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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-23

Editor The Georgian
have been reading with much
interest your published articles
regarding the great amount Of
influence that President Wilson
has exercised over Congress with
reference to the Panama Canal
tolls question. do not agree or
disagree with YOU ON this Ques-
ton, as ii is matter about
which ] know very little. but
there is one thing ] believe ! do
know, and that Us that the In
terstate Commerce Commission is
taking an aWfully long time 20
settle the railroad rate Increase
Of per cent which has been
asked for by the railroads and
approved by such "a great mum
Der OF shippers The business ~
ibis country is at standstll
awaiting this decision
Now. II our President is able To
exercise such great influence over
Congress as h appears that he
has done In getting the tariff,
currency and toll bills through. !
think 10 would hoe wise for him TO
exercise some of that same inhu-
ence over the Interstate Com
merce Commission and get the
rate question settled So that
business may be resumed and the
great army Of unemployed peo-
PIE may secure employment The
success of the Democratic party
depends largely upon immediate
action on this very important
question
The currency and tariff bills
may do all for the good OF this
country that has been predicted
by the party. but neither So far
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-23

Huerts seems to be up
against it," II his troops mutiny
he shoots EN- II he doesn't shoot
EN- they mutiny
\ good many of US who east
bread upon the waters keep the
angel cake for our own use.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-23

Kentucky will not go dry Not
now; the mint is just sprouting.
The President asks 100000 for
the celebration Of the completion
Of the Panama Canal According
TO that. Great Britain, (which
PROFITS most should spend about
100000, 0O0.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-23

Good advice will not discount a
note in the hank
In giving everybody a square
deal do not forget yourself
"PinoChle wrecks home IL has
wrecked many an amiable char
aCter.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-23
STARS AND STRIPES

Indigestion and an empty purse
have about the same effect in
making man cynical
Pavlowa Injuries one of her
100000 feet. but she >tu may
dance the oue-step ana have
100000 left
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-23

FTER episode figures the boss seemed
think and day sent for him and
with little time now and you
morning
right when picked you out OF th
another stunt think you
yourself the confidence am putting
in will call than
branch IN the
old fellow that has
time In fact he OF the heavy
stockholders energetic afraid
competitors
branch the heap He may
will call for little diplomacy on
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-23
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

IT. HE love of beauty and the
desire to possess it is born
in the soul of man.
The reason Of this lies in the
dormant psychic memory. That
memory knows that Beauty is
God
As We We're "One with God" in
former eras, so we will once
again become One with Him in
time to come.
When we sprang forth from the
parent source we were all beau
tiful.
Just in proportion TO our wan
dering away from that source
have we receded from beauty.
And woe unto him who pos
sesses beauty and does not recog-
nize its "noblesse oblige" and does
not make his thoughts and actions
chord with the divine gift. Unto
him in future incarnations shall
come ugliness and deformity un-
til he understands the law and
abides by it.
Every woman should seek the
goal of beauty, and she should
know that the path is threefold
which leads to the center of that
goal
Physical, mental and spiritual
qualities must all. combine to pro-
duce the beauty which leaves its
lasting impress on the observer
and which brings any measure Of
satisfaction to the seeker after
beauty.
The body, which is the house
of the mind and spirit, should be
cared for with loving wisdom and
painstaking pride.
Just as we build over and
change, and refurnish a house
which we may inherit as our
property. but which does not sat-
isfy our taste or our needs, so we
should set about reshaping and
furnishing our mortal bodies if
fhav dO NOT Dlaaea nc
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-23

How To Be Beautiful.

Win proper piiS SlCei SASI ClSess
calisthenics. right breathing,
bathing and diet. the gross body
may be made slender, the thin
body rounder. And the features
may be remolded and refined by
skilled care, combined with a
positive mental attitude.
There are women who pass the
entire morning in beauty parlors,
and who set apart small fortunes
to recompense specialists for the
care of their persons. Then, ap-
pareled in beauteous raiment,
they go forth to gossip, listen to
scandal, indulge in feelings of
envy, jealousy and i'll will. with
never one uplifting thought. new
er one noble high air, to mark
the day; never one hour of even
intellectual enjoyment to relax
the features.
An exterior and ephemeral
beauty only can belong to such
women.
The woman who is all intellect,
even when given beauty at birth,
rarely remains with her possess
sion. There must be something
softer. sweeter, less austere than
intellect TO mold beauty-the
beauty which remains, grows and
develops with time.
One sees often intellectual
women who were beautiful in
early youth. but at middle life,
cold expression of their eyes. a
straight line of too firmly closed
mouth and set look of the fea-
lures destroy beauty.
Meditation and faith and relig-
ious reverence. mingled with tol-
erance and large sympathies, all
are beauty making attributes.
The habit of daily repose OF the
features in solitude, while pray
ing and meditating and the lift
ing OF. the mind above the COM
non, vexatious things OF ordi-
binary life, and the close APP
proach to the realms Of the In
visible Helpers, these things are
Of great value in building beauty
OF the body as well as of the
mind.
Woman should study her type
and apparel herself accordingly.
She should endeavor to accent
her personal attractions by at
tractive, beautiful attire.
Woman's love of dress is al
ways a subject OF sarcasm and
jest to the world at large.
Clergymen and priests decry ii.
and reference to Eve and the
wicked fig leaf have become plat
itudes.
Yet woman continues TO adorn
herself.
And wherefore?
Whence came the instinct?
Woman herself does not know.
but without question she de-
veloped love OF personal adorn-
ment just as the flower developed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
Tenseness Relieved

