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Good Work of Good Men
and Good Women
Thus' men and women of Atlanta who. as part and
parcel of the widespread .Men and Religion Forward Movement,
are calling upon the authorities to enforce the law with respect
to a prevailing social evil, are neither to be lightly considered
nor misunderstood.
Tliex are invoking the ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW—
that is the sum total of their endeavor, compactly put.
The great problem they are undertaking to solve in such
measure as it may be solved is not a new one. It will not be
solved in a day. nor yet in a year. If a decade sees it rele
gated to the realm of unrighteous things that were, a wonder
ful work will have been accomplished, perhaps.
In so far as is concerned the IMMEDIATE purpose of the
Men and Religion Forward Movement in Atlanta, there is little
to be debated.
These earnest and courageous people simply cite the un
doubted WRITTEN LETTER of the municipal law. and point
out its persistent, continuing and unprotested violation.
As citizens they demand that the law be enforced, and they
invite other citizens onto their platform of anti-lawlessness.
It is not Io be denied that the Men and Religion Forward
Movement in Atlanta is entitled to extraordinary consideration.
It has served to ARoI’SE THE PI BLIC CONSCIENCE,
and to direct the minds of citizens to better, nobler and braver
things than coiiiinonly arrest their daily attention.
They are thrice armed in that they seek to proceed only in
order, and under the plain SANCTION OF THE LAW.
The specific evil the Men and Religion Forward Movement
desires now to abate in Atlanta is not an engaging topic of
dismission. It reeks with the ultra-unthinkable and unspeaka
ble. And yet—there it is!
Relentlessly, unhesitatingly, and with unswerving precision,
the Men and Religion lon card Movement in Atlanta points its
finger directly at it 1
Necessarily, with a genuine desire neither Io shock nor of
fend wlht that max be avoided. The Atlanta Georgian has
approached editorial comment upon this work with more or less
repressed eifiot ions.
This newspaper would not knowingly cloak anything of evil
in Atlanta, but it would not. on the other hand, hold Atlanta
up as being anything Atlanta is not.
The Georgian firmly believes that Atlanta is more moral
than the average eit\ of its size. It is composed of human be
ings. nevertheless, and it makes mistakes and stumbles and fal
ters in some things now ami then, just as ordinary human be
ngs individually do.
Tin* Georgian is convinced that Atlanta may be depended
upon To 1)0 THE OLEAN’ THING ALWAYS, once Atlanta is
aroused to a realization of the fact that it has not been doing
its full duty in that direction.
And that is why The Georgian calls attention to the great
and uplifting work the Men and Religion Forward Movement
is nmlertakiiig in Atlanta calls attention to it calmly, nnex
ciledly. and in sentences carefully removed from every sugges
tion of violence or hysteria.
The authorities in Atlanta MI ST give heed to the protests
ami petitions of the Men ami Religion Forward Movement in
. this city.
I heirs is not the voice of one crying alone in a vast wilder-
ness.
The authorities may be very sure of that!
Life Insurance and Women
[ as Risks
interesting as showing the value of work for women as a physi
cal npbuilder is the opinimi of the Ann riean Life Insurance conven
tion recently in session in Chicago.
It is a tael that up-to-date insurance companies now accept
women as risk- where only a few years ago they made no effort to
secure them, mi the ilieory that the primary object of insurance was
to protect women and children.
Hut the chief reason for this more liberal policy is traceable to
the tremeiidous increase in the number of working women, of whom
then- are now six million in America. Many of these are in effect
tin head- of households with others dependent on their efforts.
They are consider' <1 better risks than men. as their mortality is
much lower.
So much foe work. When it comes to taking risks on society
women. "|- at least on the so-called high-life contingent of society
women. the insurance companies are wary. In the words of the
officials, such women mH so many indigestible viands and drink so
many harmful bev-rages that they hasten their own journey to the
Such piHi-tieal demonstration as the seeking of the working
Woman as an insurance risk r ought certainly to convince the sex of
tin 1,. O' ot v lioh soim loil. for there is no sentiment in life insur
ance'.
