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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18
Do You Know
That

Macon county Alabama, is said to
have larger area Of land held by
negroes than any other county in the
South In 1909 negroes owned 61.6S9
acres in Macon. Liberty county,
Georgia. the next largest in negro land
holdings the area was 55.048. while In
Louisa county. Virginia, the third coun-
ty in this respect the coored popua-
ton owned 53.26S. acres. In Macon
county there IS no race problem the
negro population. through the indus
trial education of Tuskegcc has be
come self-reliant. The county has
Hftv.seyen colored public schos
Berlin has established a normal
cours on penmanship for teachers Of
common preparatory schools in order
to test a new system Of chirogra ply
which is designed TO allow the indl-
viduality of the writer to express it
self without detriment to leeibility.
The new system adapts pen ink and
paper to the individual necessities Of
the writer II the principle Of the sys-
tenn is found to be pedagogically sound.
ii win be introduced in the public
schools
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18
The Charm Of a Musical Voice
BY MARGARET HUBBARD AVER

help her by example and instruction.
The most common fault we have is
speaking with nasal twang, or speak
ing through the nose as it is called. 1t
is wrong to say that one talks through
the nose, when one makes this ugly
sound, because s a matter of fact. one
doesn't talk through the nose, one is
pinching the nose. so that the sohnd IS
partly cut off from it. People speak
this way from kind of habitusl laz-
ness. and no one has to continue in this
bad habit
One of the simplest exercises for cu-
tivating a good voice is to find out first
on what tones of the musical scale you
generally talk Then take very deep
breath and make the vowel sounds a, e.
i, o, H. on these tones of the speaking
voice BY taking a deep breath and
floating the tone on the breath. you viii
be forced to place your speaking tone
right People who speak with nasal
twang don't breathe deeply, and don't
have a. good pressure of air, as a sort
of bellows under their speech. Take
some simple little poem that you know
and repeat it. breathing deeply before
each word exaggerate the words
Slightly. making them softer and lower
and rounder in tone and quality. than
YOU habitually would do You will find
in a short time that your voice will be-
come more musical. lower and sweeter
in quality
A great many girls have ugly voices
because they are really too lazy to open
their mouths when they talk, and to
annurciate carefully with their lips
Beautiful enunciation makes good
shaped pair of lips and to pronounce
words carefully and distinctly will i'm
prove the shape of the mouth, besides
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18

employees he always took the girls who
sopke nicely and who had pretty voices
and gave them the best positions.
"a girl with pretty voice can charm
the most irate customer and soothe the
angry shopper. But If you put a girl
with an ugly voice behind the counter
no matter how good her disposition il
that voice is against her A good voice
is first class business asset said this
man, and long before him the poet said.
Twas an excellent thing in a woman"
I love the girl who giggles when she
is young and / must say the grown
woman giggler is usually a bore, and
the giggle loses its music when the girl
gets out of her teens. a charming
laugh enough but not too much Of it,
Is part Of the attraction of the pretty
girl But there are very few women
who laugh unsteady.
remember listening to a class OF
girls learning to laugh, 1t was a terri
BILE ordeal Some of them cacked, some
Of them guffawed. only one or two sue
ceeded in producing a laugh that was
joyous and musical
Listen to yourself laughing keer
your ear keen to your own defects and
find out whether your laugh is musical
or ugly You can correct an ugly laugh
without making yourself affected and
self-conscious.
Don't laugh all the time, but when
you do laugh, laugh heartily and with
an open throat like a child. The child's
laughter is beautiful and perfect. 1t is
only when we try to laugh at things
that aren't funny and when we becoms
self-conscious' that our laughter los1
the natural joyous quality which it had
when we were children, and anothe.
charm Vanishes
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18

