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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
s Published by " E GEORGIAN COMPANY
) At 20 East Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga
R Entered as second-class matter at postofce a Atlants under act of March 8, 1872
A Campaign of Mud-Slinging
That Will NOT Succeed
The Recall Campaign in its public promulgations has degen
erated utterly and completely into a campaign of personal abuse.
It first sought to heap upon Captain James W. English—one
of the pioneer citizens of Atlanta, a constructor and a builder, a
Confederate soldier with a gallant record, and a citizen of many
years of approved service—unspeakable personal abuse.
Of course, the result of this vicious campaign has been what
persons of political sagacity might have expected, in that it has
aroused the loyal friends of Captain English—and they are le
gion—to rally to his defense and to repudiate in specific and
eategorical terms the wicked slanders heaped upon him.
Apparently, this first mistake of the recallers forced a be.
lated, if temporary, glimmer of common sense into the brains of
the persons who have projected their campaign of publicity, and
the attacks upon Oaptain English for a time were more or less
abandoned, so far as public utterances are concerned—although
the fight against him still is going on.
Picking out next what they probably conceived to be an
*“easier mark'’' than Captain English, the recall people have
turned their mud.batteries in the direction of Mayor Woodward.
They reached a climax there Thursday, when they quoted the
llyuuhvh(fldhfmthmmborofmmm at a
banquet Wednesday night: ‘‘'We need the leading business men
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‘You business men do not want to seek a position, because you do
flmtbhbflnpbhmlduaoohndmm. You
ql'tmwd,hbow».uphkpookmudmfunud crooks
and viceseekers.”” And added to this isolated quotation from
the Mayor's speech this comment parenthetically: .‘‘EVIDENT.
LY THE MAYOR WAS REMEMBERING HIS METHODS!"
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"#t business man is needed in the Mayor's chair.'’
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Woodward. It is neither our business nor our purpose to become
his politieal sponsor or champion. We have at times submitted
Some rather critical remarks concerning him, and it may
be that we shall again—The Georgian always reserves to
thuwhmmmrmuy. But
We have never called him a grafter or & crook. And we have
mever sald he is dishonest.
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ward, and many tart comments thrown at his head, BUT IT
SEEMS TO HAVE REMAINED FOR THE LEADERS OF
THE RECALL TO REFER TO MR WOODWARD IN
SPECIFIC TERMS AS A 'CROOK AND A GRAFTER, AND
AS DISHONEST.
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‘Woodward, this is the FIRST time we have ever heard him
Whu&u“com.cum
P And The Georgian does not believe that one per cent of the
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that Mayor Woodward IS any one of these detestable things.
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duce their exhibit of evidence, 1o prove their monstious charges.
Few persons—whatever else they may bave suspected of
Woodward—have suspected him of gTaft or crooked dealings.
8o far as The Georgian is concerned, it beliwves this outra.
geous charge against the Mayor is nothing more or less than
willful and wicked abuse—and to that level the Recall Cam.
paign in desperation apparently has reduced ftself
The St. Louis Medical Society
Sets a Good Example
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ed physicians and surgeons of St Louls arose in wrath and
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- gulity of “splitting fees'’ with & phywician.
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which the physician persuades his patient that he needs some
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| ean do it best and then. when the operation has been performed,
“whacks up’ with the surgeon on the fees.
. Buch & practioss, of course, strongly inclines those whe do
Bto MAKE BUSINESS for themselves by advising unseces.
" or doubtful operstions and by the boosting of fees 1o an
b figure
E? SSO & wretched kind of ROBBERY and BREACH of
p SN and expose with vigor and promptoss. This is due
, 2.4 t and honorable profession which i not only A BUSI
y .is founded on & relation between doctor and patient
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a Public Duty
By Woods Hutchinson, M. D.
The World's Best Known Wreiter on
Medical Subdjects.
Y one of thoss ourious pen-
B dulum swings to which
even sclentific opinion s
subject, & couple of years ago It
began to be fashionabls in pro
fessional sanitary circles to sneer
&t Cisan Up movements and prop-
We were reminded, with & su
perior alr, that after all dirt didn't
mAtLler 2o very much o long as it
wasn't infected dirt!
That cleaning up bdack alleys
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vacant lots was all very wail
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But was & waste svod money
~ from a sanitary standpoint so
long as the dirt did not comtain
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Slinn waie & 45 & S
| or our
| Simtlarly, in mo..nu-d per .
