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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
A Mothers Efforts

think my mother must have sur
fered both from my fear of my father
and from my fathers indifference to
me, for she made many efforts TO rec
oncile him to my existence. Some Of
her innocent schemes, as recall them
now, seem very sweet, but very pitt
full She took pride. for instance, in
my hair which was set black even
when I was a child, and she used to
part it in the middle and brush It
smooth over my forehead in the man
ner of the Madonna, and one day,
when my father was with us, she
drew me forward and said
Don't you think our Mary Is going
to be very pretty? A little like the
pictures of Our Lady. perhaps-don't
you think so, Daniel?"
whereupon my father laughed
rather derisively and answered:
Pretty, is she? Like the Virgin,
Ell? Well. WE'LL"
was always fond OF music, and
my mother used to teach me 10 sing
to a little upright piano which she
was allowed to keep in her room, and
on another day she said
do you know our Mary has such a
beautiful voice, dear? So sweet and
pure that when I close my eyes
could almost think II is an angel
singing"
whereupon my father laughed as
before, and answered.:
"a voice, has she? Like an angels,
Is It? What next. l wonder!"
My mother made most of my
clothes. There was no need for her
to do so, but In the absence Of house.
hold duties | suppose II stimulated
the tenderness which all mothers feel
in covering the little limbs they love,
and one day, having made a velvet
frock for me, from a design in an old
pattern book of colored prints, which
left the legs and neck and arms very
bare. she said
isn't our Mary a little lady? But
she will always look like lady.
whatever she is dressed In"
And then my father laughed still
more contemporary and replied
Her grandmother weeded turnips
in the fields, though --ninepence day
dry days, and siXpence all weathers."
NY mother was deeply religious,
never allowing g day to pass without
kneeling on her prayer stool before
the image OF the Virgin. and one day
I heard her tell my father that when
I was q little mite. scarcely able to
speak, she found me kneeling In ny
cot with my doll perched up before
me, moving my lips as II saying my
prayers and looking up at the ceiling
with a rapt expression.
But she has always had such big,
religious eyes, and I shouldn't wonder
II she becomes a nun some dayi"
"A nun, Ell? Maybe so. But take
no stock in the nun business, any
way" said my father.
Whereupon my mothers lips moved
as n she were saying. mo, dearest,
but her dear. sweet pride was crushed
and she could go no farther
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
1E WOMAN THOU GAVEST ME ~ R x thA4

, big dressing table, a big praying
stool with an image of Our Lady on
the wall above 1t, and an open window
to which a sparrow used to come in
the mornings and chirp.
When l came to recognize and to
classify / realized that this was my
mothers room, and that the sweet
somebody who used to catch me up in
her arms when I went tottering on
voyages of discovery round the vast
place was my mother herself, and that
she would comfort me when | fell,
and stroke my head with her thin
white hand while she sang softly and
rocked me to and fro
AS l have no recollection of ever
having seen my mother in any other
part of our house. or indeed in any
other place except our carriage when
we drove out in the sunshine, I con-
clude that from the time OF my birth
she had been an invalid
Certainly the faces which first
emerge from the islands of my mem
DRY are the cheerful and sunny ones
of Doctor Conrad and Father Dan.
recall the soft voice of the one as he
used to enter our room after break
fast saying. How are we this morn
ing maam?' And I remember the
still softer voice of the other as he
said, And how is my daughter to-
day."
| loved both of them, but especially
Father Dan, who used to call me his
Nanny and say l was the plague and
pet Of his life, being as full of mis-
chief as a goat. He must have been
an old child himself, for l have clear
recollection of how, Immediately af-
ter confessing my mother, he would
go down on all tours with me on the
around the legs of the big bed amid
squeals and squeaks of laughter.
remember, too, that he wore a long
sack coat which buttoned close at the
neck and hung loose at the skirts,
where there were two large vertical
pockets, and that these pockets were
my cupboards and drawers, for | put
my toys and my dolls and even the
! remnants of my cakes into them to
be kept in safe custody until wanted
again.
My mother called me Mally veen
MARY dear), and out of love of her
only child she must have weaned me
late, for | have vague memories of
her soft white breasts filed with
milk. | slept in little wickerwork
cot placed near her bed, so that she
could reach me if / uncovered my
self in the night. She used to say
| was like a bird, having something
birdlike in my small dark head and
| the way | held it up. Certainly | re-
| member myself as a swift little thing,
always darting to and fro on tiptoe,
and chirping about our chill and
rather cherries house.
If ! was like a bird my mother was
like a flower Her head, which was
small and fair, and her face, which
was nearly always tinged with color.
dropped forward from her delicate
body like rose from its stalk She
was generally dressed in black, l re-
member, but she wore a white lace
collar as well as a Golf such as we
see in old pictures, and when I call
her back to my mind, with her large
liquid eyes and her sweet soft mouth,
I think 1t can not be my affection
alone, or the magic of my child
ish memory, which makes me think,
after all these years and all the coun-
tries | have Travelled in, and all the
women l have seen, that my darling
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

