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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Saturday. raaAi.-Asr a utr.
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Dorothy Dix
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(Copyright, jmt. by Am*Hr«n-Journ«l-
Eumlner.)
(4T DONE bng mighty Interrated."
I obMrvrd Ml randy. "In what May
* Jana bran mailin' «n* 'hunt dm
lady what brllvvra dat folk* ouahi to
have drlr huabanda and wlv»» rant
home on approval, an' dm < f d -y hnda
dat dey don't mau-h wld dr balance of
dr furniture, dat dey ought to have dr
right it. irturn 'em lo dc btrd'il.i <’.«u n •
ter.
“'De IjiwiI eove nn' prr« r\\- tie"
eaya I. when I hear* dm, hut ef dat
waa dr raac. derr wouldn't l»- no work
done In de it urld. fOI men' of tm would
be upendin' our time awnppln' part-
"But MaV Jane Jet nn dilf dat la dr
new thought In ineterinonj. an' dot
hlt'JI aavr a lot of ml arty 'll II'a n
awful thing.' 'e|>on' ahr. 'In llnd out
after you done lied up wld ,i purt-nn dat
dey ain't yo' ufllnlty. an'. a, drrr nln t
nn way to tell whedder m genmnn or ,
lady la (wine to make n «oo I hurbnnd 1
or wife onlel you trlea 'em. I la lit favor
of boldin' up de handa of dla woman
whut la rootin' for de trlr.l marring.-.-
" 'Dal'e nt' aava 1. '<J"i t nhorely
ain't no lellln' befo' you *l-a up tvlJ a
life partner how dey le coin' to net aft -1
er you Rite 'em. 1 done are hien mnrry
Rale- dat waa an aoft apokrn tilt hit
aaem laic butter wouldn't melt In drlr
moufe. and de mlnuta dey site away j
from de alur dey lurna Into aplldres
dat made delr huabanda Jump on' aay,
"Vaapum" ev'y time dey called t'elr
naniea. An' I done aee men tvhut wee
ao perlite an' Kalian! tint dry Mated
drlr lady Inver over a hannnnrr peel on
■lr aldmalk. dm made delr wlvea epllt
de kindlin' an lake In woahln' lo eup-
pon de fembly.
•"But all de aamn de Itlal murrtagg
wouldn't wuk. beraae ef fnlka Itnowod
dal dey could Kit up an leave «'> I loir
dey lot oa each odder'* coin* or liup-
ipened to hitvr a little dlaputntlon 'bout
• whedder. of dey ever huiipened to Imve
iauy Chilian, dry'd have 'em apilnklod
lor deep-ttater baptised, dry tv lutin'!
try to got along t OKed tier lilt would
; lie dea Ilka livin' In one of dear heah
hnmte* where yon don't fari lak blt'a
wulh while lo waali de wlndowu .r put
lit. de i iirtaina hecase you I t expectin'J
’ io move atony, any wnv.' _ J. ,
"Nawni. 1 uln't K«t no ooinl m of do I
dial marrlaye, but ef anybody wmita to
j mart a aoclely for de protuod m of trial
divorce dey kin got ole Mt~.uidy na a
charter member. Not dat I want, :i
divorce puaaonally. Naum, ni" an' Iku
|H dune HI t'roush lo a reaaon ihle on-
drramndln' of each odder’a peculiar!-
lira, an' la done learnrd wharabuut* in
ruch iMldrr’a deposition wr had hritrr
licop off de Rraaa, en' we don't want
nn chance: but ■ knowa lota of odder
folke dat nred* a broken do»e of dl •
vorre. an' naede hit batd. I can't think
of'nothin’ dat would cement So bond*
of affection bewlxt s couple as’ much
sa Jem havln' had a little tafte of d<«
rorce. nn' flndln' out dat Inetld of hit t
bein' a lend flowin’ ^ld milk an’ honey,
aa Br'er Jenklnn MY. Mt'e kinder mee->
ay an' mlchty utility to' de«n wbut I*
aaaeltlvr lo cold shoulder.
"1 ain't a denyln' dat ef dey had trial
marrlace* inoa* of Ux would hava *g-
partamnl 'em. Ef de marrlace license
had a return coupon on hit nioa of ud
dat ataft* <>n de trip would' lake da
‘ — at n*l<i bless
nest, train bask home to _
edneas. for here comes a time to *r'y
Focpta when de flit begin* to cub oft
de Rtofgrbrtafl, when dey *et« dokrn
by deraalfe nn' wonder* what on girth
made am' do hit. an' whar de fool.kill
er could a hern when dey yoked up
wld da one dey did.
