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EDITORIAL RAGE The Atlanta Georgian the home: paper THE ATLANTA. GEORGIAN Published by THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 20 East Alabama St.. Atlanta. Gs. Entered «e second-class matter at Dostofflee at Atlanta, under act of Mare# I, i»j» HEARST'S SUM 'AY AMERICAN and THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN will be mailed to subscribers anywhere In the United States. 1 anada and Mexico, on# month for $ 60, throe month* for $1 75; change of address made as often as desired Foreign subscription rates on application. 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.