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THU ATLANTA' GEOROT AN. The Atlanta Georgian JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELV, Preaident. e putable Subscription Rites: One Year $4.50 Six Months ....... 2.50 Three Months 1.25 By Carrier, per week 10c Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday by THE GEORGIAN CO. at 25 V’. Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga. ml aa seennd-etaas matter April 26, 1901, at the Poatolfhe at Atlanta, Ga.. under act of eonareaa of March X 1*59. "0 happy man! Celaatial aauaaga seller! Friend, guardian and protector of ua all; Come forward; save your frisnds and save your country. — Arlatophanes. Saturday Evening. “Do you blush? Sufferers of Involuntary blushing end for free particulars of our remedy . This Is not, as might be supposed, an extract from tin 1 opaque humor of Punch or Pick-Me-Up, but we find It gravely nestling among the classified advertlsmcnts of a family periodical, disputing the top of the column ith patent Incubators and Mrs. Soothlow's Winning 8yrup. We have no means of knowing how many answers •re sent In response to this enticing offer, nor, Indeed, tv many people there are In this brazen world who would like to be cured of the good old habit of blushing. But we take occasion to remark that wherever this spontaneous tendency remains unabated—wherever the native modesty of girlhood and womanhood, or even of manhood, la still ready to fling out the crimson banner of a blush at the approach of evil communleaUons which corrupt good manners, about the last thing In the world they should seek to do would be to employ some palm- itching empiric to destroy that wholesome tendency. We aometlmes wonder If the ability to blush Is not passing away, at beat. We are almost ready to ask, with Hamlet, “0 shame, where Is thy blush?” .The crime of the fratricide to which he referred, might awaken. In these yellow days, a moment's interest, and perhapa evoke a few perfunctory expressions of regret, until the next day’s horror crowded the memory of It from our minds. « But the sins against the Individual and against so ciety multiply so rapidly In this age of ready communica tion that shame seem* verily to have lost Its blush, and the world Is becoming as csllous as the tipper ten of Babylon. - ' It Is not the evil communications alone—not the risque stories and Indelicate allusions which would have shocked our well bred grandmothers—but the Inso lence of graft and the Impudonce of greed, the disposi tion to minify the moral obloquy of deeds which we have been taught to look upon aa wrong, which has trampled under foot the ensign of shame and taught us t<> endure, to pity and embrace the hideous mien of vice. It Is not necessary that a man should be a states man In ordsr to realise how far this tendency has tone in <>ur public life and In the conduct of our great com mercial aystems. Men clothed In the garments of re spectability and holding high seats In ths synagogue, lolate the natural rights of society not only without compunction but apparently without any realisation of the faet that they are guilty of any moral turpitude. -. f The story of Alexander and the pirate la old and yet ever new. It has become trite to' say that the man who steals n million Is merely an expert In high finance. |t Is only the petty thief of tho barn-yard who is characterized n« bs really deserves. The widow and the fatherless ars consistently robbed by the intricate systems of corporate power; human Ilfs la Imperiled and the domestic budget robbed by the self-satisfied syndicates which sell us for maldehydo for the nutritious Juices of meat; the great transportation ayatema laugh at the cobweb netting .of the law, apun for fllea too weak to break through,'and >et their boaom's lord appaara to alt lightly on his throne. Is It not time to aak, ”0 shame, where la thy blush?” Is It not time to recall that nugget of common sense which Lowell gave us?— Mr. Peabody for Chancellor. The Georgian Is disposed to coincide most heartli with the editorial suggestion In Saturday's Constitution for the selection of George foster Peabody to the chan-jlnteillgcne eeilurship of the State University. The editor of the Constitution la a trustee of that Institution, and we suppose that tho editorial of Satur day la based upon Inside Information and can be seri ously considered. The Georgian Is-strongly committed to the. propo sition that wherever It bo possible the executive positions of great educational Institutions ought to be Oiled by professional educators, and that wherever It can be done the chief places In our - own educational institutions should be filled by promotion from the ranks of the teach- em who have done faithful and effective work In the subordinate places of education. To this general prin ciple we resolutely adhere, because we believe that along the lines of this policy will be found the highest possible encouragement and Inspiration* to the teach era of the state. We favor It also because we deem It as Incongruous to put a politician' or a preacher Into