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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN I
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Delayed Weddings and
the Money Question
Il seems a strange thing that with all the varied discus
sion 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 these delayed mar
riages are nine tunes 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 aigl 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 Kight 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 of 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- i
come. The 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 and viewed the hundrds of costly
apartments, is bound to marvel where all the money comes from.
rnfortunately 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 ('it\ shows
that 579 women there are paid between six and seven dollars
a week, and 670 between tive 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.
Twenty per cent of the men receive less than ten dollars
a week, and most of them have families of tive or more
Here 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 I’.cople. forget that the vital ques
tion before him is the cost of living. Liars come and go.
Train-end speeches vanish like yesterday’s dew. Campaign
promises are made to be broken by many who are seeking place
and power. But the price of beefsteak, ham and eggs, bread
and butter and coffee and .jam remains with us forever. It will
be small comfort two years lienee to Mr. Citizen if he elects all
the shining lights of the land and pays 50 per cent more for his
roast beef and socks. It will be no excuse that he acted from
the most patriotic motives. What every man should do is to
study how. by this election now pending, he can bring down
the cost of his table 50 per cent, and the cost of his family’s
clothing >0 p< r cent. Let Mr. Common People cheer less and
study this question more, and the problem of tin* high cost of
living will be on the wa\ toward solution
Army Correspondence
Avaunt. ( hesterfieidian phrase ami ancient language of cir
cumlocution! Ihe old order ehangeth. and no more will the of
ficers nt our army he obliged to ' present their compliments to
Colonel X nor siyrn themselves "We have the honor to be.
iours with great respect
General Wood has put his military foot on the George the
Third forms which until recently cumbered official correspond
en< • Hereafter Colonel X will begin his letters with a plain
Aim i lean Str. say what he has to say and sign his name
When Major A. sitting across the table from Major B.
wishes to communicate with him. he will not be forced to in
dite a foyr-page epistle when a few spoken words would ac
roinpiish the desired result.
1 ,lp American business man has the right idea: nothing is
I ess in writing is as valu
in speaking The man who . xpn -sc an idea in th "
C’Wch words usually expresses it best.
The Atlanta Georgian
I he Prowling Mountain Armies of Europe
Secret Training oj Troops by the Countries Hordering on the Alps
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TROOPS RESTING IN 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 IN MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY MOVING ITS GUNS BY
HEAVY MARCHING ORDER. MULE TRAIN.
' By GARRETT P SERVISS.
IK our country were divided. and
the Pacific Slupe formed a
arate nation, the Rocky Moun
tains anil the Sierras would bristle
with torts; public access Co many j
parts of the mountains would be. !
strictly forbidden, and strong' mili
tary forces would be continually on
guatd in the passes, both high and
low. Moreover. these soldiers would
be specially trained for their work.
At least once every year there
would be great, spectacular maneu
vers by the troops in the moun
tains. the secret purpose of which
would be kept from publit knowl
edge'.
These statements of what would
happen in America if the t’nited
States were not one continuous na
tion. extending from ocean to ocean,
and controlling both slopes of its
mountain chains, arc based upon
what actually does happen in west
ern Europe, where the Alps are a
huge barrier, over whose snowy
summits run the dividing lines be
tween four powerful nations.
France. Italy. Germany and Aus
tria. while a fifth. Switzerland, sits
enthroned In their heart.
One Grand Gibraltar.
He who only knows the Alps as
the ordinary tourist knows them,
would never guess that they ate
one grand Gibraltar, held by five
separate powers, which may. at any
moment, become active enemies,
and that if he should wander far
from the beaten and permitted
tracks he would suddenly find him
self a prisoner, on suspicion of
being a spy He will not be likely
to see any of the forts, but he will
sei the sentinels, and he will be
wise to keep as far away from
them as possible, unless he wishes
to spend his vacation in efforts to
establish his identity as an inno
cent abroad The Alps are often
called the "playground of Europe "
but it is a playground with very
sei lons restrictions, as Sir Martin
l onway found out. to his cost
when, a few years ago. heVinder
took to tramp over them from one
• •nd to the other
Tltesi i e~t riot ions ate particular
ly in evidence on the lofty line run
ning between Frame and Italy.
