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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20

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INV ''i's 'o''u ina
s'fe''"eS before 'len' II Is Philosophy
And by that | mean an effort to do
ones best, and, when that best fails. to
recognize the failure as the very best
tbipo thor oo,,1,, ,,a,,o t,o,,oo,,,5
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''l'' '''' III ~ Ni'o" ''''' ever 'l''"e
is LOT 'he pest want them When
they desire sunshine, to know that rain
was more needed or it wouldn't have
rained
| want them to realize, when all their
little plans go awry. it means their
plans were not for the best.
want them to feel, when today's
hopes are shattered, that it is better it
happened today than if it happened to-
morrow.
| want, them to know that it means
a valuable experience, that viii go far
toward making tomorroWs efforts sue
cessful.
When the young women who read
this were little girls they sobbed wildly
over broken doll A few years later
they shed tears because it rained on a
picnic. The tears only made the de-
preston and saturation worse and
didn't scatter a cloud, but they shed
them, nevertheless.
If they have not learned that it is as
futile to complain of the more serious
troubles of later years, they have spent
all their time with their eyes off the
book
If they were still in school and had
been as slow in learning how to do a
sum. they would be sent to the foot of
the class in disgrace,
Pride is what keeps many a pupil at
the head of her class.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20
Relieving the Strain.
F1DNIOL ~ LIE LOVELOf\N By Beatrice Fairfax

very little 1.-TWO or three hundred a
year, Now that we are engaged
ne is very small about things. He
has always been more or less
cheap but / didn't mind, but now it
rubs the wrong way. Should a man
of this type and no higher ambi-
tions gain the love of a girl who
has always been used to everv-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20
DOING HER BEST.

Ida-But maybe he was bashful You
should have thrown out some hint THAI
kiss would not be Objectionable.
May did everything possible.
told him | had such a sore throat that
l couldn't scream, no matter what hap
pened
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20

one of the best ways to keep the eyes
bright and clear.
Sometimes when | am very tired and
my eyes show it, as they always do at
once, | get a basin of ice water with a
little bit of perfume added to it. Then
] take a small bit of the ice. wrap it in
piece of soft linen and rub the skin
under the eye. and just over it with the
ice. You have TO rub very quickly, ana
don't leave the ice on too long in any
one Place. 1t is likely to be quite sting
ing. After you have done this for lit
tie while, treating both eyes. rub on a
little cream, or, better still, buttermilll
, if you can get it, and pinch the skin
around the eyes until it becomes quite
red, | think this treatment will take
away those dark circles under the eyes,
and will also relieve pufiness, which is
so unpleasant and disfguring
Relieving the Strain.
Sometimes when the eyes are very
tired you car make them feel better by
pinching the muscles along the eye
brow; this seems to relieve the strain
for some reason or other. and especially
if you can get some one else to do it. s
quite an excellent thing.
| never wear wells with great big dots
or figures which interfere with the
sight, because l think they are respon-
sble for much of the eye troubles Of
women.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20
Make Rain Your Choice
By Beatrice FanJax

1T amt no use to grumble and COM
plain;
It's just as cheap and easy to re-
ioiCe;
When God sorts out the weather and
sends rain,
Why rains my choice"
james Whitcomb Riley.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20
ASK HIM TO CALL.
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
/ am eighteen, and very much in
love with a young man one year
my senior ! have known him for
eight months, but in that time |
have only spoken to him about
dozen times, and only on business
matters l.. c.
1t is your privilege to ask him to
call, and | would advise you to con
slider him more carefully before you let
your heart get away from you.
man may be an angel in an ac-
quaintance that consists of half a
dozen business talks. whose angelic
characteristics would not survive a
closer relationship: and | beg of you,
don't let him know that you entertain
more than a passing interest.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20
THEN SEE NO MORE OF HIM.

