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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
Improving Thought
Editor The Georgian:

Editor The Georgian:
A recent issue of The Georgian
contained an article from read
err, asking how he and others
could improve their thought. This
is rapidly becoming a universal
cry. ! know that your splendid
editorials are for the purpose of
supplying that need, and many
people literally feast upon them.
Still there are many who can
not take hold of them without
some elementary preparation for
a line of thought that differs from
the accepted racial standard of
thought. For instance, your fire.
quent reference to the law of re-
incarnation is not understood by
many,
have been a student OF phi
losophy, esoteric doctrine and, the
greatest of all, the school of life
for thirty years. ] find It con-
stantly increasing in number of
esger students, seeking to be led.
But they must be led, and the
teaching must be simplified for
the beginner. All of the teach
ings Of Jesus can be made appli-
cable in the lives of all people
when understood from an ESQ
teric sense, and when handled
without knocking orthodoxy too
hard. | would like to be useful
in any way to help humanity to
see clearer
MRS, l.. e. HOLMES.
81 East Lake Drive.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

can not put tired eyes, pallid
cheeks and languid little limbs
into statistics"
But Robert Collyer escaped the
common fate of a child laborer.
In 1850, when about Is years of
age, he and his bride reached the
bright shores of this Land of OPP
portunity. 1t was a land OF OPP
portunity then.
No child labor to speak of, as 1t
was then known in England. as
1t is known here to-day. No pow
erty such as England was then
beginning to struggle with, such
as we now see in our larger cities.
A half-century has passed since
Robert Collyer landed. We have
recruited a standing army of
child laborers 100000 strong.
It Is quite impossible to visual
ize this appalling number of lit
tie tots at labor, but as Robert
Hunter says; I'VE could never
forget the sight of hundred of
these little ones IL they were
marched out of the mills, mines
and factories before our eyes, or
If we saw them together toiling
for ten or twelve hours a day or
night for pittance of a wage:
but that we do not see. What we
see are the figures, and we forget
figures.
In New York City alone we
have the records of many thou
sands of families receiving char
ity, public and private.
Undoubtedly a very large pro-
portion of these families are de-
pendent chiefly because of child
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

hours on Saturday. He said he
believed child labor morally
wrong and uneconomicaI"
Is 1t not time that the intelli-
gent and humane hearted people
of America combined in one great
body of PROTEST?
If every woman, and every
churchman, of no matter what
creed or belief, should unite in
one vast organization and march
through the land, demanding the
adjustment. of child labor IT
WOULD HAVE TO GOMEZ
If such an organization would
form and fix upon a certain half
hour of every day for united
prayer, asking the Unseed Forces
of the Universe to give them pow
err to abolish Child Labor, 1T
WOULD COME!
Remember what came when the
people of France CONFINED IN
ONE TREMENDOUS PRO
TEST.
There Is land enough and mon
ey enough in our vast, opulent
country to give homes and COM
fort to every adult human being,
and to give sun and air and free
dom to every child.
If we want to save our land
frnn certain destruction and our
rising generation from poverty,
sickness and despair, we must
rescue our little children and
send them out to play.
Let our churches and our hui
name organizations begin united
campaign of Protest against Child
Labor.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

labor. Last year eleven thousand
families were under the care OF
the Association for Improving the
Condition of the Poor. This Is
but one of the large private char
table organizations in that city,"
Again Mr.. King says: II per-
sonally have looked over the his
tories of many of these families,
and | can assure you 1t is difficult
to find a single case in which the
father or the mother, and usu-
ally both. did not go to work at
an early age"
Here Is what one Investigator
says about a certain mill;
THE machinery in the mill
starts at 5 80 every morning, and
pressure is brought to bear upon
the workers to see that they are
there when the machinery begins.
The time is counted from o'clock
only. A half hour is counted out
at dinner time, but the machin-
cry goes right on, and many of
the workers stay. The shop closes
at $3.50, after ii has been running
twelve hours.
AT O'Clock 1t begins again,
and works till g. This is con-
tinued for five nights of the weak
and any of the workers who will
return are permitted to work. Mr.
Massey told me there we're no vio-
lations of the law in his mill. He
seemed to think an emergency
gave him the right to work seven
ty-five hours per week. In reality
he was working eighty hours, for
many of the people worked If
teen hours for five days and five
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

