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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-21
"MoNEYp SHE EXCLAIMED

and strong. Just as soon as christmas
Is over am going to try TO ge'
Mace to do common houseworR'
inst can't stand for you to nave u
bear all the burden ,. hor
Hush. little sister, Tom drew ne. her
o,oso with big brotbery sympatny
"It hasn't quite come to that yet ,o auu
,or mustn't think of leaving nome
S yon are not strong enough for sucn
work" . .ho could
she began looking AROUND ~, Sad '
snuosb. She found it at last-l NAV, nau
only rolled into one of the 9Oles Hs, SalS SnaS
on,' ono had ding near the wall. Tom hela l
9n ahe lantern near and she pulled u ,.l,l. ou'
oe o4G tbe hole, in doing which she dls'ous op5
OF tne tSo IU earth from the wall above lana ana
eu s,,,u .n' "a me- rain of damp dirt WIN
EO ,t came a small glass jar wn'cn uDO
o,,dently been imbedded in tue a5 wa,' =
evTvps With a wild cry Kathryn sel1ed ell" lon. :.
and held It up to the llgn' u '''
tern. ncold pieces
and greenbacks. GranuIuul' ,ua ouick!
+ro 1nne Tom! Come upstairs qO''
Never moment ',n later she poured the en- money aoy
a, har ostonished mothers zap itS u.S
was was counting it over tTeuO''"S
10y and excitement. ,.. eve six, sew.
j., oI' = she counted as she nad ., aoug tSere ea,
en- T., SUE tbe evening. only this time slrog tnePg
lier IL frowp Oh ner face 9e.eb sb
hundred sureIv uU,Iy' that ought 70 feed rs.n em.
guest. .,o3o 9 over such luck? why on, .nn
" was as,,, Una nav the mortgage and give I'VE yo con
it viii pay apo i'm IN the bank, and we eau J.
nest n,acs Sss pe lI and now you can 5.p %ns o
ry Betty, ty,,orrou n.ru and big fat TURKEY KEY
dinner r. '01'tO mont naye to go in debt and and
ana ana wt .tng g the turkey with oy'jI,s ,,atte dg
wen sun nav carpet in Aunt notgl Ma.u
put ronm coose aSS the Old ones sd dcsaicl s5PnSe,
and oPUiIi have plum pudding a'''
sauceF ,,oosed for want oI
And ID taTp on5 'IlS bid her face on T0% par
shoulder and burst ,inSsd lnsp ''nr op to smile
,n,@mohnn5I5 noms15 Iaiy' through her tears '''
say: rom Wrennet W
If / hadn't raised that 'o'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-21

sending little boys on eraudsp w,,,
a magnificent disregard of the fact @
tnat IA Tom was three years her senior,
Iom obedently procured the lontarr
IRON the woodshed, and together tbov
explored the cellar. She had snont
Iot OF time there when she had erst
returned from boarding school digging
about with the vain hope of locotInS
grandfather Kaue's money. He had
come TO make his home with tbom -
iew weeks previous to his deq,b from
olu age only the year before and once
they mad caught him playinp with a
handful of gold pieces as a child wopId
amuse itself with a lot of pebbles Ho
had quickly hidden them from slpbt
however, with his nervous, childish
laugh, and though he sometimes bob
bled of his treasure" and his "for
tune' no one ever saw them again
Once Kathryn had surprised him
coming out Of the cellar with a shovel
In his hand, the damp earth still cling.
ing to 1t, and he had slipped away
guilty. After his death she remem.
bered the incident and surmlsed that
he had buried his money in there for
safe keeping. 1t could not he much,
OF course, not more than 500 or so.
but that would be a fortune to them
In their present straltened clrcum.
stances, and she felt 1t no wrong to
the dead man, who had been but little
more than child, to unearth the mon.
ey and put It to good use, for It did no
one any good In It's hiding place.
But months Of vain searching had
dispelled the hope Of ever finding 1t,
II 1t had been concealed there, and
now she gazed little dlsdaInfully at
the deep holes and heaps Of dirt which
marked her former efforts Suddenly
she underwent a revulsion Of feeling
The little excavations and correspond
Ing mounds Of earth seemed to her
overwrought mind symbolIcal of her
constant effort and constant failure to
be of use to herself or those she loved.
"0h, Tomp she moaned, burying her
face in his coatsleeve and trying to
smother her sobs. ~ wish could do
somethIng-anythIng-to help you. It's
a shame you and Betty have to put
OF your wedding just because you
have US to take care Of, and me young
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-21