THEN SEE NO MORE OF HIM.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
| am a stenographer of seven
teen, and have known for the last
fourteen months a young salesman
two years my senior, and love him
very dearly He in turn is always
nice to me when alone, but when in
company he acts toward me as if
he does not care for me in the
least, and fiirts with other girls and
always tries to make me jealous,
because he knows well enough that
care for him. Sometimes I just
think | hate him for that reason,
and then again he talks to me in a
nice way, and we make up. This
has been going on for quite long
time. and | am getting sick at
heart, The more | see Of him the
more | care for him, although !
know he is mean and il not worth
my love. S. b.
You are making d serious blunder il
letting your heart run off with you
better judgment.
Don't see him any more. You will b,
how quickly you will forge
him. And your peace Of mind will NOR,
than compensate you for the few hear
pangs it will cost to give him up
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20
HE SHOULDN'T, BUT HE DOES

DtdT MISS fdITIdN.
am engaged to a young man.
1 am sorry now. He really isn't
man. This man has no more con
ception Of the cost Of living than a
child. He had not thought Of the
future at all--only love. He is only
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20
BALD FACTS,

Whom did she marry?'
MY impression is that it was coat
of-arm and bad case of govt
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Opium and Whisky

these diseases arevcura Bile. Patients a
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iect free, DIR B. B. WOOLLEY & S
tor Sanitarium. Atlanta. Ga.
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:: Beauty Secrets of Footlght Favorites
HO7O to Haze and Keep Pretty Eyes
BY MARTHA WELLINGTON.

TT the new baby has nice eyes, the
family predict that it will be a
beauty, and good pair of eyes is
the only claim that many famous wom-
en- have to real pulchritude.
With our subways, our electric light,
our constant use of the eyes in reading
magazines and papers everywherei and
at all times. ! often wonder whether our
great grandchildren won't be born with
spectacles, and l rather think they will
unless we learn how to avoid eye strain.
When YOU think of what a tremendous
amount of work is required of the
eyes. and how wonderfully they re-
spond, you feel that they are really de-
serving of better treatment than that
which they get.
am sure that the vast amount of
electric light which we use is to some
extent responsible for the gaunt and
hollow eyes which even the younger so
ciety women can not escape after a
couple of seasons, for electric light is
not only much harder on the eyes, but
II is much more unbecOming than the
soft glow of the lamps or candles of
our forefathers
on the other hand, of course, if it is
properly focused, it saves the sight,
for the strain of seeing an object in a
poor light is tremendous. and is one of
the reasons why so many people shave
to wear glasses at very early age.
Children begin at school to read and
study by poor light. for not all of the
schools have adequate lighting as yet.
but parents are even more at fault. for
the child does it's home work as best
it can. and by any light that will serve.
so that it gets the idea very early in
life that the eye will stand for any
kind of treatment.
A Test.
| If You want to know what d strain
electric light is on the eyes, stand be-
hind the footlights in the spotlight.
That is the place which so many stage
aspirants hope to attain, and most of
them would be willing to sacrifice their
good sight to get there
l believe in taking care of my eyes.
and if the time ever comes when the
SpOIllSut SIONS lOE me alone / snail be
able to face it with strong eyes at
least.
have made up lot of rules for my
self and | try to follow them as well
as | can In the first place, I never
read in a rocking chair; the movement
of the rocker requires a constant re-
adjustment of the sight, and it is a
strain on the eyes.
! never read in bed, either, even if
the light falls straight on the book and
not in my eyes, because this is one of
the surest ways of straining the sight.
| rest my eyes when travelling, and
even in the cars | avoid reading if pos
sible.
OF course. when one is up late at
night the eyes invariably show it, and
| try and relieve them by bathing them
with little salt and water / always
have an eye cup, which must be washed
out thoroughly before it is used, as it
should be absolutely clean Into this
cup pour the salt water. which should
be about as salty as tears, or the ocean
hold the cup firmly to my eye so the
water can not escape, put my head back
and open my eyes. This is not only
very refreshing, but 1t cleans the eyes
out, removes every particle of dust
that may have gotten in them and is
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Haynesve. Ala. April &C. 1909
j. r. Shuptrine Savannah Ga.
Dear Sir: Please send another box Of your Tea-
teifne got a box about three ago for my wfes
arm. She has from wrist to elbow and that
got has nearly cured It, and she thinks box more
will cure her we'll have tried everything could
get hold Of and nothing did any good.
Yours truly. T. RIVALS
SOC all druggists. by mail from manufsc urer This
Shuptrine Company. Savannah. Ga.
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The precise weight of an English
ounce was fixed by Henry III. who de-
creed that it should weigh $40 grains Of
dry wheat
The sun., 1912-07-07
ROLLEY. POLLEY'S AIRSHIP