the canker Of Greed and Indif-
ference to the great Natural Law
of Right, which should ever pre-
vail between man and man, has
been eating away at the heart
of human joy and human good.
The Main Thing.
If you can only get wealth and
power, 1t makes no differences
how you get them, they viii make
you big one" and that 10 the
main thing.
II you are only orthodox" in
religion, then a fig for such Idle
questions as IFS this orthodoxy
true or false?" Does It emanci-
pate and uplift the mind or en-
slave and degrade It? Is It a
blessing or a curse?
If the outside of things is al
right no matter about the inside,
Keep up the Appearances. Make
q good bluff Be a hypocrtte,
and act your part so damnaoly
fine that no one will be able 70
catch on" to the game.
Such are the thoughts that
range through ones mind as ne
witnesses the powerful drama OF
within the Law
1t Is a wfderea ching, lynx eyed
all-searching, remorseless inqui-
sition, that drags out into the
light of day, and mercilessly
flays. the double dealing, insin-
cerity and cold blooded selfish
ness and brutality of institution
al society.
It shows us what a terrible
thing 1t is for q man to forget
the right of his fellowmen. L
makes us feel how supremeiv
necessary II is that we shoula
all feel a loving interest in one
another, end be willing-gladlY'
joyfully willing-to find our hap
piness in the happiness of oth-
ers, if possible, in the happiness
of all. 1t makes us ashamed OF
the shark toothed greed when
gloats over the gain that in
wolves the misery and ruin OF
other human beings II makes
us hate with all our heart ths
suave, oily, decorous hypocrisy
that prates of good while II Is
working evil, and that in US
fiawIess livery of heaven is do
ing what it can TO turn earth into
hall ,..------.--...--------------
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100000 Children Toll in American Mills and Mines

Copyright, 1918. by Star Company.
wv 600 CHILD LABORERS.
Those are the appalling
figures.
In 1850 Robert Collyer, who had
been an orphan boy in England
and a child laborer, escaped from
his servitude and came to Amer
lea. He was then a stalwart
youth, man grown, for he had es-
capped in time to,save his vitality.
Joseph Kingsbury. General
Agent for Improving the Condi-
tion of the Poor, says:
England is VIGOROUSLY a land
of paupers, A third of its last
generation lies at rest In a potter's
field. In the life histories of these
poor wretches could be traced,
how many OF them would lead
back to the poor little tired bod
les, to the crookedlimbs of the Rob
ert Collyers who were dragged
out from the barren walls of or
phan asyiums to be bound to the
racking machines in the factories
and mills--the Collyers who never
escaped? The question can not
bs answered. We haven't the fig
ures. But who will doubt that
they would be most Illuminating
IL they could be obtained? II
we could show accurately the ex-
tent OF the poverty under which
England staggers to-day, which Is
the result OF child labor. the sta
tistlcs would be invaluable to US
in securing proper child labor leg
islation But, after all, as some
one has strikingiy put 1t, You
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
Attacking a Corner
in Eggs

Committee Interstate and Foreign Commerce bill furnishing
with fines and Imprisonment shippers interstate lines of
fresh meats vegetables eggs other foodstu which been
in storage over 80 days
He will also present the regular session of Congress- open
ing next week resolution providing for Congressional nves
tigaton Of the cold storage system and methods
Both the bill and the resolution should pass That the
eoronate price of due wholly the aid which
the cold storage to those engaged
ing the market notorious Other foodus doubtless ma
lpuated the Instead of being invention of
preme value to the spectators their greed have made
1t part of the gamblers equipment
representative Mcclellan the right track His bill
should OF the m repord the regular session
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
III Apply DAY 81"
ktT IAPPY days." the young man said,
II With his drinking friends around him,
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK

VII. ' hi. drinking ss .'s 'sas s'a 'as him.
With no sorrows to confound him
As the priceless minutes sped.
Breastins the mahogany.
Full of artificial glee
Telling stories singing songs
Telling of imagined wrongs.
Needless Of the worlds grim troubles.
Babbling. boasting, blowing bubbles
Ger and DER this toast he says:
Happy days"
Happy days!" the old man said.
Sitting frisndess In the park
In the dusk that seems so dark.
When the spark OF hope has red-
Yes, knew of happy days.
Days OF mirth and strength and soorning,
When my life was In It's morning
Days that mock me through the blur.
Now ! see them as they we're:
Days when was not detected.
Days of chances neglected.
can see them through the haze
Hapty daysi'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
The Lesson of **Within the Law
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

