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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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OUR PLATFORM. The Georgian
elands for Atlanta's owning Its own gas
and electric light plant*, na It now
owns its waterworks. Other elites do
this nnd get gas ua low aa 60 cent*,
with n profit to the city. This should
lie done at once. The Georgian be*
Here* that if street railways can be
otic rated successfully by E u to p e n n
ellle*. ns they are. there Is no good
reason why they cannot lie so operated
here. Rut we do not believe ibis can
lie done now, and It may be some year*
lieforo we ore ready for ao big an un
dertaking. Htllt Atlanta should set Its
face in that direction NOW
Judge Roan's Peace nnd Order
Proclamation.
JuiIkc Roan adds his official warn
ing from lh<* comity and the Judicial
circuit, to the announcement made
by Judgw Broyles of the recorder's
offlee. that law breakers would have
no consideration duriiiK Ibis week
which belongs to happiness, to fellow
ship. and to the Prince of Peace.
There Is no doubt of tile fact that
tho officers and executives of law In
Atlanta and in Georgia Intend, to see
to It that this Christmas season shall
not be desecrated by any eonditlon
or Incident that is riotous, revolu
tionary. or prejudicial to the |>eace
and order of the state.
Judge Roan Is thoroughly In earnest
in the statement which he lias made,
tie Is a man above isilltleal by-play or
personal motives In the Sbndnct of
his public life. The judiciary of Geor
gia has not a higher or morn stainless
representative than he and with nil
tho form of his high anil beautiful
moral character shining behind the
Arm and resolute wonU of his Judicial
utterance we may rely u|»n It that
the courts and officers of the Inw are
of ono mind and of one accord In the
arm determination to keep this Christ
mas season from tho Incidents which
Slain society and degrade the state.
The victory of the old crowd In Ihe
Mutual I.lfe Insurance election shows
that It Is hard to separate a man from
his nioucy and much harder to sepa
rate him from other people's money.
After winning that Xohel peace
prise. President Roosevelt Is more
convinced than ever that peace hath
victories far more renowned titan
those of war.
Senator Depew's elHlni that he has
aevered all connection with the cor
porations will hardly Im< accepted so
long as he remnias In the senate.
San Francisco has no objection lu
the president's looking nfter other peo
ple's business, provided San Francisco
isn't the other iteople.
As for ourselves, we don't believe
that President Roosevelt will ever oc
cupy Senator Platt's seat until it hns
first been fumigated.
The president seems perfectly will
ing to tell what congress shall do
with everything except that new
115,000.000 surplus.
ft Is not surprising to Hud million
aire philanthropists giving away lakes,
aa water ran no longer lie used In
trust stocks.
Perhaps that new French law for
bidding |>eople to go to church Is just
a shrewd way of being sure that they
will go.
Senator Beveridge's desire to abol
ish all child labor Is another reason
for regretting that we are no longer
children.
The creditors of Count Botil, who
are not to lie |ia!d with the Gould
millions, also agree that marriage Is a
failure. •
Ono reason why the railroads can
not cave any money Is that they have
to'pay for so many new suits.
The eritlc who recently questioned
tbs reality of Anna Held's fame e\i-
gently overlooked the cigar.
The British bouse of lords Is said
to be on trial. It will probably be
found guilty.
Whether a man Is a grafter or a
thief depeuds upon bow much he
gels.
THE GREATNESS OP ‘‘DAN’L GREGG.”
Here Is a homely poem from an unknown poet writing In The.Chicago
Record-Herald. It Is good reading in this period when the heart la soft
and turned to Its own betterment and to altruistic thought:
You never bear of Dan’I Gregg, I don’t
suppose: lint any.
I wont to toll you thorn arn few an grant
a, fmt Juat 'twixt
oine tiling
along
na him today;
no never hold i
inn and you.
Ain’t till* here tioldiu’ office
grant men seldom do *
No, Pnn’l In* Ju*t fann*d It—licked i
through thick and thin
Qulnln' Into nnd startin' early, mootin'
trouldo with
Ho didn’t lenvn i
triih to atato
That. In my oiiiulou. Pnn’l should ho
n mn hr rod with the grout.
