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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY. MAY 4. ISOT.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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ODR PLATFORM: The Georgian
and News stands for Atlanta's owning
Its own gas and electric light plants,
aa It now owna Its water works. Other
cities do this and set gao aa low aa 40
costa, with a profit to the city. This
shoo Id be done at once. The Georgian
and News believes that if street rail*
ways can be operated •ueceaafntly by
European cllles,«aa they are, there Is
no food reason wby they can not be so
operated here. But we do not believe
this can be done now, and It may be
» »years before we are ready for so
an undertaking. Btlll Atlanta
ghouM set Its faca In that direction
Mr. Linton Hopkins' Short Story.
To the friends who have come In
contact with the thoughtful mind and
scholarly culture of Mr. Linton C,
Hopkins, of Atlanta, no literary
achievement of hi* will bo surprising.
But It Is a matter of pleasure to re
cord thst In a single effort Mr. Hop
kins has gono to the front rank of
ahort atory writers of the country.
The current Issue of "The Reader
Magaslno" publishes just after the
Bryan-Dovcrldge debate a short story
from the pen of Mr. Hopkins ontltled
"The Crosby Case and tho Crosby
Woman,” and to this story tho editor
of the magazine gives highest praise.
It Is doubtful whether any short
story written by a Ooorglan within
the decade has Illustrated greater do]-
Icacy of touch, finish of execution and
sustained power of holding Interest
than "The Crosby Case.” It Is really
a atory of unusual cumulative Interest
and dramatic force, and Mr. Hopkins,
who Is one of our leading attorneys,
gives high promise of a brilliant collat
eral Invasion of tho field of fiction.
A Hint to the Kindly Minded.
Information comes to us that the
Home for Incurables needs the sup
port of Its friends In a practical nnd
Immediate way.
There are debts due on tho Home
amounting to nearly $500 with only
about $225 on hand to meet It There
aro nineteen patients at present In
the home, of whom alt are consump
tives, and there are four or five others
appealing for admission.
There should be no necessity for
any elaborate appeal to follow facts
like these.
The Home for Incurables stands
upon Its own pedestal of unselfish no
bility among our charitable Institu
tions. And tho fact that It Is In need
should In Itself constitute the high
est and most practical appeal to all
those who understand and appreciate
the highest form of practical charity
In the dty of Atlanta.
We trust that the Babbath Day's re
flection will suggest to many of those
whose liberal minds aro reinforced by
ample pockets that the line of useful
ness and helpfulness tor this da? lie*
In the direction of tho Home for In
curables.
AN OLD CHURCH.
By 8. 0. F.
A little priest Is holding today
His annual conference over the way.
Jack In the Pulpit, sober and prim.
Everybody has heard of him.
Hla spacious church with steeple grand.
The oldest church In all the land;
Airy and cool with dome of green
And colonnade of silver sheen.
Brightly gleaming with skylights blue.
Every spring Is painted new.
Flower people In month of May
Piously dress In colors gay,
Dandelion leading the von,
Hie golden crown spick and span.
Flaunting In gold, ribbons and frills,
Come the dazzling daffodils.
Goldy locks with the merry throng
Trooping to church to hear the song
Of first soprano, Madam Wren.
Why aings when services begin.
But when you see the flower people
A-gazIng lust above the steeple,
•At a clock that has no hands,
A clock all set with golden bands,
Keeping time In perfect way,
Ceaseless hours, night and day.
And see the stately- goldenrml
And asters all begin to nod
And primrose eyes softly close.
As If In prayer or sweet repose.
You feel a blessing In the air
And oiler there a silent prayer,
•The clock Is tho sun; some flowers
turn to the s«n- This Is a fact well
known.
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JTO COEUR DoLION AND ATLANTA TEMPLARS.
The meeting of the grand commandcry of Knights Templars In At
lanta on May 8th and 9th, offers on admirable opportunity to revive the
public and private Interest In this most splendid and spectacular of all
the great degrees of Masonry.
In all the long line of stately and Impressive ritual and ceremonial
through which the noble order oQ Masonry progresses, It has been said
that there la nothing more beautiful, more eloquent and more Inspiring
than the Order of the Temple. Those who have passed through Its Im
pressive mysteries aro a unit In testifying to the mental and spiritual up
lift which It brings, and It Is perhaps true that more of the personal
pledges and promises of Individual Masons are made around one of the
phases of the Temple than any other altar about which this wonderful
fraternity binds Itself to Its follows.
