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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1913 5 ^OUAITRY i'JOME TOPuS ^WOCTEP ST j^BS. \T. TLKTLLTD/t. f DO WOMEN DRESS TO PLEASE THE MEN? I hardly think so, although I feel sat isfied that decollette waists are not par ticularly attractive to women as women, while they may be attractive to men as men. One writer says: "Women dress for each other, because men only look to the general effect, while women take in colors, shapes and patterns in detail. What women think about when they purchase an article of apparel is the admiration or envy it excites in the mind of a rival.” 1 think this writer is somewhat in error. I believe women seek to gratify their natural instincts in the dress line. They have a certain love of color. They are more or less given to display. They delight to array themselves in garments that particularly tickle their own fancy. Doubtless they confidently expect these styles to be appreciated by the other sex, but their chief concern is to have them noticed by their own set, and there are a great many women who like to be odd and to be remarked because they dare to use extraordinary shades and ornaments on their clothes. Sometimes they are. “eritire” beyond the recognized limit, and actually fantastic, but all the time they are seeking to please them selves first and later on to excite prompt attention and comment in both sexes. .Therefore, I conclude 'that preachers ars hardly the class who can reform dress arrangements for women. All their resolutions and anathemas will not stop slits in skirts or little narrow bottoms to them until women make up their minds to quit, because these ultra styles fail to tickle their own fancy. I saw a young lady so completely hobbled by the bottom of her frock that she had to sidle along a few inches and then move up her other limb a few inches. If she had suddenly faced a mouse she had no recourse except to stand stock still or fall down on her front teeth. But preachers can’t stop that sort of fool ishness. The woman has to become dis gusted with herself, and it seems that our fashionables are slow in getting dis gusted. WHERE DIAMONDS ARE POUND. After I had finished inv brief article nbout the craze for diamonds I con cluded to find out where the bulk of these sparkling jewels are found by miners and expert diamond diggers. In table and story "the Mines of Gol- ccnda” wdre my first information as t} the real whereabouts of the spark lers. The monster diamond called the “great mogul,” was chronicled as early as 1640, and it weighed at that time 787 carats. A fine diamond of one carat will bring-two or three hundred dollars so that we see that the "grand mogul” was a gem worth having. A Venetian jeweler chipped it down to less than thre« hundred carats, but it is still one of the wonders of the world. It •was found in the province of Goleonda. in Persian territory. There is also the Orloff diamond—the next largest —which is now a part of the regalia of Russia. It originally was placed as an eye in one of the Indian idols and was stolen by a French deserter. Prince Orloff presented it to Cath erine of Russia in 1772, and he paid nearly a half million dollars for it. the great Kohinoor, is one of the Brit ish crown jewels and was presented to the queen of England in the year 1849. The Indian and Brazilian dia mond fields have been eclipsed by the outflow from South African mines. The famous Culliman diamond was pre sented to King Edward in 1907. The largest diamond yet recorded in Amer ica was found in Chesterfield cour. ty, in Virginia, and it weighed some thing over eleven carats. In 1910 there were imported into the United States rough or uncut diamonds to the value of twenty-nine millions. Amotjg the remarkable diamonds of the world is "the regent,” which has been valued at two and a half millions— the "Saucy,” alued at $100,000 and the "Hope” which weighs nearly forty-five carats. India, Brazil, South Africa and Australia are the diamond producing centers. In its natural condition it is said to be a dull lead gray. Maybe we do not know diamonds in the natural state and we may know them later when we are wiser. THE CRAZE FOR DIAMONDS. Everybody who makes a dash in so ciety feels obliged to have diamonds, more or less. When a rich fellow is engaged to a girl she expects him to rivet that engagement with a diamond ring. When the wedding comes off she expects him to give her a breastpin or a necklace with a diamond ornament. When the president’s daughter got married congress gave her a necklace with diamonds caught in the chain. They do not call it necklace any more. It is “lavalettc,” and the breastpin has retired for the