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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13

WYE ARE STRANGERS TO OUR
wv SELVES. WE PERCEIVERS-
WE OURSELVES TO OUR
SELVES; FOR THIS THERE rs REA-
SON ENOUGH. WE HAVE NEVER
SOUGHT FOR OURSELVES. - From
Nietche's "A Genealogy of Morals
Thought is our one weapon, our one
force, our one earthly salvation. No mat
ter what may be the problem, thought
must precede its solution.
Thea heaviest, hardest, noisest work is
born of SILENT, INVISIBLE, SHAPE
LESS THOUGHT
A great bridge must be built of iron
and stone. There are hammering, chisel-
ing, blastmg-but back of all the NOISE
there is the quiet thought in the engin-
eer's brain. AND THAT THOUGHT is
THE REAL BRIDGE.
History tells about THE NOISE of
great battle. Cannon, cavalry charges,
Calling guns, grOans of the dying, the
shouts of the commanders All that is
picturesque, but that is not THE BAT
TIE The battle, the victory were IN the
THOUGHT of the quiet, steady man who
planned every movement from the start
of the battle to the enemy's defeat.
Our external, UNREAL lives are lives
of noise, sound, shape, force, physical eff
fort. The real life. THE ONLY LIFE
RAT EACH OF US REALLY LEADS,
is the silent, strang e mysterious
THOUGHT - LIFE WITHIN OUR
SELVES.
We do not, any of US, think enough. We
talk, chatter, gossip, listen. We think
only for a second at time Not one man
IA a million is capable of sustaining con-
centrated thought for as much as five min
utes without interruption. We laugh at
the monkey in the cage who walks gravely
along the floor for a second, springs in
the air to seize a rapeze, then sits phlo-
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the earth, and fructify it, and make civ
ilization grow.
Each of us is a little drop, A THINK
ING DROP. And we differ from water,
and the plant, and the animal, in this,
THAT WE ARE CONSCIOUS, THINK
ING DROPS, WE CAN PLAN OUR
THINKING, WE CAN MAKE OUR
SELVES THINK, WE CAN REALIZE
WHAT THOUGHT Is.
Cultivate thought in your OWN mind
Think of yourself as A THINKING
BEING AND AS NOTHING ELSE. For
a thinking being is what you are, and it
is only as a thinking being that You have
any Importance in this world.
Remember that thought, above all
things, is DEMOCRATIC 1t is the small
man, the humble man, who gives the big
thought to the world. The man who IN
vented the sewing machine was an hum
BILE worker The inventor of the marvel
Gus spinning jenny was very humble
and poor man.
EulSOu was Simple ana poor, SO was
Franklin, so was the man who invented
the steam engine. Thought knows no
rank no birth 1t is a mysterious gift,
the gift of the INDIVIDUAL. YOU may
have it, ANY man may have it, great or
humble. The greatest writers have been
the simplest men, and the greatest think
ers and inventors have been the humblest.
THE MIND MUST BE ALIVE, alert.
moving, working always. And any daZ.
the thought may come The men tnaT
stand out in history are those that had
millions of humble thoughts, AND THEN
ONE GREAT ONE. Keep your mind
busy, RESPECT TT, revere the power Of
thought that is within you; it is the only
power that controls material conditions on
this earth. You are the custodian of a
wonderful faculty, and one ash within
your brain may solve the problem that
has held men down for thousands of years
Respect the humble thinkers Think on
great lines if you can. BUT GREAT, OR
SMALL. FORBID YOUR BRAIN TO BE
A DRONE. KEEP IT WORKING.
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satisfy the rare minds-the few. His
work will be more glorious, but not as
important to mankind generally as that Of
this poor savage in the picture, using his
brain to manufacture long spear that
would give to mans feeble hand the
power of the tigers paw or the buffalO's
horn. This squatting monkeyman is the
individual who told weak human beings
how to kill powerful animals, how to con
quer the earth, get meat and safety for
their children and develop the human
race
And he is one of thousands and mil
lions OF the human thinkers, the humble
thinkers, that have done our big work.
We praise Burbank, the agricultural wiz
ard, who develops new fruit new vege-
tables and flowers for us. What about
the unknown women and men of the past
THAT HAVE GIVEN TO US THE
WHOLE WONDERFUL VEGETABLE
WORLD AS WE SEE IT? You know
that everything we get from the earth
is the result of thought and study that
go back tens Of thousands of years.
We have our wheat and our rye and the
other important grains. ALL OF THESE
WERE DEVELOPED FROM MERE
WEEDS, LONG BEFORE HISTORY BE-
GAN TO BE WRITTEN.
Women picking seeds from wild plants
to grind them up for their children were
the beginners of the great wheat fields
of the West A great miracle of human
intelligence was the transforming Of wild
weeds, wild fruit like the crabapple, all
of nature i'll prepared savage products,
into the marvellous world feeding plants
of to-day. And this was done BY THE
HUMBLE THINKERS, THE UN-
KNOWN.
w admire the man who builds our
great steamship. But he was not as val
liable a thinker as the first man who put
his prognatAoys face in the palm OF his
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help it. What is the use of talking about
it3'
In our opinion, THERE IS MUCH USE.
We all breathe, true, but nine-tenths of
us breathe incorrectly. And consumption
is the proof of our bad defective, made
quate breathing. We all think, we are
compelled to think But ninety-nine one
hundredths of us think insuficiently, i'm
perfectly, disjointly And civilization S
slow growth, Ignorance and lack of sue
cess are all proof of our inefficient think
ing.
To breathe properly you must THINK
about breathing You must remember
that the top of the lungs requires initiation
to prevent consumption. You must re
member that the chin mus be held up and
the neck back in order to keep the ribs
from pressing upon the lungs.
And so it is with thinking You must
THINK ABOUT THINKING The meas
ure of your thought is the measure of your
success. When you drift into rut when
your feet and your hands do the work
mechanically, when your brain goes to
sleep, YOU ARE A VEGETABLE, OR A
SPONGE, NOT EVEN AN ORDINARY,
LOW-CLASS VERTEBRATE.
Stimulate your mind, wake it up, put
problems before it, solve them; put
others; THEN SOLVE THOSE.
To-day let us think about THE HUM
BILE THINKERS, THE LITTLE THINK
Frs OF THE PAST, AND THE WON
DERFUL WORK THEY HAVE DONE.
The little thinkers are really the big
thinkers For the man who solves LIT
TIE problems solves problems that the
tens Of millions of human beings must
meet each day. And so he helps the tens
of millions of human beings. Whereas,
the man who shall solve the great prob
lem, the cosmic problem of the govern
ment of this universe, for example, will
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
A TALK ABOUT THE HABIT OF GOSSIPlNG.

