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Atlanta’s Great Opportunities
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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 <»f Atlanta will go into office January 1 with a tre
mendous task before it.
First of all come the streets. As they are, they disgrace the city. 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 tine weather of the last six months has put to blush the always 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 things.
Under the same category come the sewers. The glaring mistakes arid the
waste of time and money in their construction must be eliminated.
The new administration must safeguard the city’s water supply. Atlanta’s
fine water is justly famous. The department is capably conducted, ’nut how
long can this pride last when a half dozen open vaults and pig pens are within a
few feet of the coagulating basins?
\ few thousand dollars will buy the ground when rinse 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 flows through them is
defiled.
Council has very wisely taken this state of affairs into consideration, and has
authorized the purchase of this propertv.
Police 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. \ police
substation in three or four of tin- most thickly populated sections of the citv
would mean increasing the efficiency of the patrolmen at least :ai per <-eni.
Cleanliness is absolutely essential to 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 !.<• repealed. The
poor old streets must lie free as possible from slime and mud.
Along with the question of health comes the much-mooted crematorv. 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 be great, but what will the
situation be when the warm v.'-ather comes?
Mr. Woodward, the mayor-elect, and the majority of council are at odds ovct
the new plant. Mr. Woodward claims that the crematory is costing the <it\ much
more than it should, and that he will do all in his power to block its eomplt tion.
In any event, 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
have had ample time to show a disposition to abate the nuisance. Some have gone
about it earnestly ami in good faith, but others have not. The obstinate should
be handled with 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
tne faulty construction of those which began to crack last spring w ill be avoided
in the future.
The matter of the Lakewood exposition i> one that deserves a great deal of
careful thought before the city commit' itself to the .<125.000 nee -sary for its
installation.
I ndoubtedl\ the exposition would be a fine thing fur the city, and is an idea
that 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?
I hese are some of the problems the new administration will have to handle.
If petty politics and personal grudges are eliminated and business-like methods
and co-operation adhered to, tin’ work should be accomplished.
The chance is a wonderful one. The city is bounding forward in wealth and
» business beyond the hopes of ten vears ago.
II is now' among the first cities of the land, but its future depends in a large
measure on the sanity and eonstrm tivenos with which its municipal affairs are
conducted during the next few years.
• a The Grand Remonstrance a a
By the REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
r T"*HE "Granc Remonstrance."
I 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 stand among the st
cred documents of the world.
It may well be called “Holy Writ,’’
for nothing is holler 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, 1640, after
a parliamentary Interregnum of a
dozen years. Os Charles a patriot
ic Englishman has well said: “If
twelve thousand volumes were writ
ten in his praise. It would still re
main a fact, impossible to be de
nied, that for twelve years King
Charles the First reigned in Eng
land unlawfully and despotically,
seized upon his subjects' goods and
money at bis pleasure, and punish
ed according to his unbridled will
ell who ventured to oppose him''
Rendered desperate by those
twelve years oi' th- ‘jjTurkish Sul
tanate.” v Ith its unblushing arro.-
tfaic and I ties- me-- -.-ion, *: *
•> famous Long parliament, icpres-nt
ing the people of Englund mid the
liberties which had always been
I precious in their jes. buckled it
self down to ■ , tr.slt of right
matters.
It was no time for circumlocu
tion or evasion, for dalliance or
trilling, tin 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, enumetating 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, flrm 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 in the spirit of wrath and
eoinuutivi ness. He had "nothing to
urbltn Falling back upon the
ai.eieiit He that the "king can do no
■a ottg” and that other falsehood,
i ' :• :mg from God, the Ir.w from
i th- king" bi simply retied parlia-
The Atlanta Georgian
ment and peopl< -a? ing to them m
substance. "Yes, lite things tit ■_< you
have enum luted are all tru< —but
a'hat are you going to do about it'.'"
