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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-11
BEAUTY VS.. DUTY =:
By WINIFRED BLACK.
Drawn BY HAL COLEMAN.

bath-before breakfast, and keep
father waiting for his coffee?
After breakfast? Who'd get the
girl and the boy off to school, lunch
, con packed, buttons all on. pencils
in their case, books in the strap
hair combed and faces washed?
Before noon? Who'd make the
beds, air the rooms, sweep the din
ing room, order the food for the
day, luncheon on the stroke of
twelve?
It's Worth the Trouble.
After lunch? Little Bobby is
home from kindergarten, his finger
is hurt and he has to be petted a
swhile; Jane has torn hole in her
skirt; there's a rent in the hall rug;
those curtains need rehanging.
Who's that at the phone? There's
the door bell, ladies canvassing for
the church supper; yes, she will
give one of her fine chocolate
cakes and a cranberry pie, too
What. o'clock, and half the
mending not even looked at? John
Will be home in half an hour or so,
and he does hate to come in and
not see the table set for dinner
Hurry, hurry; there, dinners
ready to the minute; just what
John likes. too. OF course, those
corncakes were a bit of trouble,
but look at Johns face when he
catches sight of them.
Eight o'clock-just minute for
the evening paper. Nellie must
have some help with her arithmetic
first, though. oh. the ribbon is half
off the hat and the stockings must
be darned.
Ten o'clock. they are all in bed
asleep. all but mother. She's laying
out the little clothes to be put on in
the morning, folding the ribbon
carefully that Mary left where it
fell, opening window here, shut
ting a door there
What going to bed without a
complexion treatment! No beauty
rub tonight. Look at those hands
OF yours--who would want to kiss
them; and that hair. you ought to
get it. brushed at least 100 strokes a
day.
Well we'll you poor foolish good
for-nothing half-wit, you'll have to
go to sanitarium tomorrow. YOU
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-11
He Certainly Has Spells.

And yet, do you know, little Fofn-
an. that believe you are more than
half right? don't believe your
husband, John, is such a fool as
these beauty cranks would try TO
make us all believe. believe Jphn
cares something for such women as
9 you without the complexion AID
the shining hair. He certainly has
spells of acting as if he did.
And as for the rest of us. do you
know that the whole American ma
ton is held together by just sucn
woman as you. the plain, unassun-
ing, hard-v orking little mothers in
the little homes all over this great
soft hearted. hard headed country
OF ours?
do hope Miss Page and hes fol-
lowers will not hear about you and
have you all sent to asylums--just
YET. Not till all the little children
are grown up and all the hungry.
hard working men are fed, and al
the lonely hearts are comforted.
I'm afraid We shodld miss you. Just
little
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-11
They Don't Have Time.

Tney Don I nave 1.-The.
Care all the time how she
looks?" Do you know what that
would mean to most women dear
lady? Do you realize that the av-
erage woman has just about as
much time to devote TO manicuring
her nails as the average dock la
borer?
Manicurist, hair dresser, COM
plexion specialist: why, you might
as we'll say gold dust from Mars TO
the average every day woman-not
the women crowding to your funny
little meetings. but the women who
count. the women whose work
amounts 10 something, the women
who help the world along every day.
all day. and sometimes half the
night. too.
What time has woman with
six or seven children to give TO her
complexion? II she gets the time
to take a good bath every day, that
is about as much as she can even
hope 10 accomplish, and mostly
she's too busy for that.
what hour shall she have her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-11
By EBERT HUBBARD
Copyright. 1872. by International News Service

By EBERT HUBBARD
Copyright. by atonalNe Service
ENTHUSIASTICALLY a policeman who keeps The
between anda al the
the producer and the con- the
bank, nod doubt in
Most the people who the
'mddman' ther he
animated example of lost mo- necessity a necessary
economic slack the
traffic granting the
he
he he
He Is Necessary
adde to the 1bo r,rs;o,,u ~.
uce ana was ''lu loF ny the VI who
timaeco nsu made writer who rsnros r 49,,
MS eseu'A'io" '""t '' ~ howo keep
the article ont Of trouble al, ara da,
would be much We saw that food l. +h -
reduced need. Next to
1t Gives In1ormauon re notp properly
To without ceasing:
exception assumption
advertising ndcold fngerto his
ademur Granting that is primal
tered. food must be dand
; Of
where 70
offer in the ownt
Of ervic or commodity
II nobody knows who you System of Transfers
what have to offer you do no
business If
giving absent for
treatment al o fouref
short for the otswo
employ detectives to ferret out and
reduced occupation of the
of life % sell. People
do no Civilization
-, H., u.5 40 - rans Eachon the
1 w - he do besta for the
his oa - ali ~ $50 ~
Parties milk should all all
Oh a There US
o II abolish the working class
p Is TO JOIN IT.
part andp of each 'i "o ooe' neeue0
other, orad rbero ara ~ ia, .r
The necessary the worthy and
order to as Jus the useful the sacred
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-11

