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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20

old man came aboard the car, and
you rose and gave him your seat.
And you lifted your hat, as you
did this. with charming courtesy,
All these evidences of good breed
ing We're silent compliments to
the mother and father who
brought you up. and show how
fortunate you are in having had
such gCod guidance.
But there are many boys of
your age who do not practice the
lessons in good manners which
they have been taught at home
when they are in public places.
They seem 10 think it is not a
matter of Importance, and they
allow the exuberant spirits of
childhood to get the better of
their training.
In every part of America one
may see boys of your age and old
er boys and youths pushing past
grown people to enter public con-
veyances, showing no courtesies
to elderly men or women. and sit
ting while others stand, and in
innumerable ways making them
selves annoying to persons Of good
taste
They shout to one another from
end to end of crowded ears; they
eat fruit and candy and peanuts.
and chew sum in public, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
A COUNTRY DANCE
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

IT was held in hall neither dingy grand
| And the various details had BEEN
= An untuned piano whose a
Was half of the music a fiddle
First then the other welmeaning musician
Sneaked out for tankard of liquid ambition,
1t Just two couples Ca high toot)
Then "Just coupler Then Partners
Now with the dance and feet flying wildly
Till Joy unconfned" would be putting it mildly
Tall grangers and short ones, of collars bereft,
Did Right hand to and grand right and left"
1t was surely some shndig, this party thought l.
More noisy and crude the hurried by.
But there wasn't person in all that array,
From the ciderfled the temperance jay,
Who dreamed of the Grizzly Bunny Hug twists
Or the Turkey Trot dance which Fashion insists;
Not of those stunts with suggestveness stained
That sprang they remained
There dearth of politenes and lack of good
And the dance ended in a fracas, l guess. 4HW
Just plain country but I'm glad there -EET
Not back in the city at swell affair"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Copyright 1918, by Star Company.

Copyright, 1918, by Star Company
THAPPENED TO be in a street
car with you and your mother
yesterday. l was so impressed
with your good manners that l
asked lady who was talking
with your mother to tell me who
YOU were after you left the car.
So now l am writing to you
quite an unconventional proceed
ing on my part, but the difference
in our years will excuse the in
formaliJy.
I happened to be sitting near
the entrance of the car and saw
YOU stand aside to let some ladies
step into the car before YOU came
on. and I saw you assist one old
lady who was somewhat lame, and
you did it in a very gentle and
modest way which quite capti-
waited me.
Then you steadied your moth
er's arm as she was about to take
a seat at one of those hold fast
places. and you took her purse
and paid the carfare and re
turned the purse to her. all so
quietly and. neatly and with a
businesslike air.
After we had ridden a few
blocks and while your mother
was talking with her friend an
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20


and when he has found them he
knows he is a comrade of the
Invincible and the Eternal
a great chemist paused before
an important experiment and
said: Young gentlemen, be quiet.
I am going to ask God a ques-
ton"
John Kepler, as every school
boy knows, discovered the laws
Of planetary motion, and ex-
claimed in scientific ecstasy:
Great God, I am thinking Thy
thoughts after Thee!"
The common man recognizes,
though often dimly that success
is harmony and cooperation with
forces beyond his control. with
which his will and working are
only an inferior partnership.
The best farmer is the man who
cings closest to the band wagon
Of nature.
Whoever starts his life work
with the conviction that this is
not a multiverse. but a universe,
a cosmos and not a chaos, is in
tho line oF so fo+,r
Better Get On.
1t is the best guarantee of sue
cess, a sort of cosmic accident
policy which insures him against
accidents by making them practi-
cally impossible.
When they told Thomas Carlyle
that Margaret Fuller had said
that she was going to accept the
universe as she found it, the
testy Scotchman growled, Cad,
she'd better"
Now. the band wagon" of the
universe is not 4 vague vehicle of
religion and philosophy. There is
a movement in this world down
to every mans level, and if men
do not catch on to it they inva-
riably get run over.
There are moral currents run
ming like rivers toward an in
evitable ocean. The smaller trib-
utaries which swell the great
stream of manifest destiny are
the moralizing, enlightening, en-
nobling and purifying movements
of our day. and they run by every
mans feet.
The undermining of evil in the
world is almost a visible process.
The movement toward sobriety,
the enlargement of womanhood,
the concern of the child, the en-
thronement of peace, are the
band wagon" of the universe.
Passing down the street, did
you see a sign like this? This
house is coming down" It is
fair warning. The contract has
Deen let. Before long, when you
pass the spot, the house is gone.
In the same inevitable destruc-
tive and constructive way the
movement of the world foredOoms
the fall of evil institutions and
foreordains the physical, mental
and moral upbuilding Of life. The
very constitution of the universe,
the laws of nature. are against
the wrong doer; the very consti-
tuition of the universe, the laws Of
nature, are on the side of man
who does the right.
The trend Of things is working
steadily and irresistibly for the
defeat and overthrow OF some:
the trend Of things is working
steadily and irresistibly for the
vindication of others.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
WRITTEN FOR THE GEORGIAN
By REV. DR.. JOHN E. WHITE
Pastor Second Baptist Church

