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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1907.
MIRANDY ON THE MANAGING MOTHER doro&y d,x
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(Copyright, 1907, by Journal-Amerl-
ran-Kxainlner.)
IS CYNTHY ANN was over at
^ my house las’ night,” remarked
Mlrandy, "and she was a-com-
plalnln’ dat dough her daughters Is
mighty peart an’ libely gals, an’ good
lookers, wld willowy Aggers an’ sky
scraper pompadores, dat dey ain't got
no beaux, an' dat so far as she could
see dat dey Is likely to keep on hangin’
on de parent stem. s
"’I don’t see,’ says she, ‘but whut
my Gladys Geraldine Is Jes’ as much of
a charmer as yo’ Ma’y Jane, ylt Ma’y
Jane Is got six men a-requestln’ dc
honor to tote her around to de parties
an’ buy chicken suppers for her, an’
Is always got somebody to promenade
her to an' fro’ to de ch’uch, whilst
Gladys Geraldine has either got to sot
at home or go >n de company of an-
odder gal.
‘"An’,' goes on Sis Cynthy Ann In a
mournful tone, 'ef dere Is one thing In
dls world dat does look poorer dan an-
odder hit Is two marriageable young
women escortin' each odder around to
places of amusement, whilst de sight of
two gals dancin' togedder is so pitiful
dat hit Is enough to draw tears from a
heart of stone.’
‘••Amen,’ says I, 'dat’s de true word.
A woman has to bo forty years ole an’
habe a husband to abuse befo’ she'd
rather talk to anodder woman dan to
a man.’
•"llut whut, I axes you, Sis Mlran
dy,’ says Cynthy Ann, 'Is Why dc men
don’t run after my Gladys Geraldine
lak dey docs yo’ Ma'y Jane?'
'"Men Is mighty curls creeters. Sis
Cynthy Ann,’ 'spons I, 'and dere ain’t
nobody dat can prognosticate whut dey
lake in a woman an' whut dey don’t
lak.'
■"My Gladys Geraldine Is taller an’
. slimmer dan Ma’y Jane, an' Is got de
straightest front Agger In de neigh
borhood,' says Sis Cynthy Ann.
’’ 'Dat’s so,' ’grees I.
-'An' she cotch des as much of dat
higher culcah at de cemetary as Ma’y
Jane did,’ goes on 81a Cynthy Ann. .
a young buck ain't squoze his feet Intohlm for goln’ dere once he promises dat
DOROTHY DIX.
•I ain't “disputin’ hit,’says I.
•An' de way she can slnj
on' de planny Is somethin’
Ing an 1
grand,'
an" play
— says
Sis Cynthy Ann: ’when she begins to
paw de Ivory she fa’riy makes de
house tremble.! „. . - •
■’ ’She's a stehm calliope,’ says I, ’an'
no mistake.’
’"Well, den,’ axes Sis Cynthy Ann,
■whut's de matter wld Gladys Geral
dine dat de men passes her by lak she
had de smallpox T
‘"Dere ain't nothin’ de matter with
Gladys Geraldine,’ 'spons I, 'except l.er
mother.’
" ‘Yassum,’ ’spons I, ’dere's a heap
In a gal bein’ good lookin’ an’ havin'
winnln’ ways, an’ a heap mo’ in havtn’
a.knowln' ma.’
’"How's dat?’ inquires Sis Cynthy
Ann.
•"Sis Cynthy Ann,’ says I, 'speakln'
as one mother to anodder, you kin bait
yo’ fly trap wld sugaiv an’ den you kin
shoo de Ales In or you kin shoo 'em
away. Hit's de difference 't^kt you
an’ me.
‘"When a young man draps around
to see Ma’y Jane of an evenin’, after I
Is give him de glad hand of welcome I
makes myself mighty scarce, beeaxe
hit's kind of proiied Into me dat may bo
tight patent leather shoes an’ annlnted
his hair wld barber grease for de pleas
ure of cornin' around an' spendln' f
hours a-llstenln' to dc symptoms of dc
misery dat a ole woman Is got In her
back.
‘"Darfo’, I takes my knlttln’ an’ I
drives Ike, wld his paper, Into do kitch
en, an' I shuts de do’ tight an’ fast
betwixt us an' de parlor, an' furdermo’
I gives Thomas Jefferson an' little Ted
dy Rooseterfelt on’ dc. balance of Jo
chlllen to onderstand dat cf dey Inter
rupt de proceeding In de parlor dat I'se
gwlne to take a stick of kindlin' wood
to ’em.
■' 'Fer you’sc got to give love’s young
dream a chanst. Sis Cynthy Ann, an’ no
man kin bo worked up to de poppln' de
question pint ef he suspicions dat de
fambly Is all got delr year to de key
hole or de little brudder Is hid under de
sofy. When a man gifs hold of a gal's
hand an' begins to tell her dat ho never
loved befo’ an' kin never lovo agin, hit
ain't no time for tie fambly to butt 111.