TINE most beautiful girl ! ever saw
was a young American girl OF
German descent Every artist
in town wanted to paint her, but they
and the rest of the community would
have been perfectly satisfied If she had
never spoken a word, for the minute
she opened her mouth her charm and
beauty vanished as if by magic She
literally had the voice of a peacock
If you have never heard q peacock
scream, or whatever you call that noise
it makes, take the first opportunity You
can to go to the zoo or to some garden
where there are peacocks and listen to
this beautiful bird making an unspeak-
ably ugly noise After you hear the
peacock scream, you will know why
the dove, with its gentle and beautiful
voice. is the emblem Of all that is sweet
and lovely, while the peacock is just an
ornamental monster.
The greatest charm a pretty girl can
have is low and musical voice
No matter how pretty you are YOU
can't afford to neglect this especial
charm. and no matter how homely You
are, you will never lack attraction if
you have an agreeable voice.
There is no reason why every gin
should not cultivate a good speaking
voice, and there is absolutely no excuse
for the ugly. nasal squeak perpetrated
by some Of our girls and called speech.
Voice Is the Man.
The voice is the man himself" said
a celebrated poet, and we are all judged
at once by our voices and our speech.
More and more attention is being paid
to voice culture in the public schools,
to the necessity Of training herself to
speak well will find some one who can
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= Hunting a Husband
ro-rHE WIDOWS FAvoRTE sUtToR
THAT TURN HER UTTERLY AGAINST
BY VIRGINIA T. VAN DE WATER.

@ ONE FIVE minutes elapsed, while
y Beatrice sat alone and looked out
over The sheen of the Hudson
and watched the@ procession Of river
craft gliding by Then Maynard re-
turned without his importunate friend
and seated himself with a laughing
word of apology.
ROSTERS really a capital fellow"
he said. f-deprecatingfy. as though
he had guessed her estimate of the
man. "A little uncouth, perhaps, but a
diamond in the rough"
And like most uncut gems. is not
taken by society at his true worth ~
asked the woman. smilingly, but with a
thin vein of spite in her tone. She no.
iced on Maynard's breath the acrid
aroma which she fancied she detected
earlier in the afternoon, stronger now
the odor that her married life with
Tom Minor had made hateful to her.
She had guessed from Rossiter's man
ner what the business matter" was
that had taken her escort from her and
she was little hurt and displeased at
his temporary desertion
oh" the man protested. laughing
again, Rooster has that rough, un
conventional manner which all West
erners affect, but underneath he is
pure gold, generous to fault, and,
fortunately for him. wealthy to dis
graceful degree. I've always been
mighty fond of Roaring Bill as we
used to call him at college.
Then Maynard branched off into a
tale Of his friends university esca
pades which made Beatrice laugh in
spite of herself He was always
climbing out Of the frying pan to fall
into the FIRE" he finished with
chuckle. And" SOLDERING suddenly
"he was very fond Of my dear wife
They had known each other all their
lives"
The familiar skeleton seemed to
Beatrice to be on the verge Of again
dominating the conversation, and, at
the risk of being considered unsympa-
thetic she directed her companions
attention to the crimson globe of the
sun, hanging in the city's smoke over
the distant Palisades. She had never
felt any particular interest in May
nard's deceased wife and since this
afternoons return to the place the dear
departed had loved so we'll had not
proved such an ordeal to the widower
that he hesitated to drink there with a
boisterous friend, she had little toltr-
ance with his pose of bereavement.
A Widower's Favorite Topic.
But a widower launched upon his
favorte theme is not so easily diverted
from it. After Beatrices attempted in
terruption of his trend of thought he
looked out into the glowing west for
only moment or two in silence.
She loved the sunsets here" he said
ut last in a tone OF dreamy sadness.
We used to come up often in the
spring time and help put the sun to
bed as she used to say. am very
lonely without her sometimes Forgive
me for speaking Of her so much. but
you are always so patient with me and
I feef'-he stopped and smiled sadly.
There was no hope for 1t now, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18
The Making of a Pretty Girl

placing YOU at once among :he class of
people who care for good English well
spoken and well enunciated.
Too Much Slang.
Every one of us uses more slang than
we ought to. and young girls especially
are very slipshod in their choice of
English Now while you're quite young
YOU viii think it doesn't matter, but
later on it will be almost impossible for
you to break yourself OF the habit of
using slangy expressions. and as we
are so often judged by the way we talk,
under certain conditions YOU are likely
to make a very bad impression
The manager of big store the other
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18
Many Delightful Ways of Serving
Spaghetti.

