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The Atlanta Georgian
THE HOME RARER
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
Published by THE GEORGIAN COMPANY
At 20 East Alabama 8t.. Atlanta, Ga
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TheGeorgian’s EmptyStocking
Fund Has Made a Thousand
Children Happier To-day
i
To the Subscribers to The Georgian’s Empty Stocking Fund:
The Georgian feels that it will be a pleasure to you generous
people to know that, through your kindness and thoughtfulness
in providing a fund wherewith The Georgian might proceed intel
ligently and effectively to the relief of much distress and impend
ing unhappiness on Christmas Day, a great deal of genuine good
has been accomplished, in a most substantial way, and that a very
great deal of holiday sunshine has been injected into many dark
places.
Approximately one thousand children have been made hap
pier through the disposition of this fund.
Hundreds of them have been provided with toys and play
things of various kinds—such as were appropriate and sure to
bring joy to the recipients—and hundreds have been furnished
an ample supply of fruits, nuts and candies.
In nearly all cases these things have gone to children who
otherwise would have had no Santa Claus at all to day—and
there is no mistaking the real and abiding pleasure this has been
to them, not to mention the weight of disappointment that thus
has been lifted from many childish and expectant hearts.
Besides that, hundreds of worthy and deserving children
have been provided with new shoes, stockings, warm and com
fortable underclothing, and things of that sort. Subscribers may
feel assured that they have lent a genuinely helping hand here,
too!
The Georgian has taken great pleasure in distributing this
Empty Stocking Fund.
We KNOW it has reached the places where it was most
needed—really and unmistakably needed!
By reason of this great work, Christmas Day in Atlanta has
been a better and a brighter day for thousands—that much we
are assured of!
Parcel Post and the Rural
Carrier
In providing for the extension of the usefulness of the parcel
post, by increasing the weight of the package that may be car
ried, the Postmaster General and Congress should not overlook
the rural free delivery carrier.
- This postman of the back woods, who drives from eighteen
to twenty-five miles a day over rough country, is paid on a basis
of the amount of ground he covers. For a twenty-five mile route
he receives $1,100 a year. He must provide his equipment, which
generally consists of an open wagon, a covered one for bad
weather and a sleigh when sleighing is possible.
He is postman, money order clerk, weigher of packages,
seller of stamps and registrar of letters. He must provide his
own horses, feed and shoe them, and make an average of four
miles an hour or report why, when late. Sometimes, in fact fre
quently, he is compelled to keep as many as three horses because
of the strain on horses in mountainous districts. Many of them
are now driving teams because of the parcel post.
For three dollars a day he must furnish a team to the Gov
ernment, drive twenty-five miles, in all kinds of weather over
roads of all kinds, and may not even earn an extra dollar through
carrying the chance passenger into the back country, without
running a risk of. facing charges.
Why should not the Government provide the horses and
wagons and give to the rural carrier a chance to live. When the
cost of horse feed, shoeing, wear and tear on harness and rigs
and depreciation is taken into consideration, the rural postman
is lucky if he has 50 per cent of the money paid to him to keep
his family.
Thousands of these men quit the service last year, at a time
.vhen the Government was EXTENDING THEIR USEFUL
NESS, AT THEIR EXPENSE. How many more of these faith
ful servants will be driven out when the weight of the package is
made 50 pounds?
While There’s Life There’s
Hope
A man who was rejected as a soldier on the ground that he
had a weak heart, when he volunteered at the outbreak of the
Civil War, has just celebrated his golden wedding and a couple
of anniversaries added.
The doctors in that elder day appear to have known no more
about how long a “creaking hinge” would last than they do to
day.
A thing of this kind brings hope to every man still alive,
and over whom some medical man has gravely shaken his head.
While there is life there is hope.
The glitter of gold gives the
countenance of a plain girl a most
pleasing appearance.
U is not so had to have a skele
ton in your closet if it does not
persist in dancing the tango at
unexpected moments.
* * *
When witnesses in a lawsuit are
honest they seldom agree as to
details of the case.
