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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-03
HEGeARs IN ATLANTA.

Editor The Georgian:
Never a day do / pass up and
down the streets of Atlanta but
what | am accosted by some beg
gar. and in the last few days l
have given 1t some thought, talked
to them, especially to the one
legged beggars, and from most of
them l find that they have no 9TH
err ailments but the loss of that
one leg.
Why not have Chief Beavers cut
out his lecturing for a few days
and visit shoemakers Of the city
and see if they can not take in
some of this class and teach them
the shoe trade? Visit the Office
buildings and see if he can not
find job for them running ele-
Vators. Some of them perhaps
have good educations and could
keep books or do many other
things that ] could mention.
TRAVELLING MAN.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-03

BORROWING ON INSURANCE
POLICIES.

Editor The Georgian:
| read with interest your edi-
torlal of Friday evening COM
menting upon the subject of bor-
rowing money on life insurance
policies. AS the public can not
know too much about the con-
tracts now being written by "old
line" companies, | beg that you
will accord me the privilege Of
some additional comments, or
explanations.
All up-to- date policies now
being written are dual in nature,
embracing the two features of
protection" and investment" or
rather Savings" and the passage
of such laws as your comments
seem to advocate would eliminate
the latter feature, which is the
all-impOrtant consideration which
prompts the purchase Of life in
surance by our young men and
women.
The proposition which we put
up to an applicant for insurance
is a plain business one like this:
The company says to the ap-
plicant: you deposit with us
$50 and we will place to the credit
of your estate Immediately, 1000
to be paid in case of your untime-
" death" At the end of the
first year we say: con account
OF heavy expense of putting your
policy in force, such as exam
iners' fees, agents commissions,
licenses, taxes, etc, We are unable
TO return to you any part of your
first years deposit (so-called div
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-03

selves against evil persons and
against themselves.
If parents are to do this, hev
themselves must learn. And
learning, they must learn tn
teach. Not every father knows
exactly how to begin talking IN
his boy, nor every mother how IA
talk to her daughter, in such A
way as to safeguard every deli
cate feeling and avoid starting
the mind along tracks which it is
not yet capable of following with
intellectual and spiritual profit
This society will help parents 10
help their children.
The tiny booklets published by
the society are of priceless value.
1t may be said with unfaltering
conviction that no good father or
loving mother, however well in.
formed, could give an hour to the
reading of these tracts for the
times" without learning some
thing. And no human being ex-
cept the depraved could read
them without entertaining feel
ings of the warmest admiration
for the tact, discretion, judgment
displayed. Could anything be bet
ter to put into the hands of boy
than "The Four Sex Lies?'' Or
anything more practical for par
ents than when and How to Tell
Children" Is it possible to I'M
agine anything sweeter and saner
than How one mother told her
child the secret of life?"
Read these little booklets, The
address of the society is Phelan
Building, San Francisco. A pack
age of literature will be sent free
on application.
Social hygiene will have to be
taught in the schools, 1t may be
admitted that the teachers of the
present day are not competent to
teach. They have not been train
ed for it. Another course is open
Medical men and women should
be appointed to deliver addresses
in the schools, medical men
speaking to the boys. medical
women to the girls. And these spe-
cial instructors should be chosen
with a view to their fitness for
the task. They should be ap-
pointed and controlled by the
Board of Education. Their work
should be properly paid for Not
very much will be accomplished
until something Of this kind is
done.
Before it can be done body ot
opinion fayoring it will have 10
be created. Men and women who
are properly instructed will one
day demand that city and State
broaden the pathway of light.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-03
Why Should a Woman Lose Her
Citizenship BY MARRIAGE?
slip III MIN
eHk

Man Does Not Lose His Citizenship When He Maries Foreign
Woman. Why the Stupid Regulation FOR WOMEN ONLY
Congress Should Change the Law
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
CapltaIlZInu Kitchener.