Their each party endeavors to
plant a fortification which will look
down upon that of the other, m to
obtain a better command of some
j pa • through tie- mountain Strong
• lottce of trvopc, cpeuaiiy trained
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1912.
for such work, are continually at
hand, and many of the officers and
soldiers pass long periods of time
living among the snows and the
precipices, with whose perils and
hardships they are as familiar as
are . the famous Swiss guides who
| lead ambitious tourists on trips up
high peaks.
Then. too. as I have said, special
maneuvers are regularly executed
in order still more to familiarize
the men with what they would have
to do in case war should break out.
Large bodies of troops (as shown
in the accompanying photographs,
which were taken during the latest
evolutions of the French army of
the Alps! are led over the
passes, up through the rocks, the
glaciers and the snow, dragging
their guns and conducting their
mule trains, burdened witli aims,
ammunition and provisions.
No mountain is too higli or steep,
no pass is too narrow or dangerous
Im' these soldiers. Some of them,
thiougii daily practice, would prob
ably be able to give lessons in the
art of mountaineel Ing to most of
the amateur or professional climb
ers who every year flock to the per
mitted parts of the Alps to test
their nerve and their wind.
But. great as the hardships of
such a life may seem, they are off
set by equally great advantages.
Mountain life is extremely health
ful. The pure, rare air expands the
lungs. the constant exercise
strengthens the muscles and the
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At the Sign of the Clover
By MINNA IRVING.
XI 7 HEN my pocket is empty, my heart is sore,
’V And the stubborn world goes wrong.
Then over the stde and up the hill
I follow the thrush’s song
To a quiet nook in the grateful shade
Os an apple-tree gnarled ami old.
Where a sea of elover invites the bees
In jackets of brown and gold.
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There's a spring near by to slake my thirst.
Ami grass for a fragrant bed
(And the clover, cool with the morning dew,
for a pillow under my head:
Ihe scented blossoms refresh the soul
ot the weary and sad earth-rover,
And Io! there is never a cent to pay—
At the sign of the crimson elover <
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frequent perils that have to be en
countered impart, at the same time,
steady control of the nerves and
readiness of resource in moments
of danger. The Alpine soldiers are
among the strongest, heartiest,
healthiest and most intelligent any
where to be seen. Many readers
will recall how Professor John
Tyndall 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 the
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 st l iking there, on account of the
strange and grandiose surround
ings. This is the fraternization
which occasionally occurs between
officers and soldiers front the two
side lines. They sometimes invite
one another to a peaceful meeting
around a campfire, over a pot of
soup, or a roast sow l, and talk of
their exciting experiences among
avalanches and crevasses, while
forgetting, for a moment, that one
official word would make them, on
the instant, deadly enemies. But
notwithstanding such incidents, the
watch that is kept along the mili
tary dead lines that traverse tlte
peaks and glaciers and hidden val
leys of the Alps is as vigilant as in
actual war time.
THE HOME PAPE R
WINIFRED BLACK
Writes on
A Bride and Groom
The Problems of Married Life and
the Way Some Folks Meet Them
Simply and Happily
By WINTER ED BLACK.
< rKSTERDAY 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 v Oman 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
roses in the underfacing. Dear me,
how they would iaugh at that bon
net and those faded roses on F’ifth
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 the tossing seas, or
there is no such thing as a sailor’s
And the aunts of both sides of
the family, funny, old-fashioned
women. One of them ci-ied from
the minute she entered the church
till 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 the
best circles.
And little Hughey and little Ma
ry Ann—l heard their names, but
I should have known them any
way. What a starched frock was
Mary Ann's, 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 rosy as
a pink rambler, and as blue-eyed as
grandfather. Such a good baby,
too; not a whimper all during the
long service.
"Hail, Mary, 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 flood
of yellow sunshine.
"The Lord is with thee," and the
flickering light caught the tendrils
of a belated vine that clung to the
shrine like a bit of cloud of glory. •
"Blessed art 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 1 wondered when the
• tempest shrieked around him.
"Pray 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. 1 suppose. I don't believe
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 tr 1 to tel!
her. even in private, th- things
they bawl from every lecture desk
these days.
The lad 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 marrying. "Economic condi
tions!” -They, never even thought
of them. John loved Maty, and
Mary said yes, and that was all
there was to it. They do not ask
Why He Is For Wilson
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Dean of the Yale Law School (Taft’s Own Univer
sity) (lives His Reasons.
