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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
MARVEL AT BASEBALL GAME
Chunky Individual Not Disturbed In
Least While Pitcher cieotte
Stru~k Out Ty Cobb.

II happened during me OF the games
between the Sox and the Tigers.
High up among the g~randstand seats
back Of third base sat a rather chunky
young man wearing a good suit Of
clothes and a bored look.
At the end OF the first inning the
game stood l to 0 In favor OF the home
team.
The visitors went to bat.
The young man, with a prodigious
yawn. went to sleep.
A few minutes later something hap
pened and the crowd ven wild.
Everybody stood up and yelled.
Everybody. that Is. except the
chunky young man. He sat m~otionless,
with his chin on his broad breast. still
sleeping serenely.
Fifteen or twenty minutes later
something happened again. and again
the crowd went wild.
Ten thousand voices rent the air.
But they didn't disturb that youth.
Then the people around him began
to notice him. They said In loud
voices: IAN out!" Far as we go!"
Tickets" Change cars!" Take the
a ahead" Nothing doing. He still
slept
Then somebody roared in his ar:
Wake up. you lummux! You don't
know what you're missing. Cicotte is
striking out Ty COLBY Cobb. dye
hear?-every time he comes to bait"
The chunky young man half opened
n eye.
Call me at seven o'clock" he mum
bed-and dropped asleep again.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
70 IT RIGHT TO ADVERTISE COCA
COlA7

Men who play the willy game Of poll
tics have discovered that the best way
to distract the attention of the public
from their own shortcomings Is to
make a loud-mouthed sensational at
tack upon someone else. AS the cut
fetish eludes its pursuer by clouding
the surrounding water with the con-
tents Of its ink sac, 30 the political ad.
venturer takes advantage OF the igno-
rance and prejudices Of the people to
escape from his indefensible position
by muddyins the waters of public
opinion.
A case in point is the recent attack
made upon the religious press for
carrying Coca.Cola advertising This
attack was made by a politician who
was supposed to be an expert in chem
istry but who, having brought a suit
against the Coca.Cola Comnany, was
Inundated by having to acknowledge
that he. could not qualify as an expert.
The court decided In favor OF the Coca.
Cola Company as 1t was clearly shown
that the only essential difference be.
tween Coca-Cola and coffee or tea Is
that the former contains only about
half as much ,ffeine as the latter and
that the flavor 4. different.
The question as to whether 1t Is right
to advertise Coca.Cola seems to resolve
itself therefore into the question as to
whether it is right to advertise coffee.
tea, chocolate, cocoa and other bever-
ages of the caffeine group.-Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17

Italian engineers have finished what
may be called an irrigation survey OF
Western Tripoli. They report that
threequarters Of the 10000 square
miles lying between the mountains
and the coast a be watered from
wells Some wells drilled on this sur
vey are free flowing; in others the
water must be pumped. At present
this land bears about one crop in
four years, With irrigation and Ital.
ian peasants to manage the soil 1t will
bear not less than two crops per year.
Farther east. where the mountains
sink to desert level and disappear in
sand dunes. rainfall is less, and prob
lens Of irrigation are not 80 easy to
solve. Still farther in the same direc-
ton. In Cyrenaica, another mountain
chain rises, and with the hills come
nfegivtng rains. There Is q hole In
the sky above this place." as old
Greek colonists used to say. II Italy
ever car finish guerrilla warfare OF
hostile desert tribes she will have a
colony worth while.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
DUTY OF LAWYER EXPLAINED
Corporation Attorney Not Subject to
As Much Abuse as Formerly.
Says Senator Root.

