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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04

tleneld, for instances sometimes
almost magical In its influence. It
is az If the electric force, radiated
from the extended hand, conveyed
to thousands Of brains the win and
the mental energy Of the com
mander The soldier feels the cleo
trio impulse, all the cells OF his
brain set themselves in accord with
the current Of invisible force trans
mitted to them, he faces the way
the pointing hand indicates, and,
forgetting fear, forgetting self, ey-
perienCing only the overmastering
influence Of the directing hand. he
plunges onward to death or TO
victory.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04
Laughter Promotes Happiness

How those serousfaced scientists Birmingham
Eng and listen theses problems mysteries
of the universe must have bnked their sleepy eyes gasped
that scholar McDougal of Oxford urged
them to laugh at misfortunel
The effect must have been astounding for such frivolous
talk never had been heard by that august body
Yet Dr. McDouga dared laughter was
world blessing. Said he:
Laughter benehCent provision whereby
suffering which would otherwise depress humanity into
a stimusnt, promoting wellbeing
The British scientist still further urged that we
mrhul the trials Others asserting
that such view Of troubles would tendency prevent
their exsggeration actually of which
recalls the poets lines
Laugh laughs yos;
you
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04

ened and stimulated III politics
Just because of their wives M
terests and the family debate
The one person on earth VIII,
can be guaranteed to wake a mar
up on any subject and keep hin
awake is the wife of his bosom
and you may rely upon 1t, Nj
Reformer. that she will be 20
tent antidote for tncfvism II you
will only give her the ballot
II isn't because your merchsr,
and banker, and college proIessor
doesn't know his political duty
that politics have gotten into sucF
a state. It's because he doegn
DO what he knows he ought 70 do
Az a matter OF fact, he's alwavr
intending to take a real !nterss
IN politics, and help to clean "
things, but he's busy about othsr
things, and he puts off registering
until it's too late, or he doesn'
go to the political meeting ano
uphold the hands OF the righteous
because somebody suggests thu
theater, or a game OF cards g
some other trifiing diversion.
He just needs somebody to gg
mind him that it's registratlor
day, or to give him a little pus
in the right direction, and F'rierc
Wife's hand Ia the only hand tha
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04
Great Mysteries of Science and Nature

TLECTRICiTY seems % be
the great connecting link
between the various phe
nomena Of nature II we could
once thoroughly understand cleo.
tricity we might understand all the
natural forces. and life itself
II you put any two unlike suO-
stances in contact a difference Of
electric potential instantly arises
between them, one becomes posi-
lively and the other negatively
electrified
II you stretch a rubber Dand
minute electric forces appear in It.
The same thing happens If You
change the form Of a drop Of mer.
curry or Of water
Every motion OF your body il
accompanied by electric variations.
A vhirlins wheel, a growing plant,
a forming cloud, ny buzzing
through the air, H bullet speeding
on It's way. a wind blowing over
the earth, a nebula condensing IN
space and thought arising IN
your brain-all these give rise 10
electric manifestations proper
toned to the physical forces called
into play
Whenever YOU benz your arm. or
play piano, differences Of electric
potential. capable of measurement
strike a blow, or WELD a pen, or
open ov close your fingers, or
with modern instruments. show
themselves at various points IN the
muscles that produce the motion
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04
Votes for Women Only
Cure for Crime of
Incivism.

Woman will 90 for the voting
booth what she does FOR the
church. She will keep 81 alive.
If it were not for women there
would be spider webs across the
doors Of ninety nine churches out
of A hundred. Not enough men,
If left TO their own volition in the
matter, would 90 to church TO
keen one flrst-class preacher or
priest busy in community.
OF course. there are few ex-
ceptions-a few men who are
really religious Of themselves
but the vast majority Of men are
Indifferent, and occupied by other
interests, and they go to church
OF stay at home. or play golf. &C
cording to what their wives think
about the matter
II they are married to women
who are devout, their Sunday
breakfasts are served in time,
their Sunday clothes are laid out.
and they are duly marched 70 the
sanctuary. Otherwise they don't
90.
Exactly the same thing VIII
happen when women have me
lallor They Will not only vote
themselves, but they will make
Jaeir nenEinG 90 with them to
ne polls. anc that this is I'D mers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04