By HENRY WADE ROGERS.
I SHALL vote for Woodrow Wil
son for president for these rea-
I sons:
> Io punish tlie Republican party as
the representative of the mercenary
! interests that have preyed upon the
people for a generation, and to
I punish it for tlie sins of Big Busi
> nesa in partnership with crooked
politics.
Because the policies of the Re
publican partv tend to make the
■ ’’n'iteyr and the poor poorer.
I hose policies widen the gulf be
. tween tlie rich ami poor. The cry
’ ing need today confronting all civ-
' i’ized states is to naimu the too-
" ide gulf between those who are
> too rich and those who are too
poor. The Republican party in re-
} cent years, and after accomplish
ing the abolition of slavery has
show n a singular indifference’ to tile
divine injunction to consider the
( poor.
Because Woodrow Wilson pos
sesses the energy, the ability, the
i courage, the independence, the re-
S ’’l"?’ r,,r ” l<? '■""’‘l'lutit'ii ami laws
< which are «>o necessary if one i: to
{ till the high office of’ president ~r
■ the t cited State-
I believe i| ia t hi pci onai quali
ties are such that he will be more
what your wages are when -
want to get married in the r ,ia
church. I wonder what , a i an .
Adam got when he told Eve her
eyes were like lakes of blue and her
lips were like a tirread of p., me .
granate.
And sweet, and sweet the
thrilled through the little chanel
no specially fine voices, no hirpri '
singers, just plain everyday friends
of tlie bride and groom, w-ho «,. re
proud to be in the choir on their
wedding day.
The beautiful old ceretnonv WM
. over, the girl was a wife, the old
mother had lost her baby daughter
and the old sailor's blue eves «er.
full of dreams.
The sun was setting across th»
canyon, some belated cowboy hal
loed to his little bunch of home' '
going cattle. There laughing
and crying, and joking, and ,-miliJ
at the door. The old pries: ■■
had baptized the bride warned th.
br degroom with a twinkle, that
Mary had the O’Donnel ten,n ( . r
•sometimes.” and the bridegroom
"ho was baptized by the old pij es( '
too. laughed and took his eham A
and down the walk of the iit tip
churchyard they went, the wedding
party, as happy as the birds that
mate tn the spring, and my heart
and all that was in it went with
them.
Be a good girl. Mary: be earnest
be clever, be true, be patient, hut’
above all and beyond all. be loving'
for love can forgive all else but the
cardinal sin of unlove.
Re true, John. Oh! be true to the
girl you've taken and whose f eet
you have set beside yours in the
path you walk so gayly now.
There's trouble coming, sickness,
suffering, poverty, self-sacrifice
The little girl there won't always
look as she does today. Her eyes
won’t always be s 9 bright, her step
will falter sometimes and so will
her temper. She likes her potatoes
baked and you prefer yours boiled.
Oh! there are lots of things for
you to talk about and agree upon
Be tired, be ill, be a failure, be.
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 matters
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 in 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, and
will yem 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
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
you anything but divinely young. .
Bless your little heart, Mary, and
joy go with you, John. I’m glad
you never even thought of mar
riage as a “problem.” It isn't one
when love stands at the door of
your own little house to bid you
welcome home.
How simple all these problems
we hear so much talk of these days
are when we meet them simply!
successful in getting things <ion»
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 an”
irritating in his way of doing
things.
Mr. Taft has been much more
successful than Roosevelt 11 <iei Y
ing with congress, yet in the ntos’
impotrant of all matters be fo ’’*
congress, that of the tariff, n
could not win congress to reV “t
the tariff downward according
his own and his party’s promise.
There ts no office in wHI i per
sonality counts for more
the presidency, and Woodrow ' j
son has the right persons’ V
concede the charm of Mr ‘ a
personality. He has all the c>ta >
McKinley had and more. b ’L ( .
president needs to hav* 111 a ’~,i
tion to his charm, great po-H <-
and personal tact and a r ’'
will and determined purpose
Mr. Taft is a fthe type nf v
man, and I believe him 1 ’
misrepresented and least 11 iJt
stood man in our publie ■ e. _
it is not within his poacr
eotiti rli the reform? " ’’ '
necessary to the wrlfa • <-f
American people at this tune-