The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, August 11, 1906, Image 6
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATrilPAY, august
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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Saturday Evening.
We publish In another column today one ot the
daintiest gems that haa ever fallen from the pen of that
gifted child of song, Frank L. Stanton, whose name has
gone around the world as a synonym of buoyant optim
ism and exquisite fancy.
There Is something peculiarly touching In the verses
he contributes to a magaxlne which Is essentially, as its
name Implies, the elbow companion of "the smart set."
In the camps of the Adirondacks and the woods of
Maine, In the villas of Newport and on the .luxurious
yachts which sail the summer seas, this little gust of
aong will be blown with Its sweet refrain, that all that
gold can buy Is vanity and vexation compared with
the exaltation when “the woman I love is mine.”
The dwellers In splendid palaces which line the
shores or float the seas, sated perhaps with the caviar
ot luxurious life, will pause In the rich routine to catch
this breath ot truth and beauty wafted from a soulful
singer of the South who tells them, what human ex
perience has been telling them for a thousand years,
and men of genius have endeavored to demonstrate
from every point ot view, that there is a divine altruism
In life, after all, and that all the artificial pleasures
that the world can bestow are Insignificant when com
pared to the liner sentiments and emotions which spring
from the exhaustless well-spring of love.
Wo may call the beadroll of the world of wealth—
of the mythical Croesus at whose touth everything turnod
to gold until he starvod In the midst of plenty, of Aplclus,
who slew himself In despair when his Income had been
reduced to half a million dollars a year and he could
no longer Indulge his appetite as he was wont to do In
his more splendid days; of 8ardanapalus, whose lux
urious life Invited the rebellion pf conquerering Arbaces
and ended In splendid suicide, even down to the nabobs
of the multi-millionaire days whose Incalculable fortunes
can buy the love and esteem of those who are nearest
and dearest.
It Is a melancholy catalogue of loveless grandeur
and companionless power nnd Influence.
The poet has not touched any new note. The theme
he sings Is as old as the world. But it Is old because It
Is oternally and unvaryingly true. Riches may take unto
ihemselves wings and flee away and the prince of yester
day become the pauper ot today, but out of the depths
will sv*ge the living truth:
‘Few are the friends my life has made,
Few in my hands their hearts have laid,
And these were women; I am old
1 Yet never have I been betrayed."
youth for the strenuous present and for tho thrilling
future.
And to those who droop In pessimism over the pos
sible things of evil which may front the force* that are
struggling for righteousness and patriotism In these com-
Ing years, we point them to the white array of our edu
cational Institutions—
Our far flung battle line of unconquerable defense.
Georgia’s Educational Battle Line.
The crowning glory of Georgia Is In hor schools and
colleges.
Other factories thay fall and fade away. The whir
ot the spindles may be husbed, the thunder of the
looms grow still, and the line fabrics of machinery may
serve their time and perish. ->
But the wheels which go round nnd round In tho
Ceaseless and beneficent labor of our schools are turning
out the product which makes the future and will never
die. They are tho factories ot dtlxenshlp, tho workshops
of Immortality.
And Georgia Indeed Is rich, and growing nlways
richer In these splendid Institutions. The stately line of
schools and colleges which spread themselves In our
columns today are the first and foremost of a long list
of Institutions which are training and inspiring the
children of the state.
The great schools of Georgia have kept pace with
the progress ot a rapidly advancing age. In method. In
equipment, In faculty, nnd In every enhancement, ma
terial and Intellectual, that the years have suggested and
a moderate prosperity has permitted, the schools and
colleges of Georgia are, every one ot them, better nnd
broader and larger than they were ten years ago. The
prep, schools ot the state have grown famous all over
tho South, and are moving nearer to tho Rugby standard
every year. One of these academies carries Its pupils
every year on an educational tour that Is almost equiv
alent to a scholastic term. And the foundation la being
nobly laid In all the schools which speak through The
Georgian today.
Nothing In Georgia has grown more wholesomely
within the decade than the female colleges. The eager
ness of competition between these several Institutions
has bettered and advanced the whole cause of female
education In the state. Time was when skeptics mocked
at our system of female training, and called It a farce
of mere outside veneering. But within the decade there
have grown up Improvements In teachers, In methods,
and In thoroughness which have dtgnlflod and com
mended our girls' schools to the confidence of parents
and educators.
