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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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OUR PLATFORM. The Georgian
stands for Atlanta’s owning Its own gas
and electric light plants, ns It now
owns Its waterworks. Other cities do
this and get gas as low as Go cents,
with a profit to the city. This should
lie done nt ouee. The Georgia u be
lieves tbnt If street railways etui In*
operated sn'-eessfnlly by E u r o p <
cities, its they are, thorn Is u«i l
reason why they cannot lid *b operated
thorn Is no g«KHt
lid sb opera *
here. But we do not believe this can
lie done now. and It way be sonic years
1* for an big an tin-
lanta should set Its
NOW.
Their Footing Failed and Down
They Sunk.
Multitudes were very busy Iii the pursuit
•f baubles that glittered Iii their eyes and
danced lief ore them—
But often, when they thought themselves
within resell of them, their footlug fulled
and down thev sunk.
It la a frailty of human nature to be
harsh and cold toward the frailty of
human nature. Most of uh—even those
of us who take pride to ourselves for
being considerate and tolerant, as we
deem to think, find our tongue often
saying and our mind oftener thinking,
**I told you so," or "you might have
known better."
This when It happened that their
footing failed and down they sunk,
It Is a frailty of human nature t
busy In the pursuit of baubles, baubles
that glitter In the eyes and dunce be-
• fore them. One may by taking thought
com#;to the belief that the only erring
pattapave- take In life are those by-ways
whose course we follow In the chase
of the glittering and dancing bauble.
One may be dazzled by the Irides
cent glory of wealth, or pomp of pow
er, ahotber by the delectable gleam of
fugitive pleasure, of alluring enchant
mem of eminence In society. All of u*
pursue that which we Jmvt not,
have not In fulness. And, haply, our
footing falls and down we sink.
The papers of this week have had
much to bay about the unhappiness of
the marriages of two American wom
en. If Is the popular opinion, however
fallaciohs that be, that these women
had bartered their countless wealth for
wealthless counts. If the play on words
may be pardoned. It Is the belief of
those—who really have no light to an
opinion about Jt—that these two
American women entered into marital
alliances with foreign nobles, having
nil the faults and vices peculiar to the
thlnl and fourth degeneration, solely
because they were willing to sell them
selves and their millions for the dwarf
ed glory and prestige of jtarticlpancy In
an old world title. With untold wealth,
beauty, education and position In
American society, they sought that
which of all things in the world they
had not. A title.
They were only busy in the pursuit
of baubles that glittered In their eyes
and dance*! before them.
But when they thought themselves
within reach of them their footing fail
ed and down they sunk.
There Is no moral to this. Humanity
must chose its baubles—else It Js not
human but superhuman. But let us
keep In mind when we see their foot
ing fail and down they sink that we,
too, have pursued or are seeking lmu-
bles—maybe of another sort, hut bau
bles none the less elusive and profit
less.
SATURDAY EVENING.
All men and women, who were fortunate enough to - have heard the
great evangelist. Rev.* Dwight Moody, preach, were impressed with three
t harncierlstlcs, which he possessed to an eminent degree, and which consti
tuted the foundation ui»on which wtw bullded Ms marvelous power over
men.
No one ever listened Intelligently to this very remarkable man without
realizing the utter and entire absence of self In his preaching; Ills tre
mendous earnestness of purpose and his Intense and beautiful faith.
These three things made Mr. Moody one of the very wonderful pulpit orators
of modern times, ills Jack of the faintest suggestion of personal vanity, or
of self-consciousness, was ail the more surprising w hen It Is recalled the
Interest he awoke and the sensation he created by his sermons In all por
tions of the English speaking world. This characteristic alone entitled
him to profound consideration and emphasized the fact that vanity Is a
component part of only small, circumscribed brains.
His earnestness was Infectious—all earnestness Is and will always con
tinue to be.
