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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17

NUMBER that he is able carry it through The orod
Is dominated by primitive intuition not bv reason
Inc psychology Of this seems to lie in the fart that
serves rather than by any systematic MAN and in
consequence they do not alike and from the
same premises do not reach the same conclusions The
simpler and more primitive conclusion the easier
IL Is for all persons in crowd to grasp the point
Not five per cent in any ynching mob would vote
to lynch victim not fifth of one per cent would
hang or burn or shoot individual BY some nm
body it cannot subtly and it does not try
This is also the failure of the cleverly wrought
plays; they presented to masses not to individuals
1t is of interest to note how dramatized novel III
successfully eliminates all the subtleties of the book
from which it was taken. The book, oliver Twist"
is study of character development; the play is
meodrama of incidents which only illustrative in
the book.
For this single person is to blame A crowd OF
college professors is afflicted with this infection of
stupidity just much group of club-women or a
hall of laborers. 1t is the fault of a definite mob
psychology and this again follows the principle that
where large variety Of numbers is to treated the
lowest common denominator is to be found Inc
expression Of a crowd is the lowest common denom
nator of all the individuals composing it.
Manufacturers have learned this, in way, through
labor troubles to-day the experienced manufacturer
cation of laborinig to him with a complaint
that to have the laborers send only two men
The clever manufacturer generally make much
better impression upon large delegation and con
them that their demands impossible to grant
at least for the present.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17
Things to Know About
BAKING POWDER

THERE are three great classes of baking novde-
on the market-phosphate, cream of tartar and
alum. In each soda is used as the alkau
which combines the presence of moisture with the
acld phosphate, cream of or alum and gives off
carbonic acid gas-the agent that is generated
Oy the growth Of the yeast plant the eaventng OF
OIeau' Ihese bubbles of gas, pushing to the surface
carry inc dough with them, and then are driven OH
by heat until the loaf is dried out or done
The gas disappears-but what of the cbo,nio,,, -, .
generated it?
Inc phosphate powder leaves deposit of comma,
salt " 'oInon
Ihe tartar powder results in Rochelle salts
sulphate aluminium
common salt is not injurious the body Pocbe,,
saiIS are simply laxative, while alumtpnp, sn1t
10 conSupaung and has retarding effect unon 49,
digestive organs in some cases causinc sof '"e
'eS All OF which shows that the aInn,
powder is the least adapted to health "'uH
The price of the phosphate and creo, -,
POWERS is about the same; while the sInn nu'sa
spread use o VIDE
II IS not generally known that the nbosnbo+
powder does the best work that is 49, baking
uuce more gas to the spoonful than ai+h pro-
oIhers While 1t takes twice as mucb IF =, INC
powder to bring about the same result IN tht "nuni
the cost is really the same way
. Nases containing baking powder are nsp.,r
stamped plainly with the list of ingredients - '
alum is not lnocated, and its presence is susnecta
PROFESSOR Lewis B. Allyn, in Kitchen Metbnda eo
chemical Tests" gives the following test. "pIaoo
tablespoonful OF the sample in clean white te on
Iosuo ~up seaspoonLul OF water Add drops OF
losWood uncture and the amount of anonnt,1
carbonate solution If alum is present the coIor t
from lavender to blue and does not dsannao 49,
boiling" "Ppea' on
IN case 1t is advisable to make the baking noud,
a. uole' the loHo"lng proportions give good resnlts.
Hdl pound and one ounce cream of tartar uto
pound baking soda, quarter pound cornstoroA N''0'
Ihese must be sifted together ten tinee t.
me sieve and put up in small, tightly closed 49,
homemade baking powder does not give a., so+trea
tory results as the commercial powders becarsa $780,
lose their strength quickly, and liable to become
1"'P', Du' "Here ecoonmy Is necessity is better
to make it than to use an alum novder ar1 -
mine the family health
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17