' tie, man looks at de _g»l_ he done
inserted onder <le lielier tint she waa
a angel; an h* *ra* a woman dat ia
cranky an' curia an' dat pertlceajtla
coin' In an' coinin' out, an' dat hit
Neeme td hint la tryln’ to plsen him
wld her, cookin', uim lie aay* to hlirr-
■olf. 'My (lord. If I w*« out of dla
you bet I would *tuy out:'
“An de woman looks at de man. an’'
Insttd of de noble an poetic Aiero ehe
thought She done got. ahe eee* a man
dat 4* cross an' crabbnl. an' dat don't
noth* what .ahe does for him. nor
wring* hfr hands togedder an 1
to hepielf dat she wtxhaa to
goodmss She had staid wld her maw.
i ef dcre waa aay way for dept to
away wldoflt a scandal, day
do hit befo' you could *ay Jack
neon. i’o*e dare aim. an alter
awhile de woman (earoa
' >»t or bridge whist
wflal she
lambastin'
de bacon
goes In for religloi
ncoordltr e« site la Wuttt, SB day -kottar
roqks along, always a hunln’ for de
liberty dey ain't gat.
'What dry needs to settle 'em Is *
nice, trial divorce, datH let 'em oa*
dot day ain't ao bag off as day- thinks
dey I* In bein' bound up In da holy
bonds of wedlock, for dare ain't noth-
»n"dat looks ao good to paw befb 1 you
glta till, and dat eeama arch small
prrtalcr* after you does git rk, at
freedom.
-'Yaaeuin. I done tee dAl tried. Der*
waa Sal Iny Hue an' tfoa, Peters whut
rgot married, an' a* far ea anybody
i could aee. begun to throw thing* at
each odder da nest day. which la on-
decent soon to my mind, though a
able-bodied woman la got to win da
respec’ of liar husband even «f she
boa to do hit wld a bed slat
"Now. Sallny Boa was.: one of de*r
DOROTHY DIX. 1 healt slack women wld a slant wise tlg-
1 ger dat looked lak dh* had been bawn
wot on. an' dat Is forever, wpl a gray callkor Mother Hubbard
’ her about de thickness of | on, an' hit want long befo' she was
an' de Ihlnnen* of de hlsklt, ;runnln' Into da neighbor*’ wld a ahawl
up l
bios
over her hald, a teil'n' 'em how had
Moss treated her, an* what a good
homr eh* left, an' how she wleht she
had back her freedom.
"I reckon ab* must have shed as
much as a barrel of team on my kitchen
♦tnve. e-tellln' me how dlsapp'lnted ehe
woe In Mae*, an' how sha wondered
what eh* ever could a seed In dat lit
tle ninty. bow-legged nigger to m^ke
her marry him, anyway.
Den one day ahe com* In all perked
le a saw frock an' aay dat bar trou-
_jes I* all totted, an' dat she la gwine
to git a divorce from Mose an' go back
to her maw. Well, eh* went her way.
an' ef you believe me hit waro't six
month* befo' one der somebody knock
at de do', an' dare stood Sellny Bue.
"Tor de land’s soke.' 'sclalms I.
‘whut brings you back here?*
•• SI* Mlrandy,' aay* *he. 'I found out
dal bein' a dlvorahee ain't what hits
cracked. UP to be. Maybe hit'* all right
an' Joyful to be a sod widow, hut (terra
drawbacks to bein' a grata one.'
•••Yo' maw shortly waa rejoiced to
have you back home ag'ln.' says t
'"Ef ehe was the was mighty good
at hidin' hor realm's,’ 'spons ahe. 'an'
hit sorter set my teeth on aide* to
hear her tell ev'ybody dat. come In
about har po\ ontortunlt daughter dat
had mads each a had marriage an' hajl
to come back on her fembly. An'
whilst my elatara divided up wld me
def did hit wld de air of sufferin'
tjfrt*
”‘ T P‘ e*«’nly must have been
corned back wld open arms by >„• J,
friends, says I. ’
“‘Uh-huh/ snorts she, 'dey I
?•?. “°Ti' r ,ot ^npologlse for me 7,5
husband/" my ' UCk « ltlln ' *
" ‘But you had yo' freedom.' aay. i
"'Freedom!' 'arlalmg.hr. 'whut . u .
fun of doin' what you wants to „ h »n
nobodv don't k«#r wiiaiMcr ..... 1
nobody don't keer whedder you doe. ,,
or not? Whet's de good of atavln-
o' nights when nobody don't io-,,
you never eomee home'/ I tell v,„. * ‘
Mlrandy, freedom I* d« lon'e»»ine.i
thing on alrth.' 1
/Den aheaxea me lt 1 -Trckim* j*,
Mo»e will forgive her. un' lake her
back, an' I fixed hit up betwixt v,
case Mose missed her. too. an' ever
i«>rk-
doves, a billin' an' a couln', an' Sulim-
Bur aay ehe do know dat M,w >, , „
cbnnlngest TlUle man wld ile cuteBt i,
lies curvet to his lalgs dat slu- «>-
see. an' she wonder how she ever , ,
to be lucky enough lo git him.
"Taseum. an' dat'a de way dat n.-uiiv
all de divorces would be ef dere u
lrial-divorcee, for defe * dls curls thine
'bout inatermony—dat ef vou Is mixer
ble In hit you la mo' mlser-hle
hit. Maybe you can't git along wul .
husband or wife, but. my I^wd! lilt,
wuss glttln' along widout one."
I ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
She Points Out the Precarious Condition of the Rich Who W’alk on Stills of
Money and of the Weak in Character Who Lean on the Crutch of Borrowed
Funds.
Copyright. 1907. by Amerfcan-Journal
Kxamfner.
H AVE you ever seen a email boy
mounted on alllte walking
through the atreete? Ifow he
tower* above the fellow* of hie age,
what attention he ettract*. what nj>-
plauee he recelvee and whet rapid prog,
rime he makes for a brief time! Then,
euddenly, down he goee. and eometlmee
nn ambulance le called to enrry him
■way for rfpqjre. “
Bometlme*. more fortunate.
ecramblea to his feet, dlsappeare In
the crowd, only to loom up on hie etllta
again further down the atre>et. where
a new crowd collects to cheer and ad
mire hie explolte. And the Insecurity
end unreliability of his underpinning do
not seem to give him the least concern
bo long as he look* over the heads of
hie companions and see* them gazing
up at him with envious eyes.
There are people In this world—ma
ture men and woipen—who remind
ine tot these boys.
Every day they are to be encoun
tered on life's thoroughfares stalking
along on stilts.
The Stilt Breaks.
There arc the people who have In
herited a name, a position and a com
petence. for Instance, hut who do not
think It worth while to cultivate the
character or the Industry of the an
cestor* who built tlielr stilts for them.
How they tower above the poor, toll
ing hero! How they monopolize the
pavements of ea^th! And how Indiffer
ent they are to the comfort of the
pigmy pedestrians who have only two
feet to walk oh and no stilts to give
them prominence in ::i?t-rowil!
With three fictitious aids to locomo
tion they not Infrequently trip and
bruise their less conspicuous fellow men
and pass on without an apology. They
inuke a tall showing in the crowd, these
little sons and daughters of lurge dead
men-for a time.
Then—down they go! The stilts are
broken. The‘street cleaners carry away
the fragments, and the small heroes of
an hour nre lost in the crowd or taken
away to quiet retreats and forgotten
by a fickle world.
Htit nu re frequently encountered, es
pecially In the crowded streets of n
large ’metropolis, are the ambitious
people who walk about on the stilts
furntsned t» Uit.ii creditors.
Raault Inevitable.
They arc omnipresent. They stalk In- j
to all tit# place* at public amusement
and they occupy the beet sent*.
Their garfneote era'of the-latest cut
and tlielr plumea are many and wav
ing They Trawl tn foreign'lands and
tln v dine at the bgst hotala upon tli*|
Ik-m vlantls.
They frequent social functions and
are ninny* nhtleeabla figures. Mounted
on the stills made of other men's
dollars. the<- are personages- net to be
-dli-ilnInAd nr Igndrsil.
Then, after a tttn*. the Inevitable
results. They'fill from tlielr altitude,
but the fall is only temporary. They
lose thcuinelve* in the crowd, only to
iippeur later In another, walking' on
new MUJ*. built of.the dollars of Oth-
<r fools; and always there are the
gaping followers, who gase end ndinlre.
ami nhvnys there are the cheated cred
itors. chewing the cud of self-con
tempt at being so duped and played
upon.
But It 'Is always better to he the
duped then the duper, better to be
the rrertltor than the debtor, the Icnd-
tlian the borrower.
Aside from Ihe-victims of abeniate
moral depravlly. the- people who go
through the world on a borrowing
fliMARKAHfsimL
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1 By GARRETT
! P. SERV1SS
_—ICdUrrlgtlU by A martcan- Jour -!
nal-Examiner.)
A MONG the most picturesque re-
sulta of ret>nl uaironomlcal
studies Is the revelation of a
surprising number of stirs which al
ternately approach and then recede
from the earth, or else either advance
or retreat with astonishing changes
of velocity, nt one time rushing earth
ward at the rate of perhnps twenty
miles per second, and then arresting
themselves and reducing their speed
to only three or tour miles p«m s*h*-
ond.
Tncae erratic dsnring stsrs arc found
In all part* of the sky. Home of them.
In tplte of their changes or variations
of velocity, are gradually drawing near
er ti* us, while others nre moving away.
Among them Is Included ono of the
greatest stars In the heavens, the fiery
red Antares. In the ron«tcllatlon Bcor*
|4o. This huge orb. which Is known
.ito .bf many times brighter than our
slin. has been found at times to he ap
proaching the* earth with a speed of
about a mile and a quarter per second
and at other flints to he retreating nt
as much «s three ami a half miles-per
ssrond rpon the whole Antnrvs ap-
liaars t.* |>« receding Into the depths of
spacr.
