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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14
Light and Plants
By EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

n WHAT power. if any,
has light, artificial or nat
X ural, on the forced
growth of vegetation, compared
with heat, artificial or natural?"
This question opens up a rare
field for discussion.
Both heat and light are re-
quired for plant development
Which has the greater force is
difficult to decide, but a plant
would live longer in total dark
ness without heat than in cold
absolute, but in light.
The problem Of white light
shining on plants is a very ancient
one; but the dispersion of white,
sun or electric arc light into
long spectrum, where the constit-
uent colors are separated out and
then allowed successfully TO fall
on plants, is modern, of great in
terest and by no means yet fully
understood.
Suppose that we have plants
that can move. not fixed by
roots. Thus, whatever bacteria
are, whether plants or animals,
they are perhaps more nearly re-
lated to the vegetable than to the
animal kingdom. And this point
is not clearly determined: the
line OF division is SO irregular
that it is not fully located.
Some bacteria are very active
and others comparatively still
Some have cilia-delicate, hair
like appendages-and these en-
able them to move. The micro
sCOpiC objects move and live and
have their being in a drop of
water
Place a drop on thin glass
plate, lay another plate on this.
tiatten the drop, put the glasses
under a hiEh-power microscope
and view all in range Of vision
with white light direct from sun
or arc. All will be normal Now
place a prism between sun or arc
in the beam of light. separate it
into long band Of Colors and
allow these to fall on the Cftyful
OF moving inhabitants Some
will not change, but they are
mostly white. Others contain
purple ColOring matter. These
react TO light. act. absorb car
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14

bonic acid gas and emit oxygen
Placed in the darkness this
process stops. Cut off light from
the drop, admit tiny raw, then
the bacteria will leave the dark
ness and cluster in the light
But they have no eyes, nerves
or organs.
behoId this mystery. They be-
come aware of the existence Of
the light by means unknown TO
science. The wonder is this: Is
hight chemical? Cut off the
lighted area and they all swim
away This all in white light
Now turn on the spectrum. At
once there is a hurTying toward
the bright red; they do not stop
they enter dull red. No rest
there; they pass beyond and con-
gresate in the infra-red in a re-
glon Of radiant energy invisible
to the human eye.
But great numbers collect in
the yellow-orange part of the
band Of colors. Few go to green
and blue, and none to violet or
beyond.
Careful research showed that IN
those beyond the red more car
bon was stored and oxygen lib
Grated than in those in the
oFange-yellow. Beyond the red.
then. energy waves invisible to
human eyes can be seen" or
sensed, or utilized, by these osD-
terra. But ultraviolet waves
also invisible to humans. make
imprint on silver molecules, and
thus photograph.
Chlorophyll is the green color
ing matter in plants. This is
acted upon in a remarkable man
ner by light energy-stimulate
INTO greater production and hber-
alton Of oxygen. But cells IN the
larger plants all iberate oxygen
therefore in these bacteria under ,
the microscope the observer peerS
into natures labyrinths.
No clew as to what life Is,
however, has been detected. But
since nature does not break up
light into these gorgeous colors
Of the spectrum, but uses Whlte
light, the growth of plants ap-
pears to depend mainly on energy
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14
HERE AND NOW
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Copyright. 1913, by American ournal- Examiner

IN ERE in the heart Of this world,
Here in the noise and din,
Here where spirits hurled
To battle with sorrow and sin;
THIS is the place and the spot
For knowledge of infinite things.
This is the kingdom where Thought
Can conquer the prowess of Kings.
Wait for no heavenly life,
Seek for no temple alone;
Here in the midst of strife
Know what the Sages have known.
stand not aloof apart;
Plunge in the thick Of the fight,
There is the street and the mart
That is the place to do right
Not in some cloister or cave
Not in SOME KINGDOM ABOVE
HERE on this side of the grave.
Here we should labor and love
So many Gods many creedS.
So many paths that wind and wind
While just the art of being kind,
lis all the sad world needs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14

