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r Delayed Weddings and
the Money Question
It seems a strange thing that with all the varied discus
4»on of suffrage and the sex question, none of the enthusiasts
for sex equality has mentioned the money question as it affects
marriage. The Continental theory that marriage is family busi
ness. and that it is the duty of the parents to see to the ma
terial welfare of the young couple, finds no echo on this side
of the ocean.
The American idea of marriage is still the pioneer idea.
In the old days, when women were scarce and the question
of organizing a home resolved itself merely into a mating, the
men of this land were glad to win anything that wore a pet
ticoat. But with the present day dense population and the
struggle for existence in keen competition with other men,
this crude form of family life must of necessity give way.
A crying evil of the present day is the delay of marriage
until one or both of the couple reaches middle age. More and
more it is the fashion for a man to wait until he is thirty-five
or forty before he enters matrimony. That means that a man
is forty or forty-five before his babies come along, and that
when his sons and daughters are passing through childhood he
is too old to be a companion to them. And those delayed mar
riages are nine times out of ten caused by material financial
considerations. It is becoming harder and harder as the years
go on for a young man to earn enough to start and provide
for a family. But if the bride brought with her an income
equal to that earned or possessed by her husband this condi
tion would be changed instantly and more youthful marriages
would take place. In all seriousness, this is a question that the
American father of the future must consider.
Women in Fight For Living ;
Wage
Do many of us realize that the most of us have to get along
on a very few dollars a week? That the odd pennies we spend
in the course ot a week would support some families?
Recently there have been lists published of men in various
cities receiving more than fifty thousand dollars a year in
come. I'he number of these men are fewer than popularly sup
posed.
Yet any one who has passed the street after street of ex
pensive homes in this city ami viewed the hundrds of costly
apartments, is bound to marvel where all the money comes from.
I nfortunateh these same eyes do not see the thousands
who consider themselves lucky to have a cot to sleep on.
A recent report from certain factories in Kansas City shows
that 879 women there are paid between six and seven dollars
a week, ami 670 between five and six. Os the total number 69
per cent are paid less than nine dollars a week, and that sum
is set as a living wage in Kansas City.
I wenty per eent of the men receive less than ten dollars
a week, and most of them have families of five or more.
Hen is a forcible argument for a deduction in the cost of
living.
Politics Really Begins at
Home
Amid all the tumult of battle, the blare of trumpets and
the groans of the dying in the present campaign, let not the cit
izen. our old friend Common People, forget that the vital ques
lion before him is the cost of living. Liars come and go.
Train-end speeches vanish like yesterday's dew. Campaign
promises arc made to be broken by many who are seeking place
and power. But the price of beefsteak, ham and eggs, bread
and butler ami coffee and jam remains with us forever. It will
be small comfort two years hence to Mr. Citizen if he elects all
the shining lights of the land ami pays •>() per cent more for his
roast beef and socks. Ii will he no excuse that he acted from
the most patriotic motives. What every man should do is to
stud) how. bv this election now pending, he can bring down
the cost of his table 50 per eent. and the cost of his family's
clothing 50 per eent. Let Mr. Common People cheer less and
stud) this question more, and the problem of the high cost of
living will be on the way toward solution.
Army Correspondence
Avaunt. < hesterfieldian phrase and ancient language of cir
cumlocution ! The old ord<T changeth, and no more will the of
ficers of our arm) be obligi-d to •'present their compliments to
Colonei X nor sign themselves We have the honor to he.
yours with great respect."
General Wood has put his military foot on the George the
Third forms which until ntly cumbered official correspond-
ence. Hereafter Colonel X will begin his letters with a plain
American "Sir," sax what he has to say and sign his name.
When Major A. sitting across the table from Major B.
wishes to communicate with him. In will not be forced to in
dite a four-page epistle when a few spoken words would ac
complish the desired result.
The American business man has the right idea; nothing is
| ■amen h) verbiage. Directness in writing is as valuable as di-
’ ' '""' s 1,1 'l’';ikuig. The man who expresses an idea in the
1 "vest words usually expresses it b- '
The Atlanta Georgian
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I he Prowling Mountain Armies of Europe
Secret 7 raining of Troops Countries Bordering on the Alps
TROOPS RESTING fN AN ALPINE PASS BEFORE ATTEMPT- A PERILOUS CLIMB UP A MOUN
ING A DANGEROUS DECLIVITY. TAIN SIDE.
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PASSING THROUGH A NARROW DEFILE I*' MOUNTAIN ARTILLEP.Y MOVING ITS GUNS BY
HEAVY MARCHING ORDER. MULE TRAIN.