The swifter motions mentioned above
have been detecteo among smaller
star*, some of which probably possess
less Intrinsic hrlghtm-- and a smaller
mass than our run
The fact that all the stars are tn mo.
tlon. some going one wav ami smite an.
othsr. has long been known, but the
liccull.tr motions hen* r-fetred to hive
a different origin The only explana
tion. suggested for them is that the
start thus affected by what set*im» a
kind of dance craze are in nil case*
double that Is t<* >a>. there at** really
two stats concerned, where only one t«
visible, and It Is the revolution of the
visible star around the center *»f grav
ity common to it and its unseen com
panion v hlch •••tti*es the alternate ad
vance mid retreat, or the successive,
quickening ami vetanlat »*n «*f the mo* 1
Uar results follow from the orbital mo-
TTrm TTf^the~rtsthle star. In those cuma^s
In which the direction of motion doe*
not appear reversed, hut only it change
of speed, either if approach or recession
occurs, the explanation Is found In the
fact that .th« orbital motion It not so
swift a* the general motion, the con
sequence being that at one time it
seems to gccelornle the latter and nt
other times to retard It. but never to
overcome It.
There nre two proofs that stars pos
sessing these motions really are, u* the
explanation suggests, dmtirte stars.
The ilrst, proof Is dlrlkt, and Is found
in the fllft that some of then* can uctu«
ally bo seen double'with tetesCOpe*\ the
dark star l»elng entirely without light.
The second proof comes from the spec
troscope. which, by nnulyxlng the light
of the visible star, revohla the shifting
of the spectral lines caused by It* to
and from movements and furnishes
data by means of which the motions of
the two stars may he disentangled.
This proof depends, of course, upon In
ference. but It fit* In so exactly with
observed facts that Its validity cannot
he doubted.
I bools are the moat pitiable of ob
jects.
The Worthy Succeed.
The majority of aelf-made men and
women, the majority of self-support
ing people, have known times of ac
cumulated disasters when they seemed
obliged to oak their employers or their
friends for a temporary loan, or their
creditor* for time.
Illness, loss of position, unexpected
drain* upon the purse through sud-
ibmtli. nr rnntlnUfd «tckne«s of
members of the family will bring such
a crisis to the most provident.
But I am convinced, the longer I live
and the more I study people, that to the
really worthy character, the real, deter
mined soul, and the really honest heart,
a debt presents Itself always as nn Ig
nominy, and the Idea of a loan ns the
last resort; and such a man or woman,
when driven to this necessity, makes
the debt a matter of religious feeling,
and never rests until It Is paid.
Always, where much u feeling exists—
always. In spite of trusts and corpora- i
lions and panics and hard times—the
ray opens to pay that debt.
Nothing—nothing, 1 repeat—can
stand In the way of an earnest, hon- i
PLEA FOR THE WIVES
OF SLAVES OF DRINK
By JOHN C. WOOLEY.
I r hill I in*\er di Ink sgoln, hut one idtflit In
a Now Kuiztau«l train, anil very III. I uiet *.
•tranger who pitied tut* and gave me n
quick. |M»werful drug out of n Miuall vial and
inv piiln nu* gone in n minute or two. tmt
nl.ofiol \\:m llcklug up my wry Mood with
luiigiiea of Hauic.
I idmuld have gotten drunk tint night if
I mu Id. I thought of everything—«»f my
two year* of clean life; of the meetlug I
waa going to. vouched for hv my frlsuil and
hmtber, 1>. I* Moody; of the bright little
bourn In New York; of Mary and the hoy a;
\ tried to pray, and tny tip* framed
.-bed |||
ti lie WHS gone,
of hell hail me by the
hooted. "Drink, drink, drink!"
It l . *tom\ | fle
of |*nw I ticket
Were the drug
>h knl In my r.Muu
tight nml won It
•e of tiod; hilt the
Uren sighing lo their sleep, and 1 thought
I idiniild die when I thought of you having
to walk In your wcarlue**, and In thl*
midnight through Kiieeland atrect alone."
She think* that I will never fall; and
would deny today tint nIio known nnv fear.
Imt yet. until the undertaker screws her
nweet fare out of my sight forsver. that
ghostly, unformed, munele** thing will
walk the chamber* of her heart whenever
I nm unaccounted for.
You to whom ha* !w»en giveu the un
shaken sud unshakable ronttdeucc of her
you love, 1 beseeeh to make n tight for the
women who wait tonight until the aaloon
sends t«» them their hunlmud* nml their
non* maudlin, hrutl<di. ilevlllnb.
Ami yon, hunpv wive*, whom- heart
•st. determined soul, bound to do the
right thing. Alwaya the way opens for
that soul after a time.
Cauaaa of Trouble.
Of enothtr fact I grow more and
more certain every year.
There le eomethlng fundamentally
wrong with the man or woman who I*
alwaya In money straits, always want
ing a loan, always with a story of a
series of misfortunes to relate. There
Is a screw loose In the mental or moral
nature eomewhere. Look for It and
find
However InUustrlous, economical and
honeat such a man may eeem to be. he
!m, mentally or otherwise. Inviting mis
fortune to remain with him. or It would
not linger so long In one place. Mis
fortune loves better to go about calling
at every door now and then than to
rest too long under one roof.
Constant despondency, constant fear
of trouble, perslutent pessimism will
bring misfortune to the most Indus
trious and provident.
