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2 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1907. MIRANDY ON THE MANAGING MOTHER doro&y d,x >••••••«•••••••••«HI••••••••«•« (Copyright, 1907, by Journal-Amerl- ran-Kxainlner.) IS CYNTHY ANN was over at ^ my house las’ night,” remarked Mlrandy, "and she was a-com- plalnln’ dat dough her daughters Is mighty peart an’ libely gals, an’ good lookers, wld willowy Aggers an’ sky scraper pompadores, dat dey ain't got no beaux, an' dat so far as she could see dat dey Is likely to keep on hangin’ on de parent stem. s "’I don’t see,’ says she, ‘but whut my Gladys Geraldine Is Jes’ as much of a charmer as yo’ Ma’y Jane, ylt Ma’y Jane Is got six men a-requestln’ dc honor to tote her around to de parties an’ buy chicken suppers for her, an’ Is always got somebody to promenade her to an' fro’ to de ch’uch, whilst Gladys Geraldine has either got to sot at home or go >n de company of an- odder gal. ‘"An’,' goes on Sis Cynthy Ann In a mournful tone, 'ef dere Is one thing In dls world dat does look poorer dan an- odder hit Is two marriageable young women escortin' each odder around to places of amusement, whilst de sight of two gals dancin' togedder is so pitiful dat hit Is enough to draw tears from a heart of stone.’ ‘••Amen,’ says I, 'dat’s de true word. A woman has to bo forty years ole an’ habe a husband to abuse befo’ she'd rather talk to anodder woman dan to a man.’ •"llut whut, I axes you, Sis Mlran dy,’ says Cynthy Ann, 'Is Why dc men don’t run after my Gladys Geraldine lak dey docs yo’ Ma'y Jane?' '"Men Is mighty curls creeters. Sis Cynthy Ann,’ 'spons I, 'and dere ain’t nobody dat can prognosticate whut dey lake in a woman an' whut dey don’t lak.' ■"My Gladys Geraldine Is taller an’ . slimmer dan Ma’y Jane, an' Is got de straightest front Agger In de neigh borhood,' says Sis Cynthy Ann. ’’ 'Dat’s so,' ’grees I. -'An' she cotch des as much of dat higher culcah at de cemetary as Ma’y Jane did,’ goes on 81a Cynthy Ann. . a young buck ain't squoze his feet Intohlm for goln’ dere once he promises dat DOROTHY DIX. •I ain't “disputin’ hit,’says I. •An' de way she can slnj on' de planny Is somethin’ Ing an 1 grand,' an" play — says Sis Cynthy Ann: ’when she begins to paw de Ivory she fa’riy makes de house tremble.! „. . - • ■’ ’She's a stehm calliope,’ says I, ’an' no mistake.’ ’"Well, den,’ axes Sis Cynthy Ann, ■whut's de matter wld Gladys Geral dine dat de men passes her by lak she had de smallpox T ‘"Dere ain't nothin’ de matter with Gladys Geraldine,’ 'spons I, 'except l.er mother.’ " ‘Yassum,’ ’spons I, ’dere's a heap In a gal bein’ good lookin’ an’ havin' winnln’ ways, an’ a heap mo’ in havtn’ a.knowln' ma.’ ’"How's dat?’ inquires Sis Cynthy Ann. •"Sis Cynthy Ann,’ says I, 'speakln' as one mother to anodder, you kin bait yo’ fly trap wld sugaiv an’ den you kin shoo de Ales In or you kin shoo 'em away. Hit's de difference 't^kt you an’ me. ‘"When a young man draps around to see Ma’y Jane of an evenin’, after I Is give him de glad hand of welcome I makes myself mighty scarce, beeaxe hit's kind of proiied Into me dat may bo tight patent leather shoes an’ annlnted his hair wld barber grease for de pleas ure of cornin' around an' spendln' f hours a-llstenln' to dc symptoms of dc misery dat a ole woman Is got In her back. ‘"Darfo’, I takes my knlttln’ an’ I drives Ike, wld his paper, Into do kitch en, an' I shuts de do’ tight an’ fast betwixt us an' de parlor, an' furdermo’ I gives Thomas Jefferson an' little Ted dy Rooseterfelt on’ dc. balance of Jo chlllen to onderstand dat cf dey Inter rupt de proceeding In de parlor dat I'se gwlne to take a stick of kindlin' wood to ’em. ■' 'Fer you’sc got to give love’s young dream a chanst. Sis Cynthy Ann, an’ no man kin bo worked up to de poppln' de question pint ef he suspicions dat de fambly Is all got delr year to de key hole or de little brudder Is hid under de sofy. When a man gifs hold of a gal's hand an' begins to tell her dat ho never loved befo’ an' kin never lovo agin, hit ain't no time for tie fambly to butt 111. You kin git a balky horse up to a fence once. Sis Cynlliy Ann. but cf you scares him off, den you can't never git him up dere agin. " ‘Nawm, cf dere Is one thing dat does call for peace on- quiet an' no Inter ruption*. hit Is courtin'. Dot's de rea son dat when I rents a house I passes up dese hcah slyly ones wld curtains Instld of do's, for I lay dere ain't no encouragement for a man to talk soft talk to a gal wld nothin’ between him an' her folks but a strip of calllker. •"I ain't a-wlshtn' to pass no reflec tions on you an’ Brer Ben, Sis Cynthy Ann,* says I, ’an’ ef you is desirous