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Now, Women, You See That
It Pays to Organize
And Yo- S the E > Polmcal Parties Hitherto Indifferent to
y \ stly Interested in You and Your
l Votes.
M-W ■ 11- urrwiaui I.erwe » ovtws——' - uuTrrn r>w««i»t'» wmr» >—e»w—
Four '• Tin tin- li< political parties looked upon woman
sir, as an .munsing joke. ;t sentiuienla 1 theory, or a plain
nuisance.
Emir y<. 110 pjo political party or big politician cared
nnicb about wt>ii>en or. what they liiontrbt or what they did.
Four y- .; jo iio important politician would have dared to as
soi m: !■ . 'I in polices <■ ith women. He would have been afraid
of ina-inu liims' !i ridiculous, afraid of hurting his standing before
the voters.
Four yi aTs c jo tin- women of the country were classified legally
ami in the mim of politicians WITH THE CHILDREN. INDIANS
AND IDIOTS. NOT I IT .1 IT TED TO VOTE.
But every..':ii <" is clmii'red today. Four years have worked
wonders.
Today each of the Hire ■ big candidates for the presidency is i
doing his best to interest women in his campaign. Each is proud to
select some vv mian of < baracier and intelligence as his associate in
the work of convincing voters.
Roosevelt is proud, and well he may be, of the friendship and
co-operation of that splendid woman, -lane Addams.
Mr Tat’! has invited Miss Boardman, of the Red Cross Society,
to int< . ■ |. i- -I, hi his campaign. If she persists in her refusal he
W ill find somebodv else.
Mr. \\ ilsuii. tin Democratic candidate, has among his lighting
generals Mrs -I Borden Harriman, an energetic and intelligent
woman, wlm will try to convince otlvr women that Wilson's election
will hclj h country, and help women and children especially.
It is not neei'ssarv to tell any intelligent woman WHY the big
politicians and parties show this sudib n interest in women, this
violent desire for their advice and help.
W -men are important today in the eye.-, of men. BECAI'SE
WOMEN HAVE HAD THE BRAINS TO ORGANIZE AND DE
MAND THE VOTE AND THE RIGHT TO \ SHARE IN GOV
ERNMENT.
Already women have neefuired the ballot in six states. In the
< on which is eoming women might possibly decide the whole
ci ii'. • in favor of oie or another of the three leading candidates.
I’ litii ians t > ;.|i/.e this, and they suddenly realize that women
are important and worth while.
They want the approval of women, and, therefore, they ask the
co-operation of women.
They want the votes of women, therefore they will try to work
for women and for tin children whose defenders the women are.
The Roosevelt plat form gives us lor the first time in the history of
this country a serious effort to include the family and its needs, and
the protection of children specially, as important parts of national
government.
Women, politicians r ali/.e your importance BECAI’SE YOE
YOVRSELI HAVE BEGI N TO REALIZE Yol'R BOWER.
Work and tight for female suffrage everywhere.
Don’t allow the men exclusively Io decide what shall be done
with the sons and daughters that you bring into the world.
Don t permit the men to decide on peace and war while von
create every soldier that lies dead w hen the war is over.
Don't allow tin men exclusively to settle the questions of taxa
tion by gowrnnient ami by trusts when the taxes come out of your
pockets, out of the mom y that you need for your children.
Don't lie classed any longer with the Indians and the idiots,
unfit to vote.
Li ' the . ititmi" of the three presidential candidates, suddenly,
violently interested in you. teach you a lesson.
I he way no won;, n tn be considered and to get their rights and
their si,nr- in _■.■ v, :,, ,pijs . h rmi gh the ba 1 lot box and government
cont rol.
Now that women begin to vote, women are considered.
When 100 i-i cent oi the women are permitted to vote, all
women and ehildr n will be at least 100 per eent better off.
J1“ s: ' ' ■ 1 'mi;' s accomplished wonders already: it
riNI do infinitely more.
Every n Ml ST be in favor of votes for women.
rricultural College for
\\ omen
- I-'LL ■JU L JIB. - - -- ~ _ - ——
Gut in tile W "st thei. is a rich philanthropist who. at ninety,
'•ided that women s>ould D taught how to till the land ami
farm. W' : ’h that end in vmw Im i< establishing agrieul
",'es with the aid oi' hi- a b.pted daughter. Miss Elizabeth
1 oi; ji.
