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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
Little Bobbie' S Pa
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

you wud work for woman suffrage !
wud newer say another unkind word
about any of yure trends or to them,
so l won't go on. But l wonder how
Mister Rockefeller put in that long
dreery Sunday without attending
services.
| suppoas he cud have sum kind OF
services at his hoam, sed Pa. He
cud hum sum of the hymns thay sing
at his church, e. be adding up sum
figgers at the saim time. 1t wuddent
interfere with his work, sed Pa.
knew a lawyer onst that cud be draw
ing up foreclosure paipers to roust
sum peepul off of thare farm, & at
the same time he cud be humming
hymns. 1t is a exploded theory that
a man can't do two things at onst,
sed Pa.
Then l rote littel verse & showed
it to Ma. 1t was about the blizzard
wich KEEP Mister Rockefeller at hoam
1t sed;
The snow it is a cruel snow
& falls alike on foes and trends.
1t KEEP a lot of people from
The church witch Rockefeller att
tends.
He must have felt sad & ashamed
Not for to hear the preacher speak,
He knows he ought to square hisself
At leest one time a week.
Bobbie, that is very true, sed Pa.
Always aim for the truth wen you
rite a poem. That is how 1 made
such a success in the htery field.
1t is vary wrong for Bobbie to rite
such a. diSreSpeCkful peece a hout n
nice old gentleman, sed Ma. Tear 1t
up rite away, Bobbie, & newer rite
Anything like that aggen.
So | toar 1t up, but l am going to
rite it oaver & show it to my teecher.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08

ONE may almost tell the manner
Of the man by the manner in
- which he signs his name. The
writer of the following letter tells
as much in his signature as he dis
closes in the body of his letter:
81 am a young pugilist, II years
old. A girl friend of mine asked me
for my photograph as | appear in the
ring ready for battle. Do you think
it would be proper for me to gratlty
her wish? EDDIE
My dear Eddie, that is more mat
ter of expediency than of propriety
The latter word suggests dignity de-
Liberation and some good breeding
and the former the necessity of speedy
action. What is needed when a young,
girl asks a pugilist for his photo
graph as he appears in the ring ready
for battle is speedy action
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08

ing. accepted it. and taking leave Of the
parish, he called upon the farmer. when
he was touched by the mans evident
regret
"Why. l thought YOU would be glad
to get rid OF me-" exclaimed the vicar
The farmer shook his head solemnly
well" he said, you see. sir. I've
lived here for nigh forty years and my
experience Of our parsons is that there s
never a bad 'un goes but a wuss 'un
comes"
81 suppose said the husband. Il
suppose that YOU women want to vote
just like men do9'
oh nc" replied the wife. chat isn't
the point. We want to vote a great
deal better than the men do.
The fare at a certain boarding house
was very poor boarder who had
been there for some time, because he
could not get away. was standing in
the hall when the landlord rang the din
ner bell Whereupon an old dog that
was lying outside on rug commenced.
60 howl mourufulN.
The hoarder watched him a little while
and then said
What on earth are ybu bowling for?
You don't have 10 eat it.''
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08

too useless to help himself, he begins
TO help the doctors make a living.
What, Mother, is chivalry?
From a mans standpoint, Child. II
means taking off ones hat to a wo-
man. From a woman's standpoint,
there is no such thing.
What Mother is meant by getting
Fathers consent?
When he says, Child If you have
both made up your minds TO get mar
ried, there is nothing ] can do in the
matter
What Mother, is nest egg?
II is that which every one should
save. Little One, but which most peo-
pie use TO make cake Of
What Mother is the proof or a
hen pecked man?
There are. many proofs. but Me
most convincing is his willingness o
carry a bandbox through the streets.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
Seventy. fifth Chanter.