~ IF. Year has Oeen marked by
N extraordinary number OF
attempts by Mayors, Chiefs
u Police and other guardians Of
Law ana order 70 regulate femi-
nine modesty. In one city the
X-ray gown and in another the
slit skirt have been considered
proper matters for police inter
ference. And 1t curiously happens
that the National Government and
the government Of some great
cities have found themselves in
smelling out improperly, The
report Of the Chicago Vice Com
mission-an experimenting pub
ication," II ever a book deserved
that much abused description
vas denied transmission through
the mails And g picture called
September Morn" has been de-
nounced as Indecent
r IS time that q plain word
should be spoken about these
things, and about the strange per
version OF Judgment which they
represent We are in danger Of
making ourselves ridiculous. We
are in danger Of bringing proper
movements directed to the I'm
provement Of public morals into
contempt. The men and women
Of our time who are seeking to
elevate the tone Of human life
are not prudes on the prowl And
il is disgusting TO find their good
work evilly spoken Of because Of
these stupidities.
&C EPTEMBER MORN Is not
- indecent. It is not immod-
est. From my soul pity that
man or woman who finds immod-
esty in It. As a Christian minis
ter I should beg such a person to
sit down and calmly consider into
what a deplorable state Of mind
he-or she-has fallen when that
picture causes otfense. AS a citi-
zen I protest against police inter
ference with any such produc
ZION.
As work OF art II does not
appeaI 10 me. I see nothing in it.
But & person is going wrong and
ought to pull up when ne finds
that picture improper.
THE mind Of the pOstortice Of
L ficial-whoever he was-who
forbade the passage Of the Chi
cago report" through the mails
had fallen into a condition Of
hopeless muddle Argument is
wasted in such a case. 1t Is not
a time for reasoning but for con-
tempt. A man writes himself
down an ass who thinks that he
is doing the country a service
when he classes that volume with
psrnicious literature.
THE regulation Of a womsns
= dress can only under highly
specialized conditions come into
the province OF the police. They
are not fit judges as 10 what il
modest In given conditions And
II they were, it would still be bet
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04
The Illness of Thomas A. Edison:
What It, Should Teach Workers
May Impress Upon HIS Big Brain, Combination Of Child and
Genius That Even HE Needs Res.


The whole recently with anxiety OF Thomas
A. Edisons illness.
human race as a whole Is Individual then Edison
important cells that individual
He has literally LIGHTED the path of humanity
He has labor time eyesigbt for every Of his
brothers and sisters the earth
He is worker doer one whom the world will
many centuries after he dies
Those that hoped would brief that
days would WORKOUT NOT TO THE
FooLIsHLY, RELENTLEssLY HARD WORK TO WHICH HE
HAS CONDEMNED HIMSELF SINCE HIS BoYHooD.
Over and over Thomas foolish
health has boosted he did need sleep
thought Napoleon thought that four five hours
sleep enough for and few minutes enough for eating
Napoleon found mistake could stay awake
Waterloo hesitated meraby month after
Russia lacking the old that would have enabled
him to strike before he struck
Napoleon had slept and slowly when he
young he wouldn't have landed St Helena before he
old
Edison with the iron constitution slept more
and amused himself outside his work years past
his illness would not be upon hifOr there
extraordinary giant of physical endurance
Fortunately Edison powerful
work for many years
May he learn from this slight illness This the
first warning given this valuable and great
Once more say to him:
Edison marvellous combination Of child genius apply
your body the that you apply machine
You do not put machine load that it will carry.
you find that begins TO break down you say Il must
make the load heavy that machinery
rest and ong and chance for the nanmae particles of metal
10 restore themselves
Give YOUR body the chance that you would give any
chine of steel and brass in your laboratory.
Take better that Thomas A. Edison dynamo your
roomy skull.
Your body and brain belong the United States and
you You only the custodian the world expects
property, Thomas Edison many years of good work
p SLe other workers be warned and remember that
body is machine with its limit of endurance
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04
Dorothy Dix Writes on InCivism

