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Why are mothers always anxious to have
their daughters marry, and loath to have
their sons marry?
There's never any trouble at wedding
to tell which is the brides family, and
which is the bridegroom's. The veriest
stranger could pick out which is which
without the slightest chance of making a
mistake. The brides mother is wreathed
in smiles, and wears the complacent and
triumphant air of the cat that has just
eaten the canary, while the bridegroom
mother has the depressed and done-for ex-
preston Of the late deceased bird.
From the time a girl baby is born her
mother begins to plan for her wedding.
She holds marriage up before the girl as
the chief aim and end of a woman's life.
While daughter is still in pigtails, she be-
gins cutivating callow kids with a weather
eye to their being possible future sons-in-
law when they grow up.
And when the girl finally makes her
debut, mother rolls up her sleeves and gets
on the misunderstanding job in earnest, and
never rests until she sits back with sigh
of contentment in the front row in church,
and listens to the wedding march, that
to her is a paeon of victory, for 1t marks
her triumph in getting Mamie or Sadie
married.
Far otherwise does a woman feel about
her sons marriage. She doesn't tout mat
rimony to him. She warns him against
it, and she keeps him out of 1t as long
as she can. She doesn't encourage young
girls to come around the house unless they
are so homely and hopeless she knows son
couldn't be hired to show them any atten-
ton. She picks a thousand flaws in every
maiden son fancies, and when, at last, in
spite of all mother can do to prevent it,
son gets married. the wedding bells ring
dirges in her heart
Of course mothers will deny these state
ments, but they are true, nevertheless. Else
why does the mans mother always weep
at a wedding, while the girls mother wears
the grin that won't come off?
Yet one would think the reverse would
be the case. One would think that every
woman who had, herself, known wifehood,
and motherhood, with all that they in
evitably bring of risk, and suffering, and
sorrow, and anxiety to woman, would
hold her little daughter back from the altar
almost as she would hold her back from
death itself, if she could. For in mar
rage it is women who take their lives
and their happiness in their hands, and
chance it all on having got the right man
instead of a rounder for a husband. They
do not know, as a man knows, what they
are marrying. And their mothers are so
anxious to get them married they do not
look the gift-horse in the mouth, Or even
ask for his pedigree and record of past
performances. Strange and incredible that
a mother should be particular about the
character of the girl his son marries, and
utterly Indifferent as to the character of
the man her daughter marries!
A mother also knows how completely a
woman's life is in her husbands hands, and
how easily he may break her heart, and
make her miserable. He need not be
bad man to do it. He may be as moral
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-28
MY FAVORlTE STORIES
By Irwin Cobb
THE EVILS OF INTEMPERANCE.

THE EVILS OF 1NTEMPERANCE.
certain newspaper proprietor in New York
who always was-and still is, even in these
prohibition days, a total abstainer-dropped
into the office just before press time, and
found the assistant managing-editor in charge
where's Blank?" he asked, naming the
managing editor.
"Off on one of those periodical tears of his, "
answered the assistant.
"Where's the city-editor?'
"Pied-down in Andy Horns"
81 didn't see the makeup editor as I came
through the composing room. What's become
of him?''
Hes in a Turkish bath over in Brooklyn
getting a bun boiled out of him.
The proprietor dropped into chair shaking
his head sadly.
"Well," he said," for a person who never
touches drop l seem to suffer more from
the effects of drunkenness than any other man
in this town.
