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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
PATT ROAT, NOVEMBER 13.
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LITERARY LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
By S. MAYS BALL (Arthur Pendennli, Jr.)
THE MOSHER BOOKS. (Issued by
Thomas 3. Mosher, Esq., Portland,
M«lne ) Some of. the publishers of
r 00 k" who make a specialty of pro
ducing superior bindings, paper, etc.,
claim thst ths South, and Atlanta es
pecially. does not appreciate good
Workmanship, cither In the printing of
the text or the binding of books. It
claimed, with Borne reason, that the
Kouth is peculiar In this and should
wake ut. One of these publishers—
Mr Thomas B. Mosher, of Portland.
Maine—sends to The Georgian some
samples »f his artistic work. The books,
with titles given below, are beautiful
editions, lmnd bound, and printed upon
a ne paper, at very reasonable prices.
The books would be Ideal gifts. There
la aomethlng distinctive about a hand
some book as a gift—better than any
thing one could select—with which to
nleaae a discriminating friend. And all
of our friends are discriminating, or
we make believe we think they arc.
Tile books submitted by Mr. Mosher
to prove his contention that Atlanta
and the South generally aro behind the
times, at lenst In appreciation rf good
work at reasonable prices, are 1 ■■ fol
lowing little classics:
"Crabbed Ago and Youth and Other
Essays.” (Robert Louis Stevenson.)
■The Houso of Beauty." (Fiont
M "t'ynara—A Little Book of Verse.'
(Ernest Dawson.)
“The Book of Ecclesiastes."
“A Little Book of 24 Carols." (Kath-
fl “S < tars n of n Thought.” (Ralph Enter
,0 "Drcnm ol Provence.
Wedmore.)
"The Distant Country." (Fiona Mac.
leod.)
(Frederick
“THE GRANDIS8IMES,” by George
tv Coble. (Charles Scribner's Sons.)
The publishing house of Charles Scrib
ner's Sons has recently Issued a new
edition of "The Grandlsslmes,” by Mr.
George \V. Cable. This classic of New
Orleans, Issued about twenty year* ago,
and now sent forth afresh by the
oubllshers, Is a beautiful edition, one
worthy (almost) of the text. There Is
no need to discuss the plot of "The
Grandlsslmes" at this late day. Every
body who reads, or claims to, knows
all about the story—that it tjeals with
the olden times of New Orleans (1803),
and that It Is the best picture of New
Orleans, of the period written about,
ever published. "The Grandlsslmes”
Is one of the few books, comparatively
sneaking, that one would care to read
many times. And now that It Is pub
lished in a new, handsome dress, It
should be very popular with people
seeking Christmas gifts.
There Is an impression among per
sons who do not live In New Orleans
that Mr. Cable Is, to a certain ex
tent, "persona non grata" In the Cres-
tent City, Mr. Cable lived In New Or
leans for a long time and baa written
some unfortunate things on the negro
question, which may be the reason that
real New Orleans people feel unkindly
toward him. It certainly can not be
that they resent hi* pictures of the
creole life down there any more than
the Charlestonians resent Mr. Owen
Whiter** . charming picture of old
Charleston In "Lady Baltimore.” But
there are a great many Charlestonians
and a great many New Orleans people
who resent any Innovations whatever,
and any discussions of their social
status, past or present. It Is generally
understood by the persons on the out-
slde of those two fascinating cities,
that In the case of Charleston Provi
dence was compelled to send an earth
quake to wake them up, which, how
ever, did not do much good; ' And Ip
the case of dear old New Orleans, yel
low fever and levee breaks were sent
heretofore by an all-wise Providence to
drive the people out of the rut—send
them forth Into other cities; that the
fact that the war Is over and other Im
portant Items might be discovered. But
New Orleans begins at once to
strengthen the levees and build sewers
(to prevent the yellow fever), bo that
her good citizen* can remain at home.
Providence will likely send something
else. If they don't watch oat, to en
large their vision, ...
