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Uncle Sam LIVES IN PAN
AMA—And Where He
Lives, He Is the Ruler
It May Make John Bull Tearful, But He Will Have to Make Up
His Mind That American Territory Is To Be Controlled by
Americans.
The right of this (•oiniirv to the Panama canal, and in the terri
tory through which tlx Panama canal runs, and in all matters
affecting the i-anai. is exactly the same as the right of any little,
round bodied Englishman in his little English home at Clapham
• lunelion or al Basingstroke
Tin Englishman bought the laud on which his little house
stands. And h,- Imilt the little house, and paid for it.
lb would In much amazed and apoplectically indignant if any
“blasted Yaitlw dared suggest that he (the Yankee) had rights
in that house, or could forbid the Englishman to treat his own chil
dren in Itis own house with especial consideration.
We submit to the congress of tin i oiled States and to Mr.
Wilson, who will soon follow Mr. Taft, and. let us hope, maintain
the doctrine of American authority al Panama, that what the Eng
lishman s little house is to the Englishman, tin Panama canal is to
the I Hited Stales government.
The United States bought the land surrounding the canal, and
built the canal, just as the Englishman bought the land and built
his house.
The Englishman in his own house has a perfect right to say
that his own children may come and go without charge, or Jive with
out paying board. At the same time, he has a right to make out
siders pay. if he takes them in at all
This government, in its own Panama territory and its own
Panama canal, has a right to say that the children of the American
government —the people of this country—may enjoy special favors
in the American canal, and that the outside world shall not be on a
par with the citizens of this country.
That is all there is to this canal controversy. We have at Pan
ama the rights that an Englishman has in his house. And the na
tion would resent and repudiate any attempt by Anglomaniacs OR
AMERICAN FINANCIERS OWNING FOREIGN STEAMSHIP
LINES, to dictate conditions or impose regulations.
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The United States government has been more than fair in its
attitude toward other nations. Ships of all the world, crossing the
oceans, are allowed to use the canal, and they pay for its use only
as much as is paid BY THE OCEAN-GOING SHIPS OF THE
UNITED STATES
We make a discriminat ion only tn favor of our coastwise trade,
that is to say, in favor of American ships that trade from one
American port to another American port. And this can not possibly
work injustice to any foreign nation, SINCE FOREIGN NATIONS
ARE NOT ALLOWED, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. TO EN
GAGE IN COASTWISE TRADE IN OUR COUNTRY. .
It would not help them to have the United States charge our
coastwise shipping for the use of the canal. THERE IS NO COM
PETITION AT ALL IN THE COASTWISE SHIPPING BUSI -
NESS.
The fact is that the Ingenious Englishmen always ask for
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everything in sight, and the American Anglomaniac toadies are not
alone in siding with England in this canal matter.
There are men far more powerful and able than our snobs and
toadies working on the side of England. These men include some
of the richest men in the United States, who own great fleets of ships
sailing under English colors, and who are very anxious that those
ships should make as much money as possible-regardless of the
interests of the United States.
The American ship trust owners, controlling various English
lines, look into the future with their minds and hearts on the divi
(lends of their ship trust.
Os course, as their money is in English shipping, they want
English shipping under the American (lag to be profitable. They
fear that the freedom from canal charges now granted to American
coastwise vessels otdj may be eventually extended to include bona
fide AYnerican ships crossing the oceans. There is no question that
that SHOULD be done for the sake of American shipping.
These men that own English ships are Americans, where their
pocketbooks are not concerned adversely, but they are very loyal
Englishmen in matters affecting the protit of their English ships.
And they are the gentlemen that puli the strings and cause certain
• aim . w. ak-backed new spapers to declare that America has ao right
to control her own canal, and that it is treachery and dishonesty
for the United States to exercise authority in its own house.
Fortunately, tin people of the I'nited Slates understand the
situation. They know that several hundred millions of their dollars
built the canal. And they know that lite people that built the
eanal and own tb tliw>ut.'i> which it runs. SHOULD
control it.
The Atlanta Georgian
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 26. 1912.
Every Man Master in His Own House
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The Englishman is very fond of reminding you that “An Englishman's house is his castle.”
