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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
The Poison of Envy
and Revenge
By WINIFRED BLACK.

n WESTERN woman wouldn't let
~ a seven ear-o old girl come into
her yard and swing the other
day-even if the seven year old did
live almost next door, or, maybe 1t
was because the seven year-old lived
next door.
Anyhow, the woman wouldn't hear
of her swinging, and told the little
girl so quite plainly-but without
malice or anger. Then she put on
her new hat and her smart, new
frock and went downtown shopping.
When she got home she hardly knew
her own yard.
The new sweetpeas were all
pulled up, the naSturtiums also, the
roseDushes were hacked down, the
Virginia Creeper was yanked off the
wall Of the house. the rhubarb in the
back garden was pulled up, so were
the ladishes and the lettuce and the
young onions The various towering
shrubs We're hacked down, two little
hopeful cherry trees were hacked to
pieces.
The hens were chased off their
nests and all the eggs were broken.
The front porch looked as If a par
ticularly lively cyclone had struck it
and If a neighbor had not come in the
very nick OF time the little seven
year-old would have chopped the
furniture In the front parlor all TO
pieces.
Sweet child, so temperamental. l
wonder what her poor mother thought
about 1t all
| wonder what her training has been
at home. Does her mother foster
envy and revenge? Does she tell
what she'd like to do to the woman
who won't ask her to her teas on
second Tuesdays? Does she laugh
at every woman who doesn't pay par
ticular attention to herr Does she
try to make out every human be-
ing, who is not currying favor with
her, to be some kind of crank or
villain2 I've seen women who do
that. ! know one in particular.
Not longer ago than this very
month a woman told me as a great
joke how her twin daughters tore a
childs dress who sat near them in
school, because the dress was new
and pretty and they were wearing
their Cd frOCks; and she looked
amazed because ! didn't laugh at the
exquisite and charming pleasantly.
From the look in that womAns eyes
I'm going to be careful what dress
wear the next time I'm going to
he where she is which will be as far
away as | can possibly make 1t.
Envy, anger. revenge-when are we
going to trample out those eating,
Corroding poisons?
The worst use | can put a human
being to is to hate him The most
hateful wish my worst enemy can
put upon me is that l shall let myself
really wish him harm.
Take your high-tempered, revenge
full wicked little girl to a good doc
tor, poor, anxious mother. that's the
first thing to do. She's i'll. the poor
little girl, dreadfully i'll perhaps be
yond helping. What have you had to
do with making her so?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
"A F fashionable F ailing -
By VIRGINIA T. VAN DE WATER.

TANY of US remember the an
Nj swer of the small boy who,
VI when his Sunday school
.sacner asked him. What is a lie?"
replied:
"A lie is an abomination in the
ives Of the Lord and a very present
helm in trouble"
The fact that it is supposed to be
domination in the eyes of the
Lord deters few people from using it
as "a present help in trouble" Lying
is a fashionable failing.
or course, we do not always call
the thing we do lying" That is too
ugly a word for us to use comforta-
tLv We give the habit various titles
which are more or less euphonious,
such as harmless prevarication,"
r-Dbing." white lie" evasion"
chipping the devil around the
stump" etc. Call it what we will, it
is only the same old habit in a diff
Fering guise We do not appreciate
how common it is until we pause tC
auaiyze or watch our own converse
lion and see how often we make re-
marks that are not entirely truthful
Intelligent Frankness. e
do not advocate the speaking of
unnecessary truths-the telling with
out reason facts that should not be
told. Only a fool or a heartless per-
son will be guilty of this unkindness.
But why must we lie about things
that really do not matter? Why pre-
TEND to have read the book of which
we have seen enough reviews to epa-
bic us to talk Of 1t intelligently? WY
pretend to have another engagement
when our friend asks us to go to a
lecture on anthropology?
Would one lose respect in the eyes
OF the questioner if one said frank
IT, No. l have not read the book,
although l have seen many reviews
u it," or, Thank you for asking
me. but really, while I appreciate
your kindness, l am not keenly in
tereSted in anthropology?' 1t would
be a very undesirable friend who
would care the less for one because
cs such frank declaration of facts.
Consider for a moment If you would
dislike or be displeased with the man
or woman who spoke thus frankly to
Won instead Of insulting your intelli-
gence by telling you lie.
One Of the great disadvantages
about lying is that it makes one
doubt others. Higher than himself
can no man think" and when one Is
In the habit of distorting the truth,
or making false statements, one is
pretty sure to suspect that those with
whom one associates have the same
propensity The remark, Il have an
other engagement" will be construed
into II do not want to accept your
invitation" So. after all, what has
q lie gotten one? One might as we'll
tell the truth and be done with it.
We hear the social lie justified. but
Il IS not necessary to make use of it
as often as We think. Why tell the
caller that you are delighted to see
her when you really dislike her and
are bored by her presence? AS she
is YOUR guest, you must throw the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
Teachings Of Science
BY GARRETT P. SERVISS.

