The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, December 08, 1906, Image 13
THE ATLANTA GEOKHLAX
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MIRANDY ON THlTVOICE THAT'IS STILLED
BY DOROTHY DI X=
DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER
IS ACCORDED DISTINCTION
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f VND BAKES," exclaimed Mi-
. randy, I don’t know what we
' all Is a-comln’ to, but hit' looks
lak to me dat ef folks don't stop In
ventin’ things dere won’t be no peace,
an* res’ In dls world nor de next.
“Now, dere’s dat talkin’ machine
what dey calls de funny graph, an’
what looks lak a cross betwixt u tin
horn an’ a work box. Hit was skeery
enough, de Lawd knows to see hit give
a kind of hump to hltsaelf, an’ den bus*
out Ringin', or preach In’. or spoutin'
tin pan music dat put yo’ teeth, on
aidge, but ef anybody saw fltten to
afflict deirselfs
warn’t nobody
could kinder pass .
deni what performs'on de plunoln. I married man dat felt
"Dey brought delr troubles down on i de conversation of his
back of his neck, an’ his hair a-rlsln*
on his scalp as he listens to de voice of
his departed Murlar a-tryln’ to boss
him from de cemetery.
*Ylt he won’t*da’r not to turn, on <te
machine, for he can't look dat funny-
graph In de eye a-knowln* dat hi: Is
loaded to de g.vards wld las' words dat
hit is bust In' to turn loose. . , . . . , , ,
•• •!>«!•« >«»• HfP Mill l.ioUx tui; would Beenr kind of quiet an’ lonesome
uai s so, spurn* nee. nit mows laic | u . lflrtII# nniMU f V , ft w m nn' to
dey was tryln to take away all de
de ole familiar tones dat rips a man
up de back lak a buz* saw when he
comes home ’bout three o’clock in de
mawnin’, dat I lay dat I’ll fetch hit one
swipe wld de ax, an’ smash hit Into
smithereens.
‘“Cose I specks dut Jest at fust dat
de funnygraph mought be a. comfort
de bereaved widower, case de house
HUSBAND GONE FOUR YEARS
WIFE IS REFUSED DIVORCE
fort from de mourners.'
" 'I call hit sweet.’ says Ma’y .fane,
what la a gal an’ Is got romantic no-
wldout nobody to quarrel wld. an’ to
ax him whar he stopped on Ills way
home, an* what lie did wld dat twoblts
slip let him have out of his pay envel
ope, an* to remind him dat everything
’ anybody saw fltten to lions, -tnlnk of do rapture of herfrln’ Sff'.ii-iT- tTwJit b«d forhiTVtum!
to wld one of 'em. hit once luo' de voice dat I, .tilled;' ISJ hoilihVwbl chew'
r cl»e» business. an' you " 'Humph/ '.claim* !l;e wld a moanin' I $ eiovS* d ?i*e slta km a^de Le f ot
WM 'em. by lak you doe. Blame at.rle. I ain't never ylt seed no I LIStV. im?
beer when she sniffs hit.
ftnt after he gits over de habit of
house, still you didn’t ha\
to pity ’em.
"But dat was beeaxe you hadn’t prog
nosticated de true Inwardncs . of dat
contraptshun, for lilt ain’t nothin’ mo’
nor less dan a hant. ,
"Yassutn, hits de conjur. an’ no mis
take. an’ dere ain’t no wav to git away
from hit alive or dead. I always was
suspicious of hit, an* now I knows, an’
ef Ike was to bring one of deni tilings
home wld him, hit would lie me for de
tall timber. Yassum,-you would see
one fat ole nigger woman brenkln* de
record at skedaddlin’.
"What makes me say what I does Is
dls—las’ night Ma’y Jane was a-leadin’
In de paper to me ’bout dat woman out
In Colorado whats puttin' in de time
whilst she’s dyln* a slow an* lingerin'
death, by talkin' , in a funnygraph so
dat when she’s dead an’ gone all her
husband Is got to do Is des to turn on
de machine, an* shet his eves, an* dere
she'll' be a-handln* him back talk out
of de grave, so to speak.