brooch. When royalty has a swell function the ladies fasten on all they own to out rival the other diamond wearers. Then they sprinkle in the crowd detectives in plain clothes, whose business it is to see that these fine women are not robbed of their diamonds. They do say that they keep the real stones in steel vaults and wear the imitation ones, be cause diamond thieves are so successful and plentiful and women are proverbial ly careless. Five thousand dollars for a diamond bracelet and $30,000 for a diamond tiara or crown are somewhat common nowadays. Burglars are constantly entering houses to find diamond jewelry, and when my fine lady goes abroad dressed in the glittering gems she may be sure that somebody "has an eye on them.” The parvenu rich always catch on to diamond jewelry. It is one of the two passports into society. The other pass port is money. With plenty of both, the coarsest and uneducated can make their way and will find plenty of folks to fawn and flatter. Diamonds are most popular of all gems and diamonds will pass as curren cy in big figures. Y Woman Cop Stops —Fierce -FigkFand 'f Takes Man to Jail (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—Mrs. Mary Boyd, one of Chicago’s ten police women, dis played her prowess yesterday when she arrested a powerfully built man who was quarrelling with a street car con ductor over a transfer. Separating the fighting men, Mrs. Boyd showed her star and told the passenger lie was under arrest. He resisted and Mrs. Boyd pulled him from the car, stood him against a post and rang- for a patrol wagon. When they reached the station house the po lice woman preferred a charge of dis orderly conduct against her prisoner. ST. JOHN’S CHAPEL ON GOTHAM MARKET (By Associated Press.) •NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—St. Johns chapel in Yarick street, built in 1807 and one of the landmarks of New York, is in the market. Trinity Corporation, which owns the chapel prefers to sell \ it to an organization that will continue its use as a church. , Parochial work in connection with the chapel was dis continued some time ago because of the changed character of the neighborhood now wholly commercial. When erected the old chapel stood facing a beautiful proprietary park, surrounded by handsome residences. Several years ago the park was sold for a freight depot site to the New York Central railroad. The chapel site is very valuable because of its adapt- ibility for commercial purposes. u. S. LEADS GERMANY IN AFRICAN EXPORTS Ride All Night in Auto Through Rain to Wed Christmas Dawn ALBANY, Ga., Dec. 29.—After an all- night automobile ride in a storm of wind and rain, Mr. R. H. Sapp and Miss Lucy Hilton, both of Blakely, were mar ried here at 5 o'clock Christmas morn ing at the home of the groom’s brother. J. E. Sapp, on Broad street. The young couple left Blakely in the groom’s auto yesterday afternoon, expecting to reach here in time to be married, on Christ mas eve, but the storm delayed them to such an extent that they were all night getting here, and the wedding was held at early Christmas dawn instead of at dusk of Christmas eve, as they had planned. AMERICAN HISTORIANS GATHER AT CHARLESTON CHARLESTON, S. C\, Dec. 29.—The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the American Historical association opened here today, with a program that will be continued at Charleston tomorrow and be concluded at Columbia S. C., on Wednesday. About 150 delegates are in attendance from all parts of the country, many distinguished scholars being present. A reception in honor of the visitors will be held this afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon a trip to Fort Sumter will feature as entertainment. Tonight a public meeting of welcome will be held, when a.dresses wjx\. b^,made by J. W. Barnwell, president of the South Carolina Historical society, and W r illiam A. Dunning, of Columbia uni versity, president of the American His torical association. Conferences were held today. THE EVENING STORY MISS MATTY’S VISIT I I Copyright, 1913. By W. Werner W ASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—The United States is outstripping Germany in its exports to South Africa, the depart ment of commerce points out, last year being the first time in five years when America exceeded Germany in ship- of goods to that country. And this was accomplished, the de- partment adds in its statement "in W spite of the fact, that there is a fort- " nightly service of Go.inan passenger and freight steamers between Hamburg and South African ports; that there are large investments of German capital In the mines and other industries of the country, and that German manufacture ers send out numerous travelers each year in an attempt to secure a larger share of the trade.” KILLS HIS GUEST, THEN SHOOTS SELF DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 29.