While It Is a privilege to help a really
deserving and earnest being over a
financial crisis, the habit of .lending
money to the needy Is a dangerous
one. Not dangerous to the leader—for
the deed done through a desire to help
another can never harm the doer—but
It can harm the recipient.
Easy to Borrow.
The weak character find* the bum .i
convenient crutch; by and by lie um««
another a* a cone, and get* along with
so little personal effort that soon 1*
mounts on stilts supplied by the .sym
pathy of kind hearts, and Join* the ii*ti
of the world’s good-for-nothing-, wj..
live by the sweat of other people 1
brow*.
If he had "met"with less~syiiqMU!> m '
his first attempt at shifting hi* bur
dens on other nhoulders he might have
cultivated his own strength instead of
his own weakness.
To those who are trying to pluck up
courage to ask for loans. I would say.
Walt a little: trjx once again to help
yourself. Believe you will succeed, and
that God, the Great Banker, holds
money for your use. and will not per-
init you to be dependent on any one
but Him. Miracles happen to those
who have faith In God and In them-
selves.
And to those on stilts my advice Is:
Get down before you fall down.
! THE REIGN OF BRIDGE ! By MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN I
I U'oi.iytlglU, 1907, by W. R. Heaiitt.'
By DtOROE V. HOBART. ! r T* HERE Is scarcely a place in the
opyrlclit. 1307, hy mVfT<*no-JonrnflttCr- J I whole country, esiMtcialiy cast of
niiilner
I the Alleghanles, where bridge
MMn l.lcher t.mM*y: W v'as’glitt dotyim I not reign supreme. Men and
van milking Hindi u pt«*n*ant wtslt In Vn*h j women have succumbed to the Infatua-
lllgtull. Illid IiIn li'lnllid* tnc, |*ooYr. dot ,w«
- it n # tion or ine
Mh' you could linf » talk rail wniie of I 1,0,1 °* lnc ® ame *
ilow eon greaser* mlt regard* to n sulH-ubckt Poker waa once called the national
h u now gnawing m der luillvork* of our| Kaim . G f cards In America, in my ig-
t 0 .' norance of both poker and bridge I ““
llliert.
I tor Hultebwkt which I reference
l«ooev, I* der new copyright Inw rich affee ' unable to explain their relation or the
tntlou* many of your friend* uud st leant m rl# nt nn _ nv- , r #h# nf i lpl . ,. r .i.„
vim of ymir relative", vleh I* Uodolpli Hsu-j or on ® ov ^ r t**e otnet. or tne
ernchiaidt. der song writer, and s cousin of j difference between the demoralizing ef-
• V T„T *in» tutertor ,t,r „.r.c ^1* of «UI.*C,t»utfromtheltttlc that l
leglnlatorUt look* init de
i der i
dot writes for a
Imnp of *corn
living.
Yen tier innn dot keep* der delicatessen
"tore vs Ik* up to him tier cntigrcassr eggn-
tendn der l ight baud of r<*llow*klp uud *nyn.
*! yon hnf Inweiitlonctl a new style of
puniu'«i din ufternoon to protection you
mire."
Yen der farmer vnlk* up to him dor con.
gre/oter t'row* lmlh nrin* around hi* neck
uud eggst lslms. "Vot! you half tllscofered
how lo Ideiul turnip* uud ixitiitoe* lultould
•ter aid of it miiNlier! Vy. dear old clntp. I
Inw through nt vuncc to protec*
itut
IiIiii der cougroNNer look* In hi* luu
l»«i**ke| to *tV I* dnrtf u lemon left.
Took der esse of jrour cousin, Uudolpb
BuiieiBchitildt. for a oggnntuidc. plosse.
Rudolph I* the autiior*hlPjK. > i' of uuiuy
f.iiikmis kongN. .such nh "While dor Hlver
Hun* to Yonkers Hi lit My Luff for You I*
True;" uud dot uddor vun called "Vhen
der Moonlight FUmhU der Meadow* t’ll
Coni** Rack to Hnckeuasck."
Her mo*! popiilttr Roug dot Rudolph efer
nt to I* coiled "Hough Hey Tall M
i ml
whe
l.uff .in onion lie Wn* Afi der Vorid to
Mull " tint Y!»t dil. hi! get ollld of Vt?
I’l.ictlekely iiuddlngH.
h.id «M'cn*lou to waver, i Lferviarc you could hear dot song-on
r IiuhimiimU fnII to cotue! der *.-lf pluvhig piano*, on tier *|>eaklng tun
lied without a tear and ''‘hlne*. on der fuimygnifN uud ou der hand
ng night through too prg.iiiH, Init yen Rudolph
do know* I should say there Is scant
choice between the two evil*, ns they
both come undfr the most baneful of
all evils—gambling.
In the old daye poker players were
considered a menace to society and
were shunned by self-respecting peo
ple. A gambler hod no place among
respectable people. His Influence was
feared. There were no women gam
blers except those who were outside of
the pale of society.