Copyright, 1922 by The Mcknight Syndicate,
Inc)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-28
Co-oberat;on or anarchy

N defense of the policy of mastering Brit
ish power against Turkish aggression in
the Near East at time when French
influence was veering in the opposite di-
rection, Mr.. Lloyd George declares: "You
can, If you like, say that we threatened. 1t
is always a mistake to threaten unless you
mean it; and It is because not merely that
we threatened bit that we meant it and the
Turks knew we meant it, that you have
peace now"
Suppose that a united civilization had
brought it's will to bear against the menace
which Britain alone was left to challenge;
suppose that ell peoples who believe in free
dom and justice and humaneness had stood
ready, through the concerted action o. their
governments, to prevent the atrocities at
Smyrna and the further incursons of Mus
tapha Kemals plunderers; suppose, in short,
that comprehensive league Of nations, or
a covenant for PEACE and equity under any
other name had been functioning when the
first chickering's of this flee began - how
simply and effectively the crisis would have
been averted. One gesture from such an as
ISOLATION Of powers would have sufficed to
keep the Turk within bounds; while for want
Of such, he burns and butchers and defies
the scattered conscience of the world.
The league of nations as it IS, with Amer
lea holding aloof and with others recreant to
the right, accomplishes much of substantial
good, just as Britain unaide1 stemmed the
tide of Turkish onset. But how vastly
more potent would be the effect and how
incomparably richer the achievements of
general and generous co-working! In the
recent Near Eastern crisis the use of military
force became unnecessary because the Of
fender knew that it would be exerted if he
passed certain bounds. SO would it become
unnecessary, save as police power, in the
larger administration of world affairs if ma
tions were prepared to act together for the
common good.
Long ago men learned to apply his prin-
ciple to the single state, after tens Of thou
sands of years Of savage selfishness and out
1awry: and if they had not so learned there
would have been no civilization It remains
to apply this same truth of human experience
and reason to states in their common rela-
lions, for the general good of humankind;
and if this be not done, the end of our civil
ization will be anarchy
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-28
CENSORSHIP
By DR.. Frank Crane

There are two opposing points of view on
the question of censorship.
One is he point of view of the artist and
the other is that Of the moralist.
The artist looks merely to the values OF
expression His canons are those of eff
ciencv and good taste. All he wants to
know Is whether {. thing Is we'll done.
The moralist looks to the effect which any
work will have upon the character OF the
public
views No good artistic work was ever done
for the purpose # improving the mind or
soul of the public. The phrase art Tor arts
sake" is perfectly sound. Work OF the first
class is always done for the JOY or seif-ex-
preston.
At the same time we must recognize that
the morals of the public must be protected
and that the right Of the artist to his free
dom must be protected.
This problem civilization mas WORKED out
in the only practical way. 4..
That way is that men must be allowed TO-
do as they choose. That is the thing called
liberty that our fathers fought, bled, and
died for. And it is too valuable a thing
to give up.
Of course this liberty, II uncurbed, would
speedily reduce the world to chaos, and we
have found out that every mans liberty must
be limited by the rights of other people.
For this purpose we have the institution
called Law.
A great many people misunderstood the
purposes of Law. 1t is not to prevent actions
for that cannot be done without the de-
struction Of liberty.
It's purpose is to enforce responsibility for
action. By so doing liberty is allowed and
at the same time it il restrained by the gem
eral good.
Law declares that man has right to
burn house, to commit an assault or to do
any other criminal act he so chooses but that
he must be held responsible for his acts.
To talk about the only liberty being the
liberty to- co right is nonsense. The only
real liberty is the liberty to do wrong.
OF course this is dangerous. 1t is danger
GUS to allow a big, two-fisted man to walk
the streets where there women and chill
dren. He might strike them. But it is far
more dangerous to lock the man up just be-
cause he is able to strike them.
After infinite experiment VIC have found
that the best way to regulate that man is to
say that he may do as he pleases, but he
must take the consequences Of what he does.
Censorship, therefore, is essentially II
legal: it is contrary to the very genius OF
law.
It might be very we'll to appoint some
one who could prevent offenses, but no nu-
man being is qualified to say whether an
other human being is going to do right or
wrong. The only thing we can do is to de-
termine whether he thing man has done
is right or wrong-and we bungle that.
Even the Almighty does not rob us Of our
liberty to do evil. He does not prevent
, wicked men. He holds them responsible.
