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The South, the Church, the
Sabbath and the State
It is time for Religion to have its innings, and the Church of
God its revival in the hearts of men.
This old South of ours, which ia not less old because it is al
together new, is the citadel, both of real Americanism and of
genuine Orthodoxy in this Republic. The faith of the Fathers has
its abiding place where the Sons 6f the Fathers are most in evi
dence. And here in the South—here in Georgia—the old race,
the old order and the old glorious Americanism has its best ex
pression.
It is the comment throughout the country that the South is
more American, more Orthodox, more representative than any
other section of the country. There are thoughtful men who look
to the South to save the American ideals in our people. There are
thousands who look to the South to preserve the ancient faith and
the stalwart character of the Republic.
This is a repute that is well worth while from every point of
view—moral, spiritual and material. It makes the South unique,
respected, and to be desired.
The church has recorded splendid progress in these recent
years. It has manifested progress, modernity, charity and the
larger humanity of helpfulness to all men. It is more tolerant
and less dogmatic. It is shorn of something of the tyranny of
clergy, and is at once more democratic, more liberal and more
humane!
The years have taught the church and the clergy some
mighty lessons that they need to know. The church is more in
touch with men.
You men and women of Georgia who have drifted away
from the church into the absorptions of business and pleasure
ought to drift back to-morrow to observe the vitality, the al
truism, charity and the adaptability it has learned. Yon ought
to go to church again for the sake of the old mother who loved
you and at whose knee you lisped the aspirations that make your
character to-day.
You ought to go to church Sunday for the sake of your
father, who in that earlier day was a defender of the faith.
You ought to go to church Sunday for the sake of your sons
and daughters, who are treading in your footsteps, to take your
place in the world, and who you know could not possibly plant
their ideals and their characters upon a nobler foundation than
the Rock of Ages.
You—Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Episcopalians,
Disciples, Unitarians, Catholics—owe it to all things that you
should look in Sunday thoughtfully and reverently upon that
great institution within which you all were raised, and see what
it has learned and what you may learn, and what you may do
to help the oldest, the safest, the helpfulest and the soundest in
stitution that your magnificent civilization has known.
We have Atlanta Day, Memorial Day, Washington Day,
National Day, Christmas Day. Now let us have Church Day
on God’s Day. Let everybody go to church Sunday.
And let the preachers who occupy the pulpits to mighty
throngs to-morrow he awake to the responsibility of this Mighty
Day, and be sure to preach the doctrines of helpfulness and for
giveness and charity that will hold for other days the eager,
restless, active, practical, and not ungodly race of men.
In these days of too few hours of light and much Christmas
shopping the traffic, in the streets is doubled because of the many
delivery wagons and vehicular traffic generally. Just in that
proportion is the danger increased to the women shoppers and
men, too. In crossing the street it is well to watch the traffic
policeman. Obey his signals, but if confused seek safety by his
side. Hii position is a trying one, but he is very human, and the
knowledge that a bewildered man or woman has sought safety
by his side appeals to him. There is the gratification of knowing
that he is appreciated, and his standing in the rain and cold, is
not in vain.
STARS AND STRIPES
Police raided a wedding in Con
necticut. Probably wanted to
rescue the bridegroom.
• • •
English authorities, by arrest
ing Mrs. Pankhurst on the high
seas, perpetrated a low trick.
• • •
Colonel Roosevelt has been pre
sented with an Argentine horse.
Will it pull with the Bull Moose?
• * •
Pair of eggshell plates sold in
London for only $184. Would
have brought a higher price in
Atlanta.
• * *
Undertakers in Paterson, N. J.,
are establishing a correspondence
school to teach the reassembling
of mangled bodies. Extending
their sphere bit by bit.
* • *
Film with President Wilson’s
smile is to be kept in a sealed
box for 100 years Should get
out about the um* 1 the Mexican
situation is settled.
Seven betrothals recorded in
Boston college in seven weeks.
Surprising amount of Ignorance
in a college, too.
• • •
Gotham Plumbers’ Association
reports to the police that $100,-
000 in materials have been stolen
during the year. Should be some
way to stop this leak.
• • •
Military authorities have re
fused to allow arms shipped Into
Ireland. However, the Irish will
still be able to kick for Home
Rule.
• • •
Secretary Bryan must lecture to
keep his far mrunnlng. Might
try the race track.