Tlurt Pnn’l wnnn’t hardly what you’d rail
A number one.
For ho got hla aoboollu' mostly out l>e*
uontb tho shinin' aim;
Tho papers never ln>tbored over Pnn'l
Gregg's affairs.
But a groat nmn hnd departed when In*
eluw the golden at a Ira.
MOST FREQUENT CAUSE OF DIVORCES IS DECLARED
BY DOROTHY DIX TO BE QUARRELS OF MARRIED FOLK
OVER THE RIGHT TO OPEN EACH OTHER’S MAIL
•r got up In*
swifter than
\>jf ekapouud
lie
i tho
o no flgbtin’
Napoleon nr
tho la ml or
Grant, nor
Ho wasn't
jet a 1
So doubt thin FJorpouf Morgan n>uld of
aklntied him In n trade.
And as far na oddyeatlnn la Concerned,
why. I’m afraid ,
He never wrote no poem*.
’ volition mo
Tho world would move on
the good Isord made It go;
He eonldu’t preneh a aeruion i
the Inw to you.
But he raised two hoys, by golly, that
wore deoent through nnd through.
Ho taught ’em to he honest, nnd he taught
'em to ho true;
Ho taught 'em to ho manly, am! that
there’a n lot to do.
Ho rained hla boy* to honor him, and so 1
wish to state
That, In my opinion. Pnn'l should he uiiui-
Itered with the groat.
Now why should wo bother a poem like this with an editorial com
ment. It explains Itself, (t carries Its own lesson and Its own moral. It
fs better than any editorial which could harass It.
What constitutes a state? Not high raised battlements nor martial
armament, hut men, clean men, brave men and true.
As a monument to any man’s memory there’s no sort of compari
son between, a future for children to waste, and children who are a for
tune In themselves. The debt of Georgia Is not to the Ell’s who rat^e'Up
children after the build of HaphnI and Phlneas, but to the Cornelias
whose sons are not less the "Jewels” of their mother than the real or
naments of the state.
We will take our chances on the orators and statesmen of the coming
decade If God will send Georgia In every voting precinct, a Dan’I Gregg,
’ Who’ll raise two boys, by golly, who are decent through and through.”
A CAUTION TO ENGINEERS.
The Georgian haa been making nn honest effort to persuade the rail
roads tlint l hey would secure better aervice In the now vastly more re
sponsible office of telegraph operator by paying better prices nnd by
shortening the hours of the long tension In which these operators are held.
Wo have good reason to believe that this necessary reform Is Impress
ing Itself upon Ihe minds of the railroad men of the country, and that it
will be one of the desirable improvements of the present upheaval.
There Is another phase of this railroad quest Ion which can per
haps he bettered by calling public attention to It. It frequently hap
pens that engineers In charge of locomotives hold the throttle far longer
than It Is either safe or proper that they should do. And this Is an evil
for which the engineers are sometimes as much responsible as the rail
roads themselves. In all eases the engineers are paid for additional trips
which they take out of their regular runs, nnd for emergency trips going
over tltelr time. In this age of accumulation It Is frequently a tempta
tion to engineers to voluntarily assume this additional labor and tax for
the sake of tho money that is lu It. The temptation to make a few dollars
more In a single day frequently leads these men to finish ono trip which
Is a regular assignment and then voluntarily assume and sometimes to
ask for an extra trip for the sake of the money that It brings.
It Is not often that an engineer Is found guilty of neglect of duty, but
au old and experienced master of the throttle told the editor of The
Georgian the other day that to his iiersonal knowledge some of the worst
accidents of recent times hud been due to the fact thut an engineer had
IKiHltlvely been nodding at his throttle from the hiss of sleep. Of course
this ought lo he made Impossible In this time of danger and of accident.
It Is a danger which threatens too nearly the lives and safety of too
many people to he lightly considered, nnd It Ihe railroads cannot find any
satisfactory and definite method to prevent It, then the law should put a
penalty both upon the rullroads uml upon the engineer for overtaxing na
ture and human endurance In men who carry the safety and lives of their
fellow men In their alertness, their vigor and their clear-eyed capacity
for good work.
Reading of Letters an
Offense Against
Good Manners.