The housewife who looks upon spa
ghetti as merely side dish should learn
more about it, both for economy's sake
and the saving Of her reputation as a pro-
WIDER OF good things to eat A little book
let, published by the makers of Faust
Spaghetti, will give her a new light on
the subject. 1t tells OF many ways of
serving this delectable dish
Many families now make Faust Spa
ghetti the chief dish for dinner once a
week And they get from it food ele-
ments far in excess of those contained
in meats. eggs, fish, etc. ASK your doctor
about this. He will tell you that Faust
Spaghetti not only contains more nour-
ishing power than these foods so often
considered necessary, but that ii contains
these elements in a more easily digested
form.
All good grocers sell Faust Spaghetti
sc and 10c a package. Write for the free
Booklet of Recipes.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18
GRAND CANADIAN TOUR

McFarlands Seventh Annual Tour
offers one solid week Of travel through
seven states and Canada. covering $500
miles. including 500 miles by water, Wis
iting Cincinnati Detroit Buffalo, Niaga-
ra Falls and Toronto Canada; a select
and limited party leaves Atlanta. Ga,
July in d special Pullman train through
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ness ana Ddckacne,
and was so nervous
that ! would cry at
the least noise, it
would startle me so.
/ began to take Ly-
dia E. Pink hams
remedies, and l don't
have any more cry
ing spells. ! sleep
sound and my ner-
vousness is better.
l will recon m end
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cumstances 1t will be easy to win him.
Ask him to call Treat him as good
friend, and if he has any courage and
persistence he will see for himself the
happiness within his grasp
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to Toronto without change SIS pays
every necessary expense for the tour.
High-class features are guaranteed.
Many already booked. Names furnished.
Send for free picture OF Niagara Falls and
fun Information to J. f. Mcfarland, Man
ager. Az Peachtree St, Atlanta. Ga.
Phone Main 460sJ.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18
Advice to the
Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
LET YOUR HEART DECIDE.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
! am Is and have been keeping COM
panV with a man one year my senior.
We had a quarrel over some trihe and
didn't see each other for two months. /
met very good friend Of his with
whom associated these two months.
This made my friend very angry SO he
came and apologlzed to me He wants
to SEE me again Now both Of them
want my company which shall take?
FLOSS1E
Take the one YOU love the more. If
YOU don't know which that is. this IL
sure You don't love either.
THAT WILL BE EASY.
Dear Miss Fairfax
Young man and have been keep
ing company FOR about year He
has been greatly admired by my moth
er We parted Since then ! have been
going out with different young men and
have seen difference ! would like TO
regain his friendship for ! know he
has MOI been going out with any one
else A READ
He still loves YOU. Your mother APP
proves and you realize that you love
him
Surely under these favorable cir
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18
NERVOUS
DESPONDENT
WOMEN
Find Relief in Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound
Their Own Statements
SO Testify.

Platea, Pa -"W When l wrote to you
first was troubled with female weak
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18
DR.. WOOLLEYS SANITARIUR

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18
"The Gates of Silence =

STORY OF LOVE. MYSTERY AND HATE A
TRAYAL LIFE BEHIND
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MAULL BROS.

1926 ST Louis Avenue. St Louis, Mo.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-11
CAPTAIN CUSSONS
PASSES AWAY
Attacks BY Neighbors Had Prey.
ed On His Mind-"Forest
Lodge" Long Noted For Its
Hospitaity-Funeral
Probably Sunday.
IOHM ND, VA.-Special.-