I«ater people began to go to Europe
frequently and to visit Monte Carlo,
where they contracted the nmnla for
gambling. The ultra-fashionable and
leisure class at summer resorts, In
clubs and hotels. Indulged In poker and
other gambling games until the moral
and religious elements of society made
ho strong a protest that game* of
cards for money ceased to be played
publicly. A majority of women used
whatever of Influence they had against
ened and one critic says; “The time
the game occupies has been utilized by*
a good many men to take an amount
of liquor they would never, before the
great vogue of the game, have had
chance to drink after a dinner.
"Before bridge came Into fashion a
man sat for three-quarters or half an
hour after dinner and then went home.
It rarely happened that a drink was
passed around or that a guest got one.
"But bridge has changed all that.
The minute some men sit down to play
bridge they feel the necessity of having
a drink. With a glass on the corner
of the card table they sip It at Inter
vals.
"Then they want to smoke as well. I
have seen men smoke one cigarette aft
er another while they were playing
bridge with women. How many drinks
of Scotch they may take depends on
their conscimces and the amount of
nerve they have."
When husbands and wives play, they
are of course, generally opponents ( and
this rivalry begun at cards ends in seri
ous discord snd criticism of each other,
ultimately In far too mAtty cases In a
separation. Like everything else this
erase for bridge, which Is founded on
waste of time and dissipation, can have
but one result, and that la mental and
moral degeneracy.
We hear rarely now of art, reading
or benevolent societies. Bridge Is the
only thing that the fashionables toler
ate.
A lady recently gave n musical on
Sunday afternoon because she was
afraid to try to get her old friends who
had gone half Insane on bridge togeth
er on any other day. A lovely young
handed
Mpli
him
Wl.ti
> In lifll all dar
Mute,
yo to sh'tp tli«> long night
peacefully even to dream, by the mercy of
totel, that fflte* you that. 1 licsccrli you, j hi* h.i
blind youraehe* to help, at leant to cheer. • ”A« h. Iliminel!" set Rudolph to der |»up-
the wives who their whole Rvea through tlshei*, "u>y anug Ir eferytare. In der
Invn crust of burnt* | cafe«, der rathskellers, der lobster eiu|H>rl
Ollld
take III
< pain.
und | uni>
"Mur.
in ile
et ib-
lb the diagram here appended the
effect described Is graphically shown.
Huppo*e that the star under observa
tion I* one of those which, upon the
whole, I*, approaching the ( cart It, but
w hich at ret tain times appears to be
receding It must be supposed to havo
a verv loasMive invMhM * companion,
Itcavp-r than itself. The two revolve
around .me another In a plane nearly
coincident with the line of\Hight ftotn
the earth. The consequence Is that
they are. alternately, on opposite sides
of that line. When one ts retreating
from us in Its orbit, the other Is simul
taneously approaching
But we see the light ”f one only, the
other being luvHlM. ' onHequently at
such times uh the Visit)!.' slur Is swing-
Ing III Its orbit toward the earth (See
"No. !*' in tbe diagram i Its orbital mo
tion 1h sU|**r-ndded lo the general mo
tion of approach of both stars, and It
►eeins to I*- drawing near with accel
erated sliced. —
When, howe%er. It is nt the opposite
point tn Itm orbit tSee "No j" m the
diagrami the xlslble star Is retreating
from the earth, as far a* Its orbital
motion Is concerned, and when, us oft
en happens, this motion Is nunc rapid
than the general tuotbm of the two
*tam considered ns a single system,
the latter Is blanked, and for the i.n»-
hetng the visible star Is actually mov
ing away from us.
In the reverse case, which nl«n» often
war*. Where the two M«rs us a wind'*
aie moving *'• *> Hum the earth,
Mint put Intv .
That l« to Is* n»y portion until my
•lav. but. If merciful, pat lent time
euuterUe nud IumI the obi. dishorn
repulslv
hestrns. etc
iqUIstici
hnf to y
"It ls efer
dvini: I
shall
irable ‘
L0NELINES8.
Imp
si v loti* chit trie.-
<t. his a US’' I bad I ho
throtiKli m>*
salt mackerel
l.le* I* yu«t dl*.'*
\ e put otild
tdolplt, gasping
eiuds I nut
ronsl.l rod
of ptvelple
•et Uer nuplUh-
uiu rick has gt»t
puT.tr nml fifteen
-It my whole
nS.ritl i-llir .Iwi-n.-r, .. i-l.-n
when* mtt* fuls.' step etuis all; nud
llhsl full ettnfldeure of litv fellow m
iilgluqtt vgrai o i’f life to strive for lit this
lMs-in lie
old I have (k riilUtb
or two Who wait on tiptoe of ex-
y and ehe.'rfully prophesy the sure
mine of ui) Mini plunge back Into
the Head S.m of Drink.
heveiul van’s ago. at another time, after
a long lecture tour III the West, I tele
granlost t<> mv wife III Rn*ton: "I will ar
rive home tonight at It." The train was
late, and long after midnight I eainc under
her window The light w.«* burning, and
I know Unit She v\ :t* walling for me. I b t
III.' self III. there w.-re twr,. flights of Stalls.
ubl have Im.’ii inailing
As l.ove gives. 1 hold
Is 111 live
Not -wealth untold.