are already known to you, and among our
cornerites are those who are foremost in
women's clubs for work, Tor study, for vii
Iage Improvement, for the discussion Of
public questions, for training in child cul
ture and education To such Of you az
already have your heads and hearts and
hands full OF these objects do not have te
talk. II you are doing your full duty by
them you have no leisure time to spend in
discussing your fellow townspeople. in
spreading reports about this one or that, IN
running to earth some unpleasant tale Of
the past or the present that Will SOW
wretchedness among those Of whom It il
told. I only wish could turn some Of you
loose as missionaries In gossip infested
quarters to preach a gospel that would
mean reform.
Yet in the places where scandal 10 most
plentiful there are always those who long
TO turn the energy and time expended upon
aimless or harmful gossip to better things.
I wish with all my heart that this little
talk today could serve as a suggestion to
you Of the work awaiting you close at hand.
1 do not mean you are to set yourself upon
a pedestal and condemn the habits OF those
about you. but that you are to seek out
what you yourself can do to broaden and
brighten the pursuits Of those with whom
you live.
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Done by Village Women.

Here are some Of the things I myself
have seen done by women in small places:
A library started. This was done by a
teacher whose health had forced her TO re-
turn to a little country home. and who Sc.
kept it in her own sitting room 1t served
as a nucleus for something larger, and
now has a home Of its own
A sewing class among factory girls One
of the heads OF departments began this tc
help two girls who were getting their we'd
ding clothes ready. and the work grew.
A working girls club. This started as a
social club and developed into an aid So
ciety as well. organizing a camp for work
ing girls summer rest
Three village Improvement societies
formed in different localities and all work
ing for better conditions, clean streets, i'm
proved sanitation, and higher standard OF
morals.
could tell Of more, but these will serve
as a sample Of what may be done in small
places without outside influence. where
earnest women did the next thing and made
a success Of it. Gossip may not have been
eliminated from any Of these towns and
VILLAGES, but It has been wonderfully
lessened, and the new interests introduced
by these organizations are bound TO grow
and to choke scandal mongering sooner or
later. Try one OF them and see. And if
others Of you can report similar efforts for
the help Of the rest Of US. will you rot DO
so and let us print them here where 1caD
all learn from them?
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
Putting Baby 10 Sleep.

