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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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sults and sure returns.
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lor at rates quoted above.
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AGENT8 WANTED.
WANTED HELP—MALE.
had experience; send references; uiu«t ho
steady. reliable and sober. Address In 01—
handwriting B. is H.. fare The Georgian.
PHARMACY DIPLOMA AND LICENSE
In 12 month*. Address Southern College
of Pharmacy, Atlanta, tin.
NIGHT 8CIIOOL-B OOKK E E I»I N G.
Shorthand. Typewriting, etc., only 94 n
month. Dranghon’* I'rartlttl Business Cob
lege. Piedmont Hotel block. 122 Penchtree.
Hell phone RV9. Call, phone or write for
catalogue. It will convince you thot|
i«l la
Drouglii
the liesf.
WANTED—HELP.
YOUNG MAN AS BOOK
KEEPER AND STEN-
OGRAPHER.MUST
HAVE HAD EXPERI
ENCE. SEND REFEREN
CES. MUST BE STEADY,
RELIABLE, SOBER. AD
DRESS IN OWN HAND
WRITING, B. & S., CARE'
THE GEORGIAN.
WANTED—SIS BIHGHT nOYH. APPLY
at on<t. St. Nicholas rink, Ponce De*
IeCOtl.
WANTBD - SrPKRINTKNDENT FOR
overall factory; iunfliliit*t for Installing
gasoline engines: bookkeepers; stenogra
pher; shipping clerk: offlre boys. Other
calls we want to fill at once. National
Employment Association. 1022 1023 Century
building.
WANTED HELP—FEMALE.
Remington Typewriter Co.. 118 Peachtree
WANTBD - HOUSEKEEPER IMMKDI-
ately for young ladles’ college. Only com
petent and experienced persons need apply.
Htnte Hilary required and send recommends-
tlons. Address at ouce Shorter College.
Home. Ga.
purr Him ijiivniiirr. mum
exiierlenre. Give referencei
Ilox 81ft.
and nddrcN*
SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE.
\\ANTED—POSITION BY 14 YEAR OLD
Isijr. lias exiHTlene© and fair oitucntlon.
Address Hershei McDavId. 81 Wells street,
•'v-
SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE
WANTED SITI’ATION—YOl’N’tl LADY
stenographer; three years’ experience;
employed In afternoon*; must have perma
nent all «Isy situation at once. Address A.
H. C., 414 Edge wood avenue.
^ OLD HATS MADE NEW
PANAMA AND MILAN STRAW UATtt
cleaned and reshaped. 60c.
Soft and stiff felt bats cleaned and ro-
shaped. 36c.
Bands or sweats, flic each extra.
ACME HATTBRH. 6*6 Whitehall fit
FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS.
FIRST-CLASS BUSINESS HOUSES
should have high grade air nr Call on
Kent Sign Co., 91V4 North Vryor street.
IF YOU HAVE ANY FURNITURE OR
office fixtures to sell, sec the Southern
Auction and Salvage Company. 20 South
Pryor. ’Phone Bell 2306.
VISIT T1IK LARGEST AND BEST
equipped dental iipnrtmenta In Georgia at
Whitehall street. Atlanta Dental Of
fices.
FOR SALE-BEST RUBBER TIRE;
workmanship guaranteed. Georgia Ve
hicle Mfg. Co.. 60 and 62 West Mitchell at.
Brockway surrlea. runabouts and depot
wagons. Nothtng better made. Georgia
Vehicle Mfg. Co.. 60 and 62 West Mitchell
street.
FOR SALE—UPRIGHT PIANO IN FIRST.
class condition; same ns when came out
of the factory; splendid tone. For quick
*“ ‘ very attractive. M.,
^ WANTED—MISCELLANEOUS.
WANTED-ALL KINDS OF SALABLE
school, law. medical Itooks for cash. J.
C. Garsu. 71 Whitehall street. 'Phone 1822.
WANTED—TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE TO
buy Money Flour. There Is tuouey lu
every sack.
W A NTKD—8ECON D-HAND 1IOLI rTOP
or flat-top desk, with side drawers. Must
be In good condition. State price. Ad
dress Desk, care The Georgian.
office boars. Can take your rftatti
convenient. Circular letters and all kind*
of stenographic work solicited. Price very
reasonable. Address reply C2 Stenographer,
.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Innttt I tents! Offices,
ATLANTA DENTAL OFFICE.
I'll!INK 26«-J AND MARK AN KXOAGF.-
in,-tit ttittl have your ,’r„wtttil. till,.!
nr l,rk.Ii;,-,t l.v .n-v-UllHltt. AtlouU DiUtal
4>Sic»» UiW wifesAtT
WANTED—AO ENTS—BO Y 8 AND GIRLS
lu every town in Georgia and Alabama for
midget card*. Write for free samples and
terms. Autry Greer, Atlanta, ua. 1312
Empire building.
Antrim wantbd-wb manukacttrb
ten splendid household article* that sell
rapidly; our agents are making from $3
to $19 pe.r day; • sure money winner for
men nnd women; write now, you won't
regret It. American B. ic P.' Co., Cam
bridge, Ohio.
FUTURE AGENTS—SEND YOUR WORK
to u<i for enlargement; fair prices, good
finish; 16 by 20. Religious and scenery pic
ture* cheap. The Garner Company, ISA
I'eter* street, Atlanta, Ga.