Elrhu Root was talking about the
corporation lawyer.
He isn't 30 much abused as he
once was" said Senator Root. "A re-
action in his favor has set in. In the
past q corporation lawyer couldn't at
tend a public dinner without having
such story as that of Lawlace thrown
at him.
"Lawlace, Professor ] axlace. taught
corporation Law in a famous school.
He had a reputation for wit. He was
always making funny cracks at mod
ern life and society.
"A student, in answer to one OF
Lawlace's questions. said grandilo-
quently:
"A lawyers first, his sole duty is
to see that though the heavens fall.
Justice Is done
That justice is done repeated
Lawlace thoughtfully. HIM, yes, ex-
actly. And my experience has been
that the lawyer who does justice often
est is the n who first achieves Q
white palace in Fifth avenue over.
looking the park"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
FEMININE HABITS CHANGING

II any boys run away nowadays II
10 not to sen, or. II a few do. their
fireroom experiences do not lead to
fame or wealth. says the New York
Tfmea. But several recent episodes
hint that there Is q new girl" as
well as Q new woman" and that she
Is inclined TO give 4 belated imitation
Of the 'old boy nov vanished or
vanishing. This product OF the age
manifests the restlessness once
monopolized by boys-she wants to
be independent and self-supporting-
she is tired Of protection and advice
So she runs away. AS yet. apparent
iy. she does not often run far or stay
long. In her case parents do o
utter q philosophical. "Oh. well. she'll
get along somehow and may learn wis
dom from hardship" They know her
rush to the police for help. Then
m what must be painful notoriety
TO the runaway. But better that than
q near worse. and the fear Of 1t must
have a wholesome deterrent effect.
Come to think Of 1t. the "old girl" did
sometimes run away. but 1t was al
ways TO escape a compulsion into a
distasteful marriage. not to seek fame
or fortune At present. to force a
girl to wed against har will has he
come almost as nearly impossible as
to stop her from following her Own
inclinations-which was never easy
and the orthodox excuse Is lacking.
Whether or not those replacing 1t are
better time will doubtless tell. but
only constitutional pessimists will
consult their arterio- sclerosis for an
answer to that question.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
Finely

The talk turned to sarcasm at a re-
e n social function, and Gov. George
W. Clarke. Iowa, told Of what he con.
sidered a rather fine sample. Some
time ago, according to the governor, a
lady went into the library of her home
where a servant girl was busting an
ornamental bookcase. For a while
she watched the maid, and then
crossed the room to examine the work.
s." want to tell you, Jane" said the
mistress. that we are going to have
company. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith are
going to call and stay for dinner"
Yes. ma'am." quietly responded tho
servant girl. continuing her work.
And since Mr.. Smith is a triie over
six feet tall, Jane" resumed the mis-
tress. II think you had better dust tho
ornaments on the top shelf"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17

Fashions latest foible in feminine
society is that a sort Of Chinese meth
cd Of securing small feet should be
adopted Dresses are being worn SO
short that dainty feet are desirable,
but the modern girl has mostly en-
larged on the pedal dimensions owned
by her grandmother. SO the beauty
inventor has. according to q lady's
paper. arranged an appliance for re-
ducing the feet. 1t is a bandage Of
rubber charged with a~stringent chem.
icals that are said to absorb the
superhuous tissue In q remarkable
way. Only the wealthy can indulge
in the fad. for the chemicals are
costly. but scores of women. we are
told. are depriving themselves OF
things they really need in order to
dabble with this device and Its luxu-
rious lotions.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17

It was recently announced that ell.
tensive coal deposits have been dis.
covered 1T Udi, southern NIGERIA, west
Africa. The test carried out by the
government and the analyses at the
Imperial institute in London are said
to have given results equal to two
thirds Of the best Welsh coal. It 10
added that a survey for a railroad to
connect this coal field with the river
port Of onitsha is being carried out.
The importance of this line. as afford
ing cheap fuel for the two Nigerias.
would be very great. while It would
make for the development of the
trade Of this rich district and the set.
Element Of internal disputes among
the natives Of the hinterland. The
Ignite deposits 10 the west OF the
Niger are also said to be valuable and
that those at okpanam vary from fif-
teen to twenty feet in thickness.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
Obeyed Orden.

Murphy was a new cavalry recruit
and was given one OF the worst horses
In the troop.
Remember" said the sergeant, mo
one Is allowed to dismount without
orders"
Murphy was no soone in the saddle
than the horse kicked and Murphy
went over his head.
Murphy" yelled the sergeant, when
he discovered him lying breathless on
the ground. you dismounted!"
Il did"
Did you have orders?"
81 did"
From headquarters?"
mo. sor; from headquarters. LA
dies Home Journal.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
A Little In Advance.