And the colleges and universities which stand for the
higher education of our men have caught from the spirit
and the progressive systems of the age the advance that
Is building them up to the higher standards of develop
ment. It Is uecomlng every year less and less a neces
sity that our Georgia youth should go to Northern col
leges to perfect their educational equipment for life.
Standards have been steadily raised,' curricula have been
altered, and the moral and physical tone ot our schools,
colleges and universities for young men and young wom
en have been brought up to the highest possible basis.
The one handicap to our Southern Institutions has been
the lack of money. The South, prosperous as It is, has
not yet reached that degree of wealth to give^iur schools
all they need, but it Is simply heroic the spirit of self-
sacrifice and courage with which teachers and pro
prietors bare given ot their money and of their strength
to eke out slender resources to the great end of Improve
ment.
The spirit behind this generous giving and living Is
the spirit that glorifies the schools of Georgia, and prom
ises tho largest things for the future. Because It Illus
trates the earnestness and consecration that cannot fall
to creep from teacher to student to the honor ot our
dtlxenshlp and the glory of our homes.
Georgia blaxons in these columns today that she has
ample food to feed.the minds and hearts of her noble
John Brown and the Truth of History.
Atlanta. August 9, 1906.
To the Editor of The Georglsn:
I have always read the editorials of Tho Geor
gian with pleasure, even when I could not always
subscribe to the sentiment promulgated. The
elegant diction In which they are couched makes
them a literary treat, even If they do not carry
conviction.
But In your editorial In today's paper It
seems to me that you are employing unneces
sarily big guns to hunt small game. I speak of
the article headed "Fairbanks Glorifying John
Brown.” That tne old man was a crazy fanatic
It hardly needs the testimony of a senate com
mittee, hoaded by James M. Mason, to prove.
His action In trying ti> abolish slavery with a
force of seventeen whites and live negroes would
be proof enough.
But It Is well to remember that the principle
for which the old man fought, the abolition of .
slavery, became In a very few years the ruling
principle of the government; while the principle
for which Jefferson Davis and bit allies fought,
the perpetuation of human slavery, went down In
defeat and disaster, and It now held In abhor
rence by the whole civilised world. It would
seem that his "soul went marching on" with
almost lightning speed. Possibly If be had not
lived—and died—the slaves of the South would
be slaves today; and everyone, even In the
8outh, la glad that they are not.
Was bo a "felon and a traitor" for seising
tho government arsenal at Harper’s Ferry? Pos
sibly. But It so Vhat was that other Brown—
Governor Joe of Georgia—who repeated the per
formance less than two years later at Augusta?
And what of the numerous seizures of govern
ment property all through the South, and that,
too, by men who had taken a solemn oath to
"protect and defend the constitution of the
United States?" No, give John Brown due credit.
We of the New South can well afford to. Crazy
nnd misguided he undoubtedly was, but he blazed
the path of liberty which we are all proud to
tread. JOHN A. NELSON.
Wo are gratified to know thRt our correspondent
reads the editorials In The Georgian, and we are equally
glad to afford him a medium for expressing views which
are In conflict with our own.
But he has rend the editorials In The Georgian to
little purpose, Indeed, he has studied history Itself to
llttlo purpose, when he voices such views as constitute
a large part of his letter. It Is perhaps true, In a cer
tain sense, that In dwelling for a while on the true char
acter of John Brown we were employing "big guns to
hunt small game." But the fact of the matter Is that we
were not gunning for John Brown so much as for the
vice president of the United States, who, In accepting
an Invitation to participate In the proposed celebration
of the battle of Osawatomie, la disgracing the high office
to which he has been elected by the people. The vice
president of these United States Is, or ought to be, by
reason of his office, "a big gun" himself, and there was
no need to go after him with a popgun.