Time was when the public ceremonials of the Templars were the
most beautiful and Impressive occasions which fraternity life ezhlblted
fb the outside world. The Templar Uniform Is unusually handsome and
attractive and a public parade of Templars has always excited a world
of Interest among the people on the outside of tbls great order.
For some reason which the public does not understand, there has
seemed to be a waning and disappearance of the great Templar demon-
atratlons which used to form so brilliant a part In Atlanta's spectacular
life, and tho people miss the spectacle, and we opine the Templars them
selves feel the Influence of this falllrig off In the public Interest and ap
preciation.
Whatever the cause, and It Is not tho business and privilege of a
newspaper to know It, The Oeorglan feels sure that Atlanta would like to
ace once more a great Knight Templar parade. Thero must be two thou
sand Knights Templars In Atlanta. Moat of these have uniforms, and
thero nro no more beautiful uniforms In any secret order. What a beauti
ful and Inspiring spectacle It would be If all these splendid uniforms
could be brought out and donned by their owners In a great parade during
the coming aesalon of tho Orsnd Commandcry. How It would serve to
quicken the Interest and admiration of the people for tho noble order of
Masonry In general.
And how happily It would prevail to renew and revive all the ranks
of Masonry In zeal for this peculiarly noble and splendid degree! It oc
curs to The Oeorglan that this Is an exceptional and almost critical
opportunity for the Knights Templars of Atlanta. If tho Sir Knlgbta would
meet this opportunity loyally—If they would rally to the sentiment and
the occasion—and If, laying aside for a few hours, the cares and duties
of the business day, they would come uniformed and enthusiastic, they
would not only rejoice the hearts and the eyes of the grand officers and
the public, but they would Inevitably do more to Inject new life and In
terest Into the glorious veins of Templarlsm than by any other method
which can at tbls tlmo be devised.
But understand that thla revival can only bo most effectual when ev
ery Templar cornea In his full uniform to the council and tet the parade.
So that not only ns a Templar, loving the order, but aa a citizen re
joicing In tho great genera) fraternity, Tho Georgian takes the liberty
of appealing to Coeur DeLlon and Atlanta Commanderles to come out
full rigged and loyal to make the Orand Commandcry both a great sue- -
cess and a glorious revival.
great man In the capacity to conceive a great part7 sacrifice and to exe
cute It, In the real Interest of the party and the people.
If the occasion should arise Bryan Is fully capable of nominating
Roosevelt or LaFollette or any man who held the largest promise of per
fecting the reforms and principles he cherishes In the people’s Interests.
Among all the public men In America William J. Bryan bezt under
stands and most appreciates the bhattanooga speech.
THANK YOU, MR. BRYAN I
In the dispatches of Friday there Is quoted from The Commoner the
official advice of Mr. Bryan to the Democracy to hold fast to Mr. Hearst
and to yoke up In alliance with the Independence League.
Which Is only another Illustration of the great, definite and yot cath
olic minded Democrat that Mr. Bryan Is constantly proving himself
to be.
There Is the closest possible resemblance between this position of
Mr. Ilryan nnd the position assumed by tho editor of The Georgian at
Chattanooga. The splendor of Mr. Bryan’s name, and tho fear of the pap-
sucker lest they full under his displeasure, will, of course, spare Mr. Bry
an tho flood of criticism which has fallen In this direction.
But the principle Is the same, and the Bryan editorial In The Com
moner brilliantly vindicates the speech at Chattanooga.
Mr. Hearst Is the founder and head of a new party In the Indepen
dence League. It frankly criticises both the Democratic and Republican
organizations and calls on the people to support this organization which
Is definite, cloar, unmistakable and undivided In Its championship of the
real practical Interests of the people. It Is enrolling names by the thou
sand dally and Is growing with remarkable rapidity. Ilut It Is just as
distinctly In opposition to the present Democratic organization as Is tho
Republican party, although Its purposes aro Democratic after the good
old fashion of tho fathers, ft Is as brave and direct as Its founder,
which covers the climax of comparison. •
Neither Mr. Bryan nor The Georgian have allied themselves with
this now party because wo each have hopes that tho old pnrty to which wo
belong may be brought to union and coherency upon the definite lines of
the Independence League.