| X y n NJ y N u, VA.-Spec1al.-
Captain John Cussons, Confederate
veteran and one Of the most widely
| known men in and about Richmond,
died at his Glen Allen home. Forest
| Lodge" yesterday evening about s
| o'clock. Death ensued after an ex-
tended Illness. followed by an attack
| Of pneumonia and a ganeral break
down OF his health. Captain Cussons
had been in Ill health about two years,
| although he had not been confined to
his home that time. The end came
quietly and peacefully.
| Captain Cussons was a valiant and
noted scout during the War Between
| the States. He was one of the most
picturesque OF Virginia citizens, and
always sought the best OF compan-
| sULsnip. He was always greeted by
scores OF friends when he visited Rich
mond. At times he drove a spirited
team hitched to two-seated vehicle
| in which his relatives frequently came
! 70 the city with him.
Forest Lodge" was long noted for
its hospitality, and Captain Cussons
frequently entertained his friends
there. OF late years, however, he had
been the subject OF attacks by certain
neighbors and was sued for damages
by young man who received a YER
dict. This seemed to worry him a
great DEAL and he finally determined
to offer his Glen Allen property for
SdAS' nc never Solu the properly now
ever.
Captain Cussons founded the firm of
Cussons, May & Co., about forty years
ago. The firm engaged in the printing
business and made a specially OF la
bells and calendars.
James Cussons, a brother OF Captain
Cussons. died in Minnesota about a
year ago. Captain Cussons leaves n
niece. Miss Lizzie Fletcher, and two
nephews, John f. Fletcher, Of Rich
mond. and Thomas Fletcher, of Paris
While the funeral arrangements
have not as yet been perfected, it is
probable that the obseQuies will take
place Sunday, with burial proba bly, in
Hollywood Cemetery.
Man OF Marked Reticence.
Captain Cussons. in some respects,
was man of marked reticence and in
his latter years he was not without
eccentricitieS, but he was a charming
companion to his friends and intimates
who entertained for him the pro-
fourdest respect
When he played the host at Glen
Allen he did SO on a lavish scale, and
his generosity was little short of
princely. In fact. there was something
noble about the whole bearing of the
man and Virginia has seen few more
commanding figures than he.
He was born in England and evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed the finest educational
advantages, as his taste for literature
was marked and his style of compost
ton the most elegant
Prior to the war he lived for MANY
years amOng the Indians, for whom
he entertained the greatest affection
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Evidently his sojourn among the red
men led to a mutual understanding
between them and himself, for he
soon learned their manners and Gus
toms and was able to win their conf
dence and friendship.
After such experiences IL was nat
ural that he should take to the scout
ing end of the Confederate army
Many stories as to his bravery as a
fact that he often risked hts tie for
the Southern cause
he was quick to resent a real or
fancied insult. yet was the very soul
OF chivalry. Captain Cussons him
self has told OF a duel he had with
another officer OF the Confederacy
over some clash in authority. Neither
man was hurt, although Captain Gus
sons himself was a dead shot.
FOLLOWING the hoetIIities he succeed =
cd well with hts printing house and at
one time published a most Interesting
paper known as The Glen Allen Echo !"
hls literary style showed tremendous
Virllity and unusual purity.
Great fame came to him from some Of
MS pamphlets and particularly from a
volume entitled "A Glaace at Current
Aistory. This book contained q NUN
lightful not only on account OF their
force and originality. but for the mas
~ way in which he Upheld Southern
views and traditions.
About two or three years aru Can
tain Cussons, for some reason not clear
~ explained, through an advertisements
oHered TO buy In all copies OF this book
then IN the possession OF persons hold
sons why he wished to call it In Bot
IL Is sate TO say that few OF the owners
OF the volume accepted his ofrer, for
they valued the work most highly.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-11
HALF MILLION DOLLAR
fire AT COLUMBIA
Explosion of Tank of the Com
bustible Started the Fire.
Greater Destruction Threat
ened At One Time-Under
Control Before Noon.