4 LIMA was as good ms her word
~ She did everything without
consulting me-fNed the date
OF the reception for a month after the
day OF my fathers visit. and sent out
invitations TO all the insular gentry
Included in the lists which came from
Messy Macleod in her stn and form
al handwriting.
These lists came morning after
morning, until the invitations issued
reached the grand total OF 500
As the rooms of the castle were not
large enough To accommodate so
many guests. Alma proposed to erect
temporary pavilion. Mn father
agreed. and within week hundreds
VI workmen from Blackwater were
settling up a vast wooden structure. i'm
the form OF the COLOSSEUM. ON the
headlands beyond the garden where
Martin ana / had walked together
While the work went on my ia
Tiers feverish pride seemed to in
crease heard Of messages to Alma
saying That no money was to be
spared. The reception was to sur
pass In grandeur any fete ever held i'm
ELAN Not knowing what high stakes
my ldlutI WAS llaNlNE lNf, was
frightened by this extravaganza. and
from that cause alone ! wished to es-
cape from the sight OF &c.
I could not escape
felt sure that Alma hated me with
an implaoable hatred and that she
was trying 10 drive me away think
ing that would be the easiest means
To gain her own ends. For this rea b.
son among others the woman in me
would not let me dy, 50 ] remained
and went. through a -urgatory Of sur
terlng
Price. too who had recouciled her
self TO my revelation. was Away .
urging me TO remain, saying
"Why should you 60. my lady?
You are your husbands wife. aren't
YOU? Fight IT out | say. Ladies do
SO every day WHY shouldn't youa'
Before long the whole island seemed
90 be astir about our reception Every
Gay the insular newspapers devoted
columns 20 the event giving elabo-
rate accounts of what limitless wealth
could accomplish for a single nights
entertainment In these descriptions
there was much eulogy of my father
as "the unCropned king of Elan" as
wen as praise Of Alma. who was
displaying such daring originality"
but little u no mention Of myself
To Be Continued To. rnorrovv
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
o Up-to-the-Minute Jokes o

When Judge Dowse was pracuclng at
the bar a judge asked
For whom are you concerned in this
case, MIR, Dowse?'
81 am concerned. my Lord. for the
plaintiff but | am engaged for the de-
tendant' was his reply
Mrs ORooney' said Father McMur-
ply why DO never see Patrick at
church now 2'
Mrs O'Rooney shook her head sadly
Els ii Socialism
"Warse than thot, your reverence.
rs 10 atheism
'Warse, your reverence.
what is it. them
rheumatism
The Guvnor Cthreateningly)- Look
here. Parkin, I've got tired OF seeing
these figures dropping month after
month. and | shah have TO seriously
consider taking the only steps left TO
me 20 bring about an alteration.
The Manager-Yes sir and from
when would your resignation take ef-
feet?
The incumbent Of country vicarage
had long a thorn In his side in the shane
N crusty old farmer who delighted in
opposing the vicar in every way. The
parson, having been offered another liv-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
Tabloid Tales
BY FRANCES L. eARslDE.

BY FRANCES L. eARslDE.
What, Mother. is the dividing line
between youth and age?
The realization, Little One, that If
one wants any happiness in life he
must find it in giving happiness to
others,
What, Mother Mine, are the real
facts about the stand of the
'noblest work of Goldman?
The real facts. Child. are that he is
first known as the son Of his mother
next as the husband of his wife, ana
last as the father of his children.
Why Mother do you say that Mr.
links is the wisest man in the town
to-day
Because, Ny Dear it was only yes
terday he was punished for making
a fool of himself He Will not be as
wise a week from now
At what age, Mother does a mans
end
Never, Little one, for when he gets
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
Shocked at Change.