—-Frank Long, a. Dallas carpenter, in vited a number of friends to spend the evening at his home last night. As his guests were leaving, Long, for no known reason, opened fire on them with a pistol, killing Mrs. J. T. Pollard, wife of a Dallas policeman. Wihile the others were hurrying to safety. Long shot himself, dying in stantly. . Alfonso Outtalks Barber ■ (Special Cable to The Journal.) VIENNA.—A good story is being told of King Alfonso’s visit to Vienna. Tie was going to pay his respects to the aged Austrian emperor, and called in a barber to shave him. The knight of the razor was on pins and needles all the time because the king never ceased talking, which made the barber’s task most risky. The latter thought every moment he would cut Alfonso, and he regards him as the most restless cus tomer he has ever shaved. NATHAN STRAUS BUYS OLD COMIC PAPER, PUCK NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Nathan Straus, Jr., it was learned today, has purchased Puck, a weekly comic paper. The ar ticles of incorporation of a new com pany, whicto will publish the paper, have been filed in Albany. The incorpo rators are Mr. Straus, Max J. Kohler and H. Grant Straus. The capital stock is $40,000. Mr. Straus said he did not contemplate making any changes in or ganization or policy at this time. Puck was founded in 1876. WORLD’S SMALLEST MAN !S DEAD IN ENGLAND LONDON, Dec. 29.—John William White, a confectioner, probably the smallest man in the world, died at South End yesterday, aged fifty-three years. He was only twenty-five inches high. His two sisters were of normal size. WAYCR0SS BANKS ARE IN FINE CONDITION (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) WAYCROSS, Ga.. Dec. 29.—By declar ing a 4 per cent cash dividend today, the First National paid to 1913 holders 8 per cent. Every financial institute of the city today is in splendid shape snd all will Queen Dislikes Furs LONDON.—Queen Mary is not a great lover of furs. Her favorites are sable and mink, though they do not suit her nearly so well as ermine, which throws up her fine coloring. It was no ticed when she went to the imperial in stitute in connection with the Needle work guild, that her handsome stole and muff, both of sable, were of the shape worn three or four years ago, and both were quite small when meas ured by the present fashion. Mrs. Brisben’s invitation to visit her for two weeks during the month of September was ass unexpected as it was delightful. It threw Miss Matty into a great flutter. She thought of it, dreamed of it, talked of it to her cro nies, Mrs. Dillworth and Miss Morton, wno lived in the flat below. “It’s the loveliest time of the year to visit,” said Mrs. Dillworth. "You’ll en joy yourself hugely, I’m sure. Only I'm afraid you’ll get led away by your friend’s magnificence.” Long years before Miss Matty and Cornelia L^isben, who was Cornelia Walker then, had attended the same girls’ school, sat together in the same She had no difficulty in finding out the special car. classes and suffered from tnat amazing mutual disturbance of the affections which, commonly speak.ng, constitutes a “crush.” Miss Matty had loved Cor nelia because she was brilliant and beautiful, but why Cornelia loved her she never knew. Perhaps the theory that "opposite always attract” hadn’t been formulated then. At any rate, their crush lasted remarkably all through their school days and after— for a while. They wrote and wrote im passioned epistles. Then suddenly Cor nelia cooled. She had fallen in love again—this time with a man—and she married him. Miss Matty could not go to the wedding because her mother was just then ill, and anyway, it was too far and she had no suitable clothes to wear. She learned that Cornelia had gone abroad on her wedding trip and that when she came back she was to enter into an entirely new sphere, ror her husband was rich and came of an influential family. That was the last* Miss Matty heard from Cornelia In years, except by way of the newspa pers, until suddenly had come this in vitation. Cornelia was recovering from an illness and had taken a fancy to have some one she used to know near her. She had thought of Miss Matty and so had asked her. Miss Matty had four days in which to get ready. It was years since she had traveled anywhere, and no one could have been more high strung and palpi tating than she on that eventful morn ing, when she at last set forth. Miss Morton went to the station with her to help her with her valise and see her safely on the train. Miss Morton felt more