its headquarters" said
Mrs. Jesse Hardy Stubbs. at the suf-
frage quarters in F street today Meth
er the telephone book nor the city di-
rectory gives any such place, SO it looks
like the other side is ashamed to show
its face. / do not believe for a minute
there were any suffragists who Missed
the name of President Wilson. / have
travelled in New Jersey and mentioned
his name on the platform, and 1t was al
ways well received / would hate to
hurt Miss Bronson's feelings, but If she
heard any Kisses they were probably
intended for her alone, and not to be
passed on to the President" .... ..
The statement given out by the anti
suffragists in regard to the Spring Lake
incident says in part:
Miss Brotlson was describing the lack
OF unanimity in the suffrage ranks as
TO what man they preferred 70 carry
the banner Of suffragism into the White
House.
One suffragist declared she said,
that Theodore Roosevelt was the cham
pion wanted by their cause At this
the sanragists cheered uproariously.
Another she continued, told me they
wanted Woodrow Wilson As soon as
the Presidents name was mentioned the
Missing began, interrupting her re-
marks.
1T is needless to point out the
statement concludes, that such out
breaks show the unfitness of women to
go into politics. They are unable to
differentiate between personalities and
patriotism. II they are allowed to per
sist in such tactics they will dfscredit
not only their sex but the American
lame for respect of the law"
The Washington times., 1913-09-09
k1nops,s on PREcrpINa cHAPTEAa

sYNopsrs OF PRECEDING cHAPTE1A
The story opsns In the Trying days oe
a, when the North and south we're e.
r1ysd In deadly conflict and family 10
we're torn asunder over the grevs Ques.
eions which split the nation In twain.
While At Harvard Philip 0ratton. YOUNG
vtr6tnisn. 6eSS%es S,syaoS "a - SSess -symSeshiss
are all with the North. when .0retSeo
announces his intention 70 bear asms fss
The Conisderacy p,, = Csof%y ,ns scens ssn, VA
With no hope Of sver Slaiuing the Nersn'
ern girl ~ his bride. ,r
Heayy hearted. Philip goes back 2 w.
With .. secret hope that there. perhapa
be may soon md surcease Tor his sorro1
n Q speedy bullet IRON the enemtos
Wig hi. Old home and ands nis guardian:
Judge Lewis. In . deplor1ble stntS ot
health. The Judge has bad attack. ano
believing that be V s0Snt sn,, g o'ei ra,ir:s t
care. with the request that No become "ss
Although Philip IL unable % oDiitsrSts
consents TO marriage with Aytadns. and "
sSss1 @'Is Iswi. Z S ,uss = lew minute. before =
Philip places his young bride in the care
ef an old friend In Richmond ana SoAns
his regiment On the field Of battle;
Philip falls into the hands Of MAJOR busS VA
friends fishting In the Nofthern Army.
and they plan to send him to the hIH-
wood home. where he may receive Us
ministrations Of Kathleen
In the meantime Ariadne. not havlnS
heard from Philip In . lsng while: goes
70 Washington, and through the annuenSs
Of hfGh officials enlists the aid OF Pr~u"
dent Lincoln in her search FOR her nus.
band. Ariadne v given passport ane
transportation to York, where she u to'o
Philip Is IN one OF the hospitals.
She hads Philip in the kiFkwood home.
The Washington times., 1913-09-09

mediately. Our Hero swears-for the
last time right out-the clerk hands over
the papers," and no questions asked.
Then Our Hero exists r. U. E. to bask
in the smiles Of fair Lollypops, waiting
just outside in the corridor.
Uncle Sam has made the pathway of
honeymooners very bright in Washing
ton. He doesn't bother with sordid little
details as to what your grandmother
died of, what rent you expect to pay.
when You are going to get your next
raise. and has the bride lived In the
county for forty years. like they do
back in Ohio.
AS a result it is regular Gretna
Green-no, that's not the name of the
bride or new fall dress goods-for
elopers.
There's an average of $500 couples a
year who get licenses here" said the
clerk pro tenn. at the City Hall today.
1T is about the simplest form imagin-
aple. requiring only names. ages and
the name of the minister who Is ex-
pected to perform the ceremony 1t
seems to be in the air down here" he
added.
Everywhere you can spot the honey
mooners, no matter how unconscious
The Washington times., 1913-09-09
Wants National Aid
For Maryland Roads

National aid should be extended TO
Maryland in its road building plans.
because the Maryland roads are largely
used by automobil:sts' of the District OF
Columbia, according to DIR. William
r. Burch, of Baltimore, who has a plac.
at Piney Point, Nd. sixteen miles from
Baltimore, where he received his MORN
ing mail at O'Clock at night.
Washington people," said DIR. Burch,
"object to paying the higher Maryland
auto license rate. They seem To fOI get
that they use the Maryland roads more
extensively than Maryland motorists
do. Washington automobilists should
be forced to pay their pro rata share Of
the good road tax and Maryland should
also receive some national aid In I'M
proving its roads near Washington"