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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26
Illusions of wealth Per
Capita"

New York argues that the American people
of fabulous prosperity because per capita in
1850 1907 60 and in 1910 $1,31011
Average American families of who wondering
what has become of their five times $30 $500 NAV be
interested word two of explanation illusions of
'weah per capita.
In the first place, it be remarked that no known
way of stating the wealth of great gross sum Every
attempt to do tables of statistics made up part ac-
uay existing values part of speculative values part of
gay enforceable claims held by of citizens against an
other class and part of more less romantic gueSswor
In the second place is to be observed really prosper
country country where honest industrious human be-
have high purchasing power necesSares and
of existence No country which hard to make
living be called rcheven though man had high
figured handbook and big stack stocks bonds and
other certificates of Indebtedness against large
Finally, take notice that nation of hundred million paupers
millionaire would have wealth per capita Of about
thousand dollars
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26
Another Side.

Again YOU see other women mar
l'ied to literary or artistic men who
lament that they have more COM
partnership than dollars, and who
are dissatisfied because their hus-
bands can't make as much money
as Wall sueet broker
In short, the feminine ideal Of a
perfect mate is as impossible Of
realization as the masculine. 30
man Is at once great money
maker and AN idea'ist no man can
make fortune in th5 grocery
trade and hold his Vifa.s hand at
the same time. auN more than a
woman can bs both leader NJ
fa n'u nnH a household drudge
20 l- uouau-e mon and women oN-
p,.l OH, mpos IbIs - each other
lu4t marriage rs So often failure.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26

INTO Albemarle and Pimlico sounds,
touched at Roanoke island and re-
turned to England.
The following year G5S5) RAJ
leigh sent out colony of a hmm
dfed or more men under Lane to
make the beginning Of settle
nent. but nothing came Of it. and
the remnants of the colony were
taken back to England by the old
sea fighter Drake,
Unwilling to abandon the project
that was so dear to him, Raleigh. in
the spring of 1887, made still an
other attempt, sending out some $50
men and Il women under the gov
ernorship of John White. The set
tiers reached Roanoke island the
last of July, and there, on August
u. was born Virginia Dare. the
daughter of Ananias and Eleanor
Dare
White settlement persisted be-
ing known in history as the Lost
Colony Says Fiske: When the
jamestown settlers came they we're
told by the Indians that the white
people left at Roanoke had mingled
with the natives and lived with
them for some years -on amicable
terms. until an the insugation ~
certain medicine men, they had al
been murdered. except four men.
Two boy, and a young woman. Who
we're spared by order Of chief
Nooi7. this Dung woman vas
virginia Dane the hrst American
glr. N' haNe-nu means of know.
ing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26
Children Show Their
Mothers Teaching.

Women are pushing forward their
claims for higher recognition,
everywhere and every day; and
women are succeeding in almost all
the arts. professions and trades for
merry pursued by men exclusively;
yet women ARE ALMOST UNI
VERSALLY FAILING TO BE
THE BEST MOTHERS POSI-
BILE.
You who read these words may
take exception to such statement.
Yet. employ your leisure hours the
next week in looking about you
critically and dispassionately for
really perfect. or even near per
feet" mother of boys and girls of
that embryo age, from eight to
fourteen.
1t is during that period children
show forth the training and teach
ing which has come to them from
close association with their moth
ers.
To again quote from DR., Parkyn:
mere are great pOSSlDllltIeS III
a new wooden barrel. provided it
is empty. 1t is very easy to fill
it with syrup or kerosene, or any
other liquid. But if a barrel be
filled first with kerosene it is very
difficult to so completely get rid
Of its impressions on the barrel
that the barrel can be used after
ward for syrup, the barrel as it
were, having formed an auto
suggestion which is hard to over
come
"A young child's mind is very
much like a barrel, so ia as its
first impressions are concerned.
Its mind is an empty thing. wait
ing to be filled with any kind of
Impressions and the impressions
Of childhood are by far the most
lasting.
childhood is the most favorable
time to develop the little habits We
carry through life. and the i'm
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26

rienced, broad minded, sane Wom-
an. He selects a girl because she
is beautiful, and dainty, and help
less, and then complains if she isn't
practical and economical, and a
good manager. He will even mar
ry a professional woman and then
feel himself ill-used because she
knows more about temperament
than she does the proper tempera-
ture to bake bread
Yet, the very man who expects
the impossible of his wife is not
illogical enough to look for mira
cles to happen anywhere else. He
wouldn't buy an automobile and
expect it to turn into a church or
gan. He wouldn't pick out a steak
in butcher shop and expect to
find it converted into ice cream
when he got home He wouldn't
expect his dog to suddenly burst
into song like a canary, but he
does expect just as utterly incon-
gruous things to take place in a
woman as soon as the marriage
ceremony is read over hey.
Nor are mem alone in expecting
the impossible of the ones they
marry. Women have a alent for
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26