BIRTHDAY OF FRANKLIN
CELEB R AI ED B Y PRINTERS
ASSUMPTION IN ACT
Preliminary arrangements for the
celebration of the birthday of Benja
min Franklin,- to be held under auspices
of Atlanta Typographical Union, No.
48, on January 17, were made at a
ir TXT Arvfim T Y\’m meeting of the general committee, held
HA IN OINTMENT i m
the hall of the Federation of Trades,
• j In North Forsyth street, Sunday aft-
* ; ernoon. The meeting was lurgely at-
Seems to Strike fit Personal i tended - an « »•>* committeemen evinced
Oil Ills to OIIlKt ai X t I SOlldl senulno enthusiasm In Otelr work, It
being their Intention of making the
celebration, which has been annually
observed by the union for a long time,
one of the most elaborate and notable
events of Its kind ever given here.
The committee organized by electing
W. B. Correll chairman and Walter H.
Grant, secretary-treasurer. After dis
cussing plans for the entertainment in
Liberty and Is a H/iodoo
To Happiness,
BISHOP KEILEY’S IMPULSIVE UTTERANCE.
There will he found many, including some staunch and loyal Cath
olics, to regret the utteraueea of Hlaliop Kelley, at Savannah, on Sunday.
It la unfortunate that the Bishop ahould stress at this lime the advice
lo his iieople to obey the laws of the church before those of the state,
nnd to announce that he would unhesitatingly break the luws of Georgia
and advise Ills people to break them If those laws Interfered In any way
with the duties of the church.
Bishop Kelley Is a warm-hearted and gallant gentleman, who has
thousands of friends all over the South In Ills own and In other religious
denominations. We feel sure that the fervent spirit of tho ecclesiastic,
stirred by the recent events In Frauee, must have tempted him to utter-
nnees which we icarcely believe bo would have mntle under tiny other
circumstances.
Fortunately for the Bishop ami for the people who share Ills relig
ious views, the Pope Is not likely to nutke any decree which would con
flict with the laws of Georgia or of the republic, and our good friends
of the Catholic church are not likely to be called upon to follow Bishop
Kelley in any rising or rebellion against the statutes of this common
wealth. We feel sure that the conservative clergy of the Catholic
church contemplate no such catastrophe.
The Reverend J. It. Gunn, of Atlanta, who has rapidly grown to he
one of the most Influential leaders of Ills church. Is also one of Its most
conservative members, and lie with other Catholic clergymen of the city
and the state, would, we are sure, deprecate any effort to place the church
in antagonism to the stnte.
Plus the Tenth, the present pope. Is lilmself u man of liberal apirlt
and of progressive ideas. There Is nothing In his record which would
Indicate so sharp a contliet ns that which Bishop Kelley Impulsively out
lines lu Ills Savannah address, and we trust that the good Bishop of
Savannah who holds so large n share of tile respect and confidence of the
prople of tho South will not stresa any further tilt doctrines and views to
which he lias just given utterance.
TEXAS’ ATTITUDETOWARD BAILEY.
lu a Democratic state like Georgia the political fate of u great party
leader like Bailey, of Texas, is a matter of more than ordinary concern.
What will Texas do with Jot* Halley, the ablest of Democratic sena
tors. and the most eloquent of Democratic leaders save one?
We do not know at this distance, but the Houston Post which we
have long accredited ns the ablest ami fairest paper In the Lotje Star
State, has issued a public statement from which we extract some news
and some opinions that will be of general interest throughout the Demo
cratlc South. Says the Post:
First, let It be known that there Is not tho slightest proba
bility of Senator Bailey's defeat. The so-called ’’revelations”
have been carefully weighed by the people and the members
of the legislature and tip to thin time more than 100 of 103
members have stated explicitly that they will vote for Senator
Bailey's re-election. Of those who have not so declared, more
than one-half are friendly to him. It is improbable that more
than two dozen members will cast their ballots against him.
The tight on him. therefore* amounts to uothlng so far as his re-
election is concerned.