A Washington man and his wife,
whose domestic complications are fire.
quent but not serious. had one evening
called upon a married couple. On
their way home the lady said:
Now, in the case Of the Parkers.
/ should say 1t was an IDEAL marriage.
Really. l believe they both think abb
solutely alike"
Charming people, charming peo-
ple!" said hubby. But about the
thinking, Gladys. II you will notice.
she generally thinks first."-Lippin.
colts.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
AJw,vs Prepared for That.

The stranger stepped up to the no.
tel register and signed his name:
Frank N. Stein, Geneva"
The clerk glanced at the signature.
Then he took a good look at the new
conner.
Well" he exclaimed, cycling him
with interest. you spell 1t a little diff
ferent, but l think I've heard of you.
Got your"
Yes. SIR" interrupted the other.
producing from his coat pocket a
stuffed specimen Of the ella monster.
Always carry him with me. Do I
have to pay anything extra for having
him along?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
RiQhtinq q Wrong.

Dobber tart artist)-I have called.
Mr.. Gotrox, to make a confession to
which / am driven by the pangs Of a
gnawing conscience. I grossly de-
ceived you in regard to that pastoral
picture you purchased from me two
months ago.
Old Gotrox-Did, Ell? How. may I
ask? .
Dobber-Tl lose blotches in the fore
ground Of the painting-you spoke OF
them ar barberry bushes-Mr. Gotrox.
IL cannot conceal the truth any
.longer-they are cows.-Puck.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
AItruistic.

Mrs. Flitterby-So you are on the
visiting committee of your social work
ers' society. l should think you'd find
It dreadful irksome making all those
stun calls.
Mrs. Hunter Fadde-T'm willing to
make the sacrifice for a good cause.
Every visiting day I send my maid
around with my cards.-Judge.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
EItrtIno With Force.

why do you insist on nibbling
around that hook?" said the wise fish.
You know the danger"
YES" replied the little fellow, but
we all have a certain appetite for
glory. / am willing to take a chance
for the sake Of being described to
that mans friends as the big fish that
got away"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
IHiqhiy Specialized.

This is a song about a girl named
Molly. We can't publish that"
Why not?" asked the composer.
timidly..
I'VE only publish Nellie songs. Take
1t to Caterwaul G. Yelp. They special
lie on Molly songs, ! believe.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17

After all has been said and done 70
garding the apparel Of the fair sex
the ladies' will continue to do az they
have always done-wear what they
want and when they want.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17

Now 10 the time TO lay in next win.
ter's supply OF coal. Providing, OF
course. you don't think you need the
money more for something else.
Which you probably do.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
Modernlst viewpolnt.

Futurist Palnter-What do you
think OF Jones as an artist?
Cubist Ditto-A poser and a buffer.
He makes a point OF drawing well Just
to attract the attention Of the vulgar
crowd!-Puck.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
Not a lInuuist.

Mrs. Worldly-If. as o say. your
master, kissed you against your will.
why did you not cry "Help!"?
French Maid-Ah, madame! Eat
ees Just re word OF vich l could not
sink at re moment.-Puck.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17

The fellow who sells his high pow
cred, much snorting automobile. and
then takes to riding in his wife's cute
little electric. feels akin to the way
he did when he was a little chap and
his mother made him go to school in
girls shoes.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17

Adolphus--It's an awful shame. My
little nephew got hold OF that poem
| wrote to you. and tore 1t to shreds.
Augusta-So the little fellow can
read already!-London Opinion.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17

Mrs. Jinks-I want to get a set Of
new parlor chairs.
Furniture Dealer-Ah! yes. Some
thing very easy and comfortable. l
presume?
Mrs. Jinks-Not too comfortable. I
have three young unmarried daugh-
ters.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
Hiqhest Tower in the World.

Should Buenos Ayres carry out .
project now under contemplation the
city will erect the highest tower In
the world, overlapping that Of Einel
by 1S9 feet. 1t Is planned to put the
steel structure up a height Of l.173
feet, and a statue at the top will be
surmounted with an electric light Of
1.000,000 ~candlepower. The tower. as
plans have been drawn. will have ia
cilities for social gatherings, cafes.
restaurants, library, billiard. rooms.
gymnasium, as well as a wireless tele-
graphic station and a meteorological
observatory.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17

It doesn't pay to go entirely on the
theory that it's the unexpected that al
ways happens.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17

LEWIS Single Binder cigar; sixteen
years on the market and always the sams
rich satisfying quality. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-17
Close to Nature.