However bright boy may be in
his lessons, however he may excel
in the athletic field, he is not
growing into admirable and excel
lent manhood unless he is receiv-
ing the delicate and gracious
touches of education which a
mother should consider it her great
privilege to give But this can
not be given in a day or a year. 1t
must be done day by day and year
by year, unobtrusively and tactful-
ly until the child has absorbed the
wholesome and refining system un-
consciously. And we do not find
one American mother in one hun
dred who is unselfish and patient
enough to bestoW so much time and
thought on the profession of scien-
tifiC motherhood.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26
Dare
By REV. THOMAS b. GREGORY.

Y VIRGINIA DARE, the first child
" of the English race born
within the limits of what is
now the United States. had her
natal day three hundred and tven-
ty-fve years ago.
In the light of present day events.
there is something thrilIingly sig
nificant in the fact that the first
English child born in this country
should have been a girl-a mem
Der of the sex which is TODAY all
over the earth making congresses.
legislatures and parliaments sit up
and listen to its demands for rec
ognition as a factor in world gov
eminent.
The circumstances in the midst
Of which little Virginia was ush-
cred into the world were not of the
fairest description.
The gallant knight. Sir Walter
Raleigh, in 1888 sent his half
brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert. TO
make a settlement in the New
World. on the American coas,
probably that Of Newfoundland
Sir Humphrey lost one OF his ships
Win nearly AN ~ It's crew. and i'm
attempting 10 reach home In the
other vessel sank I'm great storm
near Fayal eNcI3iminE AS he ven,
down The way N heaven g.. LA.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26
Threatened Disruption of
Chinese Republic

1t now likely that the Chinese republic was es
tabshed under such happy auspices few ago torn
to pieces by fractional There good believe
China would have had and order if states
of Europe and America had given il fair chance
Russia and Japan have agreement as to
just what kind of pucng and carving they accomplish
in the Chinese territories And the apparent failure repub
lie with the consequent turmoil will doubt and
yenience TO the carrying out of their plans.
In the retrospect of history will be that
Mr. Taft big plumbers his failure prompt recognition
to the Chinese republic The birth of nation like the birth of
child II begins in weakness and needs help
Nobody tell what evil consequence, be- culaed upon
the whole world through the precipitation OF chaos China
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26
The Failure of Wo-
men To Be the
Best Mothers
Possible
Written For The Atlanta Georgian
Bv Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright 1912. by American u Journal Examiner.

portance of giving attention to
these little habits cannot be too
strongly impressed upon the
minds of parents of young chill
dren. So many parents believe
that if they teach their children
what is right and wrong, from
moral and ethical point of view,
clothe them and send them to
school, they have done all that is
required of them, and that the
children will do the rest them
selves and make a success in life"
Mothers of culture and educa-
ton are to be found all about us
who have allowed their little sons
to pass through he formative
period of childhood without one
distinguishing trait of habit of re-
fined, considerate manhood, and
who consider the brusqueness and
boOrish department of their off,
spring as natural phases of boy
hood, which will be eventually
outgrown. In America, children
are allowed to occupy an unnatural
position in the home. and are per-
mitted to demand favors of their
elders. where foreign children
gently request; to dispute. and
liatly contradict, where Others
would only question or remain
silent, and to sit in the presence
of their parents and grandparents
without waiting for permission or
observing whether any one is dis
commoded by their conduct.
Mothers permit their little sons
to INTERRUPT converse ton: to enter
a room nOisily, without removing
their hats: to be first at the table.
without showing the sourtesv OF
senting the mother or sister or
guest and 10 air their ideas and
opinions aggressively in the pres
ence of older people.
The very greatest work woman
can do on earth is to guide and
train the mind and manners Of a
little child into gentleness. kindli-
ness, courtesy, consideration no
hteness, respect and reverence for
Whatever is great and good. and to
teach the embryo man or woman
those small refinements Of deport-
ment which mean so much in life.
NO matter what other work a
mother may be doing in the world,
If she is neglecting this work.
which is the work God has given
her she is miseraby failing as an
Individual and citizen. as well az
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26