But the fact that Mr. Bryan openly advocates sticking by Mr.
Hearst, and yoking up with the Independence League, Is unmis
takable ovidence that Mr. Bryan, too, values ‘‘results above
nsmos,” and "principles above party.” It Is evidence clear that Mr.
Bryan realise* that "party ties are hanging very lightly” upon tho “practi
cal cltlsen" of this republic everywhere, end that If a “party of the peo
ple" Is to have any real hope of accomplishing anything definitely In the
shapo of reform for tho people, It must be willing to sacrifice the fetiches
of Its worship In names and shibboleths, and prejudices, and even In the
l>ersonal Idols of Its Idolatry. Mr. Bryan Is no psrty slave. He never has
been nnd he Is not now, and wo have no doubt that In his honest mind
ho despises these truckling tlme-servere who are more concerned about
''keeping In line" with the party (which means of course “tho offices")
than they aro with the real business of winning practical reforms for a
patient and long-suffering but noedy people. Mr. Bryan wishes to achieve
the real mission of Democracy. Nobody has ever heard him prating of
"our grand old party,” or glorifying the “organized,” unless tho organized
were right. Mr. Ilryan Is a statesman puro and simple and not a politi
cian protesting and selfish.
The counsel shout Hearst nnd the Independence Longue Is pitched
In exactly tho samo spirit as tho Chattanooga and Iroquois Club speeches
—the spirit thst Is not half so much concerned about party as It Is about
principles and the peoplo. No man In the republic has ever fought the
people's battles more relentlessly or won thorn moro triumphantly against
corporate greed and graft than William R. Hearst.
William J. Bryan Is great enough to see thla, and better still, he
Is great enough to acknowledge It. And In tho sincerity of this recogni
tion tho Great Commoner would havo the real Democrats whom he
lends yoke up with the other great real Democrat who has done more than
any other man to liberate the people end In doing so has Invoked the
deathless and unscrupulous hostility of (ho corporation spoilers and
grafters, who will pursuo hlpi with venom and vituperation to the end of
the chapter.
Whether Mr. Bryan sees the real truth and the real hope In Mr.
Hearat's new party, and hopes to have Its principles educate and reform
our own organisation without changing Iti name, we do not know. But
wo do know that Mr. Bryan recognizes the fact that there are two de
mocracies In America—the one real and tho other sham—and that the real
Democracy must yoke up with real friends to the people and not with
corporate agents who masquerade In our ranks under the specious title of
"Conservative Democrats."
Few people among the thoughtless mob which howls and writes and
truckles, have ever caught the real meaning and the real force of Bryan’s
words at Chattanooga. That twice reposted "as at present advised."
was accompanied with the serious assurance that If he believed It to be
the best thing for the people, ha would nominate Roosevelt If It was tha
last set of his life!
And the Groat Commoner meant It. We believe him absolutely sin
cere. The only difference between us was that wt did believe it, and
Bryan who did not was great enough to respect the belief.
The conviction deepens that William J. Bryan Is the tallest moral
figure that American statesmanship has produced slnco George Washing
ton. He Is capable of great things—aa equal to superb sacrifices as to
magnificent leadership. The presidency Itself Is less to him than the
principles he preaches. The triumph of these principles and not his own
advancement la the real mission of his life. It le difficult for a selfish
age to understand so great a man.
And holding him ns the greatest of Americans, and ourselves among
the lowly iu rank and service, we yet presume to claim kinship with this
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A FRIEND OF THE DEAD.
Some two months ago Information was published In the city papers
that Councilman W. A. Taylor was proposing to remove the bones of the
dead la the Potter's Field to some other locality and to put the acres
making up the Potter's Field upon the market for sale and development
Against this proposition The Oeorglan protested and In an editorial
under the head lines of "The Rape of the Potter’s Field,” excited a general
comment of condemnation upon the proposition.
It subsequently transpired that Councilman Taylor ,was misrepresent
ed In the original statement, and that he did not have the Intention cred
ited to him.