the presidency of a university as to transfer a teacher Into the pulpit or to the presidency of a bank. But the conditions which surround Mr. Peabody arc so large and so promising that we can, for the time being, at least, subordinate the policy which we have expressed toward the teachers of the state. |Mr. Peabody has been for ten years past a conse crated and devoted friend and student of education. HI* sympathies and his labors have made of him In expe rience almost a teacher himself, and hi* close and Inti mate contact with the late beloved chancellor of the university fits him pre-eminently to cany out and enlarge the policies and the mission of that great tnd lamented citizen. Beyond this, and of especial significance, Mr. Pea body la a man of affairs, with a large hold upon the con fidence and the ear of the wealth of the country, and these are conditions of supreme Importance at this time of the university of the state. What the university needs Is equipment,' enlarge ment, the amplifying of Its scope and the solidity of Its financial relations. Outside of the Vanderbilt Univer sity there Is not an Institution south of the Potomac river which Is sufficiently equipped to keep at borne the sons of the South, who have found It necessary to finish and complete their education In northern universities. If, at this critical and eventful time, we could In duce a great and wealthy man of affairs like Mr. Pea body. who la himself a man of the broadest culture tnd an educator of practical experience, to assume the chan cellorship of the university, the state might safety hope that,' through his Influence and his connections, the affairs of the university might speedily be put upon that large and ample foundation of convenience and equip ment which would establish It /In the frbnt rank of Southern Institutions of learplng. For these reasons we cordially endorse the sugges tion of our neighbor across the way, and unless some reason not now foreseen should develop to change this opinion we shall be glad to cooperate In every way to the consummation of this most admirable and Inspiring arrangement. ra upon the splendid and unbroken achievements of j saved,” It Isn't of much Immediate consequence to them ! their professional life, than to imlnt their example to I whether they are to reach salvation by one man's route mutation of young men of the state who will adopt j or another man's routt and useful profession and follow It with | there, and ,nd with unflagging Industry- General Weyler Is now Indulging, perhaps, in some reflections on the whirligig of time. "In vain we call old notions fudge, And bend our conscience to our dealing; Tho Tan Commandments will not bodge, And stealing will continue stealing.” Do w* grow too serious and pessimistic? Then let us say that for Its own sake the cunning workers In flesh and blood should not rob the world of Its blushes. What, Indeed, could be more beautiful thtn ths man tling color of girlhood In the rich mid-morning of all her budding charms— “The soul, the music breathing In her face. Like to a lighted alabaster vase?" f- There Is a glory of the rising and of the setting sun, when the gray clouds are streaked with the crimson of the coming or the passing day. There la a glory of the autumn leaf, when the dying year breathes upon the sumac and the maple and the woods put on their royal lively of red. But all tbelr chromatic shades, from pearly pink pi passion's poppy splendor, fade before the blush of mod esty and Innocence. Only figuratively, perhaps, can we reasonably expect that, the nigged check of mauhood could blush, even for all the varied forms of malfeasance under the sun. Hut satiny cheeks In which the crimsoa currents ciuiie and go, while life Is young and hopes are high and \i t the world la new, are no figments of the Imaginative mind. They are a dainty and sweet reality. P Shall the mountebanks take them from us and give us faultily faultless, Idly regular” Maudes, robbed of tin , tlslng language of the blush? Not yet; not yet! Give us purity and Innocence >>-t a little while. "Carnatloned like a sleeping Infant's cheek. Rocked by the beating of Its mother’s breast” The real "Deadwood Dick" has recently passed sway, ils desperate character spent his declining days holding people with a chawing gum proposition. The Peachtree Pavement. . There Is general satisfaction over the announcement that a new pavement for Peachtree street Is now prac tically an assured fact. This question hss been vexing the mind of tho gen eral public for a long time. Repeatedly the great cen tral thoroughfare had been In such condition that It was necessary to patch It up—repairs which were always secured only after persistent efforts. But st last the residents along the street and tho citizens of Atlanta In general realized that the original pavement had liter ally worn out, and there was no economy In attempting to tinker with It any longer. A movement was then set on foot to occur* a new pavement entirely. This, too, has required long and per slstent effort, but we are now Informed that a majority