TEETH.
KFECIALIHTK WHO ARE EXPERT DF.N
tlsts at Dr. lender's Atlantic Dental Of
fice* nt 39H Whitehall street.
PERSONAL
DAVID W. YARBF.OIJGH.
MASTER I'LLMBER,
Phone* 226ft. 90 E. Hunter lit
“KENT LIGHTS.”
THE BEST OF MANTLE LIGHTS NOW
•old nt vlVi N. Pryor fit. Alux Kent.
Photic 4S43.
KROM'8 MEDICATED SKIN. 8CALF
nnd hair soap; sold at drug nnd draart-
ment stores; nsk for It or writs J. J. Krom,
Sculp nnd Ilalr Specialist. 613 The Grand,
Atlanta. Ga.
C W. RL’SHELL HAS MOVED TO 19
Feter* street. Have your roofs, gutter*
nnd Tvnriii nlr furnace* pat In shape before
winter come*.
$3.00 TO $6.00 FOR THE FINEST GOLD
nnd white erowns. Best silver and gold
fillings 5U«' to $1.50. Teeth extracted with-
out the slightest pain. Atlanta Dental t>f-
flee*. 89H Whitehall street. Phone 2563-J
for Dr. Iginler or Dr. I/Ovelnce.
FOR 8ALE— REAL ESTATE.
IF YOU HAVE PROPERTY TO HELL.
place It with us; we give It our special
nnd personal attention. If It’s worth the
price we will sell It. C. II. Wells ic Co., 1104
Fourth National Hank.
IF YOU WI8II TO BUY, KELL OR Ex
change proiNTty of nny kind. It will pay
you to see us. C. II. Wells & Co., 1101
Fourth Nntlonnl Bank Bldg.
MTOIIE—132 PEACHTREE STREET, RUN-
nltig flu'otigh to For nr til street. Includ
ing good basement nml upstairs. Apply
nt office of Guthmnn Hteniu Laundry, 130
Pen eh tree street.
FINE FACTORY KITE - RAILROAD
front; 4 mile* out. Factory, care Geor
gian.
WANTED—REAL ESTATE.
IF YOU WISH TO BUY, HELL OR Ex
change property of any kind. It will pay
you to see us. C. II. Wells ic Co., il(t«
Fourth National Hank.
BOARDERS WANTED.
THE BON AIR. 3S4 Peachtree *t., solicits
Inspection, comparison nnd patronage.
LOST.
Who put* your paper on so slick.
And guarantees thnt It will stick;
Does your painting, does It nice,
And ’'always lowest In the priesY*
Burnett, of course!
Your “Uncle JIs\“ la hard to beat;
He’s at Number 12 E. Hunter street
Both Phones 650.
ATLANTA DENTAL OFFICE*. THE
largest Koutli. Remember the place, 39V4
Whitehall.
LOHT-HMALL WHITE FEMALE POO-
die dog; very long ears; nntne “Toodle*.”
Reward If returned to 82 West Penchtree
place.
LOST ~ CHATELAINE PURSE. EN-
graved “Lolllc." either on Ponce DeLeon
ear, or ,front. IJ* West Penchtree street
to Ponce DeLeon springs. Finder will
please return to 90 Decatur street and re
ceive reward.
FOUND.
THE REST IK ALWAYS THE CIIKAPKKT
—Atlanta Dental Offices, 39H Whitehall
street.
FRANKLIN. THE CLEAN CLEAN FEL-
low, cleans suits $1 to $1.60. Pants 10c.
10J Whitehall Ht. Phones, |t«*|| 620. A. 3881.
ATLANTA DENTAL OFFICES.
REMEMBER- DR. LANIER HAH con
solidated all Ills practice In one big build
ing, at 39V4 Whitehall street, under the
name. Atlanta Dental Offices. Nothing In
the fimith to equal them. Come and see
tlirni nnd hate your teeth filled, crowned
nml bridged by specialists nnd not by stu
dents. Phone 2663-J for Dr. I.nnler or Dr.
Lovelnee. 39V4 Whitehall street.
TEETH.
nnd made by spci-lnllst* nt Dr. lamler's
Atlanta Dental Offices, 39!4 Whitehall Ht.
TABLE COVERS.
TABLE COVER' CHAMOIH HK1N WITH
beautiful design of old negro head; some-
thing new, artistic and useful; 22x 22 Inches.
11.60 post paid om stamps). The Art Hhop,
lb*x 341. Columbia. H. I s .
ART SCHOOL.
WANTED-THE PUBLIC TO VISIT
Klnppy's School of Art aud Inspect por
traits painted by bis largs classes. Corner
Peachtree and Auburn.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
ATTRACTIVE S1GNH WILL BRING YOU
business. For high grade work call on
Kent. 91VI N. Pryor. Phone 2928.
AUCTION HALE EVERY WEDNESDAY
at 10 a. m. at the Routhern Auction aud
Salvage Company, 20 South Pryor.
IF YOU WISH TO BUY, KELL OR Ex
change property of any kind It will pay
you to see us. C. II. Wells * Co.. 1104
Fourth National Bank.
MONEY TO LOAN.
