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president of the Rotary Club. Mayor Candler introduced Mra.
Atkinson to the club, and Mrs. Atkinson, instead of making a
speech, merely introduced me and I had to make the talk to those
gentlemen and tell them what we were trying to do. It seemed to
meet with their approval and Mrs, Atkinson and myself went to
the door and sold tickets to the men as they went out, Mr. Candler
though, bought another ticket, which were the only two that he pur-
chased on the automobile. I left the club to go to the Ansley Hotel
and put the money in the safe; when I saw they were taking pie
tures of Atlanta’s quota, General Swift and Mr. Candler, Mr.
Candler turned round and saw me and said: “This picture isn’t
complete without this litile lady,” and he took me by the arm and
placed me between him and General Swift and stood up there to
have the picture taken by my side. When the picture was com-
pleted and they had finished with me, I started on over to the
Ansley Hotel. Mr, Candler followed me and removed the hadgo
from his coat lapel~the Rotary badge—and pinned it on my dress
ag & souvenir of the occasion, and be asid, “Did I earn my reward?
‘When are you going to give me the hug?” And T paid, “Any time
you say; I always pay my debts.” He said, “I have got to go out
to Camp Gordon this afternoon, and may be late getting back; it
may be 4 or after before I get back,” he said, “ean yon come to my
office tomorrow afternoon?” I said, “Yes, I will be there tomor-
row afternoon,” and I went to his office in the Candler building.

The automobile was not discussed. I gave him the hug, but that
was all. On this oecasion, as on the former one, ho made improper
proposals, but didn’t go to the extent that he did on my former
visit. The next time that I called Mr. Candler up, it was s qnes-
tion of a Sunday baseball game. A baseball promoter had told
mo that if I eould get the co-operation of the Atlanta Woman's
Club to offer the Sunday baseball game, which was the first Sunday
baseball game they had had in a good many years at Ponce de Leon
Park, that he would give us half the receipts for the Red Cross.
I told him I would go and see Mr. Candler about it. Hoe
said, “Mr. Candler was the only person who could tell me
whether he could have it or not.” I went up in the city hall to see
Mr. Candler and asked him about the Sunday baseball game. He
said he doubted if it could be put over, that there was a Jaw against
Sunday games, but for me to see Attorney Mayson, and if he said
it could be done in any form, shape or manner, that he would give
it his approval. I called up the baseball promoter and he went
with me to Mr. Mayson, and Mr. Mayson got down the law books,
or the city ordinance, I think it was, and read where we couldn't
have the Sunday game,

The next day I called up Mr. Candler and went down and told
him that Mr. Mayson had said it was against the law. I was there
some time, and he went through the usual routine of hugging and
kissing me, but was not quito 20 effusive as he wae on that
firet visit, because my health was about on the verge of the hreak-
ing point and he saw that I was ill when I went up there. I had

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