THERE is d great deal Of talk
Just now about incivism,
Incivism is q nice, big,
mouth-hl word that refers in
an insidious and uncomplimen-
tary way TO those men who neg
iect their civic duty, principally
by failing to vote.
The highbrows profess them
selves puzzled by the problem,
vet the answer is simple enough.
Il IS, Give women the ballot.
Not that they have any 81
osrior civic wisdom that is great
er than their husbands, or faith
ers'. or brothers Simply that
they have more civic conscience,
and that when women have =
right TO vote they will not only
vote themselves, out they will see
TO it that the men Of their house
holds do
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04

make a simple arithmetical caicu-
latiou, such as multiplying two
numbers together. measurable
difference of electric potential is
Immediately noticed between hts
tiro hands II his mental excite
ment is increased the difference OF
potential becomes more decided
Always it is the right hand
which becomes positively electri-
fed with regard to the left. This
is true even If the subject is habitu-
ally "lett-handed The mental
activity seems to engender a slight
contraction of the right hand, the
surface OF the skin on the back OF
the hand is distended and an cleo
trically positive charge manifests
itself there.
At present these facts are mys-
FERROUS; their explanation may
not be found, and, when il is found.
a surprising light on the nature
OF the action of the brain. and of
brain upon brain, will probably be
the result
The connection between mental
action and the eIectrihcation of the
right hand leads to many curious
reflections The right hand is tbs
scepter OF the brain When COM
mana is given the hand i in
sriucriv"ly extended That act. in
critical circumstances Rat
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04
By DOROTHY DIX

theory has already been proved
by the increased number Of bal
lots that have been cast i'm the
States where women have the
franchise
Also # is true that IN most
family circles the wife and not
the husband furnishes the outside
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04

stances And no good case Tor
interference has yet been made
out.
NJ OBESITY Is a relative thing
'A II is not an absolute ana
unChanging quality. Modesty is
relative to the person, to the
country. to the age and to the
circumstance. Modesty is some
times a question of latitude and
longitude. It is sometimes a ques-
ton not merely Of the day, but Of
the hour, And OF these questions
the average policeman or captain
OF police is as capable OF Judging
as a pig is capable of flying. When
Mr. Bundle sailor Charles
Dickens for him-that the law
is bass ami a hidiot," ne had not
been TO Chicago and seen a wom-
an physician of standing and rep
utation and character brought
INTO court because uVi =" ltiliillHS
costume lacked the customary
skirt She was fully clothed from
neck to foot, with cap and stock
ings all complete. and she was
determined to test and challenge
the law or the administration Of
the law which condemned that as
'immoGest.' The real offenss
was in the police interference
with her
TT ~ not my contention that
there is no immodesty IN
dresses seen upon the streets.
There may or there may not be.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04
By GARRETT P SERVISS

emotion, arising from the silent
passage Of thought through the
brain. If the subject who is being
experimental with is asked to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04
Modesty and the Policeman
By REV. CHARLES F. AKED, D. D.