The Boston Transcript tells a
amusing story of one of the subjects
Lord Kitchener, consul general q
Egypt, who turned the power and tx
f1uence of the famous English soldie
to his personal profit.
While driving one day, Lord Kitch
ener noticed an old man in the stree
whom he recognized as an acquaint
ance from the Sudan. The consul gen
eral ordered the driver to stop, and in
vited the old man to take a seat in tn
carriage. So the two drove togethe,
through the town to the place to which
the Sundanese wanted to 60
A few days later the dark friend O
Lord Kitchener was seen hoverint
about the British agency. At last ar
officer asked him what he wanted.
Il should so much like to drive Out
with Lord Kitchener once more" the
old man replied.
"Why?" the officer asked.
You see," the Sudanese answered
naively, after my friends and &C
quaintances saw me sitting at the side
of Lord Kitchener, they came to me
one after the other, and from one
received five pounds, from another two
pounds. from others one pound. and AZ
piasters from the very poorest. They
all believed that could speak in theil
favor to Ell Lord.
And" the old man added, Il should
very much like to see that happen al
over again"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07

Wine dealers who are fortunate
enough to get their products into the
kings household are well paid for It,
but he who drinks 1t must have an ex-
ceptionally acute taste to discover the
name OF the bother. For it is rule
in the kings household that not q bot
tie of wine shall appear upon the ta-
BILE bearing the name Of the grower
or distributor.
British merchants are prone to
make immense commercial capital out
of their sale of goods or devotion to
services to the royal household. To
be kings tailor carries a prestige
that has made men rich. To have sup
piled the queens shoes has been the
financial uplifter for many q London
tradesman. And these functionaries
have not hesitated to make advertis-
ing capital out of their connection
with the royal family.
One might easily imagine the pres
tige a certain wine would attain
among the rich and titled OF nations
If the label of the maker were con-
spicuously displayed upon the kings
tables. Therefore the buffers assist
ants remove the label from every bot
tie Of liquor before it enters the din
ing-room. This custom dates from
the reign of George III.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
codv,e ouIok come.aack

The late Col. Samuel F. Cody, Eng.
lands once successful aviator, was an
American, and Cody in his youth led
an eventful life as Snowman, sharp
shooter, circus tumbler and what not.
Cody once exhibited. as a side-show
feature of a circus. a Tartary wild
horse. Here you are. gents" he shout
ed from his side-show platform. Here
you are-the only genuine wild horse
of Tartary. A purse of $40 is offered
to anybody who can stick on his
back"
There were no aspirants for the
purse, and Cody continued:
IF any gentleman here can stick on
his back 80 seconds I'll give him the
$40 purse and the wild horse besides,
by lingo. The animals unreliable.
I've had years Of equestrian practice,
and he shakes me OF in 10 seconds"
Ever try gittin' inside Imf" shout
ed yokel.
Yes. I've tried that, friend" Cody
replied, "but his mouth amt as big as
yours. "-Washington Star
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
seIf-crIticIsm.

A business man who had amassed
a comfortable fortune, lost 1t in spec
ulation. He became a travelling sales
man, and having to work" every ham.
let and country store In order to make
ends meet, he found himself one night
crossing a pasture where number OF
mules were grazing.
Now it Is a well known fact that
those animals, particularly after dark,
will follow in single file any moving
object that attracts their attention
This they proceeded to do, stepping
sedately and at regular intervals be-
hind him.
When the worried man, immersed
in his troubles, looked over his Shout
der and saw the sort Of procession he
was heading. he stopped. Then, al
though he had only the rising moon
to share the spectacle, he said, sol
EMMY:
Right, you are, boys. You know
me. I'm the biggest donkey of you
all!"-Youth's Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
MISSED LITTLE "PILE"
JOKE THAT WAS VERY MUCH ON
THE TWO PIckPockErs.
Fortunate for the OId-FashIoned WON,
an That They Had Not Thought
to Open IL for Any
Purpose.

