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EDITORIAL PAGE THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Xfternoon Except Sunday By THE GEORGIAN «’<»MPAXY At ‘JO East Alabama St., A’G-tni.i, Ga Entered as -c. -Hass mallei a: p■••uoffe at Atlanta. under act <•( March 3. 1873. How Long \\ ill Atlanta Continue to Dally W ith Death? Th° finur.c' < ommitt t of cniin'"! promise- Io take final action thi. aUrrnooii on tlir qii" : mn ol’ g;irhatr> - disposal. Ti" 11 ventures Io Itrialhc 111'- hope ihal there will lie action and that it will be final. The mailer -. one of vital impm lane not merely of yqeat im portance. I>nt \ I I \l< importance lor it concerns Ide ami death. 11 has bo n a VITAL quest on for three ; cars. Ami for thr< > ear- '1 has been dmltred and postponed and considered and i<oinn’i"r"ti ami ref' r> «l and re in-f.-rred until it has become a L'll.'isli; Tin phase ■ ■ t|p question which has recently been the cause 01 wraijehno and deias is wlrllr-r or not the city shall accept the bid o’ I >ci ie :o < onipan,' of X'evv York, to creel a crematory in a i edaoc with tin plan- and specifications nnan 1 imnisly fa vored hi tin board of health In! I'l eoiil ili' lliletl by 1 )r. Rudolph Hirim.’ tile sanitation '\pcrl employ'd Io the eity-to devise a garhae, <li-o ■ I seh' iw lb ■ i ompatty others to erect and equip a pla'- ior 'h" som of t-1 fo.ttia> IT" 'in lie .o ii 'iill1■ •• ot ■ ■mell li;■ Imld np act mn lor w eei in h op> • „ r i ' ,-| 11 x,i cheap i plant which shall be more nr less sal is bo lon The fin.mi i lommitiee's w'll-ineaniiiw interest in economy ha. brol.:-m out in th' - wrciiw place. The * ieortrian bnlioves. flu' tiii.'m l ' en i ii'ii it I• e ha. no >.p eial knowledge ol modorii ;..not.o i nieihod'. and 1 h»• i>• t■»ha no fitness to reject the garbage di po d plan ipcli har eln cti decided on In iinanimoii i econi no ml, i! ii ip ill the hoard "I' health and "I the eit.v s employed r.X- I" i ! Th' om dntv the finance committee has had has been to al tend tn tin limine detajks of idosnm .in the most expeditions and pconornical maiim r possible. the contract lor erctino sm - h a dis posal plant as llu board of health and the city's expert hare rec emineiided This duty it has mH yet met squarely. Ininn'diate action is what the city needs. Atlanta has been dallying with death long enough. | W oman Suffrage—and a Lew Silly Falsehoods Buried All Women Will Vote Soon And an Excellent Thing It Will Be for the Country and for the Human Race Generally. When the steam locomotive, pulling cars on rails, first came be fore tin public, sad 1 lunes were predicted WHi informed ''seientists ' declared that human beings would be killed :f they were drtiggd along for ;in.v length of time at such a I right fill speed as twenty miles an hour W ' know now that they can go one hundred miles ;tji hour ami w ilhout danger. It was also said that sp etators along the tracks w hen the train vent l>y would be killed by the frightful' rush of air. ami that it would i" Jiecessar.v Io build high stone fences along the railroad Ail that foolisliiiess disappeared as soon as the railroad really began to WORK When the sewing machine was invented, it was said that wom en would be put out of work ; that where a hundred w omen made a living with the tieedie, there would be work enough for only ten with the sewing machine. The first man who invented the sewing machine was persmub'd I'.v his wife to break up the model in order not to ruin the poor women. But with the sewing machine there are more women employed at sewing than ever before-- ten to one. Wli ti the spinning jeuny came along, ami \rkw right, the in vent"; add"d thousands of millions to the wealth ol the world and clothed th ■ population of the world, fools declared that work ingin'Oi would be ruined and deprived of labor. It was necessary to d" tlw v\ork inside