The Real Santa Claus
W E always picture Santa Claus as ruddy, plump and Jolly,
Snugly wrapped In fur-lined coat, gayly decked with holly;
Whirling through the crisp night air, shot with bright star-
twlnklea,
While beneath hie reindeers' feet the Bnowflake scarcely crinkles.
The 8anta Claus we always dream, nears upon his back
A bully, bursting, bountiful. Joy-creating pack;
And If his Christinas largess should deplete his brimming store
All he need do Is turn hts team and speed right back for more.
B UT, alas, the REAL Santa Claus is often thin and weak,
And no tingle of the Wintry air brings color to her cheek;
And often on the Christmas eve, the Christmas spirit mocking,
Bhe sees beside her empty hand the tattered, empty stocking.
But childish hope Is long-lived and childish faith is strong,
And the stockings wait each Christmas lest Santa come along;
So she skimps and Btarves and struggles to get the babes a toy,
For what’s HER cold and hunger to her children’s dream and Joy.
S O when you think of Santa Claus, the one who’s plump and Jolly,
The one who’s snug In fur-lined coat and smiles through wreaths of
holly,
, The one who, of his plenty, lavishes Christmans Joys,
Where Joys abound already, on favored girls and boys—
Oh, don’t forget the others, the weary ones and worn,
Who render of their scanty store to brighten Christmas morn;
And In the pleasant bustle of this happy season, pause
| To lend a hand of helpfulness to the REAL Santa Claus.
I —WBX JOSES,
Getting Jobs For Everybody
By EDWIN MARKHAM.
General Amrou
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY
F ROM that valuable book,
‘‘Monarchical Socialism in
Germany," by Elmer Rob
erts, which Scribner's has late
ly sent out, I note an Interesting
study on the providing of work
for all who are willing and able
to work. Observe Germany’s
care for her citizens:
"Political thinking In Germany,
beginning with the later Bis-
marcklan days, abandoned the *
Idea Shat the Individual alone Is
responsible for hts situation in
life, his employment or unem
ployment, and decided that some
how Inwoven with Individual re
sponsibility Is the responsibility
of society.
"It became evident to observers
that the loss of employment In
Industrial crises was brought
about by events over which the
workmen could have no control.
Besides periodical depressions,
the development of Immense or
ganizations, formerly unknown. In
the management of which the In
dividual workman does not par
ticipate and tn which there can
be no direct bargain between the
managing employer and the em
ployed, has brought economists
nnd the governments of German
States to the conviction that the
State, or the local government,
must justly share responsibility
for unemployment and must de
vise measures for the creation of
a fund out of which the unem
ployed may of right take assist
ance.
"The Government has therefore
In the course of the last 25 years
abandoned the standpoint of the
imperial Industrial laws guaran
teeing complete liberty of action
between the giver of labor and
the applicant, and has under
taken to Intervene by a policy
of protection. This policy of pro
tection for the employee runs
parallel with protection of agri
culture. of Internal trade, of for
eign commerce, and, through an
Intricate system of adjustment.*,
between ail individuals, whether
great capitalists or small work
men, and the economic whole.”
O N December 22, in the year
640, the great Mohamme
dan general, Amrou, found
himself master of the renowned
Cit^r of Alexandria, the capital of
Egypt, and at that time the com
mercial and Intellectual metropo
lis of the world.
To his master, the Caliph Omar,
Amfou wrote: “I have captured
Alexandria, a city containing
4,000 palaces, 400 baths. 12,000
dealers in oil, 12,000 gardeners,
40,000 Jews who pay tribute, and
400 theaters and other places of
amusement."
Amrou made no reference to the
wonderful library, concerning
which there 1 s come down to us
the following story: John the
Grammarian begged Amrou to
give him the library. Amrou re
plied that it was not in his power
to grant such request, but that he
would write to the Caliph about
1t. Omar sent back this reply:
‘If those books agree with the
Koran, they are of no use, since
the Koran contains all needful
truth. If, on th« other hand,
they are contrary to the Koran,
they ought to be destroyed. There
fore I order them to be commit
ted to the flames.’ Accordingly
the priceless volumes were dis
tributed among the public baths
of the city, where, for more than
six months, they served to supply
the fires.”
