Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-11-19
The Country Home
THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
OF AUTUMN,
BY MRS. w. H. FELTON,

The autumn OF I5l1 ndSe Drohell
the record for mild weather land
magnificent autumn blooms. In
the sick room, where my aged sister
has been critically i'll, during the
past three weeks, and where I have
been a watcher with members Of
her family, we have been enjoying
scores of magnificent chrysanthe-
mums-the largest and most perfect
I have ever seen in my life. 1t does
seem a pity there should not be
some approved method Of perpetual
ing these splendid specimens. The
memory of them will continue, of
course, but these mammoth blooms
(some of them as large as a child's
head of three or four years Of age)
are too grand and exquisitely formed
to be allowed to perish, without an
effort to save them.
These extraordinary blooms were
raised in the open air, at East Point,
Ga. The mild weather has been fav-
orable to their perfect expansion.
They would fill a good-sized break
fast plate-to the outer edge-and
are as purely white as virgin snow,
absolutely without a flaw.
There were twenty-four Of these
gorgeous blooms sent in one single
great package, by the Irish friends
of the dear good woman who is so
i'll hnoo11cn che +hi1nc, with tlo q
donors, in the hope for national rec
ognition of the Irish Republican
near future.
These warm-hearted sons Of Erin
are overlooking in tender sympathy
and gracious attentions.
Do WE REALLY HATE WAR?
When we recollect that we spend
ninety per cent Of our taxes in army
and navy appropriations and in pen
sions from wars already past and
gone, it would seem to indicate a
propensity for war in dealing with
outside nations. We are profuse in
our admiration for military valor.
We decorate military heroes above
and beyond all other heroes. It is
well known that little children are
frantically fond Of pistols in toy
form. They adore fire crackers, and
sling shots. They also love to scrap
with one another. Maybe they get
more whippings for fighting than
for any other bad conduct.
ask the question again, do the
great majority Of our people hate
WARP"
To be perfectly frank I really
believe we have a real leaning to,
wards the excitement Of war; and
am wondering if the American mem
bers in Washington City at the time
of this writing will really vote on
the side Of disarmament.
1t is apparent to every sane and
sensible student of current history
that foreign governments have been
fatally afflicted with the mania for
war. Germany pushed her military
executives to the limit. Every en-
terprise in Germany was dominated
by the war spirit. Like the old-time
German king, father Of Frederick
the Great, their energies centered on
the army. He would call into the
service the finest physical specimen
Of manhood in his country to be
trained for soldiers. The late kaiser
had the same feelings and possibly
the same promptings as to his Ger
man soldiers. His army was his
pride and he felt like he was by all
odds the greatest potentate in the
world, when he received his cohorts,
and as he marched at their head,
during his days Of pomp and power.
Perhaps he realized the fact, that
he should keep these armies up to
the fighting point and ready to
strike all his armed foes, a "body
guard" at an hours notice; or they
might turn and rend him, when they
understood their own consummate
ability and warlike perfection. When
the love of liberty over-topped all
others in pursuing the aims and pur-
poses, including their enforced sub
servience to the royal master.
In a Republic, however, there
should be other and superior aims
and purposes. 1t is known to all
who have real American history that
the desire for civil and religious lib
erty-made our forefathers rebel
against another King George, more
than a hundred years ago and call
the kings horses and all the kings
men" were defeated by the Revo-
lutionary soldiers under General
Washington.
1t therefore appears that we can
have superior activities, rather than
preparations for war, especially in
a Republic. AS some of us see it,
especially the mothers of these Unit
ed States, it is in a manner barba-
rous and inhuman to dedicate the
young men Of our country to the
god of war. Perhaps there may be
a few women, who might be anxious
to bring boys into the world for sac
rifice to some leaders, ambition, but
L opine, they are few and far be-
tween. The mothers of America
will be greatly disappointed if the
four women selected as members
Of the advisory board, do not vote
solidly against great standing armies
and war craft Of all kinds.
OF the men, I cannot be so GER
tain. We would, therefore. strive
to influence them, likewise.