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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
After a Certain Point, She Says.
Riches Add Nothing to Your
Comfort. Love is a Paradise
From Which Cupid Bars the
Rich Man.
Writer, for The Atlanta Georgian
Bv Ella Wheeler Wilcox

money is all in bringing you phyr.
cal comfort.
Work? That's not a misfortuns
but a blessing. Work Is exclta
ment, thrill, never-dying interest
1t is the most absorbing game on
earth, and the man who gets nm
every morning with the knowledss
that there's going to be a fresh
deal of the cards, and that he's got
to pit his skill and diplomacy and
intelligence against the champion,
Of his community, has got some
thing to live for. Besides, no
other people on earth work so hard
and so drearily as those whose sols
occupation is killing time.
Vanity? You think It must b
delightful to be kowtowed to be-
cause you are rich7 Perhaps 80
If you have been poor and made
the money yourself, because that
means that you've fought the fight
and won out. But there's nothing
to be chesty about-no thrill Of
gratified vanity in money that you
have inherited. 1t takes luck, and
not talent, to be born with bank
book In your mouth.
Friendship? That's the choicest
pleasure in life, but it's reserved
exclusively for the delight of the
poor. No rich man has any friends
because experience Of toadies and
sycophants has taught him to be
so suspicious of everybody that be
trusts nobody and believes in the
sincerity of no one.
Love? A paradise before which
Cupid stands with a golden sword
and turns the millionaire away
No rich man may ever even hope
to be loved for himself alone. BE
is the prey of the adventures Of
the avaricious, the scheming won
an who is willing to sell her soul
for money and position. How LII
tie domestic happiness Is found In
the homes of the very rich the d.
vorce court records prove.
The truth Is that money doesn't
buy happiness, and the man with
moderate income can get far more
pleasure out Of living than the mil
lionaire can. Which Is comfort
ing thought for the vast majority
Of us who are engaged in the ey,
citing and pleasurable sport Of
chasing the wolf from the door.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
-. In-ShOots -.

1t is useless to try to live on a
clean record. Keep moving
The Spectator is the gambler
who thinks he holds the marked
card.
The political gladiator often
proves to be a wind bag at short
range.
The silly streak in a smart man
always seems more foolish than
when exhibited by fool,
The man who listens patiently
to the tale of your troubles is Just
as apt to offer advice as a loan.
An increase of vocal steam is
usually an indication that the
man with the argument realizes
that he is losing ground.
Honesty is the best policy, even
IL it does sometimes allow the
other fellow to pick the plums
that belong to you.
There is not plentiful supply
of the sympathy in this world
that reaches down into the pocket
where the sympathizer's wad re-
poses.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

wood carver, a locksmith, a jew
eler, a glazier or a confectioner.
THE boy with weak lungs is
excluded from trades where there
is a good deal of dust, such as
that of the wood turner or the
paper hanger. The boy with pull
monary weakness would also not
be allowed to become a shoemak-
or or a tailor, because of the
bent attitudes in which he would
have to work. Should the boy
have weak heart, he would be
classified as unfit for the heavy
work of the smith, the butcher,
the miller or any of the building
trades.
''Painstaking effort Is made to
determine the boys inclinations.
The skilled worker ought to find
in his calling one of the greatest
satisfactions Of life-a certain
artistic pride, the disposition to
do his work not alone as he has
been taught. but also to add to it
something of his own individual
ity. because he loves the work and
puts something OF his spiritual
self into 1t.
mo boy is compelled or unduly
forced into the choice of calling.
He is handled temperamentally
and sympathetically. The en-
deavor is made to stir the boys
ambition"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

