Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-23
MRsFElTONS TALKS
CONDUCTED BN
faRs VIZ. FELTON,
Ups and Downs


This time last year Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson was in Europe dining and
lodging in kings palaces, and CARRIED
in the finest clothes that administra-
ton money could buy in London and
Paris--also Italy.
This year, same time, the papers
sick room both day and night with
nothing like pomp and display to
break the monotony.
She is still the lady the White
House, but the change is immense,
from the royal splendors Of Euro
pean palaces, with feasting and I'M
limited luxury. SO the wheel turns
over and then under.
l remember, of course, the ups
and downs of the Civil war L re-
call a widow who lost everything
like fortune, for she inherited one
of the very finest plantations in
Cherokee, Georgia, and had a large
family of sons and daughters to
raise and educate and nothing left
of her former estate but a cramped
little town house that had been run
over and ransacked by Shermans
army.
When 1 saw that brave woman sit
ting on the loom bench weaving
coarse cotton cloth to clothe those
dependent ones and herself, I adj
mired her fortitude as well as her
self-sacrifice. Her estate had been
tangled with other property and had
to be sold to settle up the business,
and she was almost penniless when
l became acquainted with her trials.
Many of the prominent citizens of
Georgia had similar experiences. We
had some in our own experience. l
had to earn by personal effort the
wherewith to clothe myself and help
to pay pressing obligations for two
years at the close of the Civil war.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's late ex-
perience will not affect her finan-
cial affairs as she is understood to
be a very rich woman in Washington
city, but the seclusion that now pre-
walls in the White House is quite
enough to tax her fortitude and self
denial, and will bring out all the
strength of a fine character in it's
performance. 90.
Fourteen Dollars to Put UP Common
window Shade
A worker in the war department
offices of the United States govern
ment for two years, in Washington
city, and who went there for that
purpose two years ago, has written
me a very interesting letter as to
how old "high-cost" played his
game, where the worker was employ
cd, with other interesting data of
The workings of those war depart
ment offices.
1 will only a1lude to one incident
at this writing. 1t became necessary
to put up a common window shade,
which can still be bought for a good
deal less than dollar. The shade
was hung and the bill came in, when
amounted to fourteen ($1400) dol
lars.
There were many thousands Of
such windows in the rapidly con-
structed government buildings. You
can readily discover how somebody
grated"
1t seems uncommonly strange that
this force of tens of thousands me1,
and women are not relieved from
attendance. 1 was also told nothing
has been done there to amount to
anything since September.
The war demanded quick work and
much of it, but the war ceased on
November II, more than a year ago.
The continuance of such extrava-
gance will give reason for some UT
pleasant complaints later on. The
people do not seem able to quit whom
the help has nothing to do.
Children should be taught that