This does not imply that the fact of his borrowing money
from II. C. Pierce is Indifferently regarded. On the contrary, it is
not. It was a mistake—a serious, but not a dishonest one. Bai
ley’s record in the senate Is proof enough that he bartered no
Influence for th»* accommodation extended him. Every vote and
every speech show an unswerving fidelity to his trust. The mon
ey was paid back to the lender, and nt the time of ^he transac
tions. antedating his service in the senate, there was no reason *
to suspect that Mr. Pierce was remotely connected with Stand
ard Oil. The fact that Pierce transferred these business trans
actions to his company may disclose crafty motives on the part
of pierce, but Pierce himself testifies that they were, as Bailey
understood them, purely personal transactions.
In the absence of taint upon his honor, Texas will not dis
credit and destroy so superb a figure as Senator Bailey merely
for a business indiscretion. She will retain him ns a worthy ex-
i [lonent of her proudest traditions, just aa Webster and Clay % are
yet remembered for their genius while the spiteful asaults upon
them and the trivial errors they made are forgotten.
All of which reads singularly In accord with a letter sent to The Geor
gian as editorial correspondence from Paris. Texus, four weeks ago.
Bailey will lie forgiven his Indiscretion, and will resume bis place
alongside of Tillman as a Democratic leader of the senate,
•
By DOROTHY DIX.
A FAMOUS divorce lawyer baa
recently made the statement
that, incredible as It seems, the
thing that causes divorce oftener than
almost anything else is married people
quarreling over their right to open
each other’s letters. /
This does riot imply, as It might seem
to, that the husband Is cherishing a
deep, dayk secret that his wife would
be liable to discover It she tampered
with Ills mail, nor Is It an indication
that the wife is receiving surreptitious
billet-doux from some other gentleman.
In the letters of neither will there bo
anything of a private or compromising
nature, but. nevertheless, they both
want to get their mall inviolate, and It
enrages them to have it opened and
read.
This lawyer estimates that of all
married eduples 90 per rent have a
perpetual disagreement and spat on the
letter opening question, and of these
a surprisingly large number go on from
bad to worse until they land In the di
vorce courts.
An Offense Against Good Mannsrs.
The statement that such a trivial
thing ns meddling with another per
son’s mail could slay Jove and part
fond hearts and break up homes sounds
absurd until one brings the question
home t<i one’s self. Then the most
patient, the. most meek nnd the most
forbearing of 41s are bound to admit
that there is nothing else on earth
that Is so enraging and infuriating and
makes one feel so much like committing
murder on the spot as to have some
body open our letters, somebody read
them before we have seen them, some
body skim off all the little cream of
anticipation nnd wonder nnd curiosity
that Is on the top of even the poorest
letter.
It Is one of the offenses against good
manners nnd good taste that it Is Im
possible to forgive, for It Is a thing
that Is done with premeditation and
malice aforethought, and there can
only be one single solitary excuse tor
it—where a man or woman really sus
pects the other party of having com
mitted some crime, and Is trying to get
evidence enough to bolster up a plea
for divorce. In families—for the open
ing of other people’s letters Is not a
crime exclusively confined to mutrlmo-
ny—there can be no possible Justifica
tion for the offense.
Home-Wrecking Secret.
A letter Is a private affair. It Is a
matter of honor between the one who
writes it and the one who receives It.
The confidences that you write John
are not Intended for his brother Harry,
that you loath nnd despise, nor his
cat-like sister Mary, nor his gossip
ing old mother. The self-reservations
that j'ou do not hesitate to make to
Helen are .not designed to be perused
by her sisters anil her cousins and
her aunts, nnd yet in only too many
families everybody’s letters are consid
ered common property, and the one
who reaches the postman first has no
hesitation In breaking the seals and
scattering their contents to the winds.
But the real reason that husbands
and wives quarrel over tDo opening of
letters whose contents might be pub
lished to the world with Impunity, until
they reach the divorce court. Is because
the assuming of the right to break the
seal of a letter to another Is the sign
nnd symbol of the great hoodoo of con
nubial nnd family life. Tills Is ttie* abo
lition of personal liberty and personal
privacy. Here In a nutshell you have
the one thing thut makes domestic
life intolerable, that breaks up homes
and rends families asunder oftener
than anything else.
The Tyrant* of the H#arth*ton*.