Wanted— I'heWhole Truth
From Archbold
I I no' tolil ’ i xt hoi' truth about Roosevelt s relations
>'• ml.u-'l (i.: t - I. can-' noleelv asked me.” said John 1).
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1,1 l.i bail'! V. ho v. as if that did not ask him .' Surely the
•'ini ' xp'ei d that In would tell the WHOLE
■ "■ 'he I'mitv coiniiiitiee That he did not.
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The Atlanta Georgian
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1912.
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Some Truths About Feminine Fascination
| The Clinging Vines, With the Come-Hither Look in Their Eyes, Exercise It Most
\ GROUP "f women were dis
cussing another woman who
was neither uncommonly
beautiful, nor clever, nor accom
plished, but had made three very
excellent marriages. They could
not understand the secret of her
fascination for men.
"All,” said an old Scotchman who j
was listening to them. "'tis not
beauty, nor inteiligenee, nor wit
that draws men to a woman. It's
the coma-hither look in her eyes."
"But what is the eome-hither
look in a woman's eyesl” they ask
ed him. but the old man could only
I shake his head. He recognized it
when he saw it, but he could not
describe it.
Neither can any one else tell
what is the secret of a woman's
fascination; nor do we know why
one woman has it. and another
lacks it.
It hits to do with a woman's
looks. Yet the whole of it is not
beauty, for we all know women of |
elassieal form and features xvhonx
all men admire nt a distance—and
are content to keep their oxvn dis
stance. Some of the handsomest
women in every community are old
maids, the tradition of w hose
youthful fairness lingers like a
halo about them as long as they
live. It is also notorious that beau
ties generally make the worst mar
riages.
Marriage Easy.
<)n the other hand, there are gills
with no claim whatever to pulchri
tude, who could have as many hus- »
bands as they have fingers and toes
were not one husband, as much as
any woman can stand mussing
around the house. Indeed, it is al
most an axiom that the woman who
can marry once can marry again
should Providence or the divorce
court free her.
Nor does a woman's fascination
I for men have any relation to her
worth of character Theoretically,
men worship goodness, purity,
amiability, modesty and domestici
ty In a woman but personally they
do not run after the model of vir
tue that possesses nil of these shin
ing attributes That kind of girl is
generally the girl th it a man rec
ommeiyds other men to marry, but
iloi sn't himself.
The women wlm have held men
In thinll, from the time of Adams
first wife down tn the ynung' -t
chorus girl haxg not been noticeu
hie for I'*!' Il g'lodiies- Ml II hux<
known them foi wli.it hex weir,
| they hut i " piobinti d them, amt
By DOROTHY DIX
despised t! in, but they saxv the
come-hither look in the women's
eyes; and they followed it to their
doom.
Even less has intelligence in a
woman anything to do with her
fascination for men. On the con-
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DOROTHY DIX.
trary. feminine brains are caviar,
as a general thing, to the mascu
.line taste, and the less sense a
Woman has the better men like her.
Any pretty fool can marry a dozen
• times to a college graduate's once,
and the surest way tor a girl to
; eliminate the beau proposition is to
attempt to talk to men as if she
were a reasonable human being in
stead of a foolish, tluttering butter
fly .
Brains Below Par.
The limit of intelligence that the
average in in will stand for in a
woman is for her to have shrewd
ness enough to hide what she
knows, and jolly him along so that
she makes him feel that he is as
big .util strong as a real glint,
and knows more than a dictionary.
If neither beauty, wit nor virtue
light the I'eiicon In a woman's eyes,
w hat do< til' ll"
I'l Imai lb it i ex. Th'-rt ate
women w ho are human beings, and
there are othei ~W'onien w ho are just
w omen. There are women in w hom
femininity is raised to the ninth
power. There is not a line of their
bodies nor a quality of their minds
nor a fiber of their characters that
isn't just all woman, and these
women by the very law of nature
1 draw every man they meet toward
them, as a magnet attracts the
needle.
Clinging Vines.
You can not think of these'women
standing alone in the world, or
fighting their oxvn battles.* They
are bound to have something to
; hang on to, and it is to the honor of
i men that these clinging vines never
stretch out their tendrils in vain.