Such is the story. But It has
been proven to be a false story.
Anthon assures us that th^ narra
tive rests merely on the authority
of the historian Abulphargius, and
has no other proof at ail to sup
port it.
The story probably had Its ori
gin among the Monks, who
thought it might serve to oitset
their work in Alexandria in the
year 390, when, headed by their
Archbishop, Theodosius, they
burnt and otherwise destroyed the
second Alexandrian Library,
which Anton had caused to be
brought from Pergamus in A. D
36.
With the capture of the Mo
hammedans the illustrious city,
which for five centuries had been
the intellectual center of the
world, bes;an a decline from which
It was n.iver destined to recover.
But it is the prerogative of truth
to be immortal: and the truth
that Alexandria gave to mankind
during the time of its glory abides
still and is working to-day. as
mightily as ever, for the mental
and moral uiplift of humanity.
,* OUT OF WORK ^
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
I 'M out of work and it’s Christmas time;
The rent is due and 1 haven't a dime.
The landlord has been a pretty good sport,
Better, I guess, than most of his sort.
Rut he’s after me now, and he made it clear
That we'll have to go the first of the year.
There isn’t a thing in the house to eat
Or a pair of shoes ior the youngs.-i's feet.
Look for work* What is that you say?
I have looked at night and I've tramped all day.
I have stubbed around in this roaring town
Till I cursed the fellows that turned me down.
I'm out of work and It’s Christmas time,
And I feel like a m..n that would stoop to crime.
I hate to go to the flat, yon see.
Where the wife and kid are waiting for ma.
The wife will know when she sees my face
That 1 haven’t been able to find a place.
What’s that? You’ll give ma a job. you say,
vnd let me get started right away?
Let me go to the flat and tell my wife:
She’ll never be happier in her life.
And we'll get right down on our knees and pray
To the Baby that came on Christmas Day.
Ella Wheeler
Wilcox
—ON—
The Age of Woman’s Greatest
Capacity for Love--It Lies Be
tween Thirty and Forty When
She Is Better Able to Appre
ciate and Reciprocate It.
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Copyright, 1818, by Stax Comptnj.
T HE old, old question is again
propounded: When Is a
woman capable of the deep
est affection?
When are her emotions at their
ripest?
Woman Is always a difficult and
complicated subject to analyze, and
at the best we can only generalize.
One fact Is too obvious to need
more than merely stating—the
girl under twenty is wholly Incapa
ble of forming a lifelong attach
ment.
If she DOBS form one which
lasts through all the vicissitudes
of maturer years, it is merely a
happy chance which has aided her,
not the result of her ripened Judg
ment floe Intuition or mature emo
tions.
One, however, might let this
statement cover all attachments—
at whatever age—since marriage Is
so evidently a lottery. An engage
ment of seven years, where the
lovers saw each other almost dally,
has been known to end In separa
tion after a year of married misery.
Nevertheless, as a rule, a woman
of twenty-five Is better able to
form a correct Idea of a man's
character than a girl of eighteen,
and she is capable of a deeper love
and a more practical expression
of It.
A Woman’s Affections
Are Strongest from
After 30 or 35.
So far aa the real Intensity of a
woman's affections are concerned,
they are rarely at their strongest
before thirty or thirty-five. A
woman of that age Is to all earlier
ages what August la to April, May
or June. Bhe craves affection more
than she craved It In her adoles
cence, and she is better able to
appreciate and to reciprocate.
This Is why so many seemingly
happy marriages resnlt In a ellmax
of disaster in middle life. This Is
why so many women of thlrty-flvs
or forty figure In the scandals and
divorces of the day.
Men who delight In assuring ua
that they are our mental super
iors in all the sciences and arts,
men who have developed thslr
brains and grown great and wise
and wonderful in every direction
save one, have yet to learn that a
wife of middle age—which is the
vary zenith of life—4s no mere
ready to “Bettis down” .into the
dull commonplace of “understood”
affection than Is the sun at midday
ready to set behind the western
hills.