No man or woman ever accomplished anything In life without this es
sential quality. The failures have been rarely made by persons who are
thoroughly aroused upon a subject and who pursue an aim with Intelligent
enthusiasm and with a seriousness of determination. And then Mr. Moody
hud unquestioning trust und childlike belief In (lod and Ills revealed Word.
The eagerness with which men listened to the teachings of such absolute,
beautiful faith evidenced the craving of humanity for the simple, glorious
gospel of the early fathers. It Is a notable fuct that In these latter days the
Intellect and influence of the most gifted men and women of the world lire
being thrown on the side of a pure and unde filed Christianity.
The specious reasoning of the agnostic makes but small Impression
upon the people nt large. The mental vanity of a certain class of present-
day preachers, which finds expression In futile efforts to bring Into disre
pute the fundamental tenets of the Apostles* Creed, arouses but un Insignifi
cant and Inconsequential following. The weight of genius and of cultiva
tion have been largely thrown on the side of a genuine, wholesome Chris
tianity mid of all men most miserable Is he whose restless, unsettled brain
is forever at war with bis own soul. The constantly Increasing tendency on
the part of the public toward a thorough appreciation of true godliness Is
one of the most encouraging Indications of the present times, and suggests
more, perhaps, than anything else, the growth of a sincere Chrlstlun senti
ment. This Is an era of action, not of Inertia, of living us well as talking,
and no man can preach a sermon—even though he possess the tongue of un
nngel—\u\\t so powerful for good as his own dally walk In und out the
devious paths of life will prove.
The world demands that what a man teaches he must exemplify, not In
one small particular, not In the keeping of one or two Scriptural Injunc
tions—perhaps In accord with his natural temperament—but he must make
nil the sacrifices, bear all the burdens, exhibit the never-ceasing energy In
well-doing of St. Paul, or .his preaching nnd teaching will be in vain and
but as "sounding brass and tinkling cymbal.”
All classes, creeds and conditions of men gladly show every mark of
respect for a man whose everyday living Is In keeping with the sacred Vows
he has assumed, regardless of personal sacrifices entailed. The noble, up
right, self-saerlflclng lives of a very large majority of the preachers of
today have done much to bring about the acceptance of Christianity by the
masses of mankind. Living ns these godly men do, with the white light of
investigation beating upon them constantly, they stand forth before the
world without reproach.
Human, yet self-subduing, they fuvnlsh .such manly examples of a
w holesome Christianity that the veriest)' worldling honors ' them for their
purity ami for their honesty, nnd Is anxious to emulate their splendid
virtues. Religious sentiment Is increasing and the dally lives of the min
isters of the gospel—witty a few exceptions—are Incentives to grehter
growth. They exemplify—with rare exceptions—the teachings of Christ, and
thereby strengthen the fidth of humanity in the doctrines they expound.
When the world decides that a man Is an unworthy teacher or preacher.
It Is 'generally the fault of the man, and ridf Of the wolhl.'
Mr. Wood)’ fcTl V.ICMccp Pith the followers of every religious sect do
ing him honor as a man of simple, earnest, beautiful faith, svhose every—iy
living was a sermon In perfect nnd complete accord with the sacred texts
of the Sermon,on the Mount.'
But the crowning glory of this great evangelist's life was the sweet and
tender humility with which lit) sat at the foot of- the cross, accepting
with the losing faith of a little child the simple but tremendous truth of
the salvation of mankind through the atonement made on Calvary's height.
ful appetite, heightened by a romp in
| the field* or n dip In the creek, had a
I great deal to do with the way they
appealed to us. But thousand* of hus-
Imnda at one aide nnd ten thousand at
our right hand are ready to testify,
without hope of reward or fear of pun
ishment, that the wife of their boaom
can make biscuit which do not bring
on battle, murder or sudden death.
Ho that’s another gag nailed. #
And yet these very exceptions may
only tend to establish the fact’ that
for once the trite old Jest should he
taken in earnest, and that most women,
with the exception of Lily Blake nnd
t.’arrle t’att, arc really and truly afraid
of mice.