" 'My Gord,’ says I, when I hears dat,
'dat po’ man sho* has got my sympa
thy, an' what his suffering* Is gwlne
to be Is somethin' dnt I trembles to
■ause, dat la done wo to a fraxzle ; g- amet t 0 hear de funnyKraph start UP
a-telllii' deni of delr faults Is Itlsberi , v jj de remarks dat do dear departed
rnever. * i was accustomed to uutklii’ ’bout dem
"I hates to criticise a lady, but ef! what flung away delr money In games
you axes my opinion of dat Colorado : of chance, an’ got too fumlllous wld de
woman, r*e bound to say dat she's | demon rum, an’ socl&ted wjd dem low-
takln* a mighty unfair advantage of down folks lak de company what was
her husband. • present.
"'.Maybe.' ray* I. 'hi.', seclt a ,,o' " Xo - Mlrandy,” say* Ike, “don't you
mery. shiftless. sort ..r a Creeter dnt 11"" no trouble to «0 talkln
she couldn’t git through specify In’ her! 1,0 ^ K Into a funnygraph Vv
opinion of him In one life tint*. "»«• bet »« e "> c “» c <le m? u . ld
“ 'Or maybe he’s lak some folks ! proper to remove you fust t II try to
dat I Could name ef I wanted to. dnt j wrastle alon* on what I kin remember
would drap all of his money In crap *$,!** ' ‘ a foS? o„ d< l!Jo
games, an' go trulpsln off after yultor (jji't.i? -~vfn,'Vm
gats Wld straight front ligger* an' mar- j loin' -«Ki d
shall waves, orpin' dat lilt gives him • J°L ?
de shivers to think wlist Ids wife Is .".A'..„ un ,. ( ? a A. , *A 0 . r t*. J*..? 1 }?.'.
awine In sac ef she belches him tillllg-dat ought to been **ld bout mV
"• , "he Kelt her. nun. I faults un’ weaknesses dat you ain't said
j’.°r what does de Good Hook sav | j dlsreinember* what hit could he.
on dls pint: “De fear of Ills wife Is | “FurderraoV says he, "dat funny-
graph busluess whar de dead keeps on
a-talkln* tn you Is a Ilyin’ In de face
of Providence. When de Lawd stills
a voice, He wants lilt ta stay still be-
cazc de one dat* had to endure hit
has got enough of lilt.*’
"Amen,” 'spons I. "an* dal’s de rea
son dat I’se tryln’ to say everything
I got to say to you whilst I'se here, an’
you dam't shut me up.”
nil de same I sticks to lilt c\at a worn- !
un says nil she’s entitled to say whilst
she's alive, an* dat when she Is dead
an’ gone her husband In entitled to
some peace an' res’, i know dat when
I’se a widower, an’ begins to sorter
think 'bout, as he sets up of n evenin’ feel my freedom dm ef any tunny-
wld de goose flesh combi' out on ncj graph gits to monkeyin' wld me In
She Tells How Women !
DOROTHY PIX: ;
SOUTH CAROLINA FOXHUNT
IS REAL SOUTHERN SPORT;
HISTORY OF THE RED FOX
Fox hunters in the Southern states
d.i not ride In white-top boots and cor
duroys, yet the sport Is moro enthu-
► la tlcally pursued than In England,
writes R. M. Chester from Columbia.
S. r., to the Nashville Banner. They
«rc hunters after a rude but thorough
manner, and with horses doubly train
ed In the deer and foie hunt, the South
«rn fox hunter goes over hills, rough
oaks, broken precipices, miry swamps
and open fields with tfie greatest ease,
wl.lle there can be no question but
that the hounds they follow are the
bm on earth. v
From Maryland to Florida, and
further west, through Tennessee, Ken
tucky, Alabama, Mississippi und Lou-
Mann, fox hunting contends with deer
' untlng as the favorite amusement. In
kin. the chase of the fox may be
propci ly regarded as a Southern sport,
an! the inodes of hunting are much
Mike In,all the Southern states. T-*
it;> sound of the winding lurrn the
neighbors collect at nn appointed place,
• i> h accompanied by his favorite dogs.
Tlifj send In their hounds to hunt
"' i tin* selected ground, and wait the
' me Thickets on the edges of long
"'hivuted plantations, brier patches,
co rtfd fields covered with glass are
’ !<• places where Reynard Is most like
ly t.i have his bed. The trail he has
hk behind him during his nocturnal
rambles being struck, the hounds are
u'imaged by the voices of their
I'ivci.N, and with great speed the trail
followed through the crooked end
• : ".tlou* ways the fox has taken In
• - ***arch for quulls, meadow larks,
bild mke and his bam yard prey.