of the abutting property owner* along Peachtree are anxious In bare the new, pavement put down and have signified their desire to council. So It seems certain that the work of laying a new pavement will begin within a short time. This Is as It should be. There ar* few cities, North or South, that ran boast of so magnificent a thorough fare, and we would be much to blame if we allowed It to continue longer In the condition It has been for several years. The entire community feeli gratified that this Im portant step la about to be taken and It Is hoped that the work will be rushed to s quick and efficient conclu sion. If Mr. Addlcka cannot get Into the United States sen- he might Inflate himself end join the Aero Club. ry Wilson Is again under fire. They do not hand him his bomb coo celled In a bouquet. Bribery” originally meant a piece of brekd glren to a beggar. How times do change! Two Atlanta Young Men. Tho ample announcement of the N. P. Pratt Labora tory In today's Issue suggests the rapid and successful way In which the young men of Atlanta and of Georgia are forging their way to the front of Industrial develop ment In the South. The two young men who compos* this firm are sons of the famous Dr. N. A. Pratt, the most noted chemist of his day In the South, the developer of the phosphate beds of South Carolina and of Florida, and a man of genius and affairs. The young sons of Dr. Pratt, without exoepUon, followed In the professional footsteps of-their father, and have never varied or turned from'the Inten tion to work our for themselves and for the state In which they lire a destiny along the lilies of their father’s profession. Beginning from the ground floor of effort and of Information, with or without a college education, and moat of them without this advantage, the sons of N. A. Pratt have for ten year* past been recognised aa es sential factors In all matters chemical and Industrial In Atlanta and In the state. The N. P. Pratt Laboratory started by N. P. Pratt and George L Pratt Is now* one of the first Institutions of Its kind In the South. Its chemical department Is standard and Its engineering department exploited in The Georgian today Is growing steadily Into the same relative position among the scientific Industries of the South. N. P. Pratt and George L. Pratt have amassed both wealth and Influential position by the steady consecraUon of their efforts along these lines, and are recognised among the foremost business tores* of the city. They are both Intensely Interested and firm believers In the future of this section, and It Is simply a matter of logic to say that there are always certain rewards to capable men who do succeed In doing things In connection with the smsslng progress the South Is making. The lesson of such lives Is obvious and the moral scarcely needs to be pointed along tho high and standard lines of concentration, character and Industry'to the young men of the state. It Is the purpose of these brief lines not more to congratulate the Pratt Broth- Mr. Wilmcr and the Revivalists. We publish on this page today a communication from Rev. C. B. Wllmer growing out of some of the criticising which have been made by ministers and lay men upon tho Torrey revival during tho course of Its continuance In this city. Mr. Wllmer writes interestingly always, and his letter of today Is In Ills clearest and happiest vein. The Georgian has no comment to make upon It In a controversial way. We have no desire to split doctrinal hairs or to discuss theological topics with one whose busi ness and whoso pleasure It Is to become expert among these themes. We give Mr. Wllmnr free course to be magnified In our columns, nnd reserve for ourselves a single state ment of fact ns to our own position. If wo have ever been sincere and well meaning In our lives wo have endeavored to be so in reference to tills revival of religion under the auspices of the earnest business men of Atlanta. With a layman's full sense of the meaning and Importance of this movement we have bad but one single Idea la .connection, and that to give whatever force and Influence this paper might wield to the suc cess of the central Idea of ths revlval-rthe quickening of conscience and the saving of souls. In the old fashioned religion to which we have been reared, we were taught to believe that the gospel was tho good nows of salvation, which when received, estab lished not less the brotherhood of man than the Father hood of God. The clash of doctrines and the wrangling of warring creeds and constructions have never lnterferd with the scn-nlty and the happiness of this conception, and wo had somehow and somewhere derived the Idea that controversies nnd doubtful disputations hindered rather than helped the free course of religion In the minds of men. It may be the dullness of our minds, or the narrowness of our experience, but we honestly did not recall a great revival that had prospered upon controversial wrangle* or upon doctrinal duels between Christian leaders. Mr. Wllmer Is a great and good minister of the gos pel, and we are among the very humblest