• • •
"Savants seek microbe of bald
ness." Should be easy to And It
hasn't much cover
• • •
New York man s .«■>: by his
brother for going io work. Ah.
the old New York aristocratic
spirit.
Christmas Is Coming
All Marriage Is a Leap Into the Dark
By DOROTHY DIX
T HE newspapers have recent
ly contained accounts of
the marriage of a middle-
aged couple who had nevef met
until the wedding day, and in
which the bridegroom had never
Been the bride’s face until she
lifted the heavy veil she wore aft
er the ceremony was performed.
It is the custom among many
Oriental people for a man to thus
marry, sight unseen, and to get
his first glimpse of his wife after
it is too late to return her to the
bargain counter in case she
doesn’t come up to his ideal of fe
male pulchritude, but, so far as
is known, this is the first time
an American man has entered the
holy state without taking a squint
at his fellow-adventurer to see
whether she was a peach or a
lemon.
Of course, we all know that ap
pearances are deceptive, and the
eye is the poorest of all guides
to go by, especially In Judging a
woman. Still, the faithful candi
date for matrimony has felt that
he must do what he could to
protect himself agalnet unneces
sary risks, and, at least, pick out
a wife that looked good to him.
Hence the world stands appalled
at the reckless bravado of the
man who has added one more
foolhardy hazard to the Big Gam
ble by marrying a lady whose
countenance he has never beheld.
Yet, after all, does this man
who in irries the veiled lady take
a much bigger chance, even on
her looks, than does every ther
man who takes a wife?
No Woman Looks To-day
as She Will Look To
morrow.
For what a woman looks like
to-day she wi” not look like to
morrow, nor the day after, nor
the years after that. Romeo
swears that he knows every
curve and dimple of Juliet’s face,
and every adorable expression
that flits across it. But what
about the sharp angles, and wrin
kles, and hollows, and crow's-feet
that sickness, or age, or temper
changes it into?
The truth is that all marriage
is a leap nt<> th dark, and the
result depends so completely
upon accident that sometimes one
is tempted to think that the
grabbag principle of ^electing a
husband or w ife is just as good
as any other.
It is one of the most tragical
facts of existence that there
seems to be no way of judging
beforehand what sort of a hus
band or wife any man or woman
will make, and that all the ordi
nary tests of charatcer by which
we Judge people fail absolutely
before the acid test of matrimony.
For instance, our rough ideal of
a fine man Is a man who Is hon
est, upright, Just in his dealings
with others, and a liberal spend
er. If, in addition to these quali
ties, we can say that he is a
good jSon, we feel that we have
described a paragon that any
woman ought to thank God for
getting.
But does the possession of
these admirable qualities insure
that a man will make a good
husband? It does not.
Many a man who is as sober
as the town pump, and as do
mestic as the house cat, and as
upright as the moral law, is a
grum grouch at home, and a
grinding tyrant whose wife trem
bles before him. Many a man
who is liberal to the outside world
is a tightwad to his wife, or else
he’s so generous about setting up
drinks for the boys that there's
never enough money to buy his
wife shoes. Many a man who is
Just to his employees is cruelly
unfair to his wife, and even the
good son not infrequently con
siders it perfectly fair to offer up
his wife as a sacrifice to his
mother.
No woman can estimate what
sort of a husband a man will
make by the esteem in Which he
is held by the world, for there is
nothing truer than the old French
proverb which says that there are
men “who are the joy of the
street and the sorrow of the
home.”
So every woman who marries
really goes it blind. She has no
possible way of telling what sort
of a husband she Is getting.
And the man who marries
takes equal risks. He picks out a
girl who appears to be pretty/
and sweet, and amiable, and in
dustrious, and economical, but no
human being except the girl and
her mother—and they won’t tell
—know whether she possesses
those virtues in reality, or if she
PUTTY: ]
It’s a 1
Little Bear
1©1 a
IntornatiMal
Berrtae.
hus-
In=Shoots
has just assumed them as bait
wherewith to catch a husband.
Many a poor man who has been
captured by a beautiful face hag
found out that the good looks all
came off with the paint and pow
der and false hair and transfor
mations that were too much trou
ble to be worn every day for a
mere husband. Many an unfor
tunate man has ascertained that
the girl who was so meek and
mild that butter wouldn’t melt in
her mouth before marriage turns
into a shrew and a virago after
marriage. Many a man who mar
ries a poor girl because he wants
a thrifty and industrious wife
finds out that the girl who has
had to work and economize be
fore marriage goes on a perfect
orgy of spending and self-indul
gence as soon as she’s got a man
to toil for her.
