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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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That is Our Best Chance to Help Forward the Era of Good Times.
'[’he Georgian advises its readers to vote for Wilson and Mar
shall. L- cause that is the sensible and advantageous thing to ,i<>.
We believe that the election of the national Democratie, ticket will
be le dthy for the country —that it will tend to weaken monopolies
and to strengthen the economic position of the average man. We
believe that it will quicken the pulse of business and open up new
avenues of employment. We believe, in short, that the road to
prospciiiy just now is the Democratic road.
<1 use, there is a great deal of nonsense-spoken, on the eve
- i ly presidential election, about the effect that the success of
this c that party will have upon the business of the country. There
no doubt that the influence of polities upon the general pros
perity is apt to he exaggerated.
i or tin- truth is that the present organization of our political
s\.-icm is too weak to cope, in an entirely effective way, with the
; uses ol the new and gigantic organization of industry and finance.
Gy 1 by, and step by step, we shall find ways of improving our
di'i< I system so that it shall be strong enough to do this.
In the meantime, sensible men will understand that the gigantic
cr.'i -s of wheat, corn and cotton that have been gathered this year
ar ■ quite as important as our politics. They will understand that
In-’ d< vastatu n that is being wrought by war in Europe and else
where is quickening the demand for American products. They will
ui.dor.staiid that an accumulation of causes and events that can not
le reached by statute law or settled at the polls is to be counted
on one sid r the other in the scale of our prosperity.
But the fact that w< .; not accomplish everything by putting
good and prudent men in office is no reason why we should not
put that kind of men in office. There is much that can be done by
a wist- administration at Washington.
The country is likely to prosper greatly with Woodrow Wilson
in the white house.
With the election of Wilson which seems now well assured —
it is probable that the senate of the I'nited States will be made
Democratic. There is no doubt that the house of representatives
wdi continue to be Democratic. Thus the whole Federal govern
ment will he democratized.
It is a good thing to have the government all of one piece—.just
as it is a good thing to have harmony in a board of trustees or
among tin executors of a will. The fact is, indeed, that where there
is a conflict of responsibility there is no real responsibility at all.
With two rival parties pulling and hauling in congress, each in
control w a single house, it is impossible for the people to tell
which is msi to blame for the resulting confusion. Certainly
nothing important and helpfid is likely to be done under such con
ditions.
Tim; the fact thal the success of lhe Democratic national ticket
'i' in a united government at Washington, and therefore a
D-ally responsible government, is a pretty decisive reason why sen
sihl" men whatever their past party alliances, should vote for Wil
si> i and Marshall. For. it is absolutely certain that a united and
i-i -.ponsiiih- government at Washington can not be got in any other
v> ay.
i' i.-.. < f < mrse, flat foolishness to say that the election of Wilson
v d pn dpi ate a panic. Most of the discerning business men of
■ < nit'.’r ? fully expect that Wilson will be elected, and they are
not i it j ri: a for a' panic, but for an era of commercial peace and
expansion. The greatest panic in our history occurred in 1873.
'ih panic we remember best took place in 1907. Both were under
Republican administrations. •
• i ■ in-tori al truth is that the happiest limes that the Re-
I 1 ! im I uown have been times when the Democratic party was
a e.’’!lro! oi the Federal government.
The Georgian has only such means of knowledge as can be
urn <i rm", a wide observation and a fair understanding of events;
it Ims no gift of inspired prophecy. But we venture to predict that
t'm- < uning Democratic administration will do the country a great
d al et good- that it will be memorable among the fair and fruit
fid times.
V.’e believe the Democratic party will renew the spirit of self
gowrnm nt throughout the land; that it will strengthen our politi
cal system at its foundations by reviving popular power in local
communities; that it will tend to create a political climate in which
monopolies can not live.
We advise our readers to vote for Wilson and Marshall—and
to tree their mind from all doubt of the wisdom of that choice.
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Civilization and the Prairie
I Dog
There are thousands of villages wiped off the map every year
in the West and the inhabitants annihilated. Prairie dogs are the
victims of this wholesale slaughter, and in a few years it will be
difficult to find one of these little animals.
Like the buffalo, the prairie dog has had to give way before
the onrush of civilization. Cattle and horses stepped into the small
holes of the burrowers and broke their legs, and the dogs foraged on
the crops.
These was a time when these towns dotted the plains ami their
inhabitants could be seen by thousands popping in and out of their
houses. Let the museums take their specimens while they may, for
I prairie dogs will soon be at a premium.
The Atlanta Georgian
i A Drawing Lesson at the Zoo
TEACHING THE YOUNG TO CULTIVATE POWERS OF OBSERVATION.
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J dren are those attending the drawing classes at one of the London public schools, and have
) been taken to the “zoo’’ for a lesson with living models. This form of drawing education is
' said to have produced some remarkable results.