w YELL. wen, Vida Faulkner
w Page, so it's sign of mental
deficiency to be fat! You said
so right out in meeting. your meet
ing at big hotel in New York
Also YOU said: THE woman who is
Indifferent to her looks ought to be
sent to an insane asylum"
Good news, all this, isn't it, sis
ters ?-cheery, early morning greet
ings-but whisper, don't believe
word of it, Do you, May Irwin; do
you, Fay Templeton; do you, Marie
Dressler; do you, Mrs. CORVALLIS
West?
Mental deficiency! That's good
Why. some of the cleverest people
l know are fat, and good and fat
at that. And some of the stupid
est are little, scrawny, half-starved
creatures, who look as if they'd
break in two If you gave them a
good hug and an old fashioned kiss.
"A woman who doesn't care all
the time how she looks ought to go
to sanitarium," so you think, eh,
dear Miss Page?
Well. then most OF the women
who amount to row of pins in
this world ought to be shut up in
dark cells, padded at that, and never
let out again
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-11
Ebert Hubbard
Middlernen and
Menials

Civilization, HeeSays, Is a Great
System of Transfers. Each
One Does the Thing He Can
Do Best and Works for the
Good of All.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-11

haven't even thought of your. looks
since you washed your face and
combed your hair this morning.
And you are not a slum dweller,
either, by a long ways, or even a
very Door woman. WelI-to-do they
call you down in the little village
you came from. Just an average,
rather better off than most Amerf-
can women, and you ought to go to
an asylum because you didn't sitsin
front of a glass half the day max.
ing faces at yourself and thinking
that that would keep the old man
with the scythe away from your
door.
Thirty five, and you look it. What
an outrage, What a. sin! Why,
your crime against your sex cries
TO Heaven. Don't you know that
it is a woman's first duty to be
beautiful?
Children, husband, work. duty?
Pouf! whistle them down the wind;
what you want is complexion
even If you have to get it in box.
What you want is shiny hair and a
figure; that's the way to keep your
husband You are away behind the
times, really, you're hopeless, quite
honp1psS
The Washington times., 1912-12-25
THE PARCEL POSTS INAUGURATION.

When parcel post legislation passed there much enthus
astc that would bring the farm producer and the
closer together tend reduce mddemens charges and
lessen the cost of living.
In few days the service will be inauguated and there
good believe will be gevous disappointment these
expectations The weight limit only II pounds against 10 pounds
maximum the German and 1872 pounds in the Belgian parcel
potatoes weighs than eleven pounds can't be ship
ped by his method Butter and indeed may be Shipped but
only within the first distance Of about fifty miles, Now, the
particular communities relief the prices
necessares the cities But how much of butter eggs
raised within the first surrounding Of the great cities? Not
enough have appecabe effect the local market conditions
The parcel post organized is likely to large
business in city delivery shops in the of small articles
novelties and in making minor deliveries from and vii
lagos adjacent dweers rural But when
ibung anything toward reduction the cost of living for people
in the cities it will be sad failure This just what experts
charge administering the understand what Congress
refused to understand when framing the legislation
Best testimony is that the too high considerable dis
nces, the many and the weight limit dcuously
True the thing in the right direction With the
ganzed weights increased and charges lowered there will
snta beginning that changes will recon-
mended and urged upon carly attention Congress They should be-
The Washington times., 1912-12-25
((T)M always wastes lot Of time
talking to the customers"
Tho urnrar pnNdaA tpuva rd One