Roland he was christened, but they
called him Rollcy- Policy for a very long
time. If there was any reason for it you
may guess it just the same as guessed
and thought guessed right.
Well. Holley Policy saw the airships
coming. sure. quite sure. he did. They
came in the window. They whizzed along
the ceiling. They lowered over the little
bed. You could hear the chug chug Of
the motor just the same az IL they were
circlng big skyscraper near City Hall.
Then they whirled lower and lower
They circled right oloee TO. a little pug
nose one round. and then they hit the
nose ever so lightly. 80 it didn I hurt hard
the next time they buzzed onward. II
was exciting. and Rolley Policy could
hardly credit it.
He had so wanted TO see an aeroplane
Once papa had told him he might 60 to
the big field whepethere was one and very
likely the man would let him 60 up IN one
He remembered that mann had turned
very reproaohful glance at papa. and
lie had never gone TO the big field.
Once again the airships swung round
the room. There was a little old funny
looking man sitting in the framew work Of
one Of them. He was SO funnily shared
that Rollev-Pollev noticed that he was
like a watermelon. Rolley Policy just
had to laugh He wondered why he could
not hear himself laugh because he laughed
so heartily. But somehow he couldn't.
Then Rolley Policy noticed that in the
The sun., 1912-07-07

applying mud from the creek. Snoozer
was content now 20 rest for time
Ii wasn't long before they both became
drowsy and dropped of into plea sal I
slumbcr.
y sudden tugging at the line awak-
encd the dog. but not the clown. When
Snoozcr saw the float go under ne seized
the rod and pulled In a fish. II was
only sunfish. Snoozer had hoped it
would he ii catfish. evidently not salts.
fled with his experience with the bee.
Caramel baited the hook again. cast off
the line and went to sleep. while Snoozer
watched the float. This division Of the
work suited Caramel very we'll. he could
sleep while the dog attended to the fish
ing. They soon caught a good mess OF
fish.
SnooZer's wish as In catfish was not
grat'tied. perhaps luckily for him. be-
cause those fish have sharp stingers,
and he might have had another pain
ful reminder Of the day.
How quickly smart dogs like Cara
mci's pet do learn things. Snoozcr's cx-
pcrience In helping his master catch
fish put another notion into his canine
mead. 1t was to he fisher dog. He.
became so absorbed with this idea that
one day he got out the tackle and started
to angle for the beautiful gold fish in
the glass globe. Happily the clown
came along in time before he had
hooked any.
The sun., 1912-07-07

gait. They tobogganed down and they
kited up until Rolley. Policy thought they
would hit cloud that made faces at them
from its edges. And every face was like
q big watermelon with gashes cut for ~
nose and q mouth and forehead and an
eye.
We'll 60 over and see Uncle Cant elope,"
said whirley- -Turley after they had ridden
quite while.
"I'm afraid I'm getting sleepy" said
Rolley- Policy.
"Oh. you mustn't get sleepy now" said
Whirley -Turley. I'VE are nearly there
and besides told Uncle Cantelope you
were coming"
How did you know | was?" inquired
Rolley. Policy sleepily.
"Oh. knew soon rs you saw the air.
ships you would come. for heard what
your papa told you"
.Oh. oh. I'm awfu' sleepy. Where's
papa and -and-where is mammal"
Surely. Rolley Policy. you're not going
to cry Why you ought never cry when
you see your relations. This Ia the best
ride you will ever have even IL you live
to be az old a watermelon as I am"
And are you really a Watermelon"
why. Of course am and so are you
NO. I'm not a watermelon. | never
was watermelon.
Yes. you are and here is the time that
your Uncle Cantelope will tell you that
you are watermelon and OF much better
family than he u.
The sun., 1912-07-07