Abstractly we ail know this. We
all know that our forebears fought and
died and bled for liberty. We know
that they dared every danger and
every hardship to seek freedom, and
yet we cannot understand that the
same spirit Is with us yet. nnd that the
one thing that we cannot endure, and
III not endure. Is to bow the neck to
the yoke of slavery, whether It be po
Jiticnl or domestic.
Yet there are no tyrants so grinding
and so pitiless ns the tyrants of the
hearthstone, and It Is because the
of us spend our lives fighting these
that the home become* a battleground
Instead of the temple of peace it was
meant to be.
Oh. there Is no use In denying it.
You know it is true. Ht> do I. Which
of us, unless we have put a thousand
tnlles between us nnd our husband or
wife, or nearest of kin. has a single,
solitary, unabridged right to do as we
please, without comment, argument or
suggestion? None.
It takes the average man and woman
who lives at home forty years of solid,
uninterrupted scrapping to teach their
parents that they have a right to open
letters first, but never, not if they live
to he a million .years old. do they ever
attAin the privilege of not having to
tell the. contents. The married me
even more unfortunate In this respect,
according to the expert opinion of the
divorce lawyer whose opinion I have
juoted.
A Right to Thi* Privilege.
Aa for going out
a general way, the following Sub-com
mittees were appointed by Chairman
Correll:
On Location—W. 8. Wardlaw, J. J.
Hobby and \V. P. Harding.
On Invitations—W. B. Correll. H. L.
Bass, J. L. OlddlBh, (’. H. Brown and
W. H. Grant.
On Program—W. S. Wardlaw, Eu
gene L. Downs, W. P. Harding.
On Music—K. A. Taft, Fred J. Ter
ry and H. A. Cobb.
These committees will report to the
genera! committee at a meeting to be
held next Sunday afternoon In Feder
ation hall.
While the character of the entertain
ment to be given hns not been definite
ly determined. It is proposed to con
clude the program, which will include
speaking, music and other features,
with a dance, from 9:30 unftl mid
night.
i GOSSIP
Work will begin within a*few day
on the new Bijou theater to be erected
at Carnegie way and fain street toy
the Wells Amusement Company, and
the completion will be pushed In an ef
fort to have the play house ready tor
occupaney In June. It was originally
Intended to produce plays in this house
before the end of 1906, but the theater
furnishing people could not fill their
contracts.
Jake Wells, manager of the Bijou
circuit, passed through Atlanta Sun
day. He lias Just visited his theaters
in Memphis, Chattanooga. Mobile,
Montgomery nnd Birmingham. . IBs
new houses have just been opened it
Evansville and Chattanooga and much
time has been spent In getting them
ready for the public. The Atlanta the
ater .will show considerable Improve
ment In the line of amusement houses.
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FIGHTING MARBLE
FOR POSTOFFICE!
WANT .GRANITE
I
A systematic effort Is being made
by those interested to have Atlanta's
proposed $1,000,000 postoffice built of
granite instead of Georgia marble. Pe
titions are being circulated among the
business men of the city to secure sig
natures to this end and will be sent to
Washington.
It Is understood that an effort will
also be made to shut out the marble
bidders from making estimates on the
work. It is said that many of the
people who have signed the petitions
have done so to get rid of the can
vasser during the rush season without
considering the importance of the
move.
"I think it preposterous,” said an of
ficial Saturday. ”that anyone ahould be
so unthoughtful as to assist such a
movement. The public building can be
built of Georgia marble, the prettiest
building material In the world and the
quarries right here at our doors. It
would be a disgrace to use anything
else.
"The people who htfve signed these
petitions must have forgotten the num
bers of public buildhigs built In distant
states of Georgia marble. They even
pay high freight rates In order to se
cure the material from this state. The
marble Is even nearer Atlanta than the
granite. It was originally intended to
build the postoffice of marble, and some
effort ought to be made to offset the
efforts of those who do not seem to
have the Interest of the city at heart."