he could do 0s he liked,
one day, when the kitten was about
three months old, a telegram came to
the house whore he lived Il said,
Send little Angora to Miss Nellie Dale,
- Fifth avenue New York"
Tho butler came In with box, put
the unsuspectng kitten In and nailed
down the lid
what followed Is too confusing to
tell. There was much rnttllng over
rough streets, much joung over
tracks, much shrlcking of engines,
much humping against boXeN At last
It was over The box was carried into
warm, softly lighted room. A chllds
voice was heard cxclaimlng: "Tor mel
Why, | wonder what II can be-" A
tiny mow soon told her, and in a few
minutes tho kitten was out OF ltn
prison and tightly suugglcd In the
arms OF little girl A sauccr OF milk
was soon Tapped up, and pussy's lif'
In his new home began.
Nellie named her new pet Blizzard
because he was white and soft like
driftcd snow
Blizzard thought this name all right
but did not tor an instant meon to an
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-21

gone, do you
You oANN know Il IA tho
day before Christmas and We wont
get single present tomorrow
But Topsy was not dcspondent
whats do mattah wild Marso Santa
ClausY" she demanded "Aln he com
tn to dls lslau1 OATS whut ask
why, Topsy," explained little Nan
patiently "how could hel Hla roln-
deer couldn't cross tho water"
"Iet him como In a boat, den. OATS
whut say. lot him como In a boat
said Topsy nercely.
"oh," said Nan. 'but | am afraid he
can't"
Suddenly Topsy sat up and pointed
a sklnny black 0nger toward the sea.
'1rs a boat" she said, "a little boat
and It's coming here"
Nearer and nearer came the little
boat. and presently Topsy shrleked'
"Its Marsc Santa Claus Miss Mamie
It's Marse Santa Claus, aud he's com
ln straight to dls yer islam Didn't !
toc yeri Didn't tolc yer he'd conner
The man In the boat had nice
white beard He had on red sweater
and wore soft hat pulled we'll down
over hls cars. Az ho climbed out Of
the boat they saw that be was very
round md INT ana had O folly red face.
When he had pulled the boat mp OUT
OF the water he leaned over and picked
up great bng aud slung Il over his
shoulder and came trottlng up tho
bcnch
1T truly Is Santa" said Nan breath
lcssIy, "nud he Is coming straight to-
ward u.s. I am going TO run right
down and meet him"
Away she sped. her golden curls ny
Ing behind her. and when aho reached
the old man she slipped her hand into
bis couhdlngIy
"Tm awmIly glad you came SANTA
she said I've were 20 frightened ana
lonely. und muyho you chu 'I' WV ""N'
10 do"
The old mln stood ntill and stared At
her Thcu uc chugkod
/. "Wcn wclw be suId "Whero did
you come iromT
-, Just then Jack Cnmo running down
a tho bench
A "Irs Santa Claus" called Nnn "a
soon as hr was within hearing
2 Hut jack was older thnu Iop7y ana
fl Nan and Do bad bl' doubts "Aro you
n really saum Cmusy boz asked gfhyely
4, The old man wInked Don't looh
a Ike hlmT hc said
+ "Ym," snld Jack, 'you DO"
"Alnt got d pack on my blckr he
asked
"a "Ycs." said Jack. "but lt looks uA'
potntocs nnd not toys
a Then the old man leaned down an'
, whispered lu bla enr That's le1' VIVA
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-21

