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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-15
Wizards of Swinging GirderS
Follow the Seasons - This
Climate Just Suits Them.

Atlanta is the winter home OF the
structural ironworker as truly as Palm
Beach is the winter resort of the rich
for. like his more fortunate brother
this aristocrat Of the air is extremely
sensitive to the coming and going OF
the seasons.
Atlanta's boom and its remarkable
building development Of the last decade
has made this city the Eastern Mecca OF
the ironworker during the winter
months Atlanta builders are aware
of this and the steel work ON Atlanta
buildings goes UP with rush during
the months Of December January and
February.
"Why this isn't cold" said y. Ee
gler. foreman Of the gang Of steel riders
on the new Ponce DeLeou apartment
building al Ponce DeLeou avenue and
Peachtree street "It is balmy compared
to the job we left i'm Montreal
Craft Seeks Warm Chimes.
Atlauta's open winters. he explained
.and the large amount og building UNI
der way here had made this known Ia
the craft as winter stamping ground,
"Only Los Angeles and % few of the
coast cities. where tho winters are Open
get more skilled steel workers 't iNe
season than Atlanta ho said. The
good men seldom hny. roub.. n s'i-
ting q berth n Atlanta t'r Mo-" white.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-15

four men who have been coming here
every winter for FIVE years to lay steel
in Atlanta buildings"
Mt Eggler secuted the idea that il
took unusual nerve to be a steel work
er. He said that most Of them never
thought of nerve ia connection with
the hazardous occupation Of proving
around on slender steel eirders hun
dreds of feet in the air. He said ii
was a matter Of routine, and from his
story of steel jobs in city after city
over the face of the United States. he
seemed to he a real authority on the
subject
Folly to Speculate on Danger.
at would be- Of course. straightaWay
suicide for steel worker to begin
speculation ON his end if he We're to
step off of airder into the ain. 1t has
been my experience that few OF them
ever contemplate 7ucn u proceeding 1t
never enters their heads that there ia "A
chance for misstop and tumble 60
the ground"
How does it feel up work uu m the
air." is tho question invariably rpked
at a. steel UorkeD and his more daring
brother lhe aviator. Usually. neither
certainly NOT the steel WORKER vino is
ueye" press aSeni-ha- ready am
swer.
Egsler. of The Ponce DeLeou job. wa.
mo- exception.
"Why I DON'T know noN it feels to
work mp in the air. How does it feel
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-15
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.

ReWa.d will he paid to ones de,iy-
o.ius the following described per-
ON to Chinr of Police at Broxtou.
Ga:
Nj. II. f. Hugroyc-. q leading
ODD Fellow and X. of p. vino is
missing since Thursday the 2d of
this month.
leigh, about feet 10 inches.
weighing near $50 pounds, medium
build. Wears number shoe
Light red hair light ruddy complex
ion, taiu conspicuous face with
teeth protruding out Constant to-
bacOo cheWer Shutters badly in
speech. Last seen on A, & g. train
going from Fitzgerald. Ga. TO Mon
tezuma Ga. Was wearing black
suit and vest, collar and four-lu-
hand tIr Had on white shirt.
Was carrying h- oNtrcoat.
Wire amy Information chief OF Poo
|I'u. E.ONf .I. Gg.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
By HENRI Jolly,
Member of the French Academy.

