Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-16
BY JESSE HENDERSON
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
Downright, 1927

the frightful weather mad something
to do with it. But whatever the
cause, romance is lettering on its
last legs hereabouts. The pastor Of
an uptown church announces a fine
of SIS every time rice is thrown at a
wedding.
without trick1e of rice down
ones neck, weddings won't be the
same at all. There's something about
handful in the eye Of the bride
or double handful in the ear of
the rich and crusty aunt which lends
to the ceremony a certain vivacity
that nothing else can give.
Yet here comes the Rev. John B.
| McGrath to proclaim that one rice
grain strewn in the church of St.
Thomas the Apostle will mean SIS
deducted from the pocket of the hap
less bridegroom. The young man is
| required to deposit SIS with the SEX
ton. If no rice is thrown, the money
is refunded. If rice is thrown, the
| money goes toward cleaning up the
church. And it also goes-if a de-
feated and -rice-laden rival be pres
ent-towaro cleaning up the bride
groom.
OF course, there Is something to be
said for the scheme. 1t makes mar
effect betting SIS that nobody dislikes
him enough to make him lose the
| money. But still and all, the new
rule seems rather hard upon both
| bridal couples and guests. Pretty
soon somebody will try to bar orange
blossoms on the ground that they
| cause hay fever.
Art Almost Knocked Out
| But If romance has a bleeding lip,
what about poor old art? The local
branch of the musicians union had
through the ropes and apparently
out. But just on the count of nine,
Calliope struggled to her feet and
came back with a. wicked wallop
Because the snare drum had to give
three beats to one blare of the cor
net, or for some other techinal rea-
son, the union announced there
would be no concerts this summer
| by the Stadium orchestra, which
plays annually for eight weeks to
the stadium at City college.
The union musicians were ordered
| to walk out, and out they walked
But q new set of players was recruit
ed from the Philadelphia orchestra
and Victor Herbert is among those
consenting to conduct them. To the
| innocent bystander it looks as though
some musicians were interested chief
| ly in the dulcet tones produced by
| rubbing one dollar against another
these days with the price Of hootch
what it is?
women in Prohi Parade
Which is a reminder, if any were
needed, of the anti-prohibition pa
rade on July Fourth, parade that
| hTnJ1oIof Forth fhn fII171 n finnc ~
100 ministers and the enthusiastic
cooperation of the $500 women who
marched with the $4,000 men. Full
| of Scriptural texts and pretty girls
one woman to every ten men who
doesn't care for a life sentence in
| the desert.
The drys say it is because of pro-
hibition. The vets say it is because
people are getting more sensible, as
prohibition. But be the reason what
it may, this Fourth was the safest
and sanest in the history of the
| town. Accidents were almost absent
that people lacked the pep to rur
New York has simmered, steamed
and boiled with the temperature
around SO in whatever shade. ONT
ran into it's own cutters, where. egg:
might easily have fried in the liquit
asphalt There was a concerted dasl
for Coney, with 1000 sweltering hui
ma cla ;n3or to tel climb into tn,
this was the time the kitchen help
walters, bus boys, counter men
cashiers and bakers selected for the
announcement that they would qul
over the Fourth unless granted A
per cent raise. The public, however
was as hot as it could be anyway,
who rs Helen?
Meanwhile, who is Helen? nh
announcement that her last mann
will not be disclosed in the Stillmar
nouncement that she is a lady higf
in society, has. thrown the curiou:
into a fever Of speculation. Theil
annoyance is hardly diminished by
the. news that one of James Still
mans gifts to somebody was a dia
The police this week have engaged
in the historic pastime Of strainin&
at gnat. Three young girls, rang
ing in age from eighteen to twenty
asked people to contribute to char
ity which takes care Of men out Of
work. One girl procured bail. The
other two were locked in cells FOL
the night. Nobody seems to know
nant reprimand administered mex
morning by the magistrate to thu
police, it would appear that charg4
of nobody home should be registered
against the officer who made the ar
rest.
Mayor Hylan had a bright though
a few days ago. He suggested tina
women prisoners be sent to Welfare
island, as BlackwelPs is now in
scrutably called, instead of being
housed in the $4,000 quarters pro
} vided for them at the women's pris
on. So much confusion and delay
resulted from this bright though
that the mayor had another idee
twenty-four hours later, and womer
prisoners are housed once more il
the $4,000 quarters where they be
long. The police department is re
lieved, but it is still watching the
mayor fearfully lest he permit him
self to think again.
Maybe his honor took to thinking
of women prisoners in order to keel
his mind off the schools. The public
education association and most Of thu
women's welfare organizations are OF
one side, proclaiming the scandalou'
condition Of the school rooms, thu
reed of repair and the unprecedented
croWding. The mayor and his owl
staff of investigators are on tn,
other side, making faces and deny
ing all. Most of the school pupil:
are at Coney, or under the neares
hydrant, blissfully Indifferent as tt
whether school keeps next fall o.