We find It difficult to take our correspondent seri
ously when he compares the treasonable raid of John
Brown and his followers with the war measures taken
by Governor Brown and other Southern men at the
beginning of tho civil war. Our correspondent loses
sight of the entire trond of history when he makes
any such comparison. Government nrscnnls were not
soiled In Augusta or anywhere else until the people of
the respective states had met In solemn conclave and
adopted an ordinance of secession. Through their ora
tors and statesmen In congress they had glvon the gov
ernment of tho United States ample warning that If It
persisted In nn Interpretation of the constitution so com
pletely at varianco with their understanding of that or
ganic law—which, Incidentally, William Lloyd G
twenty years before, had characterized as "a o
with doath and an agreement with hell"—nott
mnlned but nn appenl to arms, and there was a dlsposl
the Hartford convention, held In John Brown’s own
state, bad established beyond all cavil.
This was the principle for which the South con
tended. it was In obedience to this principle, as a meas
ure of open warfare, that Governor Joseph E. Brown
seized the arsenal at Augusta, and It la a principle which
I* growing upon the Intelligence of the world every day.
Nine yean ago, when the queen of Great Britain and
Ireland and the empress of India celebrated her diamond
jubilee, what was the distinguishing Incident ot that
occasion? What was the eplrit which pervaded the de
liberations of the representatives from all the colonies?
There had been for year* an agitation In favor of send
ing to the house of commons representatives from the
various colonies to participate In the dellbemtions of
parliament There was a distinct effort to centralise
the imperial government But when these distinguished
men met and talked over the situation calmly and fra
ternally, what was the conclusion reached, and what was
the most signal event of those deliberations and of the
great-jubilee Itself? It was the firm and Anal adoption
of the very principle for which the 8outh had contended
before the civil war.
How It It recorded by an unimpeachable authority
In "The History of Our Own Times f "The principle of
colonial federation," he says, "evolved itself out of these
discussions, and It became evident that the ouly endur
ing partnership which the empire and tile colonies could
set up must be one allowing to each colonial state the
right of managing Its own domestic affairs, leaving to
neighboring colonies the right to form Into a separate
federation."
The precedent of the United States was Invoked at
that very time, and going further than the most ardent
advocates of state's rights ever went In the South, It
was settled once and for all that the colonies should
not even have a voice In the general parliament, but
that each state was to be supreme In the management
of its own Internal affairs.
This theory has run like a sliver ribbon through
every decision of our supreme court since the union
was cemented anew.
There is no disposition to open the question. We
are happy and prosperous under the existing order of
things. But It well nigh fatigues Indignation that It
should be necessary to say, In this enlightened period,
that “Jefferson Davis and his allies" did not fight “for
the perpetuation of human slavery,” but for the perpetua
tion of the real terms of the constitution as it was
formulated by the wisdom of the fathers.
FRANK I.. STANTON IN SMART SET.
1.
Gold is the <tr<-nm forever—so Is the story told.
With s stronx man'a nrm. to ueektaee yoo, whnt do you want with (old?
Would your heart bent more In innate 'Death allken raiment fine?
Let mo lack sold long If I alng thia aong, "The woman- I love la miner
When the gleam o' gold cornea glitteri.. . .
Would there lie more atari |n heaven—more hloaaoma on the rtn.7—
Death to tho dream forever If the woman I love la mtno!
III.
All tho wealth t'm n-wnntln' la here, to have an' to hold—
Tbla arm that clrclea the walat of you. oarept by your tressea ot gold!
An’ tbla 1m* my aong forever In aliadonrland an' ahlnc:
"The woman 1 love la mine for aye—the woman 1 lore la mine!"
TOASTING THE GEORGIAN
NqqKs and Corners of American
History
WRIGHT STANLEY
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
In peace.”
And when at Inst the "argument was exhausted’
and nothing remained but the arbitrament of the sword,
formal defiance was flung In the face ot the foe. There
was no midnight foray of guerrillas, without warrant or
authority front any organised body whatever. It was
frankly, fairly and firmly war, even to the knife.
How can any rational, dispassionate man compare
tho conflict, preceded by the solemn secession of the
states, with tho Irruption of "seventeen whites and five
negroes," under the leadership of a deluded old fanatic?
Again, we blush to know that any man of the South,
In this age of enlightenment and Intelligence, should be
found making the statement that "Jefferson Darts and
bis allies fought for tho perpetuation of human slavery.