On the contrary. Councilman Taylor, who Is the chairman of the
cemetery committee of the city council. Is demonstrating a most admira
ble and effective Interest In matters relating to the City of the Dead.
Within the past few months he has given to this cause an extraordinary
amount of time and energy, has Investigated tho condition of our local
cemeteries as compared with the best burying grounds of other cities,
and Is advocating now in the city council some very wise and wholesome
measures looking to the general Improvement of our cities of the dead.
In the particular case out of which grew our criticism. Councilman
Taylor is giving an attention which Is both humane and wise. It Is his
proposition that the city should have a landscape gardener and engineer
to remodel Oakland cemetery as far as possible on modern lines, and es
pecially to make the Potter's Field more inviting-than It Is at present; to
sow it down In grass and to build In the center of it a shaft Inscribed “To
tho Unknown Dead.”
Councilman Taylor favors the application of all money received from
any source In the cemetery to Improving the grounds. He urges that all
owners of lots whleh need attention should hare the sexton see that those
employed to give monthly attention to private lots should not fall to do
the work. He desires to build two or three places of public comfort In
different parts of the cemetery, and to begin at once to establish a senti
ment for the "perpetual care” of the grounds In which our dead are
burled.
These words “perpetual care” havft come to have a distinct meaning
In the cemeteries of the country. Perpetual care has become a system
by which all lovers of the beautiful In the artistic attention given to our
burial grounds have united to provide not only a casual and sporadic Im
provement, but for a permanent and organised perpetual care of the plots
of ground which cover the dust of their dead. The satisfaction of know
ing that the little plot In the cemetery will forever be kept in order be
comes a source of unceasing comfort. All anxiety and solicitude for the
neat appearance of the lot and the responsibility for Its loyal care is un
der this system permanently removed.
It Is a fact that In other cities a comparison of the lots under "per
petual care” with those left to the care of Individual owners or so called
friends, strikingly emphasizes the value of this wise provision.
It Is a matter of genuine satisfaction that Councilman Taylor Is de
voting so much of his time and attention to this very tender and sacred
duty, and In these efforts he is enlisting and fully deserves the co-op
eration and the grateful recognition not only of those who have friends
and loved ones under the sod of Oakland, 'but of the entire city whose re
pute Is Involve I in the care and keeping of our cemetery.
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Army-Navy Orders
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MOVEMENT OF VESSELS.
Washington, May d.—Ths following
orders have been Issued;
Army Orders,
Major General John F. Weston, to
command Philippines division; Briga
dier General Albert L. Myer, to San
Antonio, and assume command of De
partment of Texas; Brigadier General
Charlea L. Hodges, report to command
ing general, Philippines division, for
assignment to duty.
Privates Valle B. Burgee, hospital
corps, Fort Sam Houston, transferred
to company F, Twenty-sixth Infantry,
stationed at that post.
Lieutenant Colonel Walter L. Finley.
Join portion Thirteenth cavalry at Fort
Riles*.
Private Isidore W. Kasper, hospital
corps. Fort Riley, discharged from the
army.
Naval Orders.
Lieutenant N. E. Nicholas, W. W.
Smith and A. Staton, commissioned;
Midshipman C. A. Bonvlltlan, detached
Columbia to Alabama; Midshipman S.
W. Cake, detached Columbia to Vir
ginia; Chief Boatswain C. T. Chase,
from naval hospital, Pensacola, to Wol
verine,
Cable from Rear Admiral Dayton,
commander In chief Pacific fleet, Ma
nila, May 2: Boatswain H. N. Hux-
ford, detached Maryland to Chauncey.
Midshipman W. O. Spears, detached
Pampanga to West Virginia; Midship
man c. M. Austin, detached Chaun
cey to West Virginia.
First Lieutenant A. Stokes, marine
corps, 'detached Raletgh to mhrine
corps, Cavite. Pay Director J. E. Cain
died nt Portsmouth, May 2.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—May X, Callao, at Hong
Kong; St. Loula, at navy yard, New
York. May 2, Caesar, at Norfolk.
SAILED—Slay 1, Nansan, from Cav.
