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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. OfTOnFR 7. 19-17. II ELLA WHEELER WILCOX She Preaches a Sennon on Mourning, • Especially Di rected to Those Who Do Not Seem to Realize When Death Performs a Kindly Office to the Afflicted. (Copyright- 1M7. ^^AmerlcanJonrnnl.Ex. n , W0 ria Is ecttlng slowly wiser In many T K,n»r*ls nre no longer the harlinrous ex altation; of death and sorrow to a gaping pabUe whlob they were a decade or two they are still capahle of further Im provement along the lines of delicacy and *The < s 1 ppstei"of lhe bereaved Is oppressive .l?nr«*Mlng. Yet ,r cnn i,e pardoned when to® loss Is one which has stricken ♦tiVTleht out of life for Its wearer. tb ir if • protection njcnlnst thoughtless In* fluirie* ana Jarring levity. The Inconsistencies of Folds of Crepe. n„t what Is more inconsistent than the -,i h > of a laughing, merry face swathed lu ShVdMDMt folds of Inky crepe? It Is Incan- Jifvableto rue—the attitude taken In these matters hy sensible people, who claim a deeply religious belief. A roung woman of my acquaintance pass- •d tnroufn the awful tragedy of having her father confined In an aaylum during several Tears, hopelessly insane. Ills Insanity was •t times a raging, murderous mania, and Jlirar! melancholy. Ife was never Idesscd with’ any happy delqalona to temper the SJror "f his situation! His life was a trag- JJJ, nnd the family purse was depleted to *%Sfly'a/ter^l? passed out of his living tomb Into the spiritual life I met the young woman, and said to her: **1 am so glad for vour poor father and for you that he haa |»een colled home. What a relief It must '"si,? pn'xeiJ at me renroochfullr from her crepe, and said: “I feel terribly over the i loss of my father; he was very dear to Grief Seldom Knows when it is Timely, I may be lacking in the finer sentiments of affection, hut I can not understand a grief of this kind. If It Is genuine, It strikes me as unutterably senseless and sel fish. It Is absolutely Inconsistent with real re ligion. No one who believes In a life beyond the grave can mourn tl *“ * soul from an Insane I can understand how a mother who has the care of a crippled or diseased child, or a wife of a husband, may feel the loneliness of the empty room and bed, even while thanking God the aufferer Is out of misery; yet to shadow the Htgs of those about us with crepe nnd gloom because fnshlob de mands It—and for fear people will "talk'' If we do not—actuates many of us to do what common sense tells us Is not neces- When a human being, in the full pow< of life, nnd with ambitions ungratlfled and drearaa unfulfilled, posset out of the world, It la always sad. Death la Often a Fortunate Occurence. When the useful, the happy, the loving and the loved go away from us, It requires •11 of n deep religious faith to support the loss; but when the diseased, the Insane, the nhnppy, the Imbecile pass on to the free- om they long for—and to the health, ha^>- r by P deprive ourselves or our families of any Measure or distraction which we Indulged In while these unfortunate beings were suffering on earth. i SOUTHERN SOCIETY j LhHH..— YATESVILLE. Alien Adams, of Thomaaton, waa her* Sunday as the guest of relatives. Mr. J. A. I'raniyin went to Macon Thursday. Messrs. R. R. Mlddlebrooka and Ryle Andrew, were visitor* to The Rock Thursday. Miss Addle Stewart visited friend. In BamesvIlJe Saturday. Judge Lester, of Bamesvtlle, wa» here Monday on business. Arthur Brown, of Macon, spent Sun' day here with his parents. Miss LuclJe Adams left last night for LaOrange, where she will attend school. Harry McDaniel went to Macon Tues. day. Jim Mean, spent several days Ip . Meansvllle this week. LAGRANGE. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Truitt are on a visit to Jamestown and other points of Interest In that section of the country. Professor and Mrs. Cliff Smith and Misses Eleanor and Louise Dallls have returned from a pleasure tour North. Messrs. James Handley, Enoch Cal latray and Freeman Awtrey left this week for Bingham, N. C„ where they will enter school. Mr. Hope Hudson has returned from Orangeburg, 8. C„ where he has boon for some time. Miss Gussle Bruce left Friday for Woodbury, where she will teach this t«rm. Mrs. T. X. La them, of Atlanta, la now at the LaOrange Sanitarium. Misses Nell .Bangle and Carolyne Nix ■ have returned home from a pleasynt visit to Atlanta. Miss Louise Vaughan entertained the "Spring Chickens” very