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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18

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neighbor, the sight of a lovely sun
rise, or sunset, the few minutes it
takes to get baby to sleep, any one
OF which can be made sweet
pleasure, and only a few moments,
spare moments, if you please, of
time. This life is made up of small
things, and we must not despise the
Spare Moments.
MRS. w. M. PRINCE.
Oakland, Miss.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18
GOSSIP FROM THE FASHION
WORLD.


Describing skirts as "threa-tier' is
rather a novel way, but it is a good
one. you will admit. "TWo-tier, or
three-tfer, Or fourier, according TO
how tall you are,'' heard some one
say. It is a type of skirt which
promises to be tremendously popu-
lar this spring and summer, and I
am inclined to think that the num-
Der of tiers" will depend more often
on the depth of your founcing than
on the number of your own inches.
The fashion comes from the vogue
of wide laces and embroideries. In
waists the easiest and the prettiest
way is to use them for fichus. In
skirts the laces and embroideries
make deep, flounces one above the
other, slightly gathered, if at all.
Sleeves? Their name is legion.
Nowadays the kimono sleeve is one
of many styles, and most of the new
styles are somewhat suggestive Of
the kimono-the smooth effect over
the shoulder remains even when the
sleeve is sewed in. There is the
fairly large armhofa, for one thing,
into which it is so easy to sew
perfectly plain sleeve. That is
increasingly popular, and it is
pretty and comfortable sleeve. The
style is seen with short cap sleeves;
also, it is quite a new fashion to set
in full-length bishop sleeves in just
that way. Bishop sleeves, somehow,
are always coming back" and there
is always some new feature to dis
tinguish the newcomer from it's pre-
decessors.
Some Of the oldest, most illogical
fashions get to be the smartest-
looking things after they have come
to be generally accepted. Of course,
the origin of inserted sections in
skirts was highly reasonable and
logical. Skirts had to be made to
look narrow. Women had to be
able to move about comfortably
Result: plated sections set in the
bottom of the skirts. But quite
often we forget that it was ever for
want Of more width that the fash
ion was invented, and then you see
the dressmakers cut bit right out
of the front of plain tailored skirt
with the precise intention of setting
another bit just like it in it's place!
Smart of course, and that is enough
justification for it.
But nobody could pretend that
that was logical.-Mrs. w. Harrison
Black, in The Designer, February,
1912.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18
Conducted by
AGNES WATSON LEE

A miIIiner's item says: "a new
hat is composed of band of green
velvet from which hangs a deep gold
fringe" That hat, coupled with a
dress made of three bath towels is
the last cry for economy.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18
SPARE MOMENTS.

INV spare moments with which
we can do much good and
much harm. If we save our spare
moments and utilize them in doing
good for others, how bright we can
make life to them and ourselves.
1t is only saving spare moments,
little bits of time that we can ever
have the time for doing for others
The visit TO the sick. and the poor
We can't take a whole day or
whole week to do these things. We
must save the spare moments to do
them.
Then the possibilities of self-im-
proVament we have by saving the
spare moments. ANY one may be
uneducated at the age of twenty; but
by saving the bits of time, the spare
moments, there is no reason why
anybody can't educate themselves by
the time they are forty. The little
minutes of waiting for a meal, for
friends promised call, for the car
riage to be brought to the door, Or
if we do our own work, while wait
ing for the tea kettle to boil, or one
Of the family to come in to supper,
if We have good book handy and
read, and thereby save these little
bits Of time in a few years one can
have finely stored mind. We
should save the spare moments, for
with many people that is the only
time they have to call their own;
the only time they have for self
Improvement Our Savior didn't
disdain the little things in life. He
was careful to take up the frag-
ments THAT nothing be wasted"
And time is the only thing that, once
spent, can never be replaced, never
be lived over. Therefore we should
save it all. All the spare moments.
Think what a fund Of information
we would have, without any loss
from our regular business, if we
took up all the fragments" of time,
for self-instruction and meditation.
don't mean that we should read all
the time, in order to gain this self
instruction. No, no. We should
thing, mediate, digest. We must
have mental and spiritual digestion
just as we must have bodily, physi-
cal digestion. We must think over
what we read. That is another way
to save some spare moments. Then,
by discussing what we have read
with our friend will help us to bet
ter understanding Of what we
already have read. Keen minds,
his and ours, whetted together in
debating a subject will help. And
there we have saved time, spare
moments. Then, last, but by no
means least, we can save spare
moments by resting. The society
woman rest herself for her public
duties. The houSakeeper for her
many cares. Her multitudinous
duties as wife, mother, housekeeper,
nurse, seamstress, companion for
husband and children, her number
less tasks; it seems useless to say
She can save spare moments by rest
ing, for it seems like she would
never find the time. That her
many tasks would take up every
atom of her time. But not so. las
thy DAYS are, so shall thy strength
be- She has plenty of time, but if
she doesn't use it properly, she is
likely to suffer a breakdown. But
by saving her spare moments, and
using some Of them to rest in, she
is really gaining Tina.
Then again, think Of the capacity
for enjoyment there is in spare
moments. The friendly chat, the
pleasant call Of neighbor, or to a
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-01-18
PAGE TWO