Wurly always, unless the tnill Is a
'•■'T warm one. the dogH experience
ei at difficulty in getting on the direct
''all. the fox having doubted his course
*" "ften. When the trail la warm the
■ "R* follow with great precision and
■marring certainty, and the struggle
•Kruincu exciting. . Then the hunters
b iii. after the crying pack of dogs
1!,! when the woods are open the
Hint era keep up with the hounds, and
,h ; fo * I* frequently In sight,
bi bis efforts to escape, Reynard,
!l< 1 Me despairs of h(s heels, c »m-
~maneuvers to elude his
they have been In the races.' Reynard
starts off across the bluff and througn
an old field, followed by the hounds In a
solid group, running with the precision
of machinery. The pack Is In full cry,
and such music. The hounds and the
hunters are almost .Insane with excite
ment, and Reynnrd is sorely pressed.
He passes out of the old field and
makes a circuit of a near-by swamp.
Here he succeeds In throwing the
hounds off his trail and by the time
they are fairly on it again he Is making
good time n couple of miles away. Rut
soon the hounds have unraveled the
tangled skein which the fox made for
them In the swamp and are going it
full tilt in hi* pursuit. Reynard takes
his way through a hundred-acre cotton
field, where the fleecy staple Is ripen
ing In perfection, and he and the
hounds knock the cotton from the
stalks until It covers the ground like
snow. It Is now’ nearly sun-up and the
early-rising planter, the owner of the
plantation, sees more than a bale of
cotton ruined by the fox. the hounds
and the hunters. The planter Is un
poet leal enough to make the atmos
phere lurid with unprintable language.
The fine old fellow enjoys a fox bunt,
but this time it is too near home for
him: the amusement is too costly. The
hunters tarry not to hear the cu*s
words, but on they go following the
hounds, now apparently closing In rap
idly on the fox, but in this the hunters
are In error, for Reynard seems to get
his second breath, und he curries them
more than twenty miles through field*
and over hills*. Poor Reynard's brush
I* somewhat lowered, and at last, fa
tigued and stiffened by exertion, his
enemies seize him, and he dies brave
ly. defiantly fighting and snapping with
his teeth to the last. The fox flnallv
killed, the dogs and horses are stand
ing with mouths and nostrils wide open
for breath: the horses’ sides are heav
ing and their bodies covered with foam.
The hunters, however, ar>» gayer than
ever, all tnlklng together and relating
some amusing or extraordinary event
connected with the chase. The hjm>H
for the early morning being over the
hunters return to their homes, l»ut Hot
before arranging for another chase Just
us soon as the hounds are in condition.
There have been some notably long
runs of the red fox In this state. Hev-
al years ago a red fox was chased
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A ccording to Brother jasper,
"the sun do move," but ns far
as w’omen are concerned, It !s
Impossible to say whether It moves
backward or forward. The modern
woman has a great many rights of
which her grandmother never dreame l,
but her grandmother had a lot of soft
snaps that the woman of today has
missed: and so, at the last, the question
narrows itself down to a choice 1k*-
tween roost beef and pie.
It must make any up-to-date, stren
uous typewriter lady's mouth water us
she swings to a strap In the crowded
"L” car with one hand and turns the*
leave** of n book with the other, to vead
of the dem dead days when gallant*
struggled with each other for the pleas-
ure of picking up a woman’s handker
chief when she dropped It. when there
were rows of suitors sighing at each
maiden’s feet, and when the sturdy
masculine arm was nhvays outstretched
to protect a woman from even being
Jostled by the hardships of life.
Being a woman; she thinks, must
have been a cinch In those days, and
then she looks at the long line of men
lolling in their seats behind their even
ing papers while the women stand, and
she wonders how her grandmother
did It.
For this kind of woman—the woman
who prefers to be comfortable to be
ing helpful, and who yearns to trade
oft’ All her rights for a few privileges—
the novel* of ithe past contain three
valuable tips. »
Adam’s Burden.
The first of these Is helplessness. The
heroine of tho old-fashioned novel nev-
by any chance knew how to do a
single, blessed thing that iyaa of any
practical use.
Hhe touched the light guitar and em
broidered dinky little things for her
1 tolre. It was then up to man to do the
rest, and he did It.