The relative degree of fear on the
part of u man and a woman would be
difficult to establish. In order to make
anything like a fair test they would
have to be placed under the same han
dicap.
We might get some man—Mr. Ed
ward Bok, for Instance—put him in
petticoats and try It.
ANLANTA NEWSPAPER WOMAN REVIEWS
“LADY BALTIMORE” FOR PUTNAM’S
THE AEGIS OF THE FEDERAL COURTS.
It was the Intellectually powerful and the politically Honorable Ed
Baxter, among the greatest of railroad lawyers, who .two years ago Hung
defiance In the teeth of the Georgia railroad commission by saying:
"llenccforfb. I tell you, we shall seek protection under the aegis of
the federal courts." .
And now the Central of Georgia railroad Is seeking the protection of
the shield of the Federal court.
The case Is this:
Dl „.|ng the panic of the early '90s, the slate rullruad commission al
lowed the Central of Georgia to Increase Its freight rates S5 per cent, the
avowed reason being to save the road from bankruptcy. Now. by circular
3K, the state railroad commission seeks to reduce local rates approximately
lit per cent. This will leave the rates higher than those of the standard
tariff of 1890.
The railroad Is lighting the reduction of the tariff, .saytng that tt .will
deprive It of a fair return upon the value of the property, A federal court
Injunction secured by the railroad, estopping the enforcement of the circu
lar, and the tight ts on.
If Judge Newman upholds the contention nf the railroad, the use
fulness of the state railroad commission Is forever destroyed, and the aegis
„t the federal court Is proved Invulnerable against the laws of the shite.
Will It be another step In the domination of the fulled States courts,
which arc gradually depriving the states of their rights?
Joseph Madison High.
The death of Mr. Joseph Mudlson
High, after a long and stalwart struggle
aortal Illness, removes from Atlan
ta another of those men who made the
rlty what It is.
Mr. High was endowed with the ge
nius for business; he supplemented this
gift with Intelligent study and never-
easing labor. And In thirty years In
Atlunta he accumulated one of the
largest fortunes ever made In the
Houth In a mercantile business.
Yet, strange to say, lie was one of
the most Inconspicuous of Atlanta’s
citizens. He was known by sight to
but few save those with whom he came
into business and social contact. This
was due to tho fact that he was of
modest, retiring disposition and be
cause he devoted nil of his time and en
ergy to his business. Yet he was nev
er delinquent In any enterprise or pub
lic movement that made for the good
of Atlanta of Its people.
The part he played In the upbuilding
of Atlanta was Important—though not
heralded with flare of trumpet—and his
place In Atlanta will not soon be filled.
Owen Winter’s story of old Charleston., Owen Witter
“Lady Baltimore," has perhaps been more
widely discussed among Sontlieru women
than auy other story of recent years,
hna Iteeti one of the few books by au "
wider" whirls has pictured it .Southern city
of the olden type In n way to uiiiiimc -with
out offending. Owen Witter has dfgerib<*<]
Charleston and'Its people In :t charming
ray. No review of the story has given a
lenrer Idea of Its qualities than that In
rutiuuu’s Monthly of the current Issue, l»y
Selene Ayer Armstrong, a member of The
Georgian’s staff, whose special articles from
Mine to time have shown the value of a
woman writer to a dally newspaper. Miss
Armstrong’s review Is reprinted here from
Putnam's:
A Southern View of “Lady Baltimore.'*
A gentle rumor is abroad that the tine
ladles and gentlemen of old Charleston are
mightily divided In opinion as to the mer
its of a certain recent liook, one "Lady Bal
timore.’’ There he those who name the tale
most worthy and delightful, while others
are outraged to see themselves and their
city Jn print. Little thought they that such
n vulgar thing ns appearing In print would
ever befall Charleston and Charlestonans!
