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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. •ATTRDAT, liABCff «, MT. MIRANDY ON GOOD RESOLUTIONS 5mfhYWx. (Copyright, JM7, by American-Joarnal' Examiner.) (•V/AS8UH.* exclaimed Mlrandy, "I Y reokon I dow look a UttI* * peaked an' wo* out. an' Too got a right to look dot way, for Tee boon goto' through do low ground of trouble aad tribulation. rr alwaya doo* ’boot dl* time of do year. for do acaaon betwixt da tlmo dot the make* hie New Tear’o resolu tion, a a' da Umo dat bo braaka 'am am a aerrlteiouo oao for all dom whut la got to Uva.ln dabouio wld bln. ”Tou know Ike M oak of doae hoah pueaons dat la dfla baam to walk In a peraesslon. Dora ain't 1 nothin' dat ho wool do In a crowd, an’ w«ddar bo alia to heaven or da yntber place de ntil on will'b naf iln perseeMou la headin' when bo dtaa. , Taeoum, ho aho* U ajlner, an' ao when Brer Jonklna aaad for dom wbut was gwfne to torn over a new loaf at 'do watch nl«bt moatin', an' whut waa gwine to load different live*, on' awear off from alt detr wrong doln'a at da beglnnln’ of da new year, 1 waan't none anrprlaed to aoo Ike rlae up In mootin' an’ take do pledge. "Becas* 1 done aeon Ike tutu over 'bout thutty new leave*. an' don turn 'em back at da end of do week. In do thutty yearn I'ao boon married to him, an' I knowad whut waa ywtne to hap pen. t.'ooe I didn’t aay nothin', for I hnlda dat a woman ain't yot no bull- noaa ocandalliln' har hutbaad by ban- packin' blm In public. Dam'a plenty of lima to do hit at homo, on' whut over I aaya In private, I'ae a aoft epoken woman to my huoband befo* folk*. "Well, we went alony home after mootin' broke up. Ik» a-aloppln' r ‘ *■ a-atlckln' out hi* chlst. an' wld dat of uplifted air dat folka baa when dey tlilnk* dat day la betotr dan delr neigh- bora, an' aa eoon aa wo yot do front do’ abut he aaya: Mlrandy,' aaya bo. Too gwine to bayln da now year by bein',a now man an' glrtn' up all my bad hablla. rm ywlne to awear off from ualn' tobaaeo ny an' llkker, an' ahootbi' crapd, an’ Fee ywlne to bring you home my pay en velope ov'y Haterday nlyht, an' l'aa vine to bo kinder to you an' do chll- " Dfm aho’ are yran' resolution*—ef you keep* 'em,’ 'apona I. "'An' I'm ywlne to tell do troof, an' not take adrantayo of nobody, an’ turn do odder cheek to dom whut mla-uaea mo, an' ylve dom wbut banda mo back talk da oof anawtr dat tuma away wiath.’ •• 'Amen,' aaya I, Douyb I mladoybta dat dem am da kind of raaolutlone dat loeka better on paper dan day doe* ‘ n «£oV,oo. on Ike, Tao ywtna to reform do way wo la livin'. Wo la pomperte' our atomach* too mpeh wld pork chopa, an' ahlekon dinner*. tall coat* an' allk frock* aa* da .„ aa' l'aa ywtna back to da aimplo lift, an' taka my fambly alony wld me.' “ '1Tb-hub,' aaya I, which he could take to moon whut be pleated, an' Wld dat Ike went ovee to do cuppofd an* retch doom hla pipe an' fluny nit In da Ore, an' I llohed hit out aa soon at hla back waa turned, becaao 1 know«d dare would bo uoe for bit In leaaon a week. Tauum, you kaow dat when a man S its an Idea In hla hold dat bit* lak o maaaloe. Dero ain't no yUlln'. rid of hit tell hlta boon throuyb hla eye- tom, an' to do Quicker an' do harder be baa hit, da eooner hlta over. So I want to whk to help Ike carry oat hie Now Teor't resolution* an' settle down to bo peaceable an' comfortable ay*ln. "Do mx* mawnln', darfo,’ when I cooked breakfast I fixed Ike a bly plate of mush- an* milk, an’ didn't put hla name In de coffee pot nor do alclllet wber I fried de atrak an* onloni for me an' de chlllcn. Dem onions an' dat coffee ebo'ly did emell yood, an' I aer Ike caa* a mlybly honyry look at '»«, but I didn't offer him none. "'Hit autttnly do mate me praud to he looked sort of wish place whar his pi went off to hla wu DOROTHY DIX. iciu vu tu ilia ttuii. a "Dat evenin' he come home mighty trlmbly an' nervous for de laok of to- baeco, an’ my but', but bla temper had a raxor edye to hit Ho ain't no sooner yot in de bouse'dan he kicked de cat, an' spanked de baby, an' sent Ma'y Jane to take de top story off bar pom- nr. an' Thomas Jefferson to bed . ut any supper for snickerin’ at de words ho used—on* blm a ehu'ch mem- too, an' de Deacon dat de way he lit Into me was a caution. Nothin' dat I could do pleased him, an' he waa dat crost an' contrary- wise dat a sore halded bear would bean nice, yentle domestic pet alony- ■Ide of him. Ef I past de newe 'boat any of de nelyhbore, hit was:, "Woman, ain't you ashamed. to bo scandalmonger, a-takln' away de od names of your frlendef* douyh I hadn't said nothla' 'ceptln' dat I won- dated whar 81* Almlry’got dat feather bat of hern. Ef 1 put on my yood clothes, hit was: " 'Mlrandy, I eho’ly la aatonlsbed dat a woman dat ts ole as yon !