Drunk with th-, "divine right”
idea, he tried to arrest the parlia
mentary leaders who aero mainly
responsible for the remonstrance,
and tailing In the attempt, he be
gan breathing out threatening® 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: "Ry 1
Not fol 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 them, they
made the Remonstrance good, and
with the execution of Charles gave
the flnlshirg stroke to ti e system
which had made so much trouble in
their land
Al h-mer ami ; .a:e to tne men
who.- i-. iln and valor conceived
ami defended the Grund Hemon-
TIURSDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1912.
Remarkable Shells Which Show the Lowest
Form of Life
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Magnified showing of minute specks of that which represents the chemical basis of life. The shells are the raw ma
terials of many rocks and so small that at least a million of them would go into a thimble.
I'lie Girl at the Cigar Stand
By ELBERT HUBBARD.
Copyright 1912 by International News Service.
\NEVC type of new woman “as
evolved. You ’.‘.ill tint! her *
presiding at the cigar stand in
l
toe . lobby of the first hoo-l you
enter. This girl at the cigar stand
is fluffy-rufties with a business
education. Her hair effect is won
derful to contemplate; her manner
friendly; her information colossal.
Site knows everybody and their
relatives, and calls a thousand men
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. 1 have sometimes
thought, is in the line of publicity.
It is always interesting and usualli
causes cdnufients by the mu'.es why i
stand . lost by.
There are fashions pretalent in
cigar girls. I'ti< demand now seen s
to be for the blond with Titian
crown of glory.
Xext in fa\o. is bichloride
effect, iiitu widow's weed.- to ~i.-.ich.
This one t sir,illy goes on .-t j
o’clock ami works until 11. Her
partner, vho goes on hi 7 o'clock
in the 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 or
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 Ilves 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 cigars are kept. A full yard of
distance separates het. save as she
reaches over and gives the glad
Land,
She know.- the smokers all, or a;
least sh< pretends to. Each on.
E - fl tiers himself that he is next. The
! older he is. the balder he is, and
tin. more snort of breath, th. more j
the .iftlnitv microbe is in his- mind,
and nowhere else.
She Is an honest girl. She 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 ever holds her job. The girl
the counter that you see there week
after week, month after month, is
on the dead level. She is a work
ing woman, and her ruffles, fluffles,
frivols, smiles, rouge and wonder
i 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
:>r Ir. -.i'd is "Sister," um'l confi
dentially told that she looks < xaotly
lik. "Mj Wife,” “My Daughter.” or
"Mi Sweetheart,” as tile ease may
be. i'iv- hundred tiries a duj -he
. ; Called Kiddo."
But she get-. even by selling tin
fresh j arty one cigar or a box. Sh.
never resents anything. She is a
salesman and when she passes out a
box of cigars and the man scowls
and says. "Not those!" she 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. Her business
is to please hqy customers.
Adds Zest to Life.
Work for women? Certainly!
Woman’s work is to work the male.
This girl beautifies, benefits, adds
zest to life, gives hotel existence 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 you.
She does her work well
-i>- can—and i- kind
THE HOME P4PER
K you can love a man g 0
’ ing in all that makes a man even likable, as you describe this one to be,
there’s nothing for you to do but to be miserable. But I don't believe it—
I can’t.
Get Out of the Habit.
You are like a great, many other women hypnotized by an
ideal. You ar.- used to thinking that you can’t live without
this man, and it’s a habit with you to be miserable. Get
out of the habit, move to another neighborhood, get a new dress, throw- away
tlie one that makes you think of the man and how- mean he Is to you
Trim up a new iiat; don’t evAi remember you ever had one that he said he
liked once. Buy a pot of geraniums and set It in your window. Go to
work and earn some money for yourself, and take the money that your
strange husband will have to pay you and help some woman with a lot of
children to support and no husband to help her.
There's a lonely little girl in the same flat with you. What interest do
you ever take in her?
Who is that frail woman down the block? Maybe she would be glad
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 the
selfish husband go; be glad that he is gone; set a new road for your feet
and follow it with a light heart and a head held high.