w THO get the most real pleas
w ure out of life, rich peo-
pie or poor people? Is
happiness for sale over the counter,
like a peck of potatoes or a dia-
mond tiara, and can only those
purchase it who have the pr1cei
We are continually called upon
to weep over the pathetic fate Of
poor children whose home Is the
street and whose playground the
gutter. We might as well shed
other tears over the sad lot of the
mulh-millionaire baby whose cradle
is guarded by armed detectives,
whose food is regulated by a high
priced doctor, whose toys are ster-
ilized, who has only a bowling &C
quaintance with It's parents, and
who never knows what it Is to
have one single hour Of natural,
untrammeled freedom.
Poor children are happier than
rich children, and they have bet
ter chance in life, for It Is the
curse of wealth that it kills ambi-
ton and numbs effort. Someone
said to a very rich self-made man
once that he had given his son
every advantage of education.
'Yes," replied the wise old man
sadly, every advantage but the
greatest advantage Of all-poverty.
couldn't give my son the chance
in life I had myself"
Certainly, however, the vast ma
jority of people believe that wealth
brings happiness.
How do they figure this out?
Not in physical comfort. No
matter how rich a man may be he
can not eat more than one good din
ner at time, and that has to be
of plain food habitually, or else he
acquires dyspepsia, which Is no re-
specter of pocketbooks. He can
not sleep in but one bed. He can
not wear but one suit Of clothes at
a time.
He can enjoy no more heat In
winter, nor breezes in summer;
use no more light, nor more bath
tubs, than any man Of moderate
means. After you reach a certain
not very exalted point of wealth
in these days Of modern conven-
fences the purchasing power of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
A Cold Scientific Question
BY EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

~ rs there adequate astro-
iiomical evidence of the
occurrence of a glacial
period about every $1,000 years?
If so, briefly state the evidence.
r. S. T..
A. The very remarkable astro-
nomical phenomenon, the abstruse
and reconcile procession Of the
equinoxes carries the points where
the sun crosses the celestial equa-
tor in March and September en-
tirely around the orbit of the
earth during each cosmic period
of 25,S7S years. This sliding
around motion of the equinoctial
points is in retrograde direction,
from east to west, while all the
planets move from west over to
east opposite to motions of hands
of watch as seen by person
north OF the equator looking
southwark.
The orbit of the earth is an ell
lipse, fiattened circle, is not
round and the sun is out of the
center. Then the earth is alter
nately near and far from the sun,
so that the intensity of heat re-
ceived varies also. Not as to the
variation directly, but inversely
as the square OF the distance, or
double the distance, the heat re-
ceived would be one-fourth. triple
the distance one-third. etc.
The points where the earth is
nesrest'to the sun. perihelion, and
farthest from the sun, aphelion,
slides around the orbit once dur
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

ing each cosmic period OF los, 900
years. with the planets from west
to east, or direct. Divided 1 by
25,S7S and again divide i by 10S,-
900, add the quotients and the re-
suit will be 1 divided by about
$1,000, that is the equinox and the
perihelion meet and pass once in
21,000 years.
Then very remarkable results
follow: It happens that aphelion
may occur at the winter solstice.
Then the earth would be far away
from the sun in mid winter. 1t Is
now near in winter. Heat is di-
minished and ice accumulates.
This Is the cause of the successive
glacial epochs The last glacial
period was cold enough to allow
the edge OF the northern ice sheet
to encroach on the United States
of America to Cincinnati and
Kentucky.
High mathematicians have
computed times when the winter
solstice occurred when the earth
was as far from the sun as pos
sible. For the deviation OF the or
bit from its normal eccentricity
varies owing to the attractions Of
all the other planets upon the
earth. pulling 1t Off its regular
track.
The greatest cold to which the
earth has been subjected in re-
cent times was in the year 20S,-
zoo b. c. The mean mid winter
temperature then was 37.7 degrees
F., lower than 1t can be at pres
emit.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
HowGermanyGuides Her oungPeople
From EDWIN MARKHAM.

n N interesting book from
n which our republic may
learn more than one lesson
is Elmer Roberts volume just is
sued by Harpers' - "Monarchial
Socialism in Germany" Note how
this great German empire
watches over the future of its
Young children:
"The explanation the Ger
man generally gives of the sudden
and immense industrial expan-
sion beginning in the seventies Is
the compulsory elementary edu-
cation OF the whole people.
THE son of a day laborer, who,
within the view OF the national
policy, should be more useful to
himself and the commonwealth
than his father, is the subject of
careful expert observation. His
teachers, the school physician,
and the parents endeavor to de-
termlne the handicraft to which
the boy Is adapted.
The strong boy of average
build Is classified as suited to be-
come brewer, a smith, a car
penter, mason, or a worker in
iron construction. or some other
calling requiring at least average
strength. The understood or weak
boy is considered as being better
adapted to become a tailor.
bookbinder, a basket maker,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Benedict Arnold at Quebec
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY,