Sonal cleaniiness, we were con-
R R eo e e
| ::a-n valua, because it eould
not possibly kill or wash off all
the germs on the human skin'
; One eminent Bostonian author -
My deciared that its value was
- purely esihetic from the pleas
| ure and lliusive sense of personal
Ppurity it gave u.'.-.nool‘u.h
; w‘:“!:o“'“':y e
crachs I the skin nm
ferme could penetrate
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putes wern sublect
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infected oF not, bred and the
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piane post for germe from
sen s mouihe and eick fooms
Whiie for personal cleanii
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he dendiiest and most wide
sprend plagues which afllict hu.
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now traatd and soigiy te
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A Mansized Job
o CHARACTER o
Kl eyt ]
(From his annual address before the
Phi Beta Kappa Society st
Cornell University.)
HARACTER is the power to
Cmu alone,” even If all
about you take ancther
point of view,
Character is social grace. It is
the ability ordinarily to get on
With others, to turn the chance
sequaintance into & real friend
It sno by-product of & model
college 1o stand alone when there
sno need. That ia in fact
merely an idlosyncrasy, having no
connection with college, and nev
o a by-product of the model col
irge
Chamoter is the ability to see
the point of view of others, and
A quick readiness to admit that
no—ynuuyloum
Character inciudes ot
and pleasant address and quick
forgetfuiness of untoward things
Hew 10 the line we must, 1o have
the highest characier, but, as has
been traly hinted, there is no need
to pick up chipe
Character inciudes the power 1
discriminate betwesn good and
Vil between the lmportant and
the trivial, betwesn the service
of sthers and the thought of self,
betwesn geod cltiesnship and
bad, or, a 8 bas 100 aften besn
said with truth of college men, in-
Gifferent citisenahip, between
thoroughness and suparficiality,
between truth and faisehood.
AN INTEREST 1N LIFE.
Charscter gives an abeorbing
interest in Nt It s one of the |
most Important by-products of
our besl colleges that out of many
interests in life the graduate J
choosss one And gives Dimself
with & eenee of praperiien to that
srgie interes -
No normal person s ae
hiough & modern colloge in hese
Gaye and not get this fesiing of
absorplion In ane thing to the ex
clusion of many other things per.
Bape a 8 Impertant but te which
he can ot devols Rimself with.
oot Inviting the Ramareus coun -
el of Mr. Orotuers that thers are
0 many signifeant (hings in iife
e 10 cences
Ry = cut
One can be an optimist and yet
make all these distinctions and
hold in mind all these considera
tions, for optimism, after all is
trained forgetfulness of many
things; it is the highest motive of
real ressarch; It is the empha
#is of the true, the beautiful, the
good.
I like to think of that wise
Women who in giving counsel to
A friend In need of It remarked
“1 never pick up things that do
not belong to me, not even
slights ™
PHYSICAL TRAINING.
Aguin, charscter is coming teo
be regarded as having a closer de
pendence than in the past on a
properly trained body. The med
ol coliege has no place for the
“ungirt loin" and President Pos.
t.r.dlou‘(‘dh.gg..m,
correct In A Judgment to whish
We are trying to contribute both
&t Cornell and st Hobart—that
everybody should have physical
training
Perhaps all institutes will one
day agres to abolish Intercolle.
Ente sports. |am not yeot ready
16 suguest that credit be gives In
the coliege curriculum for physt
oal training, important ae 't ia 1
Am impresssd by the fact that
men who have graduated recently
seem physioally more it than sar-
Her gradusies Sutistios seem
19 Justify this view. As much can
meanwhile be guined in colleges
with & history, It we think of
Physionl development as & by.
Product, as though we give it sol
logs credit
Why should we not? When we
think desply Inte (he mysteries
of life, we find that all e things
worth whils are by products
Did you ever know anybody o
find bappiness by sesking nY
Duty done faithfully when some
times weariness is the dar's tell
may lead on te that Wight star
In the sunset whose olber name
s Jov. but, whether it doss o
ROl the duty must be dona, and
every collegs shousd make sure
Ihat among s many
by s hmwz
BRI e
e
Letters From the
® People ®
KIND WORDS THESE.
