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EDITORIAL PAGE THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 20 East Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. Entered as second-class matter at postofficc at Atlanta, under act of March 3. 18'3 Subscription Price—Delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week. By mail, $5 00 a year Payable In advance. 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). * ■ "i.i '■ J(! i.. t.< i•. pumj.'iit ot the lli aist m u spapers on liis ar- 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. i' ! • i.' a- i» ' HU"' In- friends, the M'natorx. did '■ '■ ' ■ l"'« ni• p< nlant slum r. so let 1 d ot In- ni' iiioi x ami fell THE M IB MJ, fltl '|H The Atlanta Georgian THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1912. PACKING UP By 11. XI. COFFMAN. ■ Ab ' i . kW ' / - 1 ■ / FotSGoVrtN i ONY Th. MG I \ ’ .. WW < "A b--/ Vi WId / -s Zfe' Zp". ft - / HB J wZ/Z Ji Uw!B iX zWZZZ- ' AmU MMBij ■' ' ' s v'V * ' D AtosQuiToes \ , k k / " a - 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- ye i I - ' ebj j , . ' v/JSK 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‘‘ AsExerYmtt- HI SIX 11 1 M