It Is instances llko this which confirm us In what we
have had to aay about John Brown and the harm that his
followers dtd to tho South. They served to cloud the
Issuo and to Inject Into It an element which was alien
to the fundamental cause of the civil war. Our corre
spondent himself, by his very communication, vindicates
what we have said of the Impropriety of Vice President
Fairbanks glorifying tho man who did so much to engen
der bitter feelings between the North and South, both
before nnd after tho war.
When will men like our correspondent inform them-
selves sufllctontly on the facts of history to know that
Jefferson Davis and bis allies did not “tight for the per
petuation of human slavery?" How long must this an
cient slander be hamied down, and what are we to think
when It it given currency by men who are living In the
South? A. new generation haa arisen, Indeed, and we
are delighted to see the accumulating evidences of
friendship and fraternity on the part of all sections of
the South. Rut, It Mr. Nelson Is a product of the New
South, he affords pathetic evidence that the rising gen
eration la Ignorant of the sentiments and principles
which Inspired our forefathers when ho talks of an ef
fort on the part of "Jefferson Davis and hts allies to
perpetuate human slavery."
He has read the editorials In The Georgian to little
purpose If be has failed to follow the frequent attempts
we have made to Inform the unenlightened that the
South withdrew from the union to preserve the consti
tution—withdrew because of her conviction, deliberately
formed, nnd justified by the best statesmanship of the
country, North and South, for a hundred years, that the
constitution should be strictly construed, and that the
sovereign rights of the states should be maintained. The
commonwealths of the South fought for the principle
of local self-government, which has been the very es
sence of democratic government ever since government
was established.
There was no treason In that. It wa* supreme loyal
ty to the constitution in letter and Iil spirit. It was
fidelity to that Interpretation of the organic law which
“Th* On# Pspsr.”
From The Baxley Banner.
Tha Atlanta Georgian Is the one
paper that Is fast gaining In popularity.
Lester Boone, the paper's local agent,
Is placing It Into nearly every home
In Baxley.
“Brightest, Cleansst, Best,”
From The Carrollton Press.
The Atlanta Georgian, John Temple
Graves' new paper, Is generally con
ceded by every one to be the bright
est, cleanest nnd very best dally news
paper now being published In the
South'.
“Under Insured.”
From The Macon News.
Pshaw! we thought Seely was more
of a business man. To Insure John
Temple Graves for only 178,000 Is poor
business, when he Is worth a million
at least.
“Ths Ideal Newspaper.”
From The Lexington Echo. •
As an Ideal newspaper The Atlanta
Evening Georgian certainly heads the
van. U takes money and brains to
make a good paper, and It appears to
have both at Its command.
“All Compliment* Dsssrvsd."
From The Moultrie Observer.
The Atlanta Georgian Is having some
awfully nice things said about It, and
tho compliments are deserved. It Is a
good paper.
“Nsatsst Ever.”
From The Jackkon (Tenn.) Whig.
The Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta’s new
afternoon paper, of which John Temple
Graves Is editor. Is one of the neatest,
brightest papers ever Issued In that
state.
“A Newspaper Gem.”
From The Fort Valley News.
The Atlanta Evening Georgian is a
gem In the newspaper art. It haa two
things back of it which make Ita suc
cess assured—brains and money.
Brewerton Best.
From The Montezuma Record.
The cartoonist on The Atlanta Geor
gian Is one of the best In the country.
His work Is quite a feature ot the
make-up of an all around good paper.
Best Editorial Page. ,
From The Brunswick News.
John Temple Graves Is getting up
one of the best editorial pages In his
Georgian that there la In the country.
Ranks With the Really Great.
From The Ellavllle News.
Of The Georgian It can be easily said
that It bids fair of ranking with the
leading dallies of the world.
Meets Favor In Carroll.
From The Villa Rica Star.
The Atlanta Georgian Is meeting
with much favor In this section. 1
Is a good paper and deserves success.
In the town of Newborn, N. C„ near alty, holding hls appointment directly
the Episcopal church, on a stone near
ly level with tha ground, are cut thee*
words:
"This Is erected to the memory of
John Wright Stanly, a man whose tal
ents, employed In extension and tried
by uncommon vicissitudes, deserves a
better monument."
1 should say so.
It was to this man that the great
and good Washington referred as "the
Patriot John Wright Stanly, to whom
the country was but recently debtor
for £40,000 In good money, loaned
In the hour of nr*l."