Ite for Yokohama. May 2. Strlng-
ham. Wilkes, Blakely, Stockton and
Del.ong, from Washington for a cruise;
Ajax, from Hampton Roads for Brad
ford; Cleveland and Denver, from
Hampton Roads for Tompklnsvlllo;
Chicago, from Acapulco for Magdale.
na Bay; Boston, from Acapulco for
Mare Island; Denver and Cleveland,
detached elxth division, Atlantic fleet,
ordered to proceed, via Suez canal, to
second division, Paclflc fleet.
FROM A SWAINSBORO DEMOCRAT.
THE DEBATE WANTED.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
By all means let us have that debate
between Revs, .Martin and Ellenwood.
Dr. Martin was so quick to take offense
at Dr. Ellenwood and The Georgian,
now Is he man enough to debate the
question In public?
Thousands In Atlanta would like to
hear It and would contribute to charity
for the privilege. I have never met
either of the gentlemen.
A CITIZEN.
HE SPOKE FOR THE
SILENT MAJORITY.
From the Birmingham Ledger.
The Ledger has no call to take up
the light of John Temple Graves. As
It said at the time of hla Chattanooga
speech that he voiced the wish of
housands, It has been convinced that
t spoke the truth. Since then the
sentiment of the country as reflected
In the press seems to be divided on
the Graves Idea of no nomination for
the Democrate, though few want Mr.
Bryan to nominate Mr. Roosevelt.
One of the features of the comment
on the Incident Is the demand by some
paperj that opposed the Democratic
nominee, before The Ledger was born,
that Graves leave the party. It Is so
human for some men to think that they
can leave the party when they please,
but that It Is a .political crime for any
one else to talk of leaving It.
Graves proposed something milder
than the action of the gold man, but
they do not hesitate to criticise him.
To us "regular*," it Is only an amusing
Incident. It will all come out right.
Graves will not leave ths party he- been given a character and dignity that*
cause Mr. Bryan won’t take his advice. Inspires the respect and confidence of
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The time to encourage a man In do
ing right and good Is right then when
he Is performing the act, discharging
his duty that he owes to his fellow-
man and to his country. With all my
sense of right and duty, I congratulate
you for the Independent, manly and
Heroic position taken In your Chatta
nooga speech. I have read and reread
that speech carefully. While I am but
a plain and simple farmer, yet I havo
studied the questions that most ma
terially concern the Interests nnd
welfare of the people, taking my first
lessons back In the latter eighties, dur
ing the palmy days of the Alliance.
I am gratified to know that we have
one man In Georgia who Is patriotic
enough and who has the manhood nnd
courage to apeak out Independently
what he honestly believes Is for the
good of the masses of our people, with
out regard to party rage or political
factions.
I am fully aware that you will have
to combat the politicians who are ac
tuated by selfish motives and the sub-
aldized press, controlled by the cor
porations, trusts and combines. But a
large majority of the common people,
1 firmly believe, will be with you, and
If you stand Arm, will follow your lead.
I believe further that there Is more
Individuality and a stronger sentiment
of Independent Ism than ever before.
Why should the people care from
what source the remedy comes that
will correct the evils and right the
wrongs that so seriously affect their
business and rob them of the fruits
of their honest toll? I believe the time
Is coming, and Is right now at hand,
when a large majority of American
voters will be ready to proclaim In
one accord: "I am a free born Ameri
can citizen, with guaranteed constitu
tional rights, breathing the Inspiration
of liberty from the Declaration of In
dependence of my forefathers. I be
long to no party that won't respect the
rights of the people. I worship at the
shrine of no man's ambition and fear
no party lash. I owe allegiance only
to God, patriotism to my country, de
votion to my family and duty to my
fellow-man.” Breathing, 'living and
acting these sentiments, men will be
able to lift themselves above the low,
cringing and deplorable condition of
serfa. They will loathe corruption, de-
aplse hypocrisy, and ignore the efforts
of polltlctaas to engender strife and
spread dissension. With such voters
It would be an easy matter to accom
plish the task In view.
It the people delay the application
of the proper remedy, the evils of
which they complain will assume a
more aggravated nature and the bonds
of slavery be more securely fastened.
In conclusion, I want to again con
gratulate you for your grand and noble
efforts In their behalf.
W. R. KEMr.
Bwalnsboro, Ga., April 21.