S But he would make himself very much at home in our American house at Panama, if Uncle Sam
; would let him. Some keen American money-makers and some selfish American snobs would help
< him, if they could. But Americans will manage American territory for some time to come.
Women W ho Talk About Their Husbands
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
« Copyright, 1812, by American-Journal-Examiner. .
WHATEVER you may suffer, 'y
madam, from the sins of
omission or commission of
your husband, the moment you
speak of these matters to any one
save your attorney (or to the ex
ceptional parent), you arc proving
yourself to be a woman lacking the
finer qualities of womanhood.
And you are proving your inabil
ity to really love.
The woman who has Celt love in
its fullest and best sense could not
talk of the wounds she had received
at love’s hands, only as .slie had
resolved to make an end of a sit
uation which had become intoler
able.
And then she would talk alone to
those whom she might look for aid
and counsel.
It is a distressing fai t, neverthe
less, that scores of wives who claim
to be loving and loyal find hysteri- ■
cal pleasure in talking to friends
and even mere acquaintances about
their marital dlsillusionments.
It is seldom a man is found woo
is so weak and mawkish as to dis
cuss his domestic infelicities with
other men
But in every community women
abound whose principal distraction
lies in posing as misundetstood and
unappreciated wives.
Complain to Their Mothers.
Many wives begin to voice their
complaints to their mothers by the
end of the honeymoon, and If tlie
mother is lacking in sound good
sense (as so many mothers are),
the young wife is encouraged to
pour into the maternal ear every
fleeting thought of dissatisfai tion
or momentary trouble which may
come into her life.
The sensible and uell-polsed
motlie’ doos not lend a •ready ear
to such complaints. She says to
her daughter. "You must not per
mit every little disappointment
which comes to all of us to as
sume th? form of a tragedy : you
must not allow your mind to dwell .
on the fallings anti shot feomiligs of
the man you have chosen for a
husband.
“You must continue to think of
him as you did in your days of
courtship ami to believe he is all
you dreamed he was. Speak only of
his good qualities, of his virtues
and worth, and give him much
praise in speaking to him, and of
him Whatevei faults you observe
keep quiet regarding I hem and wait
and hope and pray and believe that
they will decrease
“Remember lie is also discover
ing faults in you Ami remember
how mortified and angry y ou would
feel if you knew he wa- complain
ing to his patents or friends about
you."
The mother al o talk u te.i
iwuiner to her daughter nrny emo.
')• the steps of a. young wife away
from the path that leads to discord
a,nd divorce, while she who listens
to and sympathizes with every
slight or fancied trouble is help
ing to make another marriage a
failure.
Confessing' a Mistake.
The greatest humiliation which
can come to am \v»inan is to con
fess that she has made a mistake
in her marriage : that she has mar
ried a man who does not love her
enough to render her happy and
who in any way neglects or misuses
her.
It should be the last thing a
woman could !)<• rorued into saying,
* ind only to b<- said when she is
resolved upon putting an end to an
intolerable situation.
Woman’s tirs» md imumost dll- -
i ness in lit’, is to b< loved and ad
mired and respected by a man and
to stand as his ideal mate and
companion.
If she ha.< failed in her work,
either because she has not filled a
worthy man's ideal or* because she
has made a mistake in her selec
tion. she should be too humiliated
and too sad to speak of it unless
driven to it by necessity.
No business partnership could be
:: i lie Golden Hind ::
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
IT was three hundred and thirty
five years ago that Sir Francis
Drake, in the Golden Hind, fol
lowed by four other vessels, set out
upon his memorable voyage around
the world.
Reaching tlie Barbary coasts and
Cap< V ' • ■ < ossed the Atlantic
to Brazil, thence to the Straits of
Mag -Ilan, tlirougn which ue entered
the Pacific, sailing along the coasts
of South ami North America as far
as tlie presi nt British Columbia.
From that point lie crossed the Pa
cific byway of the Moluccas and
Java, doubled ('ape of Good Hope,
passed along the western coast of
Africa, and thence to Plymouth,
which port he reached on the third
of November, 1580, having been on
his voyage two xears and ten
months.