Pastor Seconi
~ET on the band wagon of
7 the universe" This exhor-
tation of an astronomic
moralist writer about the music
of the spheres and the rhythmic
sympathy between men and the
stars sounds perfervid and inn
possible.
But when the Earring jointure
of slang and solemnity passes
off. reflect on it. Forget its sug-
gestion of political parasitism
which we despise in politicians.
The Higher 0pportunism.
Forget the repugnant type Of
evangelism it brings up-BilIy
Sunday, cracking his whip in the
big tent and exhorting the people
to Strike the sawdust trail in a
hurry for the gangplank of THE
Old Ship of Zion" if they want
to go to heaven.
Consider the fact. both practi-
cal and sublime, that irresisti-
BILE forces are at work in the
world, inevitable movements Of
power outside of US are on, and
the band wagon of the universe"
is no joke.
The grand motive of human
progress is the passion for sue
cess.
The martyr, no less than the
charlatan, is moved by it, though
in a different direction. He goes
to the stake because the stake is
the way of life and achievement
for him. The apparent failure he
submits to is his gateway Of vic
tory. For the joy set before him
he endures the cross, despising
the shame.
The will of the higher powers
presents itself and he mounts
upon it. The movement of a
triumphant purpose which can
not fail ripples as a tide at his
feet and he steps out, not con-
quered, but conquering, to be
borne onward.
Some call this faith and some
call it the higher opportunism."
Statesmen and the Common Man
Below the martyr is the states
man, scientist and the common
man.
The politician looking for the
band wagon" becomes the states
man when he drops his selfish
ness and becomes a serious stu
dent of the inevitables in democ-
racy.
Nothing finer than Henry Clay,
standing on a peak of the Rocky
Mountains, bending his ear, and
saying: 81 am listening for the
footsteps of the coming millions
of this continent" The prophetic
element in statecraft is the pow
er to discern and take advantage
Of Irresistible currents Of civili-
cation.
The biographer of Cecil
Rhodes, the empire builder, says
he began his career in South At
RIGA with a deep pondering Of
Providence. Il am going to find
out which way God is going in
South Africa" he said, and go
that way"
The scientist also seeks for the
band wagon" of the universe. He
begins with the conviction that
the universe is an organized
Omnipotence. BY so much as
possible, he discovers its laws,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
Punish the Real Pro-
mOters of the Bribing,
Numbering Railroad
N December 80 1912 follows The Boston American
New England suffering under the oppressive monoI
Haven and Hartford Railroad.