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York. Dec. 24.—Here are aouie of tlie
visitors in New York today:
ATLANTA—N. If. Benefield, C. Borg. K
L. Pelaiunter, C. It. Greer. J. L. Greer. K.
It. Jon pm, M. F. Owens. K. C. Bay no
1>. Smith, E. Stowe. I. Bnrnnucr. N. 1
F. J. Levy, C. \V. Phillips, M. Stein.
DR. LINGLE COMES
FOR FIRST SERMON
Rev. \V. L. Llngle will preach at the
First Presbyterian church on Decem
ber 30 at the morning service, and the
indications are that a large congrega
tion will hear him. It will be remem
bered that the First Presbyterian
church extended a unanimous call to
Dr. Llngle to succeed Rev. C. P. Bride
well, nnd while ho has not yet given
an answer, the fact that he Is going to
preach is looked forward to with con
siderable Interest. At present Dr. Lln
gle Is pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Rock Hill, S. C., and every
effort is being made by 111* congrega
tion there to have him remain.
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• STRAUS—Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Straus
will have what Is said to be the finest
house ever offered for rent In Wash
ington. It Is In Sixteenth street, north,
ward from the white house.
JOL1NE—Adrian H. Jollne, the new
president of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad, besides a great rail
road man, has written a number of
books. Including "The Diversions of a
Booklover.”
OSCAR—King Oscar of Sweden, In
his seventy-eighth year, discusses
problems in mathematics and litera
ture and Indulges in the gentle art of
riting sonnets with much of the ar
dency of his earlier years.
SCHAEFFER—Rev. John Schaeffer,
of North Benton. Ohio, hns just cele
brated bis one hundred and first birth
day. He Is the oldest clergyman In
! Ohio, and possibly in the United States.
, I He preached regularly for sixty years
•omlng in, whoj am j has lived In his present home for
but the unattached has the privilege of j ten year* longer. He reads newspa
doing so without having to face a bat- pets without glasses and has hardly
tery of the third degree? "Where have I been ill a day In bis life.
you been? How long did you stay?) —
Was that the only place you went? COTTON ASSOCIATION
Who did you see? What did they say? ELECTS NEW OFFICERS.
What made you go?” etc., etc., ad in-
fiiiitum. ? Special to The Georgian.
Now. I respectfully submit that every LaGrange, Ga., Dec. 24.—Troup
grown man or woman has a right to I c\>nnty Cotton Association held Its an
oinan has s ^ ^ ^ ......
her own mull, and to go and j nua f ejection of officers for the ensuing
ome ns they please without having -o I year Saturday evening. The officers
render an account to their families.; ,q eol ed were: Colonel J. E. Dunson,
and if the family could only he brought j president; <\ D. Hudson, vice presl-
to this point of view domestic fife; dent, and X. R. Hutchinson, secretary
wouldn’t be the life term sentence of an fi treasurer. State delegates for the
imprisonment that It n
The parents who catechise their chil
dren. the husbands who spy upon their
wives’ letters, the wives that call time
their husbands and make th
on vent ion were also selected, as fol-
lows: Colonel Booker, of West Point:
Judge F. M. Longley. of LaGrange, and
J. D. Cooper, of Hogansville.
At the conclusion of the election of
count for every minute, are outraging*! officers Field Agent K. D. Smith, of
tho sense of individual liberty and pti- { Columbia. S. C„ delivered one of his
vary tbat is the birthright of every {characteristic addresses.
human being, and are driving the ones ! "*
they would hold away from them. |
"Give me liberty or give me death” [ mestlc tyrant would rather give us
Is still the heart cry of every one of | death or divorce than even the privl-
us. ami the pity of it is that the do- lege of opening our own letters.
(Copyright, 1906, by Amerlcan-Journal-
Examlner.)
With some cheerfulness Is an inborn
quality, but generally speaking It Is
perhaps more to be attributed to early,
sympathetic-ami pleasant surroundings,
and although it Is largely a matter of
temperament, still, In the fact that
through cultivation It may become pos
sible to all, there should be a general
feeling of encouragement—and what
more worthy of cultivation? for It not
only makes life more desirable from
every standpoint, but from a practical
point of view It Is an Invaluable as
set.
Through lack of sympathy and cheer
fulness one becomes irritable, self-cen
tered and depressed, and from which
characteristics probably arise more
cases of nervous prostration nnd nerv
ous dyspepsia than do contagious dis
eases from contact.