TT was one hundred and thirty
i eight years ago that Benedict
Arnold, having finished his
wonderful march, crossed the St.
Lawrence climbed the Heights of
Abraham and summoned the Brit
ish garrison at Quebec to sur
render.
That march through the wild
northern wilderness will always
rank among the most daring and
heroic Of human military achieve
ments; and to the end Of time "all
the world" will wonder at the
sublime audacity of the man who,
at the end of such toilsome
march, stood his little wornout
army of 700 men up against the
walls of the Gibraltar of the New
World and demanded its surren-
der to him.
But the bluff failed to work; and
Arnold had nothing to do but to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24

hold on and wait for Montgom'
cry.
When Montgomery arrived,
early in December, the united
American force amounted to Loo
men, and as the British still re-
fused to capitulate 1t was resolv-
ed to carry the place by storm
1t was a mad resolve, and yet
we know that ION the last day OF
1775 England came within an ace
of losing Quebec" The mighty
prize was almost within our
grasp. when both Arnold ana
Montgomery fell, the first severe
ly. the other mortally wounded
and the victory which was 50
close vanished forever. Attack
ing from opposite sides Of the
city, Arnold fought his way along
like an enraged Titan, and haa
not Montgomery attack been
handicapped by his fall 1t Is GER
tain that Quebec would have been
won.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Trials of the Railway President

dent stretch out his right hand 10
adjust the scales within his reach
SO that they may balance equally
between carrier and shipper
I'VE next see the archer, typical
Of the legislator of commerce.
with bended bow and arrow aimed
straight at the bare leg OF the
defenseless man.
1.-TWO thirsty fish, gasping for
breath, appear in the collection.
awaiting a tlood OF watered stock.
Of which there are no signs. The
rampant goat the scorpion, the
crab and the bun are all vigilant
lest the man they are watching
should do something to prejudice
the interests they have in charge.
with this incongruous aggre-
cation the zodiac man, like the
railway official, must be at peace.
ITO prevent any possible escape
he has been sOrely wounded hav-
ing a trap door in his abdomen
exposing its couVolutions to the
gaze OF the public and the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
with this bodily affliction add
ed to the believing OF the bull,
the roar of the lion and the hiss
ing " the serpents, the man does
not finch or murmur He hopes
TO live, and calmly waits for time
TO heal his bruises; when the alb
horrent forces around him will
withdraw, and when. released
from bis duress ho may without
hiu'rance Seizo the scales now
guarded lay enemies Of progress
and measure tth equitable hand
the rights OF an who are CON
cerned with the subject or trans
portauun."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
r UDGE WILLIAM r. SMITH,

z UDGE WILLIAM r. SMITH,
OF Topeka. formerly of the
y supreme bench, now the at
torney OF the Santa Fe in Kan
sas, recently wrote a letter to
friend in which he depicted the
present position of the once hap
ny and untrouhled railroad pres
ident In part, he wrote:
while consulting my family al
manac TO learn whether dry day
had ,heen selected for our next
prohibition picnic, ran across
the picture of a man on the front
page who was surrounded by the
twelve signs Of the zodiac,
"His serious condition suggest
ed the attitude OF a railway presi-
dent OF to-day. and forcibly illus
trates the difficulties with which
that official is beset.
Apparently composed, he
stands naked without sword or
shield in the midst Of feroCiouS
beasts and singing reptiles. Here
and there a designing human
being Us on guard over a particu-
lar portion OF his anatomy, each
striving to protect some special
interest.
cat the left of the picture two
milk fed twins embrace each 9TH
er. representing in their inno-
cencc "a partnership Of middlemen
rejoicing over decrease in
freight rates which the consumer,
after persistent effort has Sc
cured. bur Of which the heavenly
pair are the sole heneficiaries
Below these public benefactors
rouCnsut lion lashes his tail,
ready to spring should the presi-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
THANK SEWING.
ditor The Georgian