singing usid O our house

out. Are the devils of hell trying to
laugh at me?"
With that, and an oath at himself
for his folly, my father strobe out of
the room.
My mother had heard him. Through
the unceiled timbers of the first floor
between them the words of his rage
had reached her. She was ashamed
She felt as if she were a guilty thing
and, with a low cry of pain, she
turned to the wall and tainted.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

The old Lord died the same night
Somewhere toward the dead reaches
of the dawn his wicked spirit went to
its reckoning. and month afterward
the new Lord Raa, boy in an Elton
jacket, came over to take possession
of his inheritance.
But long before that my father,
scoring out his disappointment like an
account that was closed, had got to
work with his advocates, bankers and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
The True Source
Of Beauty

Is, and must be, good health.
Sallow skin and face blemishes
are usually caused by the
presence of impurities in the
blood-impurities which also
cause headache, backache, Ian
guor, nervousness and depres-
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When there is need you will use
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
kEECHAM,S
PILLS

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
THIRD CHAPTER.

~ UT of the mist and veil of my
own memory. as distinguished
from Father Dams, there comes
first the recollection of a big room
containing big bed, a big wardrobe,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
You Can Begin This
Great Story To-day
by Reading This
First

Nary O'NeiU begins her story By
tcliiaq Of hoW her father, born in
Ellen. the son of peasants, had gone
10 4Dericd, become rich, aud had then
returned to his birthplace, Where he
hurried the daughter of Captain
OVeW Of the O'NeilIs, and had
changed his name from Daniel Nedle
TO Daniel O'NeiH. she tells of her
6pn birth and of her fathers disdp-
Doiafmeat, for it a boy had been born
he rould haze been Lord Raa, by
rtght Of his mother.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

+ mother, though so little known and
so little loved, was the most beauti-
full woman in the world.
Even yet can not but wonder that
other people, my father especially,
did not see her with my eyes think
he was fond of her after his own
fashion, but there was kind of in
voluntary contempt in his affection,
which could not conceal itself from
my quick little eyes. She was visibly
afraid of him. and was always ner-
vous and timid when he came into
our room with his customary salu-
tation.
How now, Isabel? And hows this
child of yours?"
From my earliest childhood I no.
ticed that he always spoke of me as
il had been my mothers child, not
his, and perhaps this affected my
feeling for him from the first
was in terror OF his loud voice
and rough manner. the big bearded
man with the iron gray head and the
smell of the fresh air about his thick
serge clothes. II was almost as II l
had conceived this fear before my
birth, and had brought II out of the
tremulous silence Of my mothers
womb.
My earliest recollections are OF his
muffled shout from the room below
Keep your child quiet will you?'
when I was disturbing him over his
papers by leaping and skipping about
the floor II he came upstairs when
was In bed | would dive under the
bedclothes. as a duck dives under
water, and only come to the surface
when he was gone. I am sure I never
kissed my father or climbed on to his
knee and that during his short visits
to our room used to hold my breath
and hide my head behind my moth
ar's gaup
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
The Narrative of Mary
O'NeiU
FIRST PART.
My Girlhood

Copyright. 1912, by Hearst's Magazine.
Copyright, 1918, by Hearst Magazine.
Copyright in Great Britain. Copyright,
9is by j. E. Lippincott Company
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
Help Women
To Good Health

Sold everywhere. In boxes, loe., 25e.
ne lireest sale Of any medicine. The directions
Win every boz point the wsy to good health.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

I nsular councillors on his great
schemes for galvanizing the old is
| land into new life.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
Taken From Mother.