You kin git a balky horse up to a fence
once. Sis Cynlliy Ann. but cf you scares
him off, den you can't never git him
up dere agin.
" ‘Nawm, cf dere Is one thing dat does
call for peace on- quiet an' no Inter
ruption*. hit Is courtin'. Dot's de rea
son dat when I rents a house I passes
up dese hcah slyly ones wld curtains
Instld of do's, for I lay dere ain't no
encouragement for a man to talk soft
talk to a gal wld nothin’ between him
an' her folks but a strip of calllker.
•"I ain't a-wlshtn' to pass no reflec
tions on you an’ Brer Ben, Sis Cynthy
Ann,* says I, ’an’ ef you is desirous to
keep yo' darlings wld you In de home
nest, yo’ sho'ly Is took de right road to
dat eend, for dey tells me dat when a
man goes to see Gladys Geraldine dat
you takes yo' seat on ono side of him
an’ Brer Ben flops down on de odder,
an’ Brer Ben passes de time a-tcllin'
how ho fit, bled an’ died In de war, an’
how alone an' single handed he cap
tured de rebel army at Appomatox.
’’’An’ dey do say dat ’long towards
'levcn o’clock, when Bber Ben pauses
to ketch his breath an’ start out on
anodder bunch of de stories of his early
life, dat de young man grabs bis hat
an’ makes a break for de do’, an’ when
he hits dc pavement on de outside of de
house he says dat ef Gonl will forgive
dc offence will never happen agin. An’
you wonders why he don't come bade,
an' Brer, Ben wonders why he don’t
come bock, an’ Gladys Geraldine lays
awake at night tryln’ to guess do way
dat she ilruv him off, an' de reason is
you an’ Brer Ben, for he didn't come
to see you. He come to see Gladys
Geraldlno, on’ ho never got to pas’ a
word wld her or say any of da smart
things he had been flxln’ up in his mind
all day to tell her.
’Flirdemo’, Sis Cynthy Ann/ dere's
dls thing to be took Into consideration,
an' dat la dat, whether you laks hit or
no, dat a man Is mighty apt to ledge
a gal by her ma, an' I kinder senses
hit dat I ain't no livin' advertisement
of do advantages of marryln* Ma'y
Jane. Ma’y Jane Is mighty plump an'
cute an' patridgey now, but I lay hit
don't boom her stock none for a man
to look at my two hundred an' forty
pounds of feather-bed Agger an' reflcc’
dat dat’s de way dat Ma'y Jane's lia
ble to look when she is my age.
“‘An’ hit's de same way wld yon.
Sis Cynthy Ann. You Is dat po’ an’
thin an' scrawny dat you looks lak a
telephone post, an’ furdemo’, you Is got
a hatchet face an’ a raspy voice, an'
you henpeck Bre'r Ben In public, which
ain’t no way for a woman wld mar
riageable daughters to do—an' when
you hangs around Gladys Geraldine
hit's sort of givln’ a man a glimpse
Into de future dat acts lak a skcercrow
In a com field.
•" ’Dot's dc reason dat I keeps myself
In de background, an’ de mos' dat Ma'y
Jane's beaux secs of mo Is my hand-
writln’ In de skillet an' fryln’ pan In
de good things dat I passes ’em In to
cat. An’ dat acts sort of comfortin’
an' stimulatin', ah’ makes a man feel
dat ef beauty fades an’ love gives out
he kin still fall back on de cook stove.
For dere ain’t no marriage a failure.
Sis Cynthy Ann. whar de woman Is got
a grip on de kitchen range.’
” ’I fear. Sis Mlrandy,' says Sis Cyn
thy Ann. ’dat you is one of dese heah
managin’ mothers dat de preacher
preaches ag'lnst.’
‘■’Bless Gord I Is.’ ’spons I; 'hit’s
my business to git Ma’y Jane a good
husband an’-I’m gwlne to do hit. An’
furdemo’, I’se got a mighty po’ opin
ion of dem ma’s dat Is so trlfln’ an’ no
account dat dey don’t manage little
things lak dat.’”
HELP THE WORLD ONWARD
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
I N the yenrs 1J7 to m B. C. yoneg Tibe
rius. the eldest .if the "(imcchf, wss
Journeying front Home to flpsln.
lie observed that the Italian coun
tries which liml once been thickly peopled
and richly fertile were Dow dry and deso
late.
instead of productive vlaeyards and culti
vated Acids, be saw gusts, sheep and kids
feeding on bare spaces of laud.
lie learned Hut the wealthy Homans own
ed the herds sad flocks, while all the core
used In Home came from filclly or Africa,
and that Home was Ailed with Idle men, un
able to work for themselves hcennse they
had no ground to till, and SB for trades
and handierafta, the rich men bad every
thing they wanted made by their alavea
No wonder, fays the historian, that the
Ubuiaui wefe loalng their character. The
l.ielnbin law had been passed years before,
forbidding any cltlsen to have more than
a certain quantity of land, mud giving tbe
stale the power or resnmlng tt.
lint this law, while atlll there, was Ig-
bored.