IlTF the parents of a rough dia-
mond could only realize the
handicap they place in their
child by starting him out into the
world without polishing him as
much as possible, l am sure every
parent would do his utmost to add
touch here and touch there to
the personality of his offspring dur
ing childhood, for it is during child
hood that the little habits are
formed. which, taken as a whole, do
so much to influence his future
career and station in life. | refer
to habits of tidiness. manner, de-
pertinent, carriage, table etiquette,
care of the toilet, etc. There comes
a time in the life of every child
when habits of this class have to
be formed and there is no reason
on earth why they should not be
formed in such a way that in later
years they will not be a source of
embarrassment to him
HERBERT A. PARKYN, Md
II WISH these words. by one Of
Americas most gifted and dis
tinguished physicians and met
aphysicians could be written in
letters of gold and hung where
every mother and teacher in the
land might read them daily.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-26
Demanding the Impossible ::

4 WOMAN, who has been mar
~ ricd six years and says she's
never had a single peaceful
day in them, wants to know how
to please a hipercritical husband.
She says:
My husband is very particular
about his food. and complains if
everything is not perfectly cooked
yet after | have spent hours over
the stove preparing a dinner to his
liking he grumbles because | smell
of the kitchen,
He says l don't read enough,
then when I read he complains of
my wasting my time over novels
instead of looking after my house.
He finds fault with me because
am not stylishly dressed. yet
when want new gown he COM
plains Of my extravaganza.
He says I'm not companionable
enough, yet when | go out with him
he shows that he's bored to death
and wishes that had stayed at
home.
How can please such a man
as this?"
You can't A lady angel from
heaven couldn't. The only way TO
deal with that kind Of disgruntled
crouch is to let him alone, and go
along and do the way YOU want to
without any reference to him. He
wouldn't be pleased. anyway, so
you had a. Well please yourself
This man has an aggravated
case Of very common failing
among husbands and that is they
expect the impossible from their
wives They demand that their
wives shall be lightning change ar
lists who can be household drudges
one minute and society butterflies
the next. who can do the cooking.
and Washing, and ironing, and sew
ing and mending, and baby tending
for family, and yet always appear
with beautifully maniCured, lily
white hands, and dressed in silk
and lace party gowns, and be able
10 hand out a line OF bright and en-
pertaining small talk when hubby
comes home.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-29

Lowell. Mass.. II . permanent con-
vention Of cotton mills and shoe fac
TORIES. assembled around tho Merrimac
River. which puts in overtime every day
running them.
For many centuries the Merrimac was
allowed to tumble over the rocks un-
harnessed. In 1852. however. company
built q dam and Lowell began to grow.
1t 10 now famous for its factories which
stretch along the river looking at night
like four and fve story torchlight pro-
cessions. Lowell makes each year enough
cotton cloth to tie 100 foot wide sash
around the earth with q bow 500 miles
across It also makes 3.0oo shoes . day,
q train load Of socks. and enough pat
ent medicine to cure America or drown
II.
Lowell has 10000 people. most of whom
trace their ancestry back to Europe in
the first generation via the steera4e-
Its name IL the most American thing
about Il except the business-hks way
in which II makes millionaires. French
newspapers in Lowell print baseball
SCORES in French. while the city boasts
eleven miles Of power canals and calls
itself the Venice of America This Is
kinder than II would be to call Venice
the Lowell Of Italy.
Lowell IL not at all exciting in its
business section II has no skyscrapers
and business Is not congested except on
Saturday nights Lowell has some OF the
biggest Saturday nights in the country
II costs less to live In Lowell than II
does anywhere else in America. which
In lucky because few Of its people carry
their wages homo in wheel-barrows. Inc
The Washington herald., 1912-10-29