of fortified factories to prevent ignorant work ingmen from destroying the machinery. Xov.. where one man was employed more than ten are employ ed. and the wages are much higher. This byway of preface to the things that idiotic opponents of vv "mail suffrage have been saving about the woman s vote Wv were told first that women would vote tn a sentimental, foolish wav . ‘hat tie \ would be coni rolled by fancies, mH by com moii sens. We find. n"w that women actually ARE voting, that they vole very much as tin imu do. except more conscientiously and more t fjeU v j'hey voie jus! .- bouJ v-. men do. sanely, honestly. u vv a s x, inal .■iftei women got the liaitot llli'.\ \\ <•! LI) Xt’Tl SE IT. The pri'dict mn was made that women wcmldn t take th<‘ trouble 1o vote. But now vvi'iii'ii ARE voting. \ml we find that in < alifornia. for instance, m proportion to 'heir numbers, more women than men went to tie polls In oth'-r words, out of one hundred women and ope hundred im u the p n1 g' .' women sufficiently interested to vote whs greater than the percentage o>' men. It was mourtifullv predicted also that attendance at the polls would be very degrading to 'he vvoim ti - lt was said that rowdies ;nd roughs, and the Hower •'' rotten political organizations. would insult the women, ami that no re spectable woman 'mild go to tip pie is m sa! etv But now women ARI' voting, ami we find that their atiendam-' at the polls improves tin loiw ot the voting' plan ’l’hc fact is that women going to tn. pol - are 1 real'll emu tcouslv bv the volet s, evil bv th" all emlaii Is. usually represent mg a pyct 1 v low class of politica: heelers An<l instead of women being degrad'd bv '"ting, th' - voting place and the voting pm ib g' at. .-h".,it'd and mad- b.tt.r bv tin pr. ■ Cos vv """'ll Wotu'U art all going to vote \nd wlpu the,' all v"tv, the < - —— Continued m Uiit-r I The Atlanta Georgian THLKSDAY. MAY 23. 1912. THE DEMON OF WAR J IT. ''' X Ofii Mi Me Ofini :< db - wll ■BL *44- * 14 ' 4 I r - .... Il < o|i.vright« tl !•' I i nr/. KaiHsi.vngi. AS HE RIDES OVER THE BATTLEFIELD HE RIDES IN THE HUMAN HEART. (One of a series of famous paintings by Kranz von Stuck that appear in the <‘osmopolitan Magazine for Hum from vv Iwch this picture is. by permission, reproduced.! Bv GARRETT P. SERYISS. I I F| 111 the |.» imi ion of th" \ \ < usmoroiit:• n Miguzin-. Ibero i- reproduced above from its dune miniltei. one of the remarkable paintings with which the great German aril :t. ITanz. von Stuck, makes tin world shudder at its own reflection. 'l’ll picture is j called "AAar" Over the awful "bioorly angle" of seme field where men. mode in the image of God. have a’lpealod to the dtaadful arbitrament of the word, rides; a personification of th" spirit of minder, astride upon a bea t which is half itoi.se. half portent and trampling down the broken bodies and limb of the fallen. Greet, square-ia w ed. with deep merciless ei rs. and out -t hrn t, tin pitying face, with muscle- leno and lame upon shoulder, tlm tider moves stiatght onward, untroubled br the agonies of that field of slaughter, but gazing forward, with fi.-r. . i agern. ss, to some otltei Aeeldan •. w limli hi'- pt ophet ie vi sion fol I sees B< isl and rldei arc one. In I hem the artist has embodied all the groat war-makers of all limes Cy rus, t’ambrs.-, Alexander. Hanni bal, Seipin, .Mat ins Sulla, < "aesa Belisarius. Attila, Charlemagne, 'l’.'i nmrlane. Xapoh'im and that dr. ad field of nameless torture is a siimm ■ ■ mu. a < olh itii e glimpse, tut integi.il of Marathon. Thermopylae. \: b- a. i’ann.i'. Zama. Cvnose- p halae A<si a. Phut -alia. Philippi, Chitions. freer. I.Utzon. Blenheim. X.is, |>\ Piiltowa. Kunerfiorf. Aus terlitz. .lensa I' iedland. Waterloo. Gettysburg. Sedan I A'l the: "gtorr" is summed up ; t pel o’ Does t lie pi ide of r.iee thrill t \<m as ion look up l mit ? It is tm exaggeration of the lint - -ors of war. Kvcrj soldier knows I ; tint is a faithfill pu tm • It shows what General Sherman meant . a.