less, and II 1t shows a decided yellow color
the presence OF coal tar dye may be sus-
pected. Caramel is a common adulterant OF
vanilla To determine it's presence, shake
the vanilla bottle and observe the bubbles
II caramel is present, distinct brown color
may be seen; If no color is observed, the ex-
tract is free from it, as the foam of pure ex.
tract is colorless
To test for strength, put tablespoonful
of the extract in white cup, set the cup in
saucepan of hot water. and evaporate the
extract to one-third OF the original amount.
The residue will settle 10 the bottom OF the
dish as a brownish preciptate, while art
fcial extracts will remain clear under the
same conditions.
It is we'll to avoid all bright colored ex-
tracts. Lemon OF a vivid chrome yellow in
color, or orange that is as golden in color
as a ripe orange, are generally favoring
extracts that have been colored by means of
anillne dyes And SO it is with great many
other extracts. 1t never is wise to. pur
chase cheap havoring extracts, as mo-
ment's thought will convince anyone that
they are costly to make and consequently
the honestly made extracts cannot be sold
cheapy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17
The Worlds GREATEST FRAUD

IN spite of the fact that the calendars of
| the courts of justice are crowded. that
prisons are full and that every tenth man
you meet has served time," it is a difficult
thing to defraud other people. The lives we
live are so entangled with other lives that
merely to realize how much we are de-
pendent on others and they on us is difficult.
How much more difficult is it, then not
only to. figure out all these relations, nut
also to concoct a fraudulent scheme which
shall also be in harmony with all these other
lives at every point But it is easy to de-
fraud ourselves.
The man woman who lives 4 double
life" rarely escapes discovery, though it very
often happens that the discoverer does NO:
tell because good would come OF it. But
the man or woman who is carrying on the
deception is conscious of it and unless the
condition is of very short duration the
burden grows extremely heavy. He has de-
frauded himself of his peace Of mind.
Youth goes hand in hand with ambition
and both are linked to concet. The world
it is said, soon shakes the conceit cut of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17
Padding Stair Carpet.
Why So FEW BIRDS Are SEEN

records OF five miles (secured by comparing
the approximate size of the bird with lunar
features of known dimensions) have been
noted. Birds are able to breathe air far more
rarehed than earth-dwelling animals, but it is
practically new idea that such great heights
reached. 1t has been suggested that
minor physiological changes permit birds to
make full use of this rarefed air. but this
view is not widely accepted,
At these great heights the speed of fight
appears to be greater than in the denser air
near the ground The American golden
plover seems to hold the record for long.
distance flights and in this flight a speed OF
from $50 to 200 miles an hour is maintained
The plover leaves Nova Scotia for South
America and scorns to make use Of the coast
line at all. In the event of adverse winds
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17

TTHE migration OF birds, whereby even
wesk-winsed species will ~ thou.
u sands of miles from breeding to feed
ing grounds, is one of the most fascinating
Of the unknown fields Of science. Recently,
however. those who have adopted the science
of brd.lore, or ornithoosy, have determined
that migrating birds fly at far greater heights
than mad been imagined, and that the reason
why migration has not been definitely
mapped out is because it is invisible.
Most OF the recent observations have been
made by special instruments, but until within
year or two accidental observations made
of birds passing across the fields of astronomi-
cal telescopes afforded the only basis.
Extraordinary as it may seem, there are
scores of authenticated records showing birds
flying at height of two or three miles, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17
Why CROWDS and Mobs Do CRAZY THINGS

