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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26

''Voila, msieur," said, in French, the
man who sailed it. Have 1 not kept
my word and brought your excellency
across in safety and with speed?"
A Passenger in Hurry.
YES" replied in perfect French, and
with the roundness and smoothness Of
a man of a better class. the passenger
whom the fisher addressed. You have
done well, indeed. Also, it was better
than waiting at Calais for the morning
boat. 1 can now catch the very first
train to London. Fast is she? There
is your money. Adieu!
Then came the sound Of some one leav-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Isolate the Cat.

Unfortunately, when a house is iso-
lated with scarlet fever. say, no one
ever thinks of isolating the cat 1t Is
allowed to come and go just as it likes,
and, despite every ordinary precaution,
the disease spreads. AS has been said,
a cats fur is an excellent breeding
ground for microbes, and there is little
doubt but that the cat is to blame for
the way an epidemic starts in many
cases. Children think nothing of pick
ing up stray cat and fondling it. and
it is ten chances to one that the animal
has been wandering in all sorts Of
germ laden places.
Both dogs and cats are subject %
ringworm and there is no doubt that
this disagreeable disease. which so Oft
en- appears on babies heads, is caught
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
YOU DID NOTHING wRouo

Lear MISS FdlTIdX.
l was coming out of a store a.,
l noticed that it was raining v @ra
hard. | had my good clothes ~
and was also in a hurry tn g y.
home. A young man of abon+ 3
years of age happened to pass \.
with an umbrella He looked w ~
respectable, so l asked him II +,
would take me to the Il" un5as
his umbrella If he was going tbst
way. He said he was, and / wsnt
with him. Did l do wrong unds,
the circumstances? I am q wears
of age. D
1t is always right for woman
appeal to a mans sepse Of galLDtr
and am sure that the gentleman v.
glad of the opportunity to serve Won
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
Advice to tha
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAy
3D." is RIGHT.

3D." is RIGHT.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
"A" says that a gentleman ~.
walking with a LADY should alw ..sa
have the lady on the right sidss
"B" says that a gentleman shan n
the time walk on the so-ca st ~
outside" and 1t does not noot go
whether he walks on her rigbt '' e
left. G. A
A gentleman should always take ..
outside of the walk, though he conr.
no great act of improperly in ront
to swing to the outside at every t,rr
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
A Pirate S
7 arm
<IVT yON'T you tell us a sailors
w yarn?" asked the new boarder
Of the bOs'D

Of the bos'n.
The bos'n took big drink Of water
and began: when l was pirut--
"A pirate," gasped the new boarder.
Yes; 1 used to be a pirut. 1t isn't
generally known. but I was. sailed
the Sorry Sue as a pirut"
How did you come to give it up?'
'"That's lust what I was gettin' ready
70 tell you-how l come to give up pi-
ruth We had been Twin high for
seven months on the gold which we'd
taken out of church at Juanapatan
when we sacked the town there. We
hadn't done any plrutin' nor fightin
for so long that we was gettin' pretty
rusty. Some of US had forgotten how
to pirut in the scientific way. We was
good individual piruts, but we didn't
have good team work.
u set the boys on edge by givin'
them a good roastin'. You see, l was
the head pirut. / told them they were
a bunch Of tiddledewinkers and tennis
players. l got them so excited that
they were greedy to tackle a fleet of
warships if necessary. just to show me
that they were game. l figured out
that they would scuttle the next ship
in good shape.
I'VE didn't have long to wait for
ship TO scuttle. 1t was a dark, fOggy
night. The boys were asleep down be-
low. ] was able to lash our ship along
side the other craft that We were to
scuttle without anybody else knowing
anything about IT,
A Terrible Sound.
when I got the ships lashed to-
gether good and tight, / went below
and reused the boys. We climbed
aboard our prize and opened the door
that led down into the cabin of the
ship.
Il had 10 more'n opened the door
than the doggondest noise ever heard
came out of therel The boys turned
pale and shivcred. | tried to shut the
door till their wits came back, but 1
wasn't quick enough. Every one of
the boys made a break for our own
ship. and when they saw that we were
dashed tight to that diabolical craft so
we couldn't get away, they ran and
jumped into the sea!
1T was a terrible sound that had
frightened them. I was something of
society man, and | had heard the same
noise before. and wasn't as frightened
as the others. Still, it made my blood
run cold, all right. But there was
nothing to do All my men had drown
ed themselves, and If had had sense 1
ho
found rest in the bottom of the peace
full ocean, while I"
But what was that noise?" asked
the new boarder
Lady" said the bosn, ut was a
womans club going on. 1t was a wom-
ans meeting under full sail! There
was million different sounds mixed
up in it! My. it was awful"
"A woman's club meeting out there ?"
1T was a woman's ship. | was the
only man on il. How | ever lived
through it is more than | know! One
of the women married me, and all the
rest were jealous. and there was a lot
of trouble ! offered TO walk the plank
and I tried to jump overheard, but all
the women started to cry every time I
mentioned such a thing.
They made me let my hair grow
long. and curled it and tied pink rib
bons in it. l had TO walk polite and
talk polite l can't tell you how l suf-
fered!"
I'm glad there's something you can't
tell" said the new boarder.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
DO NOT LISTEN TO HIM..