experienced than Miss Matty be cause she had once actually been as far as Florida and back again, though this constituted the sum total of her life’s journeying. “You’ll be sure to write?” said Miss Morton as they stood waiting for the train. "I shall be real uneasy until I hear you’ve got there safe and sound.” Tears stood in her kind, faded eyes, but Miss Matty’s eyes were bright with excitement. "Oh, yes, I’ll write, of course.” she promised, hastily. “Arc you sure my veil’s on just as it should be, Harriet? And isn’t there a hairpin loose somewhere? My hair feels sort of tumbly, I declare.” While Miss Morton was fussing with the veil and hairpin the train rushed in and the two friends were caught in an eddy of bustling arrivals. There was no more than time now to kiss good bye and get aboard. Miss Matty's last glimpse of her friend showed Miss Morton wiping her eyes with one hand and waving farewell with the otner. Miss Matty sat upright, her cheeks hotly flushed, her chest fluttering, her nervous hands clasped in her lap. She was conscious that she looked very well, but whether she would look well enough to please Cornelia was another thing. What would Cornelia think of her? To her Cornelia was a wonderful being, a kind of cross between empress and god dess. And Cornelia’s home—that, of course, would be befitting so grand a being. There would be servants and motors and flower gardens and vast rooms all provided by Cornelia’s hus band for Cornelia’s prime benefit. Cor nelia was a favored mortal. In her secret heart Miss Matty always envied Cornelia. She was so stately, so handsome, even as far back as she could remember her. Then, as if nature had not done enough for Cornelia, for tune must step forward with its own incomparable offerings. Yes, Miss Mat ty envied her, for Cornelia’s life ap peared like one long romance of the kind she still loved to find in old-fash ioned books. As for her own romance, Miss Matty had never any. The nearest she had ever come to it was one winter when Sam Sloat, a neighbor's son, had come courting her. Everybody had ex pected her to marry him; she had even expected it herself. But when it came t,o the final test she could not, even though she might have to remain an old maid all her days. Miss Matty never had another lover, but after a, while she got used to being her own mistress and enjoyed it. After her parents died she sold the farm and moved into town. She hired a tiny flat, filled it with the most cherished of her possessions, and settled down to maiden and middle age comfort. There was a good library near, which supplied her digestion and her purse both permitted her to eat what she liked, and she al ways had two or three friends handy to play with her when she wanted .1 game of cribbage. Ther e was no rea son in the world why she shouldn't have been happy, and she would have been save for her memory of Cornelia I Brisben. Miss Matty reached be r destination late that afternoon. Tt was a suburban station, and’ she had no difficulty In finding out £he special car and chauf feur awaiting ber. Almost before she could draw a natural breath the car had whisked : her up one street and dow n anotheij, in between the regal, up standing stone pillars and under a porte- cochere. The car door was opened and Miss Matty stepped down to face a white-capped maid who had been sent to receive, her. The maid conducted her into a'great entrance hall, up a pal atial staircase, down another hall, and in through a panelled door. “Miss Matty Mayhew.” she announced and withdrew discretely. Matty was actually in Cornelia’s presence. She saw dimly a wonderful room flooded with sunshine and a large yellow eomplexioned woman rising from a chaise lounge with a Pekinese poodle in hep arms—-a woman who appeared to be tangled in silk and lace, so intri cate was the garment that enfolden her. “My dear Matty!” she cried. And Miss Matty felt herself submerged m softness and scent and warmth. "And. now let me look at you,” Corne lia said, and holding Miss Matty oil she began to study her. “Why, Matty, you are quite the same. Look in that glass and then let me show you a little picture I have of you.” She unhooked an oval frame from the wall. Matty looked at the glitering surface of the great mirror and then at the picture cursorily. Her whole mind was taken up with Cornelia. “You see?” Cornelia said. “But I sup pose you find a great change in me?” “Some.” acknowledged Miss Matty. "Yes. Some, of course.” “I’ve been ill of liver ailment,” Cor nelia explained. “My doctor says I need more air, more sunshine, exer cise. He’s cruel, that man. He’s taken away all the things I love—chocolate, cream, sweets. He makes me sleep on a hard mattress