«, an’.Is migjity nigh yot one foot In de yrave. an'looks lak a perambulatin' feather bed anyway, ain't yot no mo' eanae dan to rly up herself lak a ylrl of six teen,' »n' h. went I,n lak tlat ontel I had to remind him tint ef he had re formed I hadn't, an' dat neldermo’ had I made any New Teat's resolutions to anythlny but ytt da bast dat was yotn' an’ be aa happy aa clreumataacea an' • husband would allow. "But de wuSa waa to come. Tou know Iks, when he ain't ewore off. Is a mlyhty yood pslaverer. an' to'4* rea son dat he la sho' to hear a few compli ment* *luny hla way Brer Jaskln* I* In de habit of cornin' around an' axin' Ike of 4* sermon. But die time up, because be didn’t know Ike had done took de resolution to tell de troof. So he come around aa usual an’ say: “'Brer Hopkins, how did I promul- yate de doctrine yleterdayf a-thlnkln' Ike waa |iwlne to aay dat hla was de ISetM idest sermon dat anybody ever tened to. 8tld of dat. Ike says: ‘Brer Jenkins' says he, ‘bein' ns bow I has *wo' off from tollin' lies, i Is obleeyed to aay dat fare waa Jcat one thins dat dat discourse waa yood for, an' dat waa a cure for sleep!?**, ness. I dleremembers when I had each a sound nap aa whilst you wsia-drou- In’ alony.' “Tee heered wuis sermon*, Br*r Hopkins,' ‘apona Brer Jenkins In a huff. “ 'Wan, ef you has, you fa outtreveled me. Brer Jenkins,' says Ike. An' aid dat Brer Jenkins took hla foot In hi* hand an' lit out, an* goodness know* how many yood dinners l'aa yot to tit up to tola him back ayln to our hou»e. “Navra, an' dat .warn't de rend . I . r . becase de nex' day Ike had some worn* wld one of de men, an’ bcosxo he don* make a resolution not to flyht, da od<l* r feller wiped de yeartb wtd him, an' dev ■ to Mob- M ‘ n home In tiled hit. A da amber- comfortable in bed. he say*: ■Ole woman. TMctrH!*-my-plj>s.an' a can of beer, an' go out an’ sit to' bits wuth of pork chops for supper, an’ lee' have-a pleasant evenin'.’ 'An' den I knowed dat Ike done bn*' hie resolutions an' dat wa'd yo back to livin' de same ole weak, haltin', com- forUble life ayln. "Tassum, a anyel man aholy am try. InJ to have to live wld." WONDERFUL VENICE: BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. (Ctpyrigbt, 1S07, by Amerlcan-Journal- ElunlMr.) -The wort Venetla Is Interpreted by some to mean coma, ayaln—and aaeln: for howsoever many time* they shall come, now things and beauties they Mtgll Mf."—Francesco 8an*ovlno. I T 18 the habit of Americans espe dally youny Americans, to speak with flippant condescension of meat forelyn tmmlyrante. X* pec tally la thla tone used (whan It ts not a mare severe one) la refer: ‘ to the yreat mass of Italian lmmlyraata who yearly seek American shorea. The wort "Dayo" has come V> be a familiar one to our ears and a certain aeaaauri of disdain alwaya sees with tta utterance. Not one school child In one hundred In America knows that when America was first discovered Ita ly was on* of the yreatsat countries In the world, and that Venice occupied a . position of maritime supremacy which was unparalleled. For eleven hundred years the power, wealth, splendor and myjesty of Venlca lasted, and there are thousand* of poor lmmlyrant* worklny at day labor In America today who could trace back a Unsays more Illustrious than that of the American boys and stria who criticise them as "Dayo*." Italy le a poor country today. Only certain portions of Its lands are fertile: and ao prolific are Its peopla that save Tor the larye death rate amony Its In fanta and the emlyratlon of Us adults famine would ensue. Just as France falls short of dolny tta duty In propagation, Italy overdoes (bat divine command. More children are born here than the conditions ot health and prosperity can sanction. A K rcentaye die In the first two year* of e. and the remaining children and their mothers are supported In a larye degree by the opportunities offered in other lands which necessitates the ab sence ot the man of the