COLUMBIA, S. c. SpeeiaI.-
Fire, which U.UAc out at 10
O'Clock in Gibbs machinery plant,
I'm this city, has already destroyed
one block in Gervais Street, just
below tie ScabOard Air Line de-
pot.
AT II O'Clock the fire is spread
ing rapidly, and IL Is expected the
damage will be heavy. As yet no
outside assistance has been call
ed for, but owing TO high winds
the flames may spread to such
proportions that aid will be neces-
nary.
11:15.-Gervais block totally
destroyed and another has caught.
11:45.-They say the fire is
checked now. Just took one
block.
Started by explosion from sasO-
line tank in Gibbs machinery
plant
Loss is estimated at about
half million.
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WARNS AGAINST
COURT MASTERY

NEW YORK.-Special.-S a
warning against mastery of the
United States by the courts, EXPIRES
ident Roosevelt, in an editorial head
ed Judges and Progress" in the cur
rent number of the Outlook, advocates
that momentous decisions of the Vari-
Gus State supreme courts affecting
great bodies of people shall not he
accepted as final until they have been
affirmed or overturned by a vote of
the people in the State affected.
In setting forth his views upon the
growth Of power of the judiciary the
former President defends his former
criticism of the courts and court de-
cisions and compares himself to Abra-
ham Lincoln in this attitude.
Fearing that he will be classed as
an ultra-radical because of his recon-
mendations, Colonel Roosevelt closes
by saying:
What have advocated is not rev
olution. 1t is wild radicalism. 1t is
the highest and wisest kind Of con-
servatism."
II strikes at the principle of every
utterance Mr.. Taft has made of his
own views on the courts and their
functions. Where Taft believes that
the courts should be all supreme.
Colonel Roosevelt declares that the
will OF the people should be the ulti-
mate voice. Where Tart holds that
every question, no matter how far
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-11

WASHINGTON, d. c. Special
BrigadeS of midshipmen and Gardens
of cavalry followed Robley ID. Evans.
late admiral OF the navy, when ne
went ashore"
Fighting Bob" was buried with
every honor the military and the
executive branches OF the Government
could accord in Arlington Cemetery
today, and members OF the highest
official circles paid last honors to the
dead sea fighter. Impressive cere-
monies in All-Souls' Unitarian Church,
the Presidents place OF worship, pre-
coded the march of the cortege to the
cemetery.
While Rev. u. G.. b. Pierce recited
the services for Unitarian dead. the
great bell in the tower-the same
which rang warning to the Minute
Men for the first battle of the Revo-
lutionary War-tolled in slow meas
ured strokes.
The body OF Fighting Bob" Evans
was carried into the church at $3.50
o'clock. The casket was wrapped in
the folds of the admirars flag. and
was carried by eight of the petty of
ficers of the United States ship Dol
phin.
The honorary pallbearers were Rear
Admirals William II. Brownson, Will
liam Swift, Seaton Schroeder, John +,
Pillsbury, Reginald +. Nicholson.
Charles II. Stockton. Major General
oseph 2. Sanger and A. G.. McCook.
President at Ceremony.
Following the services at the
church the cortege escorted the cas-
ket through the town of ROsslyn, Va.
and thence il went on alone. save for
the escort of a field battery from Fort
Myer.
President Taft. Admiral Dewey and
members of the Cabinet attended the
ceremony, and outside the church cor
dons of soldiers were necessary &c
keep back the hosts of friends and
admirals who came to pay their last
respects to the dead admiral.
BY executive order members of the
Spanish War Veterans and the G. a
r. in Government employe were giver
leave of absence TO attend the fune-
raj.
Widow Able to Attend.
| Mrs. Evans, the AdmiraTs widow, wa
| sufficiently recovered from the shocl
| attendant upon the Admiral's death 4
| permit of her attendance at the funeral
| She came on the arm OF her son, Lieu
tenant Commander Frank T. Evans. II
son. were Mrs. G. c. Marsh and Mrs
II. /. Sewell. daughters Of the late sea
fighter.
Practically every navy officer now il
| Washington attended the funeral
! Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles
Rear Admiral George c. Remy, Reai
Admiral Charles O'Neil and Rear Ad
| miral Royal b. Bradford were amonl
the hosts of friends of the dead ad
miral present. The services at tn,
/ grave in Arlington were conducted b!
the Rev. wilbur, head OF the Episco
| pal foreign settlement in Toxic, whC
| was a life long friend OF "Fightinl
Bob"