ftoe thay tn tholSN hl0da, On learn
ling of AA bfsaAing % Of Tie OLD heusl
IN oxtord Street that Il vas here thai
they NV Dllsn Terry make her nrst ap-
peafance on the stage - 1amillius ID
"a WInters Tale" under the manage
meut Of Charles Kean In In That they
also oeheld her Puck IN "A Nidsummsr
Nights Dream" that they made the &c
quaintancs Of her brillian sister. Kate.
who was under the kean management st
the Princess ~ long a. Il lasted from
116l to 116ol
The nrst days Of the Princess are with
the memories Of the grandfathsrs and
grandmothsrs. They may or they may
not Yocollect the house when Il was Q
concert hall a. well ~ when II was Q
panorama theater. and they may re-
member that . West End jswsler. called
Hamlet. was its builder, and that. IKE
another gentleman similarly christsnsd.
bade them to Took here. upon this
picture and on this'-n fact. to look
uron the wonders Of his panorama,
which eventually brought him for al his
royal Patronage" into the Bankruptcy
Court.
And now. altar . career Of seventy
two years. Of which those moro rscsnt
have been years literally Of emptiness.
the Princess Theafer comes down. In
real earnest and in its place viii Fiss
. hne hotel and restaurant
The Washington herald., 1912-10-29
TO RAISE
CONVENTION FUND
Chamber Of Commerce Appoints Del
egates to Joint Committee to
Solicit Subscriptions.

At . meeting OF the membership com.
mittse yesterday afternoon the following
new members were elected to the Cham
ber Of Commerce.: F. Mertens, B. ".
spille. Wade H. Cooper. william Beu-
ebert. F. P. Orbello. Thomas N. East
wood. and the Carroll Electric Company.
George Y. worthlngton presided, and q
definite policy with reference to increas-
ing the membership Of the Chamber was
considered. It was decided to inauga, ate
. vigorous campaign for new meE, hers.
details OF which probably will be made
public at the next meeting Of the direc-
tors.
At a meeting of the special committee
on convention funds OF the Chamber at
noon yesterday a plan was evolved for
raising $4,000 to replenish the fund for
the entertainment OF conventions in the
Capital. This plan differs from any other
previously made use Of A citisens' COM
mittee OF thirty-six will be appointed,
representing the Chamber Of Commerce
Board Of Trade. and Retail Merchants'
Association. The fund which this COM
mittee will raise by popular subscription
will be for ono year. and IL 10 hoped that
by making the subscriptions general
there will be no difnculty in raising .
similar amount each year for this pur-
pose. The twelve members of the Joint
committee to represent the Chamber OF
Commerce were selected yesterday. a.
follows: John Dolph, chairman; e. c.
Graham. H. B. F. Macfariand, d. J.
Callahan. Albert Schulteis, A. Lisner, ".
r. GUIDE. ". T. Galliher. Charles J. Bell,
". 8. Corby. Hugh S. Harvey. and W. E.
Shannon.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-29
TT. RYAN LIVES Up
TO "ANGBL" RECORD
New Yorker Contributed Half Of
Fund to Assist in Election Of
Democratic Representatives.

~SAAVSAoSAS 4s~PAS0SAsosAvSos
Living up to his record as the mos
tors. Thomas Fortune Ryan has given
5000 to the Democratic National Con
gressional Committee. or nearly half OF
tho total fund Of N0.S5 raised by the
committee to date to assist In the elec-
ton Of Democratic Representatives.
Tho prediction report OF contribution
and expenditures by the committee re-
quired by law was filed yesterday with
South Trimble. clerk Of the House. by
Representative Henry D. Flood Of vir-
g1nia, treasurer Of the Congressional
Committee. With the single exception
Of the contribution by Mr.. Ryan. all OF
the donations to the committee were
small. few Of them reaching 500.
Among the contributors were many
Representatives.
Mr. Flood accounts for the expediture
Of $10.5S3. leaving a balance of but 500
with which to operate until election day.
A final. report will be filed by Mr.. Flood
after the election. showing the late con-
tributions received and the expenditures
Of the committee.
Mr.. Trimble's ONCE was flooded yes
terday with statements from the candi-
dates for Congress giving the amounts
Of their collections and expenditures in
their respective districts
Speaker Clark got of comparatively
easy. He expended $547. Of which SIS
was contributed by friends. Former
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon admits an
expediture OF $3.0l2. including an item
Of $3.50 for travelling expenses and
subsistence OF my secretary" Serene +.
Payne. father OF the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law. gave S,250. which was ex-
pended by the county committee in his
district.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-29
TREATY WITH ITALY
TO BE AMENDED
Alien Relatives Of Foreigners Dying
in United States to Be Given
Rights Before Courts.

