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Atlanta’s Great Opportunities
T V. T.
The City Is Now Bounding Forward in Wealth and Business, But Its Future De
pends in a Large Measure on the Sanity and Constructiveness With Which
Its Municipal Affairs Are Conducted Within the Next Few Years.
The new administration of Atlanta will go into oltiee January 1 with a tre
mendous task before it.
First of all come the streets. As they are. they disgrace the citv. There is
not a pavement in all Atlanta that a citizen can look on with pride.
The old mode of construction and repair proved incompetent and ineffectual.
The line weather of the last six months has put to blush the alwavs lame excuse
that the rains were responsible for the lack of repair.
An amendment to the city’s charter allowing a reorganization of the construc
tion department has made it possible to improve this disorder of tilings.
Under the same category come the sewers. The glaring mistakes and the
waste of time and money in their construction must be eliminated.
The new administration must safeguard the city’s water supplv. Atlanta’s
fine water is justly famous. The .department is capa'bly conducted, but how
long can this pride last when a half dozen open vaults, and pig pens are within a
few feet of the coagulating basins?
A few thousand dollars will buy the ground where these menaces stand, The
miles of new pipe lines it is claimed the city must lay before money can be spent
on property, will not do any one any good if the water that Hows through them is
defiled.
Council has very wisely taken this state of affairs into consideration, and has
authorized the purchase of this property.
F’olice substations are a crying need. The Georgian has pointed out the fos
silized plan of having one police station in a town of 175,000 inhabitants. A police
substation in three or lour of the most thickly populated sections of the city
would mean increasing the efficiency of the patrolmen at least 30 per cent.
Cleanliness is absolutely essential tp health. Sanitary education is proving
effectual, and should be continued. The farcical repeal of the ordinance forbidding
contractors from allowing dirt to fall from their wagons should be repealed. The
poor old streets must be free as possible from slime and mud.
Along with the question of health comes the much-mooted crematory. At pres,
ent there is no incinerating plant in the city. Garbage is being dumped and dis
infected. The evil results during the winter will not he great, but what will the
situation be when the warm weather comes?
Mr. Moodward, the mayor-elect, and the majority of council are at odds over
the now plant. Mr. Mood ward claims that the crematory is costing the city much
more than it should, and that he will do all in his power to block its completion.
In any e\ent. the plant will certainly not be completed before the cold weath
er ends, and great care must be taken next summer to rid the garbage of the
germs that otherwise will spread disease in all the districts where it is dumped.
Atlanta s climate is the best in the South. Eliminate the smoke evil and it
will probably be the best of any city’s in the country. The big smoke producers
ha\e had ample time io show a disposition to abate the nuisance. Some have gone
about it earnestly and in good faith, but others have not. The obstinate should
be handled w ith obstinacy, as is provided in the city ordinance directed against
the smoke nuisance.
The schools as a whole are up to date. A few new buildings are needed, but
the faulty construction of those which began to crack last spring will be avoided
in the future.
'I he matter of the Lakewood exposition is one that deserves a great deal of
•archil thought before the city commits itself to the $125,000 necessary for its
installation.
Undoubtedly the exposition would be a fine thing for the city, and is an idea
i li.it must not be allowed to die; but can the city spend $125,000 on a new project
when so much is needed right now to put the streets and the sewers and the po
lice on the basis a city of this magnitude demands?
These are some of the problems the new administration will have to handle.
If petty polities and personal grudges are eliminated and business-like methods
and co-operation adhered to, the work should be accomplished.
The chance is a wonderfid one. 'Phe city is bounding forward in wealth and
business beyond the hopes of ten years ago.
It is now among the first cities of the land, but its future depends in a large
measure on the sanity and constructiveness with which its municipal affairs are
conducted during the next few years.
• © The Grand Remonstrance © ©
By the REV. THOMAS B GREGORY.
rip HF; "Grand Remonstrance,”
> the celebrated paper that was
sent by the Long parliament
to King Charles the First two hun
dred and seventy one years ago.
will always -land among the sa
cred documents of the world.
It may well be called “Holy Writ."
for nothing is holier than human*
liberty and the noble happiness that
is born thereof, and it was on be
half of these priceless blessings
that the Grand Remonstrance was
issued.
The Long parliament assembled
on the 3d of November, 1(540. after
a parliamentary interregnum of a
dozen years, (if ('harles a patriot
ic Englishman has well said: "If
twelve thousand volumes- were writ
ten in his praise, it would still re
main a fact, be de
nied. that for twelve years King
Charles the First reigned in Eng
land unlawfully and despotically.
- ized upon Id- subjects' goods and
"niii.j at his pleasure, and punish
ed according to his unbridled will
all who ventured to oppose him."
Rendered desperate by those
twelve -ears of the "Turkish Sul
tanate." with its unblushing arro
gance and h< artless oppression, the
■ famous Long parliament, represent
ing the people of England and the
liberties which had always been
precious in their eyes, buckled It
self down to the task of righting
matters.