It was the first time that an Eng
'ishman had eircunniavigated the
globe. ;<nd, duly appreciating the
’a 't Queen Elizabeth gave direc
tions for tin preservation of the
Golden Hind, that it might ever re
main a monument of her great ad
miral's and h e countryglory. It
x sad to know, however, that after
something mot, liviii :• century, tin
grain! old vessel heeani, so decay, d
that ft bud to »e broken up.
•;* expected to succeed if one partner
was continually talking to outsid
ers of the shortcomings of the
other members of the association.
Marriage js a most important and
dignified business, and every rule
: which makes other business asso
ciations successful can well be
brought into plays in the domestic
concern.
The very first rule of all good
business men is to keep a close
mouth to outsiders regarding the
inside working of the business.
Now that women are striving to be
thought equals of men in business
■ matters, let them apply this rule to”
, their married lives and cease bab
bling to their relatives or tlieir
friends of their infelicities.
Stamps Herself a Failure.
The moment a woman has
spoken of her marital troubles or
disappointments to any one (unless
it is to her'lawyer, for the purpose
of obtaining freedom), that mo
ment she may as well realize she
has announced some failure tn her
self as the cause of the’existing
condition. For the woman who is
| so indelicate as to talk of such a
matter to a third party proves that
< her nature lacks some important
qualities which go toward building
-!• happy homes and marriages.
A wonderful man was Sir Francis
Drake. If there was ever a Vorn
sailor, it was he. At sixteen lie had
passed his apprenticeship on a.
coasting ship; at twenty lie was a
man of recognized importance, and
| at twenty-one lie was a captain.
W hile still a very'young man, he
got, from the top of a tall tree on
the Isthmus of Panama, his first
glimpse of the great Pacific ocean,
and it was right then and there
ihut lie took a solemn oath to him
self that “Gofi helping him, he
would sail an English ship in those
England's, and humanity’s, worst
enemy at that time was Spain, and
tlie story of Drtike's memorable
voyage shows that from start to
finish of his world-girdling trip he
lost no opportunity to “singe the
beard of tlie king of Spain." He
pitched into every eraft that flew
tin Spanish flag, and failed not to
pay his warmest respects to every
town or hamlet dong the coasts
above which fluttered the yellow
ensign of Hlspania.
Drake died aboard his ship, near
Hie (own ot Noinbre ■!• Dios, in the
West indies, in 1595. at tlfi age of
fifty , literally worn out by tht vic
pries that he hud won.
THE HOME
DOROTHY DIX
Writes on
Greetings
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The Way His Wife
Meets Him on His
Return From Work
Settles the Question
of Many a Man’s
Ability to Fight the
Battle of Life—And
How -a Man Greets
His Wife Means Hap
piness or Misery For
Her.
By DOROTHY DIX.
IN London they are going to hold
a “simple life exhibition,” in
which the simple life is to be
treated in its relation to the mar
ried life. Demonstrations are to be
given showing the right and wrong
methods of treating a husband and
a wife.
There will be a model room, in
which there will be a wife awaiting
her husband's return, and a man
will show how other men should
act upon their return to their own
firesides, while a woman wili give
an exhibition of the manner in
which a wife should receive her
husband when he comesTiome of an
evening.
His Grouchmess.
This exhibition of home manners
ought to do good, even If It doesn’t.
It’s a pity that a lot of husbands
and wives can't get a living picture
of the sort of welcome that they
hand out to their unfortunate
spouses. If they did, they wouldn’t
wonder that divorce is so common.
They would be amazed that one
other husband or wife wasn’t on his
or her way to Reno.
One of the reasons why so many
men come home smelling of cloves
and rye of an evening is because
they have to brace up their courage
to go home at all, and face what,
they’ve got to contend with as soon
as their front doors shut behind
them.
The chief reason why there are
so many haggard looking, nervous,
hypochondriacal women is because
there are such a large number of
wives whose hearts go into their
shoes at the click of their husbands’
key in the lock of an evening, and
who use up every particle of nerve
force they have got enduring the
grouchiness and knocking of a man
. who thinks that (lie marriage serv
ice has given him a license to abuse
the woman he married worse than
be would a dog.