- n he io. ar. that 'W .Alt IS H I <l.l. ' T ;< |. mtn,B tells the store of pair glory a< no words eoul.t It b ng- mo. elements, that can not do-e. ib'-il in S| a ' writing ! - , Pli’TI'RE GIISPHI. "I' PEACH which should be held be fore >t'. ores of .-u-n rub" ami everr people who are i-'mptcri t" in ok- wat to settle their di«T- ' - on. « V. At; is Till-: GB'l AT I'll’ 'll A- - II; Tm 'V ip. I -hll'ldm s p it ,vb< n ii !•' ’hu (i'srlo-Cfi in !’ ■ II ■, . 1 1 < • I• i ’ w ’ tb- ! ..... • i nfo; •unH' l’ ’vi . ..if < | ;vr> > b*”h 1 ' hat i il uu uuuwn and ton the \r r\ next lime md that time mat ho \< i \ nrar that i heard tip' . i»i» it sHi rins drum, th* •< re;tminsx fife, th*' thrilling * all of tho bugle .iiid the Ihund-T *»f min. going into action.* It will fade <twa\ in the blinding flash of the ba.von»ts. the flutter of th** red haltlo flag- and the glitter of the epaulet 1 os. and flashing sword.* Was tli' i*' e\er : uch an other *l* i *l’l »ve demon hidden In (ini' rating flowcif as thi: nionst-’r \V AG : l-liit < fin nlci the put lire < I" P*'iid*'t upon it. ami you will p* r <*ive that it is not m* :i l> a battle field which is r* pr* sent rd. It is 11m minor 1 i* ■ "f the huma n It*' 11 I when maddened by th*' lust *»f blood Lli.t! i th* l‘» displaxed That dt* ad num nt (ra m plr on in * \ *r\ .•*u i where i * «i. *»n ami inert \ have ma*l*’ plav .• for the "light ing spirit" the idril which said in South Afri < i w hen greed <»f g 'in Hid of rule rod*’ d«*w n a p* n *Tnl people "\\ a<t* n*> lime in lisi* , n'ing, hut EIGHT." wlin h says |oda\ in -trii ken ,\l< x i< o. when rival ambition: and dis cordant ideas rome in! •• < ontlict : No argument' No words’ Away w ith l*»gi* i lx I Li/ SI ~\ Y " Th* spirit of war w ill ne\. : ho The Dictagraph Bv Ml XX A IRVING. "IT T I-: dai' net luiV" .1 i|iii, i game I \/A <if piikci on the sly. VV.- da "■ nut ki.“S a pretty girl VV h, ii not a sclil is c.igli. VV" dare nxt talk ;ib"tit "in fr "lids. Or iell a .i"k". "r laugh. Because ii may he lurking non ’l'll,' tattling di- t.igi'.iph ,\" iai ks !'■ hind tin t,- b:" li Xm i,i - • f ill Is,'h""t. X, ■ g,,s- ip at Iw .- u I'll' ,■!ub VV hi'i " g- --m tin rui \ : | - .. auv |d.i, ■ ill" lull it l"a\ 1, \, - I ", g • a ; t' V i II f. - r,. ;i "1"..-, . ll.n y* , ■ a I The iruthful du tagrapl, VV lien li ’ gli l • - ' ' it.- st i' rv v■ i . Vnd -a • ' I" 'I X,, ii>"i" bll l 11 11 , 1 •' " ' For tiurgtai- grim ami do id : Bill in a fulli r a> i -1: ■■ ' ,'l Tiie <up "f tVa: «" miafi': VV ■ I""k behind the ;■ a ur, frami .- To find a dictagraph. I d iik. speak "" ii'.iwi ab,>m Tin man h" first c,.n. , ii ol i Tliis on- ei"n- ini' "Ila r li"\ Thi .p' t li.i. ha nv poo ol I 1,-1 like ", "1. ■ " Im" m ' daa a \,,.l |,:O ■ 111 I , uk, but 1"i b' I' mai !>, i, ar I I'ht till-tale ".ad = :apt' uhdued until it ha' first been over ' mne in the individual minds of men. I suiv it flaming up hut the other dav in a city street, in the shadow of a great public school. Iwo hoys, just from iheir bunks, were disputing. Their elders and GROWN MEN gather 'd about tlicni to separate them? 1" advise them to reason over their difference'.’ NO! TO PRGE THEM I'' I’lGH'l ITOI'T. Men did that! Men, some of whoni had children "f their own. They formed a ring. The, cheered on the fight. They laughed when blood was brought. Anri the two boys, mere infants, rolled in the gutter, striking, bit ing. tearing at each other with ibnioniac faces, unlit, exhausted, they i"-', with bleeding cheeks and ruined garments, to go Jiome m sharne and tears to their walling mothers Some day, per llap as a i'suit of that experience, thev will go io i broadei and blood ier field never to come back. In tiie hearts of those men urging "ii the battle nf