10 md 1t again, for nc matter what germ
we develop it is bound to go on developing
and we cannot help discovering a strong
linking together of causes and effects
Which is the cause which is to deter.
mine our future and imprint It's stamp
upon It? Even on the very eve of events
1t is very seldom that any man is able to
prophesy correctly.
We must not do as certain statisticiana
90 who take hold Of some discouraging
social phenomenon. and, making this their
starting point. prophesy evils which must
inevitably come. These people will tell
us with mathematical precision when the
time will come when we shall all be in.
sane, or the time when there shall be no
more children born, followed naturally nv
the time when humanity shall cease to OK.
list. Thus an English scientist has recent.
ly given his country three hundred wears
not one year less nor one year more. be-
lore all Englishmen are to be mad. Han.
ply however, human societies are not
IKE strata of coal which do not increase
and of which 1t s possible to calculate
when they shall be exhausted We have
many times before seen reforms and resur.
rections, so there is nothing to prevent us
from hoping the best from the future.
Civilization is, first of all. selection.
40 not mean that 1t should reserve its
dement's for n few, on the contrary. IL
should wish them TO become the property
of all and endeavor to make all accent
them. But before offering them to the
masses, 1t should have them tested and con-
solidated by an elite. This elite would
always find itself faced by solid opposl.
lon, the open enemies, and besides these,
the people who are already disguised with
and tired of the past conditions but who
are too lukewarm to strike a blow or take
upon themselves new responsibilities. At
the present time the best thing to do for
this elite, which is determined 10 serve
civilization by defending its faith, doctrines
and customs, is to increase and add to the
number OF those who sympathize with it.
At the Eugenic Congress In London we
heard an American delegate complain that
in more than one State OF the Union.
and particularly in Rhode Island. the new.
Malthusian propaganda was "a danger to
the predominance of Anglo.Saxon ideas
Catholics was decreasing he said, because
OF tho greater birth rate among the
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bill whether gas passes through or not If no gas Ia
being consumed and the meter goes on working then
leak in the house apartment service pipe is the
answer.
In the upper part Of the meter just behind the dias
is the registering mechanism. Below is a pair of bel.
lows, or diaphragms, they called. These dia.
phragms inhale and exhale just human lungs
inhae and exhae air. except that they operate alter.
nately While is filling up the other is dschargng
its contents into the service pipe
Each one when inflated, holds a fixed and defnjte
volume OF gas and measures the invisible intangible
substance just as We might measure water with pint
dipper This alternate opening closing of the da
phragms sets in motion train gears which records
the amount OF passing through the meter and as
this motion must cease when the gas ceases to flow
1t is obvious that the hands of the dias cannot move
unless gas is either being burned or is escaping
The diaphragms two circular sheets of metal
Joined by piece Of sheepskln thoroughly saturated
with OIL The skins used for the purpose have to be
selected with great care Each pet is examined in
dark closet by man who passes it over table in which
there Is hole about four inches square Through this
light is thrown from beneath, and thus any defect in
the skin Is quickly revealed 1t takes flock of three
hundred thousand sheep every year to keep the gas
meters OF the United States in repair.
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in which there are more Professionals than
OF decadence which in time will breed
others.
Inc time has passed when we believed
that we gained anything by impoverish-
ing the people who were our rivals. Who.
ever impoverishes his subjects. his vas.
sails, his colonists or even his neghbors,
impoverishes himself at the same time.
What is true of economic changes which
benefit both sides is equally true of what
is properly called civilization Exploita-
ton which debases the one party corrupts
the other and both suffer. The great
ancient empires found this out as did also
Spain and Portugal later
To-day we understand, of course, to pro-
mote the exchange of products. We love
nothing better than to see the negroes
gather plenty of rubber and make money
to buy our cotton goods, or our machinery
We ask nothing better than to sec the
banks OF the Tigris and Euphrates pro.
duce enough to enable the inhabitants to
order great quantities Of our rails andt
locomotives, but will these people oyeri
md means enough to build a capital like
naDylon, which was as large as Paris, Yer
sailles, st. Denis and St. German together?
And II they were able to build it would
they be able to keep it from degenerating
any more than their ancestors were?
The task which our colonizers should
SCI themselves is not only to rebuild the
material ruins, no matter how beautiful
or imposing they may have been-they
hlust hrst of all build up the first of all
institutions, the family, and through the
family, what the family alone is able TO
give the Cancellation between the spirit
Oh hoerty and individual property and the
leeiihg OF duty toward society, the love OF
material work and the love Of the eternal
local. But how are we TO inspire in others
what we have destroyed among ourselyes7
IL civilization OF to-day shows moro
Signs OF degeneration and decadeDce than
promises Of progress Is 1t then possib,e
10 Abolish the first and at the same time
realize the others? Here we must remem.
per mat losses increase and accumulate
aS 90 gains, nut in regard to the losses. az
wen as TO the gains, there are intervals
ana breathing spells, which EVERYONE can.
mol help seeing. The historic detern,in.
>'S"' Is no chimera. 1t Is always possible
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06