Some man always steps up and
qualifies for the oak role. The
j more utterly feminine a woman* the
more irresistible her charm for
man. ami this shows why the busi
i ness girl, the good fellow girl, and
; the athletic girl who looks and acts
like a man's little brother hasn't
got the come-hither look in het
eye.
Undoubtedly, also, the come-hith
er look in a xvoman’s eye is a look
that expresses willingness. It is not
the hard, predatory look of the
huntress of men. of the woman who
is determined to chase down a hus
band and catch him, and bear him
as a sacrifice to the altar. From
that look even .the boldest man
Hees for liberty and life. Xor is it
the cold, self-satisfied, self-contain
ed look of the bachelor maid that
says that her heart is an impregna
ble fortress that she dares a man
to try to break into. That look
affronts a inan'f vanity, and makes
him feel that the game isn't worth
the candle.
The come-hither look is a flatter
ing look, a gentle, y ielding, caress
ing look that makes every tpan feel
that he is a hero of romance, and
ready to swear that he is the ONLY
ONE that has ever had that signal
w ig-wagged to him from the eyes of
beauty. It Is a fluttering, flaunting
beacon to come on into the land of
love, and a man xvould have to be
more or less than a man if he didn't
answer it.
A curious thing about tin come
hither look in a woman's eyes is
that no other woman can see it in
her sister's orbs. She only recog
nizes Its results Nor can she ac
quire it if she lacks It. it's a gift
of the gods, and t omes, as Dogberi x
thought a knowledge of reading and
w iHing did, liy nature.
THE HOME PAPER
Thomas Tapper
Writes on L . .ZZT./-
The Ed tic a
tion of the
Voter
The President's Cabi- I
net, Consisting of jiyiWy* XT
Nine Men, Each of
Whom Is Chosen JRofZ.
for His Ability to
Run the Depart- I
ment of Which He
Is the Head. I ■ |i ' ;
By THOMAS TAPPER.
T HE affairs of a- country so
large as the United States
constitute an extensive busi
ness. Like any other great busi
ness, it depends for successful op
eration upon a head (the presi
dent) and a large number of as
sistants, who are deputized to do
certain branches of the work.
As the head of no large enter
prise can personally attend to z
everything that arises in the daily
progress of its business, so the
president of the United States is
poxverless to run the government
jilone. So far as in him lies, he
is expected to organize the work, to
deputize as much of it as possible,
and to supervise it all as closely
as any one human being can do so.
Associated A l ith the president of
the United States are nine men.
These nine men constitute what is
known as the cabinet. To each
man there is intrusted a depart
ment of the government's business.
These men are appointed by tile
president. b\ and with the consent
of the senate. It is assumed that
each man is chosen for his pecu
liar fitness to do the special xvork
of the df partment of which he is
the head.
Each Cabinet Officer
Has Many Assistants.
Seven of these nine men are
known as secretaries. They are the
se. retaries of (1) state, (2) war.
(3) navy, (4) treasu'ry. (5) interior,
(6) agriculture, (7) commerce and
labor. The remaining two are the
(8) attorney general and (9) post
master general.
Each of these departments is an
extensive business requiring a large
corps of assistants to carry it on.
The member- of the cabinet meet
at the white house to report upon
the work of the departments to the
president, and to discuss w ith him
all matters of government business
and policy. These conferences are
known as cabinet meetings. They
constitute a department of govern
ment wo’k not provided for in the
constitution.
No record of the cabinet meetings
is made, and tile public is not in
formed of xvhat takes place at them.
In fact, the cabinet lias no legal
existence, in a strict sense. It is
merely an advisory body. The
president may. or may not. follow
the advice of the cabinet nu mbers.
Their duty is to consult with him
and to offer such advice as -eems
to them pertinent. The duty of the
president is to make up his own
mind, after weighing all evidence,
and then to decide on his own re
sponsibility.