The Only Independent Man Is He Who
Thoroughly Understands His Business
I HAVE received a somewhat re
maikable letter, which is bet
ter worth attention than most
letters of the kind because it af
fords a glimpse of a side of human
nature in which too many persons
go astray and lose themselves.
The writer's description of him
self will at the same time amuse
you by its Rabelaisian style, and
instruct you concerning the source
of his trouble, of which he does
not appear to have the least sus
picion. He says:
“I am, and have been, as fol
lows :
“A huckster.
“A rag carpet and rug weaver.
"A genuine art glass cutter.
“A machinist (drill press, rivet
machine, milling machine, press
machine, etc.).
“A delivery boy.
"A messenger boy.
"An elevator boy (freight and
passenger combined).
"A fireman of a six-story build
ing.
Adopted h Dozen Other Ways.
"A medicine maker, specially
maker of all talcum powders, tooth
powders, headache ponders, foot
powders, shaving powders, face
powders, also the genuine pink
powders for specially female per
sons.
"An usher of a theater; also a
ticket taker.
"A carpenter.
“A cigar box maker.
"A music roll maker for player
pianos.
"A captain, manager, and treas
urer of a baseball team; also a
fielder and batter.
"A baker's helper.
"A candy maker's helper,
"A dish washer in restaurants.
“A maker of buttons, stamps, and
a colnist.
"A porter on a boat.
"A writer for a newspaper, but
the world is not educated enough
to understand my writer's thought.
I admit I sleep. I am the world's
greatest educational writer, espe
cially when I am awake.”
In addition to all this he avers
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1912.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
? that he has discovered a “quadril- ■
lion-quadrillion foretelling method
and system," which he is desirous
of exploiting.
This man represents a type of
human kind which is lamentably
common, although it seldom shows
itself in so complete a form. He
has, according to his own account,
engaged in at least twenty differ
ent occupations, and. evidently, he
has succeeded in none of them. He
has only succeeded in convincing
himself that this is an unappre
ciative world.
Either through his own fault, or
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What Ails Autumn?
By CHESTER FIRKINS.
I've carefully avoided draughts
From open panes and panels;
My overcoat’s as big as Taft’s;
I've not forgot my flannels;
I wall myself 'gainst all the chills
That Man slfould be afraid of—,
And yet 1 suffer all the ills
That Autumn’s always made of.
When first the Summer evening air
Began to have a tingle,
i bade my servitors prepare
The gas log in the ingle;
I donned a derby, bought high shoes
Ami read "Health's Catechism,’’
But I've a cold, a cough, the blues,
Backache and rheumatism.
Physicians fail to give me aid.
And yet I do not blame them.
My maladies are overlaid
So thick no man could name them.
They're due to psychologic laws
Past medical surmising;
They're due —if you must know the
cause—
To street ear advertising.
"Take BRONCHIOLA for that cough.”
(I didn't know I had one.)
“Cure up that cold! Try CHOKE-IT
OFF.”
(Why. yes, I have—a bad one!)
That's how it goes; each printed pad
Gives me some new diseases.
Dying. 1 blame the Autumn "ad,”
And not the Autumn breezes.
• through the fault of his parents
and teachers, he never learned the
secret of CONCENTRATION. He
has been drifting through life, aim
lessly passing from one thing to
another, a "Jack of all trades and
master of none.”
Has Many Irons in Fire.
He has never been his own mas
ter. although, like all of his kind,
he no doubt imagines that he is
the most Independent of men. That
is the mistake made by every one
who puts too many irons in the fire
and keeps none of them hot. He
thinks that he is manifesting his
independence by dissipating his
energies. But the only really inde
pendent man is he who THOR
OUGHLY KNOWS HIS BUSI
NESS.
A certain degree of versatility is
admissible, and even desirable and
admirable, in some cases. A man of
great mental energy may do a con
siderable number of things well.
But those who have had the great
est success in life have usually
been men of one idea, have pursued
and developed that idea by concen
trating all their powers upon it.
One must sometimes, it is true,
wait for opportunities, but when he
finds them he must stick to them.
Man Must Be a Specialist.
Those who are fortunate enough
to be able to pursue an education
leading to a profession may start
out in life with their course set in
advance, and the rudder well under
control. Others must make a num
ber of experiments before they dis
cover their true line, or find their
best course, but they must not con
tinue too long beating about from
one thing to another. If they do
they are likely to find themselves
in the condition of the writer of the
• letter from which I have quoted.
Then they will be likely to think,
with him, that the world is "not
educated enough” to understand
them, when, in truth, the world
is so thoroughly educated in the
hard facts of life that it under
stands the.m only too well, and
has nothing but its pity to offer
them.
THE HOME PAPER
Thomas Tapper
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Writes on [ ]
Poverty
Riding in I||Hf
Autos r
I
This Human Puzzle of >
Debt Sitting Beside
the Chauffeur Begins U|
to Show How the
Cost of High Living
Beats the High Cost I
of Living. j
A CONSIDERABLE amount of
actual poverty rides around
town in automobiles.