and walk two miles every morning—walk, mind you, when I’ve got three motors. Well, I obey him, hjut I never take a step that I don’t have to after that two-mile walk. That’s why I wasn’t down to meet you. I hope you don’t mind.” She touched a button. “Now you- shall go to your room and rest till dinner. That’s at 6:30. We’ll have it here. I’m all alone. My husband is off with a party of friends ” The appearance of the maid inter rupted her and Miss Matty was led away. Her room was luxurious beyond any thing she had ever imagined. For a long time after the maid left her she went about admiring and examining. Then she unpacked her vailse. Then she bathed, combed her thin, light hair, and put on her best frock. It looked pitifully cheap and inadequate. She sighed, remembering Cornelia’s extrava gant negligee. "But how I’d look in a rig of that kind,” she consoled herself. *The maid came for her when she was ready and took her back to Cornelia’s room. A table was drawn before a couch. Cornelia and the dog were on .. A 1 ' They Settled ao"wn to a long talk. the couch. She motored Miss Matty to a chair. Then a touch of the bell brought dinner. Miss Matty was hungry. She had ex pected excellent, perhaps even usual food. What she got was a scant menu oi bouillon, crackers, thin bread, and butter, some white meat, and for des sert oranges. “I knew,” Cornelia said, pleasantly, “that you’d wish to eat what I eat.” "Yes, yes, of course,” agreed Miss Matty. After dinner was taken away they settled down for a long talk—that is, Cornelia talked. She told all about her liver trouble and what the doctors had done and hadn’t. It was a long story. Miss Matty stifled a good man yyawns. Then Cornelia grew more confidential and told about her- servants, how they acted and what hard work it was to keep them under. From that standpoint she went on to tell about her husband. They were not very congenial, She confessed. He was away from home a great deal. He had his friends, she had hers—such as they were. Sometimes she felt that the only thing that loved her was Pinky- Pco. She sighed and let Pinky-Poo lap out of her bouillon cup. The sight near ly turned Miss Matty’s stomach. She loathed dogs. Cornelia kept talking until well upon II. When at last poor Miss Matty got to her room and t.o bed she was exhaust ed. It seemed she had just got to sleep when the maid came to arouse her. Madame was going to walk in the early morning freshness. She begged to know if Miss Mayhew would accompany her? Miss Mayhew consented. When she glanced at her watch she saw that j the hour hand stood at 5. This was the beginning, and even so was the ending. Miss Matty bare with it for two weeks. She could not very well do less. Then she got out of Cor nelia’s clutches and back into her own dear, shabby, restful flat. How serene and comfortable and likable beyond words it seemed! Not a bit too small and close even after Cornelia’s elegance. It was home. And there were her friends downstairs. Mow delightful they were after Cornelia. The second evening she was at home, Miss Morton said as they sat playing cribbage; "I laughed at Elizabeth, but [ confess I was myself uneasy lest you get weaned away from me.” Miss Matty took a good, long breath. "I guess you wouldn't ha\se worried any if you’d seen what I went through with.” She caught herself hastily. “I mean I don’t envy Cornelia one mite,” she added. BEREAVED BY TITANIC. WOMAN IS MARRIED (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Mrs. Daniel W. Marvin, widowed by the Ti tanic disaster, will be married in this city today to Horace Decamp, a local merchant. Mrs. Marvin’s husband went down with the Titanic, while the couple were returning from a honeymoon trip. Mrs. Marvin was Mary Graham Farquhar- son. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Farqu- harson of this city. $7,700 STOLEN FROM NEBRASKA P0ST0FFICE (By Associated Press.) KEARNEY. Neb., Dec. 29.—Two reg istered packages containing $7,700 were stolen from the postoffice here last right. They had been shipped by the First National bank of Omaha to the City National bank of Kearney. Bloodhounds were brought into serv ice but early today no trace of the rob bers had been found. GREAT GAINS AND GREAT GUTS By Bishop Warren A. Candler Our country has enjoyed ‘another year of great prosperity, growlers and "calamity howlers” to the con trary, notwithstanding. For many years the United States have been the richest common wealths in thi-. world,—tne richest nation that ever was in the world. With every added year the national wealth is increased immensely. And, while there have been reprehensible methods pursued by some classes of men among us, whereby the public has suffered