Meanwhile we of every Southern state are
writing to^ Charleston for recipes of "Lady
When It gets really and tiuly cold
the heat will be turned on In the cars,
jtgyg tbe Georgia Railway and Electric
Company. In the meanwhile those
foolish enough to thick It’s cold be.
cause, the mercury hits around the
freezing point frequently don’t know
• old when they feel It.
Lily Blake on Mice and Men.
Lily Blake, who, wh*n she presides
over a session of the Woman’s Suffrage
Association, the Society for Ethical
Culture, or almost anything except n
Mothers’ Congress is known as Lil
lian Deverenux Blake, had been In
silence and seclusion so l«*ng that we
feared somebody bad cither married or
How many private Individuals or
corporations would allow a ntilllun-
dollar property to become u mm*
shackle barn through u mistaken j*>ltry
of economy? Yet, that Is what Geor
gia Is doing with her state capital.
(Scientists say that beefsteak has a
value quite separate from Us nutritive
constituents. That Is flnal and com
plete vindication of the boarding house
kind.
keep busy telling how
Vv wocbl lw_— If thev ke*»t Ii*ov,
lei OVonnell sold he could drive a
coach and six.
We have seen her tried.
Siu* stood there on the rostrum "like
some tall cliff which rears Its awful
form," while "Madame President" broke
around her like a baffled storm.
So, of course, fart to t’att Isn’t afraid
of mice.
But we are afraid that Miss futt Is J
not a type. We are afraid that there
murdered her; but within the past few 1 ^ u considerable degree of truth In
day, !*)»' hn* coin, fmvnni with all her (|lf> u |(t , 0 , ( , gttB * about .ecklnx
Id-time rang frofcl nnd cock-vui* | ||w h | fher | pve |s whenever a well-
meaning, if not positively territled, ro
dent scurries in und out of view.
finally nn.l declared
woman’s suffrage wo
Zealand, or that Belv
defrauded out of the pre-id* n<
the suffragettes «*f London ni
making Mr. Half
d cock-sure j
11. not that;
well In Ne
k wood
or that
tight in
There arc
.•hlch real!:
truth tha
so many «f those old gags
have but a small basis of
e never like to bo too sure
life a burden, but u | )lUtl tti<* matter. It Is true that when
’■*• the ntitik—that women are n» „ ,. er i a | n Scriptural mother-in-law fell
afraid *.f mice than men are. m \ t ua * us "Peter’s wife’s mother"
w, tin re Is one of her sociological (fiat she was tenderly referred, whether
vho, we may welt Imagine, J nut of p, nr or because she wag sick
tha
melat
Ik not afraid
* at all, and tnaij 0 f tt f,. V er. And yet every man Un
is Mrs. faille fatt -Mrs. faroline that the mother-in-law gag has not
IV tt, as she would probably Insist upon only been overworked, but the go.nl
being called if she were present. She , womun herself underestimated. She
Isn’t even afraid of suffrage session , is more long-suffering uAd less long-
where nil the deal women want to sta>ing titan she 1ms been painted.
is»iik their minds c.t once, and thereby • And those “biscuit that mothe r used
make parliamentary law look like that to make.” Mother made \«ry goal his-
l,-»-v .,f pfimn**r| through which Ihm- entt N*» «b*»iht the r.*>*t of n youth-
Judge Bleckley Invents.
Judge Logan E. Bleckley, of Charles-
vllle, has been granted a patent for his
new model, four-cylinder, double ac
tion, bedcover support. Logan E.
'Bleckley Is a*former chief Justice of
the supreme court,.loved by bench nnd
bar and laity alike. But none of hi.*
admirers expected him to take up Yan
kee nollon* and commence inventing
things, to say nothing of patenting
them.