Inside two minutes there was a
fearful tumult. thought l was
doomed to punishment when l heard
the big bunch OF keys which Aunt
Bridget kept suspended from her
waist come 1ingling up the stairs, but
it was my poor mother who paid the
penalty.
Isabel" cried Aunt Bridget, Il
hope you are satisfied with your child
at last"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-05-20
"Home Sweet Home"
History of John Howard Paynes Everything MASTERPIECE
By Rebeca Laughin
By Rebecca r. Laughlin

City June Q, 1872, and was one of large group
OF brothers and sisters. The Payncs OF old
American stock John Howard Payne's direct
ancestors were among the earliest settlers at
Eastman Mass The name can be traced as far
back as l622. when Robert Treat Payne among
others signed the Declaration Of Independence
In spite of the slight difference in the spelling OF
the name Robert Treat Paine belonged to the
same family William Payne. the poets father
was a tutor in several wealthy Boston families
lie married twice His first wife. who died soon
after marriage was Miss Lucy Taylor. whom
he met at Barnstable Then he married Sarah
lsaacs. whose father a convert from the
Jewish faith and who resided in Easthampton,
New York. John Howard was born of this second
marriage and while he a little fellow, his
parents moved to Easthampton. the most east
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-05-20

- Is indeed strange that the most precious
popular inheritance the English speaking
world possesscs-"Homc, Sweet Home" was
written by the homeless bard OF home"
ON the evening OF May s. 1928 at the Thcater
Royal, Convent Garden, London, Miss Maria
Tree, who was sister Of the famous actress.
Ellen Tree gave voice to Home. Sweet Home"
IN the first performance OF "Cari the Maid of
Milan Both the song and the opera are the
work Of John Howard Payne II was in this
opera tina, one song found that melted the
heart OF London. and the entire world Be
sides. Paync'S lyric for the prima donna of
this opera, Miss Tree. a wealthy husband and
enriched all who handled it, while the author
left little no better of than he had been
before.
John Howard Payne born in New York
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-05-20

crly town in Long Island, situated upon its utting
southern fork Ii was a romantic place. settled
by fine New England families. who lived in ami
cable relations with the red men who still lin
ger about this ancient home of the Montauk
tribe. Here the authors father was made prn-
cpal of Clinton Academy, then a hourishing
school, one OF the earliest upon the island The
greater part of Paynes childhood was spent in
this picturesque Long Island town which made
indelble imprint upon his memory The
house in which the Paynes lived and which the
poet immortalized in Home, Sweet Home" is
still kept intact by the inhabitants Of the quaint
old place The Payne family held high position,
and their children had the advantage of cultured
society among their friends as well as at home
The family moved to Boston, where the father
became an eminent teacher. John Howard ex-
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-05-20

Pi,ehers-Karl Adams, Leon Ames, Wayne
Barham, J. c. Benton, Phil. Douglass. Dave
Davenport; K. K. lngcrsoll Chas. Lear, John
Rowan, Earl lnglng
Inhelders Martin Bcrghammcr; Henry Groh;
X { Iobrlcll: J. \ Nchoh VIM Kellogg;
John Rawlings, Charles l.. Ilerzog
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-05-20

team, and with such man at the helm the
Cincinnati team ough, to finish high in the cham
pionship race. The list OF players now under
contract with the Cincinnati team are as follows:
Catohers \. Clarke. Frank G. Mellon.
All won kolnit1; NJ \ Gonzales; J T. Mullancy
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1914-05-20