Dear MISS FAIRFAX:
About a year ago l met voun,
man at Grant park. We were intro.
duced by mutual friend. He seem.
ed awfully nice. He escorted ma
home and soon became a regular
visitor at the house. NV motha.
likes him well enough, but has tod
me she did not care for him as
sutton for my hand. He has made
desperate love to me and do care
for him. l told him, however. that
my mother would never consent to
my marriage to him. Since then he
has been begging me to run away
with him. What shall l do?
MARY D.
Do not listen to him. Give attentio,
to the advice your mother gives Won
If he is sincere in his love for YOU H
will not urge you to elope. He viii bil.
his time and prove to your mother tba
he is worthy Of you.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26

traffic and with the lights Of the city
well at his back. he strapped his Cog
giles tight, jerked his cap down TO his
eyebrows and leaned over the wheel
For Mr.. Cleek. "
For Mr. Cleelk-do you hear?'' he said,
addressing the car as if it were human
being Now then, show what you're
made Of, There! Take your head! Now
90, you vixen-GO!"
There was a sudden roar, a sudden leap,
then the car shot forward as though all
the gales of all the universe were sweep
ing 1t on. and the wild race TO the coast
began.
Narkom jerked down the blinds turned
on the light and flung open the locker,
as they pounded on.
dip in. Get something that can be
made to fit you" he said to Dollops we
cant risk any of those fellows identi
flying you as the chap who was hanging
around the station tonight Toss me
over that wig-the gray one--in the far
corner there. God knows what we're on
the track Of, but if it leads to Cleek I'll
follow it to the end of time!" Then,
lifting his voice until il sounded above
the motors roar. Faster, Lennard, fast
err he called Give it to her! We've
got to beat that train If il kills us!''
They did beat if. The engines light
was not even in sight when the bright
glare Of the moon on the channels wa
ters flashed up out of the darkness be-
fore them; nor was the sound of the
trains coming even family audible as yet
when, a few minutes later, the limousine
swung down the incline and came to a
standstill within a stones throw of the
entrance to the pier. at whose extreme
end the packet lay, with gangways down
and fires up and her huge bulk rising and
falling with the movements OF the waves.
An Interested Spectator.
Beat her, you see, sir" said Lennard,
chuckling, as he got down and opened the
door for the superintendent to alight
Better not go any nearer, sir, with the
car There's a chap down there standing
by the gangplank and he seems inter
ested in us from the way he's watching.
Jumped up like a shot and come down
the gangplank the instant he heard us
coming. Better do the rest of the jour
ney afoot, sir, and make a pretense of
sir. Whatn l do? Stop here until
morning."
Yes Put up at a garage; and If l
don't return by the first boat get back to
town. Meantime, cut off somewhere and
ring up the Yard. Tell EN- where I've
gone. Now then, Dollops, come on"
A moment later the limousine had
swung off into the darkness and disap-
peared and what might properly have
been taken for a couple Of English Gu
rates on their way to a continental hol-
iday moved down the long pier between
the gllmmering and inadequate lamps to
the waiting boat.
But long before they reached it the
figure at he gangplank-the tall, erect
figure of a man whom the most casual
observer must have recognized as one
who had known military training-had
changed its alert attitude and was saun.
tering up and down as if. when they came
nearer and the light allowed him to see
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
C1oo1z Of tho EOrtv Faces TRtng