When Amelia’s father died bankrupt
nobody expected that gentle and cling
ing creature to hustle out und support
the family by selling hooks or pros
pecting for gold in the Klondike.
When Clarissa’s husband went broke
In the stock market nobody expected
that tender floweret to turn In and help
pull the domestic wagon out of the
financial rut. and even In times of fam
ily stress and troublo nobody looked for
the poetic Angelina to do anything
with her Illy* ivhltc hands except to
w’ling them In helpless anguish.
The whole burden of existence was
shunted on man’s shoulders and worn-
an stood from under, and that Is where
our grnndmainmas were wise.
The curse of work was laid on Adam
and not on Eve. and It was reserved
for the modem woman to appropriate
to herself a misfortune that was never
Intended fop her, and for the accept
ance of which she has never gotten
any thanks from any man from Adam
down.
The old-fashioned heroines, then,
teach the folly of butting Into trouble.
They didn’t know’ how to work, and
they didn’t have to work. We may
th« same condition of affair* today.
The woman who can support herself
always line to do it. while tho one who
Is utterly Incompetent finds some
husky man who Is willing to stand be
tween her mid the cruel world.
The thrifty woman who knows how
to fashion her own gown and pinch
rind pare and economlso will alw*ays
have the privilege of being her own
costumer and of financiering a la Rus
sell Sage, while the husband of the
dainty darling who can’t set a stltcii
and ha* to have luxuries will go about
and get the money for her somehow.
Furthermore, the husband of the
first woman will not be grateful to her
lovers that they wore next to their I for her helpfulness, while the husband
hearts, and this exhausted her reper- of the second woman will love her for
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! her helplessness. Thi* Is not logical,
but It Is fact. From which we learn
that helplessness is woman's greatest
graft.
The next Interesting point to be
noted in the old-fashioned novel Is that
the heroine when confronted with any
unpleasant situation always swooned.
This made men careful about how
they told her a disagreeable thing, so
instead of coming and dumping all of
his troubles down on a woman and
exacting her to sympathize with him
and help him hear it, ns the average
man docs today, he locked his sor
rows in his breast, all of which en
abled the foxy ladles to escape all wor
ries except their own.
It is all very well, of course, to ask
a modern girl who Is tuklng a course
ff hospital lectures on "First Aid
to the Injured" to bind up your
wounds, but a man couldn’t be brute
enough to expect a fragile maiden who
would faint at the sight of a drop of
blood to do such a service for him.
Woman's Fault.
No doubt It was also tremendously
effective, and we can only surmise that
tho ability of a fragile creature to
swoon away at the psychological mo
ment, and be caught tn the proper par
ty's urms, had much to do with tho
matrimonial boom that existed in those
days. However, It Is Idle to discuss
this phase of a subject, for fainting Is
practically a lost art among women.
The most Important thing to be
learned from the old-fashioned novel,
after all, though, Is the value of tears.
The Amelias and Clarissa* and Ange
linas could burst Into tears at a mo
ment’s notice.
They shed gallons and barrels and
oceans of tears. And always and in
variably they got what they wnted.
It may be said that the Amelias und
Clarissas and Angelinas did not rep
resent the highest type of women, but
they knew a lot about managing men.
N. Y. SOUTHERN SOCIETY
WHOOPS EM UP FOR DIXIE
, IN ITS ANNUAL MEETING
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ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
She Warns Mr. Upton Sinclair Against the Danger
of Caste Creeping Into His Socialistic- Colony.
mbl.
■ ihr
he plunges Into thlfket*. I from Kdgeflel.l county clear acres* the
■ ■ ■ ■— country Into Lauren* county, a distance
of more than one hundred mile*: How
long a fox—the red—will run. or tho
exact speed ho will attain to, ore ques
tion* not easily answered. It I* assert
ed bv experienced hunter* that * park
of superior hounds, led by n red fox,
have run a mile In sixty seepnds, sur
passing the best speed of a horse. The
red fox I* supposed to have been Im
ported front Englund to the eaetern
shore of Maryland, anil to have emi
grated across the lee to Virginia In the
severe winter of ]77®-'S0, at which time
the t'hesapeake was froxen over. In
17S1) the first red fox of which there Is
record In the United States was killed
In Pennsylvania. A few year* pre.