wire spring. OF course Snoozer. never
having gone to school. didn't know that
straight line was the shortest dis
tanCc between two points.
Pretty soon the anglers came to the
creek and without any unnecessary de-
lay Caramel had his hook baitcd and
was seated snug and comfortable on the
bank under a weeping willow. Sad and
unsuitcd place for a merry clown to Sc
lect, wasn't II?
Sadly and patiently the clown watched
the float for the fish to bite; but luck
did not come his way. and Caramel be-
came rather tired OF having his eye
constantly on an immovabe float. All
.his time Snoozer romped about the
fields among the flowers chasing butter
flies. lie kept running back and forth
inviting his master to come join in his
liveller sport. A hint fun of meaning
Caramel could not resist. the clever dog
had brought stick to his masters feet.
So he had to pick 1t up and throw It
out into the water. Just what the dog
wanted; in an instant he jumped in.
swan out and brought back the stick to
his master. They continued with this
sport for some time. not thinking that
The sun., 1912-07-07

longer" said the boatman. "The shell is
still hard. but It won't hold together any
longer. and the top part splits off from
the bottom. Then he's a bust-top. and
the next thing he does Is to crawl out
of his shell backward and leavei 1t. Then
he's softshcll. and II you catch him be-
fore his new shell grows and he gets
to he hardshell agair he's mighty
good eating. But the new shell grows
very fast. and he isn't softshcll only a
little while"
That gave Eddiboy something to think
about. and he kept his eyes open while
he was thinking. one thing he saw was
that the men and boys who sold soft
shell crabs used to catch them when
they were hard and keep them in what
they called car. that was nothing but
wooden box that was tied fast and
kept floating in the water. Then when
the crabs changed into softshclls they
took them out and sold them
After he had learned all thai he went
to Papa and said. Il want n boat and
car so I can go out and catch lot Of
crabs and keep thep till they change
into softshells. Then can sell them
and make money for myself"
THAT would be good" said Papa. But
you are not big enough yet to have a
boat of your own. What YOU can do Is
TO make car for yourself and catch
crabs with net just as YOU have been
doing. Then. as your business grows.
YOU can enlarge IT,"
Eddiboy did not like that very well!
He wanted To begin on a larger scale.
but Mamma wouldn't listen to- him hav-
Ing boat, and he had To give it up.
But he built II car for himself and
caught crabs and put them in 1t to
keep.
There arc many things for him To
learn yet" said. Papa. even about crabs,
but Eddiboy Is going To he a business
man when he grows up"
And Mamma was proudcr than ever
The sun., 1912-07-07
GIRLS PAoE

graph lens ever made. 1t gets betteI
picture because the chemicals in the
blood are so much more sensitive thar
those on the plate.
There are two marvellous things about
the lens In the eye. one Is that in sc
small space 1t Is capable of giving
such minute details OF an image. The
other is that although the picture on
the retlna Is always upside down. just
as 1t is on the ground glass Of cam
era. We see II right side up.
If you will take a look at the room
around you YOU will find that there
are n thousand details which can be
taken in. even If you look at space,
say eight feet In diameter. If there is
something only quarter inch wide
among the things you are looking at II
Is only l-4OOth of the whole width of
what YOU see. In the tiny reproduction
Of this picture on the retina OF your
eye this quarter inch wide object must
be only 1-400th Of half an inch. yet II is
as clear as anything many times its
size.
The unaided human eye can distin-
guisl lines ruled on paper that are only
1-200th Of an inch apart On the retina
or the eye these are only 1-SO.OO0th of
an Inch apart. which Is four times as
fine as the finest machine made by man
can measure.
The reason that we do not see things
upside down. although they are SO on
the retina Of the eye. is because we do
not see with the eye but with the mind.
and persons mind cannot be upside
down,
The sun., 1912-07-07
THE LENS IN THE EYE.