- Haven and Hartford Railroad
is for the evils of this railroad monopoly
and doing entirely sHaggeat' the importance Of Mr. s'n
citizens this nation should have d'ment than that foolish animal and
r Yields that beats him
monopoly, resultant evils that
mOnOpOHs- n e am manner
according simple business rather bandit
essentially of the hghwaymn of high finance
operating in a commodity controlling
the
of the institutions mnOpOized their intrinsic value
In the third place they proceed by means Of the monopoly eort high prices for
is
relief from it, competition has course been eliminated
the eztnate charges
entirely
existence
case your money your life"
Br
suggestion
described the disasters the New and
Ne" Haven Railroad i had said 1T AND your life
he Who'll
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This monopoly greed without heart or heed or conscience civic spirit ro its road
State murders its reasonable to d0 the
peoples Government
very
ssns this reckless and monopoly the peoples legislature Mas
burd trolley bill further extend and
strengthen the of this monopoly
York
and New Haven monopoly which makes money out plumber and murder and uses under
minet the very ou o
responsible for this collective onnaty'
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The Washington times., 1913-02-12
MADE DEMAND FOR
POWER-DR|VEN CAR
Although Two Interests Have
Little in Common, Manufac-
turing Problems Are Often
Similar.

"As a logical sequence. the evolution
from the bicycle to the automobile
would be difficult to trace" said Col.
Albert L. Pope. one Of his pioneer motor
car manufacturers Of the country. who
was also a prominent figure In the bi-
cycle industry years ago.
Yet it Is obvious ne continued. Ito
all who have watched the development
Of the modern motor car from its first
crude beginning. that the bicycle was
instrumental in paving the way for the
automobile. If it did not actually Gre
ate the demand. 1t certainly whetted the
desire for a self-propelled road vehicle
and its mechanical construction sug-
gested anew to inventors the possibility
of producing a practical 'horseless We
hicle,' as the earliest creations were
called.
ITO be sure, the bicycle and the auto
mobile of today have little In common
mechanically, but their manufacturing
problems were often identical, and once
having solved them in the production
of a bicycle the transition to automo-
bile manufacturing was In many re-
spects comparatively simple.
Take, for example the process oil
gear cutting, which plays such an i'm
portant part in the manufacture OF au'
tomobiles. The gear cutting machine:
found in every automobile shop today
were developed by the bicycle manu-
facturer If this process Of cutting
gears with absolute precision had no
been perfected by men trained in thu
bicycle industry It would have delayed
the development OF the automobile in
dustry until such machine could hav'
been devised.
And So il IS with many other spe
cial processes which were indispensable
to the automobile industry. 1t there
fore seems much more logical to con
slider the evolution from the relativel!
simple mechanism of the bicycle to th'
complex mechanism or the automooll'
as an Industrial evolution rather thai
a mechanical evolution. except in verl
, general way"
The Washington times., 1913-02-12
WRITERS
GUESTS OF GR|FF
Box Party at George AHoney
Boy" Evans Minstrel to War
Correspondents and Wives.

Baseball night will be celebrated
tomorrow (Thursdao night at the Co
lumbia Theater. where George Honey
Boy Evans, the perennial minstrel
favorite, and his company OF plackIace
celebrities, are appearing this week.
The feature of the occasion Will be
box party rendered by Clarke Grifnth.
the plucky manager Of the Washington
team. to the members of the Nationals
now here, sporting writers, ard the
wives of both the ballplayers and war
correspondents.
AS this will be practically the initial
appearance In public since the close o.
the last baseball sneason OF the Wasn-
tngton players, 1t Is anticipated tnat
there will be a large turnout Of fans
on this occasion. :.
Clarke Griffith and the Honey Boy:
who Is conceded to be the most ian4uc
baseball bug in the country, nave Deon
friends since boyhood. Both are from
illinois, the former claiming BiooImS, eas,
Streator. Because of the high esteem
in which the Honey Boy. holds ne the
"Old Fox" II is a certainty tnat tne
minstrel favorite will. throughout tne
show. find plenty of opportunity 70
'osh os % token of his admiration for
..Griff." the Honey Boy" who mas
written especially for this occasion 9
song entitled The Baseball Rag, ana
NO has dedicated the same to Manager
Griffith. That there might be no hitSn
in It's rendition on bassoam ain nig ,hro,,sh. eh.
out this week. 1t will be the opening
song on baseball night" and VIII De
rendered by Comedian Jack kennedy.
The Washington times., 1913-02-12
DISPUTE OVERALL.
BELONGS TO CUBS
Charlie Murphy Must Prove
That Player Is Not Free
Agent.
By SENATOR"