Granted that person wishes to do
well whatever he sets out to do, no
matter what the nature of the under.
taking. there must have been two
chagrined young men on an Eighth
avenue car Wednesday evening, says
the New York Times. They rode up
town at the rush hour. Crowded onto
the rear platform where they stood
were several other men and one WON
an. The woman was old-fashioned
enough to wear dress with a pocket
In 1t. Some time during the trip from
Thirty-fourth street to Fifty-ninth one
OF the men found the pocket and ex-
tracted its contents.
At the Circle the woman, unaware
Of her loss, pushed into the car and
found seat. Presently the solemnity
OF the tired crowd was disturbed by
burst of hilarity on the platform.
The two young fellows were chatting
each other In boisterous tones.
You're jay, you are" said one.
"Anybody'd think you had spent all
your life rolling over plowed ground.
What you going to do with it? Keep
itr'
NO." was the reply Whats the
use? 1t amt no good"
The woman listened inattentively to
the loud remarks and wondered, In a
hstless way. what they had reference
to. She nearly collapsed when she
found out. At Eighty-sixth street the
conductor came through the car hold
ing out small leather bound prayer
book. which, when folded, might have
been easily mistaken for a pocket
book.
This belong to anybody In this
carr" he asked.
Several passengers appealed to
shook their heads. Presently he
stopped before the woman. This
yours" he asked.
Hastily the woman felt in her peck
Yes. it is" she said. Where in
the world"
Guess you must have lost it. Some
fellows out there picked 1t up and
handed 1t over to me-"
The woman turned cold all ove=r
Give it here, quick" she said. Il
want to see"
Words were not required to tell
what 1t was she wanted to see. The
pause was filed up eloquently by her
actions. Rapidly she turned the
leaves till she came to a kind of
pocket fastened between the pages
at the back. From this she drew two
$40 bills.
Il declare If didn't forget all about
leaving them in there" she said.
Thank goodness they didn't get lost ;"
The two hoodlums on the platform
eyed the bills greedily.
Jay" said one of them, SIS no name
for US fellows"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
Unexpected GIFT.

He was shy young man, but in his
heart there ragged a consuming passion
for the fair Florence On his way
home from the city he managed tc
screw his courage up sufficiently tc
enter jewelers. shop and purchase 9
small gift for the lady of his heart
This, he hoped, would pave the way
to the popping of the great question.
That night he called at her house
and found her alone. Producing q
small, square box from his pocket, he
said nervously:
Il have ventured to bring you g
small present, Miss Finn, but l an
afraid that perhaps it will not fit your
finger. Will you try 1t on?"
"Oh, dear" said the girl, blushine
most becomingly, this is quite unex
pected! Why, l never dreamed that
you really cared enough"
Poor fool! Instead of grasping the
opportunity in both hands, he opened
the box and produced thimble! Then
the thermometer dropped about ten
degrees.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
ORE THAT CURES RHEUMATISM
At Least, It ls Said That Mineral
Known as carnotite Has Per-
formed Wonders.

Radium mining In the Paradox Val
ley Of Colorado has developed very
curious by-product in the shape of an
unlooked-for cure for rheumatism
The government bureau of mines
has recently undertaken to supervise
the working Of some 81 radium mines
In that valley, which contain the most
important deposits Of radium- bearing
ore in the world. The ore is a yell
lowish mineral known as "Carnotite,"
and occurs in pockets" associated
with uranium and vanadium.
1t has been found that the men en-
gagged in working these deposits, If
they happen to sufferers from rheu-
matism. are cured of the malady. Not
only that, but their general health
seems to be benefited in a remarkable
way.
This is matter Of 10 small i'm
portance. While radium itself Is the
most costly thing in the world, being
worth over $2,500,000 an ounce, the
ore from which 1t is taken is by no
means SO precious that anybody of
moderate means could not afford to
buy and keep on hand a considerable
quantity of 1t.
1t takes ton Of "carnotite" to pro-
duce bit of radium no bigger than
the head of pin; and the cost of the
radium is due mainly to the difficulty
Of the processes involved in extract
ing it.
Perhaps If the sufferer from rheu-
matism were to keep few pounds of
"carnotite" by him he would expert
ence relief The matter, of course, is
wholly one of speculation as yet.
There is no question of the fact that
radium is coed for rheumatism. It
has been used very successfully in the
treatment of this distressing trouble,
the method commonly adopted being
to allow the patient to breathe the
emanations of the mysterious mineral
through rubber tube entering the
nostrils.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
Lefthandedness . staIn3