AM glad that I saw it--that
drama of Veiller's, within
the Law" Never before did
l see hypocrisy so completely
and gloriously skinned. Never
before did I see the excellent
foppery of the world"-its gilded
talsehood, it's pious deceit its
legalized robbery, and it's sane
titled inhumanity-so roundly
and beautifully gibbeted.
I have listened to nearly all
the great preachers of the world,
but never heard from any one
of them so powerful a sermon as
was preached to me in within
teh Law" 1t was an eye-opener
a soul-rouser, heart winner!
1t made you feel good; 1t made
you feel bad; It threw you down
to the bottom of the abyss, 1t lift
ed you to the glorious heights;
1t made you cry, 1t made you
shout for joy.
Poor humanity, what hard
time you have had of 1t down
through the long, sad. weary
ages! How your saviors have
crucifed you, how your govern
ments and laws have robbed and
oppressed you; how your insti-
tutions, professions, sanctlties,
have bled you, brutalized you,
degraded and damned you! You
are still very sad and miserable.
after thousands of years of hon
est struggle for upiift and prog
ress. Squalor, wretchedness,
degradation, almost despair, are
written very plainly in your looks
and still more plainly in your
deeds.
Hypocrisy and Greed.
Yes, you have had hard time
" IT, And Veiller's wonderful
play tells us why. 1t is because
The whole fabric of Society, the
whole machinery of State, Of
Business. of Politics. of the Law,
has been dominated by the spirit
of the twin devils of Hypocrisy
and Greed.
The politicians and statesmen
have been talking of reform; the
legal gentlemen have been shout
ing about justice: the preachers
have been bomharding their con-
gregations with beautiful plati-
tudes on Heaven and the rapture
OF the saints. and all the while
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
CHILD r EN-
Children a Duty! Why,
She Says, They Are
Comforts, Blessings,
Privileges, Joys F or
ever!
By WINIFRED BLACK.

a RE children a duty? Dear
N me, is it possible that there
is still alive anyone who
declares that children are duties,
and that no woman who has
children or not, as she thinks
best, will call herself good
woman?
Well, WE'LL 1 suppose there's
someone, somewhere, reading by
candle light and sewing by hand
because a machine is wicked
invention of the Evil One to en-
courage idleness.
Children a duty! Why, bless
their hearts, they are comforts,
blessings, privileges, joys forev-
err! But duties? Who dares to
say so in this day and age7 I
owe my duty to my mother not
because she brought me into this
world of woe, but because sire
was good to me after got here.
Took Care of Me.
She could have let me starve,
or freeze, or die of yawning, or
just fade away, If she had
thought of her own comfort in
stead of me-but she didn't.
She took care Of me, no mat
ter whether she felt like doing It
or not.
She gave up the best of two
years in the very best part of her
life to getting me started right
with the proper amount of
teeth, and the right sort of nails,
and the appetite that would
make me grow. She stayed at
home from church socials when
had whooping- cough. She
gave up a visit to her home folks
back East when I had the Group.
She never thought of leaving
home for an hour when had the
measles, and whenever l didn't
act as II / had just come back
from the frozen North, with the
hunger of an exiled sea captain.
she said, "Tk! TIKI" with a gen.
tie clicking sound. and went and
had something special made for
me in the kitchen.
She bought me a hat with red
wings, when a cheaper one with
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29
A Science Question

1t Is thought that in space
eternal cold and dark
ness prevail. What, then,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

He has now before the Hous
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

Representative Kenneth D.
Mcclellan, of Memphis, Tenn,
is going after the egg trust in
a way that promises results.
He has now before the uauSe
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-29