vlous to this, one of the colonial gov
ernor* of New York had Imported some
red foxes from England, which were
turned loose on 1-ong Island. T oat
the red fox Is not a native of the soU
I* shown from the fact that he Is only
found In districts of country long set
* on hi* track, runs Into water,
- a fence top for a hundred
or more, and then make* u des-
hound to earth, no that he may
his trail. Hut the bound* are
mm. and the woods and field*
r "Ith the soul-stirring music
‘ th- pack, whllo the fleet-footed and
mg-winded deg* are encouraged with
joy veils from the hunters. The fox
« his ."natural smartness,” and
tills against the combined te-
."urcts of the dog, the horse and men.
m the contest he displays abilities
hieh make It difficult to decide un-
1 'vilifiedly lhat he Is not entitled to an
equal share of honors In what at llret
jl iie.-.is a most unequal contest. Rc.y-
isnf plays around as though he be-
" ed nothing serious Is Intended and
"eiises himself bv coursing hither and
' if her among the switch, cane und
crossing and recrosslng his
' i ■ limbing from one sheltering
" iff" tn another, apparently deter-
! i ' l nut to leave the comfortable
•"roundings he had selected tor his
1 inalle the f„x realize* that thing-
■vetting too warm for hint, and he, me RIBW <■■■•
u run for hi* life. After a half where ‘h'ckets. brter^atch'O
He lia* worked Ids way
I T IS Interesting tn read of the colony I ways follow in the wake of earthly ex.
which Mr. Upton Sinclair lms I istenee.
started on Socialistic principles. ■ Th# Danger Point.
Vnythlng which can simplify the! The woman who takes her breakfast
complicated machinery of modern life I In lied feels she Is on a little higher
■ plane of refinement than the woman
who brings her breakfast to her.
The man who sits before the fire and
dreams of mental achievements feels,
he Is of finer mold than the man who
builds the fire before which he dreams.
Oftentimes he Is. and again he Is not.
and help to give people the opportunl
ties of enjoying comfort and beauty
without dispensing a fortune In the ef
fort Is to be welcomed In this age.
There is, however, a rock on which
the colony I* liable to founder, unless
it* meulbers are all developed to a high,
broad understanding of life and .«| £&££ and
wholly * emancipated from selfishness j literary and constructive ability, it
and prejudice. | would be a crime for him to spend his
1 note In a recent account of this time In cutting wood, building fires,
colonv that Mr. Sinclair emphaslies the cleaning floor* and milking cow*, it
'm-o-- • « : . |„ ! would lie frustrating God s plans, for
fact that there are to be no servants in He flvef| lalentB to Jj*.
the colony. The work, however. Is not BeaideH, It would also deprive other
to be performed by dividing the task* ! men who are unfitted for mental work
among the members, each perfermlng! of the means of a livelihood,
undesirable duties In rotation. i . 11 proper that Mr. Sinclair
Ihe colony: those who work for their
living arc to be known a* workero.
Now, human nature needs to he
carcfullv educated to grasp new Ideal*
to avoid the creeping of the serpent of
caste Into this colony Irefore long.
The ordinary Individual Is very lia
ble to consider himself as a resident a
little better than the -rorker who per
forms the unpleasant duties Which al-
iouthwa") driving before him the gray! Southern states the gray fox I* thought
foT cnd ts never found In the pine bnr- I to be almost worthless for the chase;
- ~n« ,?v the solitary wilderness, but 1n farther North the same species arc
s iyis »»i in » of i}je country. I very game and afford most excellent
/iisUsssll VwJkit- brier patch** nnd old ; *»i**i’t. Tfte r«*«f fox of (South Carolina,
Georgia and Virginia In a *uperlor uni
^ r „ r . lv IC1 , , mal to hi* reproMMitatlv* In the Xorth-
he mounts a high bluff, slope n T hc hist •>. country *ho»» »rn state*. He Is def*-!ic!cut upunflocal-
« nt for fresh nlr, and select* h»* | in strength and sagacity j file* for til* development, und it:Jttnlns
• .ores* tho country. He •'** ‘ i h *f 1 i52n' r ^•ttowln Utl* anlrSfh.r It* Highest mark In the Bnolliern stats..
"OS lu III Hi, bounds know that In different sretio.is. -
It is quite proper that any other man
or woman who Its* Intellectual pur.
suits should do the same, and that
those who know how lo perform the
dqpiestlc tasks of the colony should be
given this opportunity.