MONEY ADVANCED SALARIED PEO-
pie and others. American Investment
Co., 704 Candler Bldg.
Established 1890.
WEYMAN is CONNERS. EQUITABLE.
Mortgage loans on real estate.
FOUR PER CENT HOME MONEY TO
lend money for purchase money notes;
straight loans tnsde for 5 per rent nnd up
wards. According to desirability of loan.
W. A. Foster. 12 South Broad street.
THE UNION SAVINGS BANK BUYS
purchase money notes nnd lends money
on Improved Atlanta property a reason
able rates. Belt phone 769. Gould Bldg.
MONEY TO LOAN AT 6. 6 AND 7 PEU
cent Interest, according to security of-
fereil; sjiali expense and prompt attention.
Onlv on real estate lu sod near Atlanta.
H. B. Turman,
SPECIAL HOME FUNDS TO LEND;
uuv amount. 4Mt. 6 and 6 per cent. Writs
or call H. W. Carson, 24 8. Broad street.
FARM LOAN8-WE ARE PLACING
lotus OQ Georgia farms at the lowest
rates ever offered. The Southern Mortgage
Company, Gould building.
MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE
nt very lowest rates. No delays. Charles
Herman, rooms 202-3 Temnle Court.
HAVE Fi.400 TO 1.0AN. HUMS TO SUIT,
on unencumbered Atlanta realty. Address
R. 11. M., rare Goorglnu.
PICTURE FRAMES.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS.
W. B. SHELDON, FELLOW OF THE
American aud Georgia State Association
o! Public Accountants. Sheldon Audit Co,
§ nbllc accountants nnd auditors,
'em pie Court. KxJunlnatlons.
TALKING MACHINES.
TALKING MACHINES AND HECORDK-
Wholesale and retail distributors of Vic
tor Talking Machines and Records. Jusj
received largo consignment of machine* and
over 10.000 rerords. Immediate attention
given mall order*. We want the name# of
all talking tun chine dealers In the South.
Writ® for catalogue. Alexnnder-Blyeft Co.
BICYCLE SUNDRIES.
morcf.EH a\ii sunhhieh-laroest
lilrrpi, nml ,nm!rv dl.trllmtor. lu.. O ir
South. Southern agent* for Pierce, tale.
Snell an<l Hudson bicycles, Write for our
1906 catalogue and price list. Alexander-
Klyea Co.
ME88ENQER 8ERVICE.
FOR PROMPT A NO RELIABLE MBS-
sengers, ’phone 33. J. A. Davies and J.
C. flrnnnn.
MEDICAL.
KROMOPATH1L REMEDIES CURB
•eslp diseases nnd make hair grow.
Kronrs Medleared Soap makes you Uy-
glenleally clean. (30 years success.) J. J-
Krom, specialist. CI3 **Th* Grand, At
lanta. Ga.
PICTURE frames.
PICTURE FRAMES MADE TO ORDER.
II. W. Yarbrough. 2H Auburn aveuue,
corner Peachtree. Entrance Auburn ave
nue.
PRE88ING CLUB. „ __
PREHHINO—ALTERIXO—THE NEW EU-
reka Pressing Clul>—Cleaning—Repairing.
Whltehnlf street, Atlanta, li*. Membership
$1 per month.
8TOVE6 .AND RANGE8 REPAIRED.
STOVER AND RANGER REPAIRED AND
set np. Expert workman. Patterson
Furniture house, 286 Peters street. 'Phone*.
Atlnntn 2472. Bell 794 west. We buy nuy-
tbJng.
TRUNK AND BAG REPAIRING.
II. W. ROUNTREE & BRO. TRUNK AND
RAO CO. Retail and repairing. No. 77
Whitehall street. Phone J576.
WATCHMAKING.
TO THE TRADE: COMPLICATED
w.trhpi nre inx hobby. Modern Iden. In
work .ml denllnn. II. W.lter Lett, Room
1217 Fourth Notion.) Bank Bldg.. Atlnntn.
SHOE REPAIRING.
GWINN’S SHOE SHOP.
4 LUCKIE. OPPOSITE IMEDMONT.
Bell 2335. Men*. Hewed half anlea. 7Se.
FOR FINE SHOE RE
PAIRING
go to J. W. Carroll. 47 South Pryor street,
opposite court bouse. AH work first-class.
>io cheap prices. '
CASH REGISTERS.
(Second Hand.)
NATIONALS. IIALLWOODS. IDEALS
and all other makes at bargain prices.
We eau sell you n register, suitable for
any business, at a price that cannot help
but please you.
Cash or monthly payments. Every register
guaranteed for two years. Southern Cash
Register Co.. Branch of American Second-
Hand Cash Register Co., 24 8. Brood street,
Atlanta. Ga.
REGISTER EXCHANGE,
24 S. Broad St..
Atlanta, Ga-
WALL PAPER.
WALL PAPER AND PAINTS.
“Don’t let ’em fool you.” Jim Burnett
(formerly of Burnett & Willis) Is not dead
nor missing. He la contracting wall paper
and palutfng. Office nnd show room 12
'Ea*t Hunter street Both 'phones 660.
TEETH.
YOUR TEETH NEED FILLINGS AND
crowns. Visit the Atlanta Dental Offices,
39^ Whitehall street, nnd consult dentists
who are specialists. Remember the place,
39ft Whitehall.