NEW YORK, Feb. flowing to the
attitude of Charlie Murfhy, the ma
tional commission may have to deter
mine whether or not Orval Overall.
yesterday declared eligible to play ball
again, belongs to the Chicago. Cubs or
is a free agent Murphy claims him,
but Frank Chance, the new leader of
the Yankees. says that Overall told him
he had not been rendered a contract
for the past two seasons and ispe facto
has become a, free agent.
ITO protect myself, said Murphy to-
day, II suspended overall when he
said his arm had gone back on him.
and under the rules of baseball, I was
not thereafter obliged to send him a
contract. He has discovered that his
arm is all right again, but If he plays
in organized baseball again. 1t VIII have
to be with the Cubs. not with the
Il saw Overall in California" says
Chance, "and he looks as good as
ever I told him I'd sign linn up FOL
my club IL he could get his suspension
lifted and he would be a free agent
This is for the commission to decide. '
Now a pretty battle is expected be-
tween Murphy and Chance, Overall
denies his suspension by the Cubs and
will make every effort to be declared J
free agent in order to go with his old
manager, Chance
While with the Cubs Overall was con-
sidered one of the best pitchers In the
game. He hurt his arm, though, in
the worlds series of 1910 and retired
Last year he played some independent
baseball in California and all this
winter has been pitching regularly. he
says his arm has recovered completely
The Washington times., 1913-02-12
canadian CIRCUIT
TO Be ORGANIZED
Baseball MoguIs of Dominion
Get Plans Under Way at
Harmonious Meeting.

LETHERBRIDGE, Alta, Feb. 12.-An
eight-club circuit. embracing clubs it
Calgary. Letherbridge. Medicine Hut.
Edmonton. Saskatoon. Prince Albert,
Regina and Moose Jaw, looks like a
big probability for next season.
The baseball evangelists. Frank
Grey, of Edmonton, and Sam Savage,
of Calgary, met c. ]. Eckstorm ami
other local magnates here this week
for the purpose of talking over the
idea. Plans which Involve reducing the
former high salary limit so that the
professional game may be estabiish cd
in western Canada on a paying basis
to all clubs concerned. We're mapped
out, and If adopted viii put the or
ganization in the class D rank and In
sure first class ball which viii be run
on a business basis
The meeting was a harmonious one,
and the Calgary and Edmonton dele
gates showed that they are willing 10
treat the smaller cities squarely, so
that they will be able to break even
at any rate.
The local magnates were heartily IN
favor of the new circuit and Will have
proball team this season.
The baseball evangelists proceeded
from here to Medicine Hat accompanied
by local delegate. and the magnates
there will be approached Afterward
they will go to the Saskatchewan
cities, and II is expected that no diff.
,iculty will be encountered in getting
the ball moguls in the central prairle
province 10 tOin the new circuit.
The Washington times., 1913-02-12
Joe WOOD SIGNS
CONTRACT FOR 1878
Holds Long Conversation With
Jake stahI Before He A.
fixes Name.
By SENATOR.

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-Joe Wood, the
champion pitcher Of the American
League, signed a contract today, after
holding a long session with Jake Stani
and Jimmy McAleer. He was not noio-
ing out exactly. but ne wanted a = - nt5,e the
papers sent him from the club. He sue,
ceeded in convincing McAleer and Stani
that ne was entitled to 1t and he soon
put his name to the papers.
II wasn't holding out" said Joe to the
writer, "but / thought my work last
season entitled me to q little more than
was offered. I don't live so very far
from New York. and SO Just dropped
down to look things over. am In nne
condition and shall be on hand Marcn q
II notice that about everybody IL
doping the Philadelphia team to win the
pennant this season. Nothing doing on
that. II we don't cop 1t again. and l
think we will. that washington team
win have the same team it had last
year, while Griffith will have the team
that made the fight so well last year.
That's how I. dope 1t out. Boston or
washington viii .,Ssn, %in tniI . yss Uiscs at the
wolcott yesterday when big Ed
Walsh and Smoky Joe" Wood met.
The Red Sox star was reading maya
zine story by himself OF In one corner
and looked over his shoulder.
Lets see that magazine" said Walsh,
and, taking It. he found Wood reading
a story about himself as the greatest
pitcher in the world"
Here, Ed." said Wood. reaching for
the magazine, don't show that around
among the boys. They'll kid me II you
do"
Woods salary for 1913 will be $500.
eaual to that supposed to be paid
Waiter johnson. Wood left today for
hin home and was smiling broadly as
n ba<left
The Washington times., 1913-02-12
Washington Guards
Lose to Maryland