All history spells the name Stanley,
but John Wright Stanly dropped the
"e” to signify hls uncompromising ha
tred of everything that smacked of
King George and Ms tyranny.
Stanly was one of the most sealous
of the Revolutionary patriots, and In
the great struggle for American tnde-
pcndence cheerfully made many sacri
fices.
lie loaned General Greene, for.this
government, a large sum of money,
first and last about £40,000, aa re
ferred to In the words quoted from
Washington.
This patriotic act of Stanly
scarcely known outside of the limits
of tho city of Newborn, while all the
world has heard of the loans made by
Robert Morris.
More than once did John Wright
Stanly visit Philadelphia at the urgent
request of Robert Morrie, to aid In
raising money to keep the army In the
field. , _ „
Stanly was no stranger to the Qua
ker City. He owned a fine house there.
In which the first draft of the Declara
tion of Independence was drawn up by
Jefferson and read to a number of pa
triots brought together at dinner for
the purpose. They retired to • the
"smoking room" at the top of the
house, and there, safe from noise and
Interruption, the Immortal document
was carefully read and discussed.
But John Wright Stanly did more
than loan money to hie country's gov
ernment; he placed 'at the govern
ment's service n fleet of fourteen pri
vateers, all of which, unfortunately,
were captured In the neutral port of
. Eustatls, West Indies.
.More than this, Stanly fitted out an
armed brig to fight against the ene
mies of hls country's liberty.
This brig, when about ready for op
erations against the British, was burn
ed at hls wharf at Newbem by the
Tories. _
At the same time the Tories sacked
8tnn!y's store houses In Newbem, de
stroying the sugar, molasses, salt, eta,
with which they were filled. The pa
triot himself would have been captur
ed nnd carried off or klRiyl had he
not, fortunately, been absent at the
time, visiting Philadelphia nn busi
ness connected with Washington’s
army.
Stanly, though not a lawyer, was
our first judge of the court of admlr-
from the hands of Washington.
Shaking of the loan of £40,000 that
Stanly made to General Greene for the
government, It Is a shame to have to
confess that the government repu
diated It after the war, leaving It to
fall upon Greene.
Furthermore, the government of this
great country allowed two of Stanly's
female descendants, old and feeble
maiden ladles, to suffer want and die
In poverty after the civil war.
To cap the cllfnox, the name of this
great patriot la not even mentioned In
the so-called histories of our country,
being practically unknown outside the
limits of the little North f'arollnn
town In which he lived and dledl
OH, TO BE AN AERONAUTI
By JAMES J. MONTAGU?:.
I would not be n President
And have to pnt In liny
To keep the public vision l-ent
Admiringly my way.
I would not Im> a billionaire.
With cop# In every port
Rut let me lie nn aeronaut.
And wnudor through , tho aklea
Like moon nnd aun and comets, sought
Ry scores of wonderlug eyes,
just let tne wstrb my grapnel n
Down people In their pride.
Or unroof houses as I go,
Ami I'll Isr satisfied.
I would not Is* a King and see
I'ondnct my Government.
I wonbl not want to In* a Cur
And dodge the dynamite
My subjects plant In each cigar
That's given me to light.
Rut let me lie an aeronaut
And look down from the blue
To watch you shudder at the thought
I would not be an Indian chief
And never, never dare
To sleep, lest some noctnrna! thief
Might come and steal my hair.
I would not lie « Dooms, or
A Gaekwnr or a ltey.
A Ismn. learned In limy lore,
An Ahkoouil or a ltey.
Rut let me he an aeronnnt
And Journey through the sky.
And look to see whnt I hnve caught
By MRS. JOHN A. LOQAN.
(Copyright. 1906, by Amerlean-Joumal-
Examlner.)
At the risk of being considered a
croaker, I cannot retrain from again
using my pen In an appeal to the wom
en of America to cease their Indul
gence In drinking anything of an alco
holic nature. There has been much
said In the papers about the growth of
the drink habit among women during
the past year, especially among those
of fortune and fashion, who should be
examples In all things to their sex.
I was recently at a luncheon in a
splendid hotel In this city, which has
a cafe for people who are not guests.