.r- experiment will be started mar Los Angeles, where
will be purchased and equipped. If th • plan proves a
- I be tried in othef cities.
I" schools will be invited girls who <b sire to learn d«»-
Io :il themselves al the sam time io become
' dl be no lees. Through the work of the st u-
- the college will become self-supporting.
The Atlanta Georgiai
Some Thrills of Mountain Climbers
Perilous Thrills That Confront the Daring
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The snow - corn iced crest of the Ecrins
a typical snovv summit.
e-pxHIC !•:< ■! in is the loftiest of the
J Daupliiny Alps, and affords
more snow and ice climbing
than the Melje. The usual and
preferable plan is to climb the north
face of the peak from I.a Berarde
ami descend on the south side, mak
ing a circuit <>f tlie peak bj cross
ing the <'oi des Ecrins. The Ecrins
was first climbed by the late Ed
ward Whympei from the south
side, but nowadays this route is
scarcely ever used excepting for the
descent. The great rift, now known
as the Couloir Whympcr, is a ter
rific lev slop , I,non feet lon,- and of
appalling ste< pness. Sharp rock
splint' rs protrude at places. These
form anchorage for those who care
fully zig-zag downward, thinking
meanwhile how true were the im
mortal poet's words:
"He that stands upon a slippery
place
Makes nice of no vile hold to stay
him up.”
To think of clipping whilst in the
act of clinging to such a liorritde
slope is inexpressibly uncomforta
ble. One has impressions of whirl
ing over those rocky spikes, of
being cut and quartered, and finally
dep islted out of human sight in
tlie huge crevasse that yawns be
low.
The Ecrins is curiously siis- opti
lde to sudden vv < ather changes, and
lite writer has unple isant nr movies
of its northerly face at such a time.
' Tlie ascent of the Meije is of en
grossing interest, and few of tlie
great Alps afford such a wonder
fully impressive final approach to
file summit. The early morning
hours are spent climbing tlie huge
rock wall overlooking i.a Beratde,
anil at list the little Glacier Carre
loads 1O tile wall of the last ridge,
Tlie ascent of a vertical and difti-,
cult slab tests every iota of muscle
ami skill to tile utmost. Tlie arri
val on its crest is surprisingly
startling. The lingers grip tlie sharp
top. and left foot swings around air
ily, and witli a desperate upward
heave one lands breathlessly astride
what is in reality tlie narrow ridge
i de of tlie mountain. The right leg '
swings in mid-air above one of tiie
greatest of Alpine precipices; tlie
left dangles over tlie other side of
tile mountain above a tiny village of
I.a Grave. »iii tect below, and re-
i ©■ Letters From Georgian Readers ©
HOW TO GO TO SLEEP.
Editor The Georgian:
1 always read what you write
with a great deal of inter, st am)
profit. In your article on "How to
Go to Sleep” 1 notice you offer a
suggestion "most humbly." 1 have
read this article with a good deal
of interest, and have intended to
try it; at the same time I write
you a word on the subject of sleep
lessness from which 1 suffered very
much some time ago. The remedy
is this: Bath, the ba< k of the head
and neck for three or four minutes
with cold water. This takes the
blood from the brain and cools it,
and I have never seen it fail to ac
complish the object of bringing
about almost immediate sleep
sound and refreshing sleep. 1 have
made the suggestion very frequ nt
ly. and it has never failed, as far
as 1 know, to accomplish the ob
ject.
With kind regards. 1 remain.
Yours truly. S. P. It.
FAIRNESS IN POLITICS.
Editor The Georgian:
I picked up tonight's edition of
your paper because the sporting
page looked good to me, and on
perusing its contents further was
forcibly struck with the fairness of
your articles lam from Chicago.
1 know nothing of Southern poli
ties, but when I read "The Voter
ami His Backbone," on the back
page, 1 noted the good oiinmon
sense in it and dived deepe'. id
your article! by Senat ■: Dixon and
i 'harli s D. Hid - If Ai. ilil s
think - the P ogrisslv ■ pat ty s a
one-man party lie will wake up
THI RSDAY, AUGUST 29. 1912.