household, for long months or yeare. Then there Is a court to maintain, and an array, and of course both are expensive luxuries for any country, and the taxes are levied on the people to support these Institutions. But Italy waa not alwaya poor, nor were Its people obliged lo seek other countries for a livelihood. It sought other lands only for conquest In those days; and the wonderful results of those eleven hundred years of power and prosperity have made Venice the most Interesting goal for the art lov ing, history loving tourist on earth, Martin da Canale, In 17I7, wrote as fol lows of Venlca: “In the year of the Incarnation of our Lord. I. Martin Canals tolled and traveled an that I found the ancient story of tha Venetians, and how they made the fairest and nobleat and pleas antest city In the world, filled with all beauty and excellency, and I have set me to translate this story, for the hon or of that city men call Venice: for I would have all men to know who travel hither how the noble city le built: how filled with yood thlnye, and how noble la tha mlyhty Doge, the lord of tha Venetians: how powerful are her no bles. how full ot prowess her people, all perfect In the faith, and obedient; for within this noble Venice nor heretic. nor usurper, nor murderer, nor tblet nor robber dares dwell. "From all places come merchants and merchandise, and goods run throuyb the etty a* do waters from fountains Provisions In abundance were found there and bread and wine end land fowl, meat aad great fish from the eeas and riven; you shall find within that city a multitude of old men and youths who are much praised for their noble ness. Merchant*, and bankers, and craftsmen, and sailors, and ships to carry to all places aad great galleys to the hurt of her enemies. There, too. Are fair ladlea and maidens adorn, ed moet richly. Bt. Mark's Is the most beautiful square In the world; and there, too; le the church of Monelynor Bt. Mark, and next It the palace ot Monelynor the Doge, yreat and marvel ouely beautiful; and on tha other tide palaces to house the commoners, end the treasurers, and tha nobles build Inge for high barons and gentlemen." This was written seven hundred yean ays and. aa will be aaen, tha author spoke of It aa "the ancient story of Venice." The church of Bt. Mark and the Fal. ace ot the Doges and the "noble build Inge for high barons and gentlemen are all standing today. 1 am writing In one of them—now a hotel—and every wall and stairway la eloquent with history. When we realise that Venice la built on smalt Islands In the midst of salt lagoons which are Inundated frequent ly from the Adriatic sea, ws can but marvel at the courage, skill, patience and Industry which those old Italian architect* and bulldan employed In constructing the*e enduring palaces ELLA WHEELeR WILCOX. When Lorento Tiepolo waa elected Doge In 1141, there was a great fes tival. Baad what aa eye-wttses* wrote ot It: "Tiepolo ascended the palace stairs and the people sang ‘Salvation, honor, long life and victory to our Lord, Do renxo Tiepolo, by the grace of God re nowned Doge of Venice, Dalmatia and Croatia, domtnator of our earth and a half of the Empire ot Roumanla. O St Mark, lend him thine mid." Then chaplains brought tho Doymresaa, and praises were sung to her. "The next day a yreat naval review was held on the grand canal In front of the ducal .palace. Choirs ware aboard the great fleet singing; the water* were alive with boats of all kinds, adorned with banners and shields and distinguished by splendor. Than the procession of guild* filed before the Doge. First cams, the masterahlps two by each, each wearing a garland, accompanied by their trumpeters and standard bearers. As they came before tbe Dodve they saluted him and wished him long life and victory, and proceed ed to salute the Dogaressa. ‘Then followed the furriers, dressed In ermine and taffeta; the taverner*, richly clothed In furs bearing sliver cupa filled with wine; the weavers wearing finest cloth; the tailors mag nificently dressed In white cloth. The woolworkere followed with olive gar lands on their heads; the silk weavers decked out anew In mantles of fustian; th* makers of doth of gold were ap pareled Ip purple and gold, with crown* set in gold, and tbe glass makers bore some of the Sheet ot their ware, while the comb makers carried cages ful ot