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Things That Are Happening
Two weeks ago this (writer furnished an article
on “'Spoiling of a Husband.” The managing editor
thought the stuff "was good enough to print, but
lacked a saving clause in behalf of the mistreated
wives. Consequently a sentence or two was added
to the article that, while improving that article,
came near spoiling this one. The aim of this writer
is to point out a general principle that is too much
neglected, and which if generally applied, would
relieve the world of a good measure of unhappiness.
It will be recalled by those who read that article
that it warned young wives not to attempt “to
trim the husband to her pattern,” but to endeavor
to persuade herself to make the most of him, as
he is.
'But it is the purpose of this article to give a like
warning to our brother man.
If women are prone to try to trim off this and
that habit, and various little ways of their husbands,
the men are just as often prone to ignore entirely
the whole previous life and training of the wife,
and to insist upon her conforming in all her ways
to his notions. If the wife on the one hand would
trim him up, he on the other hand would melt her
down and recast her in a mold made up of his own
preconceptions.
This sort of mistreatment is unfortunately not
uncommon and it is a curse to the married state.
Its cause is selfishness. A woman who insists on
her husband conforming to her notions will be
met with brutal resistance, if he is capable of bru
tality, or else he will become what burns calls —
“The poorest wretch in life,
A crouching vassal to his tyrant wife,”
“a henpecked husband.” In all such conflicts it will
probably be found that the finer nature will be the
one to yield.
On the other hand, when the man chooses to be
selfish in the same way, the wife who is timid and
yielding in her nature becomes cowed and fearful.
Afraid to call her last summer’s hat her own. She
becomes the cringing slave of her husband, and yet
it often happens that such a husband has no other
very serious fault. And other people may not
suspect the system of peonage that is going on in
that home. But if the wife is disposed to resist,
the material for a divorce suit piles up very quickly.
The remedy is for people to see that the best way to
get other people to do your way, is to make it easy
for them to meet your demands. In other words
be satisfied with things as you find them, unless it is
in your power to better them.
J. L. D. H.
The Legalized Outlaid by S, R. Artman,
Judge of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit of Indiana.
A little over two years ago Judge Artman startled
the legal world by deciding that: Because a liquor
saloon is a nuisance, a menace, a thing that is dan
gerous to the peace and safety and the general
wellbeing of society, it has no common law rights,
but is wholly dependent on the government license
for its right to do business. The volume before
us is a thorough examination of the questions
involved and presents a comprehensive exposition
of the rulings of the courts and the principles of
ethics which are involved in the matter of liquor
license.
Judge Artman has shown conclusively that the
courts have decided two independent propositions,
with unmistakable clearness. They are these:
1. No government has the right to license a busi
ness that is dangerous to the public health, public
morals or public safety. No government has the
right to foster and encourage that, the tendencies
of which are to produce crime or educate criminals,
or to license that which is morally wrong. “The
Supreme Court of the United States in 101,814 says:
'No legislature can bargain away the public health,
or the public morals. The people themselves cannot
do it, much less their servants.’ ”
The second proposition is finely-stated in a clause
quoted by the author from the Supreme Court of
South Carolina, in the case of the State, ex rel.
Nelvs Gleanings and Thoughts They 'Bring
Spoiling a Wife,
The Golden Age for March 25, 1909.
George vs. Akin, 26 L. R. A. 345, which says:
“iLiquor, in its nature is dangerous to the morals,
good order had health of the people, and is not to
be placed upon the same footing with the ordinary
commodities of life such as corn, ■wheat, cotton,
potatoes, etc.”
It is the special task of the author to show that
since liquor selling is judicially known to be danger
ous to public morals, health and safety, and since
no legislature can make a law that is a menace to
public morals, health and safety; any act that
authorizes any body to license a liquor saloon is
unconstitutional, null and void.
This little book will be of great use to the legal
profession in the cases that are sure to come in the
enforcement of prohibition. It will be of great
interest to every one who would know something of
the legal and moral status of the liquor business.
J. L. D. H.
Abating the Near Beer Nuisance,
The Supreme Court of Georgia has just decided
that the city council of Atlanta cannot revoke a
business license because the way the business is car
ried on is in the opinion of some people a nuisance.
But the court gives as a reason for its conclusion,
that: The law invests the city recorder with special
jurisdiction in such cases. This simplifies matters
very greatly. Another evidence that our reform
laws and our Supreme Court arc on good terms with
each other. J. L. D. 11.