Katutca had been gather,'ll Into the hands
nr families aud passed down, till now.
among «U.OOO citterns, only 2,000 were men
°TlherTua’ondertook In revive the old law,
giving 503 Mtfi to each resident nnd di
viding tbe rest among those who bsd noth
ing. giving the larger percentage to those
who had many children.
Naturally a tremendous uproar followed.
The populace on one side, the wealthy
2,000 ou the other.
TtWrlus. however, succeeded In reviving
the law, but at the end of a year, troubled
with the complication* of bis undertaking,
he one day put his hind to bis bead In
publics
••lie vrntfts to wear a diadem." shouted
his enemies, and a great struggle ensued,
nnd rlrh and poor beiran fighting. Three
hundred people were killed and Tllierias
was knocked down with a (dub and slain.
Then his brother C'alus undertook to carry
out tbe law, but foetid continued opposi
tion. He succeeded In providing work for
tbe unemployed on nubile bridges and roads
and endeavored to found a colony of labor-!
era on the ruins of Carthage. Dot the
"patricians*’ were determined to
„ promt
Jnst and beuevolent designs, nnd be,
too, was killed.
few years afterward statues wero
erected to the memory of these good
men, aud ••Cornells,’’ the mother of tba
Gracchi, today Is remembered as a sort
of snlnt.
But, says the pen of history, “Things
grew worse And worse in Homs. The city
was full of overgrown rich men and tur
Indent poor men, and the expenses of tbe
•xtmvugaut methods of life wero paid by
cruel grinding and robbing of the people.”
TIIKKB—HKLP TUB WORLD ALONG—
TWO - Ill'Ll* TUB WORLD ALONG
HATURDAY — SUl’l’LKMKNT.:
Home years before tbls old Marcus 1’
elut CSto had died, at the age of SO, In
Rome. He had Spent tbe last half of his
life fighting against the Increasing tendency
of the city to extravagance. Greatly was
he opiMHicd to tbe law permitting women to
wear gold and purple.
“They will all be vicing with one an
other, he said, "and the poor will be
> to blush
Ho the* land question ’and the question of
extravagance, which agitate America today,
are very old, as we may see.
And he who runs may read how unfortu
nate It was for Rome that she set head
against the teachings of justice and wia-
dom and persisted In selfishness and folly.
In 1445 Jnrobo Fbeeart, tbe non of tbe
Lwin of VanlM VBI IprilMVl Ilf tlBYlfllf BP-
ntments.
ami led a
His ease
t
Kp
,ea i»rii»es 10 use ma iuuuvuci
icr In giving state appolntmt
e was a pleasure-loving roan
of ostentatious magnificence.
dragged along ten years, 4»nd be died In
exile, while bis poor old father died of a
broken heart.
It would seem as If the men In positions
of power and prominence today should have
made greater progress during alt the
furies since Rome was great and since the
later period, when Venice wss ruling tbe
sea and land.
But Instead, history Is continually re
peating Itself when It comes to the place-
seekers of tbe world. The moment desire
for personal power enters a man a mind
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ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
be Is possessed of a devil.
Yet the world at large grows
rrud, less gross, less selfish wl
Ing by of the centuries.
The old Romans
.in opponent on sms
rivals, enemies and “friends,” calmly met
and decided- to stab Julias Caesar, who was
too powerful a man to please them. And
this horrible act wss deliberately carried
out by brilliant, well-educated men of that
era In the most Illustrious capital of the
world.•*■
If fifteen of the most cultured men of
America decided to kill some prominent
hscatmt It is more hums no. man testy
. more sympathetic, more universally
lllgent, anil because men have greater
liberty of thought and may worship God
In (heir own way now as never before.
Certain old abuses exist in every cuan-
tiy. Human nature remains the same In
certain respects; jet slowly and surely the
work of the human fabric grows finer, how
ever the blemishes sod knots and imper
fect places continue to appear In the weav-
torn War exists, but It Is no longer the
clUff badness of commerce or religion,
as It wss for two thousand years.
Murder Is still committed, but not by
_ie leading rulers of states sad with the
sanction of the best minds, as In the days
of the “flocy of Rome" and Venice nod
the later reign of Mpauiah, French had
Kaglish kings and queens.
Bigotry exists, but It no longer uses the
torture rack and the stake and the dungeon
to punish those of opposing faith.
Slavery exists, but It Is obnoxious to the
large majority of the Intelligent minds of
the world, and it too shall puss away.
We nro far from tho old bloody ages,
and father yet from the golden nge of
peace and goodwill which lies ahead, but
wo arc on the way.
Help the world forward by living as
absolutely an unselfish and kindly n Ufe ns
Is possible In your situation. That Is all
that is required of you. Think, talk, net,
live pence nnd good will to all men every
day. It souuds easy, bur it Is not!
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