Nor that I shine
of iM'foiitlng pop .
minutes aft.-nurds efer.v un'.'haul.'ill de
; In il.'r vorl.l Is *lnKlux It or playing It mlt-
oiil.l gitiug you vun iwnny for der result of
t your I.ruins."
lp«ldeM.bn.
Ilf llllglll
"Rut sln'tl roil got It copyrighted?" Ill
I kvires Rudolph, mlt :i grocer's bill staring
* i.. «... «
‘ him hi i
"Y.s. init der
spoil king
- itiuc.ri in niiiuciiiT jiicj iinti HKiiiiitu . -*■ . .
. very species of gambling. And could I ,,ia J r °R among the guests spied an el
be relied upon to aid In the crusade j '*«>' **no nad a few days before
.tgnlnst this evil and Its accompany- I reception to mev't two
lnc vice* of smoking and drinking distinguished persons. 81te .’UHhed up
Bridge has, however, taken the place 10 Hie lady, and after most cordial
of poker, and Its sway has spread so greeting, said: "I am sorry that I
rapidly that Its devotee* are Innumeru- c °uld not accept your kind Invitation
ble. The astonishing feature Is that M° meet my old friends who were your
fully ss many women as men are so guests, but really I am so absorbed
completely InfAtuated that they nre I with bridge that I have not the tlm . to
Riving up everything for bridge—home, j .-.crept Invitations or to make calls."
family and fr-lends are neglected for the ! The lady retorted: “Allow’ me to ox-
ignohle game. Morning, noon nml | cuse you with great pleasure from
nlRht women sit at card table*, putting calling upon tne In future, and I prom-
all their time and strength Into ban- lue you that you will have na nppor-
dling decorated pieces of card hoard. ! lunltv to send your regrets to any so
ar, ordlng to certain rules, hoping by I dal function that I may give."
tlielr Mklll to win stake*, be they high Women whose husband* and fathers
or low*. leant* are organized and . **.. ...
backed by clubs, who
low . T-arn* ure organi*e<l amt; occupy high porttion* commit th« to:
go from on- - * ..... ....
i;;,.*r h , e h 'L t pl ^ ,n m , on^ S i b «' d .'; c .rriv; xiu n .;
and the pot of mones risked on th*, Th#v nmn |f Mt their impatience to get
It would be ImpoaMlble to entertain a
iiio.-.hm u , RWa > f,om enteriRlmnents, even when
sruttrg
.r i ”iSWi «•vysisss ss
of ItlTdctUn** n ° r#mtd> for lh * iUro : Common-
People claim Hint dinners are short
nr ImiII.b
hm: II m;
like
runt me. Fhtiler, oul.v lb,-.
It.-1•*!*»* Time's flngi'ro Rlenl
power of Cut lie: Ii-bmI from
Fat hi
; Iau uiv full lawrt f
IVrfrct With the I.
I'll! flie il.'biug etiipthi
• iMh'«| out Hi. f Deny
life » lint I>en.I i
v III flti.l nit own.
i» l bate the v.mir* whb li steal
want trtwur.l tlie Great t iikmm n
them. Is*r>1. with Imightcr
copyright law .Irtan'd tell
I'bfues nr tier self-plnylng
jilsti.e. to inijp you nujr roynlty, .In dey?* In
kvires back der pupllshcrs.
"Hen I vim stmiy." *et lbnbilph. pushlin;
i der tears Itnck mlt tier Huger of hi* gtove
vleh has s hole III It.
"flute you vs* stqug. nml vllt eoatloun-
tion In’S.’ stung vile tier Inw .loan'd protee
Hon tier svi'hor und niiulRwr." set tier pup
'Ushers "You vnlk ium a large e.tinpaii
meat store uud look tier matter ofer. A
woman v.ilks tin py »let nnsMile eottuter un.l
she say* lliif >.m Uaaersi'iuulUl's latest
bullin', entitled, Mnv t all Me Vat You,,.,,
Mil. Deni, oaky Do Not t'nll Me Mob." ' I dot la s v
. mid yust a* der elerk at’.ml.I to sell her a ! "Vot 1* tl
; eopy fur fifty cents MueclMidy stnrls up ytmr "Der ausv
X'r' "my , .‘|V."V.Vi. ’S*who no* pi^'brtdg^
..f dose maetituM. s.. I I up .air song fa. t..rb s uud let tleis sturv.^* I ™n«t«ntly for money have forgiven the
«rd m» I ran save i -y,.*. but how vllt | par der grt..-erv in f l*dcer propensity of the lady above re-
brfteh vlst ml> ' lkvlre.1 Itii.l.ilpli.
slieU." der "I’flj him mlt d.-r nine dollars ve gnf«
•ong
, nugcr of.r ,1,
it I* limit."
>vi-r'" hikvtrnl ltiitli.l|iti
,-riti-r iiui-ll.hi-r, "t, I'litcr
MMl.nl
placi- rxrhang* of ■atutallonn.