According to the press dispatches, tenseness of the Mexican situation was distinctly relieved" yesterday when it was formally announced that Huerta had accepted the tender of good offices made by Argentina, Brazil and Chile. It was said that in both wings of the capitol "war talk" gave way to a spirit of conciliation.
 The three South American envoys who are acting as intermediates talk enthusiastically, and in the war and pavy departments the situation is reported as Hooking much better" ," President Wilson from the very begin ming of his administration showed plainly that he was passionately de- voted to a peace policy toward Mex ico, and he will send up prayer of thanksgiving if the mediation plans issue successfully; that is, if an agree IltllI Call DC IGdIiltu pg NllSh lIdCl tc will be eliminated and the honor of America upheld without further hos tilities.
 The Latin countries produce brilliant diplomats, and they may be able to propose a scheme that will at once satisfy this country in every particu lar, and at the same time be accept able to the Mexicans. But it all re- mains to be seen.
 If mediation comes to naught, then there will be war on no small scale. Certain it is that patriotic Americans would rather see war declared tomor- row and take up arms than to have the administration agree to any pro- posal that does not carry with it com plete satisfaction for the outrages that have been perpetrated in Mexico. Preparations for war will go on as if no mediation had been undertaken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28

religious are usually permitted to oo' because of his literary activities and his leadership in departments of learning Ill which Protestant divines are espeelahy interested. In New York prominent clti- zens, most of them non-Catholies, ten dered him complimentary concert by the Damrosch orchestra at the Waldor1-As- toria. The patronesses of the occasion included representatives of the four hun dred.'
 Tt was hoped by Alabamians. who had long known of the abbot's fame, to have the opportunity of hearing him in an address on the Bible or some other theme in this state, either at St. Bernard mona stery in Cullman or in one or the churches in Birmingham, but the abbots time was, doubtless, too limited for him to come far south. Abbot Gasquet, 1t is needless to say, will be a strong ac- quisition to the college of cardinals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
Length of PrOgranimeS

Concert programmes should never con- sume more than two hours, and the rule with symphony conductors is to end an evenings entertainment within an hour and three-quarters'' said an old concert goer. No matter how delightful the music is the audience becomes weary when it has to sit later than a quarter past 10 o'clock. With grand opera more latitude. is allowed, but the modern way is to cut even Wagners music dramas.
 T understand that the oratorlo, Para disc Lost which is to be sung at the festival concert on the night of May :, requires two hours and a half From all accounts 1t is an uncommonly beauti- full work but MT. Rienzi Thomas the di rector, should cut it so as to bring the performance within something like two hours. If the concert begins at SEQ It should be over by 1O:3O, or at most 10:4 o'clock"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
The Open Door

Mary Antin, whose book on lmml- pration entitled "The Promised Land" has made her famous, recently deliv- cred a lecture in which she said that it was the moral duty of the United States to welcome the immigrants who come to our shores, no matter what kind of people they are or where they come from. Miss Antin based her plea on idealistic grounds and calmly ignored the various and sundry perlls which are said to turk in immigra- ton.
 Miss Antin did not go so far as to ignore the fact that an "open door" policy as regards immigration f1ight not prove altogether advantageous to the United States, but she said II evils resulted and there were discom- forts to endure, it was a duty the American people owed to humanity. The sole distinguishing mark of this country, she said, which makes it diff ferent from all other countries, is the fact that it represents equality and the brotherhood of man. If we restrict immigration we are no longer fulfill ing our altruistic destiny and we are false to the underlying principles of this government.
 It is easy to awaken sympathy for immigrants by telling of the horrors the Jews suffer in Russia. Miss Antin, being of that race herself, has a nov ing story to relate of what she has actually seen and heard in Russia, and when she advocates an unrestricted immigration she pleads most strong ly for the Russian Jew The story of her own family's struggles upward has. been told to fashionable audiences by this woman, who has risen from the slums to fame and is now the wife of a Columbia professor. No one can hear her talk without being sensi- bly, affected, but even she herself con- fesses that immigration is problem that requires a great deal of study.
 Idealists are nearly always admira- ble in their aims, but they are apt to suffer with an impairment of their mental vision which makes them inca pablo of seeing both sides of ques- tion.
 Economists, who are rarely given to sentiment, contend and are ready to prove that allowing promiscuous hordes from foreign lands to enter this country without discrimination is dangerous. The brotherhood of man is fine in theory, but mankind's limita- tions are such that too liberal policy toward ones neighbor may sometimes result in ones undoing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
WAR AND BUSINESS