and unwor- thlest of Ua unfaithful followers, but we cannot get out of our minds that It Is a gospel of love and peace and fra ternity, and we have heard higher and better disciples than we are at least, declare that the strife and Intoler ance of Christian teachers discredited this gospel In the eye and ear of the worldlings, and that the noisy dis cord of doctrines was poor food to feed to sinners seek ing salvation, and trembling upon the verge of acceptance or rejection. We had somehow thought that If men—good men— hnd criticisms to offer and corrections to make, they might well afford to wait until after the great queatlon of accepting or rejecting Christ was settled, and then in the quiet aftermath, they might lead their flock Into the general doctrinal paths that seemed straight, and Impress the disputed creeds In which they believed. Mr. Wllmer must pardon us. If we continue to dis sent from tho view that any man (preacher or layman) Is under obligations to project hla personal convictions, however honest. Into an effort to lead men along broad and accepted lines to a better life. When men are being besongbt to "repent and be * ; r r- 1- * •ntlnl thing Is to get take It for granted that all soul savers ought to be glad that a soul is saved by any route. And we have never yet heard an orthodox Christian who did not recognize the "repent and be saved" route as stand ard. Mark you, wo do not level this as a criticism against Mr. Wllmer. Far from It. We are merely giving the point of view, crude and uninspired as It Is, which has moved us In the treatment of the Torroy revival. Wo were the first voice to be lifted gently and reverently against the great revivalist himself when he seemed to bo diverging Into the arena of controversy, and In the same spirit of respect we took the liberty to present our view to Mr. Wllmer. We make bold to express one more opinion in con clusion. Tho world Is not going to be saved by the hair splitting theories of wrangling doctrinaires. If God Is true and Christ Is real, then love and faith, and fellow ship and kindness will continue to be the master forces of the world, and the only reliable guide posts to eter nal Joy. For the Public Comfort. We publish today a communication from Mr. J. G. Rossman on the necessity for purchasing one or more sites In the central part of the city for small parks be fore the price of real estate advances further. He also argues strongly for the establishment of public comforts in one of these central locations for the benefit of visitors to the city, as well as for the general public. Mr. Rossman Is a man of affairs and of advanced Ideas. More than ouce he has made suggestions for the good of the public which have made a deep Impres sion upon the minds of thinking people. None of them has been more timely than the suggestions he now makes for the public welfare an<J we believe that they should be given’earnest consideration. There Is certainly a crying need for some such small parks or open areas as be describes. It is true that land In the central part of the city is now held at fancy figures, and at first sight It may seem to he prohibitive. But we must reflect how much more valua ble this property will be In the next ten oi> even fire years. * Wo have our larger parks for recreation and amuso- ment, where Jaded humanity may go for a pleasant evening or a restful Sunday. But no provision Is made for the (Jown-town shopper or the thousands of visitors who oome to Atlanta every year and have no Ume to get out of the heart of the city. , One or more of these little oases In the heart of our busy centers would be a veritable God-send to the people we have mentioned. To fit up such areas with the public comforts pro posed would be one of the wisest and most Important de mands of health and would obviate a vast amount of suf fering on the part of the public, and particularly of vis-. I tors of both sexes who are here only for a day. Such conveniences are now supplied by all the most progressive cities of the middle west, while every one who has been abroad bears hearty testimony to the common sense and wholesome foresight which make- such provisions In the great cities of the continent it Is a subject which no one should overlook, and it we are to take the lead among twentieth century cities during the next decade we must bogln this work before property values In the central portion of the city are Indeed prohibitive. Editor The Atlanta Georgian: your Issue of the 28th Instant, under the caption, "Dr. Hawthorne on Dr. Torrey,” you say, "We trust that Dr. Sanbome and Dr. Wllmer and Dr. Bridewell wilt find no occasion to vole* another critlcsm during this last closing week. • • • Under these con ditions, every Instinct and all reason would suggest either hands off or hands In hands for the Gospel cause.” If, by the words "find no occasion to voice another criticism,” you mean only that you hope that nothing will be said or done at the meeting' now In progrees that will furnish any basts for Just critlcsm, you express a hope In which all- good men must Join: but