Blit what' Is It' for? A’liettcoVer sup
port might be a handy thing under
some circumstances—for instance,
Under the present reign of high coal
prices n contraption that would hold
tho cover on good nnd tight might
make the hall bed room seem leas like
Hudson’s bay "and dreams of Nansen
nnd relief expeditions would be less
frequent. Such a device would hardly
take the place of the good old-fash
ioned mother who always tucked the
cover under her boy the last thing be
fore blowing out tlm candle, but It
would help some. Used on the baby’s
rib It might save father from sentl-
hourly excursions from his warm place
bring about an economy Jn pro
fanity. It would keep one's room-mate
from wrapping the blankets twice
around Ills own form when he hap
pened to roll the wrong way and bring,
Joy and comfort to the unfortunate who
awakes to find himself exposed to a
old nnd unfeeling world. There are
many ways In which It would /III a
long-felt want and form an article
htch no. well-regulated family could
afford to he without.
But what the world needs today is
an Invention that will remove the cover
easily, but firmly, when the clock
strikes 7. These are the mornings
when to He abed Is a bit of heaven
caught hi advance. To lie In that
blissful stute when dreams blend with
reality, when the haunting voice of a
vision resolves itself Into the call of the
maid announcing breakfast, when the
dreamer feels the nipping atmosphere
of early morning and cuddles deeper
between tfie blankets to snatch another
bit of dreamland—that Is the happi
ness which those who sleep as long as
they want never know. But such lux
ury is not for tlie proletarian. He must
follow the maxim, whether be be bird
or worm, nnd our Invention will make
him wise In spite of himself.
\\v hav* in mind an alarm clock
which will announce the hour ten
minutes In advance. Ten minutes will
be given tlu* victim to repose and pre
paid for the fate to come. Then at
j lh** next stroke a powerful spring will
(Jerk the cover to the celling, beyond
! the reach of the weak mortal who
would drag It back to wrap himself
once more for one of those "just u min
utes’* that lengthen Into hours, ou** i
patent will be on the market soon nnd !
i no well-regulated office will fall ti»j
' supply It to Its clerks.
Baltimore," and are saying among ourselves
that this book of Ow#u Ulster is alto
gether full of things ns delicious as auy
cake-even "Lady Baltimore"—could possi
bly be. And here 1 venture to warn the
gentle render that It Is needless to write to
< liar lest on for that recipe. The dnnio who
makes aqd mils the cake from which Mr.
" Ister s story takes Its name is discreet,
and gives her formula to none. A woman
from the "up country." however, who is a
most excellent housewife, and most truthful
wltldil, sent mo the following, declaring
that It Is the very genuine. "Lady Haiti-
more/ ns any Cha rids to tutu will testify un
less such testimony seem to him disloyal
to the-interests of fils townswoman:
8 eggs (whites only): 1 i
Pound sugar; half pound bui
milk: 2 teaspoons of baking
spoons of almond extract. Bako Iii three
layers.
"Icing to be pm between: 3 cups sugar;
wldtcs of four eggs; one and a half gills
of boiling water; 1 teaspoon of tartaric
acid. Boll for ten minutes, bent the whites,
ndd the acid, then pour the Imlllng syrnp
over them and ndd two cups of raisins and
two of wnlnuta."
It will Interest those who have read the
hook to know that tho real storr told
with such amusing frequency by Cbnrlos-
tonans are not, In truth, that with which
Nooks and Corners
of American History
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
Jacques Futrelle, of ours, ha# won with
his pen. Dodd, Mead & Co., who pub
lish It, announce that the first edition
of 5,000 has been sold out before pub
lication.
credits tils "Miss Bcattfaiit.”
but one ns witty, and which bus to do wUU
no less a person than Willi#m Makepeace
Thackeray and a certain quick-witted worn
sn whose Diana known to nil In Cbnrles
Introduced to Mrs. K., during
Charleston. "Muduuie. I hour you are tilts
fastest woman Iii the Houth”—meaning,
of course, the most modern, up-to-date
woman hi the Houth.
Whereupon that dame replied innocently.