SEEDS.
HEEDS TO PLANT NOW-BARLEY, RYE,
not*, grass, poppy, petunia, nlyssum, as
ters, pansy, Pinks, candytuft, peverfew,
mignonette. Murk W. Johnson Seed Com
iMiiiv. 36 South Pr.vor street.
FOR RENT—ROOMS.
ROOM8—FOIl GENTLEMEN. WITHOUT
or with lMtnrd, In private family; nioderu
convenience*; north side; charge* reasona
ble. Address I„ F. W., P. O. Box 779.
FOR RENT—FURNI8HED ROOMS.
ONE OR TWO NICELY FURNISHED
nanus In private family; north tide;
every convenience; china In. Would pre
fer young men, or couples. Reference re-
util red. llell ’phone 2020 M.
M. A. SHELTON,
DON’T FORGET M. A. 8IIELTON IS A
practical stove nnd range repairer; beat
work nnd material guaranteed. Both phone*
6276. ftl 8. Pryor street.
FOR RENT.
NO. 138 PEACHTREE ST.-At this num
ber on Penchtree street, betweeu Janie*
■nd Forsyth streets, you will find one Rtnre
room <27x47). with basement nltout the same
rise. This place I* suitable for n nice gro
cery or almost any kind of retail buslne**,
and a live man can do n good buslnes* nt
till* stand. Rent $103 per month.
JOHN J. WOODSIDE,
THE RENTING AGENT.
12 Auburn Avenue,
Both Phone. (It.
WANTED,
to buy inside city limits
n small lot about $100.
Any location,
C. W. U.,
care Georgiau.
WARE & HARPER,
724 aud 725 Century Bldg.
SANDERS, SMITH &
CONWAY.
Phones 6488. 412 Peters Building.
nml most up to date cafe In the city hf
..ttanta; beat, power, light nnd steaiu for
.-coking furnished free. Will Hear W to
ftift) per mouth. If you want n cafe, and
’ - . - — there la uo use
... ... ... not |>|et
vUbir •’•s-iitTM*. Kettss'** Auburn avenue, for vuu to look further.
$3,360 - NORTH AVENUE, 6-BOOM COT-
tage on large lot. neat .inckson street.
Thl* Is a well built brand-new cottage,
lu a choice neighborhood, and we have
reduced the price for Immediate sale to
Gils figure, aud can make very attractive
terms.
$9.000—TIIIRTY-8IX-ROOM HOTEL. EAST-
man, Gn.; re-modeled, new furniture; lot
nearly 2 acres; good patronage; rented at
present oil lease at $103 per month. This
1* a splendid Investment, In s live town,
tllll suit S4»ine hotel man to buy this aud
get possession as soon a* present lease
expires. Write us for particulars.
ANRLKY PARK LOT-ON PEACHTREE
circle, 196x420, aud we are going to sell
this lot at cost for special reason*. Price
$5,700. It’s u good one.
$5,000-LINDEN AVENUE. NEAR PEACH-
tree, n splendid 9-room bouse on nice,
large north front Ipt. Can make easy
terms on this.
$4.250—ELEVENTH STREET; SHADY,
level lot, 66x204. Your last chance to get
one of these lovely Jots for n home. Spe
cial reason for selling. This Is like sflk,
aud fine silk at that.
$18.03 FRONT FOOT—WE HAVE ON THE
north side, on a good street* 250x160, al
most perfectly level, covered with dense
shade trees, oak, blnckgum, etc. All im
provements down.
$3,950—NEAR THE PEACHTREEB WE
have a brand new 2-story well-built bouse,
rented on lease for one year nt $37.60; bouse
Is n dnudy and the location can't be bent.
$6,600—FIFTH SI'dr.KT HOME OF NINE
rooms, ou lot 60x200 (as perfect u lot as
there Is lu the city). This bouse Is furnace-
heated, In good repair, could not be dupli
cated for tne niouey.
*4.000 - NBAIt JAUKHON, IN GOOD
neighborhood, we have a seren-joom cot
tage, In very good condition, on s lot
84 by 204. Think of the rise of this lot!
Atlanta dirt, too. Lot alone Is almost
worth the price. Always occupied ns n
home.
SALESMEN: 1. C. M’CRORY, L M. JOliN-
SON, M'DONALD EUBANKS.
GLORE & JUSTIN,
215 Peters Building.
SIX-ROOM MODERN HOUSE, BEST
^nrt of Jones avenue, and n beauty; $3,-
Off NORTH 8IDK OF NEAL STREET,
between Chestnut and English avenue,
ulce level large lot, $325.
WE HAVE A NICE FIVE-ROOM COp
tage, cast front. Lot 110 by 100, In West
ern Heights, only $1,250.
FlVK-ROOSl COTTAGE OJ? N*KLHON
street. Lot 60 by 125. This 1* close In.
Price $2,000.
WE HAVE A Lot on "woodward ave-
nue; 104 by 185, to another street; only
$1,100.
TWO 8IX ROOM COTTAGES NEAR TER-
minnl station; sidewalks nnd sewer; cabi
net uinutels; splendid renting section; $1.-
500 each; one-third cash nnd monthly pay
ment*.