The head OF the house asks II you
would like to lie down. You are ready
enough, and you are shown a ladder
in one corner Of the room. It leads
to a hole in the floor above, where
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14
The Learning in a Good Dictionary

are mems hats. Women's hats
were beyond the artists genius.
Under degree" is g. list of
the principal degrees conferred by
the leading educational institu-
tions of the world and the illus
tration shows us Mark Twain in
cap and gown of a Doctor OF Lit
erature OF oxford University
Under baseball we have the
rules Of the game, a list Of about
100 technical terms from bleach
err" and bush league" to white
wash" and a diagram of base
ball field with measurements
complete.
To help us to visualize dome"
st. Paurs Cathedral is pictured:
an egg packing machine appears
above two snakes described as
egg eaters; and a disappearing
gun in firing position seems to
have been carried off bodily from
Fort Baker.
have not read all the 5000
pages vet. When l have had an
other hour of pure delight!---
But sufficient unto the day is
the dictionary thereof.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14
Does Personality Exist After Death?
By GARRETT P. SERVISs.

TIME most remarkable state
ment that has yet been
made OF the present atti-
tude of science in its effort to
comprehend the world around US
is the recent address of Sir Oliver
Lodge as president of the British
Association for the Advancement
of Science.
The facts and theories that he
mentions are not new to those
who have closely followed the
progress of scientific thought, but
1t is his grouping of them that
makes his statement valuable.
And, then, he has thrown out sug-
gestions about things as yet but
dimly seen which are full of in
spiration for all who use their
brains for some higher purpose
than merely getting money or
contriving idle amusements to
fritter away their brief time on
earth.
The topic of Sir Oliver Lodges
address is Continuity" The most
continuous, or uninterrupted, ma
terial thing of which we have
any conception is the ether. The
ether which we can neither see,
nor feel, nor in any way appre-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14

bend directly by any of our senses,
rs the one all-permeating sub
stance that binds the whole of the
particles of matter together. 1t is
the uniting and binding medium
without which, il matter could
exist at all, it could exist only as
chaotic and in isolated fragments;
and it is the universal medium Of
communication between worlds
and particles And yet it is pos
sible for people to deny its ex-
istence because 1t is unrelated to
any of our senses except sight
and to that only in an indirect
and not easily regarded fashion"
His opinion about the exist
ence Of planetary, imma-
terial dwellers" in the space
around us is clearly expressed In
the following wordsi
TN Justice to myself and my
eo-workers'' (this refers to his
associates in the Society for
Psychical Research) II must risk
annoying my present hearers. not
only by leaving on record our con-
viction that occurrences now re-
garded as occult can be examined
and reduced to order by the meth
DDS Of science carefully and per-
ststently applied, but by going
further and saying. with the ut
most brevity, that already the
facts so examined have convinced
me that memory and affection are
not limited to that association
with matter by which alone they
can manifest themselves here and
now. and that personality persists
beyond bodily death.
Tho evidence, to my mind
goes to prove that discarnate In
telligence under certain conditions
may interact with us on the ma
terial side. thus indirectly COM
ing within our scientific ken, and
that gradually We may hope to
attain some understanding OF a
larger, perhaps ethereal, existence
and Of the conditions regulating
intercourse across the chasm. A
body OF responsible investigator
has even now landed on the
treaeherous but promising shores
OF a new continent"
Considering the acknowledged
standing and the known acquire
msnts Of Sir Oliver Lodge In the
world OF science, these expressions
OF his are worth a great dea ~ot
thinking about.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14