if you mean, aa apparently you do mean, that clergymen should refrain from critdslng anything, whether Just ly liable to criticism or not, on the ground that "the time Is short; the revival Is at Ita height; the Interest It Intense; many atrong and aenslble cit izens claim to have found a. blessing In the dosing days, - you raise ques tions of great Importance to the com munity. I beg to urge two points on your calm and Judicial consideration. First, you utterly Ignore the fact that every clergyman In Atlanta ia un der most solemn pledge to Almighty God and hie own church to give hie people Instruction, according to the teaching of his church and hla own best understanding of the word of God on the subject of man's spiritual and eternal welfare. This responsibility can not be eet aside In favor of the teaching of any one clergyman tem- that matter; and still leas can It be net aside at the suggestion of a secular newspaper. You would, doubt less, repel the thought that the pulpit should restrict the Just liberty of the press. By the same token, I would suggest the Impropriety of the press' undertaking, on any pretext whatever, You will doubtless say In reply that you are not exercising censorship, but making an appeal to ‘instinct and rea son." Allow me. then, to remind you that. In a former editorial, bearing on this same subject, you asked for a ces sation of criticism on the ground that "the old-fashioned gospel" Is being preached. But this was a purely dog matic utterance, aiming, without' one scintilla of proof, to put those who may have and express some other concep tion of the "gospel" Into the odious position of opposing the solvation of souls. That ta religious tyranny of the worst sort. - Secondly, you moke It necessary to reassert and maintain, on the thresh ■elves to be dolled master. He Him- conviction and persuasion. He ask- convlctlon an dperauaslon. He ask ed the free tribute of our reason, conscience and heart. It is alien to the spirit of Christ to ask for any humnn being a kind and degree of loy alty that He repudiated for Himself. The manner In which epithets are sub stituted for argument by many relig ious teachers shows the pernicious re sult of the plea for exemption from criticism. Why should any man ask to be ex empt from criticism any way 7 Ii tt not by criticism that all Improvement comes? There are magazines that of fer prises for criticisms that shall enable them to make Improvements. Has any human being got the gospel down so fine that nobody can say anything on ths subject worth his while to hear? Is not this to claim Infallibility for oneself? I say to you very frankly and seriously that If I have got to be subject to a pope, I prefer the present bishop of Rome to any “combine" of Protestant preach er and newspaper editor: and this I say with no Intention of sarcasm or want of respect to such preacher or editor. The truth ts, I suspect that people's minds are confused on the subject of what criticism Is. I submit that while the faet that one Is both trying to do good, and It. In tome measure, suc ceeding. warrants exemption from cap tious criticism, unessential critlcsm, It does not warrant exemption, from se rious crttclsm. If a man was doing his level best In all sincerity to save others from drowning. It would be. In effect, a murderous act for any one thoughtlessly to embarrass his efforts, or keep drowning persons out of reach of hla strong and saving arm. And If people are drowning In tin, aa they are, and, on the way. If not to brimstone, at least, to morel and spir itual ruin, thoughtless criticism, crit icism that does not go to the root of the matter or touch some essential, or, at least. Important principle, would be worthy of all condemnation. I am thoroughly at one with you on that, which I take to be the real controlling thought In your mind on this matter. But suppose, to continue the Illustra tion above employed, that I, too, am In the business of trying to get peo ple out of the waters of moral and spiritual ruin, and am convinced that some things done will actually result In drownlqg oome people. Instead of saving them, am I to keep quiet at the dictation of a bystander, who knows nothing of the subject? Orsuppoee that cholera le raging In our beloved city. There are different schools of thought, end grave differences of opinion aa to what curative methods ■re beet. There ore Christian Scient ists, Homeopaths, Osteopaths, Regu- old of the twentieth century, what! tare, not to mention others, In the field. ought, by this time, to be taken for granted as an axiom by all thinking people, via; that nothing ran be safe ly withdrawn from serious criticism, and the more important the subject, the more true ts this The appeal of the Great Teacher was to the Intelli gence, the spiritual discernment and practical sense of men, not to blind credulity. His conception of saving men was establishing the kingdom within them, getting them to love goodness and think truth with their own minds and will the highest. At the very foundation of Jesus' dealing all sincere and haring the same object