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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26
Only Beginning.

That is high authority for be-
lieving that we are only just be-
ginning to discover the extent Of
our control over nature, and such
things as wireless telegraphy, X
ray photography and the disin-
tegration of atoms, with conse-
quent unlocking of tremendous
concealed energy, prove that hith-
erto we have been like the man
who buried his talents in the
earth instead of making them
produce ten or a hundred fold
Suppose we look at the sub
ject of visiting the moon in the
light Of present knowledge. The
distance in itself is nothing
100000 miles, Many sea cap
tain has sailed much farther than
that. It is less than ten times
the circuit of the earth.
If the atmosphere extended
from the earth to the moon, we
could go there now by modifying
our present apparatus. At a
hundred daysl But at a height
of five or six miles the atmos-
phere becomes so rare that we
could not live in it without an ar
tif1cial supply. Yet unnamed
balloons have gone ten miles
high, and meteors take fire from
friction at an elevation of a hun
bred miles or more.
Still the atmosphere does prac-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26
She Likes to Work.

A clever writer married a clev-
er business woman a week or so
ago, and he told his friends and
hers that he did not expect her
to give up her business to stay at
home for him.
she likes to work" he said.
why should I take it upon my
self TO deny her her own life?
Women are something more than
the echo Of men"
In high school out West they
find that the average height of
the high school graduate is low
ering for the boys and heighten-
ing for the girls.
The boy babies born at the
great public hospital in Boston
to-day are one inch shorter on
the average than they were ten
years ago. The girl babies are
nearly an inch taller than they
were ten years ago and weigh,
on an average almost a pound
more.
a newspaper in the Middle
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26
A f inc Old Heather
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

w WONDERFUL in a far more
w useful way than we find
it described in the sara
bian Nights" was the fine old
heather known as Haroun AL
Raschid. who died eleven hun
bred and four years ago.
In a time of intense bigotry
and cruelty he was tolerant and
merciful. In an age of blacklist
ignorance and brutal indiffer-
ence TO every form Of intellec-
tual enlightenment, he was
deeply interested in learnings,
and employed every aid at his
command for the elimination of
the superstition that was sitting
like an incubus upon the breast
of humanity.
While Christian Europe lay in
the shadow Of its seemingly ir-
remediable ignorance, Bagdad
was cultivating the sciences out
of which was to come the worlds
mental resurrection. While the
Christian teachers were assert
ing the flatness OF the earth the
Mohammedan doctors of Bag
dad and Cordova, Seville and
Alexandria were teaching geog-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26
By GARRETT P. sERvIss.

WITHIN few weeks past
w have been asked to
address two different
aeronautical societies on the Gu
rious subject of the possibilities
of a trip to the moon.
AS far as l am aware this does
not indicate an intention on the
part of any aviator to essay
voyage to our satellite, but, at
least, it shows that the flying in
stinct is growing by what it feeds
upon, and that, having navigated
the air, practical men are giving
a little extra rein to their imagi-
nations, and wondering whether
the empire of birds marks the ul-
innate frontier of human con-
quest.
In fact, the dream of going to
the moon, which, in every age,
has occupied daring minds, is
hardly more impracticable at the
present time than would have
been a project, springing up in the
mind of Balboa, Of making ships
sail across from the Atlantic to
the great Western ocean which
he saw from his paak in Darien.
But It is not the invention of
either the aeroplane or the dirig-
ible balloon that stimulates
thoughtful minds at the present
time to consider, half-seriously,
the idea of a lunar voyage. The
success of those inventions, defy
ing scientific predictions and
probabilities, only forms an in
centive. 1t turns mems minds
hopefully to things that hereto
fore they have regarded as lying
beyond the limits of human pow
er.
1t has always been so. Every
great advance has been a mar
vel at the beginning, derided or
laughed at. Each one of them
has been a victorious birth of the
imagination. The greatest drag
on progress is lack of faith in the
hidden capacities of man.
Verify, I say unto you, II We
have faith, as a grain of mustard
seed, We shall say unto this noun
tain: Remove hence to yonder
place and it shall remove; and
nothing shall be impossible unto
Won"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26