Probably YOU have a camera Of some
sort and like to take pictures. but they
are not always as good as you could
wish. Sometimes you blame 1t on the
lens. sometimes on the film and some.
times on the light. II the filnl
ls bad that is not your fault. but II
the pictures are not success with a
good film the fault lies with you In
one OF two places: You do not under
stand your lens or YOU do not do your
own developing
The lens Of camera Is to admit the
light to the plate. and the amount of
light depends on its size. II Is not
necessary to have glass lens II you
have plenty Of time. as a pin hole will
take good pictures. But II you have
glass lens 1t must be used with diff
ferent stops" in different lights. maxi
Ing the aperture larger or smaller.
Now the best way to get a correct
idea Of how this lens works Is to take
look at the lenses that every one car
ries around in his own head, the lens
In the human eye. If you will take
a good look at any persons eye you
will find II is divided into three prln-
Cipal parts:
The sun., 1912-07-07

other airships there were all kinds Of men
that locked like watermelons. There was
no end to them. Some looked very
striped In the face: some looked very
green Some Of them were very long
and oval and some almost a circle
But not one Of them but was grinnine
and laughing and waving his hand.
MY maine is Whirley ey-Turley." whis.
pered one Of them as he swung over
Polley's nose will you. come
with me to Watermelon Land? Oh, but
We have lovely. juicy times there, l can
tell you. Rolley Policy"
Sure I'll CO." said Rolley Policy. but
he was astonished thEt his voice sounded
no louder. He meant il to sound loud
He was in fact so chagrined that he had
not spoken louder when he had wente d
to go mp in an airship for so long that he
felt like crying.
Never mind" whispered Whirley-Tur-
ley. Il hear you ell right because know
what you intended to sGy. That's the
only way to he.r rizht-be sure you know
what people intend to say. Jump righ,
in. Rolley Policy"
"But I'm not dressed for the airship."
Rolley-Polley answered Il ought to
haze the airship cGp and the airship boots
and the airship clothes. I'll get a cold
and mama will scold mo like she did the
day jumped overheard to save the duck
from drowning"
Snap went Whirley-Turley with his
finger and at once Rolley- Policy he'd his
cap and his boots and his airship suit He
reached out his hand, but Whirley -Turley
said: Il haven't any hand Just now.
Rolley-Polley. II is down inside the rnd
But get aboard anyway"
So in hoped Rolley Policy and out of
the window flew all of the watermelonlike
aeroplanes-o straight after the other
in one row, Over the trees and across
the street they chugged along. and little
Rolley-Polley was never so happy in his
life.
They whizzed away a. a mile a minute
The sun., 1912-07-07
EDDIB0Y STARTS IN BUSINESS.

After Papa began giving Eidiboy an
allowance OF so much money each week
to spend for himself. Eddiboy hegan Ia
,nd out what money was for. and It was
not long before he asked for more OF II
He had learned before that that Mamma
was more likely to give him anything he
wanted than Papa was. so ne went to
her first.
Mamma thought he ought to have II,
but Papa said no. The allowance was
what would teach Eddiboy how to use
his money. So they waited. and Eddi-
boy began to learn slowly He found 1t
was very pleasant TO buy things. but not
so nice to have to wait for something
else after he had spent his money. So
he tried to think out a way to get some
for himself. II was a very good way he
had OF finding things out without asking
questions.
one day he saw a boy who lived on
the shore selling some crabs to Mamma
for they lived near the water in the
summer time. And he asked Mamma il
she would buy crabs from him II he
would catch them and bring them home,
and she said she would. So 1t was not
long before Eddiboy began to learn a
whole lot Of things about crabs.
1t was not hard for him to catch a
few crabs. for he had done that before
with a scapnet that he had, and he liked
the fun Of catching them. But when he
brought them to Mamma she said what
she wanted was softshcll crabs. She
took what he brought her. but she
would not pay him so much as she had
paid the other boy who had sold her soft
crabs.
So Eddiboy went hunting for soft
crabs. but he didn't know how to ind
them. and finally he had ask questions
That was something he couldn't learn
by thinking about II, and he went to the
man who took him and Papa out for a
sail whenever Papa took a holiday from
business. And the man told him some
queer things.
"There's four kinds OF crabs" he said
but It's the same crab all the time. 1t
seems to be natural for a crab to have
a hard SHE'LL but the crab keeps growing
bigger as he gets older. and the shell
does not grow, so by and by he gets too
big to stay inside of II. He's a hard
shell at that time. but his shell gets too
tight, he changes into a conner. You
wouldn't know the difference between
him and a regular hardshell. but the
fishermen can tell that II won't be long
before he will change again into bust
top"
Whats q busttop"" asked E,idihoy
That's when the crab keeps on grow.