It was no time for circumlocu
tion or evasion, for dalliance or
trifling, the very life of the nation
being at stake, and so the parlia
ment struck out straight from the
shoulder at the iniquity which
threatened the country's ruin. It
sent to the king the Grand Remon
strance.
This ever-memorable paper con
sisted of two hundred and six arti
cles, enumerating the grievances of
the people of England and stating
the illegal and oppressive acts upon
which the grievance was based, it
was a noble paper, firm but tem
perate in tone, and in every way
respectful to the king.
The king came back not in the
spirit of conciliation and compro
mise. but tn the spirit of wrath and
combativeness. He had "nothing to
arbitrate.” Falling back upon the
ancient lie that the “king can do no
wrong" and that other falsehood,
"the king from God. the law from
the king." lie simply defled parlia-
The Atlanta Georgian
ment and people, saying to them in
substance. "Yes, the things that you
have enumerated are all true —but
what are you going to do about it?”
Drunk with the "divine right”
idea, he tried to arrest the parlia
mentary leaders who were mainly
responsible for the remonstrance,
and failing in the attempt, he be
gan breathing out threatenings and
slaughter against those who had
dared to question his authority.
Asked by one close to him at court
if he would not wait for a time, to
hear a little further what the people
had to say, he replied: “By 1
Not for one hour.”
So there it was—the would-be ir
responsible despot on the one side
and the exploited people, deter
mined to be exploited no longer, on
the other; and in the tug of war
which followed the people won.
With justice and old Oliver Crom
well’s Ironsides to help then’, they
made the Remonstrance good, and
with the execution of Charles gave
the finishing stroke to the system
which had made so much trouble in
their land.
All honor and praise to the men
whose brain and valor conceived
and defended the Grand Remon
st range
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1912.
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The Girl at the Cigar Stand
By ELBERT HUBBARD.
Copyright 1912 by International News Service.
ANEW type of new woman has
evolved. You will find her
presiding at the cigar stand in
the lobby of the first hotel you
enter. This girl at the cigar stand
is fluffy-ruffles with a business
education. Her hair effect is won
derful to contemplate; her manner
friendly; her information colossal.
She knows everybody and their
relatives, and calls a thousand mon
by their first names.
She Knows Them All.
When not otherwise employed,
you will find her carefully examin
ing her features in a hand mirror
and applying the polish to the part
of her classic physiognomy that
seems to need it most.
This operation, I have sometimes
thought, is in the line of publicity.
It Is always interesting and usually
causes comments by the males who
stand close by.
There are fashions prevalent in
cigar girls. The demand now seems
to be for the blond with the Titian
crown of glory.
Next in favor is the bichloride
effect, with widow 's weeds to match.
This one usually goes on at 3
o'clock and works until 11. Het
partner, who goes on at 7 o'clock
in tin? morning and works until 3. is
played off against her by contrast.
And for her walnut brown or raven
black are just now the vogue, with
ribbons red and violets blue.
The lady is never cast down o"
abashed. Good cheer is her chief
asset. She shakes hands with all
the customers, young and old. as
she passes out the persiflage. Jolly
and josh leap easily from her lubri
cated tongue.
She lives right out in sight of
the public. Her life is above sus
picion. No man flirts with her ex
cepting across the glass case where
the cfgais are kept. A full yard of
distance separates her. save as she
reaches over and gives the glad
hand.
She knows the smokers all. oi at
least she pretends to. Each one
flatters himself that he is next. The
older he is, the balder he is, and
the more short’of breath, the more
the affinity microbe is in his mind,
and nowhere else.
She is«an honest girl. Sim gives
an undivided service, and she adds
greatly to the good cheer and to
the picturesqueness of the lobby,
just as women always do wher
ever they officiate.
Depend upon this, that no girl
at the cigar stand who meets any
of her customers in executive ses
sion ex er holds her job. The girl at
the counter that you see there week
after week, month after mofttlt. is
on the dead level. She is a work
ing woman, and her ruffles, fluffles,
frivols, smiles, rouge and wonder
ful hirsute creations are' all in the
line of legitimate business.
At the same time she drives away
nostalgia from the hotel habitue.
Two hundred times a day she is
addressed as “Sister," and confi
dentially told that she looks exactly
like "My Wife." "My Daughter.” or
"My Sweetheart." as the ease may
be. Five hundred times a day she
is called “Kiddo."
But she gets even by selling the
fresh party one cigar or a box. She
never resents anything. She is a
salesman and when she passes out a
box of cigars and the m ill scowls
and says. "Not those!” site smiles
sweetly, apologizes profusely, puts
the box back and takes out an
other box of identically the same
cigars, bearing another label, and
the man is satisfied, lb r business
is to please her customers.
Adds Zest to Life.
Work for women'.’ I'erttinly!
Woman’s work is to work the male.
This girl beautifies, benefits, adds
Zest to lit. gives hol'd . xi.-t nee its
only home flavor.
Even if you do not use tobacco,
you can talk to the girl at the ci
gar stand just the same. If you pre
fer to "shake" for gum. she will
accommodate y ou.