II # is a fundamental right
eousness that human beings
should submit to the regulation
of sex relations, then it is spirit
ual outIawry. fiaunt at the face
Of Heaven, for men to excuse
themselves and go excused in So
ciety.
It should not be considered
strange if the protests for
square deal goes further than It
ought to go.
The Peril of "Everywoman. "
Already there are indications
that the female protest against
the freedom OF men to fiout virtue
Is manifesting perilous tenden-
cies.
One has but to mark the ven
turesome fashions in woman's
dress, the tendency of defiant i'm
modesty, the inclination TO mas
culine vices, the neurotic dances,
in which women assert their
holiness to become painfully
aware that some new spirit OF
abandon Is at work among
women.
It is to be condemned and re-
sisted. Very well, but go a little
further and interpret It.
With the female consciousness
aroused to the point Of new and
justifable f-assertion, the
double standard in morals fs a
direct provocation Of immodesty
among women.
Men have been their leaders
and their masters in the era Of
their subsection, and now that is
ending, they are tempted to fol-
low men in the exploitation OF
their freedom and to defy con-
ventions and restraint of moral
prohibitions.
This Interpretation Of the mani
ifestly immodest tendencies of the
day may shock some minds, but
it will stand fair IN others in
the absence Of a better.
Calling Men to Task.
It should at least indicate that
men must know human nature
well enough to understand that
a double standard in morals is a
rotten basis for healthy society.
If women viii have equality Of
the sexes before moral and So
cial law it viii come in one of two
ways-by the lowering Of the fe-
male standard to the present level
Of the male standard, or by rails
ing the male standard to the level
of the present female standard.
In one case or the other the
woman movement will inevitably
call mon 30 .,a1-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14
WRITTEN FOR THE GEORGIAN
By REV. DR.. JOHN E. WHITE
Pastor Second Baptist Church

WHEN Mr.. Bryan and the
w puffy little Mr.. Coin, of
w Chicago. were conducting
their Financial school, the pub
lie became familiar with the agi-
tation against monometalism in
protest of the single standard in
money.
When the woman movement
gets its second wind the public
is going to be made familiar with
monomoralism in protest of tho
double standard in morals
As the fashion now stands. So
ciety is addicted to the crooked
est hypocrisy toward its male Of
tenders.
Under the necessity of main
tanning in some way a condem-
nation OF personal vice and OF
keeping its function of moral in
dignation from falling into dis
use entirely, society out-Herods
Herod against weak and betrayed
womanhood and smokers in its
sleeve over the original sinner
who happens to belong to the SUI
perior sex.
II is a simple matter of moral
mathematics that when women
reach the maturity of their social
selfhood we will have a show
down on this question.
A Square Deal.
The connection of monomor-
alism with the woman movement
is obvious. It is not merely
pithy issue, of accidental injustice
to be snatched up for effect.
The double standard in morals
is a piece OF social legislation,
logical from the assumption of
woman's inferior place in society.
That point established, masculine
superiority makes laws to suit
itself and men see to 1t that they
do not bear too heavily on them
selves.
On the other side, women ac-
cepting the claims of the highest
morality upon women, vigorously
execute the penalty against fe-
male unchastity and thus are
forced to play directly into the
hands of gross injustice.
But there is a growing sense in
women that the double standard
of morals is an outrage against
righteousness. They see that it
only encourages the rapacity of
men. and therefore diminishes
the moral security Of women.
The consideration of eternal
rightness. the demand of truth,
the integrity of moral law is also
boring its way to the quick of
woman's conscience.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-14
Rev. John E. White
Writes on
MonomoraIism
- -

The Double STANDARD in Morals
Is Doomed, He Says. Either
Men Will Come Up to Women
or Women viii Come Down
to Men.
Evening star., 1913-11-02
There Are Wars and Wars.
From the Atlantic.

From the Atlantic.
As one glances over the pages of his
tory, one finds wars, 1t is true. which are
blots upon the records of man: but one
also finds wars without which the world
would have been SO incomparably the
poorer that we could never have done
without them. And one also perceives
to his astaonishment il he is practical
man." that the wars which have been
gigantic blunders and crimes have all
been wars for the attainment of practical
ends, like territory, markets, or
wealth, while the wars which the world
could not have done without have all
been wars for abstract pr r.nciples, for
beliefs. for religions. for mad dreams
and seemingly impossible hopes. The world
could well spare the conquests of Napo-
leon, because the wars were merely for
Napoleon; but the world could not spare
the martial conflicts surrounding and
realizing the French revolution. because
Ii was a war for those abstract and sensi-
bic absurdities, liberty. equality and
fraternity. We could we'll spare the
Mexican war which was a fight for ter
ritory. but we could not at all get along
without the civil war, which was a war
for man.
Evening star., 1913-11-02
Ju-Ju Magic.
From the Wide World Magazine.