birds of all kinds whlch'as they passed they set free to delight the Doge. "And there were gallant equestrians armed cap-a-pie, who escorted four damsels on fair steeds and dismounted before tho Doge and cried: ‘Sir. we be two knight errants and we have broY these fair damsels to your court; It there be any knight who Is minded to prove his body and win these damsels we are ready to defend them.' " 'Sirs' answered the Doge, *ye are welcome and I will that ye be honored at my court.'" Tiepolo was the forty-seventh Dodge of Venlca Seventy-five others-follow- ed, the last being Ludovico Manln, who removed hie ducal cap In 17t7, and handed It to an attendant, saying: "Take It away, we shall not need It agalq." He wet the one hundred and twentieth Doge of Venlce.iand with him ended the glory and splendor of that greatest of republics. Venice was two hundred years dying. Too many long wars had sapped her strength, and she was afflicted by sev enty visitations of pestilence, that cruel spouse ot war, who follows ever In hla wake, to destroy those he has spared. Added to this, strangely enough, the dlsrovery of America, In 14*2, had been an Important factor In the decline of Venice, aa It diverted the world's at tention and trade to a new port during the succeeding centuries. So It seems only right that the descendants ot those old warriors, merchants and sea men should find refuge on our shores. FOUR—WONDERFUL VENICE .... Other causes led to the decline of the how degenerate the republic became In Us prime. He aaya: "All the arts subservient to the luxury and vices of the rich flourished In rankest exuber ance, despite the efforts of tbe moral ists to cleanse the city. The cart ta ble, the masquerade, the coffee house, the play, became the absorbing themes. As trad* languished and population diminished tha public shows Increased; end the cost of the coronation of the last doge was beyond all precedent.” Away bark In 1406 Sn old Doge hid said to a young one about to take hi, piece; “Let Venice beware of the fate of Pise, that waxed rich and great by peace and good government, but fell by war. Commerce la the baste of Vene tian prosperity—peace her greatest In- tereeL” In spite of the warning. Venice went to war for centuries, and her decline followed. But she has left behind a city which la opulent fn artistic wealth. Great sculptors, great painters, great wood engraver*, great manufacturers, hare been bom and reared' In Venice, and have contributed to Its vast wealth »t beauty. So much that Is wonderful. so much that la beautiful, so much that la great Is to be found here in Venice that one may well say: "Come again— and again for howsoever miny time* tbon shalt come new things and beau ties thou ahalt see.’’ And be careful, O American youth*, how you sneer at the Italian Immigrant. For he comes from a country with a past so great that It should awaken In your heart an emotion of respect, and keep you silent when you ore tempted to be Insolent and patronising. In some far distant day your own de- ecendants may be Immigrant*, when America shall have climbed the pinna cle and descended to the valley of dec*, dence—which Is tbe ultimate fate of all landa. f FANATICS By Mrs. John A. Logan. (Copyright, lt07. by.AworicAa-Jouraal- Eximlner.) M rs. PARSONS must feel grateful to Professor Julius Gtinker for having diverted public attention from her for a time, at least, by th* announcement of hie preposterous theo ries on the subject of marriage. They are, If possible, more shocking than here. He propose* to lead matri monial candidates to the altar through revolting channels something after the faahlon of leading animals to the butch, si's block, after they have been ■ab ject ed to Ignominious inspection by per haps charlatan doctor*, asserting: "There should be a law controlling men and women to undergo examination and submit the records ot their ancestor* before marriage." He scoffs th* Idea of affection being token Into account, declaring: "Love Is a hallucination jrrovlded by nature to cause men ana women to mate and procreate th* specie*. But It should be thrust Into the scrap heap of womout adages If posterity Is to be token Into consideration." He odds, with the characteristic con tempt for women usually entertained by men of hie type: . *We see thousand* of nervous women on the streets every day, and ntoety- nlne