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EDITORIAL, PAGE Atlanta’s Great Opportunities ft f* r. 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• repealed.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 ■Hr J&yWKEsSsEr - $ * raMI: :; : MMf w| -WsKSWSH I Vill|z"* > 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.