FOUR MCE LEVEL AND 8IIADY LOTS
near Grant park; $1,400.
IF VotTlIAVE VACANT UROUKRTY WE
c*n rent It. If you hnve property for sale
we can sell it. Give us a trial.
STOP PAYING RENT!
BECOME YOUR OWN
LANDLORD!
THE STANDARD REAL ESTATE LOAN
CO. of Washington, 1). C. t will sell you
from one to five contract* entitling you to
n loan of from $1,000 to $5,000 at 5 per cent
simple Interest, returnable In smnll monthly
Installment* of $7.60 per month on each
$1,000 borrowed, enabling you to become
your own landlord nnd paying for your
home for less than you are now paying
rent. For prospectus nnd plan* of the com
pany. address J. Ht. Jullen Yntes. State
Agent, 321 Austell Bldg., Atlnntn, Ga.
HONEST. TRUTHFUL. HURTLING
AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY
COUNTY IN GEORGIA.
WANTED
SECOND - HAND ROLL
TOP OR FLAT TOP
DESK, WITH SIDE
DRAWERS. MUST BE
IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATE PRICE. ADDRESS
DESK, CARE GEORGIAN.
GOOD INVESTMENT.
Four houses on corner lot.
Good street. Rents $31.00
month. Price $3100.00. See
LIEBMAN,
Real Estate—Renting,
Phones 1075, 28 Peachtree
Street.
MARIETTA, GA.
A MODERN. UP-TO-DATE COTTAGE ON
beautiful corner lot of 100 fi^t frontage
nnd running back 190 feet. Tht* Is n 7-room
cottage with water and sewerage connec
tion. House Is *torm-sheeted nml double-
floored, hoxlnfc of house lined with sawdust.
This cottage built by a Northern mnu for a
h«*me. On l»o#t street nnd in best neigh-
tmrhooil lu Marietta. Come to see us altout
this.
SAUNDERS. PRATHER
& CO.,
510 Temple Court.
FRASIER & SMITH,
Bell Phone 3533-M
WK BUY AND FELL HOUSES AND LOTS
on «t»r term.. ISS Auburn nrrnne.
MATHEWS & BILL.
613 Empire Building,
Bell Phone M. 1748.
Atlanta 172.
IN COLLEGE PARK, AND ONLY 200
feet from depot, we hnve a lovely twelve-
room house, on an acre lot. Water works.
Ten rooms hare grates. East front. Love
ly rooms. Stable, out bouses, etc. The
owner wants to sell quick, pome up and
let us show you what li bargain this Is.
ON GRANT STREET, JUST OFF GBOR-
gla avenue, we have a five-room house;
II conveniences; east front; a corner lot,
aud only $3,000; easy terms.
62 JONES AVENUE, SEVEN BOOMS;
nice lot; only $2,600; easy terms.
16 GRAY STREET-FOUR ROOMS; $1,400.
SEVERAL BARGAINS IN OAKLAND
City at Fort McPherson; one five-room
houn* at $1,000; $200 cash; one three*
rootn house, $600; $60 cash. Quit paying
rent.
Cor. Edgewood Ave. and Boulevard.
Fronts 55 feet on Edgewood avenue, runs back
98 feet along Boulevard, for sale at $40 a front
foot, or $2,280.
This is your chance to get a good comer on two
of Atlanta’s prominent streets.
FORREST & GEORGE ADAIR.
A GENERAL REPLY
By MARK TWAIN
FAT
By CLARA MORRIS
SCHOOL BOOKS
AND ALL SUPPLIES AT
JOHN M. MILLER CO.’S,
39 MARIETTA ST.
Juatlce Brewer, In hla talk the other
day before tne youth at Yale, dwelt
particularly upon the subject of true
politeness, and told by way of argu
ment of a brother alumnus: “Secre
tary Taft la the politest man alive; I
heard that recently he arose in a street
car and gave his seat to three %yomen."
The secretary might have shown a
little of that politeness to the young
lady who applied recently for a gov
ernment place, and who, after passing
a very creditable mental examination,
was Informed by the examiners that
she was too fat. Thereupon, we are
Informed,, she made a personal plea to
Mr. Taft, hoping to find some sympa
thy in his bulk, but failed, and she
simply received a regimen of diet to
adopt—something td mar that develop
ing comeliness.
Now, though leanness may be no ab
solute disadvantage to a man, I con
tend It Is a great disaster for a woman,
for beauty Is her life, and beauty con
sists chiefly In the.rounded limb and
graceful curve. The most recherche
toilet, the best dressmaker in the
world, cannot supply certain absences
or hide angles. Why, even the savage
Instinct recognizes the charm of fe
male plngultude and takes care that
It Is properly cultivated, more particu
larly, perhaps, with their captives. The
latter Is such a well known fact that a
religious mother, who, in bidding her
missionary son good-bye, ended her
farewell with this admonishment: “My
dear boy, If your fleshly, comeliness
should excite their appetite and they
should eat you, promise me that you
will try and disagree with them.”