I havo In mlml thr *everi) ciltlclsin
henpod upon III. widow of u Utattn-
gulnhad parnon baenuna II -vnn .aid aha
plnyad pokar for monav, and I know lit
much dl.cnurtaay having toaan ahuwn
har on account of tha raport that aha
gambled I hava baan wondering If
upon the women, who ahnuld he,lint,
lung bafpra they are witling t„ «ui;-
rendar thalr Intluanca for the bcttci*
mant of mankind.
mrb; JOHN’ A. r.oa.w—
Home-Made Boys
By John Anderson Jayne
That's « peculiar expression. I«n't It—"a
homemmle boy!”
And yet, when you come to think of tr.
It Isn't such s strange term, after nil Vor
we nre hearing of the old-time "bout,
msde bread." The old time "home mails
clothes." snd all of the good old bom.'-
made thing* of the long ago.
A bouie-iuadc bread waa m*d<» by umther.
and no other broad ever tasted quite so
good In all the after years.
.... loving hand'
and ofttlmea Into every stltcb was breathed
‘ prayer for the dear oat* who should
wear the clothes.
„ And the botpe mnde hoy.
fully watched by his fathi
tended by bis mother. *'
his sisters; with his smaller brothers I
was paternity personified. Ife could
Von iquareiy In the ejre. lie used elea
language. Ilia thmnli and hi** foretliiger
were not atalned with the telltale rlgarette.
He enjoyed hla hooka, and when be wa
grewr Into manhood he maiie a home r -
himself that carried the nroma of the «»!
home; and now thut he has children -f h
own they still hear In their IhhIi.’s Hi
mark of t^ old home training of the l<*n
ago. ▼
Once lu a while—not very often, hoeeve
-In lhla nursery training, governeas-nriiii!
Ing-up. twHirdtng school-training age do >•'
oe«* such a hoy, nud when you sec him n*
la a delight to the eye. n pleasure to th-
ear nml a whisper Hist the future of *»t«
country will Is* tn good hand*
You don’t And the home made h<
it on the street corners: you d
him Imfoullug the nlr with his
I.Raflmr
«lr.'l
tlnn. ||e doesn't make ladles shudder *!»••'»
they paaa his way. You find him In >[\
doing a work that 1
fleet doing a work that will lend to a N'ipcrb
tunnhoiNl. Y'ou flml him. wherever he b»*‘
Ih». Inyliig gisNl, solid foundation*
future career.
Once the home-made I my
seen on the streets. Now
him. Such a good, old-fashioned
was. thl* home nisib* boy; every one
lighted lu him.
Kuril n Imw was seen the other
R rouilnent downtown store with liH
traigUt as a young sapling, with
miiliJIHI ■■ U JUUItR .
like that «»f the eagle, und » ... .
Was like a ray of sunshine In “ .'iT, i...
room. Ilonest. anuare. manly, upri-ai. •
showed In every line nml act lh»»
- c — an
•fcowed lu every line am.
a home made ?M*y, und, further, th
proud of It.
Ills father bad taught th<
of truth. And the Imy. as boy*
»nd followed his father around th**
For. as a nil#. Just the kind of •«
the father turns. Just thut kind -t
will the I*oy turn.
uiy sluglnw
‘•Hare I*,
piipllslier-
lionght a • "j
play
of de
•If «le
hut :
Oil III’)
lu Its oiichiuiilit.'
Vi’lild get hies
ght It alreadv siii
Veil get tiud’llllgs
ollld 1
i*» U«*
street Btartt.
Vl* t”
l.ci-nust' he |« h
ss«‘r mlt a gisit singing
t
Mill*
uilto'ild p 'ilng i -j
itys?* vU|H.re.| R.i j
•»u der pupllsli •» . (
re* take v.mr -..tig*
peiuq ful a Ulei
fecrotl to.
And I have been wondering if It Is
d I visb l tru * lhat Jewels change hands through
•grcs***r* m 0 "**** «t the btldge table. It can not
be denied that bridge has demoralised
It* devotees to the extent of consuming
their time and money, and to the de
generacy of their mental power* and
Injury to their conscience*.
It I* to be hoped thut the bridge fad.
like many others that have swept over j w IM ,
tnls country, may a«wn lose It* hold speed" forTT happy uud iHumi
Hla mother baa taught him ?
hood that to be strong I* to l"
to Ih> pure la to be strong: that
right Is to lie manly; that »•*
kingly. 8he has taught him court
nml gentleness.
Ami now this heme-snub' bo*
to his father and to hl« nioth'r
of the carefnl training they h
&n*t think that he Is u shd* 1 '
tallst. a "glrly-glrly'' b**) ; •*>.*« <
enjoy foethell and all the remt of
that belong to a manly h»»J
kind. He Is a guml. obi
made boy. Would that then- *' r
the coentry and In the city slndl.
One of (heat floe days the »•*».«
received the old home ttainlug
. ’cnlttes, and then. tw«
bncklioue. mental stainln
science filter, he will resist, nml
resistance will come further
courage. And then he will is*
man. manly among
Then letV - 4 *“ ••
lie h.i
| wit
hand