A ROOSEVELT GEORGIAN.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Give us Theodore Roosevelt and John
Temple Graves as the candidates of the
American people for the high office of
president and vice president. They are
not the slaves of any party, but arc
statesmen and patriots, standing for
whatever Is good and for the welfare
and advancement of this republic. Their
acta and utterances are Inspired by
convictions that take courage to main,
tain. Since Theodore Roosevelt hns
been president, earning out and add
ing to the width and strength of the
broad policy mapped out by the llluti-
trlous McKinley, this country has ad
vanced to greater heights among the
nations of the earth and given greater
prosperity to the people than at any
period of Its history. Roosevelt haa
established a standard of honesty In
official life that gives the people con
fidence that the administration of every
office from the highest to the lowest
shall be done with Integrity or the In
cumbent given way to somebody who
wilL This high purpose has been Im
pressed upon even* department of the j
government from the senate down.
Under Its Influence official service haa
the people In public officers and the
Prior to the administration of Sir.
McKinley the people regarded the Re
publican party a new agent of the
trusts whose mission os an Incidental
duty was to oppress the South and ele
vate the negro, and the Democrats as
a party of platitudes and promises,
held together by the race question and
whose mission was to oppose every
thing the Republicans did whether
good or bad. Even Mr. Bryan—more
substantial and able than his rivals—
Is a paternalist and gives Jeffersonian
Democracy nnd state sovereignty a se
rious blow when he advocates the elec
tion of United States senators by tl\o
people.
This election was given the legisla
tures of the states because It was In
tended that the senators should be the
representatives of the states In their
sovereign capacity. They aro the am
bassadors of the states to the general
government, clothed with legislative
power and are a part of the executive
department ns well. In their advisory
authority In the selection of Important
officers and In our relations with for
eign governments. Their election by
the people at large Is a drift to central-
Izatlon and a step toward the destruc
tion of the autonomy of the states.
I am for Roosevelt as his own suc
cessor because his administration Is
brilliant and non-partisan and the work
of a patriot and statesman. I am for
John Temple Graves because he pos
sesses like qualities and is the able and
fearless exponent of the South In ev
erything that promises good for the
people and honesty In tho public serv
ice. Respectfully.
THOMAS B. IRWIN.
Marietta, Ga.
BlIfflfilLLf
NEXITUESDAY EVENING
A tine program has been arranged
for the B’nal B'ritli rally, to be held
next Tuesday evening at 8:15 o'clock,
at the vestry of the Temple. There
will be no charge for admission. Re
freshments will be served at the con
clusion of the entertainment nnd a
reception will be tendered to new mem
bers. The program follows:
Speech, "The Grand I,odge of Dis
trict No. Si”—Mr. E. Kaufman.
Plano Solo. "Trolslemo Meditation,”
Alfred Jaell—Miss Katherine Dreyfus.
Humorous Recitation—Mr. Percy Ro-
senberger.
Whistling Solo, "The Midnight Fire
Alarm”—Miss Bessie Stahl.
Baritone Solo, Selected—Mr. Herman
Cohen; Mrs. Max Samuels, accompa-
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SEMI-
INVISIBLE
BI-FOCALS
nlat.
Dramatic Reading, "Hagar"—Mrs.
Ferd Kaufman.
Plano Solo, Waltz, Chopin—Mr.
Benjamin Poller.
Vocal Solo (a) "Goodby," Tostl; (b)
"I Know a Lovely Garden," D'Harde-
lot—Miss Valerie Bak; Miss Katherine
Dreyfus, accompanist.
Recitation, "How tho Fiddle Sang"—
Mr. Garfield Elchberg.
Speech, "The Gate City Lodgo”—Mr.
Oscar Straus.
HORRORS OF INDIFFERENCE
T
BY DOROTHY DIX.
comment, and aa far aa I could tell be
seemed to think that angel food grew
on' trees, and entrees entered of them
selves.
"Then I attempted to make his even
ings pass In clad, sweet discourse. I
stuffed up on politics, and the racing
news, and the last six best selling
books, and memorized a few views "n
finance. He's a polite man and a gen
tleman, Is my husband, and he endure!
It for a while with heroic patience, hut
I could see his attention wander, an!
when at lost I noticed that he pounced
on the evening paper like a hungry tl"g
on a bone, 1 had enough sense to give
up trying to entertain him.