There are many old ladles now living
on ths French side of Canal street In
Now Orleans, who can speak no word
of English, and are proud of It. There
Is, or was a few years »*«• 11
old lady who lived on Esplanade street
who could read, but refused to speak
English, and had never been across
Cunai street to the hated "Americans
side of the city. She resented stoutly
ihe fact (which she was powerless to
alter) that her grandchildren attended
dances, parties, etc., with tho hated
“Americans" on the othor side of Canal
street.
'The arar.dlaslmcs" gives us a pic
ture so alluring, so delightful, of creole
life In tho earthly nineteenth century
(and lota of It la true now), that It la
only necessary to oall attention to a
new, beautifully bound and llluatratad
edition of the beat story of New Or
leans yet written, and to add that It
would be dlfllcult to surpass In Inter
est and charm this delightful story.
"LIGHT FINGE"RED GENTRY." (By
David Graham Phillips. (D. Appleton
* Co.) Mr. David- Graham Phillips
has written a atory, called "Light Fin
gered Gentry,” which from either one
of two viewpoints Is Interesting. As
a love atory or a document against
predatory wealth. It ,4b readable. In
the former case—the love story does
hot appeal—while In tho latter view
of tho book the reader Is likely to say
"Aro all of Mr. Phillips' charges true,
had If so, how do I know they are?'
Mr. Phillips has joined to • n "muck
fake" tract a romance between two
People, who don't appeal at all to MS
readers, simply because- his characters
don't "live" in the mind's eye of the
reader; they are actors upon a stage-
marionettes—who walk this way and
*alk that, because Mr. Phillips moves
them so; not because they are full-
"looded human beings. But while, as
stated above, ths story of “Light Ftn-
8'red Gentry" Is Interesting, we have a
rlsljt to expect—not n moral tract
Incorporated Into a novel. Novels
shouldn’t preach, and If they do, they
Jail always In their primary objects.
01 course there have been some novels,
written by masters, which have revo
lutionised existent conditions. Mr.
Dickens changed certain serious facts
m the private schools In England; Mr.
-■Arles Reads revolutionised private
l®*ane asylums, and Mr. Upton Sinclair
doubt did good work with his "The
Jungle." I
But when a writer attempts to
fhunge the heart or habits of either a
■enk and Insurance magnate or a rall-
h«d ' water-cooler." he has under-
taken a task that Is worthy of com
mendation. If foolish, and hopeless.
Mr. Thomas Dixon, Jr., and others
much, much greater then he, have said
•eat the leopard's spots can not be
•radicated or even changed. But that
would be no doubt a simpler Job to un-
Uertake them to reach the "money pow-
" by novels—or anything else—
**uetione<( simply by argument and
Sond reaaonlng. Unless the writer or
JPeaker against the wrong* of the
common people" was a Mrs. Chad-
"She looked upon an unmasked,
noble countenance.”
Uustratlon from "The Grandis-
atmes."
Just an anarchist, simply a socialist;
M wants to pull down the stablo gov
ernment." On the other hand. If n
Mrs. Chadwick became busy—oh, well,
we all know how the Mrs. Chadwicks
affects bankers, for she certainly, If
any one ever did, understood the mon
ey power and played It as it can be
played again by the smart, unscrupu
lous man or woman.
'Light Fingered Gentry" has for Its
hero a young man who beuomea dis
satisfied with his wife because he
doesn't "understand" her, nor, as he
says, does she understand him. So
Armstrong and his wife separate. Mrs.
Armstrong to study art and her per
sonal appearance, and Armstrong to
become In quick time the president ot
tho great Insurance company in New
York called the “Mutual Association
Against Old Age and Death." Arm
strong goes his upward way to suc
cess, circumvents alt of his enemies,
defrauds his associates and cantlnually
llts by Insinuation to all with whom he
comes In contact He Is, of course,
a great business success, for he start
ed out right and continued to bo a ma.
nlpulator, which latter term means
anything from grand larceny to pick
pocketing. Neva Armstrong, now Miss
Neva Carling, arrives In New York and
meets a great painter, Boris, who In
stantly sees that she, Neva, Is a beauty,
natural and unconscious. So Boris
fixes her up, at least he makes Neva
dress differently. He has her arrange
her hair and clothes according to his
taste, and then Boris falls In love with
Neva. Of course Armstrong runs
across his wife again and discovers
that he has mhde a great mistake In
separating from this now beautiful
woman, so he lays siege to Neva’s
heart and begs to be taken back. As
she is now beautiful, he thinks sho is
bound to "understand" him. Thus the
story goes, mixed up with high finance
nnd love. One chapter devoted to love,
the next to high finance. Armstrong,
who does not deserve It, wins In both
affairs. He overturns his enemies and
some of his friends, and Neva agrees
to remarry him, and the book ends.