In every hundred should be la aanlUrtuma The shopping habit la on* of tbe great cause! . ,, "When a men marries he should choose -tits wife ae she chooses a new From th* extracts we have seen Pro- ; feasor Grtnker's vsnom Is directed chiefly toward women, condemning ninety-trine out of every hundred to sanitarium*. We have not noticed that he fixe* any standard of mental or morel worth for men; neither due* he coll attention to any particular weak ness of the masculine *ex. It would seem If American* are to protect the coming generation* from "mod house*'' they should suppress ad vocate* ot such mentally unbalanced t hearts* on tha aacred subject ot mar riage aa have occupied the attention of the public recently. They should pass a law prohibiting the publication ot aueh travesties on th* most aacred ' relation of life. Mducatorm, Jurists, the clergy end all respecting cltltena should unite In a Warfare upon all enemies of civilisation —promulgators ot heterodoxies and re volting suggestion* on the marriage re- latinns of men and women. They should labor Incessantly to cre ate a reverence for the holy estate or matrimony an God Intended It should be. There la no difficulty In under standing His meaning In th* establish ment of th* ordinance of nmrriag* any 'more than the ordinance ot baptism or other ordinance for the happiness and welter* of mankind. It la strongs that so much considers- tlon and so much space In the columns of tha press are given to every advo cate of pernictoua doctrines when It le unmistakable that their adoption would upset th* vital laws of human relation* and totally demoralise society. None of them offer* tha slightest Improve ment upon Biblical teachings or bene fit* to mankind. They, are all allied to TTic theories and lama of Infidelity and have their origin In the minds of people whoa* vanity and conceit causa them to Im agine that their kaow ledge la superior lo that of th* sll-wlae Creator who I* th* aourc* ad all wisdom and whose eitabltehed laws they attempt lq-co*i- travert. Without Insinuating that than should b* restrictions laid upon th* liberty of thought and speech, tt la eminently proper that evil tnauencee should be restrained for the protection ot the weak and th* young, who are naturally ImpreMlonable and therefore should not be exposed to hurtful Influences. Btudents of history would deplore n retrogression to the barbarous * cus- tofna of many nations who In the dark ogee made women veritable beasts ot burden and slaves to their lords and master* whom they- had no voice In choosing. No Intelligent person could wish to see a generation ot offspring from such unevenly yoked parentage. The degeneracy ot the*race* who prac ticed the same lawa which Professor Orluger desire* to revive ts well known and regarded a* lamentable. Verily, If theorists are to he Indulged In the future as they have been hereto fore. ere th* twentieth century (hall have passed we may witness In this country a revolution In th* wholesome laws and customs that have cootrlbut- ed ao inattrially to our national prestige, and the adoption of vagaries that will accomplish our dlslodgmsnt from the exalted position we now oc cupy In the list ot civilised nation*. Away with all kinds of baneful the orles, Including socialistic, anarchistic and revolutionary lama, and thereby save the American nation from such a fate os boa overtaken other nations dominated by error and fanaticism. The Humane Society’s Dinkelspiel on Taking Chances •y GEORGE V. HOBART. Copyright. HOT, by Amertcen-Jontuil-Exun- Mela Llsber Looey: V* haf ----- jjaSPS Lnsy, dot yu*t py der fceeeet dunce you happened to rollon* easterns* erit far re sultdot yon sold hla a t'euannd dqtlera noticed ret you mini meeting between Much, Coney, much la din vortd do re own to chance—to ft In der ifpt . friends etch ceeeae ran of udder fellow two dollars, n ItTafbanc* dot brlsgs a, rubble of t’lraty friend* Into dor talhotoUor ten re htf monk In nlono silt only der prlco for vun In our clothe*. Chance and eg reddest role dsrrerld- mlt n laedle help sow uad den from der cow gif* der tankmen nit of dee beet dot Is In her. hut by chance der pump get* In hi* ray. nnd owing to dot chance re eat Mo* aril* mlt our pnrriteb. Iter baker I* tanking up a mine*pie and PV rosuro vun of Me ***oeod'r button, leaves hint auttraty uad goes sold Into