talking to the customers"
The grocer nodded toward one
OF his clerks. ''If he didn't
turn In lot Of big orders. I'd be hand
ing him"
His shrug Of the shoulders as he hur-
rted to wait upon a newly arrived Gus
toner was at least a hint OF the blue
envelope for the too loquacious Tom.
The traveller. waiting. took stock Of
Tom. He was an undersixed chap with
a rather pleasant. friendly manner. The
woman on the other side Of the counter
from him had just raped out an order
for dozen rubber rings.
DO you prefer the 5-cent or the 10
Quality?' Tom handed her samples Of
both. says the Chicago Tribune. These
red rings at 10 cents a dozen certainly
give better service. We sell three dozen
for a quarter. II You have much pre-
serving to do"
II believe Ill take a quarters worth. =
rcjoined the customer.
Tom quickly wrapped them up. Fine
day. isn't It? This sort Of weather will
bring the fruits along. Peaches ought
to be In pretty soon now. We buy ours
from some OF the best growers. 80 we
can be sure OF good picking and good
quality. II you want to be sure Of some
fine peaches for preserving. we'll be
glad TO take your order for future de-
livery. 1t pays to use big. sound peach
es for preserving
There's certainly a lot OF waste In
The Washington times., 1912-12-25
THE DISTRICT COMMIssIoNERsHIPs.

President expected the Senate nominations for
two places the Board of Commissioners Of the District Of Columbia
and expected likewise that will fail Of confirmation by the
Senate.
very reasonable the whole that the Senate Demo-
should take this attitude The relationship between the White
House and municipal administration Washington necessarily
very close The President whether he likes compelled
accept good deal of responsibility for the Capital City, Nobody
knows this better than Mr.. Taft
Therefore The President with this responsibility forced
him. ought be permitted the agents through whom he will
discharge it There would be great disgust with President who would
attempt Cabinet for his the District Commits
sione shade less personal the Chief Executive than his
Cabinet As Grand Duc Washington they indeed
his Cabinet.
The attempt Of the Taft Administration o its selections
the Posoce Department. for considerable number Of import
posoces caused much the ranks of Southern
Democrats President Taft accepting what nearly everybody regards
bad advice have undertaken the task Of
grabbing off just many saaed jobs possible for his henchmen
in the last days of his Administration 1t doesn't look we'll The
extension Of the civil service regulations great number Of
minor posoces Of backed by the ous explanation that
is for the good Of the service take these positions out of politics.
That the perfectly sincere and sole of Mr. Taft but its
Of desire his part squeeze Republicans Of his stripe and
faction into just many jobs possible all along the lne The
District Commssonerships are merely examples.
For the Of real civil service REFORM and for the sake Of
good and simple good would be we'll for President
Taft reject the counse Of the jobgbbe who appear have
mis- doesn't pleasant impression OF the latest phases Of
Administration which, best has popularity waste
licking the platter just as clean as possible.
The Washington times., 1912-12-25

Today is the gala day of the Christian world Whether be held
day Of religious celebration jolly irresponsible and ire.
pessbe Santa Claus be made Of ceremonies be just
day % apart for the special exercise and expression OF good
will is the day which the dominant thought OF the Christian
religion really civilized On the lines Of ectaranis
Of different religions religion skepcsm lines between
the understanding Of the mature and the joyous cedu OF the child
break down. One and all attain common footing.
In other age other religion has such festival
% earth and good will to been universal And though
all who observe faithful Christians though entire
strangers religious thought the fact that all do observe and look
forward it Of Canys notable umphs 1t serves to
demonstrate the force Of the teaching those who
pretend to ignore it.
celebrate the day from afar has been the good fortune OF The
Tme through the ST. Nicholas Girl and the Fourteen Opportunities
be able the medium through which the day could be
brought of these grateful for the privilege and
to those have made its exercise possible To wish its readers
to poor is sufficient But this and do wish them
very merry Christmas to ALL
The Washington times., 1912-12-25
MAIL BAG
Analyses Tie Results Of Casal Leg.
ls1atlOn Az He Sees It
From The 7Ymss' Reader,