tically cease to exist at no very
great elevation, and cuts short
of the road of the balloon and the
aeroplane.
We must turn to something
else. The buoyant force Of air
enables US to overcome the
gravitative attraction Of the
earth only up to moderate
height. Beyond that something
more.is needed. have learned
with surprise that many intelli-
gent persons suppose that If we
once got outside the air motion
would be unimpeded. For in
stance, a man said to me the
other day:
Suppose an aeroplane could
mount straight up until it passed
the limits of the atmosphere,
then having nothing more to i'm
pede it's motion, it would go on
with whatever velocity it had
when it left the air."
In fact, this could only occur
in case the velocity of the aero
plane amounted to nearTy seven
miles per second. for that veIoc-
ity would be required to COM
pletely overcome the pull Of the
earth's attraction. Otherwise 1t
would fall back to the earth.
This is the reason why Jules
Verne, in his amusing story of
"A Voyage TO the Moon" had his
adventures shot out Of an enor-
nous cannon. Only in that way,
he thought, could the requisite
initial velocity be obtained.
A Bold Plan.
But a bold mind might, IN view
of recent discoveries, Speculate
on the illimitable power that may
be obtained from unlocking the
energies Of the atoms of matter.
Professor Thomson has calcu-
lated that a single gram Of hy-
drogen has within II sufficient
energy to lift a million tons a
hundred yards Hight Does any
body imagine that that unlimited
store of energy is going forever
to remain uncontrolled by human
genius? We have discovered its
existence; the next thing is to
take it and use it,
Suppose we had it under con-
troll, as we shall have 1t some
time. Then reflect upon the close
relation between atomic phe-
nomena and electricity, and re-
call the familiar experiment of
making bits of pith fly away
from an electrically charged ball.
If we could construct some kind
OF a car that could be powerfully
charged with electric energy we
might be able to make It fly
away from the earth as the pith
balls fly from the charged con-
ductor of the electric machine.
The Problem Solved.
Then it would be necessary to
establish system of control by
which the speed and direction
could be regulated by varying the
charge-AND THE PROBLEM
OF NAVIGATING SPACE
WOULD BE SOLVED. I have
developed this { of course purely
hypotheticaD idea somewhat far
Their in a story called "A Column
bus Of Space"
Such a method would avoid all
the difficulties, really insurer
able, that hampered Jules
Verne's plan Of a projectile start
ing at a velocity of almost seven
miles per second.
However, when we get the
atomic energies under control our
first efforts win be directed to
making more money out of them.
and trips to the moon will only
begin to pay after we have got
tired Of YrraI1v oo~4lN.r
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26
The Railroads and the Public
A Letter from Mr. Ivy l. Lee, Of the Pennsylvania
Copyright.

Georgian and the other Hearst newspapers published
protect public of the fact that to protect the
public thoroughly ALL legitimate workers must be protected
big little ditch digger railroad builders street
peddlers department thinkers and big industrial organ
cations
Criticism of big and able because they happen to be
rich and intelligent stupid and harmful to the public wei
would be attacks unjust treatment of little men be-
cause they happen to be poor and badly organized
publish gladly letter which presents the side of the
railroads in important public question.
THE pennsylvania RAILROAD COMPANY
Genera flee, Broad Street Station
Philadelphia.
l.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26

fined II you give shelter, food
employment or even a word of
encouragement to a wife who
has left his bed and board with
out HIS permission. no matter
what 1T was he did that made
her go.
A great artist went with his
wife to see her off on a long trip
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26
Are We Coming to the Bee Idea of Life

work women, home men and
work men, divided quite definite
ly into classes like the bees
each having his own special mis-
sion in life. and never dreaming
of interfering with any other in
any way?
Career" Women.
Mother women and Career
women, work women and beauty
women, men workers and men
home makers, how else shall we
manage this affair of the woman
who will not live as her husband
wishes-else deal with the man
who thinks that woman should
follow him wheresoever he lists
to go, and howsoever he intends
to do when he gets there? Buzz,
buzz! How do you think OF the
bee idea. brother philosophers?
The drift, the drift! How
pleasant 1t is to stand in the sun
shine at the ships rail and watch
it slipping by, and speculate and
dream, and hope, and wonder.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26

the other day. Yes" said the
artist to the reporters, Il hate to
see her go, but she has chosen the
stage for her vocation Who am
l, to stand in her way? She is a
human being first of all. you
know" and no one was particu-
larry surprised to hear him say
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26
Garrett P. Serv1ss
Writes on
A Trip to the Moon

He Gives Reasons Why 1t Can
Not Be Made by Aeroplane,
But Says 1t Might Be Made
With the Aid of Inter-Atomic
Energy.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26
The Wonderful Bee.