On the other hand, many a girl
who has been a silly little butter
fly before marriage becomes a
household grub afterward;
many a girl who has been a gay
little flirt before marriage turns
Into the most devoted of wives,
and many a girl who has been
extravagant becomes a model of
thrift when she has her
band's money to handle.
No Soothsayer Can Warn
a Man in Time to
Do Him 6-ood.
And no soothsayer can warn a
man in time to do him any good
of which way the cat is going to
Jump.
Matrimony Is a case in which
you never can tell what will hap
pen, or how people will turn out,
and, In effect, we all wear veils
before our faces and over our
characters when we get married,
and our husbands and wives
never really see us as we are un
til after the ceremony. Or else,
perhaps, there would be no more
wedding bells.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
ON—
Parents and Children—The Most Important Duties
of Parenthood Are Often Left to Teachers.
What Are You Doing for Your Children?
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
CopTTi«ht. 1013. hy SUi Company
1s an ap pal llnK fact that; this J s<mse of responsibility toward all
I institution, preservative of
all institutions, if it is to be
judged by some modern homes,
is actually In danger of becoming
a serious menace to American life
and national righteousness. The
well-regulated home, where there
Is mutual affection and respect, a
kind and just exercise of authority,
unquestioning obedience, mutual
helpfulness, and the cherishing of
those great principles which lie at
the foundation of the Christian
religion, is the only hope for the
larger and national life. Without
such homes the people of this
country cannot expect, and have
no right to expect, a government
that will maintain Justice, equity,
| and right, and whose social order
and institutions will be perpet
uated.
"For the most part father has
degenerated into or been succeeded
by ‘daddy’ or ‘dad,’ who is merely
a convenient fellow, when he hap
pens to be at home, for a riotous
romp or for receiving orders to
buy this or that, and who has no
more authority or influence In the
family government than one of the
‘kids.’ While mother—well, as a
general rule, nurse has taken her
place in the home, and frequently
an Incapable and unconsclentious
nurse whose influence Is anything
but good.
"The “kids' (there are no chil
dren now), Instead of being taught
self-denial, self-restraint, and re
spect for others and for the rights
of others, demand and are yielded
the fullest measure of unregulated
liberty and license and self-indul
gence; In other words, they are
practically left to rear themselves
according to their own ‘sweet
wills.’
"Much might also be said of the
lamentable lack of Darental care
and oversight as to the dally and
nightly whereabouts of the larger
sons and daughters, the doubtful
character of the entertainments
frequented by them, and the de
moralizing literature admitted Into
the home, aa well as ether threat
ening evils.”
—WM. 8. THORItTQTOX.
HOW LARGE THY TASK?
H OW large thy task, O teacher
of the youngl
To take the ravelled threads
by parents flung
With careless hands—and through
consummate care
To weave a fabric, fine and firm
and fair;
God’s uncompleted work Is thine to
do—
Be brave and true.
—ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
ANY parents who read the
words of Mr. Thorlngton
will resent them. Yet
they are needed words, and pain
fully true of a large percentage of
American homes and parents.
Are you a parent of grown chil
dren?
If so, Jnst what do you know of
their methods of enjoyment, out
side the home, or even at home?
Do you take a sympathetic in
terest In all their pleasures, and
do you try to make them feel you
are their friend, and that you have
not forgotten your own youth?
Are they on such happy terms
with you that they tell you all
their little secrets and talk over
all their hopes and ambitions and
longings? Hare you made your
own son feel respect and a high
Observation will generally
prove that the booster always
gets out of breath before the
knocker.
• • •
When friendship gets beyond
the cold feet stage It is some
times called love.
• * *
The rich father-in-law Is often
the worst tightwad of all.
M
women?
Does he understand that sex re
lations are sacred i .alters, and
that any light or low view of the
subject is fraught with enormous
dangers for him and for his de
scendants?
Unless a young man knows this,
from the scientific and medical
side, he is not well equipped to go
about seeking for social pleasures
In safety. He is in danger him
self. and he Is liable to become a
menace to those with whom he
associates.