me OF the greatest difficulties that Government
I has to face is the collective stupidity of large
~ groups of people. Individuals rule pos
sess fairly high degree of intelligence, but crowds
are uniformly lacking in and control nation
will permit cheerfully evils that not single person
of that nation would allow for a moment if it were
an individual matter. Politics is the most extraordi
nary evidence of this The childshness of modern
society is the principal capital of the INSCRIPTIONS
politician, for he that he do for the public
or to the publicwhat he could do to the indi
viduals that compose it.
For example single would profess to believe
differences of social position, yet the
has done this very thing No would declare him.
self opposed to all the pretensions OF rank yet def
nely form a rank based upon wealth, but this has
been characteristic of the last few decades the
United States No would complain of the idle
of his rich neighbor and yet fight tooth and nail
to keep him from having any work to do yet this
mixture of the present time. No man in his senses
would try to stop beggary by making begging easy
yet in effect this is the very attitude taken by the
thousands of wellmeaning but unthinking people.
There is nothing dsconcerting to a politician or
even a statesman a single constituent nothing so
easy to deal with as a delegation or a committee The
arguments of the stump speaker convince no reader
but do convince large meetings The impassoned ora
tory of the special pleader would be in vain before
jury if he had to make the speech to each OF the
jurymen in turn 1t is because they twelve IL
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17

or exceedingly stormy weather, which cannot
be lodged by ascending or descending to
other strata Of the air, the pover may make
a landing on some of the West India islands,
and Ill rare cases on the Bermudas, but gen.
orally the $500 miles fight is accomplished
direct and always within one day and night
The Pacific golden ployer likewise finds its
way annually from Alaska to the Hawaiian
islands, matter of 2,4O0 miles. the trip
again usually being made in a day. 1t is evil
dent that to a land bird the flight would
necessarily be continuous for the double
reason that there is no landing and that there
is no food. The high flight, moreover. gives
a great sweep of vision and aids the homing
instinct by keeping the birds from missing
the land sought The only reason We do NOT
see these tens OF millions of birds overhead
each Spring and Winter is because they fly
TOO high
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17
NEUROSIS According to French Professor, Is Merely 81
THAT TIRED FEELING"

notwithstanding 1t decreasing instead of increasing
Few people have correct idea of neurosis; good
many deny its very existence assuming exists
only in the Imagination of the sufferer. Neuross has
been called excitement limbs mentality but
ii means infinitely
why the fixed idea, in peoples heads that
they obliged to get excited without cause?
Neurosis is exhaustion, rendering lame various func
tons the organism reducing its capacity for work
The organism does work well and less well,
Neuross always nterferes with the most delicate and
least perfect work of the organism.
THE delicate work of the organism, if properly
performed allows the respond instantly to the
demands OF the moment OF whatever nature, either
physical mental.
Man, especially in the United States of America.
lives a perpetual turmoil He is constantly asked
change to meet the physical mental economic and moral
demands made upon him. For these changes ne must
be ready any moment and, in addition TO these per
sonal changes he keep with the changes OF
the race for the we'll the individual is
stantly changing.
The person. unable to keep the pace that is with
the constant changing of SELF is suffering from neuross
he is unable respond to the demands confronting him.
He is exhausted, tired weak
I'm great many neuross is inherited. In
other instances it is due to youth unhygienic both
physically and morally Wrong methods OF feeding,
overlooking and undereedng may bring on neurosis so
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17
Why You Should Rub
MOSQUITO BITES