Happiness Is not confined to any par
ticular localtles, but, like atmosphere,
it Is all around us, and while conditions
mny affect the degrees of our pleas
ures and make their expression more
difficult, still they cannot absolutely
submerge so long ns the spirit of cheer
fulness exists within us.
One’s habit of thought greatly Influ
ences the disposition, just os through
persistent cultivation almost anything
may become possible, uml Just as life.
If continually viewed "through a glass
darkly,” will only present gloom, sor
row, worry and exaggerate the trou
bles of life, so also will clear lenses
picture proportionate Joy.i, comforts
nnd many forms of good fortune.
Cheerfulness does not mean number
less enjoyments crowded Into a life’s
space, but In the depth of our appre
ciation and tamers to enjoy.
The cheerful person may make him
self a pleasure, a necessity, a luxury,
whereas the pessimist may become
equally a nuisance to himself and all
with whom he comes in contact. It
has been said by a well-known physl-
ian 1 hat depression perceptibly weak-
ns the pulse. Think, then, of what
incalculable value cheerfulness could
be at such 11 time. Irrltableness should
be considered a private misfortune, and
when made known to the public It be
comes the height of Indelicacy*—**
disgrace.
How much In the world there is that
Is beautiful, good and praiseworthy,
and even If at times those blessings
seem allotted to us In minor propor
tion*. we can certainly merit no possi
ble benefit or healthy enjoyment by de
crying our fates and belittling with
envy the better fortune of our neigh-
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
NeV York. Dec. 24.—About the bl K
gest Christmas present I’ve hbar.l about
is that which is coming to the | a ,„|
owner In the suburbs, who, It I*
servatlvely estimated, will get a Chiht!
mas present of $375,000,000.
This money is represented bv »h»
total advance in land value* dui-in*
the past year. In the distribut
$150,000,000 has gone to Brooklyn stiu
000.000 to Queens, $60,000,000 to til
Bronx and Westchester. $75,000,oho
the New Jersey suburbs, $20,000 000 * >
Nassau m>d Suffolk and $10,000 0011
Richmond. u
Land owners who have held their
properties during the year can add the
full proportionate share of the v
increase to their assets.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish has Issued , n -
vitations for a series of dinners n
December 25, January 9 and 24.
Miss Helen Cannon Is In soctatv’s
spot light now as the apostle of t)| ;u k
and white for occasions of state.
Time was when the speaker’s hn>>h*
daughter blossomed like Ellzals-ths
German garden In violets, ve|i„u,
blues, pinks and many other* t!. i; . j
shade*. At a banquet in Kenntur
Banks’ home recently Miss Cannon t ^
regal In a trained gown of lust.-u,^
chiffon cloth, the skirt full all su,, un ,j
and absolutely untrimined.
The corsage showed a novel and in
coming effect, being made of the ( j., f q
which was cut low. back and front H nd
came to the waist line to fit snuglv in *
perfectly fitted wide belt.
Under the corsage was a waist ,f
cream thread lace. Another exquMte
gown of Miss Cannon's i* of wi,ii e
panne velvet with three shades of |,| a jt.
ing on the skirt and covering the en
tire bodice.
Miss Helen Taft, the only daughter
of Secretary of War and Mrs. Taft, is
In Washington for the Christmas holi
days. She is a student ut Bryn Mawr,
Pa.
If a bill Introduced In the senate by
Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire,
becomes u law. former Senator II. \Y.
Blair, of New Hampshire, will rrnj\..
a pension of $75 a month. Senator
Blair {Hits in u great deal of his time
In Washington In the law business. Ills
record is such that it Is likely eon*
gress will see fit to jtllow him a pen
sion. He had a peculiarly gallant
record In the civil war. rising from .1
private to lieutenant colonel. He was
severely wounded and could hav-
drawn thousands of dollars In pension
money had he applied at once after
the* close of the war. He never has
asked for a pension, however, and has
never received one. He Is now ml-
auced in years and under the circum
stances will probably be given an al
lowance by the government.