the innocents th" iiglx tiglire nf ttic painting on his nameless beast was trampling over the slain and tin- dying! They were doing their best to breed new vic tims for wqr b.c encouraging the spirit "f fighting instead "f the -I ii it of pear" and of reason. It-is education that accomplishes all things in this world, but educa tion works with disheartening de liberation. The race has struggled I i inf u’ly upward during countless ecu: uric.and still the grip of the war demon is strong upon its neck. VV • pi '.uh pear, , lint the hunter "f biood rides -teadily on--first in >m: lie.iris, then over the field of -Ii lighter. VVa talk of the pai ifx ing influence of |.i"pareilness f"i wai. and we are iic!" Tiie .ig,' -till demands that 1 pi, pa ati"ii. But w must not lose -ieni >f the iieailieious nature of : ..ii with vliicli w' are dealing. It - i |oi -ii whii h onlv tin greatest skill and camion r an safely handle. Ti' tie, i-site for Ils use must be ,-|.,hl'.. v. iselv eliminated VV can not vet dismiss the demon, but we on minilv his influence by strip ping him "I his deception- VVe can . 1 I'-ieh otir i iiildren and our chil dren's iliiliren the true horror, the A US' >l.l TH XTI PIDITV of war and lighting, vv'e ran exorcist the ;■ mon. IF VVF. VV 11.1. In the mean while Hi,- great, teirible painting T stitdt' will b" foi all who study o . I |'SS"X i’F TEA I '!, and a ■, ,q ~f iio v. ■ hrd fo' time ■ itn i'ii">|i hall learn vvar THE HOME PAPER . The Annual Tragedy There is something else to talk about except politics. The late cold snap is reported to havr seriously damaged the Georgia peach crop Darien Gazette. By HOMER KNOTT. THE melancholy days have come, The saddest of the year. The annual slaughter now is on— Dear friends, let s drop a tear' t The good old peach crop, once again Must be laid in its grave. Ob. kick it firmly in the slats; No one its life may save! For years and years, it s been this way— Each spring we kill the crop. For years and years it will go on—- Naught can its fate estop. Though some things live for centuries, And some things die —well, never! The good old springtime peach crop dies Forever and forever! NEVERTHELESS— Gentle reader, lift your eyes. And these sage words remember: Peach crops that die in budding spring Come hack in sweet September! The Eternal Longing Rv BEATRICE FAIRFAX' r f is. quite the fashion of late to ■ay that the life of the spinster is happier than that of the wife There Is almost a revolution on the question of marrjing. Some generations ago it was said of a girl-child: "When she marries." It is now said: "If she marries." and it is quite th® thing in circles re garded as progressive to imply a doubt that she will, and a hope that she won't Rut all this agitation, this new way of thinking, can never change the fashion ordained when th" world began And that fashion was to love, to marry, to bear children and tq have a home. It is the eternal longing In every heart that Is truly feminine And because it ts Hie eternal longing, an,, a desire planted there by na ture. and which no new order of thinking can entirely uproot. I ask sympathy for the girl who writes me the following appeal: "I am twenty years of age. and very, very - discouraged. 1 live in the heart of the East Side, where none but foreigners abide. 