(" VIII you tell me how to get my baby
into regular habits Of sleeping? He has been
spoiled by the nurse who took charge OF
him and of me during the first month OF his
life and now he screams and cries when
laid In his cradle and will not be quiet until
I take him up and rock him in my arms. 1t
breaks my heart to hear his cries, and am
afraid he will hurt himself. How can get
lin to the point where he will go to sleep
In his bed7 AIN"
The only way is to be firm about It and let
him cry II out. This sounds hard hearted,
Jut the screams hurt you q great deal more
than they do him. II he is a sound and
healthy baby-and on this your doctor can
inform you-the lung exercise will not in
jure him and after he has tried It a few
times he will learn that crying does no good
and will reconcile himself to circumstances.
Be sure that he Is entirely comforts bic so
far as clothing is concerned, that he is not
hungry or in pain. lay him in his cradle in
u quiet corner and let him alone. II he
cries long while come in and change his
position and make sure that he is all right.
and then leave him alone. You will save
him and yourself trouble and discomfort by
instituting regular habits as soon as posi-
ble
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esting state in which you live. II you be
gin TO study that-anG your librarian should
be able to tell you the best book on the sub
iect-you will find a whole field OF interest
opening before you
When you read OF the early missionaries
in California for instance, this Will lead you
TO Parkman and his accounts Of the Jesuits
in the eastern part Of the United States;
the Spanish occupation OF the state will
turn your thoughts to the history OF Spain
and OF all that II stood for in years past
10 the discovery OF America by Spanlard'
IN the reign Of the monaTchs who fought
with the English. and by that TO much
thrilling English history and the beginnings
Of the story Of the United States.
Don't confine yourself to this but II you
ran. toin a class in current events or go
70 Lectures on these; find out the important
matters in state politics; read the daily
pspers and see what 10 going on In the
world. Read the writings OF our great
authors and copy such portions OF their
books as appea! to you. Read Stevenson
ESSAYS and stories as a good beginning.
As to the use or words, the best plan IS
never 20 let one go by you without under
standing It. Keep a dictionary at hand and
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then negroes do it because they work
cheap
If you cannot help me. you may know
some one who has contracted lung trouble
and would ike to join me. I would be only
too glad to do all the work in camp for their
help IN getting the outfit: then there is
plenty OF fish and game along the way, 50
after all the expenses would not be so
much: the outfit could be sold afterwards.
II you know Of any one, please give them
my address. J. r. M
print this letter as it stands in the hope
that II may meet the eye OF some one who
can be OF service 10 the writer. I do not
make an appeal for money, but trust that
there may be portions OF an outfit for
camping in the possession OF one OF our
constituents who would be willing to give
them for the benefit Of the woman who
needs the change to a dryer climate. or.
as the writer says. there may be others
who would like to join his company and
help him by defraying their share Of the
expenses. Even TO me. a woman. there is
an attractiveness in the thought of such an
expedition with all ii means Of outdoors
and freedom. l hope there may be others
who feel as l do and who can prove their
faith by their works.
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No Thrill in Good Report.