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 A pet Wall street illusion is that a war with Mexico or anybody else would help the United States financially.
 Must have munitions and provisions, therefore factories would be stimulated to supply such articles.
 Alas! Logic and history do not in dorse the pretty theories of our Wall street friends. When a mans leg js cut off activity is stimulated to the ex- tent of a rushing ambulance busy surgeon, an employed nurse, the con- sumption of absorbent cotton and other supplies
 MT. Hurt Mans money stirs up all these activities and pays for them. but he is not richer by the operation, nor is the community.
 For the United States to create a debt of s500,000.00o to pay for sup plies, all of which would be wasted in war, is not the way for the United States to get prosperous.
 Brokers always recall the fact that business boomed in America during and after the Spanish war. But the war didn't cause that boom. It was simply not a big enough war to prevent the boom, which had already started.
 In the early part of the civil war security values were greatly depressed Later. when it became evident the north would triumph, stock prices ad- vanced.
 The battle of Gettysburg. for exam pie, took only $1.75 share off the price of Pennsylvania railroad stock but then the tide had turned
 England never got anything to com pensate it for the sS00. .0OO.000 whicr the Boer war cost. Japan is now all most bankrupt on account of its war with Russia.
 What goes into a war is waste, and waste cannot permanently be a good thing for any people. If what Is spent for cavalry horses bought blow horses the latter would create enough wealth to pay for themselves. Not so the wal charger. He never earns a penny.
 The canned food and clothing that a soldier gets may stimulate tempo rarily a factory. but these materials If they went to a farm laborer. would be made in work to pay for them selves.
 No. you can scarcely promote wal as a lever to lift business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
The BubOnic Plague

The outbreak of the bubonic plague in Havana calls attention to the fact that despite the adoption of sanitary and hygienic measures this dread pes tilence is still factor in public calam- ities and that eternal vigilance is es- sential in affecting it's eradication.
 Unquestionably the plague origi- mates from dirt and filth, and rats are a potential medium for its spread. Cities without sewers and whose in habitants use impure drinking water have ever furnished victims by the thousand to the dread disease.
 The first recorded plague appeared in the sixth century, A. D., and while India, China and Arabia have been conspicuous as the theatres of it's ac- tivity, it's deadly incursions have in vaded Europe. The black death is re- membered as the curse of the conti- nent and the author of Robinson Cru soc has left an interesting memorial of the terrible plague year" of Lon don from 1873 to 1875, during which over a hundred thousand men, women and children perished.
 The plague was brought to London by two itinerant Frenchmen who were supposed to have contracted the dis ease in the orient and in every in- stance where it has prevailed in sup posedly sanitary communities its ori- gin was traced to introduction from a locality where hygiene and sanita- tion were not regarded. This demon strates that dirt and filth are it's gen orators though in olden times it's ap- pearance was regarded as a visitation of divine wrath.
 American supervision in the matter of civic hygiene has transformed Ha- Vana into clean and comparatively healthy city and the same laws that effected the transition will eventually work a cure for India, China and Arabia, when invoked in those com- munities, but the disease can only be held in check by untiring and unceas- ing vigilance. Havana has sounded warning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28

The steam shovel has revolutionized the industry of the southwest Kansas coal fields. but has also brought in it's train accidents that were unknown be- fore it's advent in the district Most of the accidents happen to shot firers and they are hurt more often than the same class Of workers in shaft mines. The fatalities are about equal In the course of year, but the steam shovel shot firers suffer double the number of mi- nor injuries, such as burns and the loss of eyesight. The method used by steam shovel shot firers seems careless to say and then drop in a third of a stick of dynamite, to which a burning fuse is attached. By the time the dynamite reaches the bottom of the hole the fuse on it has reached the cap and there is an explosion. Immediately afterward the men return to the hole and without talk ing any precautions against sparks or burning smudge from the dynamite, they pour a charge of black blasting powder into the hole around another fuse, which finishes the shot. Premature explosions are frequent and the miners are often painfully injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Many New settler.