The story Is Interesting, but In Just
the same way a* we read of some dally
happening out, say. on the Pacific
coast. Such plots do not Interest or
thrill us because we do not "know" the
people at Issue. We really do not care,
while reading the story, whether Neva
does this or that, or whether Armstrong
Is victorious In his financial and love
campaigns or the other fellow, be
cause Mr. Phillips has not caused his
characters to appeal to us. Being
semi-machine made, they do not "warm
up” to us and we say that "whatever
Mr. Phillips does with his people it Is
all right with us.” We take no side*
and the author falls when he doe* not
compel his readers to Take sides, and
that strenuously. But even so. The
Georgian still think* that 'Light Fin
gered Gentry” 1* entertaining.
"JUDAH P. BENJAMIN." By Pierce
Butler. (George W. Jacob* ft Co.) To
read of the life of "Judah P. Benja
min " especially the latter part of It, la
like reading a romance. For here was
a man who, because of the /allure of
the Confederacy, was utterly penniless
and compelled td escape prison by tak
ing passage in an open boat to the
West Indian lalands. Profeasor Pierce
Butler haa written a most Interesting
and valuable history of Mr. Benjamin,
awl. as the author says in his preface,
-American history certainly. «»rej1y
contain* the record of a peraonallty
more Intrinsically Interesting thgntbi*
of ‘Judah P. Bepjamin,’ the Jewish
lawyer and statesman, who after con-
spicuous success at the bar in tms
country, after continuous service In
the leadership of the Confederacy,
again achieved the most honorable
triumphs at the bar of England.
Professor Butler, In preparing hi*
work, was met by a great many diffi
culties In, collecting data regarding the
life of Mr. Benjamin, and nothing stood
In the way of a successful completion
ao much as letter* from Mr. Benjamin
himself, found after hi* death.
letter Mr. Benjamin wrote. I have
read to many American biographies
which reflected only the passion* and
prejudices of their writers, that I do
not want to leave behind me Otters and
dooiimpnti to bo used in such fl worK
about^myeelf." Etat Profewor Butler
rifivertheless has collected a 8 rent
amount of authoritative data and has
made a very Interesting and instructive
book of this biography.
Judah P. Benjamin was born Au-
crust 6 mi on 8t. Thomas Island. He
wlnt to New Orleans In 1828, after two
yeaiii M Yale university. He taught
school In New Orleans and studied
law. Ho was a delegate *f. , * l “ jjj*
jana con.tUutlonMconventton of»l4-
States senate in 1853. The \t hig part^
soma to pieces In 1868, Mr. Benjamin
going to p«»J» rat He dectare d , or
secession In I860. In J 8 « h * "?*
made acting secretary of war In the
Confederate cabinet J"
of the permanent government or tne
Confederacy, 1882. Benjemin^made
secretary of slate. May 10-11, 1865, Im
mediately after the capture of Presi
dent Jefferson Davis, Mr. Benjamin
made his way to the Florida coast and
cleaned, landing In England Septem
ber ^865. He waa admitted to the
bar of England In 1866. In 1868 the
publication of hi* book, Benjamin on
Sales,” established his reputat on and
rn 1872 he wa, made OR**" ■
In which position he repaired hbr
wrecked fortune. Mr. Benjamin wa*
severely Injured by a fall from a tram
car in Paris; be retired torn pfMtlre
In 17 years’practice among strangers in
London Mr. Ilcnjamon received in fees
over $71,9,500. It Is stated that Mr.
