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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
Tit for Tat.

T HE club was as well lighted, well
ventilated and well warmed as
ever it was. The lounge chairs were as
comfortable, the papers as up to date.
And yet, in spite Of all. Gooditt, the
golfing enthusiast, sulked in gloomy
silence behind the evening paper.
Gallo, old chap" cried his old
friend Joyas, as the waiter assiduous-
ly assisted him off with his overcoat.
Whats the matter with your"
Natter" echoed the grumpy one,
moved to speech at last The mat
ter is that that Fitzfoozle wants a
keeper! He's been flying about the
links all day. and he actually-act-
ually crossed my tee just as I was
about to drive!" Gooditt groaned
aloud as he remembered the enor-
nifty of Fitzfoozle's crime.
Good heavens. man! Is that all ?"
cried Joyas as he stroked his gloomy
friend on the shoulder and ordered a
pickme-up for two. I'M tell you
how to settle with F'itzfoozle."
You will" cried the other. Man.
I'm your debtor for life If you Will"
Well answered Joyas, as he
gulped his drink and subsidized behind
the golfng enthusiasts abandoned
paper take my advice, and next time
he crosses your t. dot his e for him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
Value of Phosphorus.

I'm the meantime we are not making
the defending army as weak as posi-
Bile by removing the phosphorus, iron
and potassium from most Of the food we
eat?
'It is through HIS food that man must
get these minerals, hence iron, phos-
phorus, potassium, etc, in the form of
drugs do not cure tuberculosis or any
other disease
THE physicians who used to study
only drugs and symptoms will now study
and prescribe foods, foods, foods. The
despised Italian fruit vender at the
street corner is a noble American in
stitution.
GRAINS and fruits and vegetables have
the power Of picking up the various ne
cessary minerals from mother earth and
forming them into the complex organic
compounds ready for animal life to as
simulate
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
How To Be Wise Housewife

n LFRED NJ. MCANN, in his new
~ book, Starving America" just
4 II issued by Doran, gives us a need
ed warning about keeping our bodies
well stocked with the natural minerals
that are our protection. Have you ever
thought on these things?
I'VE know that the phosphorus, potas-
stun and iron Of the body are at war
with the germs of tuberculosis, to say
nothing of other disease breeding germs.
Metchnikoff describes the white cor
puscles of the blood stream as defenders
Of the body against disease through
their power 10 destroy disease breeding
bacteria.
This power he attributes 10 the or
ganic phosphorus compound Of the white
corpuscles, which the scientists call nu-
clein. When these phosphorus COM
pounds are normal in the body the in
vading bacteria are destroyed as fast as
they enter
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
Laying Plans

and look at the new jsbots. know
can copy one"
The perfect weather held through
Thursday. Friday. too. was beautiful.
1T makes the days go quicker" Jose
phine told Gus that night. planning
for Sunday, 1 mean"
Il keep thinking OF II, too" he said.
'-rhe violets will Just be at their best"
I'm going to bring a lot Of them
to the girls at my counter Monday
morning." she eonfided TO him. you
see, want the whole crowd to have
part Of the fun. I've got my best
hat almost trimmed"
Buying Things.
Saturday on the way homo they
stopped at a grocery and Josephine
insisted on buying a loaf Of bread,
half a pound of butter and some
cheese. Gus vetoed any more expen-
sive filing. "There1l be ginger ale
and some cake coming with me-" ne
promised her. AT II O'Clock, then"
Josephine sewed till midnight. and
by that time the skirt and waist and
hat were complete, her shoes were
polished till they shone and the sand
wich material was out on the window
sill to keep cool.
She went to sleep quickly. Once
she half reused to hear the wind, but
she sank back again. She awoke
smiling happily and sprang up quick
ly with a thrill OF anticipation
With her hand stretched out to the
water pitcher she paused, a statue of
frozen unbelief 1t was pouring rain
outside, and through the open window
a fine mist drifted into the open
where she stood It was the sort Of
rain that lasts all day.
Josephine fiung herself down on the
bed. sobbinR.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
Do You Know
That

The seal, which sometimes remains
for considerable time under water.
has a sort of valve under its nose. to
prevent water entering into the nasal
passage. The only other animal with
a similar valve is the camel.
The skins Of 100000 animals are
used every year for the covers Of OK
ford Bibles alone, and 100000 sheets
Of gold are required for the gilt let
tering.
Cabbage is the poorest in food
value OF any vegetable. Carrots are a
ittle better. Potatoes are 1-2 times
more valuable than cabbage.
II a sitting Of eggs has arrived
from distance they should always
De Kept for "a hours before putting
them under a hen.
The highest point to which most
men can ascend without their health
feet WV
The English acre Is 4,s40 square
yards; the Irish, 1870 square wards.
ana the Cornish, $3.50 square yards.
The first electric railway In the
world was built IN Ireland. from
Bushmills to Giants Causeway.
Greece exports $4,000 tons of cur
rants a year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
Hadn t Started.