to keep yo' darlings wld you In de home nest, yo’ sho'ly Is took de right road to dat eend, for dey tells me dat when a man goes to see Gladys Geraldine dat you takes yo' seat on ono side of him an’ Brer Ben flops down on de odder, an’ Brer Ben passes de time a-tcllin' how ho fit, bled an’ died In de war, an’ how alone an' single handed he cap tured de rebel army at Appomatox. ’’’An’ dey do say dat ’long towards 'levcn o’clock, when Bber Ben pauses to ketch his breath an’ start out on anodder bunch of de stories of his early life, dat de young man grabs bis hat an’ makes a break for de do’, an’ when he hits dc pavement on de outside of de house he says dat ef Gonl will forgive dc offence will never happen agin. An’ you wonders why he don't come bade, an' Brer, Ben wonders why he don’t come bock, an’ Gladys Geraldine lays awake at night tryln’ to guess do way dat she ilruv him off, an' de reason is you an’ Brer Ben, for he didn't come to see you. He come to see Gladys Geraldlno, on’ ho never got to pas’ a word wld her or say any of da smart things he had been flxln’ up in his mind all day to tell her. ’Flirdemo’, Sis Cynthy Ann/ dere's dls thing to be took Into consideration, an' dat la dat, whether you laks hit or no, dat a man Is mighty apt to ledge a gal by her ma, an' I kinder senses hit dat I ain't no livin' advertisement of do advantages of marryln* Ma'y Jane. Ma’y Jane Is mighty plump an' cute an' patridgey now, but I lay hit don't boom her stock none for a man to look at my two hundred an' forty pounds of feather-bed Agger an' reflcc’ dat dat’s de way dat Ma'y Jane's lia ble to look when she is my age. “‘An’ hit's de same way wld yon. Sis Cynthy Ann. You Is dat po’ an’ thin an' scrawny dat you looks lak a telephone post, an’ furdemo’, you Is got a hatchet face an’ a raspy voice, an' you henpeck Bre'r Ben In public, which ain’t no way for a woman wld mar riageable daughters to do—an' when you hangs around Gladys Geraldine hit's sort of givln’ a man a glimpse Into de future dat acts lak a skcercrow In a com field. •" ’Dot's dc reason dat I keeps myself In de background, an’ de mos' dat Ma'y Jane's beaux secs of mo Is my hand- writln’ In de skillet an' fryln’ pan In de good things dat I passes ’em In to cat. An’ dat acts sort of comfortin’ an' stimulatin', ah’ makes a man feel dat ef beauty fades an’ love gives out he kin still fall back on de cook stove. For dere ain’t no marriage a failure. Sis Cynthy Ann. whar de woman Is got a grip on de kitchen range.’ ” ’I fear. Sis Mlrandy,' says Sis Cyn thy Ann. ’dat you is one of dese heah managin’ mothers dat de preacher preaches ag'lnst.’ ‘■’Bless Gord I Is.’ ’spons I; 'hit’s my business to git Ma’y Jane a good husband an’-I’m gwlne to do hit. An’ furdemo’, I’se got a mighty po’ opin ion of dem ma’s dat Is so trlfln’ an’ no account dat dey don’t manage little things lak dat.’” HELP THE WORLD ONWARD By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. I N the yenrs 1J7 to m B. C. yoneg Tibe rius. the eldest .if the "(imcchf, wss Journeying front Home to flpsln. lie observed that the Italian coun tries which liml once been thickly peopled and richly fertile were Dow dry and deso late. instead of productive vlaeyards and culti vated Acids, be saw gusts, sheep and kids feeding on bare spaces of laud. lie learned Hut the wealthy Homans own ed the herds sad flocks, while all the core used In Home came from filclly or Africa, and that Home was Ailed with Idle men, un able to work for themselves hcennse they had no ground to till, and SB for trades and handierafta, the rich men bad every thing they wanted made by their alavea No wonder, fays the historian, that the Ubuiaui wefe loalng their character. The l.ielnbin law had been passed years before, forbidding any cltlsen to have more than a certain quantity of land, mud giving tbe stale the power or resnmlng tt. lint this law, while atlll there, was Ig- bored. Katutca had been gather,'ll Into the hands nr families aud passed down, till now. among «U.OOO citterns, only 2,000 were men °TlherTua’ondertook In revive the old law, giving 503 Mtfi to each resident nnd di viding tbe rest among those who bsd noth ing. giving the larger percentage to those who had many children. Naturally a tremendous uproar followed. The populace on one side, the wealthy 2,000 ou the other. TtWrlus. however, succeeded In reviving the law, but at the end of a year, troubled with the complication* of bis undertaking, he one day put his hind to bis bead In publics ••lie vrntfts to wear a diadem." shouted his enemies, and a great struggle ensued, nnd rlrh and poor beiran fighting. Three hundred people were killed and Tllierias