Does this sound severe? Think about it
for minute If Mrs. Brown tells you that
Mrs. Black S husband is good. sober. hard
working man. always regular in his home
coming and Of steady habits. you are nat
urally glad to hear such good reports Of
him. but you are not thrilled. Compare the
effect upon you Of this statement with a
story from her lips Of how Mr.. Black comes
home two or three nights out Of the week in
E state Of fierce intoxication, or that he new
er fails to call on a neighbor's pretty wife
when her husband is out Of the way. or that
he negIects his own wife and pays atten-
ton 10 some charming girl. Don't you know
that you crave details Of his shortcomings
as you never would Of the quiet round Of
domestic happiness?
Garry the idea little further. Put your
self in the place Of the one who supplies the
news and think how much more attention
YOU command when you can give striking
story Of some little occurrence and you will
appreciate the temptation besetting all Of
US T. make the most OF any small piece Of
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said a young man to me the other day.
- Yesterday l saw a thief chased by big
crowd and three policemen; last night went
to a big fire; this morning there was an au-
tOmobile collision near me and horse ran
away. Something is doing every minute"
This is felt by women as well as by men.
They may not find the thrill experienced
by my young friend in fires and smash-ups
and Undertakings. but there are other alb
sorptious-shOpping. dry goods displays.
concerts in department stores, sales-to
mention a few Of the less important events.
For those with more intellectual tastes are
picture shows, galleries, free musical
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Both Signatures Omitted.

Kindly give me the address OF the wom-
an who Is willing TO exchange sewing for
children's clothes. She can phone or call
upon me. MRS. S s. L.
If you had given me the signature Of the
correspondent to whom you refer l might
have been better able to help you. although
your failure to sign your full name to your
own letter would have stood in my way.
We do not print addresses IN the paper and
the only method by which we can put one
correspondent in touch with another is
their adherence to the rule OF giving the
name signed to the letter OF the one they
wish to reach and also supplying their own
correct names and addresses. Every week
which passes sees chances Of help lost be-
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gossip that comes our way. even il we have
TO approach perilously near to scandal to
achieve this.
When We ponder upon this we understand
why gossip, tsttling. scandal-give 1t what
ever name you please-hourishes in villages
and small towns. The dweller in the big
city has distractions which call her atten-
ton from the affairs Of her next door neigh
bors.
The fine thing about living in a city is
that something is happening all the time"
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An Overland Camping Tour.

- am trying to get up an overland
camping tour for the benefit Of my wifes
health. I want TO spend the winter in the
mountains between San Antonio and FL
Paso, where the winter is mild, then go 10
New Mexico for spring and summer. The
doctor here told me II would take my wife
on such a trip as this the outdoor life would
surely restore her health. Now, am only
a poor carpet layer, and what money had
when came here IS about gone. and l am
not able 10 buy the outfit unless I could get
some one to help me It is hard to have
to ask for any help. but ! just cannot stand
to see my poor wife in this condition when
/ believe such a trip will cure her. gave
up a good position to go south and believe
she has improved some. but the damp win
ters here will 60 hard with her and must
get her out. Work here in my line IS not
good, there being little carpet used and
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T~EAT is the third time Mary Allen
80 has been by here today. 1 do
wonder where she is going?"
wAs spending q few days in a
little country town and the re-
mark ! have Just quoted was made by my
lRnGIaGy. From the corner where had
settled myself with my book. could see,
when 1 lifted nay eyes, a lovely prospect Of
huI and forest: from her place at the win
dow she could command view Of the vii
lAge street. With the unconcern which
MARKS those not especially given to read
ing Ehe commented upon any passing which
took her attention. apparently feeling that
my absorption in my book was q matter Of
no Importance and that I would prefer 10
any printed page an interruption which
would tell me Of the doings Of the villagers.
Ny interest in humanity in general and in
particular is deep and genuine. and many
Of the bits Of Information vOuchsafed by
my companion took MY attention and
prompted me to further questioning. But
IS the morning wore on her remarks palled
upon me, and when the surmises as to Mary
Aliens destination and business proved bar
rem, I picked up my book and betook my
self TO my own room. l did not read. how
ever. Eat down and thought again, as
had oiten thought before, on the preva-
lence Of gossip in small towns.
The dictionary gives scandal" as one
synonym fer gossip o.: " tattling" is an
oths-. When We are charitabIy disposed
We are prone to discriminate between them
and to LOOK upon gossip as kindly and as
opposed 10 the Earshcr terms. Yet the line
separating them is almost imperceptible
and easily crOssed-the more easily be-
cause pleasing reports Of our neighbors'
conduct are far less interesting than state
ments sp!ced with something a trihe more
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Recipe for Grape Wine.

