Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-28

country needs this th.,
and the other to save /,
from dire dissolution. Th,,.
things are true or not, as the cas-.
may be, but to my mind the ous
vital thing needed in America I,
an increase in the Gene Rsla
Letter.
We are suffering from epistcI.
airy elephantiasis.
Every college should hay.
Gene Field Chair. Very few folk,
know how to write a letter, what
to say or when to stop.
A Gene Field Letter alway,
contains an element of Joy.
Next. 1T bears a message Of
wisdom.
Third, it has a 1igger of wit
that gives tho wisdom flavor.
Fourth. it closes when 1t is done
and there is no postscript.
A Gene Field Letter breathes
kindness. appreciation. friendship
love, truth. The owner clings to
1t, shows 1t to friends, preserves
1t. II you own an original, youu
not part with it any more than
you would sell your mothers Dor.
trait
Gene Field may not have been
a great man, but he had a great
heart. He knew the secret Of
friendship. To live so you will
love and be loved is a fine art
Field was a friend.
Now let the world learn at his
feet and follow his example.
The age demands 1t. A long
letter robs you of time and thus
shortens your life A vacuous
newsletter does the same.
A long letter Of counsel and ad-
vice tends to make us do that
which we ought not.
The missive that contains a
grain of good hidden in six bush
els Of wordy chaff tires eyesight
and temper, turning the milk Of
human kindness to bonny- clabber
Sensible people do not go
around putting everything
straight. Things will not stay
put, anyway, unless 1t is their
nature to do 80.
Gene Field never called you
down. He always called you up
out Of the miro Of selflshness
and dependency, up into the
sunlight.
On the Rialto, where manu-
scripts and autographs of the
great and proud are sold, Gene
. Field-like Abou Ben Adhem-
leads all the rest. Gene was not
as profound as Emerson, not as
learned as Greeley, not as flowery
as Longfellow, but his letters to-
day command price that thoes
of the good men just named do
not
When Gene wrote letter he
always made the recipient pleased
with himself, and being pleased
with himself, he was pleased with
Gene and everybody. He put
you for the moment en- rapport
with the world.
Never write a grouchy letter
telephone. The grouchy word
passes, and If you write in the
mood it is fixed, and only the
charming hould be perpetuated'
A Gene Field Letter is always
brief. 1t is a lettergram of love-
1t is written with the exqu-
site care that tokens deep respect
Gene wrote copper-plate, getting
the idea from Thackeray, and Of
all letter writers, Colonel New
come alone surpasses our Gene
Field.
OF all living men, no writers
letters are so valuable as those
Of James whitcomb Riley. jim
may say foolish things, but NJ
never writes them. Rileys letters
are like punches of violets WIFE
the morning dew upon them. Jiu
caught the idea from Gene.
AS q relief TO pent-up emotion
the writing of a nasty letter hs'
its use and purpose.
So, IL you must then, write Il
fold 1t up. put it in the eareiope
direct it in a bold hand and marr
it personal. Next, stamp the Ell
velope, placing the stamp upsia'
down in the left-hand corner 9I
the envelope. Then hold the le''
ter on your desk until the mex
morning. and YOU will tear y W