While waiting to be served I saw two
stylish, pretty young women come Into
the cafe, take seats at a small table and
order two cocktails. They sat and alp-
ped the cocktails without anything
else, then rose and left the cafe. They
were too young really to be without a
chaperon, but displayed an Independ
ence and Indifference to comments
upon this astonishing abandon that
was painful to witness.
If any one has any doubt as to the
extent of the Indulgence of women In
wine, cocktails, brandy and soda drJnk-
Ing, he has only to go Into the most
exclusive and aristocratic cafes in any
city, on almost any night, after the
close of the theater and opera per
formance, and he will see that every
seats, at the tables Is taken, and that
alcohol Is served In some form to each
person, whether man or woman, and
It Is the rarest thing that you see a
woman's glass turned down.
This Is melancholy evidence that
American women do not entertain the
same abstemious position as formerly
nor do they realise the demoralising In
fluence they are exerting over the men
of the country. There was a time when
few men would have dared to order
any kind of a drink In the presence of
hls Wife or other ladles, wine may
have been taken In their own homes,
but to go Into a .public place and or
der brandy and soda or cocktails when
ladles were In their company was a
,h . 1 "* unheard ot - No, v a young man
will take his mother and sisters, and
even hls grandmother, to these resorts
and order cocktails for them and him
self, and tf the grandmother or mother
declines, he considers that It Is a pub
lic rebuke and is very much offended
thereby.
That there must be a halt to this
sort of thing there Is no denying, oth
erwise the nation will degenerate, as
all nations have that have been reck
less In the use of alcoholic stimulants.
The women of any nation are respon
sible for the standard of virtue and
temperance that Is maintained by the
men. Hence the Influence of the wom
en of Puritan days over the men of the
American nation laid the foundation
for the prosperity and civilization of
the people of this republic. The con
sequences of the mingling of many
races on this continent In the century
and a half that has passed has brought
an unfortunate change In our Ideas of
principles and character, until we tem
porise with dissipation and are blind to
Its baneful effects upon the generations
that are soon to be the home-keepers
and custodians of the affairs of the re
public.
I realize I am risking the forfeiture
of friendship when I assert that we can
not think that a self-respecting. Intel
ligent woman, who realizes her re
sponsibilities to society, will In public
or In private Indulge In cigarette smok
ing or drinking. It has been with great
pain that I have witnessed the Indul
gence of my sex In these deplorable
vices, and It Is Impossible for me to
find an excuse for any woman, young
or old. who gives her sanction or Joins
men In drinking or smoking.
We are falling uptm melancholy days
when It Is necessary for ministers of
the gospel to preach sermons on the
vicious habits of women In polite so
ciety. The women of this country have
Justly had the credit ot doing more
toward the building up of churches,
educating the people nnd advancing
good work than men, and we should be
very sorry If there ever comes a time
when, through habits contracted
abroad, they forget the high places
they have hitherto held. Legislation
governing vice of nny character what
soever Is futile If the women of the na
tion do not array themselves on the
side of sobriety and morality. -
Dead Admiral Honored.
Ohefoo, Aug. It.—On board th#
United States flagship Ohio, Impres
sive services were held yesterday over
the body of the Rear Admiral Train,
who died here August «.'
“WORK FOR ALL.”
To the Editor of The Georglsn:
Two thornsnd men out of work In At
lanta. let theres work for all!
Klmllr tell me where I can find work,
and 1 shall he forever y.mr debtor.
SEATON. tSire Georgian.
Every Inane of The Georgian rontnina
adrertUementa under the h«d of -'llem
Wantnl-Malp. IVrhiiM it wnnhl Im
worth while to Investigate tome of lea*.
Dy Private Leased Wire.
New York. Aug. 11.—Those two Uttlo
daughters of Senator William A. Clark,
the copper king, are lucky little ladles
The Montana senator not only proposes
to have the finest palace In this city of
palaces, but the play room for his
youngsters will be the most complets
and magnificent apartment devoted to
the entertainment of children in th#
world.