Copyright, 1929
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Tonic for Business Blues

IF there be those who still misdoubt the
business tenor Of the times, let them
ponder this: a shortage of more than
one hundred and forty-one thousand freight
cars is announced by the American Railway
Association, which in January last reported
a surplus of more than six hundred and for
ty-six thousand
Between these Two sets Of figures, stand
ing nine months apart, is the difference be-
tween brisk and aluggsh trade, between
swift and slow demand, between prosperity
and lack of it. When more thar six hundred
and forty thousand cars were idle it was for
want of commodities to haul which in turn
was for want of orders to fill, which in turn
was for want of customers to buy Yet con-
ditions in January were distinctly better
than in the shank of the preceding year,
Manufacturers were hopeful, ba'ic omens
more cheering. For the country to have ad-
advanced from that situation to a point
million is changed to shortage of above
one hundred and forty thousand is to have
come all the way from a glimmering dawn
of promise to noontide fulfllment
That times are not yet as prosperous and
stable as they should be and will be, if gov
eminent takes second thought on some of it's
short-sighted economic policies, is undeni-
able. But how incomparably better condi-
lions are, both in status and in prospect,
than they were a twelvemonth gone!
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-28
The Coal Pile No1O

- to take keen thought of the coal bin,
- Americans are cheered to discover
that conditions are much more reassuring
than appeared likely from the summer trend
AS for soft coal the mines now are pro-
ducing approximately ten million tons
week, with the years output up to October
the sixteenth standing only some twenty-four
million tons less than that of the correspond
ing period of 1921. Add that the exporta-
ton of soft coal thus far in the current year
is seven million tons below 1921 and four
teen million below 1920; add also that the
normal surplus carried over from year to
year is about thirty million tons, and it is
plain that no serious shortage is to be feared.
! But for anthracite the story is different.
THE hard coal mines so far this year." runs
a report by the Newspaper Enterprise Asso-
citation, "have. produced only about thirty
one million tons against seventy-three mil
lion in the same months of 1921" This
means that many whose wont it has been to
burn anthracite must turn to soft COAL which
thus will be in more than ordinary demand.
But all in all, the situation is far better than
earlier omens indicated.
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ing but a bitter warning against the perlls
of the holy estate, nevertheless she is eager
to have her girls try it on the off-chance
they may happen to draw prize in the
lottery and not a blank. Very often
woman offers up her daughter as living
sacrifice to her pride. She feels that there
is a certain stigma to her daughter being
an old maid-that it shows that the girl
lacked charms and attractions that other
girls possess, and so she nags the poor
creature into marrying the first man who
comes along.
Many women frankly say that bad
marriage is better than no marriage at all.
They have no idea of Life apart from do
mesticity, and imagine the woman without
do not know that it is only the exceptionally
as prosperous, and as free as her unmarried
sister, who has her career, her good job, her
financial independence, and her million and
one interests in the world
No one can argue for moment that the
kind of marriages that are made in heaven
the real mating Of man and woman
whom God intended for each other, and
who give to each other love and sympathy
and comradeship that never fails the
happiest lot in life. If every mother could
secure that for her daughter, she would be
right in making every effort to get 1t for
her. But why want her to marry just to
be a-marrying? And if the rewards of the
ideal marriage are SO great, why not be
equally keen on them for son?
And that's the way with mothers.
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-28
OUIPS AND QUIDDITIES

Two rather clever young ladies were sit
ting together in trim wheL tired, faded
looking woman, wearing flame coloreo hat'
came and sat opposite them.
"Ah," said one of the young ladies, who
had been studying pyscho-analysis; well, I'm
sure that hat is the result OF complex. Sne
probably wears it because one of her fore
fathers was fireman"
"Reall.-, dear! How Interestingly" said the
other. "But you ion't know for certain"
ct will, though" said the first, and, get
ting up, addressed the lady in the hat. "Please
excuse my rudeness but what induced you to
choose that wonderful color for your hat
We've been admirilg it So"
"I didn't choose this hat" duly answered
the woman; cit was given to me-"
One Of General Pershing's favorte stories
is of the volunteer battalion Of backwoods-
men who once Joined General Grant. Grant
admired their physique, but mistrusted their
training. However, he told the colonel" to
drill his men for him. Without moments
hesitation the colonel yelled to his commands
Boys look wild thar! Make ready to thicken
and fo lef end-ways! Tote yer guns Git!"