All communications for this page
should be addressed directly to Mrs.
Agnes Watson Lee, Thomson, Ga.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-25

in the complex suffrage question has
lately come about in FINLAND. y law
has been introduced into the Russian
bouma providing that IA special taX OF
about $4,000. 600 in American money he
levied on Finland. which has rull SUI
rag" for women. The reason given Is
mat, although Finland has twice as
many voters relatively us any other
province Of the Z mpire. il pays no
more taxes. and furnishes no more
soldiers. and therefore II should pay a
81 II great principle. which will no
doubt evolve iii all suffrage countries
that women must pay Tor their
1t may be said that other cvolntions OF
this principle will take place regard
ing the votes Of women in time Of
war.
Women Don't Wnnt Vntc.
Ii may he permitted TO express d
personal opinion. it is that two mems
nrrs introduced into the LEGISLATURE
in any other state The fir.; is The
referendum. allowing The women of
The state to express thcir wish con.
rerning suffrage. This is obviously
iiY oppressed IT, The second is TO tack
III amcndmeut on to every suffrage
hill providing that. as our system 81
government docs not admit of privi-
assume the sHmc obligations n he
taxed in licu OF these obligations and
rs no woman at ANY ierIgd OF icr lie.
can perform naval military. police.
hrcman's or auy ife-suvinr duty. ~
can assist ia maintaining order OF ia
"XcCuiius the law, NJ IS every man
at some period in his life capablc Of
performing naval. military. police nro-
mans ana lifc-savinG dutv. ana can
assist in maintaining order and in
executing the .aw. and as The line OF
division is strictly one ofsseN. an wo-
mcn who qualify as voters shall pay
double taxes ON thcir property. ana
also double head tax In lieu Of their
iinmunitlcS. Every Just minded wo-
mnn. whether suffrngist or anti
suffrn%ist. il given vote ought to
hc willing To pay this extra tax. Sad
To say. Very few viii however
Not Nnny SuYrugiSts.
The numbers Of suffragists have in
general been much exc gtScratcd The
Woman's Journal Of November ii. 19ll,
gave the number Of dues paying sur
fragists nj 2S,O00 IN the United states
In Massachusetts alone there were To- ,
OS5 dues paying anti-suffraglat with
Now York Il close second. There are
also .fiouriShing autisuffraGc associa- I
tionS in Pcnnsylvapia Illinois, Ore
Eop. Rhode Island. Connecticut. Mary
land ana tho District OF Colunhip, and
are bcin,: organized IN Hcavlv cNrry
state N the Union. y national anti
suffrage association has come into be-
Ing. and H. is ...cly there arc already
as many as $4,000 dues paying anti
suffrneists, and the movement is still
IN its infancy
When The suffrage petition was pre-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-25