charmingly on Tuesday afternoon. MARIETTA. Mrs. S. 8. Barkalow Is the guest of friends In Franklin, Ohio. .Miss Pnullne Gramllng has returned from t'nhuttn. Miss Bertha Bailey, of Atlanta, Is the guest of Miss Floy Lawton. Miss Annie Melnhert has returned from Franklin, Ohio. Mr. nnd Mrs. L. N. Trammell have returned from a tour through the North. Mrs. E. R. Hunt nnd son have re. turned from a six weeks' Irlp to Gull- ford, Conn. A delightful reception was tendered Mr. nnd Mrs. W. M. Everdtt by the la dies of the Presbyterian church on Frl. day evening. Mrs. L. R. Dick is rapidly Improving at a private sanitarium In Atlanta. Miss Olive Faw, Miss Mabel Cortcl you nnd Miss Laura Margaret Hoppe have returned from their European tour. Misses Frances and Maude Cheney, of Athens, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cheney. Miss Irma Neal entertained the ramping party on’Friday evening. It was a delightful occasion, and was much enjoyed by all present. Mr. nnd Mrs. James Legg have re turned from a trip to Asnevllle, N. C. «nd Morristown, Tcnn. • Mrs. Dunklin Is visiting friend. In Sandersvllle, Ga. blackIhear. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. ltankln left this week for a visit to their old home at Pitta- l*ur«, Ps. Mr. nnd Mrs. N. W. UttlofleM have open e« up their pretty home ou College avenue fp-n. after a summer spent st Block Is. “J'l. Mass. Mlaaes Mia Williams, Mary Rankin, Jes- Mr. Thomas Memory’ hs’s” entered the hjsiimsn class at the University of Oeor- I Mr John Ward baa gone to Emory Col- Messrs. Poheld Rankin, John Purdom and Ponnle Donaldson nre at Davidson College, Mr. nnd Mrs. P. L. I-oineroy returned this week from, a visit to Delhi, N. Y. Mr. Forcacro Ilrautley has returned from , - summer s.'..Inn of the Culver Military des'lemy at Culver, I lid. trofessor and Mrs. Clement A. Snyder "located for the winter st the Williams ti *he l'resbytarlan Institute. ?“*le Luke has returned from s I!*|t •« her sister, Mrs. J. o. Groff, at Illch- ututid, \ a. While away she visited the ’"'''"'own exposition and other points or Interest In Virginia. I • Ilrantley and Miss Constance ,r * 11 homo ngnln after baring the summer at various Massachusetts resorts, W. E. Carrnway nnd young son have •n. .’IT 1 . ,roni “ visit to Wilmington. N. C„ i 'he Jamestown exposition. ... r ,nod Mrs. c. L. Johnson and children "rp-"slll" >m ' aftM * Tlalt 10 *he Jamestown * n d Mrs. J. T. Rrantley are spending HaS* A* ittc/Miing relatives .. T NASHVILLE, TENN. I* .k’ J* 11 *** C. Hunter. of Atlanta, who ILliS slater. Mrs. fe. A. I.JS2: recipient of much social at- ntlon. Hhe will be here for ten days be* ALABASTINE *w!s* * > ** t ot n " materials for tinting GEORGIA PAINT & GLAS8 CO„ 40 Peachtree Street* fore golne to Athene, Ga., for a visit and to New York. Mr. and Mrs. Grantlond Wee, who hnvo been keeping house this summer in the at tractive Nelson bouse on Sixteenth avenue, will remote la October Into n resilience on West Knd avenue, where they will keep hotitte this winter. Mrs. Rice and little daughter will go to Americas. Ga., for a visit to her family next month. Mr. nnd Mrs. william Fggleston nnd lit tle dnu/rhtcrs, who remora! to Atlanta from XnybvlUc two weeks ago. nre now kee\ house on West Peachtree afreet, Atlanta Mrs. Kllxnheth Fry Page returned home Wednesday nlfht from a visit to At*—*“ which followed no extended trip Eo* to the Jamestown exposition and poll Virginia. Miss Fiilth Harris, formerly of Atlanta, now of Nashville, left Thursday for the Woman's College at llaltlmore. where she will be a Junior this year nnd where she Is prominent In the college life. She fr literary editor of the college annual foi next year. Mrs. T. Garland Tinsley gave an aft “ pterober 25 to com Tennessee state fair , one of whom was rife of the governor of Missouri, who accompanied her husband here to visit Mr. nnd Sin*. Pean K. I’olk, now with them at the Jaiucatown exposition. The other honoree was the hostess' cousin, Mrs. Dorsey Jamison, of 8t. Louis, who Is an car— **“ “ —■* Miss Nina Klrkpa’ ... I ting Mrs. Lewis 8. Dutler on the Porter rood Mrs. George Jnllnn Zolnay and little daughters, of St. Louis, have arrived In XnshvlUe for a week's visit to Ml*, and Mrs. John C. Kennedy nt 2S21 West End avenue. Mrs. Zolnay Is the wife of t!