ing the boat and scrambling up the water
stairs, and hard on the heels of 1t the
first whistle of the coming train; and
Narkom, glancing round, saw a slouching
ill-clad fellow whose appearance was in
distinct contrast with his manner of
speaking come into view upon the sum-
nit of the pier. His complexion was SAL
low. his matted hair seemed to have gone
for years uncombed; a Turkish fez-
dirty and discolored-was on his head.
and over his arm hung several bits Of
tapestry and shining stuff which be-
tokened his calling as that of seller of
Oriental draperies.
This much Narkom saw and would have
gone on his way giving the fellow no
second thought but that a curious thing
happened Moving away toward the foot
path which led from the pier to the town,
the pedlar caught sight suddenly of the
man standing at the gangplank; halted
abruptly. looking round to make sure that
no one was watching, then, without more
ado, screwed round suddenly on his heel,
walked straightway to the gangplank and
boarded the boat
The Mauravanian took not the slightest
heed of him; nor he of the Mauravanian
Afterward, when the train had arrived.
Narkom thought he knew why. For the
present, he was merely puzzled to under
stand why this dirty, greasy Oriental
pedIar who had been at the pains to cross
the channel in a fishers boat should do so
for the apparent purpose of merely going
back on the packet to Calais.
1.-THE Apaches.
BY this time the train had arrived, the
pier was alive with people, porters were
running back and forth with luggage and
there was hustle and confusion every
where He looked along the length of the
vessel to the teeming gangway. The Maui
ravanian was still there-alert as before;
his fixed eyes keenly watching.
crowd came stringing along, bags and
bundles done up in gaudy handkerchief
in their hands, laughing, jostling, jabber-
ing together in villainous French
I Here they are, gov'ner-here they are!
The Apaches!" said Dollops in a shaking
whisper. That's the lot, sir Keep your
eye on them as they come aboard and If
they are with his-Crumbs! Not a sign;
not a blessed one!'
For the Apaches, stringing up the gang
plank by twos and threes and coming
within brushing distance of the waiting
man. passed on as the Oriental pedlar had
passed on, taking no notice of him and
he giving no heed to them.
by James! one of them-that's what
the fellow isl" said Narkom, as he OBJ
served this. IF during the voyage he
speaks to one man of the lot
The Kings Equerry.
He stopped and sucked in his breath
and let the rest of the sentence go by
default For of sudden there had come
in sight upon the pier a dapper little
French dandy, fuzzy Of mustache. minc-
ing of gait, with a flower in his button
hole and shining topper on his beau
tifully pomaded head. and it came upon
him with shock of remembrance that he
had seen this self living fashion
plate pass by Scotland Yard twice that
very day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

Now 7 know why he cleared out! Good
He did Once out Of the track Of all
traffic and with the lights Of the city
well at his back. he strapped his Cog
giles tight, jerked his cap down TO his
eyebrows and leaned over the wheel.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-26
By T. w. HANSHAW.
SYNOPSIS

Copyright by Doubleday, Page & Co.
The Denver star., 1913-03-29

ashing and soapmaking General rules
for cooking are given in clear cut Eng
lish.
Miss Cookies bulletin for rural teach
ers and homemnkers contains an ex-
ccllent collection of recipes that are
suitable for families having moderate
incomes.
Beverages. vegetables. soups. cereals.
batters and douchs. eggs. oysters and
fish. meats and dishes from leftovers.
pies. candies. These are the classes
into which the recipes fall. General
rules for table setting. rules for waiting
on table and dining room etiquette are
also given. The final section is devot-
ed TO cookery for the sick.
An index Is printed with the PAM
phlet and makes possible the finding
of all the useful material which Miss
Cooke has carefully assembled. The
Hampton leaflets are now issued by
Hampton institute four times year
Any twelve may be obtained free of
charge by any southern teacher or
superintendent.
The domestic science department OF
Hampton institute from time to time
arranges interesting exhibits in glass
cases SO situated as to attract the at
tention of both students and visitors.
The most recent exhibit is designed to
present graphically to the students the
evolution of foods. and to show visi-
tors the methods and results of the
work at Hampton.
One case shows raw materials. such
ms tea, cocoa, coffee, pepper and spices.
Another case shows oils and Ives used
in making soaps of different kinds and
many other useful household necessi-
ties.
A third case contains dried. preserv-
ed and canned fruits and vegetables.
The last case is filed with the results
OF class work i'm the housekeeping and
cooking courses and exhibits soap,
orange and lemon extracts. baking
powder dry yenst. brend, custard and
samples OF biscuits shortened with the
various Shortcomings. such as butter,
lard. etc.
The Denver star., 1913-03-29
UPLiFT FOR RURAL SCHOOLS.
Booker T. Washington Shows How to
Do 1t Most Effectively.