r-HFRE are three factors in a female MOSQUITOES bite
1.-THE male does not attack us at AID Ihese are
first the tiny wound in the skin made by the
ntnring weapon in the trunk of the insect secondly
certain amount Of poison which accompanies the staD
and thirdly the withdrawal of the blood of the sleeping
ar often the wakng-person. The amount OF
blood Withdrawn is very slight not enough to matter
unless there be a number of bites and the sunerer DC
snemic The wound itself is OF small importance since
# Is finer than the finest needleprick' Inc s""l'
amount of poison is the really disturbing factor POI
soness mosquito would great Improvement on the
present kind.
After A bite there is set up in the skin surface
irritation In some people when the blood is in poor
condition the wound in the capillary, or tiny Doou-
vessel no larger than hair which appears under the
skin is not resistant to the poison, and quite large
hmm appears The lump consists OF particles produced
nv the blood Of kind of cell in the blood whlch is nos
tile to the poison these bank up like barricade TO
preven any further entrance into the fortress of the
bodv AS soon as effect of the poison is worked on
these defensive cells disappear and everything is all
right again
Scratching or rubbing with the Nat of finger has the
effect of qucenng the action Of the bloodvessels IN the
region of the bite to bring their defensive cells faster
and y that means it helps keep out the poison But
great care must be scratch with the hnger
nail the infamed region round about the bite Tor the
reason that is tender than at other tunes ana
the skin might be scratched so that blood would
flow This might help in spreading the mosquito poison
or more likely STILL would set up further trouble by pos
sibe infection from the dirt under the hnser-nal which
collects there within few minutes after the most care
full manicuring and which is filled with germs
The best thing to do for mosquito bites is to rub
them with an alkau, such ammonia, or common
soda since the poison of the mosquito is acid and
the akau will neutralze its effects In the event OF not
having any akal available it is helpful to moisten
the finger the and then rup hard over the
pAamed pace the acid secreted in the inner portion
Of the mouth for aid in eating, also has neuraizng
effect though Of effect less strong than an
alkaline substance
Many times a mosquito bite becomes worse after
scratching it. This is because whatever advantage
there was in rubbing the tiny wound counteracted
py he poisonous nails which added the poison of
the wound Many times serious result from
this But a mild rubbing with the finger. the nail
will prove beneficial.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17

sort OF exhaustion. be it from overwork
cteme0t- Overwork excitement is trying to force
BODY mind both, things which either,
both of them cannot properly perform because the organ
ism is consttutionally weak, weakened by the
igencies of life
One may contract neuross any time of life Just
long stands the midst life and works hard
suffers, worries, allows self get excited etc.
And the more a person worries, exhausts himself,
overworks himself to meet existing conditions economic
social or otherwise, the he liable to contract
ueurosis because the life he leads exhausts his
powers.
1T is popularity believed that present generations
more subject to neuross than forebears but as
matter of fact know very little about the nervous
diseases OF grandfathers great grandfathers
1t peases people boast their suferings aud
have it understood that suffered before as
they do but medical literature the past teaches us
that ancestors quite much subject to neurosis
are only the thing known by another name
or by a variety of names
1T may sound paTadoxical, but / am convinced that
progress III civilization will eventually minimize the
number of persons suffering from neurosis Whether
neurosis will be eradcaed doubtful for exhaus
ton that is neuross is the tribute pay to progress
society that doesn't know neurosis at all
would be pitiable because its overwhelming majority
stands still, REJECTS progress Such society or race
would be degenerating."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17

"There are" says Professor Janet three volumes oy
Pomme a great medical authority Of the eighteenth cen
tury dealing with 'Vapeurs' diseases These
show that Of to-day scarcely at all afflicted with
hysera other forms of neurosis compared with the
in which the people were afflicted along in 1900,
1900 and In 1900.
1T sometimes affected villages towns cities and
whole nations. Hundreds, thousands of thousands
thought themselves possessed Hordes of persons al
fcted with epilepsy and ST. Vitus dance roamed the
highways People called fanatics, but reality being
than ueurotics raced up and down the country
sashing each other with whips acting in otherwise
crazy manners.
There were the witch hangings in Salem, Mass the
witch hangings and burnings esewbere these socaed
witches merely neurotics those who executed
them we're equally neurotc
There infinitely nervous diseases in oden
times than there to-day, and they more dan.
gerous, because affecting not individual fndivdu.
ais, but the
we live in peaceful age The period OF political and
religious persecution is happily past Present day eco
nomc conditions prevent the possibility widespread
famine or of epidemcs that cannot be arrested Every
Of the caamtes enumerated caused individual nup
ross in past times and in addition neurosis of tho
"Neurosis is nothing than that tired faetnu
and all reports and public magna ton to the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17