wrong that a few might become needlessly opulent, it remains true that in our country wealth is more equitably distributed among all classes than in any other land. In Mexico, for example, the land is in the hands of a small number of men, and abject poverty rises in insurrection after insurreec- lion, against heartless landlords. With us the case is vastly different: the land of the United States is not owned by a few; in no country in the world does so large a pro portion of the inhabitants own land. Multiplied thousands of our people own their own homes. And other property is as well distrib uted as is real estate. But while property of every sort is better distributed in the United States than in any other country in Christendom, there is a good, deal of discontent and restlessness among the people. This unrest does not arise from any real want among the great majority of the people, but from a wide-spread de sire among all classes to have more; the rich seek more in order to keep pace with one another ii\ a mad chase after the luxuries and display of a senseless social ife, and those of more moderate means covet the things which the rich magnify before them. Thus all classes are infected with an evil desire for more than they have, and, if they secured today what they wish, tomorrow they would want still more, if anybody else should appear in sight enjoying what they did not possess. It is obvious to any careful ob server that most of the unrest among our people springs from the pursuit of a false social objective; wrong ends are sought and discon tent arises when those ends are not attained. When every man aims at keeping up with his neighbour, and feels sore and sour when he fails to do so, it is evident that contentment becomes an impossible thing to most of the people. Wrecks on sea and land have often occurred from the effort of engineers to out-run one another in speed races; and the American people are making many moral and social wrecks from the indulgence of the same evil spirit of senseless rivalry. They are pois oning the springs of their life by the indulgence of this vain and selfish spirit. Carlyle says happiness is expressed by a fraction, the numerator of which is what one has and denominator of which is what one wants. If a man has one dol lar and wants two, his happiness is expressed by the fraction which we call a half; and if in the effort to get the two dollars which he wants, he inflames his desire to the point of desiring eight dollars, he will not be as nearly happy when he gets -.the two dollars as he was when he had one dollar and needed only one more to bring his happiness up to wholeness. We see this process il lustrated before our eyes every day; people who ten years ago had not half what they possess today, are much further removed from con tentment now than they were then. Increase of goods has been an in crease of unrest with them. Where will such self-inflicted and ever- increasing misery end? Is it not manifest that, if it were continued indefinitely it would result in the creation of an endless hell on earth, even if there were no hell already in existence? In truth the restless running after gaines and pleasures is diminishing the sum of human happiness in our country and driv ing the nation to pains of perdition, when if we aimed at nobler things we might have a land scarcely less happy than Eden. a new objective must be set be fore our people, and it belongs to the rich to set it up; they must live more simply and set an example of generous benevolence rather than of riotous living. If they continue to pursue selfish ends and indulge in vain social display, they must be prepared for all the discontentment and revolutionary agitations which such living upon their part will in evitably engender among all classes around them. The programme of selfish wealth has been tried in all ages and many lands, and it has ended always and everywhere in disaster to individuals and ruin to states. Babylon, Rome, and Paris tried it at different times in history, and the end of the experiment in every case was revolution and con flagration. Do our rich people, es pecially the women among them, lead enout:. n:id think enough to understand this? Or, are they so absorbed in "bridge”, “clubs,” and other manias thA one who brings it to their nHention seems to them as one that mocks? Let us hope that some among them have sense enough to understand what is said to them concerning this serious matter. Indeed, in some sections of our country can be discovered men and women who have intellect and virtue enough to act wisely and well with respect to the right use of the wealth with which God has enriched them. Here is a dispatch