By GARRETT P SERVISS
I’ I'' our country were divided, and
the Pacific Slope form, d a scp- ,
arate nation., the Rocky Moun- i
tains and the Sierras would bristle
with forts; public access to many .
parts of the mountains would lie !
strictly forbidden, and strong mili
tary forces would be continually on
guard in the passes. both high and
low. Moreover, these soldiers would
be specially trained forth. i ■ work.
At least once every year tie , e I
would be great, spectacular maneu
vers by the troops in th. moun
tains, the secret purpose () f which
would be kept from public knowl
edge.
These statements of what would
happen in America if the I’nited
States were not one continuous na
tion. extending from ocean to ocean,
and controlling both slopes of its
mountain chains, are based upon
what actually does happen in yyu st
ern Europt. where the Alps arc a
Jingo barrier over yy hose snoyy v
summits run the dividing lints be
tween four poyverful nations.
Erance. Italy. Germany and Ac -
trla. while a fifth. Switzerland, sits
enthroned in their heart.
One Grand Gibraltar.
He yy ho only knows the Alps as
the ordinary tourist knows them,
would never guess tli.it ’tin y
one grand Gibraltar, held by live
separate powers. which may at any
moment, become active enemies,
and that if he should wamlet far
from th«> beaten and ixrmitted .
tracks he would sudd mly tind him
self a prisoner, mt suspicion of i ;
being a spy . He yvill not be ](k< v A
to see any of the forts, but he will
see the sentinels, and he yvil b> .■’
wise to keep as far away from
them .is possible, unless he yy-jshes
to spetid his vacation in efforts to
establish his identity as an intto
cent abroad. The Alps ate fwn
called the '•playground of Europe”
but it is a playground yvith y< ry ;
serious restrictions, as Sir M irtin '
t'onwny found out, to his cost,
when, a feyv years ago. he undi r- .
took to tramp over them from one ;
end to the other
These restrictions are particular
ly in evid. nee on the lofty Un. t in- I y
ning between Eramr and Italy. 4
There ea. it party ende. y..: s to , ■
plant a fortification which yvill look A
<lo" n up. n that of th, other, or t.. J
obtain a b. ter eonunand of some
pass through the moiintni: Strong
forces of troops, spe. mil. trained 'J.
WKHXIA-DAV, SEPTEMBER 25, 1912.
lor such work, ate continually at
hand, and many of the officers: and
soldiers pass ion t pei iods of time
living aiming tin ,-nows and the
precipices, with whose perils ami
hardships they are as familiar as
,ir.' the famous Swiss guides who
lead ambitious tourists on trips up
high peaks.
Then, too. a< I have said, special
main avers are legularly executed
ilj ord. r still more to familiarize
tlie m. n with wi at they would have
to do in case war should break out.
Large bodies ol troops (as shown
in the aceonn a living photographs,
which were taken during the latest
evolutions of the French at my of
me Alps) are led over the
passes, up through the rocks, the
glacit rs and the snow, dragging
their guns atui conducting their
mule trains, burdened with arms,
ammunition and provisions.
No mountain is too high or steep,
no pass is too narrow or dangerous
for ihtse soldiers. Some of them,
through daily practice, would prob
ably be able to give lessons in the
art of mounte.im oring to most of
tlie amateur or ; rofesstonal clitnb
• r.< Who every y. ar (look to the per
mitted parts of the Alps to test
their nerve and their wind.
I’ 11, gr” :t ss the hardships of
sue'.) . lite 1,1,1 V Seem they are off
s* ' I’’ e.iually great advantages.
Mountain life is extremely health
'"’v pur. , r.ir,. air expands the
lungs. the constant » xerci«e
strengthens th. muscles anil ’he
At the Sign of the Clover
By MINNA IRVING.
\\ T P o( 'k'“t is empty, my heart is sore,
** \ml the stubborn work! *;oes wruntr.
Ihni over th? stile and up the hill
1 follow the thrush's wng
io a quiet nook in the grateful shade
Ot an apple-tree gnarled and old.
'A e.sea of elover invites the bees
In jackets of brown and gold.
i . 're s a spring near by to slake my thirst.
And gra*s for a fragrant bed.
Ami the elover, cool with the morniim dew.
For a pillow under my head; J
'I he scented blossoms refresh the soul
O1 the wear} and sad earth-rover.
Ami lo! there is never a cent to pay
Al the sign of the crimson clover. >
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froiiuent perils that have to be en
countered impart, at the same time.