Catholics. quote these remarks without
making any comments. In the same way
quote/a remark by Miss R: The
right OF living ones life is incompatible
with the burden of a large family" to
which remark. DR.. Ploetz, President of the
international Society OF the Hygienics of
the Race. added this 1T is to be feared
That the white race will be greatly hapdi.
capped by Its low birth rate In the strug-
gle which must como with the yellow race"
Let us drop these too distant perspec.
tives and simply look at the present Tho
complaint made in regard to Rhode Island
does not stand alone, for similar complaints
are periodically made In Holland. Belgium
and Switzerland II the Canton OF Geneva
sees It's character Of being the Protestant
Rome disappearing from day to day It is
simply the same phenomenon which the
States in his own country
One must always have an elite and
masses. The masses without the elite
would hrst stagnate and then go back.
This is why every power which under the
pretext OF equality Is foolishly Jealous OF
an elite counteracts the interests of
civilization and of all humanity. An elite
who would remain isolated simply to be
permitted to live it's own life as the Ameri
can miss wanted TO would soon fall vic.
Tin 10 It's own egotism and disdain. II
would cease to be an elite but simply a
minority, for these two words do not mean
quite the same thing. 1t would disappear
as disappeared the Roman patricians be.
lore the Christians and Barbarians. But
did these patricians really still constitute
an elite and did they still represent civil.
zation?
when from the seats of the Coliseum,
this masterpiece Of architecture, these one
hundred thousand Roman citizens, aIready
decimated by divorce and voluntary steril.
lily, let Christians be torn to pieces by wild
beasts. where was civilization then?
Where was the elite? And where would
the masses soon be? The elite must in
time, become the masses and the masses
must always have a rejuvenated elite
Salvation lies in the families, the cities,
the churches and tho nations Whom
facts show that we have realized the truth
of this we may say that our civilization is
progressing.
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1t cannot be denied by anyone that France
has done and is still doing more civilizing
work than any other country. Why? No
one ought to be surprised when / say it
clearly and without hesitation, because
France has been the first to send out and
is still sending out, at great sacrifice, men
who do their work in the most disinterest-
ed manner and whose whole heart and
soul is in their work.
We must not forget that civilization Is
complex; it duplicates material and tenn
poral as we'll as spiritual and moral bene
fits. But the tirst-no more in our colonies
than at home and perhaps even less-do
not necessarily carry with them the Others.
We do not see signs that the administra.
TONS which are SO Indifferent to every.
thing which does not concern revenues
custom duties. promotion of officials i'm.
proVement OF means OF communications.
are doing very much to teach our colonial
subjects respect of women, love of work
ana abstinence from Intoxicating liouor
On the other side the missionaries cannot
BOAST OF adding TO the material wealth of
me yellow or black races by their Bjb,a
lectures Nevertheless, they do teach
them TO curb their desires and passions
inspire them with love of family. and hv
their own devotion show them an examnIa
OF charity. for they take care of their or.
phanS, nurse their sick and place at their
disposal all that they have learned them.
selves for this very purpose, they show
them how TO cultivate their soil and i'm.
prove the construction OF their houses all
"ilhout any hidden thought OF exploiting
them III their own interest. Far from i'm
pedihs the work of the administrators. Of
the honest merchants or Of the oflicers
and engineers, 1t is quite evident that thev
pave the way
mus II colonization does not aIways
clViiize' civilization thus propagated or.
cupics the front rank among our means NJ
co!oni|ing Whoever does not civiIiza
coiohi%es badly. just as whoever does no,
coiohize is never sure OF being able 10
exploit long or unopposcd To sum un
every nation that does not observe tho
hierarchy of the three ways Of action AMI
influence. or still more every nation wbo
a''acks u introduces within itself a germ
ana institutions" The number of States
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IS CIVILIZATION PROGRESSINC?--- By He