The beetle wonderful bee
no wonder Napoleon chose him
for his emblem.
Is that what we are all coming
to--some day l wonder-the bee
system of living?
Every once in while see
something in the news that
makes me think so. 1t is a great
thing to watch-the daily news of
this great strange, simple. com
pick world Of ours.
The sailors on the ship that
Columbus brought across the wide
waters spent days standing at
the rail watching for the drift OF
waters, and now and then they
found hope OF land in the broken
branch that floated on the silent
sea and now and then some
strange bright feather that rose
and fell on the waves told their
hopeful hearts Of bright lands
beyond, where the bird that wore
the feather waited singing in a
spreading tree to welcome their
coming
Driftwood tells strange tales
sometimes.
That's what the news is
acknowledging stories old
stories that sometimes makes the
human hair rise and that turns the
blood cold in the veins of the one
who watches by the rail to see
the drift come by.
Now, there's that little item in
the paper this morning one
about the Judge who told the
man that he could not make his
wife follow him to a farm, and
he could not divorce her because
she did not follow.
she hates country life" said
the Judge. You cannot force
her to live IT, She has the same
right to decide where she wants
10 live as you have" Drift, drift
from strange shores. is that de-
cision.
l wonder how they would think
Of it in North Carolina, where a
man can have you arrested and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-26
By wINIFRED BLACK.

lave you ever read Maeter-
llnck's marvellous story Of
the bees?
No?
Go TO the library and get It this
very day. You can't afford TO
live another twenty four hours
without knowing that book!
Every time you see bee in the
garden afterward you'll feel like
standing, hat in hand, and watch
ing him fly by.
Talk about man the reasoning
animal" the bee reasons so much
better and 50 much more closely
than man that he makes us all
seem like little blind. laundering
beetles booming around in the
sunshine, not knowing where we
are going or what we are trying
to do
The Ordway new era., 1913-12-19

the top of the ears at each side. It Is
fastened to place with hair pins.
At the left side there are three loops
OF the pearls strung on wire and two
hanging ends and a knot formed of
pearl beads strung on heavy thread
and set less close together than in
the band. so that they fall easily.
The coiffure Is very simple-even
for a young girl. AS In all the pres
ent designs, the ears are covered. The
front hair is curled and fluffed about
the face. The back hair is braided in
loose strands and pinned fat to the
head.
This hair dress is appropriate for
brown haired or blond girls, but is not
SO pretty for the girl with very dark
hair or for her who has the splendid
"Titian" locks. Although very dark
hair. and what is called red hair, are
SO unlike. the same styles of coiffure
are suited to them both. They must
do the hair in soft masses. insist upon
its being glossy and refuse to con-
slider flufiiness or anything approach
ing frizzes.
But no matter what the hue OF her
hair or eyes or skin-the maid may
wear pearls. They look well and more
than that on youthful heads OF any
color. JULIA BoTToMLEY.
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hung the picture of his own daughter.
Julia. now away at school. and the
bitterness Of the whole thing was
brought home to him all the more
poignantly because he. too. was
father.
The hopelessness of Gilbert's tone
when he declared Gloria would learn
the truth IL she remained reused Kerr
to his old self. When he had entered
the room he seemed crushed beyond
recovery. Now he suddenly developed
all the spirit. all the calm resourceful-
ness. which he had ever displayed
when listening to the report of some
political revolt which would call forth
hitherto latent strength.
she must not know" he replied
with all his old dominance. Listen
to me, Amos G.lbert-that girl mus;
be recognized. I know what people
say Of me. and I've abided by the YER
dict. ain't been no hypocrite. I've
played a mans game. and I've dealt
with men. amt asked nothin' OF
your women folk. but now l do. I'm
bringing Belmont a girl any of you
could be proud Of. She's got to be
took up by the right people-I've kept
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that it would bring down the entire
governmental structure about their
ears. SO they let the grating go along
unmolested 1t is like that all over
the empire. veritable cancer. Bad
as the police graft in America is. It is
nothing in comparison to Russia. The
empire is honeycombed with it.
almost everything can be done in
Russia with bribes and the same thing
has been going on for centuries. Even
In the middle ages the peasants lived
under system Of graft similar to
that OF today sut- g
The Ordway new era., 1913-12-19