With the return home of Miss .Mary
Reany, a prominent Detroit society
girl, daughter of the lnte Henry
Kenney and sister of Father William
Reany. formerly known its Admiral
Dewey’s chaplain, the last chapter <>f
her sensational elopement with Martin
Quinn, formerly of the Central detec-
re bureau, comes to a close.
Quinn was u married man. an*l
had been paying clandestine attentions
the girl for some time, and the
elopement early lust month first came
light with the receipt of Quinn’s
resignation. The mother nnd slster.1"
of the girl Insisted that she had not
gone away with the detective and that
she was III In bed, but it was learned
positively that the pair lmd boarded a
train together for Chicago.
They wandered west nnd went
through a marriage ceremony ut Win
nipeg. Manitoba. Through the Inter
vention of Bishop Muldoon, Mbs
Reany was reclaimed by her family
after their return to Chicago. Quinn
Is now in Denver and 1* writing for
his deserted wife’to come to him.
THIS DATE IN HISTORV.
DECEMBER 24.
1814—Treaty of Ghent Iwtworn Grant Uri'*
nln and America signed.
1838— London nnd Greenwich railway, rind
line III lamdon, o|M>ncd.
1856—IIiirIi Miller, famous English
gist, committed suicide. Born b'-
1864— First Ison hard meat of Fort FMo-r.
1869— Edwin M. Stnntnn diet!.
1872—Bm num's museum, New York citv. de
stroyed liy fire.
1889— Dr. Charles Mnckny. English author
nnd song writer, died.
1890— tasnc Sawteiio convicted at Royer. '
II.. of murder of bis. brother Illrnm
1891— Collision on Hudson River railroad at
llnstlngs, N. Y., In which fourteen per-^
sons were killed.
Whore* the Georgia Deleftion~~|
Live in Washington.
SENATORS.
Augustus O. Bacon, 1767 Oregon
avenue.
A. 8. Clay, the Normandie.
CONGRESSMEN.
W. C. Adamson, the Oxford.
C.*L. Bartlett, the 8horehaiu.
Thomas M. Bell, the Iroquois.
W. G. Brantley, the Chapin.
T. W. Hardwick, the Shoreham.
W. M. Howard, the Bancroft.
Gordon Lee, the Shoreham.
B. B. Lewie, the Metropolitan.
J. W. Overstreet, the Metropoli
tan.
L. F. Livingston, 1916 Blitmori
street.
J. M. Orlggs, the Metropolitan.
bon.
A cheerful countenance Is a wonder
ful advertisement, for It always Insures
welcome, whether In domestic* or busi
ness circles, and from a material point
of view, it is a splendid capital, for It
excites patronage and the general
friendship of the public, whereas the
man who indulges in morbidness and
pessimism Is apt to be c orrespondingly
unpopular. Dwell upon the Infinite
meaning of cheerfulness and the utter
futility of depression. Cheerful help
brings more material results than mere
almsgiving, and. like melodies, when
once set afloat, brighten the world.
All would do well to remember an
Italian motto, which means that "If
all cannot live on piazzas, every one
may at least fee I the sun.”
. Having failed to |>er*uade the Xe.v
York board of education to stop the
celebration of Christinas In tile public
schools, rabbis and other Hebrew* have
decided to call a sulk* of school chil
dren of their race.
Rules for Automobile Guest*.
Always tell your host that hi* i*
finest machine you ever rode In.
Ask hitn If It isn’t the best make
there Is.
Say you thought so when he says
yes.
Ask him what really makes U g°*
Listen while lie tells you.
Ask him If he Isn’t going very s"
Express surprise when he says
machine Is merely getting warmed up
and for you to wait.
Remark that automoblling Is the poe
try of motion.
And that you never before kn*w
what It meant to really live.
And that you feel an exquisite, in
explicable elation.
Admire his motoring get-up.
Tel! him how well he looks In •» »*
mobile togs.
Ask him If you may suggest a r "
for his machine.
Ask him what are the spark 1 * •
Ask him how to spell carburet* !
Express no surprise nt his reply
Say that you would be afraid to g
as fast If anyone else were driving
Ask to have all the parts In •••* •
explained to you.
Inquire minutely about the otn*
Introduce no subject save au J '
biles. .
Disparage all others and prai“* '
one you’re In.—Carolyn Wells* In