der vortd to seek Itifortune In der bosom of d "lVehiur* dot SWver of pte come* tooth- iyte’j? MtSMt tween our teetu. ■Ident of dor teeth i Dor afmplo egged ... In* dot button bring* ua to onr sense*, uad v* threw der pie at der vnltor nod ounce more py dta lucky chance re ran Meed from Ike curse* of dyspepoom. A nun fat I know aprnt right bitter hour* making up hie mind to ro homo nnd orlor hi* vtfo'a mother otttd of far boon*. Finally, mlt Ms mind mad* up and n •audios In oaeh hand, he ntnrtnd for home. Ven bat a Mock from bin bouoo sy chance der ge* company hat removed der cover from dee street und quits unvllllngly ho fell la It. _ l>u* der esane!dent of fat# Mterwnand ts Mfe for fartsdy n beeutlful home, und It vat only ahortly utter din dot the laid arid* her betee knuckle* vlch hat stray* been •uch n strain on dose taper linger*. A man miff n Important eaengement rushes down to der street corner und py rhence der mntortnen see* him und ttop* der car—but only py chance. I gtt your mother ten dollar* to bay a bomba at ne vulklng gown und she goat to der compartment More und py chance aha see* tomedtag morn rggapeualve nnd It comet home C. f>. !>. nnd f pay for It, but oofor py any rtmare do I are dot original tea dollar*. Luaay. ■n dollar*. Hut vot (a der uae to een py eh* get prrtonal. I-ooey, nee your mother If a foot friend V THE NEW BUGABOO By JAMES J. MONTAGUE. Just be careful. Mlnter Tillman, don't you dare to Intimate That there'* anything the matter with our etnteeraft up to dele; Make no rude Inalnuattona that th* glortoun (1. O. I"., A* It'n now conducted. Inn’t everything It ought to be. Better drop Jhat Brownnvill* buetnena. and that minstrel Joke and such For you'll get tho Jap* elck on you It you talk too much. An for Hnnka. the latent liar, who hue dared lo dlnagre* With a atory that th* Whit* House stamp* with authenticity. He'll be wise to recooelder all that ho baa had to aay, And mu give It to the public till «'• marked with Lneb'a O. K When the White Houno make* a at liters 'nt he had better look demure. For he'll get the Jap* eteked on him If no don't aay "Sure;" Aa fur Knraker and Belamy, Marla and the rest. Who have not alwaya followed the executive's behest. If they’d proceed with wteriom. they all will get In line And never wag their tongues except to echo loudly—"Fine”* Kot a hateful, horrid bugaboo ha* lately hove In sight. And they’ll get the Japs sicked on them If they’re not In right. Behold how t’ellfornla hide* her diminished head. Regret, her past audacity, and akulk* beneath the bed Behold how all the nation tremble* lest the awful Jap Lines up behind the president and sweep* up off the map. We’d better find nut what to fa. and do It right away. For wall get the J*|>a alckod OB ua If w* get loo gay. By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory. A T A MEETING of the Humane 8octety a kind-hearted New Yorker auggeeted a new Idea regarding th* treatment of our good friend the Horae, which, It la to be hoped, wilt result In substantial bene fit to th* dumb creature*. It hna suggested that, by aft ar rangement between the society end the Teamsters' Union, the men who handle horses be given torn* simple leeeone from the society's platform on care and kindness to hones. Th* eubetance of the Idea Is that he veterinary who happens for the time to be’ occupying tho platform shall en deavor to InatUI Into the teamster's mind the thought that the moral law holds between him and hla.horse aa solidly aa It doe* between him and hi* fellow-man. and that by that law he Is bound to treat the hore* a* kindly nnd fairly n* be would treat a human ^Horses hare right* «■ substantial a* those belonging to mon. The same morel law that command* u* to deal mercifully with on* another commands ua In a vole* quit* as emphatic, to ahow the like mercy to tho speechless animate with which we are associated. It U high time that th* wretched old notion of th* "Inferiority" and general worthlessneea from th* moral stand- P int, of the "animals" woe exploded. won once pretty generally believed— and the belief Is still far from being aa rare aa It ought to be—that the "lower animnla” eo-calleil, were out side the pale of our human feeling* and might be treated a* harshly aa one liked without violating any low of God or man. Tha Chrlatlan. It waa thought, might freely abuse hie dumb