which appear ed a few days ago in the newspa pers. that contains some cheering facts: NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—Chari table gifts in the United States during the last twelve months amount to $80,135,476, or at the rate of $2.91 for every tick of the clock, according to a com pilation published here today. The bequest of Benjamin Alaman, valued at $15,430,000, to the Metropolitan museum om New York, heads the list and the gift of $10,000,000 by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to put an end to “white slavery” is sec ond. Colonel O. H. Payne’s gift of $4,350,000 to Cornell comes next in size and is followed by Ferris R. Thompson’s gift of $3,655,000 to Princeton univer sity. Andrew Carnegie’s fifteen donations aggregated $3,633,000 and the next largest gift is $3,000,000. the sum given Washington and Lee university BISHOP W. A. CANDLES. prises for the public good. Will not more of the rich men and women in the South do likewise? Our record as it *iow stands with reference to great gifts to philanthropic pur poses is nothing less than disgrace ful. A better fashion must pre vail among us. Kiddies Win “Feed” In.Name of Santa by Robert P. Doremus. After that the list shows that the donations dropped in size to a mere million or two. If more rich people would adopt this fashion of benevolence, instead of running steeple chases to keep up with the foolish fashions of pagan display which some of them pursue, they would be happier themselves and make more happi ness in our country. As they now live they are filling their own and other lives with dangerous discon tent. In ancient Rome anything like philanthropy was almost unknown, and it was a fashion for rich Ro mans to make bequests in their wills to conspicuous men in order to enhance their own fame. An opulent Roman of that period wish ed to appear to have many friends by inscribing the names of many persons in his will, and naturally the most famous were inscribed by preference. In such documents persons were often brought togeth er who seldom, or never, had met anywhere else—even men who were enemies to one another were fre quently legatees under the same will. Cluvius, a rich banker of Puteoli, left his estate to Cicero and Caesar after the battle of Pharasalia. The architect Cyrus placed among his heirs both CJo- dius and Cicero, two men who cor dially detested each other. The wealth of Lucullus was greatly augmented by bequests which per sons utterly unknown to him left him while he governed Asia, and Atticus received a considerable number of legacies from people of whom he had never heard, and who knew him only by reputation. Such vanity and folly we deride, and it well deserves our derision; buf many of the expenditures of ouf people of wealth are as much a matter of senseless devotion to custom as were the bequests of these fashion-enslaved old Roman heathen. And our people of wealth have less excuse for their folly than than did the ancient pagans of Rome; they have heard something of Christ and Christianity, and they can not have ■'failed to hear of some of the philanthropic efforts and enterprices of our time upon which wealth may be well bestowed. Our rich people in the South es pecially need to awake to a more intelligent and benevolent use of their wealth. For many years after the war between the states we had few people of -large means among us, and most of them were discred itably opulent, having obtained their fortunes by methods which most decent people regarded with suspicion. But this state of things has now passed. There are very many rich people in the South, and they have earned what they have in ways entirely legitimate. It must be confessed however, that most of them are using their money in a manner less creditable than that in which they made it; they use it as a toy and appear to men of serious minds like silly children amusing themselves with a valuable posess- sion as if it were a play-thing. A majority of our rich people, with their lavish expeditures on vain in dulgences and their niggardly gifts to great enterprises, make us ashamed of them. Is it not time the fashion of mak ing great gifts for the public good were more prevalent in the South? We have seen enough of “func tions”, “bridge”, “box-parties”, “swallow-tailed-coats”, “slit skirts”, and the like. We hav4 seen enough of grown-up babies making a toy of wealth. Let us now have something more dignified and useful. It is somewhat excusable in Ignorant people to use their first money fool ishly, but surely there are a good many men and women among us who have had wealth long enough now to begin to use it respectably; the rich people of the South have prolonged the silly