Disraeli took an Interest In anil as
slsted Mr. Benjamin in his practice li
London, owing to his Jewish blood,
but even so, Just think of a lawyer In
a strange city, without even acquaint
ances, making by Ills practice alone In
seventeen years over seven hundred
thousand dollars! Tho biography
very Interesting and valuable. It is a
creditable number of the series
■■Allitrk.'ill ' ’i i.'.l-- 1 i 1 ■ I .* 1 ■ ■:: i:mmd
by the publishing houpe of .George W
Jacobs ft Co., of Philadelphia.
A SIX-CYLINDER COURTSHIP-
By Edward Salisbury Field (The John
McBride Co.)
Whether “The Williamsons" Inau
gurated the "motor-mad" style of pres
ent day literature Is not the Issue.
The question is, that this “plague of
Egypt” having descended upon Ameri
ca—what arc wo to do about It? Not
very much, If we care to read and keep
up with tho literature of today. Who
can tell what the Williamson* and
their kind could have written about—or
at least succeeded in publishing—had
they begun literary work before the
days of the motor car. Judging by
their present offerings, the answer Is:
that they could net have done very
well with horses, hr*ftu wagons, vic
torias and go-carts, to say nothing of
baby carriages.
But ono of tho best of the “motor-
mad" stories hn* recently been Issued,
called "A Six-Cylinder Courtship," by
Edward Salisbury Field, who "hap
pens" to be from Indiana. There must
be something the matter with the soil
or perhaps It Is tho air ul> there In
Indiana. Anyhow, If wo must read
about a motor car and Us Idenllzcd
personalities, with experiences which
never could have occurred with car
riages, go-carts, etc., then "A Six-
Cylinder Courtship" Is hereby recom
mended. Not only because It really
Is well written, but because the book
Is beautifully gotten up with a fron
tispiece by Hafrlson FI,her and a
number of Illustrations by Mr. Clarence
F. Underwood. The owner of an auto
mobile meets a lovely girl who Is wait
ing to hire a car. "William Snowden,"
the millionaire owner, rents his car to
Miss Marian Standlsh, the waiting
young girl. Snowden giving his name
as that of "Bill Snow”—and you can
see the answer! For It is there, right
at the beginning of the story. What?
Simply that Wllilam Snowden In time,
after many experiences, makes him
self known to Miss Standlsh (which
of course she knew nil ot the time),
and he marries the. girl.
It Is an exceedingly bright little
book. It will do most acceptably for
a gift book. In the holiday season.
And If any one cares to send It to a
young girl or man who has not a motor
cor (and does not want one—are there
any?) a catalogue of some manufac
turer of automobiles should also be
sent to act as a glossary and explain
what the author really means to say
regarding such terms us "clutch,"
"short circuits," "chewed up bearings,”
"striped gears," "carbureters," "switch
plugs” and so on. Possibly that will
be unnecessary In this progressive age.
"THE NEGRO—A MENACE TO
CIVILIZATION.” By R. W. Shuf-
feldt, M. D. (Rich. G. Badger—The
Gorham Press.) The quotation from
the writings of John Cameron Grant,
used by the author of “The Negro—A
Menace to American Civilisation," on
his title page, Is the key-note to the
book. It Is that "A mixed race; a fatal
stumbling block that has Cost more
than one Latin race the crown of em
pire." Dr. Shuffeldt has gone Into his
subject very thoroughly, and has made
his contentions very plausible. He
studies the negro from the viewpoint
of their being on entirely different race
In every particular from the white,
which they are, and goes on to prove
the dangers of allowing a mixing not
only* of the blood, but the people of the
two races, which Is also true. Such
books should be written, of course, and
ought to he read by those who care to
enlighten themselves upon this sub-
But the trouble about publication on
this (always-wlth-us) negro question
Is. that the authors knock ua down with
appalling statements, which we South,
cm people know are true, and they
frighten us with this and that contin
gency. The authors tell us that If the
Southern people do not do something
nnd that quickly, there will be trouble
to come. But they don’t tall us what
to do. This reviewer has endeavored
■luring enforced Idleness to read all tho
hooka possible, written upon or about
this negro question, but after all, his
attention to this subject, ho la exactly
where lie started. Which is, that ad
mitting all of tho terrible consequences
of the Southern people's failure to rec.
ognlze their danger, what ought they
to do? That Is the whole question.