The witness had made several doubtful
statements and the cross-examining lawyer
was becoming exasperated.
'"You mean to tell me- he said, "that you
saw this happen in the dark, while you were
half a mile away?"
ooh, yes," replied the witness cheerfully.
ct can see millions of miles at night"
millions of miles? Come, now, that 10
too much
''Well," said the witness. "what about the
stars?"
An Englishman with bad impeachment IN
his speech consulted stammerng specialist.
After twelve lessons he could say without
Hesitation: ga couple Of cups of coffee in q
copper coffee pot" His friends congratulate
ed him on this achievement. "Ye-yess," said
the sufferer, doubtfully, "of course it's
p-point. B-b-but 1 f-find 1T j-j-jolly d-d-dif-
ficult to w-work into chat on t-t-turf MINI
matters or the I-Irish s-s-situation."
Tommys mother gave him book on ETH
quette instead of the usual Robinson Cru
soe.'
1t thereafter became pretty fragment OF
home life until Tommy's sister, in attempting
to leave the room one day, r"und herself
clutched by the hand and flung violently
Backward into the coal scuttle.
"You ignorant little BEAST protested
Tommy, don't you know that a gentleman
should open the door for your"
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You can't eat your cake and have it too
but if you don't eat it the cake gets stale.
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Confession is good for the soul. Edison ad-
mits he invented a cigar lighter in his youth
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-18
A Stenographer's Romance
NELLIE Dimes WITH MR.. ROBINSON
By JANE PHELPS

he'd seen some of those I had At Miss
Carter's-they were so lonely sometimes
you couldn't hardly see them"
So busy was she with her thoughts.
her anxiety to get home, that she no.
ticcd nobody in the street. Had she, she
might have seen Smith. the bookkeeper
behind her. noticed that he watched I'M
I'll she took the subway train uptown.
Where in the world have you been?'
Cora asked as Nellie burst into the
room in her impetuous way. have been
worried about you
Never worry about little Nellie. She
can look after herself" she kissed Cora.
Frozen soup. broiled chicken. peas,
salad, ice cream and cake! How's that
for a dinner?''
stop your fooling and tell Us what
happened to keep you so late" tho IN.
quisitive Gladys broke In.
Didn't I just tell you? Even X do
cat too fast to be polite. as Cora says, I
couldn't cat all that in a minute.
almost knocked people down l hurried
so-and see. l don't get no thanks"
Quiet down, dear. and tell US all
about it-that II II you wish US to
know" Cora said. = slightly worried
look on her face.
We'll, Just as I was making myself
handsome to come home. the Dos said
his wife was out for dinner. and he was
going TO cat in n restaurant, that he
hated to eat alone. and would be kind
and keep him company !? said
7 would but mustn't be late because
you would worry. He told me ! could
70 Just as soon as we finished. And
did, but he stayed to smoke. And had
all them things told you-every one!
How wished could bring some home
to you, but didn't dare ask him to let
me-"
Cora still looked a little anxious.
What did you talk about. DEAR she
asked.
Mostly about the eats and you. l
told him I'd like Miss Carter to have
some Of that soup you freeze like ice
cream: and I told him you'd worry be-
cause you were a minister's daughter.
I guess didn't say much else. was
too busy eating"
Gladys and Cora both laughed and
Cora said: Don't 90 often. Nellie. II
isn't wise for a working girl to be seen
in public with her employer"
NO danger his asking me! These
kind Of dinners don't como but once IN
a lifetime. Gee! But 1t was good" the
girl smacked her lips.
