Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-15

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she is Mrs. Simpson, you know
I played a big part in the re-
I christening Of one Of the Presidents
1 Cabinet members This particular
member was Josephus Daniels, Sec
/ rotary of the Navy. Now they are
calling him. even IN officialdom, I'm
! derstudy to Cupid"
| 1t all came about when the Smith
! Simpson wedding was about TO be
| broken up altogether, because a cold
| and cruel order had just been issued,
! one week before the nuptial date, that
the bridegroom who is an ensign, take
| part in long long cruise that would
carry him to the other side of the
world
Of course, everybody knows what
/ happened, how Miss Smith betook
| herself, with the halo of grtef-strick-
| en- love about her head. to the office
of the Secretary himself, and how she
( pleaded.
| Secretary Danists was touched
very much affected, by her case-and
/ particularly, ! believe, by her man
ner OF stating It, And what does he
| do but transfer the ensign to duty on
I the Mayflower, and thus to allow the
wedding bells to chime merrily and
| at the duly appointed time. All that
/ is history. But it tells why It is that
Josephus Daniels is being dubbed
! IL,
! ton circles.
Miss Smith, however, was very
| lucky in this case because II is re-
! corded that Secretary Daniels has
since said that he would not have
! been able TO listen to her pleadings
/ had 1t not been for the propitious
vacancy on the Mayfower Here is
what he said about 1t:
TT just happened that I was able
to aid in the realization Of loves
young dream" he said. no matter
how deeply | sympathize with the un-
happy lovers in an instance like this,
I can't break the rules of the de-
partment. Whenever transfer is
possible of course, without Interior
ing in the slightest with the WORK.
ings of the navy. can bring back the
wandering fiance."
IA ORE and more every day | come
TO know that you mustn't be
lieve all you hear about other
people-not half of It, Perhaps II
would be better not to believe any of
ii. Now, that's fine thing for Polly
Peachtree to say, isn't 1t. who Is al
ways gossiping and gadding about
other folkso But In this little moral
lecture / am referring to the little
naughty bits of scandal that are ban
died about and that make such good
stories that we are all glad to believe
in them.
For instance, l am going to repeat
a story that went the rounds about
some well-knoWn folks of our ac-
quaintance. 1t was a regular triangle
tale out of fiction. II was so good
that everybody told II and laughed
over it. And then there came infalli-
bic proof that it wasn't so The story
went like this
Mrs. oand SO was walking
through the shopping district one
morning with a gallant gentleman
who was not her husband at all And
the two OF them came to a window
where there was the most beautiful
fur coat in the world. And the lady,
woman that she was. yearned for 1t,
and reflected sadly that husband dear
8 would never buy her one like that
Then up spalle the gallant escort
Would she take it If he bought. it? She
laughed. Would she? Well. just
watch her And so he bought it.
But how to satisfy the natural Gu
riosity that Mr. So-and so would have
concerning the divine fur coat? Ha-