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’Twixt earth and sky on ths great wail of the Mejie.
veils thus dramatically for the first
time. Tiiere may have been talk of
a visit to tin- old-wo.id village. But
novv there Is no d -it'm fulfilment.
Rather, to prev. n. an involuntary
visit thereto, every roughness of the
skv-courting summit is gripped
convulsively. But upward, not
downward, is the cry. and Caliban
like one crawls and clings up and
along the aerial highvv.iy. Soon
there is a confronting bulge in tlie
narrow ridge ami one lias to mount
warily to balance at full'height on
its sharp tip. Then comes a long
stretch and percliance tlie french
guide ahead strengthens the en
tente cordiale vvilli an opportune
pull on tiie rope. Tims the
final ditiicuiiy is con'iuei'cd. A
few minutes later upward progress
next November to find that Illinois
voters don’t agree with him, and
front close observance I could name
quite a bunch of other states that
will fall right in line with Illinois,
and as to President Taft’s progres
siveness, we settlec, that for our
si Ives at the last p: injuries, along
with the Lorimer ease.
The American | topic are tired of
spinning the wheel and taking
chain es on the geen o- red as it
shows up under the wire. They
are for good, clean newspapers and
men with backbone.
W. H. BROOKS.
IVY STREET REGRADING.
Editor The Georgian:
I do mu wish to cast a damper
on any movement looking to the
general good of Atlanta or for the
benefit of any of our liv< and eli
te.prising citizens, but for reasons
of consideration sot the north .-ide
residents 1 feel that the regrading
o, Ivy street should be deferred un
it 1 I’iaeht a, streit is again open to
traffic.
When th, present w ork on Peaeh
to" w.. inaugurated we were in
formed In dulcet toms that "tak
ing the hump off" and restoring the
paveni. nt would be a matter of
only about throe weeks. These
weeks have passed and are likely to
lengthen into m mths before this
street i- again open. In the mean
while if ]yy street is tendered im
i. ss.ible the inconvenience will be
g r it.
I have conferred with many
"north side:--" and find that, with
th< exeeptiot of a •■. w int. restt d
om s. they tii.l tli,it no steps should
is impossible, tlie Meije (13.051 f> et)
is under foot.
All around rise picks of a thou
sand forms, with Mont Blanc s glit
tering -nows towering alar in the
northeast, whilst, most imp’i si,'
of all, and clos below, looms t u
weirdiv serrated eastern ridge i f
tlie Meije, r. ith its fearsome-look
ing tower of til- D -igt de 1); 'I. '
Those who wish to traverse the
mountain and descend to 1. 1 '
Cross this lower summit. Tito
somewhat lengthy expedition is
now made more feasible by the
erection of a mountain but v. itliin
leach of the uppi r ridges, and this
will lie welcomed by those who oth
erwise might have to spend tii.
night out on the heights, ofttim s a
desperately dang> rous ex; . i imee.
be taken at present which would
necessitate a more rough and cir
cuitous, route into the city,
GEORGE M. NILES.
Atlanta. Ga.
THE SOCIALIST AND HIS IDEA.
Editor Tb.e Georgian:
in a recent issue Jlr. .1. H. .Jen
kins replies to an article written
by Rev. Dr. Parkhurst uncut our
civilization and the Socialists.
Mr. .Jenkins claims that Social
ism does mu propose to buy out the
capitalist system at one clean
sweep, hut sm-eessivcly. Where Dr.
Parkhurst and M" Jenkins got the
I<:ea taut fTTo’ t'oeia’i-os t. . .to
buy out the capitalists cither at one
clean sweep or successively is be
yond my comprehension. It is sure
ly not advocated by Socialist au
thorities. This argument may be
a goo,; r.orvi sedative for an ov< r
grleved capitalist ora peace-loving,
quiet gentleman, yet a So !al:.»:
" I’-’ knows S. ■ . . - m .mJ co. - ■ ..
wish to conceal his tine Socialism
w ill m\, r ... ■. te this -
ter of bringing Socialism.