was knocked down with a (dub and slain. Then his brother C'alus undertook to carry out tbe law, but foetid continued opposi tion. He succeeded In providing work for tbe unemployed on nubile bridges and roads and endeavored to found a colony of labor-! era on the ruins of Carthage. Dot the "patricians*’ were determined to „ promt Jnst and beuevolent designs, nnd be, too, was killed. few years afterward statues wero erected to the memory of these good men, aud ••Cornells,’’ the mother of tba Gracchi, today Is remembered as a sort of snlnt. But, says the pen of history, “Things grew worse And worse in Homs. The city was full of overgrown rich men and tur Indent poor men, and the expenses of tbe •xtmvugaut methods of life wero paid by cruel grinding and robbing of the people.” TIIKKB—HKLP TUB WORLD ALONG— TWO - Ill'Ll* TUB WORLD ALONG HATURDAY — SUl’l’LKMKNT.: Home years before tbls old Marcus 1’ elut CSto had died, at the age of SO, In Rome. He had Spent tbe last half of his life fighting against the Increasing tendency of the city to extravagance. Greatly was he opiMHicd to tbe law permitting women to wear gold and purple. “They will all be vicing with one an other, he said, "and the poor will be > to blush Ho the* land question ’and the question of extravagance, which agitate America today, are very old, as we may see. And he who runs may read how unfortu nate It was for Rome that she set head against the teachings of justice and wia- dom and persisted In selfishness and folly. In 1445 Jnrobo Fbeeart, tbe non of tbe Lwin of VanlM VBI IprilMVl Ilf tlBYlfllf BP- ntments. ami led a His ease t Kp ,ea i»rii»es 10 use ma iuuuvuci icr In giving state appolntmt e was a pleasure-loving roan of ostentatious magnificence. dragged along ten years, 4»nd be died In exile, while bis poor old father died of a broken heart. It would seem as If the men In positions of power and prominence today should have made greater progress during alt the furies since Rome was great and since the later period, when Venice wss ruling tbe sea and land. But Instead, history Is continually re peating Itself when It comes to the place- seekers of tbe world. The moment desire for personal power enters a man a mind Acme Mattress Co. and Irwin Streets. WE RENOVATE—Work called for and delivered ism, day—SATIS FACTION GUARANTEED—Bell phone 5338-J—Atlanta TMt. r -f • ” cf J ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. be Is possessed of a devil. Yet the world at large grows rrud, less gross, less selfish wl Ing by of the centuries. The old Romans .in opponent on sms rivals, enemies and “friends,” calmly met and decided- to stab Julias Caesar, who was too powerful a man to please them. And this horrible act wss deliberately carried out by brilliant, well-educated men of that era In the most Illustrious capital of the world.•*■ If fifteen of the most cultured men of America decided to kill some prominent hscatmt It is more hums no. man testy . more sympathetic, more universally lllgent, anil because men have greater liberty of thought and may worship God In (heir own way now as never before. Certain old abuses exist in every cuan- tiy. Human nature remains the same In certain respects; jet slowly and surely the work of the human fabric grows finer, how ever the blemishes sod knots and imper fect places continue to appear In the weav- torn War exists, but It Is no longer the clUff badness of commerce or religion, as It wss for two thousand years. Murder Is still committed, but not by _ie leading rulers of states sad with the sanction of the best minds, as In the days of the “flocy of Rome" and Venice nod the later reign of Mpauiah, French had Kaglish kings and queens. Bigotry exists, but It no longer uses the torture rack and the stake and the dungeon to punish those of opposing faith. Slavery exists, but It Is obnoxious to the large majority of the Intelligent minds of the world, and it too shall puss away. We nro far from tho old bloody ages, and father yet from the golden nge of peace and goodwill which lies ahead, but wo arc on the way. Help the world forward by living as absolutely an unselfish and kindly n Ufe ns Is possible In your situation. That Is all that is required of you. Think, talk, net, live pence nnd good will to all men every day. It souuds easy, bur it Is not! WILL MEET YOU AT THE Atlanta Wreckage Co, 37-39 Mitchell St, where I can buy Furniture and Hou«e- hotd Goods for naif what it will cost me elsewhere. They buy, sell and exchange for everything, Old Books, Confeder ate Money and Stamps. ATLANTA SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY. 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