What ought the Southsrn people to do
that they are not doing now? And
Dr. Shuffeldt’a moat Interesting book.
In which he arrays appalling facts and
undeniable figures of criminal assaults,
lynching*, etc., the author gives us not
one single answer to this awful ques
tion. True he advocates In a measure
the transporting of the negroes to LI
beria, the Philippines or somo other
place—just so It la far enough to not
bother ua—but when a writer under
takes to discuss the transporting of
11,000,000 of human beings, white or
black, from a place or country where
they want to remain, to a far-away
country, to which they refuse to go,
the reader may not lose patience with
the book, but he will wonder about
other statements In Its pages.
It Is such a large question that only
by study, aided by such books as this
one discussed, can anything be accom
plished? But going back to the origi
nal statement In this reviow. It la hard
to discover from any plan yet found
by this reviewer that the South can
do one thing more, tin to alleviating Ua
burden, than it is trying to do now. At
hast these books already digested, do
not point out any plausible way.
Neither can tha subject bo dismissed
os it was by a well-informed gentle
man of Atlanta, a friend hf The Geor
gian, who being told that this reviewer
waa reading Dr. Shuffeldt's book, par
tially advocating the deportation of the
negro he said, "Well, when you and
DAVID GRAHAM PHILIPS.
Author of "Light Fingered Gen
try."
From a photograph.
I lustration from "Mexico and Her
People of Today."
STEWART EDWARD WHITE.
Author of "Arizona Nights.”
Dr. Shuffeldt send the negroes out of
this country I am going with them."
“MAFOOTA." A Love Story. By
Dolf WyDafde. (John Lane Co.) In
"Light Fingered Gentry”,the husband
Is a mls-mated matrimonial tnnplej
became dissatisfied with Ills wire, and
he wanted to dissolve partnership,
which he did, then he was sorry.
In "Mafoota;" by Dolf Wyllarde, If
Is the other way around. The pretty
innocent wife, discovering that her 1
husband in Jamaica haa been making
love to tho many women, she rebel*.
This pretty wife. Mrs. Hllller, came out
from England to Join her husband ta
Jamaica. On this ship was a school
girl friend of Mr*. Hllller named Elea
nor Honeouran, who had an uncle
"Dick Bryces,” a large horse and cattlh
rancher In the bland of Jamaica. El
eanor Honeouran died cn ehtp beard
and whan -Mr*. Hllller arrives at Klng-
has been a little Indiscreet with other
women, to say the least. So Mrs. Hit
her decides to go to "Uncle Dick"
Pryce under the name and as the girl
(his niece) Mins Eleanor Honeouran,
w hom Uncle Dick has never seen. This
Mrs. Hllller does and the story Is about
her experiences on this ranch. In Ja
maica ranches aro "penns." From an
unsophisticated young girl v/ho had
married early, Mrs. Hllller, now known
as Eleanor .Honeouran. becomes quite
up-to-date. She learns to manage the
ranch, rides man fashion, entangles her
interesting self In the heart of good old
Dick Pryce, who, by the way, knew all
of the time tho circumstances about his
real niece's death ns well as Mrs. Hll*
tier's unhappy matrimonial experiences.
So old Dick lets her stay with him
until tho "other woman," having
thrown Hllller down, he comes back, a
long, long way back, it seems to this
reviewer, to his wife. They are recon
ciled, of course. The book couldn't
have found a publisher If the Ill-treated
wife had acted as any injured woman
would (but usually does not) do. The
two disrupted people, Mr. and Mrs,
Hllller, start nil over again and there
you ore—at the end of the book.
The author "calls a spado a spade;"
there is no doubt about that. The de
scriptions of Jamaica and the culti
vation of the Island, tho negro question
there nnd Its Incident half-breeds,
quadroons and octoroons, are fear
lessly discussed. The book le very In
('resting and It is something of a new
field that the author takes up.
Every Family
Medicine Shelf
ought to contain
which is a bottle of
Antiseptically Cleanses
A Household Surgical Dressing for
cuts, burns, bruises, sores, skin dis
eases, catarrh, or all wounds and exter
nal affections, whetberslight or serious.