swcr TO IT, lie had never learned TO
mind or do anything else but be- a
truubsH lie stole everything he cou'N
ret lie broke 400 expensive vase n'.
couse hp would play lag with hlm'''f
ON the parIor mautel lie climbed w
,np baudsomo ucw curtains ot tho ha''
,1poova with the result that lhry soon
ooEed like strmmcrs lie cried nll inc
pme pcopIc we're cnuug wanting meat
and other things not good Ioi Kittens
,Twaa the ulght before Cbrlalm"A
and tbe servants were busy preph'lnb
for tbc big dIuucr tomorrow
All the relatives were Invited ana
plpah the cook. knew that the only
wny TO have hcr dinner on tine was 70
pct things ready for 10 the d1y before
She had just got thn bIs turkey ol'
and picked IL clcau Of pInira'h'''
gb. ppt II lu tho pauug wh.lo aho graf
sd bread with which 20 stun it
Company came Iu. nnd bInah dld oo'
gct her turkey oiled Dob fhc bad h'pg1
| sbo went to bed settling ber alnrm i''
d o'clock expecting 10 Flur ihe turkey
| before breakfast when bedtime came
no blizzard was 10 be found
The household was a"nhrntd ui % '' '
tbe morning by scream from Oman
I d." U#
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-21

IL la but lf them
lluIs dcbrs wants
to think rm San
IA. Why let em
tbiuk lt II won't
nurtauybody will
ltT
"No." a8ld Jack
~ WON'T
We'll then"
sald ho out loud.
"that being DO
cldcd we vrl go
ana have dIn
ucf
"DiI Ier enid
Jack lu surprise
"yhy where DO
you Olgef
"F0I.0w NO.
ald lbe nan ana
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-21

thing 90 cat aud
n you Orc cold
why you aud Top
ny cau no down
aud lot mo cover
you with warm
sand, and then
ru 10 and look
about
"Now, goodhy'
said Jack I'm
golug 20 look for
food And no
marched on like
a man, with his
hands In his pock.
cts.
"ropsy" sAld
Nan aftor no had
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-12-21
PRICE FIVE CENTS
wy ,lS-rsr srr1-------rx,a5-u,
f&s2aMSa;Fs ;Fsss
A SANTA CLAUS
FROM The SEA
rsX$l&RE8

ATAN and Jack and little black
I'M Topsy rubbed their eyes and
NJ stared about thom A big
vuyo had landed thcm high
and dry on q sandy island
"AU shlpVWcks 0ro horrId," said
Jack "But / think I eau nu1 some.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24

N NE of the prettiest examples
of the known British
practice of appropriation, eX-
ercised on every possible occasion,
in all quarters of the world, has re-
Gently been exposed by General A.
". Greedy.
In January 1921 Captain Ma
thaniel Brown Palmer, a Connect
cut man. only 81 years of age, com
handing the sIoop Hero, of 441-3
tons. then on sealing expedition
to the South Shetland islands dis
covered the northwestern part of
the Antarctic continent in about
latitude S. 6S degrees. longitude W.
SO degrees. Like Columbus, ne did
not know that it was a continent
he had found. and. like him, too,
as General Greedy points out, he
was robbed of the honor Of having
his name attached to the new land
which he had been the first to
visit
While the fleet of sealers to
which the Hero belonged was en-
gagged. late in 1920, in capturing
seals at the South Shetlands. an
other sharp eyed Yankee, Captain
Benjamin Pendleton. saw from his
lookout. on a volcanic crater snow
capped peaks far in the south.
Captain Palmer determined to sail
in the direction of these peaks in
search of new sealing grounds. The
result of his enterprise has already
been mentioned found the cor
ner Of the Antarctic continent
which projects farthest toward
cape Horn. The distance from the
South shetland islands was about
10 miles
Captain Palmer noted that the
land was mountainous and covered
With snow. H entered several
bays and found sea leopards, but
no seals. On his way home he met
Russian exploring expedition
under Captain +. q. Won Belhngs-
hansen. and communicated to him
full information of the discovery
which he had just made.
For about ten years. until 1881
the name Of Palmer Land was at
tached to the Young captain dis
eovery. One Of his fellows on the
expedition, an English sailor
George Powell. brought out map
Of the South Shetland islands. on
which he LOYALTY charted Palmer
Land and this nomenclature was
promptly adopted by French on
cial publications
Then the usual thing happened
The Enderby brothers. Englishmen,
one Of them an influential member
Of the ROYAL Geograp htcal Society
fitted out an expedition, command
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
Antarctic Continent an
American Discovery
Bv GARRETT P. SERVTSS

