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EDITOR IAU PAGE THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Fuolished Every Afternoon Except Sunday By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY ; At 20 East Alabama St.. Atlanta, Ga. Entered as secnnd-class matter at postoftlce at Atlanta, under act of March 8. 187». Subscription Price—Delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week. By mail, >5.00 a year. Payable In advance. Why an Extra Session of Congress Is Necessary *. «? » The People Voted for Mr. Wilson for Action, and Now He Is Planning to Have Congress Revise the Tariff Without Delay. AJr. Wilson announces that he will call an extra session of : congress—to convene not later than April 15—as soon as he be- | comes president. The session will be held for the purpose of re- < vising the tariff. | The Georgian has never urged upon Mr. Wilson the neces- | sity for an extra session because there seemed to be no doubt ; of his course. To have waited until the congress elected with President Wilson convenes in regular session, 54 weeks from ; now. would have been to postpone the inevitable tariff revision until the spring or summer of 1914—the year of the next general election for congress. The fate of the Harrison congress that made that mistake with the “McKinley hill.” and the fate of the ’Cleveland congress with the Wilson bill, are sufficient warning against procrastination. If the people wished to “stand pat’’ they would have elected Mr. Taft. If they wished to wait for a new tariff commission to report two or three years hence, they could have adopted that course by electing Mr. Roosevelt. But they voted for Mr. Wilson and for action. They expect something to be done. Among other things, they hope for prompt, judicious and discriminating modification of the tariff in away carefully calculated to benefit all the people of the United States — employers, producers, laborers and consumers. All the active members of the present congress who took part in framing the.moderate tariff bills on which the Democratic party appealed to the country one year ago—the bills which President Taft vetoed—are members of the new congress. They can revise their own work in the light of later information and in accord with newer estimates of revenue required by the government, and a care- ; fully revised hill should pass the house by May 1 next. The senate ; will be slower, but as a majority of the present, senators voted for the bills signed by Speaker ('lark in the house last year, there is no ; reason to doubt that the new, more Democratic, and more progres sive senate will act with reasonable expedition. Our one coro.ern is not that congress will delay—we do not see ; how it can. Our fear is that it will neglect reciprocity, and neglect preferential duties—both cardinal Democratic doctrines —and that ; it will, by foolish radicalism or old stock free trade arguments, de lay the return of general prosperity now due. The house will have a greatly increased Democratic majority. The fallacies of the Bryan men will have to be voted down just as the ways and means committee wilely rejected the exploded theo ries which Mr. Bryan quarreled with Speaker Clark and Represen tative Underwood for refusing to inject into the recent tariff measures. Everything will depend upon the prudent and patriotic leader ship of Mr. Wilson. He has now the extremely difficult task of translating the warm but indefinite winged-words of eloquence into the cold, exact terms of statutes. Eli ropean Tyranny Defends the Turk There would be little difficulty in settling the Turkish prob lem it it were not for the intrusion -into that problem of the selfish and sinister interests of two old tyrannies. Europe trembles today on the verge of a catastrophe that may involve the whole conti nent, simply because it lacks the moral courage and concord to set its foot upon the exorbitant claims of Austria and Russia. The indomitable allies, whose victorious arms have compassed the whole wretched Turkish land from the Bosphorus to the Adri atic. could settle the “ncar-Eastern question” for all time if thev were permitted now. without interference from the great powers, to take possession of Constantinople and the coveted port on the Adriatic sea which belongs to Servin by natural necessity and his | toric right. But Austria says the conquerors of the Turks must keep away from the Adriatic. And Russia says they must not take possession of Constantinople. Austria draws hard to compel the Triple Alliance to back its bad cause. And the bad cause of Russia summons the aid of the 1 riple Entente. Phus the tour great progressive nations of Europe —'Germany, Italy. England ami Erance—are subpenaed to sup port the schemes of the two most reactionary nations in Europe. If the four governments that stand for enlightenment and progress could somehow get together it would be easy to dis cipline the reactionary governments and compel them to keep their hands off. In that case the Turk would be left without a foothold and would be driven conclusively out of Europe. Probably we shall know this week which way the tide of European desjiny is to run. We shall see whether the Turkish problem is to be definitely solved by the elimination of the Turk, or whether, on the contrary, the Turk is now to put a climax to his five hundred years of devastation by plunging all Europe into in , extrirable confusion and an abyss of war. In ihe latter ease, history will have to record the fact that an uiisp.