"Oh, ] know what you're going 20
saN-Why doesn't he waite Ill tell
YOU why II youll promise not TO whis-
per word to anyone Your father Is
sick man. my dear. Let him say
what he likes when Conrad talks
about cancer. he knows Deaths hand
rs over him And thinking ii may
TALL before your time has come he
wants 10 take time by the forelock
and see a sort of fulhllment OF the
hope of his lfe-and YOU know what
that is"
Il was terrible. The position in
which / stood toward my father was
now SO tragic that twickod as IT isl
I prayed with all my heart that ]
might never look upon his face again.
J was compelled TO do so Three
lays after Aunt Bridget's visit my ia
her came to see me, The day was
Hne and ] was walking on the lawn
when his big car came rolling up the
drive
was shocked to see the change In
him His face was CHASTITY white. mis-
lips were blue. his massive and pow
Prful head seemed 10 have sunk into
his shoulders, and his limbs were SO
Thin that his clothes seemed 90 hang
on them but the stern mouth was
there stN and SO was the masterful
ut of the eyebrows.
Coming over 10 meet me with an
uncertain step, he said
odd Conrad was for keeping me m
bed, but ! couldn't take rest without
putting "A sight on you
After that and some plain speech
out of the primitive man he always
was and viii he tabout it's being good
for a woman to have children because
Il saved her from losing her stom-
sch' over imaginary grievances), ne
led me, with the same half-cOntempt-
uous tenderness which he used to
show to my mother back TO the house
and into the drawing room
Alma and her mother were there.
the one writing at a desk the other
knitting on the sofa, and they rose as
my father entered, but he waved them
back TO their places.
"Set down, ma am Take your seat,
mother I'm only here for a minute
10 talk 10 my gel about her great re-
,eption.'
Reception p" said Alma
Hasn't she told YOU about ~" he
said and being answered that / had
not be gave a rough outline Of his
project wheroupon Alma, whose
former attitude toward my father
lad changed TO one OF nattery and
,ubservIence, lifted her hands and
ried.
How splendid Such an inspira-
lion, only think. my love you were
10 be kept right and cheerful. and
what could be better for that pur-
pose"
In the 'oAuent of my soul ! urged
one objt ton after another--it would
be expensive, we could not afford it,
Who asks you 10 afford H.? Its
my affair. isn't it?' said my father.
] was unWell and therefore I'M
able TO undertake the hard work OF
such an entertainment--bu that was
The worst of excuses. for Alma
Jumped Ia with an offer OF assistance.
MY dearest child" she said, you
know how happy ! shall be to help
YOU IN fact IN do all the work
and you shall have all the glory"
There You are then" cried my
father. slapping me on the shoulder
end then turning to Alma, he told
eer 10 set 10 work without a days
| DELAY
Let everything be done correct
Ven Z = costs me a BIT OF money"
Yes. sir"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08


ware Mister Rockefeller cuddent
go to church on a Sunday bee
klaus he was showed in. sed Ma.
Is that so? sed Pa. l suppose he
sent his dime down by sum hired
man, jest the saim.
The story dident say, sed Ma, but
think the peepul of that littel church
must have felt sad to think that
thare gratest & best member was
snowtound on his vast estate, unabel
to be among them with his cheery
smile & genyul presence.
Did the story say that, that he had
a CHEEKY smile G. a genyul presence!
sed Pa.
Sumthing like that, sed Ma.
Well. sed Pa, that is only another
proof that we shuddent believe every
thing we read in the newspapers.
newer had the pleshure of person
ally meeting John d. Rockefeller, sed
Pa. but | have often seen fOtygratts
of him, witch showed him with a
smile on, & it looked about as CHEEKY
as the smile of a man witch has jest
had four tens beaten by yure four
kings Thare always seemed to be
sumthing wrinkly and wintry about
the smile to me- sed Pa, but maybe
am so used to the CHEEKY smiles OF
my gang that l expect too much from
a elderly ma.
l wuddent be surprised, sed Ma. l
have seen sum of yure trends cum 10
the house, she toald Pa, that dident
have much left in the way of express
sion excep thare CHEEKY smile. Thare
cCnversashun sumtimes led me to bee
leeve, sed Ma, that thare is only
thin line between sum CHEEKY smiles
and berry smiles. However you know
| promised the, first Of the yeef that if
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
Seventy fourth Chapter-cOntinued.

0tNt0lg HQAFAU CtFaRAN' SeAfNf''NNN-
There now" she said, you've got
TO thank me for this. Didn't ] give
YOU good advice when told you to be
"a little blind? It's the only way with
husbands When Conrad came home
with the news / said, Betsy, I must
get away to the poor girl straight To
he sure, ! had enough on my hands
already, hut / couldn't leave you to
strangers could ~
Hearing no response to this ques-
lion. Aunt Bridget went on to say
that what was coming would be a
bond between me and my husband.
1T always is. Il was In my case,
anyway The old colonel didn't be
have very we'll after our marriage
and times and times ! was telling my
self had made a rue bargain, but
when Betsy came / thought ! might
have done better but | might have
done worse. We have a bond in our
offspring, anyway
Hearing no response to this either,
Aunt Bridget went TO to talk Of Alma
and her mother Was not this the
woman | suspected with my husband
the young one with the big eyes
and "the quality toss with her. Then
WhX did ] have a person like that
about the house?
IT you need bright and cheerful
company what's amiss with your
aunt and your first cousin? Some pe)-
ple are selfish, but ! thank the saints
I don't know what sefshness is. I'm
willing to do for you what ! did for
your apoor mother, and ! can't say
more Than that, can I?'
| must have made some kind OF re-
eponse for Aunt Bridget went on to
say II might be sacrifice, but then
She wouldn't be sorry to leave the
Big House either,
I'm twenty years there, and now
I'm 20 be a servant TO my own step
child Dear heart knows II ! can bear
Il much longer The way that Messy
IS carrying on with your father
something shocking ! do believe
she'll marry the man some day
To escape from a painful topic. |
asked after my fathers health.
Worse and worse, but Conrada
news was like laughing gas to the
man He would haye come with me
to- day. but the doctor wouldn't hear
of it, He'll come soon though, and
meantime he's talking and talking
about a great entertainment"
Entertainments
ITO celebrate the forthcoming
event Of course though nobody is TO
know that except ourselves, 1t seems.
Just house warming In honor Of
your coming home after your mar
rage that's all it's TO be on the out
side. anyway"
made some cry OF pain, and Aunt
Bridget said
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
Frantic Prayers.