ed by John Biscoe, a retired mas
ter in the royal navy, whereupon,
in the high British fashion. the
name of the discoverer was sum
marily thrown out and that of the
First Lord of the Admiralty"
substituted. and so Palmer Land,
by order of the mistress of the
seas became Graham Land"
In the usual way. also, British
writers have discredited and ig-
nored the work of their country
mans predecessor. preferring even
to give the honor to the Russian
Bellingshausen rather than to al
low it to be retained by an Amer
lean, to whom 1t justly belonged.
The Encyclopedia Britannica, pub
lished in 1878, mentions neither
Palmer nor charts his discoveries"
It's new edition, "Americanized for
the United States" admits in two
lines that Nathaniel Brown Palm
err discovered the mountainous
archipelago 90 which now bears
his name and then proceeds to
give a column regarding John Bis
coe whose explorations resulted
in the ousting of the true discov-
erer. An honorable exception should
be made in the case of Dr. Hugh
Robert Mill, who says that. as a
matter of historic justice, PaImers
name should be retained
Captain Wilkes. the American
discoverer of the Antarctic CON
tingent Gas a continenN and who
gave il that name. has suffered in
in similar way from British
jealousy, representation. ap-
preparation and behttlenent IN
order that his rival Casaein i. q,
Ross. may have all To- homer
Says General Greely: Ne dis
crediting Of Wilkes BY Nandars
English authorities has been bold.
omen and persistent for seventy
wears. although occasionally in
late years some able. il1tp5 ys....
expert like the Scottish scientist
Sir John Murray has expressed
belief in him
All this. it must h. confessed IS
rot calculated 10 create much
general synpstry 5oi tr~ uncon-
cealed disappointmsnt Of the Bri
tsh geographers in the fair beat
ing out of their champion. Can
tain Scott by the brave Mo-
wegian, Amundsen. in the race
for the south pole The Pritisb
formula in such eases nesr va
ries, and It IS again illustrated h.
the attacks IN London ~ "a
American Investigation OF the ~
tanic horror Everything i 10
ncrance 'boorishness and
backvoods manners thar dos
nor come out Of the tight lttt,e
islA
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
DOROTHY DIX WRITES
The Man Who Admires Fat Women

catty TO another. she says, My
dear how well you are looking
You've gained at least twenty
pounds since l saw YOU last, haven't
you?'
Only women who go through the
agony Of starvation and of being
hayed alive by masseurs, and ~ no
exercise to the point of fainting
with fatigue, in order to keep down
their adipose tissue, know what
luck has happened to fat woman
when a man eondescends to notice
her, much less to fall in love with
her. and only women will know how
to estimate the misfortune one has
sustained in having lost a lover who
prefers curves to angles and
comfortable, Well fed appearing
lady to female who has a lean
and hungry look
With the present mania for
scrawniness in women. it is gener-
ally conceded that fat 9 the unpar-
donable sin and that for a wife to
permit herself to grow stout is suf-
ficient cause FOR her husband to
pension her off on alimony and get
a new and stringy mate Think,
then. Of the blighting disappoint-
ment Of this woman who has just
missed getting 9 husband who liked
fat and who would have loved his
wife better as the Years went by
and she pulled down the scales at q
nsaN-isr nd haa1-ls..- 1,ntch
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
$4,000 Too Little for
Such a Man.