TIME man who said that die
tionary was very interest
ing book, but that it changed
the subject too often had not
seen the new one. I have. 1t isa
wonderful production, and one
can spend many happy hours with
It, making delightful discoveries
all the time. The way to enjoy
this new dictionary is to sit at
ones ease, turn over the pages,
read here and there, and find that
every fresh paragraph sends you
to another for something you
have always meant to look up
some day and to find there some
thing else as interesting and sug-
gestive.
The first thing which strikes
one in preparing to study 1t is
the new arrangement. 1t Is a
gazetteer and a dictionary Of biog-
raphy, and / know not what be-
sides
Jack London comes next to "a
family Of brachycerous dipterous
insects with sub equal basal cells
and fourth longitudinal vein fur
cate" rejoicing in the sesQuipeda-
Ian title OF 'lonchopteridae," and
after him comes London Bridge;
Gertrude Atherton will be found
next to "a small Malayan or AZ
rican brush-tailed porcupine"
called an "stherure;" and next TO
"a large bubaline antelope found
In East and South Africa" comes
our own Bret Harte.
It sounds funny But there is
nothing funny in having every
thing IN one list, so 10 speak, and
OF being able TO find anything, a
place, a person, a foreign phrase,
a Latin law term, a Biblical char
acter or one from the Greek
dramatists, IN the dictionary in
the place 10 which alphabetical
precedence entities Il. The con-
venieuce OF II all viii appeal 20
every busy man and woman In
the world
The Illustrations are q source "
uever-rud.ng wonder Under chat"
r. given the fashionable Ncadgear
OF the centuries from the s.A-
teenth TO the twentieth. But they
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14
- DIVINA COMEDIA y
BY CONSTANCE CLARKE

WV HEN man is born spark Of life divine
w Is given him do with he will.
1t makes for all things great and true and nne-
1t whispers. and the brute in him is still.
But man, unconscious that the spark is there,
Denies belief in God, and mocks all creeds--
Content and conscious that the world is fair,
Asking recompense for earthly deeds
Content to idly say Il do not know"
Looking further than world Of care
That tretful spine its life out here below
While such abstract thing prayer
And so It is It'll Fates svengng Are
Glares the Paradise where have trod;
And man, awakened TO a desire,
Drops on his knees. and, trembling faters God"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14

~HERE comes to The Geor-
gian every month no es-
teemed contemporary more
genuinely welcome than the Boys
High School Tattler, published in
Atlanta
The Tattler is the official or
gan of that splendid institution Of
learning from which 1t takes It's
name, is edited entirely by the
boys, and Is in every way a cred
table and worthy publication.
1t serves, primarily, Of course,
a fine purpose in bringing into
closer communion the student
body of the high school, abound
ing as 1t does in personal refer
ences, pleasantries and school
gossip. It is designed TO enter
tain first Of ALT does enter
tain, delightfully."-!
The Tattler, however, serves
another purpose-and to that ex-
tent, at least, should commend IT.
self most seriously to older heads
in that It sets forth, from the
standpoint of the students, the
genuine and insistent needs and
desires OF the school as an insu-
tuition for the training of Allan
ta's brightest and best young
manhood.
The following excerpt from an
article IN the current issue of The
Tattler serves to illustrate the
point;
The City Council is guilty
Of singular inconsistency in
not supplying the young men
Of Atlanta with a suitable
building. They expect the
students of this school to be-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14
ITO BE READ BETWEEN
LINES"

CF,rom the st. Louis Globe Dem
ocRat)
President Wilson knows what
he wants when he wants it; also
he knows why he wants It. 1t is
growing upon the public intelli-
gence that he wants the curren-
ey and banking bill to prop up
declining Industrial exhibits un-
der a flood OF importations in
many lines under new tariff reg
ulations. More and more lie II
coming to be conceded, by the
supporters as we'll as the oppo-
nents. or the questioners, OF the
GlaEs-Owen bill that. in Its prac-
tical operation. II would work to-
ward currency imitation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-14
Current Comment
1.-THE VANDERBILT PLAN

Speaking technically, there .
very little if any argument In fa-
vor Of a number Of central banks
rather than one. In fact, the arr
guments In favor OF a number ap
ply to the one in every case, ana
the experience Of all other couu
tries is such that the establish
ment OF more than one bank must
mean the lessening OF the inhl-
ence OF our central system.
Taking all these things into
consideration, It Is believed tina.
the Senate committee viii a..
wisely II IT, after considering e'-
cry device which may be
ed. shall report in favor OF SID
gle bank under Government COZ
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