From the Wide World Magazine
Early in 1911 deputation from one OF
the larger towns of West Africa brought
two prisoners, father and son, before the
commissioner at Oban. They were ac-
cused of having, in crocodile form, killed
two women while the latter were cross
ing the river. AS they refused to swear
their innocence on the dominant ju-ju of
the town, they were brought before the
white man." who naturally decided that
there was no case against them. The
deputation. however, had not finished with
the matter. On returning home another
ju-ju was invoked. with the result that
the sop confessed that both he and his
father were guilty, and that they had
killed and eaten seven other men and
women.
Strangely enough, people accused of this
uncanny power nearly always acknowl-
edge their guilt, even when fully aware
that such confession will probably cost
them their lives. Ava Ita, an old woman
OF Oban. was suspected of being "a snak..
soul. and of sending out her familia
every night to lick a wound on her hus
bands ankle while he slept, and so pre-
vent it from healing. The chiefs of tn
Egbo Society summoned her before thei
dreaded tribunal, and she was condemnet
to death.
Evening star., 1913-11-02
THE OLD STORM CAPE.
Plan to Reduce Dangers of the Sea
Off Hatteras.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
Gale off Hatteras'' is an entry made
by the captains of coastwise sailing ships
on almost every voyage. For years Hat
teras has been place of terror, if not to
the mariner, certainly to the passengers
under his charge. The old storm cape.
however. is soon to lose a part of it's
fear Man cannot stop the storms. but
he is going to provide a means for YES
sells to escape their fury.
Sea captains notoriOuSly are reticent
when passengers ask them questions. No
old sailor ever has been willing to admit
to any of his passengers that Hatteras is
any worse than a hundred other places
on the coast, and yet he knows that it is
about as bad a sea spot as can be found
anywhere in the whole broad expanse of
ocean. So, while the questioners are
told that off Hatteras the water will be
as calm as anywhere else, captain and
crew always make things snug for gale
or worse when approaching the sea off
the headland.
Congress has appropriated 81, 100000
for preliminary work on a Hatteras sea
wall, which is to be mile and half
long, twenty feet wide at the top, and
forty-fiye feet high.
1t will be the guarding wall of har-
Dor of refuge. into the lee of which yes
sells can run for shelter when the storms
rage This wall will rob the Hatteras
seas of some of their terrors, and with
them will pass some of the interesting
excitement always felt by seagoers
when they approach the water zone
which always has been one of tumult.
Little by little man is trying to make
safer the journeys of those who go down
to the sea in ships. He never entirely
can conquer the ocean, and he knows it.
1t is perhaps the one thing in nature
which is absolutely untamable.
The shipwrecks off Cape Hatteras have
numbered thousands. The sea wall will
provide means to save lives and prop
erty, but the winds off the old storm
cape still will rage and on occasion work
their will.
Evening star., 1913-11-02
Speed, the American Slogan.

Guglielmo Ferrero, in the Atlantic.
One day in New York I was com
plimenting an example of American
architecture to an American architect
of great talent Yes, yes" he answered
with a touch of satire, my fellow
countrymen would willingly spend d
hundred millions of dollars to build a
church as beautiful as ST. Marks in
Venice. but they would command me.
as condition of the work. to finish it
within eighteen months" That is d
significant phrase. How is it possible to
beautify a world which is necessarily
in TRANSFORMED ton, wherein nothing Is
stable, and which wishes to multiply
everything it possesses-buildings, as
it would furniture? To create beautiful
palaces, to construct beautiful furni-
ture. to attain the distant ideal OF per-
fection, time is essential. time and wise
deliberation, reasonable Limitation of
the multiplicity of human demands. and
a certain stability in taste. No one
could have built st. Marks or Notre
Dame in eighteen months, and France
could not have created her famous dec
orative styles of the eighteenth century
if public taste had been SO tickle as
ours, ard if everybody at that time had
wished to change his furniture every
ten years.
Evening star., 1913-11-02
RAUCH & LANG DELIVERIES.
Several Electrics of This Make Re
Gently Delivered Here.