Editor The Georglan:
recent issue of your paper a state-
Mment correcting a report that The
Georgian Christmas tree sxpense
Was pald from the Empty Stock
ing FPund,
I am sure The Georglan has es
tablished such confidence in At
lanta that such remarks made
only hurt the parties who made
them. lam writing this princi
pally on account of having heard
& statement made by one of the
candidates heiped by this fund
This wes a woman, ihinly
dressed and pale, who Bad hesi
tated to apply for assistance un
til the last minute on account of
& certaln amount of pride that
poverty leaves with some people
(unfortunately for them). Bhe had
reached the headquarters of the
fund too lata, and the door was
closed. #0 she went over 1o The
Georglan office. not knowing to
whom 1o appeal. She had start
od up the stalrway and was met
by one of your employess, who
wore overalls, who stopped and
Ssked her if she was looking for
someons. Bhe told bim ber mie
slon and that she vislied the
headguarters and the door was
closed, and that she wanited 1o
know If slls was 100 late Me
asked her 10 go with him and he
would fAnd out. He was advised
that someons had gome back to
open the door and if she would go
over abe would be served Me
never loft her, but walked over
with her,
,mmm-‘n.‘.
Sgn. she told him her saperience.
She had a good husband and four
fne chlidren. The father, whe had
Been making & geod salary, was
Bart in an sccldent and had not
bean able 1o leave Bis bed for
several monthe. Al this tis : she
did not Dave any conl and had
Solhing ' eal. and had been
witheut food for twe days An
eairn of bread, eic, was
%@cmmufi
Covueet 10 10 thee Tmes B
her tace .
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THE HOME PAPER
Saturday Evening
LET’S HAVE “MARTHA.”
So far as music and things mu
slcal are concerned, the writer of
this particular department in The
Georgian honestly believes he Is
neither high nor low browed. He
never has had any particular fan
cy for “rag-time,” so called—save
in rare and isolated instances, and
that in the earlier stages of the
craze—and he has no particular
hesitancy or shame in confess
ing that he has often found Wag
nerlan compositions somewhat
over his head, {f not more so.
But he wants to go on record
here and now—early in the game
~—and with such emphasis as he is
capable of applying, as favoring
“Martha"” as one of the forthcom
ing grand opera season's offer
ings.
“Martha” is not, strictly speak
ing, of course, grand opera. At
best, it could be called no more
than light grand opera—but never
was a brighter or 1 ore tuneful
opera written!
It strikes @ happy medium in
things musical—and, while it may
not appeal to a great many peo
ple of extreme tastes, it, never
theless, WILL appeal to thousands
who find thelr larger musical
pleasures b‘ way of opera some
what “betwixt dnd between” mu
sical comedies and so-called com -
ic operas, on the one hand, and
Manon Lescaut and “Gotterdame
rung.” on the other,
“Martha” is & musical vehicle
théroughly worthy of the efforts
of the best. If the grand opera
powers-that-be will give us “Mar
. tha™ as one of the spring offerings
~-perhaps as a matinee bill. or
perhaps at night, as may seem
best suited to the necessities of
the week-—this writer for one will
be thankful. And he believes he
Volces the wishes and desires of
hundreds of others In giving ex
preasion to these thoughts.
There is plenty of room and op
portunity in “Martha™ for C
for Alma Gluck, for Om
Farrar—or for any one or more of
the best and brightest stars in
the grand opera world.
1 personally would not assume
1o project for a grand opera sea
son in Atlanta a thoroughly ba'-
anced program. I probably should
flounder In the making thereof,
and my finished product perhaps
would not be at all what it should
ba But If thoss who do arrange
the grand opers program will
vouchsafe 1o me and my sort as
our share in the effort to bal
ance the program “Martha"-—just
“Martha”-—we shall not complain,
nor fret, nor vex their patience
with further suggestions, and we
shall be very grateful’ M
IMPRESSIONS.
Isn't it curious how occasional
impressions of early life stick to
us through all of our later years,
and most persistently, sometimes
even grotesquely, insist upon be
coming part of our second na
ture, whetlier we will or no?
I remember one day, when | as
quite & youngster, throwing half a
slice of buliered lightbread Into
the fire and watching it bum,
1 4 not care 1o eat i, because
my hunger was thoroughly ap-
Peased, po | consigned It 1o the
fames
My mother withessed that per.
formance and speedily haled me
before her 1o give me a lecture
upon such wanten wastefultess
Hle reminded me of the senselons
destruction | had wrought to a
good and wseful thing She gave
me 1o anderstand how 1| pos
sibly had deprived the birds that
sang about the windows, In the
ivy along the wall of » !t-b
--some day's rations
I supposs | was six or seven
yoars old-d 4o not know. But,
anyway, that lssson has clung 1o
me through all my life
1t W 0 Just as impossible for me
o throw away & plece of bread
A 8 It is for me 16 BaAYIEals a 8 alr
ship. | oan not @0 IDo matier
how hard | try. Whanever bread
comes inte my hande elither | sat
owhother | want 1t or mot-or
I foad 1t %o the birde or some
antma
I Bhave wasted nearly esvery.
thing siee in mite of less dagrea
1 bave wasted time and opper.
tunity. | have wasted friendships.