~ NE of the strongest legends o.
antiquity is the old Greek story
of Saturn, the father of the
gods (also called Kronos, or "Time'D
devouring his own children Some in
genious SPECTATORS have endeavOred
to account for this curious tradition by
supposing that some Of the ancients had
invented the telescope. and discovered.
thousands of years before Calico, the
rings of the planet Saturn. But their
telescopes being small, they only saw
the rings. as Calico himself did a first.
as appendages on two sides of the
planet. which grew gradually larger and
then slowly disappeared as If the planet
had first created and then swa lowed
them. The telescope being afterward
forgotten. without having been brought
to perfection, the legend arose that
Saturn was a cannibal, eating his own
offspring!
However this may be, the story about
Saturn could well have had much less
ingenious origin. Men had plenty of in
stances of cannibalism before their
eyes on their own planet, and, in fact,
their own race had begun with can
nibal proclivities in the days Of the
cave men. The old myth-makers never
had any hesitation in ascribing to the
gods human qualities and weaknesses,
and that tendency has not disappeared
yet as witness the almost universal
habit Of thinking Of the Supreme Power
of the universe as Kind Of Omnipo-
tent man!
But while we civilized beings have rid
ourselves of the terrible habit of de
vouring our own kind-at least in a
gastronomc way-many of the lower
animals still practice that kind of strug-
gle for existence, and no doubt will al
ways continue to do so.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

HTNLKING of sport" said the
American, VINO had been
telling the little group of
EneIishmen more about their country
In the. space of 40 minutes than they
could have learned from other sources
in fo0 years, "I'll allow you Britishers
have better idea of playing the game
aau most folk I've met on either side
of the herring pond.
"uf course, there are exceptions, but,
generally speaking a Britsher keeps
straight in his sport, and seems to look
upon playing the game as a sort of ex-
ira commandment, tackled on to the
other ten for the special benefit Of
snortSmen
Which reminds me of a little affair
that happened at Paradise Halt some
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

~ AMUEL paused meditatively and
surveyed the hollow stump Some
~ thing flew low above it with
singing sound
"Hi--yes," he yelled, waving wildly
at Alfred. stubbing down the road,
Come on here! Bees nest"
Together they tore to Samuel's house
and, hunting up pail. proceeded with
great splashings to MI II at the kitchen
sink
They must be. the same ones" said
Alfred. excitedly, chat stung Goat Reg
ensteiner the other day-they ought to
be drowned out. yes. street"
They're DAM rus" pronounced Sam
uel with great vim. why they might
fly right in our houses an sting our
mothers and babies an"
What are you doing Sammy" in
quired his mother. entering the kitchen.
We're going to drown out a bees
nest"
Now, see here" interrupted his
mother. you're to do nothing of the
sort! I've no time to bind up bee stings
and"
oh" protested her son, they amt
bees I guess. They're only yellow jack
cts"
Good gTacious!" said his mother
family. Have you any idea what yell
low Jacket sting feels like? Put down
that nail OF water"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
The Long Lashes.

In the large picture in the center |
am showing for you the piquant ex-
preston of haIf-veiled eyes.
The long lashes. the clear whites,
the bright expression and the CLINT
ing light of mischief are all things
you may acquire IL you win express
yourself and follow me.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
Maiden Meditations.

Have you ever repented-before you
were found out?
lest you begin to think the affair a bad
deal and your partner an ordeal.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound,
as l found 1t very
good for organic
troubles, and rec
ommend 1t highly.
1 had dlsplace-
ment, backache
and pains when
standing on my
feet for any length
of time. when l
began to take the
medicine. bur lam
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
Love of a Sensation.