The Marbury Lumber company has done an important work in the upbuilding Of Alabama by bringing farmers from the north and settling them in Autauga county. about 27 miles this side of Mont gomery." said D. M. Dickson.
 Thousands and thousands of acres that were in timber a few years ago are now being cultivated As fast as the timber is cut the settlers are colonzed. MT. Marbury, president of the company, gives his personal attention to this colo nization work. He assists the new set tiers financially where they need assist ance, and am told that all the farmers who have bought land from the company have prospered, some in a high degree. The settlers come as rule from the north. where lands are very high"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
LUKE M'LUKS SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 If all the men who have sworn off as buyers when it Is their turn, would swear off as drinkers, the prohibitionists would elect the next President.
 Another reason for the Hi Cost of Liv- ing is that too many poor families are raising aristocratic chickens. And this takes in the parlor as well as the back yard.
 Married life gets a whole lot Of knocks But you may have noticed that 99 per cent of those who advertise for husbands and wives are widows and widowers
 The trouble with the self made man is that he is usually equipped with a self starter and forgets all about a muffler
 After a woman gets so fat that she oc- cupes two seats in a street car for the one nickel, she isn't bit bashful about kicking because the company doesn't supply softer cushions. Every time we read Maud Muller" We wonder why the fool judge didn't get hel telephone number and explain matters over the phone.
 Any man can tell you that the piffIing home made headaches his wife gets can, hold a candle to the ones he has the morn. ing after the night before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28

WHALES KILL SEA Ll

WHALES KILL SEA LION From the Victoria British Columbia)
 Colonist.
 Mir. R. Armstrong and MT. Gordon Grahame of Messrs. Armstrong Bros, of Kingston street, tell a very interest," ing story of a fight which they wit messed between two killer whales and a sea lion off the mouth of the harbors. The fight ended in the death of the sea lion.
 MT. Armstrong and MT. Grahame were taking a pilot. Capt. Johnson, on board the outgoing Washtenaw, at about S:30 o'clock in the morning, when, off the mouth of the harbor. they observed a great disturbance in the water. As they approached the commotion resolved itself into a mur- derous attack by two killer whales on a sea lion. The pilot was put on board and the launch returned to the scene of the fight. About 9:30 o'clock the lion was found floating in the water, evidently sorely battered. but still alive
 MT. Grahame threw a moose over it's head, and the launch began to tow the huge animal toward the shore. This was not accomplished. however, with out considerable difficulty, as the beast had still energy enough left to slew the boat about in all directions. After cov- ering about mile the moose slipped and they thought the lion had escaped, but in diving under the boat it was struck by the propeller. and this put the finishing touch to the wounded beast. Its tail came out of the water for one instant before it sank, and MT. Grahame, with good shot, again placed the moose around it. It was then lowed ashore to the wharf on Kingston street
 MT. Armstrong stated that both the killers would hurl themselves out of the water at once and come down with resounding blows from their tails on the sea lion, which was evidently head ing for shallow water and the shore at Macaulay Point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
Biographical Mysteries

Last Sunday was the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the bap- Using of the man whose writings, or those accredited to him, have exercised upon humanity an influence second only to that of the Biblical authors William Shakespeare. The day of his baptism is thus noted, as the date of his birth is unknown.
 The record of the life of the Bard of Avon presents the most perplexing of biographical mysteries. The annals are extremely meagre, there being not the slightest proof that he ever went to school, and from the milestones of a monotous path it is learned that he was licensed to marry Anne Hathaway November 28, 1882, reached London with an unknown occupation some time before 1892 and bought real es- tate in his native town in 1897.
 He held a considerable quantity of wheat during a famine, sold load of stone to Stratford for 10 pence and the only letter ever received by him which is extant consists of request from Richard Quinley for loan of e30. The great bard was something of a litigant and frequently sued his fel- low townsmen, the claims ranging from f7 down to two shillings. He bought and mortgaged a London
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
DOWN ON THE MISSISSIPPI

From the Cleveland Leader.
 A steamboat was stranded in the Mis- sissippi and the captain could not get her off. Eventually a hard looking fellow came on board and said:
 Captain, l understand you want a pilot?''
 The captain asked: Are you a pilot?'
 Well, they call me one"
 Do you know where the sandbanks are?''
 No, sir"
 Well, how do you expect to take me out of heie if you don't know where they are?"
 T know where they ain'ti" was the .rly.