Before starting for Paris with hls
family Senator Clark gave orders foj
the. alterations to hls mansion in order
to provide what he deemed suitable
quarters for hts children. The wall, of
the nursery are laid out in costly tile,
and mosaic. The tiles make pictures
Illustrating well-known nursery
rhymes and fairy tales. The Mother
Goose etories are blaaened forth In a
manner so vivid and real that the sen*
ator hopes to escape a great deal of
story telling In the future. When An
drea hays to her father, "Tell me about
the old woman that lived In the shoe •
he will reply:
“Run right up to the nursery, dear
and you'll see It all Illustrated In ths
tiling much more clearly and emphat-
ically than I could narrate It."
Famous painters have been employed
to decorate the celling of the room.
Everything that can be Imagined for
the entertainment of the children will
be found In the fairy palace.
Successful In love, Paul Rainey, ths
Western millionaire, today Is striving
to achieve equal success on the turf
Rainey has Just won the heart and
hand of Miss Marion Fish, and today
he tries to win one of the sparkling
events of the racing world—the famous
Saratoga special. Rainey has pinned
hls faith to Jlemund, the colt for which
the RaJney Brothers paid Newton Ben.
nlngton 646,000, on the report that he
had run a half mile In world record
time. Since then Demund has won a
small purse at Belmont, but has been
beaten by Superman and Charles Ed
ward.
Since hls defeats Demund has been
rested and especially pointed for the
Saratoga special today. He has been
a long time In Saratoga, getting used
to the climate, and Is declared to be fit
The Raineys, It is reported, have de
clared that If Demund doe* not win
today they will sell their racing sta
ble.
Another Instance of the fragility of
fame Is furnished by a news Item In
the day's papers. Former Mayor Smith
Ely was run over by a cab on Fifth
avenue, and Is confined to hls home
as a result. A generation ago Mr. Ely
was one of New York’s most noted
merchants and public men. It Is doubt
ful If many outside hls own circle
knew he was still living when the news
pf the accident to him became known.
Lillian Russell, who has bought a
string of horses, and Is going Into the
racing game under the name of "Mr.
Clinton," bears tha distinction of being
the third woman of prominence In the
United States who have figured as on
owner. The other two are Mrs.
Harry P. Whitney and Mrs. Herlan B.
Duryea. Under the name of "Mr. Roa.
iyn" they ran a small but select string
of horses.
Harry Keene, brother of James R.
Keene, la seriously til at hts home, 281
Fifth avenue. James ' R. Keene had
permitted the report to be circulated
that he was on hls way to Saratoga,
and would spend some time there.
Through a personal channel It was
learned that the millionaire turfman is
still In New York. He probably will
not leave town until a decided change
sets In. Harry Keene Is deeply Inter
ested in the rubber Industry, In addi
tion tc lesser lines of trade.
If anybody ever doubted that a sea
serpent really exists, that doubter
should take a ride over to Hoboken, the
city of truth and recent temperance,
and call upon Officer William B. Spi
cer. Second Officer Bill Sykes and
Third Officer James Cummlng, ot the
good ship Standrew, of the Phoenix
line. They all saw the sea serpent nn
the way over. Each of the men has
made an affidavit describing the mon
ster.
To quote Chief Mate Spicer:
“1 saw the sea heave violently, and
then, plunging up through the surf,
came a huge, serpent-like animal, the
sultry wet dripping from Its shiny
head. Fully 18 feet It reared Itself
from the water, exposing its great nn
and teeth of a saw."
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 11.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—G. 8. Dodd, R. G. Hitt,
R. N. Besln. 8. M. Stark.
MACON—T. M. Jenks, W. J. Mas
sey.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
AUQU8T 11.
1756—Bottle of Onwego, N. V.
1763—Jenn Victor Moreau born.
1782—BrttUh evacuated Savannah.
MW—Franrla III, emperor of tfermnny, ab
dicated to become emperor of Auttn*.
1822—General Sir Hamuel Aucbmuts died.
1863— French occupied Tampico.
1868—Thaddeu* Stevens died. Born April t
1793.
1873—Yacht Madeleine won flr«t race
American cun, with Canadian
Countess of itaffertn.
1884—Failure of the Wall dtraet Bank. V"
York.
1883-Fartbi)uake felt In Canada.
1890-Cardinal John Henry Newman died.
1897—Ohio Populist* nominated Jacob »■
Cokey for governor.
1901—XIg. Crlnpl. Italian atateamin.
Born October 4, 1819.
A FAREWELL.
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