divorced. They detest the red FLAG
ana dread and fear socialism. which
IS the open and acknowledged ally OF
the suffrage party in every coun-
Try In tho world. and TO which
the Woman's National SUFFRAGE a.
S"clation of America is fully com
United. They do not believe in
Tn rhl, ,ps Women from punishment
20 sec the state uf Virginia reduced
TO the low level OF civilization whIch
h,resa!ls IN coiorad" and Utah; they
thc polls In the interests OF saloon
Keepers and carrying large cities like
DcnVcf and Los Angeles for open 3a-
looms. They feel themselves frlIv
protected Ivy the laws of Viraini,, an,
they ais" belicvc that women. with
out a vote. can secure any kind OF
cali as being shown in Adams county
ohio, where it'll" more than n Ven
ago. BY the efforts OF the unenfran-
TniScd women "vcr 1000 corrupt
voters were disfranchiscd and nun
lShrd This Is more Than women
voters in any suffrage State have
done They do not believe in making
Judges the puppets of popular favor
and they actually have the nerve 70
think and say thnt u wonnn's nor.
s"u1l dignity Is one OF her most val
uahis assets especially for every yo-
man who works ,l!.d TO countenancc
such women as Mrs. p.nkhurst is in
itself 2 grave ofcnsc They do not
thiHE that a girl OF nineteen. like Mis-,
sylvia Pankhurst, vino mas crowded
dudienccS Of Suffragists to hear h.r
discourse on government. is capab bic
OF instructing the women of Virginia,
or any other state. on any subject
Whatever. The Virginia women or
posed TO suffrage understand the
structure of oar government well
enough to know that they owe great
and ensrossins duty to the State--tiIe
training and rearing % it's citizens
and the conduct OF the home uprn
which the government rests When
they nave performed these absorbing
and Invaluable duties to the STATE
they have done their full part, and
can leave TO men the secondary and
less important duty OF voting. Tho
words OF the great and wise Qneeu
Victoria may he "uoted woman more
gifted with the genius OF government,
more experienced In practical politics
than any woman now living. and
whose prndcnCc and foresight ana
statecrnft were acknowledged by every
public man In Europe and America, and
who wrote:
The Queen hopes I" enlist oyery, ono
Who can speak or write against tho
mad, wicked folly % women's S. rights,
With all its attending tiorrors."
MOLLY ELLIOT SEATELl.
Ladies Battle. small volume used
woman suffrage Editor. 4ef
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-25

scented to Congress in April. 1910,
every effort WAS made TO get n mill
non names, but there were only loi,-
~" names attached to the petition. OF
We're the names or men. aud il9,nOS
were nnrlasSiicd. " ncncvrr !; come.;
J." SHOW "f actual numbers the SUI
itHS!Sts fan beiow' the estimated mum
IN inc suffrage parade which took
place in New York on the 9TH OF MAY.
~ Alter nearly Year OF prepare
ION ana III" parad" having been
me suilraSi Sta claim there were 3 400
persons in line. Most Of the ncws-
ptpcrS estimated II at Loo, and this
was the police estimate. which last
may be taken as correct, OF these.
ABOUT 700 wcr. delegates from Con-
nHcticut NNw Jersey ana Pcuusyl-
vhn'a' S;ntrs asEroGa;inI in popua
lion li.lp2.92o. There we're eighty
ninc men including one lone, Torn
thinhmau out OF total number or
"'6.p": men wh" voted In the election
a2r Iovernor OF New York and con
Sr"Ssmen Just six months before. This
would leave shout t.1nu women ont
~ IN estimated total Of 6lI.ooo women
OF voting AZ in Greater Now York,
The Womaus Journal had nm article
headed. What IN. Parade Proved" II
proved rnnciusively thar in the states
% Now York, PENNSYLVANIA, New Icr-
ae% aud Connecticut, with an aggre-
-
were ~ least. l,ioJ women and 50 men,
iucluding. IT course, the Ch.naman,
who really wished votes for women
>nvc Virginia Women.
In conclusion, beg TO say, as a
Nirginian of Nirginians. and deeply
attachcH to my native state. proud OF
hcr record and earnestly solicitous FOR
nor nonor and welfare, TINT ! hope
virginia may he saved from won N
suffrage. r'hc women OF Virginia who
oppose suffrage are not inspired hv
mere dislike of change ana unwilling
ness to assume responsibility. aud
lack OF the sense Of public duty. or
The absence Of Intelligence. They will
not Tor ono moment admit that they
are not rs intelligent as well inform
ed and as patriotic az the sUf:ragisiS
They do not believe in huge and
helpless electorate OF women. they do
not wish 10 SEQ privileged classes cs-
tahltShcd III this republic; thry do not
believe that the absence Of Il vote de.
bars any woman from success In any
calling. trade or profession which she
may adopt; they do not think that any
great benefit. such as the suftraEist
declares suffrage to be. can be az.
dlured without payment, and they are
not willing to surrender their dover
ana their property privileges and to
DC forced Ia ASSUME financial rcSpon-
Sioillties which are laid upon women
in all the suffrage States Especially,
they DO not Wish to be compelled to
support their husbands, which Is oh
liSatory under certain circumstance
Ill all the suffrage States, or TO he
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-05-14
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS

t,a would rather be beaten in tho
tnan succeed in the wrong.-Garfi:eId.
!nere Is nothing more Ditiful than
une spent in thinking OF nothing
put sef.-Farrar
Aouay whatever may annov
INC word for me is JOY,
Just simple joy!
III nateer there be of sorrow
III put off till tomorrow
ana a when tomorrow comes,
Why then twill be TODAY
And JOY again!
John Kendrick Bangs
"A Christian is one who 49,
hs.s o,h sake what he would not do
Alexander Mackenzie
Otiier things NAV be se,..
nsht or purchased with none hn,
s41%s, Is to be gained onix Inv
Inese are the gifts | ask
VI u1ee, Spirit serene:
cnsh Tor the daily task
courage to face the road
eaef's load. "'
And, for the hours of 10. -.
an inward JOY in all things heard and
Van Dyke
~ me one hundred preachers
VINO Tear nothing but sin and desire
st... ont GOD, and / care not a
straw whether tfey be clergymen or
iiaymen. they alone viii ct m the
klngdom OF Heaven unon Tho .....
/ i@JOhn Wesley. o u
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-05-14
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA. RAILWAY
To Increase Issue OF Stock By Addi-
tiOnal Fifteen Millions.

New York, May ia special
meeting OF the stockholders Of the
Central Of Georgia Railway Com
pany has been called for June 4 to
authorize an issue OF 100000 pre-
ferred stock to refund the $4,000, 900
income bonds recently acquired by in
terests friendly to the company
Vice-President Lawton says that
less than 100000 worth of the in
come bonds still remain in the hands
of the general public
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-05-14
Quarter Million Dollar Fire i'm Nor
folk

known origin today destroyed the
main foundry building OF the r. w
Whitehurst Company. Tho total loss
is $1s5,000. partly covered by insur-
ance. The fire was very threaten
ing one and menaced valuable ad-
joining property.
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-05-14
REBELLIOUS MEXICA<S,
Battle Expected at Daybreak Between
Factions

(By the Associated Press.)
At the rebel front near Conejos
May IL, 10 p. m.-Five thousand
rebel troops advanced southwark d
here tonight, sRirmishing as they pro-
ceeded. They should encounter the
main body OF the Federal forces at
daybreak
The farmer and mechanic., 1912-05-14
An Amateur,

Detroit Free PreSa)
WI hat an amateur gardner he is:"
What's the matter?"
HE actually buys the tools that he
can just as well borrow"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-10
K X + + 4 X X 4 4 X X X x X
+ DON'T CODDLE
< By w. c. Cotton, M. D.

= = =
Don't "coddle" your baby. The
average baby is more nearly nor
NAL in resisting powers than the
average adult. So don't be afraid
to give the baby its daily jaunt
outdoors, even if the weather is
nipping.
The baby that hasn't been
baked by overheating and stunted
by poor ventilation isn't going to
catch cold if properly clad. Baby
can stand just as much exposure
as you can-perhaps more,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-10
ILLINOIS GOVERNMENT
SCOREDBY GOV. DENEEN

OSONGDD wv DE1SGGN
Gov. Charles S. Deneen, threw
a bombshell into political circles
last night with a scathipg ar
raignment of Illinois government
and Illinois leaders at the govern
1pent night festivities of the City
Club.
With him on the speakers list
was Governor F., E. McGovern
of Wisconsin, who addressed the
members after Deneen. The Illi-
nois executive compared the two
states, to the disparagement of
Illinois and placed the blame
where he thought it belonged.
He made few harsh remarks
about Speaker Adlins of the Hi
nois house and his successor, E.
D. Shurtlef.
why is it," he said, that our
people want to criticise every
thing done, while if Wisconsin
does something it is heralded
from one end of the country to
the other?
1t is because of the way Our
Legislature is run. In Our House
of Representatives the commit
tees are not named for eight or
ten weeks after the House meets,
and then they were carefully Sc
lected in accordance with pledges
made before election.
The. real struggle is to get
bill considered. The constitu-
ton provides that majority of
the House can pass a bill, but I'M
less arrangements are made in adj
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-10