"'AIlo, Bill You do look pale and
thin! Wot's wrong7 Been mr."
Thus spoke jovial frequenter of
the gutter 10 friend he had not seen
for weeks.
Bill passed a horny hand across his
brow
No" he answered, II amt been
i'll, it's woodwork from 10 in the
morning till at night, and only one
hours rest. Think of 1t, mattel"
"Lumme!" replied Bits mate. And
where are you workin'? 'Ow long
ave yer been there?"
II amt been there yet" retorted
Bill, with q groan. Il begin ter
morrer!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
Housewife Ignorant.

THE great obstacle in the way Of re
form IS the housewives desires. She
wants unnatural colors and Characters
tics. not thinking Cor not knowing) that
these defeat the purpose for which she
buys food.
colored with a mineral or so-caIled vege-
table dye, though she is satisfied to have
a white Swiss cheese. which is the nat
ural color of the milk from which butter
and cheese are. made. She wants white
bread and white rice, but doesn't ask for
white oatmeal.
Until about a year ago practically all
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21

An eminent superintendent of
police has new plans to encour-
age love-making. Interesting
and instructive to spooners. See
THE SUNDAY AMERICAN.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21

Do you know that you can take
off fat or put it on in your BATH
tub7 A Berlin professor tells
you how to do this in The Sun
day American. 1t is a sort of an
electric bath that is worth know
ing about. Exclusive in THE
SUNDAY AMERICAN.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
By Virginia T. Van De Water.

GCYHOPE I am not a prude," said
Southern matron, but 1 find my
self shocked beyond expression by
the things that men and women talk
about. Only yesterday. a young man,
whose mother was a friend of my girl
hood days, remarked to me that his wife
could not come to see me just now, as
she is not going out this spring Then
he added with pleasant smile, we are
expecting q visit from the stork in
few weeks. OF course, we are very hap
py at the prospect
II felt myself blush as a silly girl
might. In my youth, young people did
not speak of such things. When my first
child was coming, even my brothers
were told nothing about it. One of them
asked my mother if had any prospects,
and she snubbed the 14-year- boy
promptly. forbidding him TO talk of such
things. But we have changed all that
kind of feeling nowadays. confess
cannot become accustomed to such free
speech as is now the fashion. There is
nothing at present that may not be dis
cussed."
Yes, we have changed all that, and,
to the commonsense thinker, there is
much to be said in praise of the change
viewed from some aspects. OF course,
there is no revolution or reformation
without a tendency on the part of some
extremists to overdo matters. SO in this
day of frank speech there are occasions
when we think it would be in better
taste for young people to omit the dis
cussion of the social evil and the white
IL L. L.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
Danger in acknowledge.

That such discussion does take place
is only an evidence that when a pendu-
lum has swung too far in one direction
it is bound to swing almost as far in
the other Much as some persons de-
plore this open talk on such topics, sure
ly it is to be preferred TO the prurient
curiosity that works in secret and to the
half knowledge that leads to many dan
gerous things.
1t is less than 20 years ago that I
heard a mother mention casually that
she and her young son had had talk on
an equal standard Of morals for both
sexes, A relative Of the mother gasped
with dismay.
You do not mean" she asked in an
awed voice, that you have ever men
toned matters Of that kind to your
boy?'
calmly 1T was not an easy thing to do,
but when he came to me and told me
something another child had told him,
and asked me for the truth, what could
say? 1t was my opportunity to gain
his confidence and his trust. l dared not
shirk this responsibility Of motherhood
one Of the greatest responsibilities it
holds"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
Not Hopeful.

Gee, George, you should talk more
hopeful" said the Manicure Lady
you have did a whole lot with your ed
ucation, think. hear lot Of fellows
that comes in here say that you are the
best barber that ever shaved them, and
you've had the head chair here for
long time. guess you can keep it till
you die, for that matter. Think how
much better off you are than a lot of
college graduates that never got no
where except up the river A fellow
was telling me the other day that quite
q few of our best young criminals
speaks now and then Of fair Alma
Mater You wouldn't have got the
valedictory If you hadn't been bright,
and I think it is a lot better to be a
bright barber than a dull president"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21