As result Of diplomatic negotiations
which have been going on in Washing.
ton for several months between the rep
resentatives OF the United States and
Italy. a treaty is about to be concluded
amending Article III OF the present treaty
OF ls1 SO as to give alien relatives Of
foreigners who have died In this country
the same rights before the courts al
those accorded American citizens.
Through the favored nation" clause of
most Of the treaties of general amity now
existing between the United States and
Italy the amendment of the treaty with
Italy will confer similar enlarged privi-
leses upon the citi1ens of other nations,
A case which arose In Pennsylvania
brought the question before the United
States and Italy. An italian subject,
while riding as q Passenger on a train.
was killed through the alleged negligence
Of the railroad company. His widow, an
Italian subject. resident in Italy. brought
suit against the company for damages
The Supreme Court OF Pennsylvania held
that as q nonresident alien she had no
rights Of action. and the United States
Supreme Court affirmed this opinion on
the ground that the treaty afforded
merely protection to person and prop
erty rights in this country.
Reciprocally. the same degree of pro-
lection will be afforded to Americans re-
siding in Italy.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-29
To Make Flying Safer.

Farnnn, the aviator. has verkured
TO predict that by 1915 safe aeroplane
would have been invented. Farman,
analyzing the risks of aviation, ex-
presses the belief that even the peril,
which comes from a pilots mistakes.
may be avoided in future BY some de-
vice giving automatic stability. As for
the flying machine itself, he holds that
improvement must come in the substi-
tuition of metal for wood and the con-
sequent stiffening of the frame.
The permanent international aero
nautical commission will hold = special
session in Paris the first of next month
to consider what can be done to make
aviation safer. So far aviators have
not wholly escaped the reproach of
thinking of safety last, in their zeal
to advance the science of flying. but we
should not be surprised to find a man
who is willing to take the chance tenn
peramentally indisposed to consider the
risk. The use of the aeroplane in mil
itary and naval operations has brought
a different class of men into the ranks
of aviators, and safety is now being
given its amount of attention.
The French government has de-
barred applicants for a pilots license
who wear eyeglasses. Other rigid tests
must be passed. This is an attempt to
lower the death rate. Is there no hope
that the areoplane may be so improved
mechanically that the peril from risks
other than human unreliability will be
lowered?
The Washington herald., 1912-10-29
They Are Patriots.

The departure Of thousands of Greek
reservists from the United States to
answer the call of their government for
their service in the army has been re-
marked by some observers as having
a warning significance. The operation
reveals the presence in the United
States of large alien elements who owe
military duty to their native lands, a
duty which they readily fulfill.
1t is held that this obligation is in
consistent with their duty to the
United States, but before we leap to
this eonclusiod let US remember that
these Greeks and Bulgarians who have
80 cheerfully left their employments
here to 60 on the fighting line are
Greeks and Bulgarians They are not
naturalized; they have come here under
no false pretense Better wages and bet
ter conditions have attracted them.
If the result of their stay here ever
converts them into naturalized citizens,
are they not likely to be all the NOR.
patriotic Americans because they have
been patriotic Greeks and Bulgarians!
The Washington herald., 1912-10-29

=
81 for sals3llssy sibsezi siipn St5el
n tie susreo1te hive amounted -
about $sseoo snnsalty. Nov u a.
fund can be secured n the manaes
proposed, With one subscriptioa fee
the purpose. it win be : distinct gain
Tor an concefned.
The advantage of having conventions
come to Washingson has been dem-
onstrated again and again During the
year now passing many Of them have
been here and more are to come next
month. They have brought to WASH
ington great companies of representa-
tive men and women who have been
charmed with our city and have gone
to their homes to talk about the beau
ties of the Capital, and thus to adver-
tise the city abroad. The national
bodies which have been here win come
again in due time, and the expenditure
of $4,000 annually to bring them and
keep the programmes going Is none
too much for the advantage gained. II
has been shown to be the best invest
ment the business men of Washington
ever made.