Hut, 1 say again, that the utmost
care should be exercised In the selec
tion of the residents, or In a,very brief
period of time the workers will feel
there Is little difference between that
word and the obi word servants.
There Is not much In a word often
times. It Is only how that word Is In
terpreted. t
The old fable i)f the "Hall of Man”
and the curse winch God placed on him
as b consequence, the Curse of Labor,
lias done Immunity an almost Irrepar
able injury.
God never regarded hibor as a curse.
How could lie’.* - - the greatest work, i
of all! ■ ■
Let Labor boldly walk abroad, and take
Its rank with Kings,
I'or who has labored more than God,
the Maker of all things!
Quit* Human. '
But because that mythological :ule
was taken seriously and preached from
all the pulpits of the Christian world
human beings have gone on fedlng
work a disgrace and leisure a sign of
emancipation from the ban of God.
And the feelings of superiority of the
emancipated class over the world's
workers has awakened the hostile class
hatred which exists wherever society Is
found.
To annihilate this feeling and prevent
any exhibition of It by the change of
the word "servant" to "worker" will be
a difficult matter.
It will be quite human to find the
workers In the colony envying the real.
To a fanfare of trumpets about 400
members of the New York Southern
Society gathered In the grand ball
room of Hotel' Astor the other night to
"K-e-e-ylp! E-e-e-yow!" .over any
thing and everything said and done
lo Impress upon New York that each
Southern state ■ Is positively the best
In tile Union, say* The New York Sun.
From 7 o'clock till midnight the ban
quet half made a noise like a Demo
cratic convention.
On the little balconies overlooking the
diners were draped the red, white and
blue In profusion, and behind the flags
were the wives and .daughters of ths
Southerners In those and all the other
colors of the rainbow. Looking down
on the scene one saw little trans
parencies on each state's table on
which was lettered the'nlekname of the
commonwealth.
The Alabamans sat around the Yel
low Hammers' legend and In various
parts of the ball room glowed'other
transparencies that showed the location’
of the El Dorados of Florida, the Pel
icans of Louisiana, the Mossbacks of
Mississippi, the Palmettos of South
Carolina, the Moonshiners of Tennes
see, and the F. F. V.'s, the Crackers,
the Blue Grass, the Orioles, the Tar
Heels, the Lone 8tars and the Arkan
sans, who spurn a nickname..
President Marlon J. Verdery, who
hus taken George Ade's advice and lms
deserted Georgia for New York, pre
sided. At the head of the menu was
a little quotation from ' Collier that
runs:
"Plainly Ihe crying need of Ihe twen
tieth century Is a means or choking
Oir long speeches after dinner."
The toastmaster referred to this
quotation in Ills opening remarks, and
as each speaker came out on the car
pet he also mentioned It feelingly and
regretted that each one hadn't at least
five hour* to tell of the glories of his
partlculra stale. CYlp-e-e-e-yow!).
Alabama led off as usual and the
five minute talk on the state was de
livered by Dr. John A. Wyeth, whose
wltjy remarks early got the rebel yell
Into its true stride.
"Alabama has been ftret In everything
ever since It came into the Union,"
began Dr. Wyeth, with the native mod-
eaty that characterised all the talks of
the night. "Tell me of one encyclo
pedia published that doesn't give Ala-
I hama the first place on the first page.
Why, In my ofllce l have a copy of an
dents and to find the resident* feeling 1 !mlmrl’' ! that rl< 'Mtalna th tlie Ie ruimei ,l of
that they are entitled to privileges no*. ' lh t ontnln* the names of
accorded to'the workers.
I hope my prophecy Is not to be ful
filled.
I hope this colony Is to be a great
and shining example of tit* progress of
the race tow urd u higher development.
Heaven knows the human family
needs such development.
And the efifort of Mr. Sinclair Is a
noble one.
May It prove the'nucleus of a new
society!
But no new society can make all va
rying degrees of human evolution as
similate as one, nor enn it bring to
gether under one roof, however exten
sive, a largo congregation of human be.
Ings who vrill live harmoniously until
parenthood becomes a science and chil
dren are taught the lesson of unselfish
ness and brotherhood In the home.
One must lie (list a good human be
ing tieforc hclifg u good Socialist or
reformer.
tionary that contains the names of
lJV.Ouu practicing physicians and sur
geons, and the Alabama scientists are
listed, of course, on the very first page.