Every day we meet bright, in
telligent, intellectual maa, whose
lives are filled with worldly aims
and ambitions, and who are su
premely uncoHseious ef or indiffer
ent to the fact that their lives are
HOW HORSES RISE.
P. C. G.—You have lost your
bet, and you deserve to lose it.
A horse never gets up first on his
hind feet. He invariably gets up
first on his fore feet. The ox, on
the other hand, reverses the pro
cess, always rising on his hind
feet first, and then lifting his head
and shoulders with his fore legs.
WHAT "VIKINGS” MEANS.
V. J.—"Vikings” is the term
that applies to the Scandinavian
warriors—call them pirates, if you
like—of the eighth to the eleventh
century. The term applies to the
rank and file as well as to the
chiefs, and means, fundamentally,
pirates, or robbers
GREELEY’S^ ELI Gl ON.
L P.—Horace Greeley was a
Universalist in religion, and was
a regular attendant at the
"Church of the Divine Paternity,”
thing outlived or submerged in
the sea of reality, and use the
plural, indicating that they believed
the condition was mutual, when
we knew at the same time of the
heart hunger and restless dlseon
tent of the wives who were in
cluded In this plural reference
Thousands of American men to
day believe they are the most un
selfish and devoted of husbands
because they are giving brain,
mind and body to business with
the idea of bestowing luxuries
upon their families.
They Have No Hour for
Calling, No Everting
for Social Life.
They have no hour for calling,
no time for recreation, no evening
for social life or entertainments,
and no impulse for lover-llke at
tentions to their wives.
They return home tired, ner
vous, Irritable or sleepy, and
think the wife unreasonable who
complains, since they are giving
all their energies for her comfort
and pleasure.
Yet her comfort and pleasure
would be tenfold If the husband
were to escort her about occasion
ally with the same lover-ilia »t-
tentlon of his days of wooing and
If he were able to talk to her of
other things than business and
finance.
Tho middle-aged man mar be
satisfied with his ambitious alms,
but It Is the middle-aged worn in
who craves and feels the deepest
love.
Fortunately, this is the era of
the middle-aged woman; It is her
hour of action and achievement.
The last decade has shown a
marked progress for the woman ef
maturity toward a broader, higher
plane of usefulness than she has
aver before eoeuplad.
Every Day New Doors
Are Flung Open for
Such Women.
Every day new doors ana lung
open for women whose homes ars
disappointing and whose hearts ars
unsatisfied; doers which lead to
agreeable oocupatlon, to earnest
endeavor and to the happiness
which comes from busy days well
employed.
And this larger outlook for
woman Is making her a better com
rade for her husband and ether
men and lessening the chances of
her occupying the unoBviaMe posi
tion of a neglsotad wife as the
years go by.
It Is helping her understand men
better, and perhaps by this better
understanding she will come to
realize jnst wherein she failed of
cid to keep his affection.
For when all Is said and done,
of which the famous Dr. K H
Chapin was minister. Greeley died
In 1872, at the age of «L broken
hearted over his wife’s death and
his political dlscomfitura.
OSAGE ORANGE.
T. H. C.—The osage orange 1»
a native of North America and is
generally used as a hedge- ln
seme instances It attains a height
of 60 feet. The fruit is not pois
onous, but is seldom, if ever, eat
en, being filled with a woody fiber
and a milky juice which la faJ
from attractive to the tasta-
THE ESKIMO,
READER|—No satisfactory so
lution of the question of the origin
of the Eskimo has ever been
given. Whether they came from
Asia or from North America,
whether they are related to the
more Southern American Indian?
or to the Tartars of the grea -
Aslan Continent is still open to
debate.
starving for expressed affection.
We have all heard men laugh
ingly refer to sentiment as a
this faot remains—
Ye absolutely lovable woman ever
goes unloved through life.
Questions Answered