Didn't Get Him This Wsy.
"Then I attempted to fascinate him
by pleasing his eye. I crimped an!
curled my hair, and massaged my
countenance, and got me some fetching
new dresses. Alas, It was love’s la
bor lost. Bo far as I'm concerned, It's
all one to him whether. I've got on a
Mother Hubbard wrapper or a Paris
creation. Sometimes when I think I'm
looking extra nice I ask him how he
likes my new dress, and he always
answers, 'Uin—urn. Seems about rigid,
don't It?' Simply that, and nothing
more, and he doesn't oven raise his
eyes fi;om his paper to look. It's my
opinion, founded on various tests that
I havo made, that lie's never taken a
second look at me since our wedding
day. Lord, he .doesn't know whether
I’ve gotten fat' or thin, or gray, or
peroxlded, and If I should get lost he
couldn't give a description or me to the
police, to s.Tve his life, that I could
be Identified by.
"As to what I do, who are my
hat
HAT Is the most aggravating
thing In married life?
Is It Indifference?
If the majority of married women
should voice their greatest disappoint
ment In matrimony they would un
doubtedly say that the thing they And
It hardest to forgive, the one thing that
hurts the heart and tho pride most* Is
the clam-on-lce attitude that, their
husbands maintain toward them.
"I'm one of the women who are pop
ularly supposed to be offering up
thanks In the temple for having got an
Ideal husband.” says a woman united
to one of those also-ran husband;. "He
Is moral and temperate, and Industri
ous nnd he works eighteen hours a
day to supply his family with every
luxury. I couldn't And a fault In his
character If I were a Sherlock Holmes
In petticoats, nnd yet, I give you my
word. 1 positively envy the women
whose husbands come home and beat
them, or yank them around by the
hair.
"A little personal attention like that
at least shows that their husbands take
enough Interest In them to notice
what they are doing, whereas my hus
band would depute the task to his
stenographer, or leave an order with
a professional wlfg-beater to attend to
the Job. That's about tho way our
married life has fizzled out. When I’m
away he dictates letters to ine through
hla stenographer, haa Ills chief clerk
mall me checks, nnd his office boy send
ine (lowers. I get nil that's coming to
me, without one touch of personal
thought or affection. I even havo to
buy my own Christmas present, which
Is satisfactory, hut not sentimental.
"Of course, my husbnnd's excuse Is friends, what are my amusements,
business, and I have been taught that I think—he hasn't any more Iden than
business Is a deity so high and holy •*— — ■- •*
that a mere wife must not Interfere
with a man's worship of It. •
"I am not complaining, but If there
Is anything more exasperating than
trying to please a man who doesn’t
even notice your efforts. I'd like to
know what It Is. It’s like doing hand
springs for the nmusement of a blind
perron. You are out of breath and tied
up In a knot, nnd your audience hasn't
even observed that you are doing any
thing.
"Now, when I got married and dis
covered that nfter my husband had
dumped me down In a good home, ht*
attention seemd sort of distracted
from me, I proceeded to get busy to try
to rouse some enthusiasm. I hadn't
read a Century dictionary full of ad
vice to the married for nothing, and I.
reeled off all the old stunts.
"First, I tried to appeal to hla stom
ach, and I frizzled myself to n cinder
over the kitchen stove. Nothing doing.
He ate what I set before him without
the man In the moon. He doesn't take
enough Interest In me to Inquire, no
If I should die I don't believe he'd
find It out except for the doctor and
the undertaker telling him. Thnt, un i
missing the bills. That's the only real
way that I have of letting him kn"«'
that I am still married to him, and
most of the things I buy are a sort of
solace, or revenge—as you look at It.
"For there Is nothing that hurts like
knowing that the one that you love
Is Just indifferent to you. You can
forgive hate, you can forgive cruelty,
you can forgive anything that ls warm
and human; but Juat to b# forgotten—
that’s past forgiveness. Indifference is
a stone wall against which a woman
beats her heart until she breaks It.
Give me anything—anything except
the man who Is so absorbed In busi
ness that he never notices his wife*
poor, little, pitiful efforts to please him.
That's the most aggravating thing m
married life.”
Is It so, gentlemen?,
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