beast, hi* horse or hi* os. and still be a Christian. A man might he unmsrcl- fully severe on hla "cattle" and yet be a ’good’' man. The mnnstroalty of the thought le now beginning to manifest Itself to mnny minds. One of the moat beauti ful lessons of "evolution" la that In which we learn the organic oneness of ail living things. And tho more profoundly and reverently w* study the scope and bearing of nature the strong er become* our conviction dt the broth erhood, not only of human beings, but of all beings. Not only so, but In the course of our study of nature we are at Inst brought face lo face with th# Impression that It Is not safe to Ignore the brotherhood principle—that le. the principle of kindness nnd mercy nnd Justice. In the struggle for extetene* the phvstcally strongest may. for the time being, “nurrlve, but In the long run It is th* moral being, the being that ts capable of love, that cornea to the front and May* there. In other word* the moral law, which Is at th* same time the law of nature, exists for the dog, the horse and the ox a* substantially ns It does for human ity. and the same old Eternal Voice that bid* ua be good to our fellow human beings commands ua to treat with kindness everything that Hvee. If the veterlnariee. as they shall from time to time occupy the platform of the Humane Society, will only take theae fact* and translate them Into the 1 term* «f «v*ryd«y apccclq they will {doubt)*** be able lo put Into th* teamster** head, the thoughts which j shell soften their hearts and bring them I to he more merciful lo the hones they | have In charge. The proposed new denarture of the, < Humane Society la aa beneficent a* it le ! I beautiful, and thousands who love thei i “animal next to man" will pray Utatl the suggestion may ripen Into same- 1 thing practical Bad enduring. t SHOULD WOMEN VOTE? [ A SYMPOSIUM A SYMPOSIUM by Dr. Mux Nor dau. Professor Cesar* Lombro ao, Madame Juliette Adame, the famous French author, nnd Mile. Helen Vacareeco. I. By Cesare Lombroeo. The question, "Should Women Vote?" can not be answered simply In th* af firmative or negative, as one must take Into consideration her degree of edu cation, the climate In which she lives, etc, and before attempting to reply I will place this motto over my answer: “Scrtbo In are Romano"—I writ* from a Roman standpoint If the question were put In Spain, the number of jvomen who srould have the right to ask for th* privilege ot voting would be a comparatively email one. When one remember* their lack ot ed ucation, their Impulsiveness and their superstition. It would not be wise to grant them the franchise, and so much lees because the priests would make them fools In the cause of reaction. It la quite different wtth th* Anglo. Saxon race—to grant th* right of suf frage to Anglo-Saxon women would only tend to strengthen the conserva tive party, because women are, as a nils, conservatively Inellned. Th* vote* of women would here tend to strength en those who went moral lawa, espe cially those who endeavor to do away with alcoholism and to abolish III treat ment and neglect of children. Australia bee shown that the ex periment Is not a dangerous one, and that women may be given the right f suffrage equal with men. It la, however, evident to In* that no legislature will grant this right to women spontaneously, but only when forced by a sufficiently powerful public opinion. By Dr. Mix Nordeu. I have no Idea how many women de mend the right of voting, and I do not think anybody else knows. Possibly there are not very many women who deliberately and consciously demand the right to take port In tbs political life or the nation. Th* vague wish I*, however, quite common among women who are com paratively little developed politically. Woman pay* taxes as doee men, she Is bound by the same laws, and If the government ts bad ehe suffers as well os he does. She has an equally great Interest In the control of the government. In tak ing pan In legislation and In the vot ing for or against taxation. In other word* .she ha* a claim upon political franchise. In countries where conscription ex ists, It may be said that she does have to pay tax In blood, but In England and America, where nobody Is forced to serve In army or navy, this argument Is lacking. According to my opinion, only tha mothers ought to vote, because they alone have a