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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. •'-itorod es second-class matter at postoftlce al Atlanta, under act of March 3. IS7$. Subscription Price —Delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week. By mall. $5.00 a yea; Payable in advance. Vote for Wilson and Mar shall f r r That is Our Best Chance to Help Forward the Era of Good Times. Tie- Georgian advises its readers to vole for Wilson and Mar shall. ! iviu.M’ that is the sensible and advantageous thing to do. W h\i iha the election of the national Democratic. ticket will lie I aiihy for the country that it will lend to weaken monopolies and to strength! n the economic position of the average man. We Indi' '<■ that it will quicken the pulse of business and open up new i > of employment. We believe, in short, that the road to prosperity just now is the Democratic road. ' •I course, there is a great deal of nonsense spoken, on the eve o ■< ry presidential election, about the effect that the success of ttiis or that party will have upon the business of the country. There is no doubt that the influence of politics upon the general pros perity is apt to be exaggerated. i r the truth is that the present organization of our political syso m is too weak to cope, in an entirely effective way. with the abus's of the new and gigantic organization of industry and finance. By the by, and step by step, we shall find ways of improving our political system so that it shall be strong enough to do this. in the meantime, sensible men will understand that the gigantic crops of wheat, corn and cotton that have been gathered this year are quite as important as our politics. They will understand that the devastation that is being wrought by war in Europe and else where is quickening the demand for American products. They will understand that an accumulation of causes and events that can not In reached by statute law or settled at the polls is to be counted on one side or the other in the scale of our prosperity. But the fact that we cm 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 wise administration at Washington. The country is likely to prosper greatly with Woodrow Wilson in the white house. \\ it h the election of Wilson—which seems now well assured— it is probable that the senate of the United States will be made Dem< r,ratio. There is no doubt that the house of representatives will continue to be Democratic. Thus the whole Federal govern ment will be democratized. Il 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 the executors of a will. The fact is, indeed, that where there is a conflict ot responsibility there is no real responsibility at all. With two rival parties pulling and hauling in congress, each in control of a single house, it is impossible for the people to tell which is most to blame for the resulting confusion. Certainly nothing important and helpful is likely to be done under such con ditions. 1 hus the tact that the success of the Democratic national ticket will give us a united government at Washington, and therefore a really responsible government, is a pretty decisive reason why’ sen sible men, whatever their past party alliances, should vote for Wil son and Marshall. For it is absolutely certain that a united and responsible government at Washington can not be got in any other way. It is, of course, Hat foolishness to say that the election of Wilson will precipitate a panic. Most of the discerning business men of the country fully expect that Wilson will be elected, and they are not preparing for a panic, but for an era of commercial peace and expansion. The greatest panic in our history’ occurred in 1873. The panic we remember best took place in 1907. Both were under liepublican administrations. I he historical truth is that the happiest times that the Re public has known have been times when the Democratic party was in control of the Federal government. I he Georgian has only such means of knowledge as can be gained from a wide observation and a fair understanding of events ; it has no • ifi of inspired prophecy. But we venture to predict that tin coming Democratic administration will do the country a great b d good that it will be memorable among the fair and fruit ful times. W I believe the Democratic party will renew the spirit of self govern.mmi throughout the land; that it will strengthen our politi <•: i system al 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 : i ice their mind from all doubt of the wisdom of that choice. I ~ Civilization and the Prairie Dog I here are thousands of villages wiped off the map every year in the West ami the inhabitants annihilated. Prairie dogs are the . of this wholesale slaughter, and in a few years it will l.e difficult Io find one of these little animals. Like the buffalo, Ihe prairie dog has had to give way before ’lie onrush ot civilization, (’attic and horses stepped into the small • -d< sot the borrowers and broke their legs, ami the dogs foraged on the < rops. ' ! ' • was a time when these towns dotted the plains and their ‘"’T eould be seen by thousands popping in and out of their A? C* 4 <lle " ,us, ‘ u, "’ s tHke their specimens while they may, for "''^ S sool i be at a premium. The Atlanta Georgian A Drawing Lesson at the Zoo TEACHING THE YOUNG TO CULTIVATE POWERS OF OBSERVATION. ' gggp % IIIf A -A; ’~"T T] ? ft SO;?