>e eminent sculptor, George Julian Zolnay, who came to Nashville at the time of the Tenneasee centennial, and whose work for the exposition nnd Individual orders was so much admired here. Ills hast of the Confederate hero, Rhm Paris, Is accounted one -of the sculptor's masterpieces. Mr. E. E. Rarthell was the host of a din ner for the Old Oak Club and a few anppli- inentary guests a few evenings ago at his home on Russell street, given as a farewell compliment to Pr. Walter M. Poke, who has been spending several days with friends here, cn route to his home In Denver. Col. Mrs. I*. It. Freeman has announced the iBasement nnd approaching marriage of ner daughter, Elisabeth, and Mr. Forrest C. Killing. The wedding will be quietly solemnized Wednesday evening. October 2, nt the home of the bride’s brother and sis ter. Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Barthell. Mr. Hiding Is a native of Detroit and now re sides lu Ktesrns, Ky., ns mnnager of the Htenrna Interests there. honors on the links of the Memphis Golf nnd Conntry Club, nt the tournament which was In progress there Inst week. They were the recipients of many social courte sies during their visit. Wednesday evening a stag banquet waa given and most of the Nashvillians also stayed over for the din ner dauce at the Memphis Club Saturday night. Irivltatlona hare been issued by Mr. and Sira. Joseph E. Washington to the mar riage of their daughter, Elizabeth Wvncl- ham. and Henry Stuart Hotchkiss on Wed nesdsy, October 9, at 12 o'clock at Wessyng- ton. Cards nre also Inclosed for t7 train which will carry out the Uiniur ni iuu nuu/ t.uuiiuri Limr, mm lm, fur .omo Unto n-.hlnl la AtMata, ar- rlrwl bar, Wednesday or.nine, accompanied hr hrr ion, Joe L. Beaumont, to Tlalt Mr. and Mr,. Henry F. Beaumont -luring the homo onmtns. Ml», Mary win-ton llenu- I ‘ -i-e-l at Monteaxle for a week', then trill Join the family party " Mr. and Mr-. John H. Hill hare annnnnc- ed the enrureraent of -heir Miter, Mia, Irene Newman, and Mr. Loyd l'lummer -day. 'titan Vine Street Chrlai the marriage to he October 17, at the church. A number of complimentary tire nuptial affair* will h* siren for Ml,* Newman. The flint notable -octal erent af the tall here woa the marriage at «:#> o'clock Inst Wednesday evening at Ct ‘ of Mia* Mean Roto and Mr. O'Bryan. Min Menees Miller will entertain at a linen .horror next Wednesday afternoon to compliment Miss Elizabeth Freeman, one of the October bride*, for whom aaveral pre-nuptial affairs nre plnpned. A dance waa given at the Hermit Cluh Wednesday evening In honor of Mlaa Kara Fltagernld Robertson, Mlaa Lena cam- a md Mis* Margaret Hoyt*, three popu- rl* of Ibo younger *et, who lear* f for achool In the Eaat. THE FARMER FEEDETH ALU My lord ride, through his palace s*ta, My Indy aweepa along In state. The snse thinks long on many a thing, And the maiden muses on marrying; The minstrel harpeth merrily; The sailor plow* the foaming «ea. The huntsman kills the good red deer. And the soldier war* without a fear; But tall to each whate'ar befall. The fahner be must taed them alL lire worketh broidery well. Clerk niehsrd tale* of lore ran tell. The tap-wife aella her foaming beer, Dan Fisher flshe* In the mere. And courtiers rufde, strut amt shine, ■Sill But The Man bullda his castles fair and high. Whatever rlrer runneth to. Great rttles riae In every and, Grunt churches ahow tb* bulblers' hand. Great archra, monument* and tower*. Fair palaee. and pleaalBg l»were; Great work Is done. Iw't here and thar*. And troll man wortolh eyerywhire, «... *->• each whate'er iiefall, r be most feed them nil. -CHAItI.r.S G. LELAND. STORE ONE PRICE fmmM. DEPARTMENT STORE DRY 88888888888888888888888S88888888888888888888888888888888 October 7,1907. 88888888888888888888888888888888888^88888808888888888^ BARGAIN SALE IRON BEDS BARGAIN SALE In order to close out this ear splendid Iron Beds as quickly ns possible, we’ve marked them at extraordinary low prices for this sale. We speak advisedly when we say that they ai*e the greatest Bed values Atlanta buyers ever saw. The designer of these beautiful Beds is undoubtedly a genius. They are remarkable productions every one of them—very latest patterns—Iron Beds richly enameled, brass trimmed, heavy posts, etc. Many beautiful patterns and designs, splendidly constructed and POSITIVELY THE GREATEST BAR GAINS EVER OFFERED. They Will Be Sold Regular $ 6.50 Regular 7.00 Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular And so on. Great Stock Furniture hom ^ u h r S!i sh cI d E d c i? mplete China Closet This handsome china closet ns per cut, elegantly constructed, highly finished, etc. A real $32.50 value; special Carpets and Rugs