Analyses Tie Results Of Canal Leg.
islatlon Az He Sees It.
TO the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The basis Of English contention II,
apparently. that omission Of canal tolls
on our coastwise shipping discriminatss
against English shipping.
According to my view. II those tolls
arc not omitted there will result q De.
cided discrimination in favor Of English
shipping as against the United States,
and all other maritime nations as WE'LL
For this reason:
II 10 well known that English and
other ships receive subyentions. and
canal free Of tolls Or not not. pssr there 'dS iS
nothing to hinder England from re-
funding the tolls. Any English ship
touching at Canadian ports In boti,
Ssn.S,. ocean; would would doubtlss. rec, receive such
not restricted to Canadian ships.
or course. tho United States could col.
iect the tolls Of its coast wise ships and
then refund them. but this would be
pocket Into another. with a loss Of
trouble and expense attendant upon the
red tape Of the transaction. But ls there
any likelihood that this subvention to
SSooss ss e. s es r. SoS Sr pa. &. hy
OF Congress? I think not,
Take note Of the people in this coun-
try who are urging arbitration In the
matter. and see II they cannot be iden-
titled with the railroad or corporation
interests.
Then t1ke note Of the silly and insult
ing remarks by the 5ingo press Of Eng
land. Is II reasonable TO suppose that
the fair.play element In England Is be-
hind them? No! Rather let IN look for
the source Of the agitation to the rail-
road interests Of this country, and Dos
sibly to those Of Canada.
But other nations will surely have
cause to feel aggrieved at the discrimi-
nation in favor Of English shipping
the Canadian coastwise trade, IL we faii
to omit or to remit the tolls on our
own coastwise trade.
ONE WHO THINKS WE OWN
THE CANAL
The Washington times., 1912-12-25
How the Talkative Man
Sometimes May Win Out

bruised peaches" asscnted the woman,
"rll be wanting a couple of bushels
when they get down to about e. You
might telephone me when they're in."
Very much pleased. Have you ever
tried the new style Of sealers? They
come bit higher than the old
fashioned sort. but you don't have any
trouble with the rims that don't At.
Would you like to try a dozen?'
He jotted down the woman's order,
And have you plenty of sugar."
The woman recollected that her SUD-
much preserving to do" suggested Tom,
1T would be worth while to get hun.
dred pounds"
A moment later he was calling Mrs.
Customers attention to the stores line
OF picking spices-all perfectly fresh
and the best auality-and suggesting q
trial Of catsup fiavoring at Is cents q
bottle. Then. in few words. he IN
auired as to coffee. tea, and half dos-
en- household staples.
The proprietor BUSTED back.
Doesn't that aggravate your he
growled to the traveller. That fellows
through gossiping with that woman.
and I've waited on two customers in
the same time"
she just came in to buy s cents
worth Of rubber rings" rejoined the
traveller.
by the way. Tom. how much was
that woman's order?" called the boss.
Tom. going fore" to wait on another
customer. silently handed him the du.
plicate statement.
"Whew!" whistled the boss. six dol
lars and eighty-two cents.''
The traveller grinned.
Talk about your blue envelopes. my
friend he whispered. pleasantly. you
won't have to give one to that chap
Some OF theSc daye a wideawake mer.
chant will steal him from you. Real
statesmen are mighty rare. and the rca
| salesman IL the chap with the knack oil
| suggesting new things and selling the
| customer a lot more than he intended
| to buy In the first place"
The Washington times., 1912-12-25
The Papers Say
BY JOHN L. HOBBLE.

Landlords raise rent because
coal is higher" Did you ever no.
tice how prompt they are to reduce
the rent when coal goes down?
"Grand Trunk disguised NTH
Rhode Island" We could not pub
lish what Rhode Island thinks of
the Grand Trunk.
ACTRESS gets $22,500 from man.
agers." This should pay the attor.
neys a proper compensation and
leave the actress $500 to spend
just as she pleases.
"Mdn gets two months for sell.
The Washington times., 1912-12-25
Exceeded Her Part.