A preparation unlike any other, originated by an Old Railroad Surgeon. It is easily applied by any one, and at tb«
same time combines all of the medicinal qualities necessary to a careful and scientific treatment of injured nnd diseased
parts of the skin or flesh. It is sought after au<l continually used by all who give it a first trial. All druggists sell it. 25*
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"ARIZONA NIGHTS," by Stewart
Edward Whits. <Tho McClure Com
pany.) Mr. Robert Hlchen, surely
caught the "atmoephere” ot the Ara
bian desert and has put it Into bis
book*. Mr. Stew&rt Edward White has
done the same *ood work for the Ari
zona desert. Most of us can not speak
from experience a, to which of these
author, treats the Arizona desert cor
rectly or not. Mr. White writes more
truthfully as regards Arizona "atmos
phere,” If you will, than any other au
thor who has undertaken the work.
A party of four young "lunger*," one
each from Philadelphia, New Orleans,
Baltimore and Atlanta, who were then
“hunting ozone" at Oracle, Arizona,
drove over one day down the Cata
lina mountains to locate. If they could,
another "marooned” creature from At
lanta, then hibernating at Mammoth,
Arizona, some 14 mile* away. The road
or trail led tha party up and down sides
of what we would call In Georgia high
mountain*, and the banker from New
Orleans (he of the generally supposed
attributes, high browed mentality and
otherwise that all bankers are said
to have), gazing off at tho wonderful
view spread out before them, said: "If
only some writer could put Into book*
what we are seeing now!” None of the
party felt equal to it. But one of them
has Just now called the attention ot
this reviewer (who wa* with the party)
to the fact that Mr. Stewart Edward
White haa done this very work, and It
Is In hi* new publication, called "Arizo
na Nights.” The book la made up of
a number of short stories, all about
life and the cowboys and other people
out in Arizona. It Is a gem of It* Kind
—that 1* what it really I*. And If any
reader of Tha Georgian want* to find
out Just how the country, the desert
and the people look and act out in Ari
zona, then he should by all mean* read
"Arizona Night*;” there I* nothing bet
ter to be had.
"And when the night fell," say* Mr.
White In one of hie stories, "and the
topaz and violet and saffron and ame
thyst and mauve and lilac had faded
suddenly from the Chirlcahua*. like a
veil that bad been rent and the ram-
part* had become slate gray, then
black, th tsoft-breathed night wandered
here and there over the desert and the
land fell under an enchantment, even
stranger than the day’s."
Then of the daytime; "And all about
lay the ilcsart. shimmering, changing.
many-Unted. wonderful, hemmed In by
the mountains that seemed tenuous and
thin, like beautiful mist* and by the
aky that eeemafi hard and polished like
a turquoUe."
And again, describing a party of cow.
boys cut on a far-away ride, one of
LIST OF DISTRICTS EMBRACED IN
GEORGIAN’S VOTING CONTEST
CITY DISTRICTS.
DISTRICT NO 1.—Beginning corner
Peachtree street and Edgewood ave
nue along the south side of Edgewood
avenue to Hurt street. Hurt street to
Georgia railroad, along Georgia rail
road to Whitehall street viaduct, thenco
to corner of Edgewood avenue and
Peachtree street.
DISTRICT NO. 2.—Beginning cor
ner Edgewood avenue and Peachtree
street along east side of Peachtreo
street to Forrest avenue, along south
side ot Forrest avenus to North Bou
levard, along tveat side of Boulevard
to Edgewood avenue, along north side,
of Edgewood nvenue to Peachtree
street.
DISTRICT NO. 3—Beginning corner
Fcrreat avenuo and Peachtree street,
along east side of Peachtree streot to
Peachtree road to Southern railroad,
thence along Southern railroad to
Boulevard, along west side of North
Boulevard to Forreat avenue, along
north side Forrest avenue to Peachtree
street
DISTRICT NO. A—Beginning corner
Edgewood avenue and North Boule
vard, along north side of Edgewood
avenue to Hurt street to DeKalb ave
nue along north side of DeKtlb ava-
t ue to Moreland avenue, along west
side of Moreland avenue to county lino
road to city limits to North Boulevard
along Coat side of North Boulevard to
Edgewood avenue.