In view, the cure of the disease— whether It he conceived to exist In the body or only In "mortal mind.” Sup pose, now, that all the prectleera of the healing art, no matter which of these schools of thought they represent, should be railed on to stand hack and give up the field for one month to one man. when they consctentloualy believe that some of the medicine used or methods employed while doing good here and there, are. to other persona, actually baneful? Is that a legitimate demand to be made upon any physician, espe- wlth men lies Hte respect for their j dally by one not himself a physician? personalities. He taught us to call, I repeat that no captious criticisms no man father and not to permit out- should be employed. The man who. In such serious situation, should under take to arouse.resentment against any one doing earnest work by making fun of his clothes, for example, or criticiz ing his manner, or any unessential ele ment In the man's makeup or methods, would bo Justly regarded as lacking In a proper sense of the importance of health, as well aa of the serious re sponsibility that attaches to thinking and speaking. But when serious ques tions are raised by person! whose lire work It Is to get at the truth In such matters, as to ths truth and effect of certain remedies. It Is wrong to assume the very point under discussion and cut off thought and Investigation. That Is as true of religion as of medicine. Nor can I see where the harm Is going to come from full and 4 fair discussion of religious themes at this time. Nay, I submit, that ths more Intense the feeling that Is aroused, the more Impor tant It It that clear thinking and truth should be kept well to the front If any one will carefully study the story 5 lven In Luke xlv;2S-U, of how Christ salt with a crowd that wot under the moat Intense feeling apparently, and full of enthusiasm for Him, I think he will not fall to understand my point— STOP AND THINK! was the burden of Ills message to the multitude at that psychological moment. It Is not the purpose of this letter to Justify the theological opinions I have expressed, but to Justify ths right of “ le criticism In prln- Just and responslbl clpte. I would, however, to make my point clear as to the difference between criticism and criticism, remind you that I have challenged the two propo sitions that a man's natural goodness has nothing to do with his salvation, and that salvation Is an Instantaneous occurrence. I have contended that while every man must be born again, and that no natural goodness makes one Independent of the Spirit of God, yet natural goodness Is part of the sol! In which the seed of divine truth must be sowed, and that while the full sur render of the life to God In Christ gets one started on the way of salvation. FOR PUBLIC COMFORT. Edlto sted in prls As you an public enter, novement which may be oi benefit to the city, I deKiro to atmeJ to you a movement which I belie- flhould b«- started, and for which At! lanta will realize the necessity. ** Crowded Conditio In Skyscraper Sec. tion. Citizens point with pride to ths crowded thoroughfares and metropoli tan aspect in the central portion ol the city, and real estate owners hole on to the land which has so rapidly In. creased In value, and la constantly bel coming more so. I have read with Intorst of the Work of the men who were the pioneer, building Atlanta and their explanation of the narrow streets and sldewallu ' ■“■tlon. \v, begins the process of eternal life, and* lace In a short tlmi may take place In a short time—hard ly. I think. Instantaneously—yet salva tion Itself Is the reslut of growth— "first, the blade; then the ear, after that the full corn In the ear." t desire, therefore, not to be numbered simply with those who have “criticised these meetings" (except that I do not ap prove of them for children), but among those who have, with a sense of responsibility for both thought and utterance, made an appeal to thought ful men and women, In the name of Scripture, reason and experience, on behalf of certain propositions which I must regard aa both true and Impor tant. And, in conclusion, 1st me say I have no desire to be exempt from the same sort of criticism that I have dealt out to others; a discussion of what Is true In religion, although I decline to bandy personalities. The subject Is too Important. I stand for a church which has a certain conception of religion. I have view* of my own, within the large limits of liberty accorded ms In that church. As to both, the only way to find out what Is true Is to allow full and free discussion, carried on with dus deference to ths rights of othera. "I speak as to wise men; Judge ys what I *ay.” For os many os may be brought In these meetings to accept the Lord- ship over human Ilfs of our Lord Jesus Christ, "I rejoice and will rejoice;" but I warn them that they are at the beginning of -heir spiritual careen, not the end; and I affectionately beg them to hear In mind the exhortation of A hah to the king of Syria: "Let not him that gtrdeth on hla harness boast himself as h* that