True, there are persons who are
destined to be over plump, and this
physical truth has often led me to an
ticipate for some dear llttlq creature,
with rounded arms, dimpled cheeks and
hands, and pert little nose, fresh and
blooming, the admiration of everyone—
when placed in juxtaposition with her
ripened mother—a foredoom. I cast a
rapid and mental glance through the
next ten or twenty years of her life,
nnd I behold those charms In another
light, and I sigh Internally. This an
ticipated compassion Is a painful feel
ing and gives one more proof that wo
would be very unhappy If we could
foresee the future—yet, on holding
the glass closer, I see also* the develop
ing of a warm, motherly heart, the
kindly, benevolent dlsposltoln, the
comprehenlsve charity, and a con
science void of offerfse, the usual at
tributes of the stout. Excessive cor
pulence In man or woman has Its in
conveniences. It becomes a serious
matter when a man, by reason of fat
ness, cannot stoop to lace his shoes. I
knew of one who was compelled to go
downstairs slowly backward, an acro
batic feat that you or I, dear reader,
wouldn't care to practice, but entirely
safe with this gentleman, who, de
scending backward, Inclined forward,
pulling and blowing even with that lit
tle exertion.
A man of average build can weigh
200 pounds nnd not be called obese.
It may be that such a one Is not quali
fied to exhibit himself ns a dancer on
a tight rope or to take flying leaps a
la harlequin; nor would I place odds
on-him In a long walk against Weston
—still he has his compensations. As"a
burglar he would be m» much out of
place and as little to be feared as was
Enlstnff at GadshlU. And one might
go on and argue from this standpoint
that corpulence Is the outward sign of
not only a good constitution, but of in
ward rectitude and virtue. *For It Is
a notable fact that no fat man was
ever convicted of the crime of murder
—the average weight of murderers on
record Is placed at 165 pounds; be
yond that figure there Is seemingly no
impulse toward homicide; and stout
persons are seldom revengeful.
•Few fat house-breakers, or hall
thieves, or second-story men are led to
the criminal bar. NO, It Is your le^n,
wiry fellow, who forces himself through
a window sash; that goes on tiptoe
through the hallways, and up the
stairs, and glides cat-like Into the up
per chambers while the family are at
dinner. And to conclude this argu
ment, what maiden ladv. after her long
searches, has ever discovered a fat man
under her bed? Truly, Caesar's obser
vation was a shrewd one:
Let me have men about me that are
fat;
Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep
o* nights.
The question Is how to preserve a
medial proportion—one that has puz
zled the sages In medicine for all time,
and given birth to all the anti-fat rem
edies. It seems to me that nature,
by limiting the number of man's canine
teeth, has distinctly Indicated that an
imal food ought to form the smallest
portion of hts nutriment, and when he
gets beyond, to a question of no teeth,
whv, there remains porridge or bread
and milk—a most excellent nutriment,
as was substantiated by the old lady,
held up the other day, who had lived,
according to her • confession to the
fudge, for the last twenty of her 105
rears on the latter.
Vegetarians have also their argument
io offer In decrying utterly all animal
food, but It has always been a ques
tion in mv mind whether Nebuchad-
nezaris hallucination In the way of
pasturage was not promoted by a nat
ural Instinct. In mv opinion, a mixed
diet is the best, and temperance In
both food and drink the one thing to
observe.
I/ong before 1870. Mark Twain, then the
editor o$ a sntait newspaper, wrote the
following since famous reply to many of
his would-be contributors. To youngsters
of the present day It may seem odd that
conditions so seemingly np-to-dato pre
vailed so many years ago; and Twain may
in one of IHs chuckling moments still smile
to think that the world bus not changed.
Every man who Incomes editor of
newspaper or magazine straightway b
gins to receive manaserlps from literal,
aspirants. together with requests that he
will deliver Judgment upon the same; and,
after complying In eight or ten Instances,
he finally takes refuge in a general sermon
on the subject, which he Inserts lu his
publication and always afterward refers
construct my public sermow.
As all letters of the sort I am speaking
of contain the very saute matter, differ
ently worded, I offer, as a fair average
specimen, the last one I hnve received.
“Mark Twain, Esq.: Dear Sir—I am _
youth Just out of school nnd ready to
start lu life. I hnve looked around, but
don't see anything that suits exactly. Is
a literary life easy and profitable, or Is
It the hard times it Is generally nut up
for? It must be easier than a good many
If not most of the occupations, and I feel
drawn ,to launch out on it, make or break,
sink or swim, survive or perisb. Now
whnt ure the conditions of success In lit*
erature? You need not be afraid to paint
the thing Just as It Is. I can't do any
worse than fall. Everything else offers
the same. When I thought of the law—yes.
nnd live or six other professions—I found
the same thing was the ease every time,
viz., nil full overrun, every profession so
crammed that success Is rendered impos
sible—too many hands and not enough
work. But I must try something, nnd
I turn at Inst to literature. Someth
tells me that that Is the true l»ent of
genius If 1 have any. I Inclose some of
my pieces; Will you read hem over and
now, I hate to trouble you. but you hnve
been a young nmn yourself, ana whnt I
want Is for you to get me n newspaper Job
of writing to do. " *
me know. I can send yon more ns good
nnd mnybe better than these. An early
reply, etc. Yours, etc."
1 will nuswer you In good faith. Whether
my remarks shall have uny great value or
not, or my suggestions 1m* worth following,
are problems which 1 take great pleasure
In leaving entirely to you for solution.