Booker T. Washington Shows How to
Do 1t Most Effectively.
In large sections of the south the
parents of most of our rural children
are ex-slave folk, whose lives have
been spent wholly on the farm. says
Booker L. Washington. They know
little about proper cooking or proper
housekeeping and not much about
rules Of health. They have no idea as
to how home should be kept. Bro
ken chairs, floors with holes in them,
broken windows. leaky roofs. soiled
dishes and table linen-all these are
about the child from infancy.
Seeing this. it early became clear to
us at Tuskegee that If we really wish
ed to dovetai school work into the
real life and for the uplift of the peo-
pie something more than the abstract
teaching of cube root and the conju-
CATION of verbs must be impaired in
the classroom.
To solve the problem we hit upon
this plan in Macon county. Ala We
uctci h1AicA lldl 10 De Vi lue greatest
service TO the child, to combat his en-
vironment, We must not simply provide
specia classroom. but must make
everything surrounding the child serve
as school.
AS an experiment we constructed
building on the order of our southern
cottages, containing rooms for family
and in addition large assembly room.
We then secured family. in which
both parents We're teachers, to live In
the building. Following this, we made
the understanding that every room in
that house and everything about the
house should be'a schoolroom; that the
front yard, the back yard, the stable,
the horse. the COW, the garden and the
little farm adjoining should have their
place in the days schedule of teach
ing.
The dining room. the kitchen, the
bedroom, are all open daily to these
children. who are shown how to clean
and keep them. actually doing the
work The girls of a certain grade
take turns in doing the cooking. They
leave home in time to prepare the
morning meal for the teachers and
family. This is served properly in the
dining room. which has been set in or
der by another group of little girls, the
aim being that all shall learn the best
methods Of doing things.
All this IS done under the vigilant
eye of the mother teacher. who is thor
oughly competent, having been trained
, at Tuskegee institute. mastering trades
as well as academic work. The girls
in the higher classes are taught cook
ing, bur all the girls do gardening,
HOUSEKEEPING and sewing. The boys
come more directly under the eye of
the man Of the house and care for the
small farm and do in addition a GER
tain amount, of farm carpentry.
The Denver star., 1913-03-29
CARLTON YOUNG MEMS
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
Brooklyn Institutions Good Work For
Men and Boys.

The Carleton avenue branch of the
Young Mems Christian association,
Brooklyn. recently held a three nights
entertainment from which it realized
over STJ0. The literary program the
first night included renditions by the
well known Academy quartet and the
y. NJ. c. A. Guitar and Mandolin club
and 4 magnificent clown drill by boys
Of troop No. 80. Boy Scouts of Amer
lea.
The program for the second night
was gwen by the Spartan Girls Ath-
letic club, which has earned n city
wide reputation for the high character
of the literary entertainments provided
by 1t The last night was given over
to the high school boys of the Y. NJ. c,
A. SPANISH club. which produced an
amusing farce comedy entitled Balm
For Wounded Heart" The play was
produced in English and was accompa-
MED by superb minstrel features.
This institution is striving to meet
a situation which exists and is being
developed to meet this situation more
completely. The branch has a men,
bership of 22l men and is doing an
organized work for seventy-flve boys.
Religious. educational and physical
work is conducted successfully for
men and boys.
Musical clubs, physical clubs. Bible
class. etc. are maintained. Open
house is kept every day and evening
for men. especially for those who
need companionship or encouragement.
a fine troop of boy scouts is attached
to the branch. and a room is provided
for boys in the building. During the
:;sst nine months Of the present fiscal
year thirty-eight meetings for men
have been held. with addresses by men
who could instruct and inspire.
For boys thirty-six meetings, each
ioiioN ed by n social. have been held.
The employment department has fur
nished positions for 1876 men and sew
enty eight boys. A handsome new
building costing 100000 is In sight.
The committee of management is put
ting TO the fullest use the present
building and equipment and asks from
the general public support for the
maintenance and development OF The
work. Mr.. Rufus NJ Meroney Of Tex
as Is secretary of the association and
Mr. Arthur L. Comither of Brooklyn is
his assistant.
The Denver star., 1913-03-29
NOTES ON BEN RANNEKER.
Southern Colored Man Who Invented
Clock Became Well Known Scientist,