1W votes to get bill consid-
cred.
rs there anything like that in
Wisconsin,. Of course not, and
nowhere else where there is hon
est government. Until we change
those infamous rules we cannot
have honest government in our
state, let alone good government.
Then we have the cumulative
voting system. When we desire
to vote for an honest man for the
Legislature we give him a vote
and a half; those who wish to
vote for a dishonest one give him
three votes. l think one,vote and
one wife are enough for any
man" =, .f
The governor then compared
the Illinois laws to those of Wis
consin, and claimed that for all
the badness of the local legisla-
ture, the Illinois laws are best.
Gov. McGovern in his remarks,
praised Wisconsin largely, and
especially the last session of the
legislature for its good work.
-O-O-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-03-21
WHY WOMEN SUFFER-.
Many Leon Women are Learning the
Cure.

Women often suffer not knowing
the cause.
Backache, headache, dizziness, ner-
vousness,
Irregular urinary passages, weak
ness, languor-
Each a seeming torture of itself.
Together tell of weakened kidneys
Strike at the root-get to the
cause.
Quickly give the help the kidneys
need.
No remedy endorsed like Doan's
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Recommended by thousands,
Endorsed at home.
Here's convincing proof from a
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Mrs. B. Johnson, Leon, Iowa, says:
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.Doan's Kidney Pills, for they have
done me a world of good. I have
used them for lameness and weak
ness in my back and kidney weakness
and they have given me more relief
than anything else l have ever taken.
Other members of my family have
used Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney
complaint and have been greatly re-
lieved."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-MilburE Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-03-21
A Montana Letter.

Glendive, Mont, March II, 1912.
Editor Leon Reporter am en-
losing clipping taken from our local
,aper, The Dawson County Review.
The conditions described in this ar
icle does not show conditions as they
'eally are. A large majority of the
nomesteaders have been without
iced most Of the winter. The sheep
men are now having their heavy loss.
Ten inches of snow fell here the 2Sth
and 10Th of February and from
March 1st up to this writing, March
~, it has been going to 20 and rs
below zero every night. I have a
bunch of range cattle and have car
ried them through in good condition.
l had lots of feed and besides the
feed l have showed, plowed, and
used every means known to produce
feed. l have enough feed on hands
to run two weeks and If it don't
break in that time I will have to
turn out, as feed cannot be bought
here at any price.
Yours truly,
A. J. Hmailton,
A. X. Ranch, Glendive, Mont.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-03-21
Laugh and the World Laughs With
You.

The poet was right-there is moth
ing so catching as laughter. Next to
kiss a laugh is the most popular
thing in the world. The supply of
kisses is limited, being largely con-
trolled by a fair but capricious trust.
The supply of laughs; however, is
practically unlimited so long as you
don't get too grouchy to look for
them. One reason for the remark
able success of The Chicago Record
Herald is it's daily recognition of the
value of kindly, wholesome fun. The
ALTERNATING Currents" column of S.
E. Kiser,. the humorist and poet, is
one of the brightest things in Amer
lean journalism. The "Vest Pocket
Essays" of George Fitch, printed
daily in The RecordHerald, are gems
of refined wit and humor. Each one
is as good as circus. And there is
always smile or good laugh in
Ralph Wilder's cartoons, bringing a
CHEEKY greeting as you pick up the
paper each morning. 80"
In The Sunday Record-Herald the
colored comic section is full of laugh
ter for young and old, and these
amusing illustrations are Tree from
the vulgarity and mischieyous sug-
gestions that have barred so many
comic sections from refined homes.
Then there is always a lot of high
class humor in the Sunday Maya
zine of The Record-Herald, led by
Sewell Ford's famous tales concern
ing Shorty, McCabe and his red-head-
led rival, Torchy. The Record Herald
has the right idea. Clean humor
doubles the welcome Of good news
paper. 'S5ls