Perhaps not one woman in a mil
lion ever really takes any thought
about how she shall meet her hus
band. yet upon this apparently
trivial matter hangs the question
of whether marriage is a success
or a failure to him. Thtnk of a
man coming home of an evening,
tired and worn with the day’s work.
Suppose he comes home to a house
that is dark. Suppose there is no
one to welcome him because his
wife Is away, gadding the streets.
Perhaps the house is untidy, and
there is no dinner, save some messy
stuff from the delicatessen store
that the wife will bring in when
she comes home.
Sacrifices Worth While.
Suppose when a man comes home
he looks for little faces against the
window pane, watching for papa.
Suppose as he puts the key into tile
door there is a scurry..pf little feet
to meet him, and smothering arms
about his neck. Suppose his first
glance of home is of a cheery,
bright, orderly room, and of a swee*
faced woman with eyes glorified b>
love welcoming him. Suppose tlie
savory odors of a good dinner cook
ing streams from the kitchen also
to meet him.
Don't you think that makes a dif
ference which way a man is met
when he comes home of an even
ing'.' Don't you think that one man
feels that no matter how hard he
works for his family nor how much
he saeiiflees for them that it is
worth while, and that he gets value
return for his service, while T~
other man usks himself —and ■ —.
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bodv can blame him—“Oh, what's
the use ?”
Suppose a. man eoiqes home nerve
racked of an evening. All day long
he has been on the rack of terrible
anxiety, all day he has had to fight
for his very existence, all day he
had to hold himself with an Iron
hand to keep from offending those
whom it would be suicide in his
business or profession to offend. He
is <it tlie place where he feels the
weight of another feather would
break his back, yet the minute lie
opens the door - of his home his wife
deluges him with every petty vex
ation that has happened to her '.lur
ing the day.
Before he can eaten itis urea,
she has begun on how bad the eiii -
dren have been, how the tab’
broke his pet pipe, how the ooi.
is going to leave, how bis
butcher bill is, how strange it is
that he can’t make .money tu buy
an automobile, as Tom Jones has
done.
Suppose an exhausted mau .... e
home of an evening to a wife whos>
wise eyes take in just how weary
lie is ami who drags him aero,-, tii
threshold into an atmosnhe
perfect peace and calm, of soothing
icfVe and flattery, and who ;
only bright and joyous thing
will divert his weary mind anu
make him forget- the cares • •.,
day.
That Settles Question.
It doesn’t take any Sherlock
Holmes to tell which urn of ti-esc
men is going over tile! reeii i. . ./
nervous prostration, does it. The
way his wife meets him settles
question of inany a nian's ability to
fight tlie battie of life.
And suppose a woman has
worked and toiled all -day in the
home. Suppose she Las wrestled
with teething babies and refractory
sewing machines, and hae burnt
herself to a cinder cooking some fa
vorite dish for her husband. Sup
pose w’hen he comes home he bang’
the door, and kick- cat. am
slaps the baby, and sits down mm
gobbles his dinner, and mere
grunts when she asks him u ques
tion. Suppose his first word on en
tering the house is invariably a
criticism. Suppose he never notices
anything that she has done except
to knock'it.
Suppose a woman has spent her
day in tlie dull round of doinestL
duties, doing them as earnestly and
conscientiously as she can and
when night comes she is worn. ' n
body and soul. Suppose when • ’
husband comes home he meets we
witli a glad,'’sweet smile and ' ' “
and tells her that site grows mm’’
beautiful every day, and tliat
tlie most wonderful housekeep.
the world, and that lie think
guardian angel must have
working overtime when he get '
Suppose the husband brings
him light and cheer, and brightt ,k s
all the little gossip of the eiit-t
world that he has picked ur
which to amuse her.
Any difference in life betw-et
those two women? Any likeli! 1
of one of those two women fim 1
alfa flinfty. and the other one r"’
One may be the wife of a m'H
aire and the other the wifi 11 ,l
poor clerk, but one is miserabb
the other happy, for the w»y
husband meets her when lie > "m 1 ”
home of an evening makes . ' 1
. :i envy, or envious.
Believe inc, tlie firt of
»oui husband or your '('•.■ i-“
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