T KNOW where there are lots Of
EN-" Gus Werger told Joseph
inc.
The big retail store had Just dts
gorged its hundreds of clerks onto the
jammed city pavements. Dinner
hungry Office men jostled them rough
ly. AS they passed the flower store
on the corner, Gus had noticed the
light in Josephine's eyes when she
saw the violets artfully displayed in
big, expensive punches. He had come
from the country, too, so he under
stood
Just a good, long street car ride"
he went on, bit eagerly.
He had admired Josephine ever
since she appeared in the basement
hardware counter, a slim little thing
with big eyes that rested on one
briefly and innocently. Gus had been
out in the world long enough to be
tired of the coquettish holiness that
met him on all sides. We can make
the trip Sunday--if you'll go?"
"Oh, that would be great" the girl
told him, smiling happily. She took a
deep breath Somehow, can't
breathe in the city now that springs
come" she added II keep thinking
of the millions OF flowers We had
down by the pasture-snd the apple
trees and"
Red Cheeks.
Il know" said Gus, sympathetical-
". We'll, you just be waiting for me
about II o'clock. III bring some
sandwiches and things"
NO, I'll attend to the sandwiches"
protested the girl. Il used to make
awfully good ones for picnics back
home"
There was color in her face as she
babe Gus goodnight on reaching the
dingy house where she roomed. He
lived farther up the old avenue, and
they had formed the habit Of walk
ing home together. 1t saved car fare
and was companionable.
Thus on Tuesday they planned
their trip after violets on the coming
Sunday. Each night they talked 1t
over as they walked It's almost as
much fun planning for It as making
the trip" Josephine said on Wednes-
day. And isn't the weather lovely?
Just perfect for going to the coun-
try"
There are four days till Sunday"
Gus reminded her. TT would be dog
gone mean If 1t rained"
Obi" Josephine actually turned
pale at the thought. why, 1t can't
rainl It mustn't! I'm going to have
new hat trimmed by Sunday"
You want pink roses on It," Gus
told her, iudiclally. He thought she
looked like a pink rosebud herself,
with the color in her cheeks. He had
never seen her so vivaclous before
Seems as though l can't wait till
Sunday" she told him as she said
good bye
That evening she sewed rapidly on
/ a dress skirt she had turned and was
making over She thought it was
amazing how quickly clothes grew
shabby in the city. She washed out
her best cotton crepe waist that
needed no ironing and folded it care
fully. Then, with a sudden inspira-
ton, she began to look for little roll
| of lace in her trunk
III go up to the neCkwear counter
| at noon tomorrow" she told herself
! as she was preparing to 20 - s1GGa.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
The Manicure
Lady
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

lfTAM going to take a afternoon
and evening off," declared the
Il Manicure Lady To-day is
commencement at the school where 1
@sed to go. and this evening there is
going to be a dance"
THE boss won't like IT," said the
Head Barber This is a busy day in
tho shop"
q don't care whether the boss likes
It or not" said the Manicure Lady. Il
notice the rest OF the help around here
takes a jump to the ocean any time
they feel that way. and in the old days
when there was racing the boss was
hardly ever in the shop. He better not
act Icy around me when tell him am
going to the commencement exercises.
I'm JUST going, that's all.
II always like to go to a commence
ment, George. The girls look so young
and innocent in their white dresses, and
the boys look so important when they
stand up there on the platform with
their chests out and tell about launch
ing their banks on the sea Of business
life. Goodness knows, they mostly find
their level pretty quick after they leave
school, and most of them that talks
about overcoming the obstacles that lie
strewed in the road to Success and
Fame has to be contented with good,
everyday job, something on the ship
ping clerk or bookkeeper order, but just
the same, like to see them up there,
telling how they plan to set the world
on fire.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21

OOR little Love lies sleeping the last sleep of the dead
While signs weeping his
breath greeneyed him
shrink dismayed
Desire.
little persisted sheath the
wanonly
him.
the Monster conspre
With Of
Desire.
LILLIAN LAUFERTY.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21
The Glass Poet.

Brother wilfred was Just that way
when he graduated. The poor simp
was made the class poet, and the
bunch Of junk that he stood up there
and reeled off would have gave you the
blind staggers, but most Of the VII
layers didn't know that kind Of tripe
from Tennyson's best, so they gave the
boy a hand when he got through and
got him started on the road he is fol-
lowing now. almost poeting.
"Of course girls don't take com
mencement quite so serious as the boys.
because most Of them is kind Of figuring
on rnatrimony sooner or later They
think and dream at commencement time
Of a prince that viii ride up on big
white horse and carry them away; but
a few years later they are glad enough
to be married to a good, honest team
ster with two big white horses and good
credit at the general store. Few Of them
draws princes nowadays. I know mine
never has come as yet, and here am,
whiting nails and waiting for the prop
or sort of sparring partner with
which 10 end my days with"
IT was the smartest boy IN the class
when I graduated said the Head Bar
Der. Il had the valedictory, which goes
to the scholar who has the highest
standing in everything during the four
years in the high school. Somehow or
other I stopped right then, guess
The old gent wanted me to be lawyer
and mother wanted me to be preacher
so I compromised, and here am, knight
Of the razor and hot towel, trying to
make old thoroughbreds look young and
handsome for three or four hours while
they are at a theater or a banquet. l
guess they call it commencement, be-
cause, with a lot of young chaps, 1t is
about the beginning Of the end"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-21

Greece exports $4,000 tons of cur
rants a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
Cut-Outs Furnish Fun.