Editor The Georgian:
Thanksgiving is one of the old
est institutions that has come
down TO our time. We are told
that this great Thanksgiving time
was instituted by God Himself in
the time of Moses. Hence if you
carefully read the Book OF Chron-
icles you may find the origin of
Thanksgiving time and its real
meaning. The Hebrews called it
the feast "of tabernacles." AT
this time they not only thanked
God for their harvested it be
much or little-but they offered
the first and best fruits of their
lands for the promotion Of His
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
THE LAKE By WzzLzAN =: KIRK

n ROUND its wavelets clear and cold
"A The forest lies all red and gold;
Where once a thousand paddles shone
Some dour old fisher sits alone,
Musing, perchance. out in the haze
On long-forgotten Autumn days.
There was a time not long ago
When all its water seemed to glow.
1t was lake beyond compare
And she was there.
Above the water and the woods
The regal Indian Summer broods,
Hiding behind its purple dress
The signs of Winters lonesomeness-
Morn ushers in through banks of gray
Another solitary day,
There is no joy in such a dawn
And she has gone.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
SIZING UP SITUATION.
Editor The Georgian:

Editor The Georgian:
In your issue of Thursday the
cartoon, "Slzing up the Situa-
ton" Is something wonderful. 1t
is so expressive. 1t illustrates the
Mexican situation with SO much
force. | congratulate the artist.
J. II. COOKE, JR.
Doerun, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Man or the Wing Surpasses
the Birds Already.
We Can Easily Imagine What He VIII Do the Next Few Centuries
Copyright. h St.


laughed at that is to say by of no imagination 1nte
gent that would fly long before Virgil wrote
his lines Daedalus ama est fuens Menoia regina prae
peibus pinnis credere coeo'-
Excuse this erudition)
Langley many had worked the flying
bitterly disappointed Then it suddenly
When it appeared the usual idiosa healthy working
joy needless saypredced that would be REALLY
useful and that could REALLY control it
Many years ago the Hearst newspapers predicted that
would very rapidly the birds fly and fly the
thousand mleshe of speed at which the
around the earth-before long
This by gentlemen engaged
in flying already DOES fly faster than bird and
stranger STILL in certain ways least HE FLIES AS NO BIRD
COULD FLY, NAMELY UPSIDE DOWN.
Those of us who have umbler pigeons remember the
fight queer birds rolling and in the
afr But umb pigeon eagle bird Of any kind can do
what the Frenchman Pegoud, has done
Pegoud his machine and makes fly its back
He flies straight down and straight up ~
And along another Frenchman Maurice Chevl-
lard wonderful things than Pegoud do
ies1pdde down without being tied to his machine Chevl
remarkable Of turning twisting and flying upside
down within few feet of the ground proving marveousy perfect
control of his machine
other Fenchman do what other bird do
already with an imperfect machine
Imagine what the amen the future will do when the prob
lem of wireless shall have been solved and the man aoft
will have he chooses thousand horsepower ten thousand
horsepower to run his light machine
Observe by the way that both these wonderful
FRENCHMEN also that the French the first recognize
wonderful genuses the Wright brothers The brothers had
Paris In order to be taken seriously and recognized
Observe that Chevard who does these wonderful things
q Frenchman, BIG POWERFUL, HUGE IN BUILD-and get rid
your foolish ideas about the French nation you happen to
have any.
does all good to realize the qualities of others And
realize that the French who inherited the genius
Greece been leaders In this world since the days
In thought in mental moral courage
war machinery in extraordinary physical daring in auomo
bile making flying machine work in everything else that
qures brain that acts the second and is not afraid
pity do not have Frenchmen coming to this
country
is wonder that Fermentation of concentrated
the richest country the world lending money thou
of millions other countries and giving ideas to the world
in addition to lending the world money
The quotation from Virgil above reads fully follows
Daedalus fams est fugiens Menoia praepetbus
pnns credere ceo nsuetum tier geda ad
Calchidcaque Lewis tandem super astitit
A free translation by Connington is:
"Daedalus, the legend flying from Minos
dared to trust himself in air swift wings of his workman
ship sailed the cold north along unwonted
stood buoyant the top of this Euboean hill"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Letters From the Readers of The Georgian

cause. They fed the poor. released
their servants and freed their
slaves. This is the true meaning
of Thanksgiving. Are we keeping
it?
Pay some needy widows house
rent, help some struggling soul
out of the bonds of poverty and
shame, do one real sacrifice, and
you have Thanksgiving in its true
meaning. JAMES l.. SNYDER.
Mitchell, Ga
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
GLAD TO SEE OLD FAvoRiTE.