His daughters will triumph over you? Oh, no, they won’t. They can’t,
unless you let them.
Forget them, forget them entirely; that’s the only way to punish them
and such as they. Life is too short to remember disagreeable people and
unpleasant things.
The World Is Wide.
You saw a snake one day last summer. Do you sit. down and think
about it now? Not if you are a sensible woman.
The world Is a big, broad, wide world, and how high, how awfully high l.«
the sky above it!
Step out of your narrow room and glance about you; you’ll find such In
teresting tilings to see on every side. The poor, little, self-centered man
isn’t a thing to you, not a thing.
I ut anger and resentment out of your heart as you would put a rat out
of your room They gnaw, gnaw, gnaw, and you can’t afford them for
company.
Write a letter to th’ose girls? Not unless I value them more highly than
-■ ' ’ Kee P ' ” postage stamp money and buy a stick of candy for
lh«' boy In the next fiat: save your envelopes and write to a friend who
knt-tt you when you were younger and happier.
See. there’s a row of doors open right before’you. Shut the old one, shut
H ugnt, and watch the-other doors.
I lie 1 raveling Salesman
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
: *’ l- train he hops at daybreak, with a grip in either hand,
V7 Wlth a stomacll mighty empty and a wish for Slumberland;
Rut he never makes a whimper as ho hops into the bus.
i hot he laughs at real discomforts that would bring the tears from us.
; Ever laughs the traveling salesman, and his laugh rings loud and sweet
( To the poor old stranded actor or the beggar on the street,
< Just because the salesman helps them to their breakfast and their fare,
< Even though it takes a greenback he can ill afford to spare.
On the train he hops at midnight, and when dawn has come again
You can see him swinging blithely from the cold and dreary train,
: Just another round of calling, taking orders in a town
Orders that he thinks are corkers—that the credit man turns down.
j Just another round of hustling, just a ten-mlle drive or two
When the wind is full of winter and his hands are numb and blue.
Far from home and good home cooking, far from baby and from wife.
< You can bet it takes a hero to endure a salesman’s life!
. Lut "Ith all ids cares and hardships, when he creeps to bed alone
In some little country roadhouse, where the cold would freeze a stone,
‘ With the same old smile he slumbers, for inside his watch’s case
i- the photo ol a wife and a dimpled baby's face.
Winifred Black
Writes on
The Sorrows
of a
Second
Wife
: By WINIFRED BLACK.
, r T' ™an has two daughters,
« and he loves them more than
I 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
J time and stays with the girls at
! their flat,” says the wife, "and he
J spends all of his money on them,
i and will not take care of me when I
j am ill; and when Igo to the daugh
ters and tell them that they are sep-
( arating husband and wife, they
j laugh at me.
"He gives them twenty dollars a
? week to live on, and I have to hide
? when the grocery boy comes for
? his money. What shall I do? Do
? you think that he is crazy or some.
? . thing? I am -worn out with grief
; over it all.”
? Crazy! Not a bit of it; just
> selfish, that’s ail; plain, every-day
> selfish.
He’s More Comfortable.
< The man is more comfortable at
< the flat where his daughters live
( than he is with you.
He likes it best there, and that’s
< all that lie cares. Why should you
< bother him at all?
< . I should think that you would he
i glad to get rid of him and to go
j your own way. Why don’t you
I get judgment againat him for sup
l port and move away where you
< won’t be bothered with either him
I or his daughters? Make him paj
j you—that’s what the domestic re
j latlons court is for—just to settle
? cases like yours. Go to It and let
? the judge settle it.
? 111, worn out, worried to death
? over what ? Get rid of the man who
5 does not even try to make you hap
) py. There’s away out for you, a
j plain, sensible, practical way; take
> it and have an end to the matter.
What! You love him? You can't
1 live without him? Oh, well, If you
> are that sort of a woman, there’s no
> use trying to help you. even with
advice.