Benjamin Banneker was born Nov.
Q, 1881. near Ellicott Mills. Md. In
ITO he constructed Il clock to strike
the hours, the tirst to he made In
America. From 1902 to 1906 he cal
culated and published annually Ban
neker's Almanac. He also assisted
Major L'Enfant to lay out the streets
OF Washington. being quite proficient
In knowledge OF civil engineering.
Banneker wns also member OF the
French Academy of Sciences. being
made member on the recommenda-
ton OF Thomas Jefferson. who esteem
ed him highly for his scientific knowl-
edge and who said In a letter to him
acknowledging the receipt OF copy
OF his almanac that his race should
haNe an opportunity to vindicate Its
color" jefferson was a Democrat Of
high character.
The Denver star., 1913-03-29

Sons of Veterans Annual Reception.
Tie hrst annual reception of the
General Robert Avery camp. No. 145.
Sons of Veterans. New York division
United States army, will be held at
Sumner hall. Brooklyn. on Thursday
evening. April 3. The occasion will af-
ford merry gathering of military
men from many points in Greater New
York.
The Denver star., 1913-03-29

Hampton. va--A thirty-nine page
bulletin on Housekeeping and Cook
ing Lessons For Rural Communities
has been prepared for general distribu-
ton in the Hampton leaflets series by
Miss Amelia A. Cooke, who is in
charge oe the domestic science depart
ment at Hampton Va) institute.
"A class In housekeeping and cooking
gives the teacher splendid opportu.
nifty to offer suggestions about the per-
sonal cleanliness and clothing of the
pupil" says Miss Cooke in her sugges
tons to teachers
The housekeeping lessons cover
sweeping and busting. caring for table
tops, lamps, the cooking stove, dish
The Denver star., 1913-03-29
IMPORTANCE OF
DOMESTIC ART
Hampton Offers Lessons In
Many Home Subjects.
FEATURES or THE COURSE.

Booklet Containing Valuable lnstrue-
munities Prepared by Miss Amelia A.
Cooke, Issued Free-Demonstratio
and Exhibits Given at tho Institute.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-28

Once upon Time there came from
, vnc Inll Uncut an emerald Stranger
Aiialfa lie was Il Good Thing from
away down the Corduroy. where the
MIio;,i,lyhocks bloom and the Sweet Voiced
Mlikmnid gathers the Tactical Fluid
from the dripping caves of the patient
req plush COW. He met three City
Gentlemen in front of the Mahogany
and with One Foot on the brass rail
he joined them for some time i'm ceic-
ora d the Declaration OF Independ-
came up to the Hook like Il Brook
Trout after a red flannel ny.
Ey AiTng tow d0warf IN, the Shank of the
tIemen. noticing n Protubcrancc in the
region OF the Strangers inside vest
pocket suggested little Two Bit
GOOD Thing was simply suffering from
Enlargement of the Heart and not
from an 2iggravated Bank Roll, as the
ripe 1t on and Fell for the Frameup.
MA, AZ About Nine, Bells the Good
mhiiinS haI eight piles Of the patrioti-
OF him ana held Jacks or Better every
iime he scrambled the pastcboards
Kettle for Two Beans the City Cen
tlemen suffered paro=isms of the
REi = and Frigidiiy of the Neither
Good Thing pulled Three Typewritcrs
and n pair of Bell Hops off the bottom
or tho deck and played the Pictures as
;r:,S 40 - rIii,t snow, IL was an Cld
Trick his grandfather had taught him
during the Long Winter Evenings on
the Farm and it Earnered in three
pairs OF trousers three shirts and three
Imitation diamond Headlights. after
which the Three City Gentlemen gave
Thirty Day notes for their Glad rags
and battered the Asphalt for Home
The Good Thing took stock and
murinured pcevishly. Huh! IT'S a pipe
this is tho Lightcst Haul | Have Made
In this Burg in nine Moons | must
be gcttin' to he Il Pikcr. the Luck runs
so punk" The City Gentlemen cX-
pressed different view OF tho matter
among themselves. and are now eat
Wide Arm.
Moral--It is possible to get Too
Much OF Il Good Thing