gate to receive their premium from
the thieves. Practically every police
official from the chief down to merest
messenger Is bribed. They not only
graft upon the thieves. but from fallen
women as we'll The government IL
helpless to deal with the situation and
1t is allowed to 60 on unchecked.
you see. the government officials
know that II they attempt to inter
fsre they would be killed. II the Gear
tried to bring about any reform he
would bs assassinated BY the police
and their agents. The of1cials know
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/ gives perfect finish to the sleeves.
Providing the long shoulder. the
small coat blouses over the belt line
at the sides and back. 1t has a long
narrow basque sloping away over the
hips and falling almost to the knees.
It is finished with a very Wide and
heavy fringe and is wonderfully effec-
tive. ~.
Similar coats slope away to panel
at the back. finished at the ends with
a broad band of fur or plush. This
finish has proved more popular than
the fringe.
A hat with some width Of brim Ia
fitting with a gown of SO much char
acter. and that Is what was chosen.
1t has the small. soft crown. which al
most effaces itself. and the simple
trimming which characterizes the sea-
son. Two short full ostrich heads or
a fancy ostrich ornament are curled
over the brim in models of this kind.
and the brim usually shows an inden-
tation at one side. +
The front OF the under bodice Is ar
ranged to fall out over the waist line
and is a novelty in arrangement that
is noteworthy. Altogether this Is an
achievement in designing so good that
1t will outlive less beautiful models
and look well for two seasons or
more. The life OF pretty gowns. most
Of them costing considerable time and
some money. should not be so brief
that the time spent in making them is
not worth while. - !
JULIA BoTToMLEY. '
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FROM the salon of gifted designer
graceful gown. 1t is worth much
study as an exposition Of present
styles. without any departure from
beautiful outlining of the figure and
the best management Of fashionable
fabrics with brocaded surfaces. Any
OF the dark rich colors Of the season
-taupe, corbleu, paprika, wood and
golden browns. sapphire blue.
. The skirt 10 in two pieces. with the
uppermost cut away from the knees
downward in a ''v" shape. 1t 10
draped with three small plaits to give
1t the fashionable slant. and posed
over an under piece that ia also
caught up a little at the front. This
under piece 10 not closed at the back.
and by this arrangement the skirt.
which seems to hang in SO closely
about the ankles. still gives room for
easy walking.
There is no attempt at even hanging
about the bottom of skirts these days.
They are correctly draped when the
uneven-hanging caused by drapery is
aho"eu " spehh ioi ilsei 40 pal
of the play. There is bodice Of bro
caded silk under small coat Of cloth
like that In the skirt 1t has a grace.
full neck round. with narrow ~"
cut out at the front. A fine net
guimpe is worn under It, which is
round at the neck. The long sleeves
of this bodice are set In at the arm
eve, but not close fitting In the upper
arm. A fine frill Of point d'Esprit
The Ordway new era., 1913-12-19
Chenille Flowers.

Chenille flowers are used for corsags
bouquets now. They are made Of
strings of chenille. in heavy. soft
quality. looped into petals. and mount
ed on green chenille stems, stiffened
with wire. Brilliant but at the same
time soft shades OF red and blue and
violet and green and yellow are used.
These little flowers have a charm all
their own, and are especially effective
worn on the dull. gloomy days for
which November is ia no"s
The Ordway new era., 1913-12-19