"You must not hollere nil you hear. Air.
Thackeray, for I have always heard you
were a gentleman.’*
This light story remind* one that no
quality of Mi*. Mister's work Is more al
luring thnn the gentle huumr r.hlch runs
like n silver strand through "Lady Balti
more." The writer Is never hilariously
funny, us iu "The Virginian." for hilarity
of any sort would Is* out of keeping with
the gentleness of these Kingsport folk.
I'nther his humor has the delicate fra
grance of the old-fnsliiom-d roses that
n*aj to the breeze* there hi Hi. Michael's
church yard In Gharlcston.
“e shall praise briefly Owen Wlater’s
„ .'Dent character drawing, the delicacy
and the finished quality of his style, nu*J
shall pass as briefly over the love story,
which Is Inconsequential. John Muyrnnt,
his forefathers, . ... „
lover he is unconvincing and ttnstUltfae-
t0 A'r.-alur.‘ of I ho work which dowry.,
consideration, however. Is tho writer’s nr-jrfjp u 5® '*’*“*” existence long befoie
rulgumeut *»f our present-day commercial-, Lincoln spoke It at Gettysburg there Is
’ "s protest against tho vulgarity i no room for doubt.
ii society. To see suth protest] Five centuries nnd a haU before the
appear lu our books, espocla lly, 'vb‘ , u It js: day of the martyr president there lived
henlthVul 1 *1% 11 iii ivritSg t of W the C "j«d!! i” old K»ff*«nd one of the stanchest
low* rich." Mr.’wJster makes numerous wit- Democrats thut the race inis ever pro-
ty nnd telling epigrams. j dueed. The name of that old Democrat
Much of Mr. w Ister’s protest, however, j was John WIckllffe, the celebrated the-
ls In more serious strain. It Is nu earnest ; oloiriun.
ihoiao’f th" flVih.'‘fo“ f ,h‘! ! 't,,.!'m,T t ..f'T/uL , t ' , f c .*?
fare and courtesy above the lildcousuess of) translation of the ticriptuies—13-4—
commeivfitl/sm. < (nay be found these words: ”This Bible
Any mention, however, of the real slg-: Is for the government of the pcoplo, by
lilflcaueo of “Lady Baltimore” lias been con-( the people and for the people,” which is
’£""•'1,^Word for word, with the fa-
that Mr. Wlstcr. h Northern man. lias ex- j bious expression from Lincoln.
• * *’ **-—*’ ’ • In tho year 1830. at a public meet
ing held at Often, Switzerland, a speak-
LINCOLN'S FAMOUS PHRASE.
In his world-famous “Gettysburg
Speech" Lincoln declared that the men
whose monument they were then dedi
cating had died in order that "govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people should not peiisu fro:n
tho earth."
Uke lightning the phrase electrified
the nation, und from that day to this it
has remained the most celebrated say
ing In the most celebrated speech of
modem times.
Hut fume always has to pay a big
price for itself, und repeatedly since
Lincoln’s brief, but immortal, addresa
was delivered it has been intimated
Unit the martyred president was a
plagiarist, having taken from another
the most striking phrase in h!s speech
without making nny acknowledgment
of the fact.
To these Intimations have come the
counter claims that Lincoln's celebrated
Phrase was strictly original with him
self, and that to Lincoln alone belongs
tho honor and glory of having coined It.
About the fact that the phrase In
-Tuled the olive brandt to tlm Houth, nnd
lus done It lu *•» sweet nnd gracious n
manner that Ids Imok must utenn n, inn-
terinl I lie reuse of good feeling between tbe
two seetlous.
There fans never appeared, even from tin*
pen of n Southerner, any work which more
perfectly comprehends the meaning to the
South or the rivll War. Our peculiar prob
lems and conditions, our temperament, und.
more than all, our suffering. Mr. Wlster
knows us though he were one of us. And
he portrays them ns they are.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
NOVEMBER 3.