The nature! inference from this Is, of
course, that these men ure also the best
men In their profession in tlio coun
try. I Yip: Yip: E-e-e-yow! from the
Tellow Hammers.)
"Every Mrst-elass newspaper publish
ed the election returns of Alabama on
■lie first column of the first page—and
always U shows, too, the necessary
Democratic majority. (B-e-e-e-yow!J
Now Virginia, you will find way down
at the bottom of the column with states
like—like—well. Utah. If you come
down to the Southern states proper—
and they're all proper—and travel over
the railroad of the late Samuel Spen
cer, whom We have with us tonight (I
any the lat<> Samuel Bpencer merely
because lie ride* on Ills *
fall Into the gulf the whole Union
would fall after It.
"We had ihn first cupltal of tho Con
federacy (Yip! Yip! etc.) In Alabama,
and it would have stayed there If Mr.
Davis didn't find' It necessary to move
further north In 'order to see the F. F.
V.'s— which'letters, as we all know,,
stand for ‘I'nst I'lylug Virginian*.'"'
(Laughter.)
Dr. Wyeth then told feelingly of Ala- ,
bsma’s part In the reconstruction work
after the war. "And since (lie wor.l
where else will you find such materlatj
progress'; The heavens above our stats!
arc black with the smoke of her fur- j
mires, u pillar of cloud by day and of!
(Ire by night. Her plains nre one great:
field of snowy cotton, so that no longer;
can France claim the field of the cloth
of gold." - ,.: '
After the dust had semed William T. I
McCombs rose to respond to the toast:
"Arkansas.” The sparse representation
of Arkansas at the dinner, argued Mr. |
McCombs, gave evidence that few of
them cared tn follow George Ado's ad- '
vice about 'leaving the state. Like th* 1
other speakers, Mr. McCombs proved I
conclusively that hut for Arkansas
there would be no civilisation, no any
thing.
William. A. Barber spoke for South,
Carolina and said that after hearing'
the other siieakers ho was glad that j
his own state was on the same contl-j
nont with those that hnd been praised J
earlier. He thanked heaven, especially!
after listening to Ralph Holland's talk
o:t North farollnn. that South Carolina ;
was so close to Its sister.
Judge Charles F. Moore, the last
speaker of the evening, denied for the
Old Dominion State that F. F. V. stands
for "Fast Flying Virginians.:’
"Nor do the letters Insinuate that tv*
at the Virginia table tonight confined
ourselves to fntit, fish and vegetables. '
(Laughter.) They <lo not stand cither
for four Hushing vagrants, nor for the
fifty-seven famous varieties, nn.l I ss- ,
sure you with all sincerity that they )
aren't an abbreviation for the five fool- J
Ish virgins. No. those letters mean that ]
despite a windstorm that recently j
wrecked our railways a few faithful 1
Virginians have arrived here tonight, j
(K-e-e yip! E-e-e yow!)
"Vitglnla is always at the bottom •
of the column, as has been said. That's
where she belongs. Where else should
Virginia be when she Is the foundation
and support of all the others?" (Ex
plosions.)
Throughout the evening there wsrs
parades of different orchestras of vari-,i
otts nationalities. Hungarian. Italian '
and others, who came to play a selec
tion and departed to give way to an- ’
other band, all supplied through the
kindness, said the toastmaster, of Wil
liam Mutchenhelm, of the hotel. Hein
rich Corn-led sent two singers. Miss
Lucllr Lawrence and Miss Lucy Lee
Call, and the gallant Southerners lose
to give them the Southern yell all the
time they were iu the Jta.II. Walter
Damroach. who rat with the North Car-
olluaos, supplied more musicians, and
there were three negro songsters that
won wild applause.
■Scattered throughout the ball at tlto
various state tables were John G. c jr-
llslc. Stuyvesccnt Flail. Dr. William M.
Folk, Thomas Nelson Pag*. Dr. John A.
Wyeth. Samuel Spcjicer, John C. Cal
houn, the Hon. Augustus Van Wyc k
Samuel if. Jatvls, Walter L. McCorkle,
.......... Dr. Virgil P. Gtbney, Lindsay Russell,
n railroad) John It. Abney, f!har!es
you will find a great arch of Southern | Hamilton Holt, Stanley I).
states of which Alabama la the key-! Kart R. Miner, Perc y A. Ph k .hi
le. Now, If lhat keystone v.ere to Charles S. Bryan.