"win you kindly print in the Helping
Hand a recipe for making grape wine and
one for grape Juice. preferably the latter.
although would appreciate the former.
Also can you tell me how to can pineapples:
whether they should be cooked. the length
Of time. etc. MRS. w. H. H.
The recipe for grape juice has just been
given.
GRAPE WINE-Put the grapes, stems
and all. into an open cask and mash them.
Strain through a bag. pressing this to get
out all the Juice. To each quart OF the juice
allow half a pound Of white sugar and put
juice and sugar in a clean cask to ferment.
covering the top or the bung hole with a
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while the question as TO where Mary Allen
or any one eIse-is going. and what she
Will do when she gets there. rises to q point
Of disproportionate Importance.
In the real country gossip has received an
impetus by the introduction Of telephones.
The first summer visited a locality where
the telephone was the cherished means Of
long distance visiting. l was a good deal
irritated by conditions.
Every time 1 speak over the phone
hear the other receivers taken of the hooks
all along the line" 1 complained. think
it's abominable!"
That's their daily newspaper and their
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28

afternoon promenade and their society re-
ception." Rpologized another city visitor.
d" II you cut them on from listening over
the telephone you would shut OF their chief
means OF getting in touch with their neigh
bors and the news"
l acknowledge this. and yet l confess
don't like the thought that all l say over
the telephone is listened to By strangers.
even although my remarks are entirely in
nocent and might be printed In the papers
with perfect propriety. To me It seems as
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Each OF US can tell of shocking scandals,
Of heart breaking ISLANDERS started by the
uncharitable repetition OF some trifing
item Of news that in itself would be harm
less. but that has been amplified and
trimmed by each one who Ietells IL until
It has grown so from these additions that
the original statement would not be recoB-
niEed. Possibly not one OF those who re-
peated the tale had a malicious meaning.
but the story grew in the telling. and the
individual color given by each gossip
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monger has blended into the manufacture
OF a mOnstrosity.
To my mind the first step to be taken
towards modifying gossip is the acquis!-
tIon Of more abundant charity. We should
be badly of II We had no interest in the
affairs Of one another. The trait which
leads you to try to make life easier for your
poor neighbor. 10 endeavor to cheer the
downcast and to comfort the afflicted.
Is an ofTshoOt Of this same attention TO the
concerns OF others which IL wrongly eX-
erted tends TO tattling and scandal When
your tendency TO learn all you can OF the
habits and conduct Of those who live near
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
To Clean Black Crepe.

VIII you kindly furnish me with the ad-
dress Of the woman who asks for silk
pieces? have so many OF them and would
gladly send them to her II had her ad-
dress. Can you print directions for clean
ing black crepe de chine?
MRS. z. W.
Another case OF failure to give the sig
nature Of the person making a request.
With my large correspondence It is impoSsi-
Bile for me to keep track Of letters except
by the signatures attached to them BY
these signatures they are recorded in my
index and without the name I cannot
Identify letter.
Ny best success with crepe de chine has
been by washing 1t in water to which soar
bark has been added Rinse II well after
washing. dry It in the shade. and press
through a thick cloth while still damp.
After such a treatment as this 1 have sesr
the silk look like new.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-28
VIII Loon Inpaiid's Chair.

i believe know where there is a wheeled
chair that VII De gladly loaned to the sick
man You mentioned n q recent paper. II
you will let me nave his address will try
20 zee tina; he has n chance TO secure the
char as soon $ possible. Also IN reply TO
the inquiry OF :h4 woman who asked about
icGE-s she could join. II she is near enough
1 Will De pleased 10 cell and see her and
give her information. We are organ.z!ugR a
new order n2re which admits women OF
the same footing as ner. This order. be-
SIDES giving good social advantages. sup
plies physician free in case Of illness and
a sick benefit OF SO per week to each bene-
ficisry member. and pays funeral expenses.
AL white persons Of Eood character. over 10
years Of age. are eligible for membership
The Initiation charge is IS. the members
dues are only 81 a month for full member
ship. and IS cents = month for those wishing
eniy social Membership. MRs. Z. L. Y"
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you is directed in the right way 1t leads
to philanthropy. to helpful ofices Of all
kinds, to the friendliness that helps make
the earth more like the garden Of the Lord
than it would be without the exercise Of
these qualities.
We should be in a bad way II we could
cut out OF our makeup an interest in the
daily lives of those who surround US Only
when this interest is mixed with malice or
with a lack Of charity does it become a
menace to ourselves and to the community.