I have wasted dars and wasted
nighta | Bave wasiad talent, such
ot 1 posssss, and | have wasted
ether Ihinge insmerabie byt
sever, sinee the day Wy mother
soak me 1o task s gently and
persuasively abeut wasting
bread and butter, have | wasted
= Mach B 8 o PUMMB A Pt
T do mot know why thess (hinge
are lam only moved 1o wender
why mere gesd lesssns 4 aet
By JAMES B. NEVIN.
stick and oling to us as we go
through life. I wish they did.
If T had been as careful about
wasting other things as I have
been about wasting bread, my
accumulations unquestionably
would be large to-day and well
worth possessing.
PICTURESQUE PETER.
Really, one never can tell!
A few short years ago the civ
ilized world was reading with
horror and vaulting indignation
of King Peter of Serbla—how he
had come to his throne by way of
brutally assassinated Xkinsmen
and predecessors, the killing of
whom he was openly suspected of
alding and abetting.
In all of our vast catalogue of
Genunciatory adjectives, there
were few of quite sufficient force
to do justice to this “bush league
- King.” 8o universal was the con
demnation of his “majesty” that
eévery court in Europe, big and
little, was closed against him—
and he assumed his royal robes
and gory crown amid the silence
and contempt of all his regal con
temporaries,
Even our own republic—which
has concerned itself little with the
trappings of royalty and the
gorgeous circumstance of state
which attaches thereto—had not
one kind word for King Peter. .
But, as I sald before—one never
can tell. Nowadays King Peter is
being pictured throughout the
world as rather a pathetic and
appealing figure. He was chased
out of Serbla rather hurriedly by
the Germans, and now threatens
to become, in his wanderings and
homeless estate, almost, if not
quite, as interesting and engaging
& figure 1o the sob artists as ls
Albert of Belgtom.
Wa read rather to our surprisa,
when we recollect the harsh
things that once were sald of
King Peter—that he s quite a
hero anl a geod and benavolent
old man. Almost too good, in
deed, for this world—a kingly
King, and a most philanthropie
and jovable ruler!
It King Peter should die about
now. I have no doubt that it
would be quite an easy thing
Kot up a tremendous subscription
1o erect over his grave a hand-
Some memorial, depleting his
many virtues and indleating his
Freat reward, quite unmindful of
the many rough things said of
him in lhononoodumm.
years.
Ar | mald tn the beginning, said
lnhhfl.m&fih.udmm
Again, howevers—one mever ran
teily i
SWEARING OFF.
Presumabdly you are Boing to
make some New Year's resolu.
tions to-day—as & matter of faot
you doubtiess made your resnly.
tions yesterday, and put them inte
effect to-day.
And here 19 Roping they way
put-—every one of them _and may
they be fully worthy of you
Much good has come of Noaw
Years resoluting, no doubt
We are accustomed to Joke and
Josh the man who sweary o this,
that or the other thing on New
Year's Day, and 1 predist Ne
downfall and his fAnish before
many ays have passed—and,
the main, perbaps New Years
Tesclutions are thin and wabbly
things, maybe “such things as
dreams are made of -
Put a considerable Par cent of
them come true—and It nine out
o tan do Uitle good. | never have
heard of & New Years tesoiuting
doing any harm'
oot (he aadin ot et o
sneer at (he of swearing om
things on New Years Dy, ana
10 hoid-—logieally enough—that ne
day in the year i thenretirally
ARy betier than any other day for
swearing -off purposes, and all had
sort of thing.
I never have taken very mush
Sock In that view, however, 1
think 1t s & good Mea 1o rave
SWeAring of days-perhaps the
more, the better
It may be in the fuliness of
tme. when everybody sets ae
004 a 8 he cught 15 e and thare
s nothing whatever Joft in the
world 1o wead wall and gnash
OUr teeth about, that we shall
have three hundred and saty fee
furaring off dayv-and on leap
Fear ons day ewtra And then
we shall net need them.
% the menstime ot Now Yoary
resciutions galers be made
The man whe swasre o himy
o New Years Day. and the
Frarth of Joivant salr permite
Pimsail in cwanr o o thess twe
Sarnin apt 5 e & Metter 8.
ran afier 2l then the feiiew whe
BETA swaaow o ot ol