Mrs. S. II. Dent. wife of Representative
Dent of Alabama. has purchased q
Rauch & Lang coupe, finished In blue
with white stripping, with the interior OF
blue broadcloth.
Mrs. r. H. Jackson, wife of Com
mander Jackson. U. s. N, is now driv-
ing her maroon colored coupe. uphol-
stored in maroon broadcloth.
Mrs. George w. Wheeler has recently
received her blue brougham of the same
make. upholstered In blue and white
stripe Bedford cord and equipped with a
revolving front seat
Miss Jane DAILY has purchased double
drive coach. finished in blue and uphol-
stored in blue, with white stripe and gray
Bedford cord. This car also has revolv-
ing seats.
Mrs. Charles ]. Williamson is daily en-.
joying rides in her coupe, finished in
blue, with white stripping and upholstered
in blue broadcloth.
Miss NJ. T. Storm is the latest pur-
chaser of a Rauch & Lang victoria. fin
ished in blue, with blue broadcioth up
holstery.
Evening star., 1913-11-02
Fill Cuts With Gum.

Aside from this action, the sand con-
tains moisture, which is Immediately alb
sorbed by the fabric with which it comes
in contact. This rots the fabric and rap
idly weakens it. The result is a blow
out.
The remedy for these conditions is not
as effective as the precaution which will
prevent them. This precaution is simply
to fill the cuts in the tread with repair
gum Immediately after they are discover
ed An excellent plan Is to spend few
moments each evening examining the
tires. If an inspection reveals few
cuts in the tread they should be thor
oughly cleaned out with gasoline and
then filled with repair gum. of which
there are several good brands on the
market In the morning the repair will
have dried and become an integral part
of the tire. The process is simple one,
and the time spent in taking this pre-
caution will repay every automobile own
er many times through the savings IN
tire expense.
Evening star., 1913-11-02
TIMELY HINTS ON CARE
OF THE AUTO IN WINTER
Solution of Alcohol and Glycerin
Will Prevent Water in Ra-
diator From Freezing.

One of the most important things to
keep in mind if one is to use his car
during the cold weather is that the
water in the radiator and the cylinder
jackets is spread out in such very
thin sheets that it will easily freeze.
If water in the machine does freeze
something will give way when the re-
sulting ice eXpands-either the radiator
or the cylinder is cracked. To keep
the cooling water from freezing, de-
natured alcohol or wood alcohol, either
alone or mixed with glycerin, may be
used. About 40 per cent of alcohol
added to water. will keep it from
freezing as long as the thermometer Is
above zero. but as alcohol alone evap-
crates. it is well to mix glycerin with
the alcohol and add 1T to the water.
This mixture will not freeze until the
thermometer gets 10 or 1o degrees be-
low zero. The glycerin will last al
most indefinitely and 1t will not be
necessary to add alcohol often.
Here are some solutions useful to the
man who takes care of his car
Evening star., 1913-11-02
YOUR CAR
BEFORE MAKING TRIP
Care Should Be Taken to See
Everything Is in
Order.

Preliminary to taking the automobile
out of the garage for a motor trip there
are several important things which an
automobilist should think Of In the
first place an examination of the car
should be made, starting il with the
brakes. The emergency brake as well as
the foot brake should be kept in first
class order. 1t ought to be possible to
lock the wheels with either set, and at
the same time the brakes should not bind
when released. Care should be taken
to see that they are properly equalized.
because If one wheel receives more power
from the brake than the other serious
skid may be the result, and one is very
liable to wind up in the hospital
Next in order is a close examination
of the steering mechanism, which is one
of the most important parts of the au-
tomobile, and upon which there rests
great deal of responsibility. Be ,posi-
tive before starting out that there is no
excessive lost motion and no undue
binding, for IL there is any trace of
either Immediate attention is necessary.
A great many automobilists seem to
think that the steering mechanism
needs very little attention, whereas If
it was given a serious thought at fire.
ouent intervals there would be less ac-
cidentS
Evening star., 1913-11-02
Minister Uses Motor Cycle.

"A Baptist minister out In the Buckeye
state finds the motor cycle useful in more
ways than one.
He makes his calls on the members of
his congregation on his machine, and in
this way he is able to keep in close touch
even with those of his flock who may live
in the country.
The pastor is of the opinion that the
motor cycle is the best friend the min
lister in a small town can have, and in
support Of his contention points with
some pride to the success 1t has brought
him.
His enthusiasm for the motor cycle Is
also carried into his private life. as most
of his spare time Is spent on the road.
He has proved the efficiency of his ma
chine to some Of his medical friends by
carrying them on sick calls.
Evening star., 1913-11-02
TIRE TREAD NEEDS
INTELLIGENT CARE
Its Strength Retains Air Cush-
Ion Inside Inner Tube.
FURNISHES PROTECTION
AS THE BARK DOES A TREE
Sand Blisters' Are Most Dangerous
Element to Contend With-How
to Prevent Them.