. Died
March 1S94.
185?—Junius Brutus Booth, actor, died.
Born May l. 17Jfi.
1850—Visit of Victor Knmtauucl of Italy to
Ouccu Victoria.
1804—run federate rum Albemarle destroyed
by I.leutenunt (’nulling.
1S89— Presidential proclamation declaring
North ami Houth Dakota states of the
Union.
1890—Grand Hotel, Hon Francisco, destroyed
by Are.
189$— American nnvnl reservation establish
ed In Honolulu.
1903— Panntan proclaimed It* hulepende..
1904— Liberals victorious lu Cnuadian elec
tions.
St. Anthony Bobs Up Again.
The present excitement and interest
shown in the Hearst and Hughes cam
paigns, the international divorce pro
ceedings which are occupying a large
part of tho dally papers and the alle
gation that Mrs. Eddy was shadow and
not substance, were too much for An- ink—Wilflam Onlleii Bryant, Americau poet,
thony Comstock. He was nbout to be j lS12-Frem-h defeated ltnsslaus
forgotten.
The case which the secretary of the
Nice Society made against the Art
Students’ League, of New York, claim
ing that the catalogue or prospectus of
the school was indecent, is one of the
most absurd as well as deplorable mis
takes this sensational Comstock lias
made. The League, which has been
established over 30 years, Is recognized
as the leading art school In America
nnd ranks with tho very best schools
in.Europe. Associated with the League
from the very beginning have .been the
foremost artists of America, whose
character nnd ability have never
been assailed until now. This school,
which has over a thousand students,
Is known over the country for Its thor
ough respectability. But Mr. Comstock
Is not so vehement in his denunciation
of the League as he. is violent In de
nouncing Us catalogue for the simple
reason that It contains pictures of the
nude, or examples of the students’ work
done in the life classes. Has it ever
occurred to • this "wise" secretary that
It Is absolutely necessary for an artist
to be thoroughly familiar with the nt'Ue
In order to cither jmlnt a portrait or
mould u form? It Is just a*necessary
for him to know the anatomy of the
human form us it Is for a physician to
understand It. It la no moiv Immoral
for an artist to draw from the nude
Hum It is for a man or woman physi
cian to study the human form. It Is
simply a matter of business. Therefore
the catalogue of the Art Students’
League or of any other art ftchuol
which explains the work done in Its In- j
stltutloiH lias Just ns much right to be
circulated among prospective art stu
dents as n medical book or Journal has
to be circulated among prospective stu
dents of a medical college.
There certainly is nothing more
beautiful than the human form, out
who would expect stolid, staid, delud
ed Mr. Comstock to understand or ap
preciate denuded art ?
The hearing of St. Anthony’s plaint,
hleh comes up before Magistrate
Mayo in the next few days, will be
awaited with Interest an.l ardent hope
for the suppression of Comstock.
WHEN YOU’VE FAILED
S OONER or Inter every »non In life Is
sure to go up against failure!
Nu iuuu ever lived who nlwnys made
n success ef everything he attempted!
At times there —
rounding every one
overeome, und no
you may hnve trle*l
Sometime* th** fault **f the f.illure Is
resident In yonrstdf, sometimes It in the
fnult of those with whom you nre work-
iMjff.
flier., are times when ii poor brush will
ruin the work of the urthit. or poor paint
ranks his hest effort nppcnr ns ii daub.
.. “ • „t
hen v
the
olse is i
«rk Is rendered vuluele . .. .
has Imd Ills best work spoiled through
funity tie.onipiiuliiieiii. Mnuy a poor tie
eonipanlincnt Ik uttrlhutuhle to Inefficient
light hanging over the score.
There are Incapably workmen lu nil do
parrtueuts of life, {linking the bent-laid
plans of holiest and wise musters go
astray.
No man eon expect sueeess to rrmvii nil
his efforts.