A German philosopher, DR.. Ewald
Sitter, has set himself with true Teu.
tonic thoroughness to discover the in
wardness of being lefthanded, remarks
the New York Independent Accord
ing to the modern fashion, he begins
far back, in fact, with the monkeys,
which, he says. are completely ambi-
dextrous, there being no signs of right
handed or lefthanded individuals
among them. The examination of
tools and implements Of the stone and
bronze ages leads Doctor Sitter to be-
lieve that, in prehistoric times, per-
haps one-half of the population was
lefthanded Modern lefthanded people
he looks at askance, as kind of re-
version to stone age manners, as rem
nants of a variety of homo sapiens In
process of extinction
The characteristics of lefthanded
people as a whole give them, in his
eyes, an unfavorable, even a degen-
crate aspect, and he pours ridicule on
the attempt to revert to the ambidex.
terry of monkey times, which is now at
tempted in our training schools.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
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never TOO LATE
ax Il. M. EeRERr.

Jim Washington, the porter, went
to the door of his car. Upon the plat
form of the next car another porter
stood, snatching few inhalations
from cigarette.
"Howdy, Joe." said Jim. "Your car
pretty full?"
Joe drew In cloud and flung the
stump away. Mostly women" he
said "How's yours ?"
"Tolerable," Jim answered. Say,
Joe, there's a girl in Section been
crying ever since / come ON at Spring
field. l reckon she left her fellow be-
hind. Well, reckon business will be
better next month, when the regular
crowd starts north"
Only the porter had observed the
girl in Section 2, for she was at the
end of the car. Hilda Mercer opened
her suitcase and pushed her damp
handkerchief into it's bullying con-
tents; she drew out a clean one, a
powder puff, and pad with a little
pencil attached, and began to write.
Il should not have left you If you
had been frank with me, WILL" she
wrote. What I cannot forgive is"
She stopped and stared out into the
driving rain. 1T was because al
ways believed in you" she continued
But the letter was tear-spotted and
she tore it into strips and watched
them futter out into the storm. They
followed the car awhile, a flying pack
Of haunting memories. She would not
write that letter. She had written
one, and Will would find it when he
returned to New York the following
morning at eight o'clock.
Two men were seated In the smok-
ing car. One was about five and
thirty years of age; he might have
been an accountant or bank cashier,
for he had the alert air of one who
is in the deadly struggle of CONNER
cial life. The other lolled heavily in
his seat, scanning the first man with
furtive persistence. Suddenly he
leaned forward, q curious smile upon
his mouth.
Aren't you the paying teller of the
Merchants and Brokers' over in
BROOKLYN" he inquired Il ask be-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
Rainy nax Had Come,

Some time ago Mrs. Toppleton per
suaded lobe to begin saving money
for a rainy day. lobe promised to do
so. and was SO true to his promise
that the distillery man began to think
be had lost his most valued customer.
Every cent he could lay his hands on
Tobe put into his little savings bank.
Then one morning cloud appeared in
the southwest no larger than mans
hand, but 1t grew and expanded sur
prisingly, and at eight o'clock tor
rental downpour began which is said
TO have been fine for the wheat 1t
also raised the creek to such an ex-
tent that the footlog was washed away
and Tobe is still In the distilleryS-
Kansas City Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07