Has your young daughter any
knowledge of herself as a woman
and a possible mother of another
generation, which will protect her
from disaster, morally or phys
ically?
Possibly, being your daughter,
you feel she must be safe from
doing any foolish or wrong act.
But you must remember how
many other ancestors have given
her tendencies and qualities and
Impulses of which you know
nothing.
First and foremost she is a hu
man being, a part of nature, and
she will pass through the same
stages of development which flow
ers and plants and animals pass
through.
Just as the tree buds and then
flowers, and then bears fruit, so
every normal woman experiences
these Instincts to carry on nature’s
work.
But as she cannot perform these
functions as naturally and frankly
a# the things In the vegetable and
animal kingdom do, she needs
guidance and protection through
the romantic bud and flower pe
riod of her unfoldment. Tenden
cies which an unkind and undis
criminating world might call evil
are simply natural tendencies for
mating and bearing offspring.
They show themselves In romantlo
Impulses and a desire to enjoy the
aoclety of the opposite sex.
That desire should be gratified,
hut It should be guided and pro
tected.
Are you protecting your daugh
ter?
Do you know what hours she
keeps with her callers, and when
she visits her girl friends, do you
know what places they visit and
who are their escorts, and what
hour she reaches her rooms?
If you are parents of small chil
dren, are you giving them any
foundation of good manners and
agreeable behavior and kindly In
stincts, which will make th«n
tractable students when they be
gin to attend school, and will
cause the tendrils of their young
minds to reach np to lovely quali
ties, Instead of trailing down into
the dust of selfishness and the
mire of immorality?
The most Important duties of
parenthood are often cast on the
burdened shoulders of teachers.
Having brought a child into the
world and to a school age is not
all of the responsibility of a father
and mother. Not even when ac
companied by generosity and a
willlngnees to pay teachers to do
the work neglected at home.
Nothing can ever quite recom
pense a child who has reached the
age of ten without having received
the loving, careful training of a
patient mother or father in the
small, gracious things which make
up daily conduct.
Any parent, however poor, can
teach a ohlld to speak low, to avoid
flat contradictions, to be respectful
to elders, to sit correctly, to par
take of food silently and enter
and leave a room gracefully. So,
too, can any parent who has right
instincts, avoid having a child hear
gossip or unkind criticism or coarss
language.
Are you doing all these things?
The Father of Science
By REV THOMAS B. GREGORY.
O N the lhth of December, of
the year 212 B. C., perished
the great Archimedes, mur
dered by a brutal, ignorant Ro
man soldier, as he sat with
bowed head in his house at Syra
cuse thinking out the mighty
problems of science.
Archimedes was born at Syra
cuse, Sicily, 287 B. C., and was,
therefore at the time of his
death 76 years old. He was the
greatest man of his day, and will
ever rank as one of the pro-
foundest thinkers and reasoners
of all time. In mathematics and
natural philosophy he had no peer
on earth, and It Is not too much to
say that he Is fairly entitled to
be called the "Father of Science.”
He would have discovered the
differential calculus had algebra
been known in hlg day, and he
came very near doing so even as
It was. He anti cl nated the as
tronomical system, subsequently
worked out by Copernicus. He
laid the foundation of hydro
static®. He Invented the method
for the determination of specific
gravity. He formulated the true
theory of the lever and u*ered
tta *v®r famous words, 'Give ms
—
whereon to stand and I will m<rv.
the earth." In theoretical me
chanics no advance was mad*
upon his ideas during the eight
een centuries between httai ant
Leonardo da Vinci.
It wag Archimedes who invent
ed the endless screw, the mo*
important mechanical contrivance
known to science. FYom tin
teeming brain of the old Svra
cusan came also the idea of th<
screw pump, the hydraulic ©n
£ln.e and the burning mirr:r. H<
was the creator of the catapult
the artillery of the olden time
whose dreadful bolt* were th*
terror of ancient armless. He in
vented another engine, the pon
derous claw* of which, reach! ns
over the wall% lifted up ships an<
their crew* and then sudjSech
dropped them into the *ea. whil<
with hi* great “*un grl&eeee" h<
wa* able to *et on fire *uoh o
the enemiejf *h!p» a* could not b*
reached with th© grappling ma
chine.
It took the world 2,000 yean
to produce the equal of th*
mighty intellect that was bruta.
ly snuffed out by the blow fron
the mace of that brutal Rcm*i
soldier.