Trial,
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Walter N. Lee Editor,
The Western Evangel informs us that Dr. Walter
M. Lee, an alumnus of Mercer, a graduate of the
.Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and later
a pastor in New Orleans, has become its editor. The
Golden Age extends to him the glad hand and wel
comes him to the ranks of those who are trying to
bless men and glorify the Master.
“There is no inherent right in a citizen to sell
intoxicating liquors by retail. It is not a privilege
of a citizen of the state or of a citizen of the United
States.” —Crowley vs. Christensen, 137, U. S., 86.
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“Liquor in its nature is dangerous to the morals,
good order, health and safety of the people and it is
not to be placed on the same footing with the ordi
nary 'commodities of life. We do not suppose there
is a more potent factor in keeping up the necessity
for asylums, penitentiaries and jails, and in produc
ing pauperism and immorality throughout the entire
country than liquor.”—State ex rel. George vs.
Acken, 26 L. A. A., 351, 352.
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These items of law are quoted by Judge Artman
in his contention that the saloon has no common law
right to do business. A contention that this writer
made many years before he ever heard of Judge
Artman.
“Couldn’t Well Do Without It.’’
Minden, La., March 6, 1909.
The Golden Age, Atlanta, Ga.,
Dear Bro. Upshaw: Enclosed you will find $3.00
—my subscription for your paper. The paper is
just fine; couldn’t well do without it. One of the
best that comes to my library.
Yours in the work,
W. D. ALFORD.
SEZECTED SMILES
11 Axe you Hungary?” “Yes, Siam.” “Well,
come along; I’ll Fiji.”—National Geographical
Magazine.
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‘ 1 Can’t Igo out in the backyard and play in the
garden, mamma?” “Certainly not, child. You
must stay in and study your nature books.” —Life.
Visitor: “How does the land lie out this way?”
Native: “It ain’t the land that lies, sir; it’s the
land agent.”—Exchange.
Mrs. Pancake (to the fourth-floor lodger): “Any
thing the matter with your stead, Mr. Hardup?”
Hardup: “A trifle overstrained, maybe, madam;
but really, I never saw a firmer muscle!”
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Ikey (who has been reading): “Fader, can any
body get rich ‘beyond der dreams of afarice’?”
His Father: “I t’ink not, Ikey. Afarice vos a
putty god dreamer. ’ —Puck.
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Bacon: “Where do you suppose that 203 Meter
hill got its name?”
Egbert: “Oh, I guess that’s where the Port
Arthur gas works are located.” —Yonkers States
man.
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Office of the county treasurer. The fair taxpayer
picks up her receipt, but thinks there is more change
coming to her. “Is that all?” she asks. “Yes,
ma’am,” replies the cashier. “We’re not giving out
trading stamps today. Next.”
Guest: “That steak was infernally tough, waiter.
I could eat only about half of it.”
Waiter: “That’s very queer, sir. You’re the
third gent that’s complained about that steak today.
The others couldn’t eat it at all.”
Flunkers: “But I don’t think I deserve an abso
lute zero.”
Professor: “No, sir; neither do I, but it is the
lowest mark I am allowed to give. Good-day. ”
Yale Record.
They were exceedingly smart young men, and
they proceeded to have fun with the dignified
waiter. When he approached their table to take
their order they stood up and yelled: “Half dozen
raw!” “I see you are, young gentlemen,” replied
the imperturbable functionary. “What will you
have?”
“Supposing you wait here in Phis comfortable
seat by the elevator while I match these two samples
of ribbon,” said Mrs. Mayfair sweetly to her hus
band, who had been entrapped into going shopping
with her. When she came back she said contritely:
“Havs I kept you waiting an unpardonably long
time, you poor dear?” “Oh, I haven’t minded it,
he said cheerfully. “I just jumped on to a car
and ran out to the league grounds, and saw most
of the ball game, and then I took a little spin in
the park with Dorton in his new auto. Did you
match the samples?” “One of them. It’s so pro
voking. I’ll have to come in again tomorrow, for
they are closing the store now.”- —Lippincott’s
Magazine.
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You can’t always tell, says an exchange, what
will happen. For instance, there is a story of a
man Who determined to commit suicide. He went
to the store and bought a rope, a can of oil, a box
of matches, a dose of arsenic, and a revolver. He
went down to the river and pushed the boat from
the shore and waded to where a limb hung over;
saturated his clothing with the coal oil, lighted a
match and set fire to ‘his clothing, took the dose of
arsenic, put the muzzle of the revolver to his temple
and fired. But the bullet glanced and cut the rope
above him and he fell kerflop into the river; the
water put the fire out and he got strangled and
coughed up the arsenic. He rose and waded out,
and declared himself a candidate for the Legislature
on the Reform ticket.