Is ii any wonder that a lady who
loses man who admires fat on a
woman tries to get him back by
process of law, or any other way
that she can? Is it to be marveled
a that. having been deprived of the
prop and stay of the affect ton of
such a man. she seeks what poor
consolation $4,000 would give herr
Hers is no common loss. An or
binary man, with ordinary views on
the straight front subject. may be
easily replaced if he wriggles off
the matrimonial hook, and We may
scorn the woman who is so poor a
sport that she asks TO be paid for
the fish she did not have skill
enough to land. but the man who
adores fat women. whose love is of
the elastic variety that spans a IS
inch waist. and who thinks there
can not be too much of a good
thing Is Of another breed He IS
the treasure that only once in ten
million times may the fisherwoman
hope to bring up in her net. and
when he is lost there is no balm in
Gilead for her wounds
Why fat and love should be as
inimical as oil and water nobody
knows L is merely 2 fact In pc
etry and romance the heroes are all
tan and slender, and the heroines
living skeletons. No woman falls in
love with a fat man No man even
thinks Of falling in love with 4 tat
woman That is why women tor
ture themselves 70 keep thin. and
why, when one woman wants to be
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
BY DOROTHY DIX.

brium, as is the common custom
among men
over and over again in these let
ters lie calls her my beautiful fat
Mitten." My darling fat kitten,
My lovely fat girl,' and so on,
ringing the usual lovers changes ON
her perfections. but always striking
the high note of his praises with
the magic word fat" She is, in
turn, referred TO as beautiful, ador-
able fascinating wonderful, but
each of these terms Of fattery is
buttressed and bulwarked and
crowned, and pinnacled, so to speak.
with fat
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24

Yum was quite a success at baseball, but
the money end of it bothered him and soon
he started to figure the softest way to get
com He could have helped the groceryman
or worked in the dry goods store, as the
other lads did, but then that would be taking
up too much Of his time. so he turned fight
manager.
He found young lad in the neighbor-
hood who was quite scrapper and took him
around to the little fight clubs where he got
half of the SO earned by his demon
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24

Yum met the gay fellows then. His one
ambition was to rig himself with set of
swell scenery and then get diamond ring
and pin.
You don t need any schooling to be
manager, " he said
Half the managers never read anything
except bill of fare and the Entries for to-
morrow" and they had nothing on Yum.
The money was easy and his time was his
own
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
Ella Wheeler
Writes on
ALetter F rom an Italian
Lady
and
The Practice Of Chang
ing Names
Writer, For The 4 tlnnta Georgian
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright 1912. by Anne rican- journal Examiner

there in speaking Of him "c4eeorgge
Vashingtone
But unless the travelling Aner4-
can learns to pronounce this Anert-
can name in the French fashion he
viii never be able to male the cab
drivers understand where he wishes
to go, if his destination is Rue
George Washington
There are certain sounds peculiar
to each language, and when q child
IS brought UP from the cradle to
speak only that language II is oft
entimes a physical imposstbility for
vocal organs and lips to form
sounds which pertain to other Ian
guages without a long course of
study
This necessitates changing those
words, when possible, TO the native
tongue of that person.
French Cant Pronounce
wv" and 9Th" Easily
The French man or woman can
not, without a course of training,
say w or TIL
There are no such sounds in their
language.
The English and American can
not speak words containing the
French U so that they can be I'M
derstood
Were Frenchman and an Eng
lish- speaking man to refer to lady
named Ursula, neither would know
of whom the other spoke, so diff
ferent would be their pronunciation
of the name
Speak of Paris. in France as we
call It here. and no one knows
what you are talking about Speak
of going to "Paree" here, and no
one understands
Up in Flanders there is a most
interesting city which we in Amer
lea spell and pronounce Client"
lady travelling rushed to
ticket office in Brussels and asked
for a ticket to Client. and lost her
train before she was able to find
any one to translate her word into
the CANS, by which name the city
was known to its own people.
And the pronunciation of Cans
was wholly unlike its own spelling
according to our rules
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24