Editor The Georgian:
/ am a permanent reader of
your paper and when i saw Bus
ter back in Sundays American
WIS overcome with joy-as
much as a child could be. read
The Georgian daily and have
taken The Sunday American ever
since it has been out in Atlanta.
| have often wondered what had
become of Buster and Tige. | am
glad to see them back in the pa
per. MRS. JOHN G. BROWN.
Atlanta, Ca
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
For your own sake
. S II o p e A RI "

s n o p E A n / v
for the shopgirls' sake.
Corset makers say the tango
makes girls fat II this be so,
football. prize lighting and sprint
ing must also be fattening.
The difference between a Mex
lean Constitutionalist and a plain
Mexican Is that one is more
"agin" the Constitution than the
other
Paul Poiret, the Partisan milli-
ner. says American women show
an interest in pockets. They sure
do; especially in their husbands.
A Chicago couple has just cele-
hrated Tango wedding" The
records of the Chicago divorce
courts suggest that more appro-
pirate dance for this occasion
would be the Hesitation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Stars and Stripes

After football. war would be
heaven.
An antepenultimstum penulti-
matum, ultimatum, post ultima
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-31
Calls for Sanity in
Talk of High Speed

can and must be ignored by the manu-
facturcr who hopes to produce q motor
car that will appeal 10 the solid, substan-
tial public.
THE motor car need Of the present
time is staunchness and dependahility
rather than terrific speed. I disagree
with the men I'm the industry who OF late
have been quoted a. predicting stand
ard everyday automobile which viii be
capable Of 100 10 100 miles an hour.
This statement Is ridiculous on the
face OF Il. At the present time there is
not a highway In the United states. nor
In the world. for that matter. on which
a speed o. 100 miles an hour 10 either pos
slble or desirable Half that speed Is all
that our best road can possibly stand
and our laws and common sense forbid
more than n quarter of H. We are
manufacturing automobiles for business
and pleasure. and surely there Is no busi-
ness which demands such a speed as 100
miles an hour. As FOR pleasure. any one
who has over ridden IN an automobile Is
aware that at more than thirty. or pos
siblv forty. miles an hour there IL no
enjoyment
THE idea Of providing any such speed
40 thst mentioned IN some OF the printed
reports IS not only silly hut inimical 20
the success OF the industry. With motor
cars scooting through the country az 100
miles an hour. even II the highways
were 30 improved - n allow this In
sane pace. Il would Boz only matter OF
DAYS before every state IN the union
would enact restrictive laws"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-31
TIRES FOR FIRE TRUCKS
Notable Efficiency Attained in
Severe Service.

I'm connection with the convention OF
the international Association Of Fire En-
glueers. which begins In this city to-mor-
row there will be am automobile show
one that will demonstrate how solf-pro-
RELIED FIRE. apparatus has been Invading
fire department work. The various manu-
facturers OF Ere apparatus will make an
extensive exhibit Of their products at
Grand Central Palace during the conven-
ton. where notable improvements and de-
veiopments will be displayed for the BEN
eft Of the fire chiefs OF the United States
and Canada.
The special conditions under which
motor fire trucks must do their work have
created a number OF unusual problems for
manufacturers OF machines and aces
sorles 10 solve The Ere truck must be
more than an automobile. IL must have
the strength and sturdncss Of a truck,
carry heavy weights and delicate ma
chincry and run AT touring car speed.
Tires, therefore, have an important
function Human lives, as well as valu-
able property. often depend upon their
reliability. The Goodyear company.
which was among the first OF the tire
makers 10 recognize the fire apparatus
field. has centred upon two types OF tires
for FIRE department work-the non-skid
pneumatic and the cushion fire truck tire.
The pneumatic is of the same grade as
used generally in pleasure car work. The
cushion tire is OF special design. with
dual. notched tread, undercut sides and
slantwise bridges. Both these types have
proved popular with fire fighters.