To begin: There are several questions In
your letter which only n man’s life ex
perience can eventually answer for him—
not nnother man’s words. 1 will simply
skip these.
1. Literature, like the ministry, medicine
and the Jaw, nnd nil other occupations. Is
cramped nnd hindered for want of men to
do the work, not want of work to do.
When people tell you the reverse they
*- *hnt which Is not true. If you de
test this you need only hunt up a
first-class editor, reporter, business man
ager, foreinnn of a shop, mechanic or artist
In any branch of Industry, and try to hire
him. You will find that ht Is already hired.
He Is sober. Industrious, capable nnd re
liable and Is always In demand. He can-
get a day's holiday except by courtesy
his employer, or of his city, or of the
general great public. Ilut If you need
Idlers, shirkers, half-instructed, unambi
tious nnd comfort-seeking editors, reporters,
lawyers, doctors nnd mechanics apply any
any opinion whntever as to literary merit
of your productions. The public Is the
only critic whose judgment Is worth any
thing at all. Do not take my poor word
for this, but reflect a moment nnd take
your own. For Instance, If Hylvnnus Cobb
or T. 8. Arthur had submitted their maiden
manuscripts to you you would have said,
with tears In your eyes, “Now, plcusu
don't write any more!’’ But you see your
self how popular they are. And If It had
been left to' you you would have said the
“Marble Faun" was tiresome, and that
even “Paradise I.ost” lacked cheerfulness;
but you know how they sell. Man/ wiser
nnd potter people th»u you pooh-poohed
keapenre even as late as two centuries
nnd conscientiously praised It I might thus
help to Inflict a lingering and pitiless bore
Kin the public: If I honestly nnd cor.-
lentlousl.v condemned It I might thus
rob the world of a Dickens or a Shake
speare.
3. I shrink from hunting up literary labor
for you to do and receive pay for. When-
your literary productions hnve proved
. . themselves that they hnve a rent value
you will never have to go nroitnd hunting
for remunerative literary work to do. You
will require more hntids than you have
now, nnd more brains than you —• ••-
ever will hnve. to do even hall . ___
work that will Ik* offered you. Now, In
order to arrive at the proof of value, here-
lubefore spoken of, one needs only to ndopt
a very simple nnd certainly very sure
process; and that Is to write without pay
until somelKKly offer* pay. If noliody offers
I my within three years, the candidate may
ook u|hmi this circumstance with the most
Implicit confidence thnt sawing wood Is
want he was intended for. If be has any
wisdom nt nil. then he will retire with
dlgulty and assume bis benvcn-nppolnted
vocation.
In the above remarks I have only offered
a Course of action which Mr. Dickens nnd
most other fuccessfut literary men hnve
had to follow; but It Is a course which
will find no sympathy with my client, per
haps. The young literary aspirant Is a
very curious creature, lie knows
POWER OF MONEY
By TRISTAN BERNARD.
would _ .
water nnd build fires nil the first year, nml
let him learn to black stove* lu the Inter
vals; and for these good, honest services
would pay him two suits of cheap clothe*
aud his board; the next year he would Ik»-
gln to receive Instructions on his trade,
and n dollar a week would be added to his
emolument*;» and two dollars would I**
added the third year nnd three the fourth;
nnd then. If he bad tiecoine a first rate tin-
r, he would get aliont fifteen or twenty.
. innylie thirty dollars a week, with never
a possibility of getting sereuty-flre while
he lived. If be wauteil to tiecoma n me
chanic of nny other kind he would have
to undergo this same tedious, Ill-paid ap
prenticeship. If he wanted to liecotuc *
nil'll Il<>II YIIMIKI IIUII- II 1,11 ft” I
for tuition, nml hnve the privilege of Iks
lug nml clothing himself. The literary
plrnnt knows all this, nnd yet be has the
hardihood to present hltnsclf for reception
Into the literary guild, nnd ask to share
Its high honors and emoluments without
n single twelve-months’ apprenticeship to
show* in excuse for his presumption! He
would smile pleasantly If he were askeil
to make even so simple a thing n* n ten-
cent tin dipper without previous Instruc
tion lu the art; but, all green and Ignorant,
wordy, pompimsly assertive, i^.grammati
cal. with n vague, distorted knowledge of
men nnd the world acquired In n back
4-omitry village, he will serenely take up
so dangerous n weapon as a pt*ii nml attack
the most formidable subject thnt finance,
commerce, war or poHQc* can furnish him
withal. It would be laughable If It were
not so sad nnd pitiable. The poor follow
would pot intrude nron the tin sbon with
out an apprenticeship, but Is willing to
seize and wield with unpractical hand as
\\ hen James first came to Paris his whoi.
fortune amounted to Just exnctlv one if.
dred aud fifty francs. It would have
possible to live for two mouth* whtie loo?.