out the wings would have done,
and she saw that I had bronze
shoes when they cost lot more
than black ones; and didn't no.
tice her buying any fancy shoes
for herself along about that time,
either.
She made me stay in after
school and sew seam. and snap
ped me on the head with her
tffimble when I didn't sew right,
and she tried her best to teach
me how to make buttonholes-not
that she liked to do It, but
because she thought some day
I'd wish knew. And she told me
stories when she was tired, and
when her head ached, and when
she was worried about things I'd
never even heard OF.
That's why I ought to be good
to her-and why would be good
to anyone ON earth who had done
those things for me, even if they
were red Indians and 1 was as
white as Snow Drop, the Queen
of the Fairies, herself.
I ought to be good to my moth
er, because 1 love her. l couldn't
help loving her to save my life.
She's the same blood as I am,
for that matter, and we shall
never be Civilized and scientific"
enough to cease to feel the tie of
that blood bond.
Can't See Tt That Way.
I ought to be good to her be-
cause she's a good woman and I'm
the one she likes best in the
world. But the mere fact that
she brought me here is not the
least sort of reason for me to
"owe her" a thing on earth, SO
far as I can see.
She didn't bring me here to
oblige me, or to give me a chance
to live. do not bring my chill
dren here for any such reason,
either-and don't expect them to
believe that I did I love my
children because they are mine
and because they are the greatest
joy In the world to me. Where
does the duty business come in
there, pray tell?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07

Domes and Gas Fixtures can be found in this
store. Fixtures in I, q 3 or lights. Reductions
OF Il and In some cases x the reg selling price.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07
Seeks Funds to Aid Cloak
Strikers in Philadelphia

For the purpose of raising funds to
assist the striking cloak and skirt
workers of Philadelphia, Julius A.
Fischer. an organizer. came to this
city yesterday. Tonight he will mako
an appeal for assistance to the menu
bers of the Essex Trades Council
Mr.. Fischer said 1000 garment work.
ers in Philadelphia had been out on
strike for seventeen weeks. When the
walkout was called. he said. 5000
went out, of which number 1000 re-
ceived their demands and have gone
back to their shops.
In the opinion of Mr.. Fischer
STRIFE is warranted in Philadelphia,
because of the low wages. The week
ly earnings of men in that line OF
business will average 81, he said. and
the wages of a woman or girl win
average from So TO 81 weekly. The
strikers demand The abolition of the
contract system, a minimum wage
and a maximum of hours.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07
Fears West Will Undermine
Morality of the Far East

BOSTON, Nov. THE morality
of the Far East will be thoroughly
undermined by our western indie
pendence."
That is what President w. H. p.
Faunce, of Brown University. adj
dressing the Baptist Social Union.
today. said would happen when
American individualism meets the
castes." President Faunce has just
returned from a visit to the Orient
where he made a study of social and
economic conditions
I'm the Orient" he continued, mo
individual dares to stand alone. II
caste We're halted for a day In india
there would be chaos. The impact
of American individualism upon the
crystallized society of the Orient
forms one of the greatest problems
the world has ever faced and 1t will
prove either the glory or the tragedy
Of the twentieth century"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
ANNOUNCES PRIZES
Senior Glass Gives Entertain~
ment at Monthly Distribution
of Honors to Boys.

Honor awards for the last month
Brothers School for Bows attached to
st, Patrick's School today.
The pupils assembled in the school
hall and were entertained by the Sc
NOR class. which gave a well prepared
and interesting program. The mum
bers were rendered by the following
boys:
"The Flag and the Cross Leroy
Keefe
Fathers Day." Martin Grimm.
Whatever Is. Is Best Joseph Nc
Vey.
THE True Test" Joseph Smith.
The pupils were then awarded their
honor cards. after which Monsignor
Whelan. rector of the Cathedral gave
some sound advice relative to annli-
cation to study and punctuality in
attendance. He urged the boys to
strive each month to counuly with the
conditions necessary for inscription on
the honor list. The following boys
| received cards for October.
Glass Arthur Cavanaeh. Walter
pougherty. james Fox. James O'Brien.
Martin Griffin. Charles Doueherty,
Leroy Keefe. Anthony Deveto. Joseuh
Murphy. Walter Maher Charles Har-
| rington. Charles O'Connor. Joseph
| McVey, Michael Bruder. Joseph Gar
| rigan, Howard Brady. Arthur O'Neil,
| Thomas Dolan, Joseph Smith, AL
| phonsus McGrath.
! Class B-Edwin Donnelly, James
! Smith. Eugene Brady. Leroy Lawior
/ Arthur O'Toole. Walter Deamv Fran
! els Casey, RAYMOND O'C'onnell. Jose-it
+, Valentino, Gerald CIR fin, Joserh Nc
/ NJ It'll
OHara. John Hoey.
| Glass C-Harry Reilly. James Lar
Kin. Alexander HUGHES. Carey EIlfrg
| Victor Donne'lv. John Carney. Philip
McKenna, Ormonde Murray. John
Mccain. Matthew Reilly. Francis
! Dempsey. Edward Waldron Thomas
Burns. Edward Leany Michael Nc
Carthv. Thomas Leo~erd. john,
Thompson. Phi'ip Rowan. Eugene
Curtin, Gerald Cunnin cham. Walter
Kelly. Robert LEONARD ste-her
SVEN. John S"erue, Joseph Trrbett.
John Ramsthaler Joseph Rowe.
! Charles Greene.
Class D.--James Anderson. Arthur
neP'ank. John Coalrlev. Lawrence
Cowh'g, James Donovan. hartley
Foley William Grlggs. John Caller.
William Malonev Peter Maloney.
Christopher Poche
Class E-C1ifYord Albertson. Allow
sius Pvrne. Edwin Cava nagh. THOMAS
! CarricS. Derrn's DIVER Norman.
F'orke. John Fitznatrick John Flood.
Jacob Dietrich. Martin Grant Henry
/ Kelly, William Kennadv Edward
Henegan. Joseph Lavelle Edward Nc
Manus Joseph MrCarthv. John Nc
GIL, William Nolan Henry Purcell
chart Newman Herbert Korski To-
seph Herman. George Regan, George
/ Seleslxi.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07
"38sLive" Means One Sucker
and 50" a Policeman in Code
of the Clairvoyant Trust