-’ i ill Uh* i Bh mW £ BW’ l v JQHHk; SIH® IKIf h iMH ■IE IWil :. \4MIBi<OS BHbU. WWfJ .ipw> 4■» '4> ■ . * I /** • , _ Jj Here is a piutui’e that might teach a lesson to §ome of our school heads over here. The chil 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. Phe Only Independent Man Is He Who Thoroughly Understands His Business I HAVE received a somewhat re markable 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, if which he does not appear to have the 1< ast sus picion. He says: “1 am, ami have been, -s fol lows: “A huck ter “A- rag earpc: and rug weaver. "A genuine irt glass cutter. “A machinist (drill press, rivet machine, milling machine, press machine, etc.». "A deliver}, boy "A messenger boy. "An elevator boy (freight and passenger combined). “A fireman of a six-story build ing. Adopted a Doser. Other Ways. "A medicine maker: specially maker of all talcum powders, tooth powders, headache ;-'"<lers, foot powders, shaving powders, face powders, also the genuine pink powders for specially fem tie per sons. "An lisle r of a theater: ills > a ticket taker. "A carpenter. “A cigar box m;.k< r. "A music roll maker for player pianos. "A captain m tnagcr. and treas urer of a baseball team: also a fielder and batter. "A baker’s helpet. "A candy maker's helper. "A dish washer in restaurants. "A maker of buttons, stamps, and a coinist. 'A porter on a boat. "A writir for a newspaper, but the world i- not educated enough to understand tny writer's thought. 1 admit 1 s»lt-i(>. I am th- world's greatest < durational writer • spe cially when I am awake." In additbn to-all this lie avers THTRSDAY, 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 —— - . W hat 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; 1 wall myself 'gainst all the chills That Man should be afraid of— I And yet I suffer all the ills That Autumn's always made of. ! When first the Summer evening air Began to have a tingle, | 1 hade my servitors prepare The gas log in the ingle: 1 donned a derby, bought high shoes And lead "Health’s <’atechism,” But I’ve a cold, a cough, the blues, Backache and rheumatism. Phy -icians fail to give me aid, And yet I do not blame them. My malauii ;; are overlaid So thick no man could name them. They're due to psychologic laws vast medical surmising; They're due—if you must know the cause— To street car advertising. "Take BR< (NCHIOLA for that cough." (1 didn't know 1 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 tlte Autumn breezes. V 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 be“n 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 w hich 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 them only tbo well, and lias nothing but its pity to oiler thtin. THE HOME PAPER Thomas Tapper Writes on [4 Poverty Riding in WHf Autos f This Human Puzzle of I Debt Sitti: g Beside the Chauiiuur Begins t' to Show Dow tiu.' ‘T||| Cost of High Living - Beats the High Cost of Living. I A< 'ONSIDERABLE amount . f 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 cf High Living 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 7 do. They will tell you that they want to get a ■ much as possible out of life. The Story r of One Man. Well, here is tile 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. | ' L) 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 hreath Her blossoms sweet and fair, And slew her with his frosty blade That glittered in the air. I hrough silver veils of drifting smoke brom stubble tires 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 TIIOAIAS TAPPER. T 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 1 go to see my mother—a ten-cent fare on the railway—and i 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 the house, I suppose. But I'll tell you | this, mister, when I go home at half-past six and see her stand ing by the table, trying to iron me a 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 seems -tough on a little one of thirteen to be pushing an iron over 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 old, 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 tiffs November? Wilson, sir. Why? He will be changing the tariff and things will be cheaper. Are you sure of that? No, but that’s what the boys 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 on 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, I and Katie—to his adopted coun try, giving to each of them, as far j as he can, a better chance than ’** he had himself.