1t has been previously shown that the
air cushion in an automobile tire is as
important as the tire itself. Its i'm
portance makes the consequences of It's
neglect more widespread than anything
else; in Pther words, careful attention to
imitation is the most important factor in
the care of the automobile tire.
Next in Importance is the care of the
tread. The body of a pneumatic auto
mobile tire consists of heavy fabric. Its
tensile strength retains the air cushion
inside the inner tube. Fabric would Of
fer but little resistance to road wear:
therefore, over the fabric is vulcanized
tread of tough, wear-resisting rubber.
The motorist who has preserved the
fabric by proper imitation and has been
enabled to secure good tire mileage can
further increase his mileage by giving
the tread the same intelligent care.
Tread Is Protection.
The tread is the tires protection.
Nature multiplies analogies. The bark
of tree or the skin of a human body
perform exactly the same function. but
there is one fundamental difference. If
the tree is injured or the finger cut,
natural forces Immediately set about re-
pairing the damage. and the injury is
healed. But a pneumatic tire when it
receives a cut is unable automatically to
do this. Care is necessary.
Cuts in a tire are not In themselves
dangerous. just as a cut in finger is not
in itself dangerous; but cut which isn't
attended to will permit bacteria to enter
the SYSTEM and cause infection. So a cut
penetrating the tread of tire permits
foreign substances from the road surface
to enter and destroy the fabric. These
foreign substances consist of two general
classes-sand and moisture.
At every revolution sand is forced into
the cut. The cut is soon filled, but the
weight of the car above continues to
force in more. Naturally. the sand must
move somewhere, and, taking the line of
least resistance, it begins to spread out
in every direction from the cut between
the tread and the fabric, separating one
from the other.
The first result is the so-called sand
blister These natural causes continue.
however, until the tread separation COW
ers a larger space. 1t is not long before
the tread tears loose.
Evening star., 1913-11-02
AuTOMOBlL6
W6LENDAR

November .! = Los Angeles
Phoenix road race
November As Road race. FL
Paso. Tex. to Phoenix
November 6-Track meet, Phoe-
nix. AriZ
November Olympia show.
December 9-12- Annual conyen-
ton of American Road Builders
Association. Philadelphia.
December 11-20 = First interna-
tional exposition of safety and san
itation, New York city, American
Museum of Safety.
January 2-f0- Importers Auto
mobile Salon. Hotel Astor. New
York.
January $40 = New York show,
Grand Central Palace.
January 0-1I-Philadelphia auto
mobile show.
January 10-17-Cleyeiand automo-
bile show.
January 1924 Annual show
Washington Automobile Dealers
Association. Convention Hall.
January 24-31-Rochester, N. Y,
show.
January 24-31-Chicago show.
January 1871 - Scranton. IA.
show.
January 31-February 1-Minne-
apolis show.
February 2-l-BunaIo passenger
car show.
February 9-14 - BuHaio tTuch
show.
February 21-2S - Newark, n. j.,
show.
February 22-March 5-Cincinnati,
Ohio, show.
March ia : Boston passenger
car show.
March 9-14Show at Des Moines,
Iowa.
March 1T-21-Boston truck show.
Evening star., 1913-11-02
The Best Reward.
From sthe Atlantic.

stnt AtldHLic
Gratitude given or received is one of
the best things in the world. We need
far more of it and far better quality.
Yet I have never read any satisfactory
account of what 1t SO goriously means.
Its value begins just where the value
of pay ends. Thanks are personal. and
attempt to fit an adequate response to the
particular service performed. Pay is an
impersonal coin which has been handed
out to many before 1t reaches you, and
will go to many others when it leaves
you. 1t is your right and you are not
grateful for it, But thanks are a free
gift and enrich the giver. There Is no
nobler art than the art of expressing
ones gratitude in fresh. unhackneyed,
unexaggerated terms which answer de-
votion with fresh devotion, fancy with
new fancy, charity with sincerity. Artists
who get their reward only in money and
in the stale plaudits of clapping hands
are restless for something more individ-
ual They want to be intimately under
stood and beautifully answered. For
such gratitude they look to brother art
lists. to the few who really understand
There they find their best reward-but
even this leaves something wanting.