Steady control of the nerves ami
readiness of resource in moments
of danger. The Alpine soldiers tire
among the strongest, heartiest,
healthiest and most intelligent any
where to be seen. Many readers
will recall how Professor John
Tyndaii used to fly to the Alps as
soon as his vacation began, to
spend a month in perilous climbs,
because that was the best and
quickest way he knew to get lite
fog of London out of his lungs, and,
as he added, out of his brain.
A Pleasing Feature.
There is a pleasing feature of
this army life in the Alps which is
common to army life everywhere
when actual fighting is not going
on, but which becomes particular
ly striking there, on account of the
strange and grandiose surround
ings, This is the fraternization
which occasionally occurs between
officers and soldiers from the two
side lines. They sometimes invite
one another to a peaceful meeting
around a campfire, over a pot of
soup, or a roast fowl, and talk of
their exciting experiences among
avalanches anti crevasses, while
forgetting, for a moment, that one
official word would make them, on
the instant, deadly enemies. But
not withstanding such incidents, tlie I
watch that is kept along the mili
tary dead lines that traverse the !
peaks and glaciers anil hidden val
leys of the Alps is as vigilant as in
actual war time.
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WINIFRED BLACit
Writes on
A Bride and Groom
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The Problems of Married Life and
the Way Some Folks Meet Them
Simply and Happily
By XVINIEREI) BLACK.
y; t’ESTERDAY I saw a wedding.
Y Such a simple wedding it was
—no fuss and feathers about
it at all.
The bride wasn't even a beauty,
and the groom looked as if he
worked for a living—and worked
hard at that.
The bride’s mother was a little
withered old woman in a gray cloak
she must have brought over when
she first came to this great coun
try and she wore the bonnet that
went with it, too. gray with an
old-fashioned wreath of damask
rosj s in tlie underfacing. Dear me,
how they would laugh at that bon
net and those faded roses on Fifth
avenue!
And the groom's father! What
a giant of a man, and what a fire
burned in his blue eyes, eyes that
had watched the night fall a thou
sand times on tlie tossing seas, or
there is no such thing as a sailor's
eye.
And the aunts of both sides of
the family, funny, old-fashioned
women. One of them cried from
the minute she entered the church
til! the little group at the altar
faded out into the dusk of the
fall day, cried delicately and in a
most refined, lady-like manner, as
one cries who does it from duty
and a sense of what is done in tlie
best circles.
And little Hughey and little Ma
ry Ann—l hoard their names, but
I should ha.’i- known them any
way. What ;i starched frock was
Mary \nns. and what a huge tie
of bright blue was Hughey's!
And the baby, too. Oh. yes. one
of the aunts had a baby, as ros.v as
a ,pink rambler, and as blue-eyed as
grandfather. Such a good baby,
too; not a whimper all during the
long service.
"Hail, Alary, full of Grace," the
beautiful old prayer whispered
through the little chapel, and every
pair of eyes turned to the little
shrine outside in the autumn tlood
of yellow sunshine.
"The Lord is with thee,” and the
flieki ring light caught the tendrils
of a belated vine that clung to the
shrine like a bit of cloud of glory.
"Diessed ai t thou among women,”
the old sailor prayed, too. He held
his beads in the hollow of his great
hand. How many times had he
said them I wondered when tlie
tempest shrieked around him.
"Pt iv for us sinners now,” the
old mother prayed aloud, her eyes
full of hope and of anguish.
The young bride at the altar
looked like a sweet flower sway
ing on its stem, and the tall lad
beside her could scarcely keep his
countenance for the joy of it all
Poor folk these, simple folk, igno
rant, too. I suppose. I don’t b< lieve
the girl at the altar ever even heard
of eugenics, and she'd blush her
self half to death if some of the
modern teachers should try to tell
her. even in private, the things
they bawl from every lecture desk
these days.
The Iml at her side, why, he’d
knock a man down who tried to ex
plain to her what it is they talk
about at the fashionable clubs so
much.
Poor, ignorant things, they
wouldn't know what you meant if
you asked them about the “econo
mic conditions" under which they
were jna frying. "Economic condi
tions: They never even thought
of them. John loved Mary, and
Maty said yrs, and that was all
there was to it. They do not ask
Why He Is For Wilson
r, »• r,
ifi'viii ol the X ale Law School (Taft's Own ['niver
sity) (Jives His Reasons.
By HENRY WADE ROGERS.
I SHALL vote for Woodrow Wil
son for president for these rea
sons:
To punish the Republican party as
th- representative of the mercenary
interests that have preyed upon the
people for a generation, and to
punish it for the sins of Rig Rusi
ness in partn. rship with crooked
politics.