In any circumstance, an automo
bile is an expensive luxury.
When it is procured at the cost
of a mortgage on all tangible as
sets of the man, it begins to show
how the-Cost of High laving beats
the High Cost of Living.
Why men should persist in rid
ing in the park with Debt sitting
beside the chauffeur is a puzzle to
simple people.
But they do.
They will tell you that, they want
to get a= much as possible out of
life.
The Story of One Man.
Well, here is the story of a man
who rides around all day—-but not
in the park.
See if you can find what he gets
out of life, or what he ever can
get. I'm telling his story exactly
as he told it to me.
11.
Yes, sir, the cost of things takes
every cent a man can earn. I’m a
driver of a single-horse coal team.
I work ten hours a day six days in
the week, for twelve dollars.
Last March my Mary was taken
sick and she died in July. We
had been married nineteen years.
The oldest boy is eighteen, the next
sixteen, and my little Katie is
thirteen.
• When John was born (the oldest),
my wife said he should have a fine
schooling and be able to get a good
living. Two years ago she went to
Father 8., and he fixed it so that
the boy could go to St. Johns semi
nary and have his schooling free, if
Mary would do scrubbing and
cleaning. So she worked on het
hands and knees until last March.
Then she never got up again.
The next boy gets four dollars a
week in a grocery store, and gives
me two. Katie, the youngest, goes
to school.
I pay twelve dollars a month for
rent, and six dollars and a half a
week for food and washing. We
have to buy everything cooked, be
cause'the little girl isn’t old enough
to take her mother's place yet.
I leave the house at half past six.
The little girl locks up about eight
thirty. takes the key with her, and
goes to school.
We send the washing out to a
wet-wash laundry, and have the
rooms cleaned once a week by a
woman who scrubs like my Mary
used to do at St. John’s—on her
hands and knees. These two cost
me about a dollar and a quarter a
week.
If you will figure it out, sir, as
I have done a hundred times since
last July, you’ll see that I haven't
:: The Tragedy ::
By MINNA IRVING.
—
r | 'O lazy summer lingering
J- In gardens bright and warm,
The Norther in his cloudy cloak
Came riding on a storm.
He withered with his icy breath
Her blossoms sweet and fair,
And slew her with his frosty blade
That glittered in the air.
Through silver veils of drifting smoke
From stubble fires below.
The trees stand out against the sky
With autumn tints aglow, '
And to and fro among the boughs
The east wind softly grieves,
For lo! the murdered summer’s blood
Is red upon the leaves.
By THOMAS TAPPER,
much left to buy clothes for three
people, pay other bills—say a doc
tor and the like.
Well, I said, what do you spend
on yourself?
Just a pipe smoke, and on Sun
days I go to see my mother—a
ten-cent fare on the railway—and
that’s all that’s in it for me ex
cept seeing the children grow up.
Some day, he went on, little Ka
tie will be big enough to run th
house, I suppose. But I’ll tell you
this, mister, when I go home
half-past six and see her st.ir.'-
ing by the table trying to iron mi
tt shirt, like her mother used to
do, it makes me think. My wife
was a Killarney girl, and she
could work all right, but it se»ms
tough on a little one of thirteen
to be pushing.an iron ov r a man’s
clothes. Every time I see her do
ing it a big lump comes up in my
throat.
I’m forty-one years ..id, and I’ll
be doing well to keep the job I
have.
Have you any insurance?
Yes, three hundred dollars in a
fraternal order, and we pay ten
cents a week for an insurance
for Katie.
Who are you going to vote for
this November?
Wilson, sir.
Why?
He will be changing the tarltl
and things will be cheaper.
Are you sure of that?
No, but that’s what the b - s
are saying down at the coal yard.
I’m not so sure myself. I’ve seen
a few presidents elected since I
came over, and when the boy
grew up Mary had to scrub < n
her hands and knees just the same
to pay for the schooling.
You asked me what there’s in it
for me, and I didn’t tell you what
I’m thinking. If I can get the
children better fixed to earn a liv
ing than I am, I’ll be content.
Can’t Afford To Be Sick.
But you see, mister. I can’t af
ford to be sick for a while yet.
This is not an ambitionless
man. He buys one suit of clothes
—for best —every two years;
smokes his pipe, goes to see his
mother of a Sunday and thinks
of his Mary most of the time.
He is an uneducated man, who
gets his living by his physical
strength. He reads the daily pa
per, but, as he said, I have never
read “a whole book.”
And yet there Is a great idea
dawning in his mind. An idea so
wonderful that it brings him a de
gree of interest he probably never
looked for. And that idea is this:
He can contribute three young
citizens—John, the second boy,
and Katie —to his adopted coun
try, giving to each of them, as far
as he can, a better chance than
he had himself.