-akable disaster to modern civilization was due to the irresolution of Western Europe in face of the stubborn am I greed ot two old tyrannies. I t The Atlanta Georgian ili' , , fl (t’i hJ, 4 1 iiliiiiii I -’J I Gri.'it <iiiii i l’{ L i ’ ' ' • • *;T I 11 l 111 »i* A tit! Z '' 'TN 1 ' ! * 11/ WS I ; 4 1 $ z —The saying's of Omar In, A! Halif. FOUR THINGS COME NOT BACK— Sped Arrow. ’ Time Past. The Spoken Word. Neglected Opportunity. Working For the Boss A DAY stands in the same rela tion to 70 years of life as a copper cent does to a pile of 51 flve-dollar bills. It is a good idea to appreciate what you can do with a penny, but it makes more character to learn what to do with a heap of flve-dollar bills. Likewise it takes a great charac ter to live not only from day to day, but with the full swing of 70 years in mind, even if one does not live that long. 11. INVENTORS have always kept busy trying to make clocks that run for long periods without wind ing. Time never stops going on. And the man who succeeds in mak ing a clock that will go without winding for a long period will do much to teach us the stlmple fact that Time keeps on moving. Hours, days, months and years do not end anything. They are only names for a ceaseless motion. I/ots of us live after the old hour glass fashion, if some one does not turn us over every 60 minutes, our sand stops moving. All of which means this: Plan for today, but let today’s plan fall in its place with the gen eral larger plan you have for years to come. * The smaller the job the' more necessary it is to have this larger plan. Don’t stick to it slavishly. Make it, and keep on changing it. 1 know a merchant who has the opinion that not one person in a thousand knows how to manage money. "I began,” he said, "to study the management of my own money some years ago, and 1 have kept at it. improving the plan from time to time. Now, I begin to know something gbout it.” Keep beiore you what the boss expects foi today. i T’ESDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1912. Too Late Drawn By HAL COFFMAN. Bv THOMAS TAPPER. That is the first duty. Then— Do just a little more than he ex pects, That is the long pldn scheme. Then turn about, in your think ing, and begin to figure out how much It all serves in pushing you forward on the big plan. The next step forward will be from where, you are Almost any job will do to start with, if it is a good jumping point. If it is not a good jumping point, it is not a good job. A store that employs several hun dreds or thousands of people is full of possible jumps. Any one. even down around the bottom of the ladder, can practice, and some day astonish everybody by beating the world’s long-dis tance jumping record, clearing a lot of heads as he does it. 111. 'J'HE merchant quoted above said that few people know how to spend money. Just a few people know how to spend Time. :: Next of Kin :: By C. G. RASSETTI. THE shadows gather ’round me, while you are in the sun: The day is almost ended, but yours is just begun. The winds are singing 10 us both and the streams are singing still, And they till your heart with music, but mine they can not fill. Your home Is built in sunlight, mine in another day; Your home is close at hand, sweet friend, but mine is far away. Your bark is in the haven where you fain would be: I must launch out into the deep, aqross the unknown sea. You. white as dove or lily or spirit of the light. I. stain'd and cold and glad to hid< in the cold dark night. You. joy to many a loving heart and light to many eyes: 1 lonely in the knowledge earth is full of vanities. et when your day is over, as mine is nearly done. And when your race is finish’d, as mine is almost run, Xou, like me. shall cross your hands and bow your graceful head: Yea. we twain shall sleep together in an equal bed. Mr. Arnold Bennett has pointed out that in the daily gift of Time we all get- the same allowance. ' But we all do not win the same results. Some men make a fortune in 24 hours. Others make a mess of every thing in that time, or less. It is a good scheme to work to ward next week, and next year, and to ask what they can supply to make life more worth while twenty years hence. One hour is about four per cent of a day. If a man at twenty will devote that, much time regularly to improving the mind, he will know a lot worth while, long before he thinks he needs a pension. This- is one phase of the “long plan," and there are many others possible in a 24-hour day. Work on the job for all you are worth. Be a keen observer. Learn something. Also — Walk erect, and breathe through the nostrils. THE HOME PAPER Elbert Hubbard Writes on- The Essence of Marriage Prettiness Palls Unless It Is Backed Up by Intellect. The Merely Clever Woman Is Near ly as Bad as the Clever Man. l By ELBERT HUBBARD Copyright, 1912, by Int ernatior.al News Service A CORRESPONDENT asks me this: “Do brilliant men pre fer brilliant women?’’ First, disclaiming the gentle assumption that I am brilliant, I say, yes. The essence of marriage is com panionship, and the woman you face across the coffee urn every morning for 99 years l must be both able to appreciate your jokes and to sympathize with your aspira tions. If this is not so, the man will stray, actually, or else chase the ghosts of dead hopes through the grave yard of his dreams. Prettiness palls, unless it is backed up by intellect. The mere ly clever woman is nearly as bad as the clever man. All these people who carry' most of their goods in the show window are headed. for jobs at the button counter. Often They Are Dull. By brilliant men is meant, of course, men who have achieved brilliant things—who can write, paint, model, orate, plan, manage, devise and execute. And, by the way, an executive is a man who decides quickly—and is sometimes right. Brilliant men are but ordinary men who at intervals are capable of brilliant performances. Not only fire they ordinary most of the time, but often they are dull, perverse, prejudiced and absurd. However, they are sometimes right, and this is better than to be dead wrong all the time. So here is the truth: Your ordi nary man who does the brilliant things would be ordinary all the time were it not for the fact that he is inspired by a woman. Great thoughts and great deeds