Halves cursed his folly In going up
stairs. This little creature in the long
white nightgown, with the bare feet,
that regarded him with friendly inter
est-he felt helpless before it. A
sweat broke out upon his forehead. He
set down the coffee pot and stood star
ing at the baby.
Daddy" said the child. smile up.
on its lips.
"Hushl" said Halves gently, and
closed the door behind it. But that
helped him no better; it's absence
must shortly be discovered. Halves
did not know what to do.
At that instant he heard plainly
the creaking of the wheels OF the
bakers cart In the rear of the house.
He must act Immediately.
"Hushl" said Halves again, and, lift
ing the child, he set it down in a
chair. Now you sit there" he said,
and don't say a word until l come
back"
Daddy" said the child more loud.
ly.
Halves was becoming frantic. To
ny might mean that the child would
scream, or cry, and awaken the par
ents. To stay more than a moment
would mean failure, and Red" would
drive away.
I'm not your daddy" said Halves.
"Daddy's upstairs A sudden thought
came to him. go back to bed," he
said softly. Daddy will come pres
emily" He only wanted thirty sec
onds to pack the silver and get
through the window.
The child toddled toward the door
and began rafting the handle. Halves
heard the sounds magnified hundred
fold. Each turn of the knob seemed
like hammer blow. He sprang for
ward and opened the door-to see a
woman descend the last of the flight
and stand looking at him.
The child toddled toward her.
Daddy" 1t cried again.
The walls began to swim round
Halves. The hall became a mist, the
stairs seemed to stretch up and away
into inanity. He saw only the face
Of the woman at the bottom
"Minnie!" he cried.
She was in his arms, and no other
word had been spoken. It was his
wife. restored to him; he knew as he
held her in his embrace that their
lives would never again be sundered.
John! How did you find me?' she
gAsped. Come in here!"
In the dining room was the burlap
bag. The window was wide open.
What would these evidences mean?
But she saw nothing; she had no
thoughts but for him.
Father died last week." she said,
half sobbing with Joy Before he
died he forgave you. He wanted me
to find you. telegraphed TOTO that
place-but they knew nothing of you.
always needed you. John l knew
that / could turn fathers heart at
the end-but 1t came suddenly, and
there was only the deathbed message:
Tell John to come home"
Halves held her In his arms, and in
that moment the balance was struck
between good and evil. His life was
renewed, and the future miraculously
bright. AS he sat there he heard the
creaking Of the bakers cart as it
drove slowly away.
This is our boy, john" whispered
his wife softly. And our home, my
dear. You will never leave me?"
NO." answered Halves, and led her
out of the room.
Copyright. 1913. by W. G. Chapman.)
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-07
Observation-Disclosures
BALANCE WAS STRUCK
Nv John MATTHEW'S

John Halves munched his twenty
cent supper with the furtive irresolu-
tion of the ex-jail bird that he was.
Three years IN prison leaves its stamp
upon a man. and the lockstep, the
dropped voice, the shrinking from
men, the automatism of action follow
the released convict as mute witt
nesses to his past.
Reform the prisoner" say some.
Associations have been founded with
this benehcent object John Halves
smiled bitterly at the thought He
had been bookkeeper; he had stolen
a paltry sum to provide comforts for
his sick wife. He was as honest at
heart as before his temptation arose.
But during the two months that had
elapsed since his release he had been
bounded down by the detective force
whenever he sought to earn an honest
living and to forget the past. Three
times he had obtained situations, only
to be told, at the end OF the week,
that his services were required no
longer.
His wife had never visited him in
prison. He had never seen his son.
Minnie's last words to him before
they took him away had been Of for
giveness; but Minnie's father was not
the type that can condone having a
Jail bird for son-in-law. He had ta-
ken her away, and Minnie, for the
boys sake. had had to accept his
dictum that she should choose be-
tween him and her husband, between
wealth and a future for little Frank
and poverty with an ex-criminal.
Halves had never been able to find
any trace of her
Now, desperate and bitter, he ate
his cheap meal in silence. The last
of his money was gone. And SIMS
ter voices had been whispering in his
ears.
There was Red" who had served a
half dozen sentences for burglary
He had shown Halves, with whom he
had been in the penitentiary, in a
rough, well-meaning way the folly of
trying to live down his past.
They say it don't pay" said Red"
Who says 1t does? Who wouldn't
live a straight life If he had the
chance? But what chance has man
who's done time, with the bulls ready
to tip off his boss by Saturday night?