TJih best sailing musters wreck their
ships nud hrlug eonfuslou to thousands who
nre watting delivery of the nuill or good*
from the other slue of the sen. But l»e
tin* cans.* of failure whatsoever It may.
hen It conns It makes tin* heart heavy
er named Bchlnz. In the course of his
address, used this language: "All the
governments of Switzerland must ac
knowledge that they are simply from
the people, by the people and for the
peoplp.’
In an address before the Anti-Blav-
ery* Society of New England, Theodore
Parker, the celebrated Unitarian di
vine, on May 29. 1850, used these
words: “Democracy Is a government of
nil the people, by all the people, and,
of course, for all the people."
go a great deal further back tlmn
we have yet gone, we find a Greek
demagogue of the age of Pericles, Cleon
by name, saying, about the year 420
B. <\: "Men of Athens, I am in favor
of the democracy that shall be demo
cratic, that shall give u« the rule which
shall be of the people, by the people
and for the people/’
The similarity between all these
phrase# is perfect, nnd it goes without
saying that Mr. Lincoln could not.
therefore, hnve originated the famous
expreXWon an found in his Gettysburg
oration.
It does not by any means follow,
however, that Lincoln was a conscious
plagiarist. Mr. Lincoln had an Inquir
ing mind, nnd knew u great many
things, but no man can know every
thing; and it Is more than likely that
he had never heard of the phrase until
his own mind had conceived It.
Rut even If It was proven that Lin
coln had appropriated the phrase, as
charged, the fact would militate In no
serious way ugalnst his fame.
Tho greutest of the Germans, the
Immortal Goethe, declared one day to
an intlmute friend that If everything in
his works that he Imd got from others
should be stricken out he would not
have a dozen pages left.
The greatest of tfie great In the fields
of literature, philosophy nnd eloquence
have pillaged right und left, and that,
too, without stopping to make any ac
knowledgment of the things appro
priated.
If the martyr president appropriated
the celebrated phrase In question with
out going to tbe trouble of mentioning
the jxwMtn who was kind enough to
have helped him to If, ho only did w hat
the majority of the kings of thought
had done before him.
ntiy more than when you win
mi stop to count victories.
Keeping Herimllv nt It. through strew
Slid Ktorin. through bitterness and defeat,
bring* n mnii nt Inst to the place whore
tree** ITOWII* effort*.
Your failure will lend to more careful-
•*h. more pnttuitnkiiu: endeavor, more lie-
de r.ttempi* If you are the muff of which
true uieii lire nuide. Ho It eotucs tho«
failure I*, after nil, the herald of ulti-
Are you going to *ir d«nr
edge trint you are detested
*!r down nud nekuowl-
ur* failure didn’t eom«* u moment too
\ Bui If you take that failure out Into tin*
strong light of h'*in**t ltive*tIgntloi» and
•enroll out nud discover the reason* of your
failure, bury deep Iii your heart the lesson*
tin* failure has to teach you. He will he
a (tetter man nud more npt to succeed next
time wh** slugs—
"Glorious It I* to wear n crown of n pure
and deserved *m-ees*.
He who knows how to fnll hn* won n
crown whose splendor I* not Ipru."
Failure* nr** stepping stones to «u<*ccs*
for strong heart*, determined to |H*r*e-
Nn'poleon failed a* an essay writer.
Sh;ik**spenre a* n*wnol merchant. Lincoln
is ii stmekener. Grant a* a tanner. Ijpt
thing resident iu the;
that fndoiuitnbU*
heart **f pur|Hw
them to brood
fill
did
ertnlt
tlmlr failure . ..
imrngH for other attempt*.
If you have fulled, don’t stop to make
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STRANGE DISEASE DISCOVERED
NO CURE FOR IT.
There is n nnv disease, very prevalent In this coun
try nt present and one that promis es to become epl-
detnk. "KodaTefltls'’ Is tin* name, and for genuine
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