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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 postofflce at Atlanta, under act of March 3. 137 S Subscription Price—Delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week. By mall, $5.00 a year Payable in advance. Vote for Wilson and Mar shall » ». R 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. “ -1 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. A. ■' LVW ■ ‘ •> J fe.. • '"A. f - ’ L ' 111: • ? it KA •. ’A i .. *** U “— HitTi 1 Pi i i w-s - illß y 088 I PmlWh n i ' ■ : -—a \y>,Zv- -Vg--:--- ■ .JX I ,13 Hi re is a picture thal might teach a lesson to some of our school heads over here. The chil- 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 i ’ ' 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 ■ 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.