Because the policies of the Re
publican party tend to make the
rich richer and the poor poorer,
hos ■ policies widen the gulf be
tween the rich and poor. The cry
mg ma d today confronting all civ
ilized states j s tl) narrow the too
wide gulf between those who are
I *"‘ *‘‘2' 'Vi 1 !hose " hl > are too
poor. The Republican party in re
■ nt > ears and after accomplish
ing the abolition of slavery has
shown a singular indifference to the
1 lime injunction to consider the
poor.
lat.iuse Woodrow Wilson pos
s tne energy, the ability, the
oiiraye. the independence, the re-
Siae- for the constitution and laws
which are so necessary if one is to
. th. hign office of president of
til- I nite. States.
1 b, li. v, that hi< persihial quali
tu » are such that he wili be more
THE HOME PAPER
what your wages are when \„ u
want to get married In the old
church. I wonder what < a | arv
Adam got when he told Eve h r
eyes were like lakes of blue and he r
lips were like a thread of pom( .
grana te.
And sweet, and sweet th. mu<dc
thrilled through the little ehapei
no specially fine voices, n o hired’
singers, just plain everyday frie, !ds
"f the bride and groom, who «<re
proud to be in the choir ~n their
wedding day.
The beautiful old eeremonv was
over, the girl was a wife, the old
mother had lost her baby daughter
and the old sailor’s blue eves were
full of dreams.
The sun was setting across the
canyon, some belated cowboy hal
loed to his little bunch of home
going cattle. There was laughing’
and crying, and joking, and smiling
I’' J'’ 0 door ' T he old priest who
had baptized the bride warned the
b. degroom, with a twinkle, rha
Mary had the O’Donm-l t „ n , p
sometimes,” and the bridegroom
"ho was baptized by the old
•om laughed and took his ehan.es’
and down the walk of the little
chuichjard they went, the wedding
Party, as happy as the birds thit
■nate i„ the sprlng an( , |ny
and all that was in it went with
them,
Be a good g|r) Mary . I)e
be clever, be trije, be patient. buL
above till and beyond all. be loving
for love can forgive all else but the
cardinal sin of unlove.
Be true, John. Oh! be true to the
git! you’ve taken and whose feet
you have set beside yours in the
path you walk so gayly now.
I here s trouble coming, slekness
suffering. poverty, self-sacrifice'
rhe little girl there won't always
look as she does today. Her eyes
won't always be so bright, her step
will falter sometimes and so will
her temper. She ] f k cs her potato( , s
baked and you prefer yours boiled
Oh! there are lots of things for
you to talk about and agree upon.
Be tired, he ill. be a failure, be a
Success, be clever, be stupid, but, oh, :|
John, be true, be true, that is all
that matters, all that really counts
with the likes of Mary or any
true woman.
Mary, Mary, you hold a man's
heart in the hollow of your little
hand. Don't let anything make you
forget that. Nothing else natters
or will matter as long as you both
shall live if you only keep on loving
each other and be true.
"For better, for worse''—oh, yes,
there's worse iff it; "for richer, for
poorer,” just think, Mary. John may
make as high as twenty-five a
week some day. Shall you grow
purse-proud then, little Mary, anil |
will you turn away the old friend
that comes to you for help'.’
Don't do it. Mary—it doesn't pay. |
It never pays to harden the heart—
never, never. For, whisper. Mary,
I'll tell you a secret on your wed- 1
ding day.
Keep your heart, soft, keep your
heart kind, keep your heart gene
rous, keep your heart young, and
not all the years that will silver
that brown hair of yours can make I
you anything but divinely young. i
Bless your little heart. Mary, and I
joy go with you, John. I'm glad I
you never even thought of mar- |
riage as a "problem." It isn't one I
whim love stands at the door of I
your own little house to bld you I
welcome home. |
How simple all these problems I
we hear so much talk of these days 1
are when we meet them simply!
successful in getting things done
than Roosevelt or Taft. Roosevelt
certainly was not successful in get
ting his measures through con
gress. He was too mandatory and
belligerent. He was too abrupt ano
Irritating in his way of doing
things.
Mr. Taft has been much more
successful than Roosevelt in deal
ing with congress, yet in the mos
impotrant of all matters ben?
congress, that of the tariff *
could not win congress to reVl '
the tariff downward according
his own and his party's promise.
There is no office in which P*
sonality counts for more man
the presidency, and Woodr y y
son has the right personality
concede the charm of " r m
personality. He has all the cha
McKinley had and more,
president needs to have, in a .
tion to his charm, great
and personal tact and a res<
Will and determined purpose.
Mr. Taft is a fine type
man. and 1 believe him th
misrepresented and least _ lin g nt
stood man in our publh 1 ....
it is not within his power P
compiish the reforms who 1 ;•
necessary to the welfare
American people at this tlm .