She does her work as wt 11 as
she can—and is kind
THE HOME PAPER
** ing in all that makes a man even likable, as you describe this one to '
there’s nothing for you to do but to be miserable. But I don’t believe it
I can’t.
The World Is Wide.
You ate like a great many other women hypnotized by
ideal. You are used to thinking that you can't live wit
this man, and its a habit with you to be miserable. <1
I out of the habit, move to another neighborhood, get a new dress, throw aw
the one that makes you think of the man and how mean he is to yi
Trim up a new hat; don't even remember you ever had one that iie said
liked once. Buy a pot of geraniums ami set it. in your window. Go
work and earn some money for yourself, and take the money that yo
strange husband will have to pay you and help some woman with a lot
children to support and no husband to help her.
There’s a lonely little girl in the seme flat with you. What interest
you ever take in her?
Who is that frail woman down the block? Maybe she would be gi
of a friend. Why don-’t you try it and see?
Get out of yourself, get out of your misery, get out of your rut. let i
selfish husband go. be glad that be is gone; set a new road for you. ft
and follow it with a light heart and a head held high.
His daughters will triumph over you? Oh. no. they won't They >.l
unless you let them.
Forget them, forget them entirely; that’s the only way to punish l
and such as they. Lite is too short to remember disagreeable people a'
unpleasant things.
The Wold Is Wide.
You saw a snake one day last summer. Do you sit down and tin
about it now? Not if you are a sensible woman.
The world Is a big, broad, wide world, and how high, how awfullv hi;- 1 ’
the sky above it! *
Step out of your narrow room and glance about you; you'll find such i
teresting things to see on every side. The poor, little, self-centered ni.
isn't a thing to you. not a thing.
Put anger and resentment out of your heart as you would put a rat
of your mom They gnaw, gnaw, gnaw, and you can't afford them f
company.
Wilte a I' iter to those girls* Not unless 1 value them more highly th
1 do m V self - K '" P 3 our postage st?amp money and buy a stick of candj
the boy in the next fl it; saw your envelope.- and write to a friend w
knew, you wlten you wen younger and happier.
See, tile., s a row of doors open right before’you. Shut-the old one. si
it tight, ana watch the other doors.
The Traveling Salesman
By WILLIAM F. KIRK,
Oi l- tin train lie hop at daybreak, with a grip in either hand.
With stomach mighty empty and a wish for Slumbertani.
I Bill he never makes a whimper as lie bops into the bus,
i ot he laughs at real discomforts that would bring the tears from us.
■ ■'* ‘ - lll khs the traveling salesman, and his laugh rings loud and swee
T<> the poor old stranded actor or the beggar on the street.
| Just bee-.m . the salesman helps them to their breakfast ami their fan
Even though it takes n greenback he can ill afford to spare.
< On the train he hops at midnight, and when dawn has come again
You tan see him swinging blithely from the cold and dreary train.
( J list another roun -of calling, taking orders in a town—
t Ordets that he thinks are corkers—that the credit man turns down.
5 Just another round of hustling, just a ten-mfle drive or two
> When the wind is full of winter and his hands are numb and blue
i I-ar from hdme and good home cooking, far from baby and from wife.
'ton can bet ii takes a h' to to endure a salesman's life!
: But with all his care- and hardships, when lie creeps to bed alone
S In some little country roadhouse, where the cold would freeze a stotie,
■ Wit" the same ~|d . ,ile it, ; slumbers, for inside his watch's case
> Is the photo of a wife and a dimpled baby's face.
Winifred Black
Writes on
The Sorrows
of a
Second
Wife
By M’INIFRED BLACK.
rrt HE man has two daughters.
| and he loves them more than
he does the woman, who is his
second wife. The woman has writ
ten to me and told me all about it.
“He leaves me for weeks at a
time and stays with the girls at
their flat.” says the wife, “and lie
spends all of his money on them,
and will not take care of me when 1
am ill: and when I go to the daugh
ters and tell them that they are sep
arating husband and wife, they
laugh at me.
“He gives them twenty dollars a
week to live on, and I have to hide
when the grocery boy comes foi
his money. What shall I do? Do
you think that lie is crazy or some
thing? I am worn out with grief
over it all.”
Crazy! Not a bit of it: just
selfish, that’s all; plain, every-day
selfish.
He's More Comfortable.
The man is more comfortabl ■ at
the flat where his daughters live
than he is with you.
He likes it best there, and that's
all that he cares. Why should you
bother him at all? ’
T should think that you would be
glad to get rid of him and to go
your own way. Why don't you
get judgment against him tor sup
port and move away where you
won't be bothered with either him
or ids daughters? Make him pay
you—that's what the domestic re
lations court is for—just to settle
eases like yours. Go to it and let
tiie judge settle it.
ill, worn out, worried to death
over what? Get rid of the man woo
does not even try co make you ha, -
py. There’s away out for you. ■
plain, sensible, practical way; :• tw
it <md have an end to the matter.
What! You love him? You can t
live without him? Oh. w r !’., if jmi
are that sort of a woman, there’s no
use trying to help you, even with
advice.
. if you can love a man so lack-