man. Often it does and instead of his own
plans and ideas he accepts the meaner stand
ard set by the people around him With the
purpose gone the belief in himself dies
rapidly He has defrauded himself of his
own powers.
The border line between failure and sue
cess is the Will. AS long as a man believes
that he is stronger than the circumstances
he has to meet, so long will he be stronger
thai they. AS soon as he admits that they ara
stronger than he is that very instant is he
defeated. There is no man living who is MOI
stronger than any group OF circums tances
that he may have to face, but there are many
who are only too willing to cry out about the
lmpossibility of fighting against fate or of
doing anything with the luck against them
and all such phrases They have defrauded
themselves of their will.
Worst of ALL. the psychology of this de-
ceiving of oneself works like narcotic. il
stupefies and drugs the mind The worlds
greatest fraud is that of defrauding our
selves into the belief that we have not de-
fraudeu ourselves.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17
Why There
Were More
NEUROTICS
800 Years Ago
Than NOW

TEUROSIS has been regarded as a modern affection.
M And for this it has been held that the
"neuroucs" were people Of wealth suffering from
strictly up-tot minute maady. caused for the most
part by high living lack OF affairs to keep them In
terested in life.
But Pierre Janet. the famous French neuroogst de-
clares neuross is far being modern anliction
Quite the reverse according this eminent scientist
In explaining that neurosis Is reality nothing more
less than that tired feeling certain sort Of tired
feeling Professor states that the nervousness and
hysterla of to-day but chlds play compared with
the hystera prevailed two three and four hundred
years ago.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-17
YOU MIGHT TRY
An Envelope Funnel.

AH Envelope FunntI.
"ooD substitute filing salt ana pepper
boxes made envelope and cut
ting of the tip o lie
A Bread Cereal
Tor good breakfast dish, white graham
cumb fine with of the
Value of Lemon Juice.
win
~ find it will greatly your
Cleaning Cut Glass
has been added little bueng
will a polish
Two Crops of Lacs.
the
blooms
Of Dot withered blooms.
Padding Stair Carpet.
"A carpet prevent wearing the of its life
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
IowA,s CLIMATE

Prof. A. g. Smith, of the mathe-
MATES department in the state uni
versity Of Iowa and government wealth
err observer at Iowa City, has COM
pleted tabulation of weather records
for the past twenty-one years whTch
demonstrates that the relation of rain
fall, temperature and sunshine in
Iowa makes the climate of this state
ideal Don't find fault with the Iowa
climate, he wisely advises. for it
is the Iowa climate that makes this
state the garden spot of the world. :
Crop shortage due to drouth, he points
out, is practically an impossibility in
the state of Iowa, for rainfall records
show an increase that corresponds
closely with the increase in tempera
ture The authority here quoted goes
on to say
Rains are most abundant in the
/ growing season just at the time they
are needed. May has the heavies1
precipitation, there is a drop in June
! July is nearly UP to May and there |:
gradual decrease until the end o
the year There never has been time
in the history of the state when Their
has not been enough rainfall in thu
growing season to mature crop, ant
there probably never will be.
AT the present time there is
shortage of 900 degrees in the temper
allure OF Iowa for the first thre
months. The thermometer has aver
aged 10 degrees below normal ever
day since January L."
The records show that such shor
ages usually are made up, for tn
greatest difference in the mean annua
: temperature for the state for one yea
: to another is only four degrees.
may not all be made UP in July. bu
it is apt to be made up within tn
year. The promise, therefore, Is 70
an elegant sufficiency of heat th
coming summer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
TEST YOUR SEED CORN.

There is great danger that thous-
ands OF. Iowa farmers will not test
their seed corn because it looks all
right, although actually it is dead or
too weak to plant. Iowa farmers will
have to get their seed corn In Iowa.
Ohio is short; Indiana has little sur
plus; there is serious shortage in
Illinois; Minnesota and Dakota will
have hard work to get enough for
their own planting. Nebraska's seed
corn is the poorest for years Kansas
has shortage and there is practical
ly none in Oklahoma All should real
ize that the prosperity OF Iowa In 1917
depends largely upon a good corn cror
and that a good yield cannot be secur
ed unless vigorous seed is planted thai
will give good stand. For this rea
son every effort is being made t.
arouse the farmers and business mel
to the necessity of testing every sect
ear on every farm.