The So, ialist doctrir. is that all
the maehim ry of production now
in tin hands of the capitalists is
unjustly expropriated ft .mi •-.h0.--,
who actually produced it. I’onfis i
tion through legislate n is the mam
tenet of s ■ t s
only reason why So, iap.sts go into
polities.
1 belies e that no Socialist ought
to come.ll the tru. aim of Social
ism by easy-going phra.-es. Jet op
ponents .-ay v hut thi ' plea-. .
J. GOLDMAN.
Atlanta, Ga. I
John Temple Graves
i Writes on
Startling Presidential Possi
bilities
Vi Ti Ti
What Might Happen If the Electoral
C.; Can Not Settle the
Three-Cornered Race
By (OHiN TEMPLE GRAVES
t-JAHIS vivi I and sensational
| p:< sidenti il campaign is
cl’ai oi with astonishing pos
sibilitlis that extend bryond the
ballots of Novi mln t.
t nless th* result on Nov. tuber 5
id b ai'soi.itely conclusive, the
< x-T.eir.i nt • f .'. in-'i ican politic- w ill
11.'ve just be rm.
The D committee ex-,
pi ■ - th.* most unbounded conti
denv ■ th i on will be elected by
a g' ■■ a: majority of tlw p ipular vote
and of tile cl< oral col:, ge.
Tii" tb jubli m committee ex
lo -is an "1111:11 con'idence in Mr.
Taft's de -lion.
Anu lite iX • g i ■■.-ivo party are en
thusiastie dly sure that Mr. Roose
v> it will be elected.
The iini neP ,1 observers in the
country agrei that Wilson’s chances
arc best, but tout the progress of
tin camp;.''.,, may develop increas
ing and fi . mi'iablc strength for
Roosevelt or Taft in the electoral
college.
W’ay Tkrow Election Into
House of Representatives.
There are a great many people
w iio r yard it a distinctly probable
that ths., sti i- hos the three lead
ing car, a • t nr ; y be F, divld d in
tlie elect' r: ! e liege as to throw the
ele.tiim, m-.der the constitution,
into the. hou of representatives.
In this conn etion these are the
fads to cons id r:
in th" de. lion of a. presid nt by
tie house of < j i-' s-ntalivt s. each
of the i < ..'er lias a single vote,
ai.d the p<Mi.tXal majority in the
state de!' .-.ill a determines for
v. iiom t!..". vat.' is cast. Tie io are
22 tat" dd< gut ions in which the
P.epui.lii irive a majority, and
four in w. ic ac Democrat.- and
it- . . diene.' til d. Tin S" four
tie! stat ai .'.iaini, with two
I' in .ei.its ~ d two Republicans;
N. bi i-k.'. '. I; .: three Democrats
and t ■ i‘ : dieans; New Mexi
v.iili on i>: mceiat and one Re
| jg.ii, a:r| Rhode h and, with
or. Deim ''it and one Ic publican
I’-: st. li : <ll i' would east votes
' De I .:i ' . ■ a’ e -V !..b:i;n i. ,\ri
z"a Ari;. ■ <'olor; do, Klorida.
G< i la 1 I i ntueky, J Louis-
iana, .Mi- .i. Mi-souri, New
Jrr.- v N< .. .'.iio. .X'ew York,
A' ill iil 1.,, i iklalionia,
S' mil Car .in i. Tennessee, T \as.
Virginia \.x Virginia. Total, 22.
Tin- siat . s t.'at would cast votes
f'.r a Re pi i. die an pre - ident are Cali
li)in::i. Conn -ti nt. Delaware. Ida
ho. Hi ' "is. lot Kim.-as. Mas-i
--cmi-c'js. M ‘ligan. Minnesota,
.All ntar.a, Nev i:i. New Hampshire,
Noi t'.i D.ik '. t iregon. P nnsylva
nia, South 1’..:-, .a, Ctdi, Vermont,
Wishington, Wisconsin. Wyoming.
Total. 22.
Never before in American history
Iris there been found on the eve of
a presidential election a house so
evenly divided between parties as
to make a choice improbable, if not
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i The Little Tin Pail
' By CHESTER FIRKINS.
Y might and magic, by table and chair, >
jl y lied scale to the heights of the playroom wall ?