DISTRICT NO. 6—Beginning comer
Whitehall viaduct and Western and At.
Inntlc railroad along west side of
Peachtreo etWet to Houtnem railroad
at Brookwood, along Southern railroad
to East street, along eaat side of East
street to Fourteenth street, along north
s'de of Fourteenth street to Spring
elreet, along east side of Spring street
to Western and Atlantic railroad.
DISTRICT NO. ft—Beginning corner
Spring street and Western and Atlantic
railroad and along west side of Spring
street to North avenue, along south
side of North avenue to Western and
Atlantic railroad, then ntong railroad
to Spring street.
DISTRICT NO, 7—Beginning corner
North avenue aqd Spring street, along
west side of Spring etreet to East
streot to Seaboard Air Line belt line,
along Seaboard Air Line to North ave-
r.ue.
DISTRICT NO. S—Beginning West
Fair street and Central ot Georgia rail-
load along north side of East Fair
street to Oakland avenue to Southern
railroad, along Southern railroad to
Meat Fair street.
DISTRICT NO. 9.—Beginning East
Pair and South Boulevard, along north
side of East Fair to county line road,
along county line road to Georgia rall-
load, along Georgia rnllrond to South
Boulevard, along east side of South
Boulevard to East Fair street.
DISTRICT NO. 10—Beginning East
Fair and Hill streets along east side of
Hill street to Jonesboro road, along
Jonesboro rood to county line mad,
along county line rood to East Fair
street, along north aide of East Fair to
Hill street.
DISTRICT NO, 11—Beginning comer
East Fair jtrret and Hill street, along
south side of East Fair street to Siutli
Pryor strecL along east side of South
Pryor to Jonesboro road, along Jones-
|.oro road to Hill street, along west side
of Hill street to East Fair street.
DISTRICT NO. 12—Beginning comer
Humphries street and Atlanta and
West Point railroad wesL along south
side of Humphries in Greensferry ave
nue to Gordon street, along eaat and
north of Gordon street to Atlanta city
limits, along elty limit* to Central rail,
toad. This district to Include Battle
Hill and vicinity.
DISTRICT NO. 13—Beginning cor
ner South Pryor nnd East Fair along
west aide of South Pryor to Atlanta end
Went Point belt line, along Atlanta and
West Point belt line to Central of Geor
gia railroad, along Central of Georgia
railroad to Weat Fair street. This dis
trict to Include Bonnie Brae and Cap
itol View.
DI8TRICT 14.—Beginning Atlanta
and West Point railroad along north
•Ide of Humphries etreet Orcensfern
avenue to city limits, along city limit*
Slmpeon street to Southern railroad,
along weat aide of Southern and Weat
Pont railroads to Humphrlts street.
DISTRICT NO. 15—Beginning at
Simpson street and Southern railroad,
along north aide ■■( Simpson street to
Bellwood avenue, thence directly north
to Marietta road, along south side ot
Marietta road to Southern railroad,
along east side of Southern railroad to
Slmpaon street.
SUBURBAN DISTRICTS.
DISTRICT NO. 16—Edgewood. Kirk
wood and Decatur. -T'
DISTRICT NO. 17—Citlea of Mariet.
ta and Cartcrsvllle.
DISTRICT NO. 18—East Point, Col-
lege Park, Fort McPherson and Oak-
lund.
DISTRICT NO. 19—Falrburn, Pal
metto, Jonesboro, Hnpevllle.
DISTRICT NO. 2ft—Llthonio, Bos
well. Acworth, Stone Mountain and
McDonough.
Conteetants from the suburban dis
tricts must reside during the time of
the contest within the corporate limits
of the towns In th? respective districts.
COUNTRY DISTRICTS.
DISTRICT NO. 21—Comprises all
section* of the Fifth Congressional dis
trict ten nirrady designated.
DISTRICT NO. 22—Comprises Rome
nnd Gainesville, and the Seventh and
Ninth Congressional districts, except
ing the cities of CarteravlIId and Ma
rietta
DISTRICT NO, 23—Comprises Sa
vannah and the First Congressional
district.