vital, concrete Interest In the future of the nation; but I demand. In that case, that fatherhood should .be mode a condition for men. 111. By Mm*. Julietta Afame. Woman, who Is a human being, who possesses a free will ns well as man, has th* right to develop her physical. A Dude's Soliloquy Full world Is sorb t bubble, doacherknew. of twists snd ef twouhles, faaekeiknow; nltlah still, tail thru you die, doseherkaow. And It's all s hnwwld tnli, doncherknow. It ua! n caa. love anil potltles, ilourherknow; Fashion*. Folllra. i lli|iiea nnd seta, t'luba and parties, alalia, wee ret a. struggle, strife, sud clgawetlea. doncherknow. llualneaof Aw! TbaVs made, doncherknow. Something toot snd nonietblug made, donchcrlmnn'; You twoebbi osd yon mope. And you hong your tdgheot hope. Os. perhaps, the-prie* ot ootp, donrherhoow. Politico? Aw! Jest a lawk, doneberkaow, Juat a nightmare la tho dark, deacberkoow, Yon perspire day and night, And nftaw all tho fight. Why, perhaps the wrong mao'o right, doneherknow. lore? Aw! Yro, yon meet a girt, doneherknow, And get In oneh o whirl, doncherknow, Get down a poo tbe dnoti. To adnnh oud to Isaplonb. And It o Ml o hoarwld lao ' And.tbrrr s wsaUy nntkisg In Jt, doneherknow, For you live for juat a atonic, doncherknow. And wh-n you're eaten, rend nnd fell. Heard nnd seen sad wild aad ataeli. Why-all the cards are ahull, doachofhaow. You bar* on* ronorieare, doaeherkaow. one otatoarh. oad that'* amMI, doncherknow. Yea caa only weak nae lie. And ope Maas la yonr eye. Asd—one coffin * wk yoe dir. doaeherkaow. —Anonymous. Intellectual and moral faculties and to form her own life. As she forms one- half of society, she has social rights as well as family rights which are ex clusively her own and which she must protect. Why. then, should not women vole when they bear part of the burden of social taxes and are able to take charge of a household whenever It Is neces sary? No banker In France will, from a business standpoint, deny that a household In which a woman takei active part Is more solid, more worthy of credit than any other. I am absolutely convinced that Die family, the race, the weaker will lie taken better care of when women take K rt In legislation. What 1 can not sr In the extreme women’s rights women Is their desire to become mas culine. That Is simply disgusting. IV. By Mil*. Htltn Vaearssco. In Paris, as In London and In all Eu ropean centers. It becomes evident that all women are more or lest anxious to take part In the making of laws. They want to carry out their Ideals In prac tice, but so tar the number of women who desire to step down Into the arena It small. At a time when the Ideas of frater nity and charity predominate, women who an pre-eminently apostles of charity would give to the laws humane- neee and mildness and leave In th" sternest of them opening* through which goodnese might work. I shall not speak of the duty women owe to themselves, after the men for penturies have dictated alone and Im posed upon society their will and de sires. Th* best way In which women coutJ make the parliaments grant them ih" right of suffrage would be to arrange parliaments of tltetr own end ehos- that they are able to submit to and abide by parliamentary rules. ■ THE QUEER LITTLE ARTIST. The moon was brightly shining In th* clear, cold wintry iky. And thousands of stare ware twinkling And dancing In Joy near by. When the strangest little artist. Whom I knpw you'd like to see. Crept In at my open window And painted four pictures for me. The first waa a beautiful forest. With large, old trees everywhere. Their great, long feathery brenche- Were covered with Jewel* so rare. And plainly 1 saw among them. In thick, coats as white a* snow, A flock ot dear little snowbirds All sitting quit* Mill In a row. Th* next w«* a broad still river. Who** banks wer* covsred *»>■ moss, With pretty, frail lull* bridges That I think silly fairies could croaa ■ The third woe a wonderful city. With churches and spire* so high. And curious great white mansion” With towers reaching up to the rxr- The last I think was the awoeteai. Twos surely a beautiful light. For It was a pretty, greirt garden. And every street blossom woe «In 1 *’ Now I don't think I must toll you Who painted Uoe* pictures ao dear. For surely everyone ef yon know That Jack Froat was the artlef * qufer. NORMAN L. ROISTER- ,1