-fIE occasion was choice little tea
party on the lawn. and tho hos
tess was beaming among her
guests.
"Yes," she remarked. my little girl
Is very clever. She can initiate almost
any one"
"she can. my dear" echoed the host
dclightedly. Come, Alice; show wnat
YOU can do. Pretend to be the house,
maid" ,,,u, o.,o
forward and bowed to one Of the guests.
"Wiil you take some more tea,
madam ?'' she asked politely. Then she
turned to another guest:
MAY move your chair. madam? the
sunlight is very strong"
Al this the guests were exceedingly IN
tcrestcd and asked for more. .,
Backlns away ,rr'T,.s from her ,ons: 1sther' Ah''
"Sir' let me 20! Don't touch me. sir!
Give you a kiss; indeed; q! supposins tho
Then the clever little darling, was
waited away suddenly.-Denver Times
The Washington times., 1912-12-25
Tho Christmas Spirit o. One Reader
Of The Times Has Pound IL.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
Every recurring season we say to our
selves Cat least I do): This 10 the last
year intend to bother with DO much
Christmas; haven't time, and I can't
afford 1t besides" But as the season
returns, the Christmas spirit catches US
ana We become as little children again.
30 when We see one Of our neighbors,
sedate lawyer, run bareheaded down
the street to meet his wife with her
arms full Of the packages she wouldn't
think for a minute Of carrying at any
other time. and hear him greet her ex-
uberantly with the announcement: i've
t:",nd,. i9%nd just I the thing we want: rs
neighbor keeps Us awake half the night
hammertng on q dolls house he is
building for his tiny daughter. these
things seem to- us perfectly natural and
joyous and smiling like everybody else
dn spite Of the touch OF sadness deep
IN our hearts wrought by thoughts Of
Aud Lang Syne). and seriously resolve
,,on q sending a dozen eggs and .
nent to the small nephew who has NO
dsvoutiy asked Santa Claus for them.
The Christmas spirit-once year Il
shakes US out OF our seiishnsss and
the old weary ruts Of business and care.
80 much the better. II We do have to
deny ourselves that new hat or hand
Der all our friends-especlally the little
pets whose winsOmeness has sweetened
the passing year for us. And above
al. ought we to remember the Poor "on
Christmas Day In the morning" There
should be no Poor In this blessed land
Of ours where the sun never falls to
shine somewhere, between its rise and
Its setting. upon broad abundant har-
vest fields; still, unfortunately, they are
here-and let's all be generous in our
gifts to them.
ELIZABETH DUPUY.
The Washington times., 1912-12-25

For membership In the McCombs
Club (motto: "What do We care for
time?") we nominate tho Baltimore
American. which Is running daily install
mentr Of the testimony before the Pujo
committee over week ago.
And tho clubs Turkish auxiliary has
opened permanent headquarters In
London and is doing yeoman service
for the cause.
Nor must We overlook the persons re-
sponsible for the do Your Christmas
Shopping Early" placards on street
cars at . o'clock last evening.
The Washington times., 1912-12-25
Historic Hymns
By Frederic ReddaU.
From, Greenland's.
Icy Mountains

Icy Mountains
-HE famous missionary hymn
From Greenland's Icy Noun.
tains" was written in 1919 at
Wrexham In England. 1.-THE
author. Reginald Heber. was staying
with his father-in-law. DR.. shipley. rec
tor OF Wrexham, at the time. DR..
Shipley had to preach sermon In aid
OF the famous Society for the Propaga.
ton Of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, on
a certain Sunday. The day before Heber,
DR.. Shipley and a few friends were sit.
ting In the library Of the vicarage when
the vicar asked his son-in-law to write
something for them to sing In the morn
tng-something appropriate to the sub
ject Of foreign missions.
aoS ,na %nH,ss Later all MeesE rsaa
group the verses Of the now celebrated
hymn. Particular exception has been
taken to the affirmation that Every
prospect plesses. and only man Is ylie;
raphy shows. that the latter half Of
the phrase Is a hasty generaliz alton
founded on a single sentence. A Cinga-
lese hotelkeeper presented the great
missionary bishop with an unduly exor.
bitsnt bill. and that was how he came
Ceylon.'
or the flfty-nine elegant hymns WRIT
ten by Bishop Heber none IL so widely
known or so frequently sung as his
'missionary hymn" In 1922 no was
made Bishop Of Calcutta, where three
years later he died of apoplexy while In
tho bathtuh-was found dead by a ser.
want. His distinction was the outgrowth
Of heredity, environment and education.
The original manuscript passed
through several hands and finally came
into the possession Of the Rev. DR..
Raffles of Liverpool. A Autographed
fac-simile was made and widely cIrcu-
lated. 1t shows the mark of the printer 9
copy hook" on which It had been i'm
paled. ON the back is the circum.
stantial history OF Its composition, as
above narrated. The original was shown
at the great Worlds Exhibition OF 1851
In London.
DR.. Lowell Mason wrote the tune, en-
titled missionary Hymn now In gem
eral use.
In recent years movement arose
among certain religious people to bar
| out this grand old hymn on the ground
that its imagery was antiquatcd or in
! accurate. hut the chances are that the
| devOut will continue TO sing From
Grcenland's Icy Mountains" almost lit
erully from pole to pole"