( “ And take from its hook in the dizzy air i
The Little Tin Pail —and that was all. 5
( A shout and a rush through the echoing hall; (
A summons loud as an ocean gale: >
And HOW should 1 work when I heard the call f
Os the Tattle Tin Pail? ' S
W . wou'd wan away to :};. sunny shi r, -
We would ia; e to the run of tlio watery sand; r
Ami I ".as forty ami he was four.
lint which wa- the youn when, hand in hand,
AVi jonrrnyed Awn to tile ■ i lytiim- land '
> Fw ere hard to t "11, and of no avail
E' I I v.a- a l ive tn his least command—
With th< Littl ■ Tin Pail. <
W c • ■ ■ ilt a country all our own, <
'■ I’h !'■ rs widi ami with mountains high, ' <
' £
IV ■ 1 ishlon .■ town and a lake nea.by. <
■ talked to the fairy-folk who fly f
On the wave-f.., mi far a <:.j p ~; ln
Oh. many the nvigic joys that lie <
I’ a Li' .It Tin 1 I
1,11 ' en th" Work-Gnome tried mi sone ' <
Anti i i 1"i the Work-World made me dumb, j
I .id not go to ’l'.e study door, )
' p 11 >"i- dto him that I couldn't come, )
: ■ thnugl ■. went wrong and mv brain was numb, }
An-Ji b his weeping trail.' !
' :• .tt-n-l ■ r. re the cold waves thrujn >
A\ as tile Lil tie Tol p ;i j| . —<
th i: she ma" no; see <
And ink m- : t li. joy G. <1 gave
away from her ..ml me;
1 it I. in tr. it hour that used to be,
i to in • with his playtime hail, .
■' '' li l lie tics c f memory.
I- J ’ ■ "::i I’a J
THE home paper
impossible, under tlie party divi
sions that exist.
If Wil-on should receive 260 votes
and lack the seven votes necessary
to a majority of the electoral col
ge. he would not be elected, and
tii" Roosevelt-Taft electoral votes
vv'oti'.c be strong enough to throw
■be election into the house. Then
the ei.iiri’ party division of the
stat s might, and probably would,
make an election of a president'
p; ,'c; ieally impossible by the house.
Whereupon, after ballots extend
ing through the session, the elec
tion, under the constitution, would
go to the senate through the neces
sity of elei ting a vice president and
presiding officer. The choice would »
be restricted to tlie two candidates "
eivintr the highest vote for vice
pi nt in the general election. Tn
this case the vice president or pre
siding othCer of tlie senate so elect
ed would become trie president of
tlie United States.
But , notice the complications.
Tiie senate is Republican, and the
Republican senate would naturally
choose the Republican candidate
for vice president, even though he
had been beaten, wold without
end. in the November ballot. So
t ’at in the not improbable event of
the election going to the senate,
that Republican party might elect
its own presiding oflicer, himself a
candidate, and mak< “Sunny Jim”
the presid-nt of il’e United States.
t'r. in case Hiram Johnson, of
California, ran second in tiie elec
tions, th.' R' publi'. in s-nate might
make Hiiam John on i esident of
the United States.
The Field cf Possibility
Is Now Wide Open.
In other words, if Wilson ran
1 ,u"i .iii u vote.- ahead in the general
cl- i'tions. and yet lacked two votes,
or even one vote, in the electoral
college, and the evenly divided
house failed to make a choice, the
senate might make one or the other
of t candidates of a dl-
vidi ! or defeated Republican party
for vice pre.-iiient the chief execu
tive of the republic.
If in tu.n the senate should by
di ith o’ p-.rsmision divide equal!}’'
among' three vice presidential can
d: inti s (wliii’i is not impossible),
tlien Philander Knox, of Pennsyl
van a. s cretar} of state, would be
come ex-officio president of the
United States!
S', th it tlr- fi'-ld of possibilities
in Ibis wonderful presidential cam
paign is wide op n and fairly thrill
ing with interest.
lb- enthusiastic friends of the
I .indicates may, of coursi, laugh
at tb< spt" illation, hut there are
' i Is on the watch tower who
will find enough in the outlook to
k- i p them awake to the end of the
chapter.
''l t ■_ my pe'sonal opinion la
the’ \\ I ' majority in the elec
toral co;will be satisfying and
complete.
