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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. MONDAY. IIRCRMBBR 54, 100C THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon '.Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 3 West Alabama St.. Atlanta. Ga. Subscription Rotes. oar Vmr PI* Month*. • Tefiiwiiiies connecting nil department*. Long dlatauce torminnls. Smith & Thompson. udeertlslng rep resents tlvea for oil territory ontslde of Georgia. Chicago Office Tribune Bide. New York Office Potter Bide. If you bare nny trouble getting THE GEORGIAN, telephone the Circulation Department nnd bare It promptly rein* cdfed. Telephone*: Bell 4927 Main. Atlanta 4401. It I* desirable tbat nil communica tion* Intendef! for publication In THE GEORGIAN be limited to 4W worda In length. It (a (fiiperatlrr that they be ►Igtied. ea an evidence of good fnltb. tbouch the names will he withheld If requested. Rejected mnnnscrlpta will not lie returned unless stnmpa ore aeut for »be purpose. THE GEORGIAN prints no nnclean or objectionable Advertising. Neither does II print whisky or nuy liquor ail*. 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. ^^wwwooooooo000000000 o o O CARRIE NATION SPEAKS O O AT MEN ONLY MEETING. 0 O O 0 Roanoke, Va., Dec. 24.—Carrie 0 0 Nation, the Kansas saloon smash- 0 0 er, delivered two addresses here 0 0 in Assembly hull yesterday to 0 0 men only, both meetings being 0 0.well attended. Mayor Cutchln and 0 0 other city officials occupied front 0 0 seats. Mrs. Nation spoke ulong O 0 her usuul lines In condemning to- 0 0 bacco and whisky, but devoted her 0 O time principally to vice. 0 0 0 00000000000000000000O000O0 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. 00000000000000000000000000 O OF A PERSONAL NATURE. O 000000000O000000000000000O • 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