Outhelders-Jo hn Bates Armando Marsans;
Herbert Moran Roy o. Miller; Maurice Uhler.
Manager. l.. Herzog, lnhelder.
Many OF these men are stars in their respective
positions and the time may yet come when the
championship pennant will float from the flag
staff at Redland park
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been report
ed to the health depa rtment during the
past tventy-four hours:
Caroline Phelps, rs years. 1140 North
Capitol street.
William B. Lurty. Gi years, Home of
Aged and Inirn.
Henry H Dulaney, IS years, 2I2 18th
street northeast.
James C. Connick, 30 years. 1888 U
street southeast.
William A. Nash. % years, SIS 9th
street southwest.
George f. Dove, IS years, 412 and 0
streets southwest.
James Bennett. 80 years. Providence
Hospital.
Marjorie c. Lord , days. So x street
northeast.
Infant of Joshua @. and Bessie Shpley.
2 days, Georgetown University Hospital.
Henry Allen, Co years, Washington
As .lum Hospital.
Hospital
Hezekiah Johnson. Ga years, Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane.
Annie Allen, iS years, Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital
Bernadine Parker. years, Children's
Hospital.
Henrietta Thompson, As years, 24os
Angler avenue. Garfield, D. c.
Kate E. Moten, 81 years, 1889 Vernon
street northwest.
Patrick Carter GO years, 2S30 Olive
avenue.
Joseph Lester. months, DO Massa-
chusetts avenue northwest.
Sylvia Shorter months, 2221s Knox
court northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported
to the health department during the past
twenty-four hours:
Thomas H. and Mabel Wrathall, girl.
Jacob and Mollie Wolfman. boy
Joseph F. and Elizabeth ". Reed. girl.
Harry l.. and Evelyn s. Perry, boy.
John V. and Lille A. Mason. boy.
Edwin T. and May Miller. girl
John C. and Mamie L. Marshall. girl.
Edward and Mamon p. Lord, girl.
Isadere and Sara Horn. girl
Columbus and Maggie Gray. boy.
Lafayette F. and Viola a. Garner. boy
Denis J. and Rose NJ. Fitzpatrick, boy.
William and Isabella Stitt, boy.
Carl and Sophia Keys, girl.
Clarence and Clara Johnson. girl.
Alfonso and Susie Dotson, boy.
Benjamin and Mary Bell, boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
D. c. NAVAL BATTALION
GOING TO BAL |MORE
Command to Take Part in the Ma
tional Anthem Centennial
Parade.

Under the command Of Commander
Joseph A. De,npf, the Naval Battalion
of the National Guard of the District
of Columbia-four divisions-win go
to Baltimore Friday morning to par
ticipate in the. army and navy parade
in the afternoon in connection with the
centennial celebration of the writing
of The Star Spangled Banner" Meals
and quarters will be furnished the Or
ganization by the Star Spangled Ban
ner committee, and the cost OF trans
portation is to come out of the funds
of the District National Guard. Brig.
Gen. Harries, commanding the District
of Columbia militia, having given his
approval.
The four divisions of the command
viii go to the Monumental city az in
fantry companies. it being deemed in
advisable to take the two siege guns
in the possession of the battalion.
With the men all Carrying small arms,
it was pointed out the transportation
problem will be sirnpliaed.
Leave Washington Friday Morning.
Plans made by Commander Dempf
provide that the organization shall
leave Washington Friday morning at
10 o'clock on special cars provided by
the Washington, Baltimore and An
napolis railroad When the men arrive
in Baltimore they will be given liberty
until the time for the parade to be
gin, at 2 O'Clock. Following the parade
supper will be served to them, and
they will be dismissed to return at
their will. their tickets being good for
two days. Arrangements nave been
made for the men to store their arms
and equipment in the railroad baggage
room in Baltimore.
Final plans for the movement will be
made tomorrow night at the naval
militia armory, at the foot of o
street southwest, it being the regular
drill night of the men. Commander
Dempf declared today that he expected
to take nearly 200 men on the trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following:
James A Bradley and Beatrice r.
Jones
Nathan Berchanko and Thailae Ian
dow
Morris A. Pozen and Estelle Eskiu.
Joseph Fenwick of Charles county.
Nd, and Sarah Childs of this city.
Ernest Robinson and Annie Thornton.
Arthur E. Burns of Alexandria. Va.
and Annie E. Brown of Hyattsville. Md.
Robert 1. Hulsizer and Dorothy j.
Price.
Judd r. Day and Hattie " Payne. both
of Amssville. Va.
Henry G. Ferguson and Alice l.. Lowe.
Spencer j. Johnson of Chicago. H..
and Hortense r. Smith OF Brooklyn.
y. y.
Clarence {. Osbon and Mary +. kerby.
Thomas r. Burr of Lafayette county,
Mo-. and Mamie d: stump of this city
Robert Fl. Major and Josephine
c. Fowlkes, both OF Richmond. Va.
William Mickie of Albemarle county.
Va. and Mary +. Brooks of Calvert
county. Md.
Augustus NJ Hamilton and Mary L.
Clark, both OF Newport News, Va.
Henry S. France and Sadie I. Roe.
T., Joseph Aronoff of Trenton, N j.,
and Marian P. Butscher Of this city.
Eugene Pendleton and Oberta Baker.
both of Louisa, Va.
Frank Manuel of Baltimore, Nd. and
Georgia Mills of Danville, n. G.
Simon Kessler and Jennie I.ipschutz.
Frank r. Morrow and Lola 4. Rhine.
Harry l.. Echols and Lillian r. Hess,
both of Baliston. Va.
Frank w HornbaNer of Cccoruan. Va.
and Grace L. Clarke of Woodbridge. Va
Frank H. Lackey of Stanton, Va. and
Susie l.. McCiung of Eagle Rock. Va.
Thomas J. Garner of this city and En-
ma Williams of Harrisburg. Pa
James Lewis Of Caroline county. Va,
and Mary Butler of Hughesvile, Md
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
Don't Let a Cold
Settle on Your Lungs