But oh, my wildtwoe, my frantic
prayers II was almost as if Satan
himself were torturng me
The one terror of he next few DAYS
was that my husband might return
home, for | knew that at the first
moment of his arrival the whole
world Of make believe which nv
father and Alma We're setting mp
around me would tumble about my
head Ike pack OF cards.
He did not come. but he wrote
After saying that his political duties
would keep him in London little
longer he said
i hear that your father is getting
you to give a great reception i'm
honor of our home coming But why
now instead of three months ago?
DO you know the reason?"
AS read these last words felt an
icy numbness creeping up from nv
feet to my heart NV position was
becoming intolerable The conviction
was being forced upon me that | had
no right in my husbands house.
II made no difference that nv hus-
bahds house was mine also. i'm the
sense that II could not exist without
me- had no right to be there.
II made no difference that my mar
rage had been no marriage had 10
right To be there.
II made no difference that the man
| had married was an utterly bad
husband had no right to be there.
II made no difference that ! was
not really an adulterous wife-I had
20 right TO be there
Meanwhile Price, my maid but my
only real friend in Castle Raa. with
the liberty ! allowed her was uncon-
sciously increasing my torture. Every
night as she combed out my hair She
gave me her opinion Of nv attitude
toward Alma, and one night she said
Didn't tell you she was only
watching YOU my LADY, The nasty
minded thing is making mischief with
his lordship. She's writing to him
every day How do I know q
oh. don't keen my eyes and ears
open downstairs for nothing Youu
have no peace OF your life, my lady.
until YOU turn that woman out of the
house"
Then, in a NJ OF despair. hardly
knowing what | was doing. | covered
my face with my hands and said:
~ had better turn myself out, per
hans"
The comhing OF my hair suddenly
stopped, and at the next moment
heard Price saying In voice which
seemed 10 come from long way OF
Good gracious me! Is It like that.
my ladv?"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
A Matter Of Expediency
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

eyed and blood fecked, are a spec
tacle of dignity compared with two
men, stripped to the waist, ready to
beat and bruise and gouge,
Send her the picture, by all means.
Be kind to her, if such a sentiment
as kindness exists in your heart, and
send her a snapshot taken when you
are rushing. wild-eyed at your oppo-
nent with the blood streaming down
your face.
Let Her See.
Let her see you as brutal as you
can be- Let her learn that the man
she dreams is a hero is nothing but
mass of bone and muscle of less use
to humanity than the most degraded
form Of animal life
Cure her of her infatuation, I beg
of you. Let her learn through your
picture what manner Of q man he is
who uses the physical strength God
gave him, not to lift up and protect
but to beat down and abuse
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08

To Be Continued To. morrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
THE WOMAN THOU
GAVEST ME By R HALL CAME
The Greatest Story of The Tvenheth Century

Copyright. 1912. by Hearst's Magazine.
Copyright, 1918. by Hearst Magazine.
Copyright in Great Britain Copyright,
1918 by j y Lippincott Company.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
A Speedy Cure.