One may say that the civilization of a
luenCe, or the other way, that its civiliz
ing influence tends 10 show the state OF its
own civilization. The only thing that
might be said against this double PROPOSE
ton is that it is too apparent. too self
evident.
There is in the world no lack OF socic-
ties which are behind or which, worse
still, have stagnated. gone backward or
decaycd, strangers TO civilization. How
then does the part of the world which
flatttrs itself with being civilized behave
toward these? In three different manners
In many places it exploits them, in Others
still quite numerous, it colonies them,
while those which it civilizes are unfor.
tunately in minority. To- eXploit-the
word is really sufficiently clear in itself
means simply TO look for a new source of
wealth among the people to whom you sell
and from whom YOU buy on profitable
terms. To colon!ze also means TO try to
increase Your wealth and extend your in
fuence. but at the same time 10 endeavor
Nttle by little 10 make the natives take
part in the economic and even the social
life OF the colonists who are sent out to
1--we among them but it Is clear that for q
long time it will be the colonists who get
nearly all the profits from the colonized
soil. TO ciyilize means to prompt coun.
try, whether you colonize II or not at the
same time, 10 strive toward the higher
conception OF life, social, religious and
family life. which the older nations DOS.
sessed in their better days,
Nov, where does France stand? II has
been said that she has no, always nndor
stood 10 exploit the countries she has
t.ken possession OF. But this is perhaps
praise as much as it is a criticism. Our
country IS not as ggasping as some others
ana 1t is more merciiul 10 the CONQUERED
countries. II is also said that France can.
not colombo, ana this is undoubtedly ,rna
IN as FAR that, our families not being very
prolific, We can not send out true colonis,s
But in those places where we bovo
enough coonists, as in Algiers and TuDjs
France performs 4 ciyilzng work which
it may proudly SHOW TO its friends ana
enemies, though it has its weak points
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06
Are Our SAILS All WRONG?

r r AS the world been wrong all these CEN
~ turtles in its use of solid sails for
~ - sailing vessels? Can it be true that
if holes are punched in the canvas of the
sails the boat will so faster? Ii is claimed
in all seriousness by some foreign investiga-
tors that have been mistaken in the
theory OF the utilization of the wind for sail
ing. and that the right way TO use the wind
is 10 let it blow on the sail and then pass
through, giving a chance to succeeding puffs
of wind TO reach the sails. A Captain Vassalo
asserts positively that he increased the speed
Of his yacht one-ffth by punching holes in
the sails. He claims that when there is no
hole in the sail counterpressure is created
in the beilying sail and that there is a cone
OF dead air in the sail which prevents the
attack OF the succeeding blasts upon the sail
The blast OF air that strikes the solid sail
first rebounds and drives back against the
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following blasts of wind, weakening them to
the extent of one fifth their power.
1t is suggested that the holes should not
be too large, and ought to be in proportion
to the size of the sail, for the wind should
not pass through the sail without having
done its propulsive work 1t is we'll TO expert
ment first by piercing two holes toward the
bottom OF the sail, and then gradually in
creasng the number, found necessary.
Other experiments have been made along
this line, going even SO far as to make the
sail in overlapping strips, which being at
tached to each other by bands few feet
apart, yet separate and let the wind through
after it has done its pushing, giving room
to the following waves of air to reach the
sails directly Experiment has proved that
these bands should not be too narrow to
secure the greatest efficiency. Here is an
opportunity for some expert to determine
precisely how sail ought to be constructed
to secure the greatest possible speed
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Snap y
Il Shots

standing By tho entrance OF n large
estate In the suburbs OF Dublin are
Two huge dogs carved out OF granite.
Al EnSlishman going by in motor
!housht ne would have some fun with
the Irish driver
those two big dogs?"
henever they bark. SIR" was tho
straightforward reply.
Inat was good, though rather nm
irreVerent. pun which was made hv
an Edinburgh student when nc asked.
why Is Professor Jones the vreat.
est rcvivalist OF the age?" and. on all
giving II up" said Because at the
end OF every sermon OF his there is a
great awakening" I
II "ondcr II II Is really as danger
Gus to dye the hair as doctors say"
Certainly. only more SO. had an
uncle who tried 1t, and he was mar
ried TO a widow with six children In
less than thr. : months"
Louise-Why do you think the widow
wants to marry again?
Julia-She keeps her age dark and
her hair light.
MY wife is a wonderful voca,,.,
why. l have known her to hold an
audience for hours"-
Get QUIT"
After which she would lay 1t in
the cradle and rock 1t to sleep"
1T did Jack no good to marry his
stenographer. Tor she continued tho
habit OF the office in their home"
How SOP
When he starts to dictate she taksa
him down"
Old Cent tell you. my man. you
are not sufficiently careful in pro-
vidinS for rainy day.
Working MAXWELL. I dunno wot
more you want Here's our Jack
works o nights and l works T. tn
daytime, and one suit o. toys does for
Ia pair of US!
Fred My dear Dora, let this
thought console you for your lovers
death. Remember that other and bet
ter men than he have gone the same
way.
Bereaved one-They haven't al,
gone have they7
A short time ago commsrcIal
traveller. who is a great wag, caused
some amusement in u we'll known no.
te! in Manchester.
On arriving at the hotel no made
his way to the office to register Az
n, glanced down the list OF guests
n was seen to smile. seize a pen ana
sign.
His entry followed Immediately that
Of Lord Benton and valet" and 80
~, Barbary and valiso" "u'
The motor bus stopped and the co,
ductor looked expectantly IN IN
steps. But no one descended. and Inc ae
last he stalked up impatientlv az
Ere. YOU" he said to a ma,
top, don't you want Washinston
Yes" was the reply.
wei" retorted the conduc.
"come down for it. can't brinor,
on the bus for YOU" It
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06