CHICAGO. Nov. I'm the secret
language of the so-called "clairvoyant
trust" of which two members now
are on trial here. Pumpkin means
Philadelphia; "Crawford,'' refers to
Boston, and woods" stands for
| Toledo. -
These and other ternis in which the
clairYoyants are said to conduct con-
versations. We're made public yes
terday by Jesse Cuillage, a negro
clairvoyant, who turned States evf-
dence in the trial of James Ryan
and Barney Bertsche on charges Of
operating confidence game More
of the secret language follow:
38-Live-One sucker.
Woolsen-Trouble; beat IL
ga policeman.
Big-3--Police chief.
-House-Sta ton house or cell
Script 3S-Victim buying mining
stock
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07
Divorces F. C. CarIey

NEW YORK. Nov. 7.-Francis c..
Carley. member of the New York
Stock Exchange. who has an office
with Hartman & Co. and is a
brother of Mrs. Oliver Hartman.
failed to appear in the Supreme
Court Yesterday to defend a suit for
divorce brought by Mrs. Irene H
King Carley. and Justice Giegerich
granted a decree to Mrs. Carley Mrs.
Carley also got the custody OF her
daughter Anne. Mr.. carley IS the
son of Francis Dighton Carley, &C
one time one of the best-known
brokers in New York who failed In
1907 for more than S1.000.0OO. He was
credited W TIL having engineered the
panhandle pool" by means of which
Standard Oil stock was forced w
and sold TO the Pennsylvania rail-
road.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07
PayIowa in Court

NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-Anna Pax
iowa. the Russian dancer, was wit
ness in Part H.. City Court yester-
day in the supplementary proceedings
in connection with Dorothy e. AID
mans judgment against the Man
Rabinoff Enterprises. Inc. LAWYERS
for the creditors of the Enterprises
said she would be sued on the ground
OF her testimony.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07

Stationery
We purchased the entire
surplus of one of the best
stationery houses and offer
a fine assortment of boxed
papers, in white and tints,
ribbon tied; correspondence
cards in white, polo gray and
mauve, some gilt edged.
Cards and note paper all
fabric finish. Usually sold
for BIC and soc; a most at
iractive offer, by the De-
boN ............. 6O0
Other novelties included
are Letter Crest Initial
Paper or Correspondence
Cards, initials neatly stamp
ed in wood brown, with
gold outline; 1Eo
DO% ............. [OS
MN rInnn
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07

High-class neckties of imported and d,
mestic silks, from one of the best makers
fine scarfs; the most up-to-date patterns an
color combinations open-end and four-in-han
styles; regular length and full shapes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-07
S2.25 Inverted
Lights, $i.lO

Same as illustration, a
burner OF strong light-giving
power; good quality mantle;
Inner globe and art glass
shade; has Greecian border
trimmings and bead fringes.
The seasons. newest and
best designs in Art and
IaaaAd Class Cae nr Electric