(To-morrow-IsnA 0oodf1ch'S StofyD
Protected by George Matthew Adams.
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N ID S.~hrueAo+

yoft whiStlsd notes accompanying here
playing. hut II brought int" the life or
The girl "A new interest. She had an
audience now and when sh" expressed
nor loneliness and her hopes OF the
piano she felt there was Somc"n" WI"
could understand. In time Mad<e
knew she was playing more for the
man who listened thar for herself. She
told herself ii could do no harm.
Upstairs was Peter. hOmeSlck man.
Hardworktng and one The way to sue
cess. he fought the temptation t. give
up the struggle in tho large city and
go back TO the store IN Wardtown.
II want TO sit on The front porch In
the evening" he said, TO join group
OF the fellows and girls and sing tho
old songs Id like I" hear andy TRAIT
play his guitar aud Lucy Ayers sing
Seeing Nellie Home Gosh. what
made me think vas too big Tor Ward
town,
Then Tc,cr realized what II was 'hat
had tuned his thoughts TO Lu'Es
song. someone. below. VAS playing
Seeing Nellie Home" While MadS"
was content 70 play on a unseen friend
and =" conjur" a mental picture OF
him which She feared acquaintance
would destroy. Peter was frankly cur
IONS, He took 20 watching IN" women
who entered aud left III" building :h"
70 sneculating which was the musician.
When he saw Madsc he felt certain SHc
was tho only one who would play me
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so long as. | have my piano I VIII
not bc lonely" MadSc told her friends
when she lei; Ninden.
There we-c days now when tn" Slrl
tested the friendship ~ the instrument
To the full and found i, wanting. Hers
was n small apartment ~ a large build
ing in which lived scores OF prrteS-
SIGNAL men and women. y ENcryoES
seemed so busy: there WAS no Way u
ret acquainted.
II was tho piano which solved tho
problem IN the end. One evening the
GIRL. tired Of giving lessons and 70"
weary 20 imprcviSe. sought 10 quicken
her spirits with a popular melody,
Dance measures she had known IN
Minden. odd bits from light opera and
tunes she heard whistled or the streets.
came from rhe piano and gave her a
sense almost, OF reckless ABANDON
Suddenly she played softer and listen
ed. Someone in the flat overhead
someone who could whistle. was fol-
lowing her music.
Madge changed melodies and the
whistler took the cue. She was forced
IN listen iucentlv so soft was the music
from above Evidently he did no: know
she could hear Perhaps thought
tho girl. he is as lonely As | am. She
nlared the simple pieces she liked the
hest and finished with rniliCkinS jiS.
The person upstairs was dancing.
II was queer sort Of friendship.
that which made Itself known by q
clatter Of feet on the floor above ana
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old pieces. Because Of III" tarorite
melody he called her Nellie
one sunday afternoon Peter took his
paper t. the park where he sat Oh a
bench reading it and Watching tn"
children play. \ girl. tho one from
the apartment below. sat on tho other
end OF tho bench.
Here VIC are" said Peter 10 h!nfselt
as he pretended to read the paper
"twn lonely persons In New York.
Every evening she PLAYS and ! whiS'i"'
It's 4 lovely day and If | speak To h'r
she will call for "A pulicrmatI. ihcu
he told himself what he thought OF
large cities aud Of social conventions
and wondered ir hc dared risk another
glance at the girl.
Very family the girl started t" num-
md Peter caught tho air. Almost me-
chemically his lips purs"d and he
whis,lcd tho whistle sh" had heard So
many times before. MadGe flushed ana
finished the measure. TheE looked w
each others eyes. eager and question:
You arctic girl below asked
TctAr.
and Won" said Madsc. are the man
who whistlcSH
"rf II wasn't for the piano, Madrc
vro,c homo q few weeks later.
u.o,,ld hayc hc"n very lonely. As II IL
we'll am going I" hr rarrt"d'
romorrow-Behind the Door.
Copyright 1917 George Matthew Adams