period of their lives too far, and they are begin ning to bore intelligent people with it. It is to be hoped the New Year will bring us a new era. of great gifts in the South as well as a pe riod of great gains. During the year 1913. the South prospered above every other section of the country, and the year 1914 promises to be even a more prosperous year. Shall it not be a year of great l/o- ncvolence also? Rich men In other sections make great gifts to col leges, hospitals, and other enter- FEATHER BED BARGAINS Send ub $10.00 and we will 6bip you one first-class new 40-pouud Feather Bed. one pair 6-ponhd new Feather Pillows ($2.50). one pair full size Blankets ($3.00), one dandy Comfort, full size ($3.00). all for only $10.00. All new goods and no trash. .Biggest Bargain ever offered. Satisfaction guaranteed. This offer is good for a short time only to advertise our goods. Mail money order now or write for circular an* order blanks. SOUTHERN FEATHER & PILLOW CO. Dept. 1234 < *r««naboro, M. C. cents To advertise onr business, make new friends and ‘.ntroduca our great eat* logue of Elgin watches we will send this elegant watch to any address by mail postpaid for Only 95 cants. Regular gentlemen s size, open faca, full engraved, high grade gold plate finish, Arabic or Roman dial, lever es- , capement, stem wind and stem set, a marvelously currect timekeeper and . fully Guaranteed for 3 Years. Send this advertisement to us with yonr name and address and 98 cents and watch will be sent by return mail post* r paid. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Remember, 98 centa is posi tively all you have to pay for this wonderful watch. Sen^98 cents today. Addrasa R. E. CHALMERS it CO • 538 So, Dearborn 3t. CHICAGO MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 29.—. Nearly seventy-five children from the tenement district invaded a leading ho tel here today and demanded their din ner, informing the manager Santa Claus had invited them. Their demand was complied with. Although the hotel managed had not been appraised of Santa Claus’ arrange ment, he ordered a dinner complete, from soup to nuts, including turkey and all the fixings, and the chidren went away fully satisfied. One stubborn, three-foot lad bluntly informed the waiter unless he brought his soup more promptly he would "slug him in de eye.” A stranger passed through the neigh borhood a few days ago with the infor mation Santa Claus would be at the hotel Saturday afternoon and invited all the children to dinner. The visitors were from five to fifteen years old. About half were girls. WILSON IS ASKED TO VISIT PANAMA (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Panama ad vices published here say Colonel George W. Goethals, chairman and chief engineer of the isthmian canal commission, has cabled to President Wilson an invitation to spend part oi his Christmas vacation in Panama and be the first to sail through the canal Until a reply to this invitation is received no further thought will be given to the question as to which ves sel shall make the trip first. Journal Patterns Priced 10c The patterns shown below may be ob tained by addressing Pattern Dept., The Atlanta Semt-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. 9679 9910 9814 9807. 9807. GIRL'S DRESS. , Cut in "> sizes: 4, 6, S, 10 and 12 years. It requires 2*/. yards of 44-inch material for an 8-year size. Price 10c. 9679. 9679. LADIES’ SKIRT. Cut in 5 sizes: 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 inches waist measure. It requires 3 yards of 44incb material for a 24-lncb size. Price 10c. 9S10. 9810. DRESS FOR MISSES AND SMALL WOMEN. Cut in 4 siz.*s: 14, 16. 17 and 18 years. It reqirfs 5 yards of 14-incli material for a 16-year size. Price 10c. 9790. LADY'S APRON. Cut in 3 sizes: Small, medium and large. It requires 4% yards of 30-1 neb material for a medium size. Price 10c. 9794. 9794. BOY'S SUIT WITH STRAIGHT TROUSERS. Cut in 4 sizes: 4. 6, 8 and 10 years. It requires 3 Vi yards of 44-hvli material for an S-ycar size. Pri«-c 10c. 9816. 9816. GIRL S DRESS. Cut in •"» sizes: 4. 6. 8, 10 and 12 year*, it requires :>••» yards of to Inch material for an S-year size. E’rice 10c. 9798. 9793. LADY'S HOUSE DRESS. < ut in 6 Sizes: 32, 34. 36, 38, 10 and 42 inches bust measure. It requires 7 yards of 30-inch material for a 38-year aize. Price 10c. 98r»-98C6. 9814-9806. LADY’S COSTUME. Waist :>si4. cut in 5 siz s: .”.2, 34, 36, 38 and 40 inches bust measure. Skirt 0806, cut in Ti sizes: 22. 24, 20, 28 and 30 inebea waist measure. It requires 6 yards of 40 inch material with ,1 Vi yards of 27-incb material for the tucker for a medium size. This calls for TWO separate patterns, 10c FOR EACH pattern.