Last winter l listened with genu-
inc interest to a man who was telling
some of US how he had gone into an
insane asylum to study conditions
there. Nobody knew, he said, that
he was not committed because of un-
sound mind. He told us things that
made our blood run cold, of sights
and sounds that were like the horrors
one sees and hears in delirium. None
of Us doubted one of his assertions.
Yet a week later, when / told two
of his friends of the keen interest his
description had aroused in me and
my guests, the pair laughed uproar-
iously.
why" they said, that was only
one of Bits yarns! No, there was not
word Of truth in the whole thing.
He just made the story up as he went
along He is a born sensationalist
and he dearly loves to produce a SEN
sation at any and all times"
He had produced upon me various
kinds Of sensations. One was the con-
viction that he had abused my hospi-
tality, and the other was that ! would
not trust such a man on oath.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
Obeying Orders

probably just as soon you got rid of
EN-, only she didn't want you to drown
EN-. Mebbe she thought it was cruel
or something Women are that way
why, my sister. She cried when l step
ped on a'granddaddy long legs! Let's
do something
I'VE could stir EN- out with a stick
and then swat EN-" offered Samuel
1--WE could get the fly swatters."
Some Of 'em might get by and
sting US" suggested Alfred, who was
not so joyously reckless as his friend.
"Let's-let's burn 'em out! There's a
bunch Of excelsior in our cellar-and
we can stuff it in and the smoke will
smother EN- That's what Wen do"
Fired by the splendor OF the idea,
they raced to Alfreds cellar and I'M
earthed the excelsior. Then, when the
cooks back was turned, Alfred sneaked
a handful Of matches
Heroically, as those who do a deed
for the benefit of the community, they
a=yG7ached the populated stump.
a low singing rose from it.
1t Happens.
They must be millions OF emf said
Samuel, in some awe. Il wonder-do
you suppose ma will be mad at me
if"
Jaw. come on" said Alfred. "Fraid-
cat! You're afraid"
'I amt" contradicted Samuel, hotly
wasn't l going to drown em out?
And amt that more DAM rOus--'
They might sting a lot OF people
repeated Alfred, as he wadded up the
excelsior in a large ball They'll be
glad we did it. Here-I'H hold it and
you light IT,"
Breathlessly Samuel applied the match
and then as Alfred reached toward
the hollow stump he tried to help.
There was a fumble-or the bali was
too big-for, instead of tanning the
entrance to the nest, the flaming bun
die fell down before it. AS the hot
fumes waited up and in there was an
angry sizz and stir and presently two
small, yelling boys were tearing madly
toward their respective homes.
You might "a told me not to burn
EN- out" Sammy said, njuredly In
muffled tones, as his mother finished
amounting and bandaging his rapidly
swelling head You might "a told me!
How'd l know they'd act that way?
Gee"'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

Eyes are the windows of the
soul, and the single-handed
champions of a woman's
beauty.
Luxuriant eyelsshes and
eyebrows are the frames for
your eyes and should be given
daily attention.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
The Elaborated Story.

Ior the sake of your own self-reSpect
omit the Il am so glad to see you!''
For you are not!
The Elaborated Story.
Perhaps one of the most insidious
temptations along the line of false
hood is to elaborate an account of
some happening and thus make it in
teresting. One has an annoying little
experience, and, by adding a bit to II,
the story of it will produce upon the
persons who hear it much more i'm
preston than would the commonplace
facts. Then why say that one waited
twenty minutes at one counter for
her change when one really waited
but ten? 1t seemed like twenty.
Well, it ought to have happened
the way I told it, anyhow" exclaimed
raconteur who was called to ac-
count for exaggerating a certain in
cident. My theory is to make
good story better if possible. Why
let a little matter like the truth stand
in the way of a good story?''
The listeners laughed, but it is to
be doubted if any one of them will
hereafter quite believe what this per
son says
My brotherinlaw told me that"
said woman to her husband.
Did he? Well, it may possibly be
true nevertheless" was the rejoinder.
l know one man who has a way of
making the most interesting state
ments imaginable, and he does so with
circumstantiality that speaks Won
ders for his powers of imagination.
find him distinctly interesting, but
when l am not with him, and think
over what he has told me, | am DASH
ed by the remembrance that one can
not place the least confidence in his
word / would be afraid to quote him
for fear that the person who heard me
do so would consider me a liar: Yet
my informant gives his alleged facts
as gospel truth" and. to quote the
slang of the day, often gets away
with them"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
raViSSante,
A Hot Bandage.