forgot about her. gave her plenty
Of money. but she never knew any
thing Of my-transactions She thinks
l made 1t all in real estate"
Then she doesn't know"
That's the hell of it-she don't"
Kerr could sit still no longer. He
pulled himself out of his chair and
stood with his back to the fire and
directly facing Gilbert. "All these
years I've acted a lie. I've made Gloria
believe I'm the leading man in Bel
mont. / am-but not in the way she
thinks. 1t wasn't because loved her:
can't say do, cause l don't know
her we'll. amt been east to see her
for couple of years. 1t was pride
made me tell her that; that's what 1t
was. pride. wanted my girl to have
what I'd missed. l didn't want her
to know"
He lapsed into silence. which he
atory remark:
Gloria thinks I'm the social leader
of Belmont; that the whole town
hangs breathless on what say shall
be the fashion at pink teas"
Hasn't she often wanted to come
back?"
Kerr was not to be hurried. He
began to pace up and down in front
OF the fireplace. When he paused.
the lawyer, to secure . continuation
of the story. said:
"Wefl?"
This morning she came home"
Now Judge Gilbert understood; yet
he could scarcely believe 1t possible.
What! Gloria here!"
"Yes, here" echoed Kerr. Come
home, that's what she calls 1t. She's
been visiting school friends since she
came back from Japan. and had Just
started to California when the party
fell through when they'd got to St
Louis. So she jumped on the train
and came to Belmont unannounced-
to surprise me-"
So here was Gloria in Belmont. 1t
was more than embarrassing. Gilbert
recognized that 1t was tragic Kerr
never mentioned his daughter, and
Belmont had almost forgotten her
existence. Much that the boss had
told the lawyer was news to him.
Gloria Kerr. the little girl. had been
allowed to slip out of his mind and
he had come to regard the political
leader, Just as every one else did. as
a thing apart, as power almost as
impersonal as the force Of gravity or
the freezing Of water. The easy boss
was regarded as Just as much Bel
mont fixture as was the river which
flowed past the town. and those good
people who laid aside the rose-col-
ored spectacles Of Belmont's laissez
faire doctrine felt that 1t would be
Just as easy to remove one as the
other. :.
The lawyer in Gilbert now rose to
the surface and he began to question
Kerr just as he would client. The
girl was here. The only thing now
to discuss was what to do with her.
"She can't help but learn the truth! "
Gilbert exclaimed at last.
He sank back in his chair. over
come by the weight OF the problem.
On the wall. where he could see It.
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A. the Exhibition.

A girl AMI young man. visiting
the Futurist exhibition in the Sixty.
ninth Regiment armory. paused be-
fore a painting by Henri Rousseau
canvas fairly crusted with slathers of
every color of the prism.
This is Henri Rousseau-in his
later manner" explained the girl.
He died two years ago. Do you get
his message?"
Not exactly" said the young man.
but I'll bet four dollars he died os
painters colic."-New York Post
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PEARLS THE ONE
ORNAMENT FOR
THE DEBUTANTE

lust why pearls and girlhood are SO
j associated in our minds Is not yet
fully explained. But we all recognize
that pearls belong to the maid before
she may wear other jewels with any
degree of fitness. Except for pretty
hair ornaments of ribbons and made
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tTo BE coNTrNuEDo
Made bad, speeeh roo Lor

Little Herbert. aged five. was In
vited TO a party. and before leaving
home he was cautioned to be sure to
say Thank you" to the hostess and
tell her he had a nice time On leav-
Ing he said to the hostess: Thank
you very much. I had q nice time.
and your supper was good enough"
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'MosI CORRUPT IN THE WORLD
Russian Police, From Chief to Merest
Messenger. Are Declared to
Live on Bribes.

THE Russian police" declares an
Englishman who has spent much Of
his life in the land Of the Gar. "are
the most corrupt In the world. There
IL a definite tariff on thieves over
there; pickpockets are practically H.
censed. The police go regularly to sn.
tsrtainmants whore crowds consrs.
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syAops,s.
illustrations y "a

: Gloria Kerr. a motherless GIRL who has
spent most of her life in school. arrives
Kerr is the political boss Of the town.
and is anxious to prevent his daughter
learning of his real character. Kendall.
representing the Chicago packers. ID ne
gotiating with Judge Gilbert. Kerr's chief
adviser, for a valuable franchise. They
fear the opposition of Joe Wright. editor
of the reform paper.
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flowers there is nothing that looks
quite as "fit" on the young girl as
pearls. The ornament shown here
Is made of two strands Of pearl beads
strung IN fine wire. They are strung
in links, Joined by large barouque
pearl beads. placed between the links.
The band extends across the top Of
the head and terminates little below