My point is that the poli..
not qualified to judge. And ia
II there be immodesty, poli-s -
reference is not the wa
remedy it. These things hss -,
ter be relegated to the corr. :.
public opinion. That is no, -
fallible. 1t will not effect a r.,.
dy at once. It will not srs,,
remedy universally. But WHORE ..
fails police interference will NJ,
succeed. If good taste POO
sense, good feeling, a respect f,r
oneself and a decent regard 70,
the feelings OF others will m,
avail to safeguard the propr'er;ss
neither will man-made judgment,
enforced by the police.
a QUESTION will arise in N,
minds OF many readers 81 p,
how far this doctrine OF month
tervention is to carry Us. Ebs,
We not have in the cabaret, in n.
vaudeville, in the theater, an ~.
gy Of display II this principle h.
admitted? Is not this to un6,
much Of the good work which n,
been done in securing an obssrv.
ance Of decency in our shows
a broad distinction has 70 ,.
drawn. And a perception Of tbi,
will save us from many blun6ers
It illustrates rule which NAV b.
taken az a guide through & hun
dred current controversies.
Money must not be made ou, Of
tmmodesty. A questionable Oh,
play by woman in the street.
still more questionable display b,
a summer girl on the sesshore {,
one thing; but the exploitation Of
immodesty for the sake Of gain IL
q thing entirely different. On.
should not be interTered with By
the police, and for the reasons
given. The other ought to BE-
stopped in compliance with what
we are coming to regard as a fun
damental principle of social vel
being, that men shall not make
their market out Of wronKdolDe
Immodesty is wrong; and It Is
pity to see our girls willingly ~.
themselves into clothes which Ia,
them open 20 suspicion Of in
modesty. But the deliberate, aye
tematIc encouragement OF I'm
modesty for the sake Of gain is
crime. And between the twr
there roll oceans Of mora dis
tinction
WE have become familiar witD
the phrase Commentaries
vice" We know what vast profitr
are made out OF human de
DsuChery and sin. We can jus,
as easily understand what would
be meant by commentaries I'm.
modesty" II the police OF a hun
5red cities will save us from this
in the theater and the cabsre
and the saloon and the much-aC
vertised girl SHOW" then Septem
her Morns and X-ray gowns an,
skirtless swimming costumes a.,
not do US any great harm.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04

ter 70 leave modesty TO take care
Of itself. There are exceptions TO
this, of course: but the exceptions
are reached only in very rare in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-04
Think Over Conditions
in Households You
Visit.

II YOU would take away rNon
women the hope OF personal sa
walton, and assure them that ne
one but a male could reach heayer
anyhow, no matter how fitted she
was for heaven, how many wome0
do you suppose would work the.
fingers to the bone getting W oa
zaars TO support the church,
Neither can anybody eype
women to be particularly inter
ested in discussing politics In tat
home so long as II is offcisl
held that politics is the one sui
lect with which the feminine ir
,elligence is incapable OF dealins
From all accounts politics IS
lively enough subject in the place
where women vote
Ii you want to interest men ~
politics, and want the good CTR
zens to vote, just give their wivss
.e ballot. NJ. EefoTms- IT,
Tpmen Til 20 <re asGo
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-01-30
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

On Wednesday evening last at the
uresbytery of the Marist Fathers, Miss
Bertha Mary Schroeder, daughter oil
Hon. and Mrs John Schroeder, and Ar
chibald Fulton Buchholz, son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Buchholz, were mar
ried by Rev. Father Larkin in the pres
ence of a number of relatives and in
innate friends Miss Hattie Buchholz
sister of the groom, and Francis j
Richardson were the attendants. TIL
brides father and the groom's mothe
also signed the register. Both youni
people are very popular, and they hav
yne' best wishes of hosts Of friends TO
prosperous and happy voyage on tn
matrimonial sea.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-01-30
Harpoonina q Whale.

The method OF catching whales In
southern seas Is wildly described by
our consul general at Buenos Aires.
He says: The harpoon used In whal-
ing is a deadly weapon OF marvellous
intricacy. II Is shot from a cannon.
which can be focused with great ra-
pldIty at any angle from Its pedestal
on the specially constructed ship. On
penetrating the body Of the ~hale the
point Of the harpoon explodes. and Its
four hooks spread out into the flesh.
securely holding the shaft Of the har-
pooh. which ends In a ring carrying a
strong cable. Held by this cable. the
struggling whale lows the boat after
It at a terrific speed until forced By
its wounds to succumb"
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-01-30
Electric Iiaht carbons From Tar.

Cartons of high grade are now to be
obtained from tar, according to proc
ess invented by Swedish firm. The
powdered carbon will be pressed to
form electric light carbons or larger
sizes for electro chemical work. The
method is based on the fact that finely
divided carbon makes up a large per
centage Of the composition Of tar and
is what gives the black color, this be-
ing due to the carbon particles suspend
ed in an otherwise dense and transpar-
ent yellowish brown liquid. A process
is used for separating the carbon from
the liquid, and 1t can then be nodded
into any desired shape.-Scientific
American,
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-01-30
Waste Not, Sleep Not.