1 am perfectly Americanized, having re ceived a good education, and I now hold a very good position But I have very little chance of meeting nice young men to my liking. .Most of those .with whom 1 come in con tact are foreigners who are non" too refined, and it appears that I am destined to be an old maid, which I very much dread, as in.' one aim in life is a home of my own. with everything (hat gdc. l with it in lhe way of blessings. What am 1 to do? DISt OUR A GED B(’SI N ESS GIRL." I can hear in fancy the voices of those who advocate the new order of things saying in very strident tones, "You can thank heaven you arc free, and have no man to tyran nize over you!" Doesn't Want To Be Free. Bui the girl doesn't want to be free! She is free now. to tome and go as she pleases. She is free t" spend her money without quibble or question. She is free to her own opinions. She is free to dress as she desires. without disturbing thoughts of the money being need ed for flour or bacon. She is free to indulge her longings ’or the beautiful without hampering mem ories of the needed prosaic. She is free for all these joys, and more. But she doesn't enjoy her freedom. ' Woman Suffrage—and a Few Silly Falsehoods Buried ’Continued From First Column. that are in office WILL BE COMPELLED TO THINK <»!-’ WOM EN AND THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR OPINIONS. Those in office will realize that woman s first thought i of th® children, and the children will fare better. Women will destroy the vice in the great cities as rapidly as that can be done. Women, for the sake of children, will light child labor and kill it. Women, for the sake of children, will improve the parks, in crease the playgrounds, see that the streets are clean—and poli ticians. knowing that these are the things that women demand, WILL GIVE THEM EAGERLY. Do what you can to hurry along votes for women. Tell the woman who opposes female suffrage that she is simply like the very dullest among the negro slaves before the war th y didn't want liberty, they wanted to stay and be treated kindly by 'old Massa Tell the m®n who oppns® woman suffrage that they ar® to be ( pitied—the class of women with whom tiny h.nc a >.< ijtrd have ■ evidently been of a rather poor kind. j / She prefers the obligations of a home. She w ould h" happier know ing sh" must b" home at 5 to get dinner for a husband than posses sing the income and tije time to go where she pleases and eat in a res taurant w hen it suits her She longs for tiie joy found only in sacrifice and obligation. She Is the kind of a woman who is hap pier in serving and loving a hus band than in going through life w ith less cares and mors freedom without one. To "Discouraged Business Girl,” therefore. 1 would NOT say: "Tut. tut, child, you don't know when v on are well off. Rut thoughts of men oqi of your mind and do something for the world!" I would not say that tn th® girl. She is lonesome now. How much more lonesome she would he if she started out with this longing in her liTart for a little nest of her own crushed by the newer fashioned ambition to save the world' What She Should Do, I would counsel her to keep her Ideal, her hope, her ambition and never let Hie newer fashions change it. I would suggest that she become interested in some church or so cial organization on the West Side, whore -ho would moot voting men cf her own nationality. I would urge that -In gui d her ideal sairedlv. and that until the man who (its it coni' along she re fuse to take any. And I would ask her to know.' that if Hie prince of her dream.? never materializes, lu ing an old maid isn't such a terrible fa"- There are happy old maid-: ihcre are useful old maids, and there arc "Id maids who have built "ar them selves happy homes, without any man to help or hinder. I would ask her to remember that, w hile she w ishes "a home and all the blessings that go with it." on" should knov. all are not bio; - lugs. 'me w iio become:- a wife must know that it isn't to be all sunshine. I would ask "I>iscouraged Bu-mess Girl" to feim'inbei that. And. at the last. 1 would urge her always in bear in mind that happiness is independent of lhe marriage ring That little gold band doesn't secure ii. and neither does it keep it out. If a woman is happi. useful and content, if her life is made up of. more than moans because she can't change her condition, depends sole ly upon HERSELF. Il does not de pend upon having a husband.