The law commonly recognizes as accurate meter
which is not more than per cent slow or per cent
fas and In Massachusetts,, New York, California and
maryland all meters must be tested sealed by State
officials before they installed Many Of the larger
clues nave similar regulations. If at any time the
housewife has reason to believe that the meter is not
registering correctly, she apply the authorities
having such matters in charge It tested again
The small fee charged for this service is paid by the
consumer If the meter is found be correct or SLOW
and by the gas company If 1t is fast
Inc gas companies claim that their system of read
ing the meter record and rendering bills for gas con-
sumed requires any error made in month to be
automatically corrected the month II the hands
on the dials are between two numbers the rule is Ia
read the lesser number.
II the gas man makes the minuend or upper line OF
the sum In subtraction too largely reading for in
$4,000 instead of 3S,9oOthe subtrahend or lower
ine VIII obviously be thousand larger next month
tnan IL he hadn't made the mistake and so things viii
be evened up. ~ s' "'
sowness In the meter is by friction in the
registering chnery in which the COMPANY oses
Ondue rapidly is likely to result when the metar
paced TOO near the heating apparatus The atmos
phere then gets too dry and the meter pants as ~
short Of breath p'' do IL
frequently unsupported cause OF gas waste Is Tho
burners. The standard fafame burner w,biob 10 .ns
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.eacuon against the rising hot air. because the air
the fa Inc CLOUD Is shielded from the sum- and because
e failing randrops chill the air through which thai
pass. MS cold air rushes the earth's surface be
eause on me forward movement of the shower and also
~ Iepace the heated air which rising p the column
since the life and continuance OF a thundershower
eea on tne steady rise OF column heated air It
becomes easy 10 see why river forms barrier Water
ieHects great deal of sunlight and absorbs most ~
nn rest radates very little The air is therefore
co oer on river and there is gentle current toward
etner bank to take the place of the air rising ron The
n~ r. th oruep TO keep up the supply of air flow.
ns 70 the Two banks descending cold current of air
forms over the river When the thunderstorr ,d al
hv on rising condition of heated air confronted
~ descending current of cooler air Il cannot On IN
Inc storm then, either is DETECTED and mnxe 81 a,
masses and o5hs or stops abruptly
another ascending column of air and buids naa
storm. ~Ao JULIUS d new
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Why RIVERS Usually Divert THUNDERSTORM

IN URING the daytime and especially in the Sum
/ mer thunderstorm will never cross a large
river. This rule holds good in almost every
case except where there is city either side of the
stream AT first thought this odd. One can un
derstand fire witch not crossing running water
but thunderstorm? Perhaps the fact that at night
and in the Winter time the river less obdurate
barrier may give clue.
A thunderstorm, generally understood is a large
dark cloud lying low above which very dense white
clouds that look like exploded bales from this
cloud formation heavy rain falls before the rain there
is usually violent squa of wind just the wind
there is sharp drop In temperature thunderstorm
always coos the air for while and usually about
an hour and half. Such thunderstorm is common
in Summer, particularly when the air is sutry and on.
pressive and it is found all the world from the
Equator to the Pole.