pr,,TNArTv ~. .o,,a,,o1 n,Ib-
- n',t,,
~ = 'as 9o''i'' y = l', ~ ""
'"e woman WHO oii"ss
breach OF promise SUIT against me
man who has promised TO marry her
and then WEIGHED on his bargain.
i 6us ne Nth DISGUST and renu-
.L.., .,.,,.,.
s'0'' - ''''''N - 9 " '-i'''i' N'''0i.
Ing her hcaft wounds TO the cal
lous gaze of the public on the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24

What absolute knowledge of any kind have YOU NONE
You simply chronicle your little Impressions live in
universe in which the least wonderful thing the smallest
blade of of sand is entirely beyond your
prehenon Every phenomenon of life mysterious beyond your
grasp You take everything for grantedthe warmth of the
the and the air that YOU free the fertility of
earth the regular the wonderful balance of planet
It's whrng journey and all of cosmc wisdom kindness
And your foolish little intellectual vanity forbds YOU
accept power justice wisdom and benevoence infinitely
above that of the tiny little tins earth
You say the atheist this
You denial Others least striving dmy
realize the wisdom that guides Others least Up
WARD not downward They have gratitude which inspra
ton. You haven
The atheist is fooishly person who delights
his against those of others who god
of his triAng foolish little power DON'T WASTE TINE
ARGUING WITH HIM
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24

To be continued }
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-24
How Far Back Can You
Remember?
You EXISTED Before Your Memory Began Did You Not?
A reader writes us

argue pretty with who calls himself an
He tells that there such thing as heaven or
future life argue late night sometimes This IS one
thing he saws and get around it. He says: Every
thing Won ever did YOU can remember know that you
were alive yesterday and the day before and last year
you been alive existence angel or IN any other
way before you this world you would remember
that woudn you? If you going to live on hereafter
you would know something about that too
This atheist has pretty good line of argument and
wish you could tell things that could answer
him He likes to talk with Christian people and make
them sound foolish with his arguments.
We advise our reader to talk atheist friend about
as follows:
To begin with YOU are NO atheist There thing
as an atheist An atheist supposed be who denies
the existence of He is in reality who makes HIM
SELF his god His god usually his own concert de suffers
from permanent attack of intellectual vanity ana
he wants to explain everything for himself and do
everything for himself
Intellectually he is about par with the little child that
hardly walk and yet refuses be held by the hand by its
mother
Occasionally a man calls himself an atheist when
great blow has fallen upon and when he thinks he has
lost faith eternal justice and wisdom But that not
atheism, only passing Encouragement.
The professional atheist delights in undermining the
religious belief of Others morally par with who
would delight attacking the character of some mans moth
err respectable religious faith he
would treat the memory of a mans father mother.
AS to this foolish argument about life before after this
existence hardly worth answering But you might say
your atheist friend
How far back you remember in THIS lfe7 Can you
remember when you four DID, three years old
two years old far back your memory goes
THERE WAS PART OF YOUR LIFE THAT YOU CAN NOT
REMEMBER AT ALL there not2 You cant remember
when you were baby biting your and bowling for
your mother You can't remember when YOU first began
creep along humping your head against legs
and table legs
Yet you ALIVE at that time. You actually KNOW
that you alive and you take the Others
having FAITH in what they tell you.
How do you before existence itself began
you hadn't others and thousands of others perhaps? How do
you know you haven't been coming this
and again reappearng different human bodies
do the work here You can't remember your infancy Why
should you remember former existences