are the children of married minds. When you find a great man playing a big part on life’s stage, you'll find in sight, or just around the corner, a great woman. Read his tory! A man alone is only half a man; it takes the two to make a whole. Ideas are bom of parents. Now, life never did, nor can. consist in doing brilliant things all day long. Brilliant men are bril liant only two hours a day. These brilliant moments are exceptional. Life is life to everybody. We must eat, breathe, sleeg, exercise, bathe, dress and lace our shoes. We must be decent to folks, agreeable to friends, talk when we should and be silent when we ought. Work of Women’s Clubs. To be companionable—fit to Jive under the same roof with good peo ple—consists neither in being pret ty nor clever. It all hinges on the ability to serve. No man can love a woman long If she does not help him carry the burden of life. He will support her for a few weeks, Henry VII land Anne Boleyn By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. IT was three hundred and seven ty-nine years ago that Henry the Eighth was married to Anne Boleyn—a pretty ceremony that kicked up the dust that is not even yet fairly settled. After having lived with his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, for more than eighteen years—how Cather ine endured him for so long is one of the unsolved mysteries of his tory—Henry began to have “scru ples” regarding the validity of the union, and, inasmuch as the scru ples w’ould not down, he deter mined to get a divorce. In plain English, Henry became enamoured of the pretty but super ficial and light-headed Anne Boleyn, the scruples being simply a pre text for his unlawful passion and the cold-blooded and Iniquitous resolve to put away his lawful wife. All the world knows what snags the king encountered while seek ing the divorce, and how, “by hook or crook" (mostly by crook), he at last succeeded in getting the doc ument which released him from the wife of his youth. And so. with his “divorce” in his pocket. Henry proceeded to “mar ry" the charming maid of honor, who did not know at the time that in just a little while she to have her head cut off by the crea tures of the man she was marrying in tire midst of so much pomp and rejoicing. Few teats hav u been shed uvet * 4" or possibly years; then if she doesn’t show' a disposition and ability to support him. her stock drops below par. Robert Louis, the beloved, use<: to tell of something he called “charm.” But even his subtle pen, w'ith all its witchery, could, not quite describe charm of manner— that gracious personal quality which meets people, high or'low. great or small, rich or poor, and sends them away benefited, blessed and refreshed. Ellen Terry, turned 60, has i The Duse, homely, positively home ly in features, rests her chin in her hand and looks at you and lis tens in away that captures, cap tivates and brings again the pleas ures of past years. I am encouraged and delighted when I think of how women every where are learning to work—work with head, hands and heart, pre paring themselves to be fit com panions of men who are able to do brilliant things. The work of women’s clubs ha* been of vast benefit to men, for it has cut them out a pace.. Woman 1= no longer a doll, a plaything, a Teddy bear: she is the intellectual companion of man, and he must prepare himself to be her compan ion and helpmeet. There is no sex in soul. Nlen and women must go forward hand in hand —single file is sav agery. Many Degrees of Brilliancy. A brilliant man Is dependent on a woman, and the greater he Is the • more he needs her. The only man who has no use for a woman Is one who is not all there—one whom God has overlooked at the final in spection. The brilliant man wants a wife who is his chum, companion, a “good fellow,” to whom he can tell the things he knows. or guesses, or hopes: one with whom he can be stupid and foolish —one with whom he can act out his nature. If she Is stupid all the time, he will have to be brilliant, and this will kill them both. To grin and bear it is grad ual dissolution; to bear it and not grin is death. We are all just children in the Kindergarten of God, and w’e want playfellows. If a woman is pretty. I would say it is no disadvantage unless she is unable to forget it But plainness of feature does not prohibit charm of manner, sinceri ty, honesty and the ability to be a good housekeeper and a noble mother. There are many' degrees of bril liancy, but as a general proposition this holds: A brilliant man wants a wife who is intellectually on his wire—one • • w’ho, when he rings up, responds. •b Anne Boleyn’s fate, cruel as that fate was. She made herself a par ty to the ruin and misery of an excellent woman, and the misfor tunes that came to her seemed to be but the legitimate fruitage of her unwomanly conduct. As for the much-married Henry, the least that is said of him the better for all concerned. No right feeling Englishman finds anything in Henry’s character as a man to exult over. He was a groat, big. coarse, senseless, heartless brute oi a man. and, from the moral view point. utterly and unreservedly des picable. But few more unlovely characters have ever disgraced the pages of history. Upon the principles of falrnes however. It must be admitted tha. "Bluff King Hal” was a capable sovereign, had a “true insight in' the men and measures he had to deal with, and helped to lead his country into a new era.” It was In Henry’s reign that ll foundation of Britain's naval gl'"' was laid. It «as in Henry's : "lu ' tiiat England, for the first tim all her bistorts began to he a " potter. It was in Henits rio that the new learning, out of tt 1 was to conie our modern progr> made a secure footing for itself : the kingdom. All of which reminds us m l ’** forcibly of the saying of • I ' i 1 speare. that “We mat gath< h' from Hie weed, and make a lau.ral of the devil himself.”