The suggestion for these books came to
my little daughters from some other chill
dren and the books were carried out along
the lines which the fancy of each directed
One child discovered the picture of a bill
lard table in the pages of a magazine and
forthwith established billiard room in her
book. Another one. not to be outdone,
started stable and farmyard and stocked
it with miscellaneous array of animals
What did it matter If the cows and pigs
were only a size or two larger than the
poultry and pigeons? The fun of cutting
out and pasting them was the same, the
victory of having something novel was as
great.
days when the illustrated advertising pages
did not exist and pictures must be cut from
the story part of the periodical what would
1t be now with the wealth of material in
the back part-and the front part, too-of
the magazines, when illustration is run ma
everywhere? Try 1t and see. for the boys
as well as FOR the girls.
Another delightful occupation for the chill
dren may be devised by the addition of
sewing implements to the scissors and the
paste pot They can cut animals from
cloth of different kinds, using paper pat
tern to get the shape right, sew these up
and fill them with cotton. A regular menag-
erie can be fashioned by little fingers and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
CHILDREN AND MOTHERS AT Play

| give her as my own need not interfere
with advice from other mothers and shall
hope to receive a full response from many
of you.
l have said that the most satisfactory
plays are those children make for them
selves and it was interesting to me to watch
how the suggestions l made in the nursery
were worked out by the small boys and
girls and led to fresh branches of enter
tainment. Give them start and they will
go of themselves.
Probably the best single implement for
childish recfeation is a pair of round pointed
scissors when guarded by firm prohibition
against cutting anything not meant to be
cut. With the scissors all sorts of Won
derful things can be shaped of paper and
CLOTH In addition to the scissors provide
paste pot and you have the material for
boundless joysl
When my children were small they had
what they called 2 farm books Why
farm" have never been able to make
out; ''house books" would have been
much more appropriate title. Pasted on the
different pages were pictures of the various
objects which go to furnish room. There
were windows draped with curtains of
colored tissue paper. fringed or pinlSed on
the edges. The sleeping rooms contained
beds, dressers. washstands, mirrors, the
drawing rooms were splendid with orna-
mental sofas, chairs. card tables, ottomans;
in the dining room were the table. side
board, serving table, chairs, and the like,
Pictures hung on the walls, figures were
pasted In here and there where they would
do most good in giving the human interest
to the apartment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22
Happy In Making Own Play.

so FAR as my own experience and obser-
vations go I have concluded that the hap
piest children are those who make their
own plays and amusements. This does not
mean that they do not need a certain
amount of guidance. We have come to the
point where we take 1t for granted that
when q public playground is provided for
city children there shall be a director ap-
pointed to teach the youngsters how to
play. One rea son for this is that they gen.
orally come from class which has had no
instruction in playing and they have to be
introduced to games as they would be to
any other unfamiliar occupation.
Our children have usually had different
sort of start In life. No matter how
slender the purse. unless you belong to
the abjectly poor-and sometimes even then
your child has toys by the time he is
able to hold them. A rattle, ring, ball,
a rubber doll are put into his hands and
in way you teach him what the trifies are
for. He learns to play with them before
he knows what he Is doing and when other
toys come his way he picks up the methods
of amusing himself with them in natural
fashion.
The little girl seems to develop some
kinds of pastines naturally. The maternal
instinct displays itself in her devotion to her
doll; and the manner in which she dresses
nd undresses it, feeds It, and rocks 1t to
sic. she copies from what she sees in
other babies what she recollects of her
own exesrences. But the most attentive
of miniature mothers sometimes wearies
Of her parental duties and longs for fresh
fields of activity. Haven't we ell men,
cries Of small elbows leaning upon our
knees. Of small voices heseechng: " Tell
mo what to 60 now. mother ] don't know
what to play with, "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-22

cups oatmeal and two cups graham flour.
one teaspoon each soda, vanilla, and salt
Mix stiff with flour; roll very thin.
&C. v. H."
The medley mush " will doubtless ap-
peal to readers suffering from the trouble
to which you refer l take it for granted
that the fiaxseed that the recipe calls for is
the whole seed and not the flaxseed meal.
But will you enlighten me little about the
oatmeal bread? Does it rise before baking
after it is added to the bread sponge. and
for how long? Is it kneaded more than once
or made into loaves as soon as the one
kneading you mention and then let rise
before it is baked? At what stage should
the bread sponge be when it is put with the
oatmeal-that is, is 1t added after it has
risen for awhile or as soon as mixed?