Tlie constitution provides, in case
of the removal of the president from
office, or his death, resignation, or
inability to discharge the powers
and duties of that office, that the
vice president shall succeed to the
WHERE IS
Colonel Theodor.- Roosevelt,
At Large in I'. S.:
Dear Colonel —Lots of us in
Georgia are fer yer, and will fight
feyer. but I notice you say the
fight is to be at "A mageddon," and
xxx fellers don't know xvhar that is.
We have inquired of all the boys in
this n -ck of the woods and no one
seems to know xvhar it is. 1 got
down my old gography and looked
all the way through it. but I can.
find no sdeh place as you say the
fight is to be. Is it near Red Oak
o Lick Skillet, or Gritlin. or Wax -
cross, or is it somejxhar neat Bull
Run or Bunker Hill, or Gettysburg,
or Yorktown, or Austerlitz, or Wa
terloo"
Good many of the boxs think it is
near Waterloo I hope not. as this
nlac. has a bad deputation for
Progressives
I asked all my nabors about it
ami thex can not tell tn» I a-ked
Colonel Loxux Arnold, xx Im knows
xxhar man> a tight took plan , as
office. In the event of the removal
of the vice president, in turn, befmv
the expiration of the term, the office
of president devolves upon the sec
retary of state. In fact, provision
is now made for the presidential
succession through the entire list
of cabinet officers.
The Most Important
Cabinet Officer.
It has happened live times In the
history of the United States that
the vice president has succeeded tc
the presidency—John Tyler, .Xlll
lard Fillmore. Andrew Johnson
Chester A. Arthur and Theodore
Roosevelt being the vice presidents
who succeeded to the higher office
through the’death of the president.
It is generally recognized that
the fit st in importance of*the cabi
net officers is the secretary of state.
He has in charge all business be
tween our own and foreign gov
ernments. He is, strictlly speak
ing, our minister of foreign affairs
He is authorized (and no other
cabinet officer is) to negotiate with
foreign governments in the namt
of the president. It is the duty of
the secretary of state to supervise
the publication of all laws, treaties
and proclamations.
The salary of each cabinet officer
is J 12.000 per year, a small '-um
xvhen one considers the importance
of the offices to be filled and the
experience and skill necessary to fill
them properly. It has been urged
that the services of cabinet officers
would be of greater value to the
government if they were given
seats in congress! Thes would tend
to loosen the restrictions by which
the officers are bound.
It must bo remembered that the
nine executive departments of ou
government were created by acts
of congress; that the bringing to
gether of these nine men to eonsti-,
tute a new organization, advisory
to the president, is sanctioned
neither by the constitution nor by
law. Custom alone nas established
th i%iation of this body of men to
the chief executive, and the impos
sibility of any one man attending
personally to all the business of the
government makes such an advis
ory body necessary.
He Must Keep in
I Close Touch With Policies.
Hence, it has come about that
th? importance of a cabinet officer
is greater in his relation to the
president than to the actual busi
ness of hi- department. For the
latter there ale skilled as-istant> 1
x» horn the important work of the
department is intrusted. But'
the former, the necessitj of 1
and intimate relation with tli" pres
ident. his party and his policies i?
-o great that any consid"' ")»'"■
ference of opinion b 'tw een a i übi
net officer and the president g'i"
ally results in the retiiemen: "[
cabinet member.
tie is solicitor and tri< s folk f? r
fighting, but he is sure there is no
sich place, unless it is some pi-’ 1
in the Bible, and he says he is not
posted on places mentioned in
skripters, tho’ he ought to i
he is goin' to one of 'em some <1
Maybe the place you name
somewhar near "All Hazard
have beam of All Hazards
was never located, altho ,l|1:
friend. Bill Arp, mad. ■ ''’ n “
Search for it. If xve can r
’em at Armageddon beetle
not know hoxx to git that
back and we will tr> to '
ft r yer at All Hazards
You ought to name s m>- _
I I'm the right mo ■
tn us boys in Georgia t
Armageddon von speak
, . ■ , ~ • «•' Uh 1 ’ 1
you aic goin to «" ' 1
inked outon ver if y- u r '
. ion
up and tell us w liar Ai m •
and how A* can git ’i‘‘
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