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worse. but kept on using the medicine
and found out the first bottle had really
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Ioosening the mucuS and making ex
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for some time my cough ceased ] gained
flesh and today l am well man"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
RETIRED FOR DISABILITY.
First Lieut.. L. T. Cutter of Rev
enue Service III for Nearly Year.

First Lieut. l.. T. Cutter of the reve-
nue. cutter service has been retired for
disability. The order placing LIN on
the retired list has been signed by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Lieut.. Cutter has been on sick leave
for nearly a year. His last command
was of the revenue cutter Window at
Galveston. For five years prior to that
he was in charge of the office of equip
ment at division headquarters.
He is forty-three years old. He be-
came a cadet in the revenue cutter serv-
ice in 1894, receiving appointment from
New Hampshire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
Answers Objections.

Fears are expressed" Chairman Mex
ander says. that viii involve our
selves in complications with Great Er1t-
ain and France if We buy German shi.s-
That may be. The bill does not direct
the shipping board to buy the ships OF
the subjects Of any particular nation.
1t has the widest discretion in the plr-
chase or construction of vessels. The
President will have the State Depart
nent to advise him. The heihgereuts
have their diplomatic representatives in
Washington through whom objections t"
any proposed purchase may be made, and
We should assume that the President ana
the shipping board Will avail themselves
of all sources Of available Information be
fore acting"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
APPEAL MADE IN HOUSE
FOR THE SHIPPING BILL
Chairman Alexander of Committee
on Merchant Marine Wants I'M
mediate Action.

Private enterprise has failed To re-
spond to the demands OF our overseas
commerce. How much longer must
watt? asks Chairman Alexander of the
House committee on merchant marine ia
the report the administration ship
ping bill. which went on the calendar o.
the House today.
The measure is now ready TO he taken
up and passed. and if enacted Niil allow
the government to control the operation
of a thirty million-dollar line of steam
ers which. it is hoped. Will be the fotinda-
ton of great American merchant ma
rine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
Gregory's First Cabinet Meeting.

Attorney General Gregory attended his
first cabinet meeting Yesterday. He
brought up the New Haven railroad
situation and the investigation being
made into the increased cost of food
stuffs, and reported to the President
that progress was being made on both
questions. He said that he expected a
final decree to be filed in the New Haven
case very shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09

ing at the Sorchan cottage in Newport.
in honor of Count Won Bernstorf. the
German ambassador. who will be the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George Peabody
Eustis at Zabriskie House. II is ex-
pected. for the coming week end