Ing for a position. but he preferred from
the beginning to find a very difficult criS
Ing which required great ability and dS
ferent other talents, and most exciting 5
all callings which allows for no recreatiM
nnd no vacation. Fully convinced that h*
would succeed, he chose the calling of
Ing nothing. w
He first bought himself an elegant trau»t
Ing suit, and second-hand truuk of r *
manufacture, almost covered with la,™.,,
with the names of all the most prominent
hotels In Swltxeriand and Rlvlers. To £21
this trunk heavy he bought old newspnwr*
for two francs. Then he hired » mi, {!
transport himself and his baggage to th
exclusive hotel, “The Norweljan Tlgs r J *
Arrived here, he took a small comfort-
able apartment and of the fifty tratict h*
still hnd left, he gave the waiters. Mi.
boys aud chambermaids thirty ng tint
When he bad done that he bought n meal
ticket nt n restaurant. “The Jlmniv.’’ 1
At Duvals, the famous Canadian tailor
he ordered ten different suits: evening
dress, business suit and a smoking tucket*
Prince Albert, golf suit, and riding auh-
he examined.tbo goods for each very care
fully nnd spoke like s connoisseur, of tht
cut and the making.
At Teminore’s he ordered such s selec
tion of neckties and shirts that King Ed
ward would have turned jealous with enrr
This done be* bought for three franci
ten pneumatic postal cards, and. retiring
to his room, he wrote something in differ
ent handwriting on each of them and signed
them with different names. He tben went
out, took a cab for another port of tbs
city nnd mailed the cards, addressed to
himself In his hotel. When he went back
In the afternoon, those postal cards wer«
Ivlng on the desk In the office of the hotel
nnd It Is hardly necessary to say that the
wife of the hotel keeper bad read them.
Here Is what they contained;
Mr. George James:
Dear Sir—At your request I have sold
ns well as the seventy horses which art
still left, I shall be very pleased to do so.
1 remain, yours very respectfully,
VINAIGREK.
On another was written, lu a careless
hand—notary public writing:
My Dear James—What Is the matter with
you? Why don’t you come nnd see me any
more? Now, do be a good boy and let me
have the pleasuro of seeing you for dinner
tomorrow. Always voura.
HENRI D’ORLEANS.
The next postal card was wrltteu la i
lady's haudwriting, and said:
The nearl necklace Is simply grand, dar
ling. You really spoil me. Bo sure to
cotne tonight.
FRKDEGUNDE DE BRUNEJAULT.
One afternoon James came Into the shoo
of his tailor. He seemed to be la quite * j
hurry nnd Immediately asked for M. Dural,
to whom he sold: ’\My dear Duval, are
vou able to oblige me with a thousand
'franca? At 6 o’clock I will return It f«
you, and I shall be exceedingly obliged
thnt you have saved me the trouble of
going to the bank."
Now there nro things which one should
never say to people who are suffering with
catarrh of the stomach. The face <>f th«
good Dural turned a sickly grey, but b*
reasoned that he was already In for It.
haring delivered suits to the value of tbres |
thousand francs to this customer. If bs
James the thousand francs/ without anj
show of enthusiasm, however.
James returns to his hoi.?l He walk* j
ir me, .uuuhuif iiucin* .
Then he takes out bis pocket book tad
•pen* It nnd aays: "Would yo " *“*
change thl« thousand franc bill fp. .... -
let me hnve smaller bills and gold Instead
Ilnif nn hour later, he walks Into the shot
of his haberdasher. He begins to critic!#
the shirts he has received lost and casas-v
he tnkes out his poeketbook with the
“Would you please give me n tl.
franc bill for oil this small change: It <s
a nuisance to carry so much of It wits
you.” The manager of the shop, nmn »•«
politely, replies thnt there would probsblf
be n good many who would not mind t£
trouble, nnd.a few moments later Jie » «
♦he shop of a shoemaker whom he bersw
because the quality of the patent Ientnev
shoes he has bought from him 1* u°t *» I
he expected It .to Jx». While the sboomftk* 1
deplores that there should be no renew i
for dissatisfaction. >1. James pulls out MJ j
poeketbook and says* “Would yon be Mnil
enough to gfre me two fire hundred franc j
bills Instead of this one?” . |
Now he Is In a restaurant; walk*
rather absent-minded and ask* the Inuy »
the cash Ikjx to give him one hundred franc
bills for his two five hundred frsuc bills.
Fifteen minute* to five he bands nj
tailor Ids one thousand franc* back*, tksrj
by nearly causing the-little mats to •
while he stutters: “Hut why did you hW
so? Tomorrow or the next day would c*. I
tnlnly have been soon enough. K « r : n »
Satisfied with hiuaelf'.and
strengthened Ills credit. In tbla
manner. James treat* himself with nn ^Lk
liottle of champagne for his dinner, wai » j
he has charged to bis account in the notw. j
Instrument- which I* able to overture
dynasties, change religion* nnd decree
weal or woe of nation*. .. it ^
If my correspondent will •« r / l ?u f 5af
charge for the newspapers of hi* «
1 .orhood. It will be one of the •trnntg L
thing* that ever hnnpened If be docs tm ■
get all the employment he can Ms r
on those terms. And a* soon ns ef r I
writing* are worth money, plenty «r I
pie will hasten to offer It.
And. by wny of serious and well nwg
encouragement, I wish to urge I
encouragement, i wifu u* u*»u.-
once more the truth thnt sccwtoblewn 1
for the press are so scarce that }*?* !*! 1
perloillcnl publisher!
stnntly. nnd with
grows heedless for s momcnr^ TWAlX
GEORGIAN
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Take the load off your
mind. flTry Them!
lc. A WORD.
Phone 4927.
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