"1n moving from dat to fat have
seen many q strange sign posted up
for the guidance Of tenants" wo-
man said. but the queerest Of all was
tackled above the gas range Of the last
apartment we moved into. II said,
Please do not go to sleep while the gas
range is lighted asked the agent II
he considered that warning necessary.
He said he did.
1.-TWO women In one Of our houses
were asphy xiated In that way. he said.
They put something on to cook. lay
down for a nap. the fame blew out, and
they were done for We don't want
any more such fatalities and have post.
ed up those signs as a precautionary
measure. New York Press.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-01-30
HYMENEAL.
SEASE-TREADAWAY.

On Wednesday last a quiet but pref
ty wedding took place at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Treadaway in
Belleville street, the contracting par
ties being Miss Mathilde Treadaway
and Mr.. Harry Lee Sease. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Jno. F.
Foster of the Episcopal Church.
At the appointed hour the bridal
party entered the parlor, which was
prettily decorated with cut flowers and
ferns The bride, who was prettily
attired in a white serge suit with hat
to match, was given into the safe-keep-
ing of the groom by her brother, Mr..
Andrew Treadaway. The bridesmaids
we're Misses Made Lewis and Viola Gil
ordano. The groom was attended by
Messrs. William and Blaze Treadaway,
brothers of the bride.
After the ceremony a reception linn
tied to the immediate family of the
bridal couple was held. Those pres
ent were Mrs. c. Treadaway, Mrs. T.
Nolan, Mrs Rose Treadaway, Mrs. Swo-
boda, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Treadaway
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. R. Treada'
way and little son, Mrs. Saul Sease, DR..
and Mrs. c. V. Kraft and children, Mrs.
Courtney and little daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fl. l.. Forsythe and son, Misses
Made Lewis, Viola and Palmyra Gior-
dano, Lizzie Mcdonald, Agnes McClos-
key, Anna Treadaway; Messrs. Will
| liam and Blaze Treadaway.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-01-30
GIANT TESTING MACHINE.
Largest Gable In the World Torn
Asunder With Apparent Ease.

Largest Gable In the World Torn
Asunder With Apparent Ease.
1t took a pull of 1854 tons to break the
largest hosting cable in the world when
sections were tested recently In the
100000 pound testing machine Of the
Fritz engineering laboratory at Lehigh
university. The tests were conducted
by Lehigh's civil engineering depart
ment in the presence of representatives
Of the manufacturers of the cable and
Of the Spanish-American Iron COM
pany, which has been using the big
steel rope In the Pennsylvania Steel
company's Mayari mines in Cuba.
Special precautions were taken to pre-
vent the operators Of the testing ma
chine from being struck by the shower
OF flying steel when the cable was torn
asunder. Three tests were made. all
highly satisfactory. A portion Of the
cable that had been In use for year
and a half withstood pull Of nearly
800 tons.
The construction Of this cable was
without precedent in ropemaking. 1t
consists of six strands. each of nine
teen wires, twisted around an indie
pendent wire rope center. this center
having six strands of nineteen wires
each, twisted around a hemp core. The
finished cable was 1910 feet long and
weighed $500 pounds.
At the mines in Cuba cars with q ca
pacity Of 100000 pounds Of ore are
lowered by means of this cable down
an inclined plane 6.SOO feet long. Re
Gently 1t was decided TO ascertain the
strength of the great rope after its year
| and a half of service as compared
with the strength of portions not worn
and three pieces from the main cable
each about twenty feet in length, wer,
shipped TO the Roebling works of Tren
ton. There special Jokes were placed
on the ends to make possible the test,
In the giant Richie machine at Lehigl
university.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-01-30
CLARK-SMITH.

On Tuesday evening the marriage OF
Harry Clark to Miss Julia Smith was
celebrated at the Church of the Holy
Name of Mary, by Rev. T. ]. Larkin.
The attendants were Jno. Clark and
Miss Ethel Gerretts. The bride, a
charming blonde, is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Smith, while the
groom is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hy
Clark of 200 Verret street.
He is engineer on the steamer Chal
mette, operating between New Or
leans and Havana. He has been given
furlough and Immediately after the
ceremony the young couple left for Bi
loxi, Miss, to spend several days.