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EDITORIAL RAGE The Atlanta Georgian THE HOME RARER THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published by THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 20 East Alabama 8t.. Atlanta, Ga Entered a« second-class matter at ooetofflce at Atlanta, under act of March 8. 1*73 HEXRST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN and THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN will be mailed to subscribers anywhere In the United States. Canada nnd Mexico, one month for S ftO. Three months for $1.75; change of addreaa made an often aa desired Foreign subscription rates on application. 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