Whenever you come in from tho
dusty streets follow this little eye
drill'-3O dashes of cold water.
If the muscles of the eyes ache
DULY, lay a bandage of hot water
across the eyes and renew constantly
for fifteen minutes.
Follow with fifteen minutes Of
congresses wrung out in ice water
And now shall tell you two Of my
pet secrets.
When l find that l have unbecom-
ing pouches under my eyes, and the
water massage will not remove them,
I pack cold cream very tightly under
the eyes and let it remain while l lie
relaxed for fifteen minutes.
Then I wipe 1t off quite gently and
rub deftly from the inner corner 10
the outer with soft bit of old linen
in which l have a piece of ice. And,
finally, beginning at the inner corner
of the eyebrow. l pinch up the flesh
under the brow firmly, but not
roughly.
Don't Use Strong Drup.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
The First Rule.

The first rule 10 remember in study
ing the care of the eyes themselves
is that the health of the body has
much to do with the eyes.
If you are perfectly well. with
glowing blood in healthy circulation,
your eyes will be clear and bright.
So in the care Of your eyes, go back to
the beginning and have your health
good!
Each morning before you brush up
the frame" battle the eyes in cold
water.
Make a cup OF the hand and dash
cold water against each eye 80 times.
The shock of the cold water will
stimulate circulation. All, madame,
do not be lazy, I pray you.
Thirty little dashes of cold water
for each eye, and they will feel as
well as they look-a.nd they will look
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
Half a Pail

well. I'll just take half pail"
Put it down." insisted his mother.
Anyway. / want to use the pail"
We'll they's another one | can take
just as we'll as not" offered Samuel,
eagerly Them bees"
Samuel" pronounced his mother.
you can not have that pail or any
other pail. 1 want them all. And"
Gee" muttered her son. Il don't see
whatchu want with so many pals!
Never mind" said his parent. And
now you boys run on out Of here!"
Gee" said Samuel. sulklly, to AL
fred, as they stamped out. Always
stopping me- everything do. And them
bees ought a be tended to. She don't
know how daj'rous they are, singing
people and everything! They ought a
be tended to-
Sure they ought" agreed Alfred,
promptly. Bees are awfully DAM rous
things! Why, | read once Of man get
ting stung to death! And everybody
don't know about that stump-they
might sit right down and lean against
it."
al" pronounced Samuel, after they
had stared into each others eyes a
long minute, we gotta get rid Of them
bees! Ma, she won't let me drown 'em
out. but she didn't say nothin about
doing anything else"
mo, she didn't" agreed Alfred. She
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
THIS WOMAN
HAD MUCH PAIN
WHEN STANDING
Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham s
Vegetable Compound Made
Her a Well Woman.

CnIppewa Falls, Visit have al
ways had great confidence in Lydia E
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

Nature is a great teacher. but She
as frequently teaches US what to avoid
as what to initiate. And there Is
deeper side 10 her lessons which we
do not always perceive.
We do not eat children, but zoe
lire upon their Likelihood CheneVer
IRE send them to lCeGr out their ten
der bodies and Ioither their hearts
and their brains in roaring factories
and sttIing tenemeHts Uhere the
modern Moloch, the Money God, de-
roHrs his sacrifices.
Horrors of To-day.
Commercial and industrial civilization
has a cannibalistic strain in its nature
which can be worked out If We VIII
that It shall go out. but which is ca
pable of running nations and races to-
day as effectually as it did in the time
of Tyre and Carthage
It is well to think a little on the ma
ture of cannibalism The brute animal
knows it I'm only one of its forms, and
does not understand it then; but we
know, though we may try to shut our
eyes to the fact. that there is a moral
cannibalism also, which is more destruc-
tive than the other. and yet it is prac-
ticed by the only animal on this earth
that is capable of compromising the
nature and consequences of its acts and
Of defying, If It will, the terrible law Of
the struggle for existence.
For what were our brains and our
moral sentiments given to us if we can
not with their aid and guidance keep
the most brutal of mere animal instincts
from reappearing in another and more
dreadful form upon the higher level to
which intelligence has raised us?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