BALTIMORE. Md, Feb. 12.-The
basketball team Of the First Regiment,
National Guard. of Washington, was
the easiest opponent which the Mary
land Fourth Regiment quint has met
this season. Tie result of the game
last night resulted in 20 to u victory
for the local soldiers, and showed just
about how unevenly matched were the
two teams.
An early lead secured by the home
team was never approached by the Wis
itors. while scor- after score was made
by. the Maryland troopers. The winning
team registered 35 points in each halt
while the Washington tossers scored
IS points Of their total in the last ses.
sion.
The Washington times., 1913-02-12
A. B. c. Secretary Is
Preparing Schedule

TOLEDO. Ohio, Feb. l2-According to
the official figures furnished by Secre-
tary Abe Langtry, the thirteenth annual
tournament of the American Bowling
Congress- to open in this city February
%, has SOB flve-men teams entered, also
l165 two-men teams and 1851 indi-
viduaIs. and the total entrance money
amounts to $4,000. OF this sum s2i. 600
will go as prize money. Toledo alone
contributed 10 five-men teams to the
entry list and the remainder of Ohio
about as many more. Langtry is now
at work on the official schedule and
hopes to have it ready for distribution
by Saturday of this week.
The Washington times., 1913-02-12
Word from Ainsmith.

When Clark Griffith returned
from the schedule meeting in
New York. he found on the very
top of the pile of letters await
ing his attention., one from Ed
die Ainsmith, Walter Johnson's
running mate, who has been
wintering in Texas.
Eddie merely wanted to let his
manager know that he has pick
ed up several pounds Of flesh
this winter, and that he Is al
ready getting the baseball fever.
Ainsmith says:
II amSin the best of health and
my constitution is fit to catch a
double.header of Walter John.
son, every day. The outdoor
life that l have been leading
has. hardened me to anything,
and 1 can hardly wait to board
the train for Washington and
CharIOtesyille.o
Griffith was more than pleased
with this little news item from
young Ainsmith. II was q little
worried about the boy when he
went to Texas last fall, and /
consider the news CLEANED from
his letter the best that 1 have
heard for q long time" said
Grfff.
The Washington times., 1913-02-12
Anticipate Clever
Bout at the Gayety

Wrestling fans OF this city have much
in store for them at the Gayety Theater
tonight when Young Olsen and Joe La
Selle clash in the second middleweight
wrestling match in this city this year.
Young Olsen. claimant of the middle
weight wrestling championship of the
world, and challenger of Joe Turner,
who holds the belt at the present time.
makes his bow to a Washington au-
dience.
Olsen comes here with a good record,
having defeated twenty-eight men in
the Alhambra tournament two years
ago only losing out by being disquali-
fed in the finals. Olsen has beaten such
men as Bob Berry. Fritz Hansen, Wal
ter Young. Young Mondav, Sam Ander-
son. and Wilton Mackland.
La Selle also is a clever wrestler, and
the fans are promised rafting good
bout tonight. which vii lstart after the
regular performance Of the Behman
show.
The Washington times., 1913-02-12
Syracuse Announces
Football Schedule

SYRACUSE, n. Y. Feb. l2-Syracuse
has an attractive football schedule Tor
next season. 1t includes games with
Princeton. Carlisle and Michigan. The
teams dropped from last seasons list
are Yale, West Point. and Lafayette
The schedule:
September 2I-Hobart at Syracuse
October 4-Hamilton at Syracuse.
October 11-Rochester at Rochester.
October Is-Princeton at Princeton.
October a5-Western Reserve at SSra-
cuse. A.. .,o,.
November michigan at Ann Arbor:
November S-New York University at
November 15-Colgate at Syracuse
November 22-Carlisle at Syracuse
November 27-St. Louis at st. Louis.
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