Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
Bv MRS. w. L. PEEL

shade better, but II is satd TIA
English women are making ths
direst threats, which, unless thew
get the franchise, will almost
disrupt the universe.
There is nothing like that IN
dear old Georgia. We all "a,
what We want. That Ia, nearly
what we want. Whenever we 20
TO the ward meetings or the polls
or the clubs 1t will be because we
are driven there by loneliness.
The butchers recently struck
for shorter hours and got them.
but how about the poor bankers?
They are simply worked to death
I have heard of one banker in Al.
lnta who works from 8 a. n
to 7 p. m. and who only stays
home in the evening long enough
to change his collar and go to a
church meeting, or something at
the Auditorium. Now, what sort
Of family could man like that
expect to have?
No woman likes an Adan1lsss
Eden, so they go down town and
buy something, which Is an ex-
pensive habit, but good for the
merchants. There Is no doubt
about it--Atlanta men work too
hard, or they need a new system.
or something.
For instance. take New York.
where the volume of business is
probably somewhat greater than
that of Atlanta: There they seem
to transact in a few hours what
takes whole day in Atlanta Do
we not need a metropolitan touch
to our business hours?
knowledge Is Power.
We are living in a wonderful
age of moral mental and phys-
cal uplift, and vice and disease
and ignorance are being crushed
out by the strong arm Of prog
ress, One of the ladies on the
board of the Sheltering Arms said
their annual report was the most
surprising document she had ever
read. It showed a most remark
able decrease in disease owing to
the awakened intelligence Of the
mothers who had been taught
that prevention was better than
cure, and that the remedy was
better than the disease. And 80
In all the departments Of chari-
ties and corrections In Atlanta
60 back five years and see what
strides have been made.
Not only in Atlanta, but IN the
whole world, the greatest minds
are engaged in undertakings for
the betterment of mankind. Some
times queer situations are brought
about
A prominent New Yorker said
the other day: You know the
disgraceful New Years Eve orgies
in New York have passed belief
Well, what do you think1 This
year everybody stayed sober 50
they could dance, and moro or
derby crowds I never sawi"
Yet the dance is condemned b.
many good people, and here it "
reforming New York;
People are getting better sne
are going to keep on getting bet
ter, and Atlanta is leading In all
these movements. We are having
our eyes opened, and none 20
blind as they who won't Soc Ths
old sot, and the old rake and
the old degenerate had just as
we'll give up, for they are going
and there will be none to take
their places.
DR.. FleXner, who has returned
from a years investigations IN
Europe. sums UP the whole ques-
ton thus: Civilization has
stripped for a life-and-deatn
wrestle with tuberculosis, aloo-
hol and other plaques. 1t IS on
the verge of a similar struggle
with the lesser forms Of CONNER
cialized vice. Sooner or later u
must fling down the gauntlet 10
the whole horrible thing IAls
will be the real contest-a contest
that will tax the courage, the SEX
denial, the faith, the resources o.
humanity to their utmost.
Public opinion has decreed u