putteth It off." C. & WILMER. rests In the pt-esent business know that In their flights of Imaghia! tlon they never plnnned -a city like tht Atlanta of 1905, with all Its glortoui promise of future growth and useful ness. Let us profit by the experience o| the pnet and begin the movement f 0 , a Greater and Store Benutltul Atlanta —the Atlanta of a decade or two de cades of the future. Atlanta, with lta many public In stitutions nnd magnificent buildings, hns neglected to provide something that Is necessary In tho congested section of any large city—and that u small areas or parks for public use. I should like to see a movement started for the purchase of a tract In tho center of the city for this pur- pose, or the selection of a commis sion to devise ways and means for th, purchase of a site and Its mainte nance by endowment and popular pub lic subscription. In the early day, ol i Boston, provision was made tor th« purpose, nnd the beautiful Boston com mon. In the heart of Boston, will be held Intact for all time. It Is known now, as In the olden time, as the chil dren's plnyground, or Boston com- mon. Now Is the time for Attanta to gtvt another practical demonstration of its civic pride. With the great 1910 ex- position before us, It would be a signal stroke In the way of civic Improve ment to have a small pork or square in the center of the city, and la al most essential for the comfort and health of the hundreds of thousands of visitors. It would be useful for large outdoor mass meetings and for reviewing stands on publio occasions. Public Comfort Facilities Underground. The public comfort facilities could be located underground, being well- lighted and ventilated, and so ar ranged as to prevent the slightest em barrassment to either sex on entering or leaving. There Is no public place where any one enn get n drink of water. Atlanta should provide drinking fountains for the public and a place to rest, If for only a few minutes. Such a place would be a blessing to thousands of the suffering public, who would wel come It. Finally, I wil! suggest that If At- louts real estate Is already too valua ble for the centrally located public comfort accommodations, and that ways and means can not be devised wlthont considerable delay, that the space under the streets be utilized for this purpose as a starter to relieve the present condition of affairs. It might bo practicable to use the space under the streets, say, near Peachtree and-Marietta, for a resting- place, with drinking fountains, publio comforts, bureau of Information for citizens and strangers, public telephone booths, telegraph offices and similar public necessities. .... A building arrangement could be de cided upon which would prevent ths slightest embarrassment to either zex on entering or leaving^ R088MAN , GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. By Private Leased Wire. New York, June 2.—Here are tome of the visitors In New York today; ATLANTA—A. G. Graves A. W. Har- Mrs. F.. Flexner. on. Mrs. F. Flexner. AUGUSTA—A. Benson. SAVANNAH—G. A. Gordon. Miss M. C. Rourke. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. JUNE 2. . ... 1492—Granada surrendered: end of do minion of Moors In Spain. 1535—John of Leyden tortured and put to death. 1572—Thomas, duke-of Norfolk, exe cuted. . 1581—James Douglas, earl of Morton, beheaded at Edinburgh. 1609—Sir Thomas Gates and‘party of colonists sailed from England for Virginia. 1629—John Sobleskl born. 1671—Sir Edward Leigh, member of long parliament, died. 1701—Madame de Scuderl, writer, died. 1754—Thousands killed ta earthquake at Cairo, Egypt. „ ^ 1780—Gordon’s "no-popery riots be gan ta London. _ 1814— Peace between Great Britain and France proclaimed In London. 1815— General Philip Kearney born. Died September 1, 18*2. 1835—Pope Plus X horn. 1848—John Cary, Washington* negro servant, died at the -age of 114. 1858—Donatl's comet first observed by Dr. Donatl, Florence. 1865—Generals Kirby Smith and Ma- gruder formally surerndered their forces at Galveston. .... 1872—Mobellng attempted to assassi nate Emperor William. 1875—International telegraph confer, ence opened.at St. P*tero b “ r * 1878—Wreck of tho steamor Idaho on the coast of Ireland. 1882 General Outrepp.^b.^dl^ 1886—Hon. Grover to Miss Frances Folsom. 1889—Forty lives lost In "«?'•» tersburg, Va-, and Washington 1892—The "High-Water Mark- monu ment at Gettysburg dedicated. 1894— Field Columbian Museum at tni cogo dedicated. . , , h . 1895— Kugene V. I* 1 *. 2? der „?I„i«d Chicago railway strike, sentenced to six months' Imprisonment. 1904—Killing of "Cacaar" Young.™ whose murder Nan Patterson was tried. 1906—President Roosevelt's peace offer to Ruslaa and Japan. EVOLUTION. rasas. reader, for ■■ ■aster's sake. A moment «f yosr tone f take. Ts skew the rtnwtb As Izaax Walton. ^rffWKit to He lost a very modest Mte. Hot yet it filled him with delight. And so he told hla friends that night A placatory narrative. story. The last which ranted Ms rod to fall Was little smaller than a whole- .... Awl nil were torend to rail hla tale A "*• _Xtw Tort 8s MHHhM /