DISTRICT NO. 24—Comprise* Alba
ny nnd the Second Congressional dis
trict.
DISTRICT NO. 25—Comprise* Amer-
Icu* and the Third Congressional ill*,
trlct.
DISTRICT NO. 26—Comprises Co
lumbus and the Fourth Congressional
district.
DISTRICT NO. 27—Comprises Ath
ens and the Eighth Congressional dis
trict,
DISTRICT NO. 28—C omprlsos Au
gusta and the Tenth Congressional dis
trict.
DISTRICT NO. 29 — Comprises
Brunswick nnd th" Eleventh Congres
sional .11 inlet.
DISTRICT NO. 30—Comprises Macon
and Sixth Congressional district.
them said: "Why, It almost never r^lns
In Arizona, and when It docs It quite
before It begins." "Nevertheless, about
noon a thick cloud gathered about the
tops of the Oallure* above u*. Almoet
Immediately It was dissipated by the
wind, but when the peaks again showed
we 'stared with astonishment to see
that they were white with snow. It
was as though a magician had passed a
sheet before them the brief Inetant
necessary to work hi* great transfor
mation.”
This reviewer ha* seen, many times,
just what Mr. White describes. "The
Rawhide" I* possibly the beet atory In
the collection, but they are all good.
None better are there that this reviewer
knows anything about.
"MEXICO AND~HER PEOPLE OF
TODAY," by Nevln O. Winter. (L. C.
Page ft Co.) Mr. Nevln O. Winter In
his "Mexico and Her People of Today"
haa written' a very entertaining book,
giving there an account of the cue-
toms, characteristics, amuaementa.
history and advancement of the Mexi
cans and the development and re-
aources of their country. The boo If Is
Illustrated from original photographs
by the author and Me C. R. Blrt. It Is
an Intimate document, based on ex
perience* with and life among Ihe Mex
icans. and l* very handsomely gotten
really very little about our "eleter re
public," and no doubt that le one of
the reasons that Mexico and her people
and affairs are attractive to us. What
ever Mr. Winter may say of the people
generally, they are a sorry lot, nnd no
mistake. This reviewer ha* been In
parts of Mexico described by Sir. Win
ter, and his statements are true, but
flattering. There Is no lower class
upon this continent than tht? peons of
Mexico, and the terrible part of It all
le that they don't want to change their
condition; they resent any "foreign In
terference" looking to a betterment of
their condition, and the majority of
Mexicans are utterly unreliable anil
will "stick a knife In you" the first time
you turn your back. It Is necessary,
though? to turn your back. One Is al
ways safe facing a Mexican, safe a*
to bodily harm—not as to distressing
sights of filth and Indecency. The coun
try has developed, of course. No coun
try or people could remain on this
continent and not progress some. But
most or all advancement made by the
people of Mexico has been literally
forced upon them, which the people
there yet resent r.nd strenuously—when
the back is turned. But Mr. Winter's
book Is very Interesting. We were
only discussing Just then the advance-
merit, by their own means, not the
up and very interesting. Wo know country’s advancement generally, be
cause It Is an undoubted fact that tha
Americans who have Invested largo
sums of money in Mexico have dons
wonders—wonders especially notable
when we remember w hat kind of peo
ple were ohniructlng and do still ob
struct the way.
“THE LITTLE DEVIL.” There Is
published In Los Angeles. Cal„ a little
magazine (monthly) called "The Little
Devil." It come* to The Georgian, and
The Georgian Is glad to get It. The
November number Is styled "A Jour
nalistic Highball." It Is two journalls-
tlc-highballs. Sometimes all of us get
into a condition of mind when we would
like to "turn looae” on things, but
don't for fear of being Incarcerated.
"The Little Devil" iin't afraid, an l in
the November number It takes a tang
at Mrs. Bradley Martin, of -aaeslaty"
In New York and London; at the ap
proaching Vanderbilt wedding, an.l at
an ecclesiastic "Jack the Ripper." If at
any time a reader wants to vicariously
“turn loose," he might get hold of a
"Little Devil." The Little Devil"
Isn't afraid at alt Like mo-t devils,
big or little, It is very bright and very
unafraid.