She needs that photograph as
urgently as the man who has swal-
lowed poison needs an antidote!
The admiration of the girl for you
is evident, and she must be cured at
once. The cure will be effected the
quickest and most thoroughly if she
sees you stripped for your part in
contest of brutality. She will see that
you depend on brute strength to win
your way in the world, and that all
your development has been in the
muscles of your arms and calves.
If she has a brain in her own head
she will note the absence of brain
in yours. If she has a heart that
beats in sympathetic understanding
with the suffering of the weak and
oppressed, she will be stirred to dis
gust by the sight of man who
makes his living by brute force
If she hopes for chivalry and ten
derness from the man she loves, she
will know at first glance at your pic
ture that they are not be found in
the breast of a pugilist. Animalism
in it's lowest form is portrayed in
every line and muscle of the prize
fighter Two Infatuated bulls, plug
ing and tearing at each other, mad
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08

"A real big thing, maam such as
nobody has ever seen before.
Yes, indeed, sir"
ASK all the big people on the
island Messy Macleod shall send you
a list Of them"
- Will sir"
"Thatll do for the present guess
] must be going now. or old Conrad
will be agate of me. So long, gel, so
long"
was silenced, was helpless. was
ashamed
did not know then. what now
know. that, besides the desire Of
celebrating the forthcoming birth OF
an heir my father had another and
still more secret object that Of
throwing dust in the eyes Of his ad
vocates, bankers, and insular coun-
cilors. who (having expected hip to
make money for them by magic
were beginning to whisper that all
was not well with his financial
schemes.
did not know then, what now
know, that my father was at that
moment the most tragic figure in
ELAN except myself, and that shat
tered In health and shaken in for
tune, he was INDUCING in this wild
extravaganza equally TO assert his
solvency and To crafty his lifelong
passion under the very wing OF
death
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08

tell this sudden stripped
Of its emuf of hairl the dance shall
the
al mi
I'm crowded out-NEI BRNKIEY
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-09-17

at the thousands and thousands OF
names OF reputable physicians aud
surgeons ready to enroll in its ar
mics in time Of need; one needs only
to read the part the German surge
ons and nurses took In the wars of
other nations during the last fifty
years and only ignorance or unjust
Partially can assert that Germany is
not also in this field of military sci
ence the leading country.
Significant are the reports OF Dr.,
Wiegand that appeared in the same
edition of New York newspaper as
the accusation against German sur
gerry. DR.. Wiegand examined the ban.
dages of hundreds OF wounded sol.
diers during his trip through the
Belgian seat of war. He observed
that all bandages that had been ap
piled by German surgeons sat correct.
ly and efficiently, while those applied
French or English surgeons had slip
ped, exposing the wound to infec-
ton"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-09-17
Start Now to Prepare for the Wars De-
mand on Our Next Years Crops. By
Douglas Malcolm, International Harves-
ter Company of America.

II ever America puts its hand to
the pillow in its effort to feed the
world, II has assumed that RESPONSE
bility now. Not since the narrowing
days following our own strife of the
sixties have the tillable acres of this
country faced such n possible drain
upon their bountifulness. Without
even dimly prophesying the duration
of the war now raging, we are already
assured of the fact that next year
this country will be the storehouse Of
the world. Every farm owner, every
tenant and every share worker will
have his part to play in fulfilling this
great responsibility. No matter how
remote his residence, he will hear
Europe's call for beef, bacon and
bread and on the amount he has to
sell will depend not only his salts.
faction of having served his fellow
men, but the additional satisfaction
Of having served himself; for big
crops, much stock. many hogs next
year will mean big profits.
It is thus the American farmer be-
gins his fall work with two strings
to his bow. With One hand he is
rescuing the perishing and with the
other, he is reaching out for tangible
encouragement toward a bank &c.
count and better home.
Now 10 the Time To Start
Now is his opportunity, and this
month is the time to lay his founda-
ton. There are two lines along which
he should plan his work, but only
one line along which he should work
his plan. First, he should utilize
every available part of his land, and
second, he should strive to raise the
average yield of his farm per acre.
There will be no danger of over pro-
duction for the crops sown this fall.
The man who has b big yield will
find a big market. But to get this
yield means a better kind of farm
ing. Now would be good time to
break away from some old fashioned
ideas about the moon; from some 9TH
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-09-17
HE SUBSIDIZED

Germany has expelled all the for.
eign students from her schools" he
remarked by way of prying the lid
Off the conversation.
"Oh, really?" she asked. 'what
for?"
They're afraid they'll learn some
thing" was his comeback.
We'll, that's what they went there
for, wasn't it?" she countered, and
his seconds threw up the sponge %
save him from further punishment. -
Buffalo Express.