make sure of teaching that the eye
is as delicate as beautiful. Do not
use any strong cosmetic or drug near
this fine bit of mechanism. Do not
use artificial aids to color or bright
en-. Do not mark with lines or paint
where the brows may easily be if you
Will spend your time in acquiring
them in reality instead Of painting
them on
Except pure water, and a weak So
luton of boracic acid sIch as any
pharmacist knows well how to make
no foreign substance should ever en-
ter the eye unless it has the ticket Of
admission from an oculist. Chere
annie, will you learn this rule quite
carefully by heart?
The cIearness Of health. the beauty
of expression and the charm of sensi-
BILE care are what your eyes need
More than this will harm instead OF
helping
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
BY ANNA. HELD

Battle the eyes each morning
in cold water.
This will stimulate circula-
ton.
The health of the body has
much to do with the eyes.
When you are perfectly well
your eyes will be clear and
bright.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18

mantle Of hospitality over her and
treat her politely and pleasantly. But
for the sake of your own self-respect
omit the Il am so glad to see you!"
For Won are mott
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
The Piquant Expression of HaIfveiled Eyes.

half-shut eye. Interest and ANNA
ton show in the round, wide-open
eve
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
A Little Chapter.

And now unless I give you a little
chapter on my own specialty-ex
pression-you will say, "Ah, la belle
Anna is cat, She will tell us how
to obtain les beaux yeaux,' but she
will not tell US how to use them"
First, be sure that you feel-that
you have something to express. Then
simply throw that expression into
your eyes. See how coqusttish is the
japanese slant that l illustrate for
you, Languor is expressed by the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
Don t Use Strong Drug.

All this can teach you, if you will
but hsarken. But, above all, I must
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
Use Small Brush.

OoC 64IdA1 IA uoA4s
This means, let us see about acquir-
ing luxuriant eyelashes and eye
brows Every morning on arising
brush the brows in a crescent and
brush the lashes upward with tiny
brush well moistened in water. All
growing things need water.
At night brush with another little
brush you keep especially for this use.
But moisten this brush in slightly
warmed vaseline or olive oil or oil Of
COcoanut.
Any pure, warm oil will stimulate
the growth of hair
Be very careful not to irritate the
eyeball or to allow any of the oil to
get into the eye
Now we have a splendid dark frame
for our picture. The next thing is to
make our picture beautiful enough to
shine out of the dark frame, which is
protector, too-and guards against
dust and all harmful intruders.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-18
pleading Anna Held's All-Star Variet'
jubilee" Under Management
Of John Cort)

Copyright, 1913. International News
Service
TYES are the greatest single
n handed champions of a wOm-
ans beauty.
Eyes are the windows of the soul
and the index of the spirit.
And surely we all long to have
clean. shining windows" and an in
dex" that will tempt the world to read
the volume to which they belong.
Beautiful, haunting eyes!
Surely you have often said that you
would give a fortune to possess them!
Now give me your attention-and
then give your eyes the benefit of the
course Of treatment I will describe.
And l hope your goal will be reached
without loss of fortune.
First let US make sure of a suit
a hle fra me- for our Oicture
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-10-21
HOLD UP AND
ROB TWO JAP
PROPRIETORS

their first victim, and escaped.
Over $500 In cash was obtained
from both places. The checks
were thrown away.
Information of tha two daring
hold-ups was phoned to the shers
ifs office this morning by resi-
dents OF the town. The sheriff'q
office Immediately dispatched
Deputy Coates to the scene of the
robbery. The Tacoma police are
on the lookout for the men.
According to information re-
ceived by Sheriff Jameson this
morning one of the men was tall
and dark complexioned. He wore
no MASK and seemed to be the
leader of the gang. The others
hid their identity with bandana4
over their eyes.
The citizens of Fife are arous-
ed over the hoidups this morn
ing. Several other robberies Of
similar nature have occurred
there during the past few months.