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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
The Social Club
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

THEY organized Social Club the ladies OF the town
Some Of the ladies little known danes Of more renosn
The object OF this Social Club charter members said
Was TO promote feeling good feeling had been dead
They started in promoting and endeavorng be kind
A dozen sunny sisters in sunny Of mind.
Unfortunately for the club Miss told Miss Green
That Mrs. Jackson couldn't jon-her husband was so mean
Then Mrs Jackson up and said her husband was dear
And that she thought them acted
And Mrs Hobon made reply that friend
And bawed Mrs. jackson breath came to an end
Miss Hawkins knocked ncessanty got bump
She said that Mrs. Jimson a dowdy a trump
The lovely Mrs. JInSOn this message got 10 her
Replied that Mandy Hawkins low 10 slur
Amid the breezy SANDER of good old and wife
The Social Club brief week of life
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

II ISHOP BUTLER and John
ID Wesley, What a royal
pair-the great thinker
and the mighty organizer; the
author OF the immortal Anal
ogy and the founder Of the great
Methodist Church.
In 1883 somewhere around
this date, the good bishop and
the unruly priest locked horns in
a somewhat animated converse
ton
Butler who was the soul Of ur-
bsniy and kindliuess. met in
Wesley one who was just as ur-
bane and lust as kind. but who
had. backbone hat no one could
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

beautifully patriotic policy which would thus rob
this country of the right to interfere with vessels bound East
West to ravage coasts
In the history of the world national honor has
been carried to quite such a ridiculous extreme
Of would be nConvenent for Japan she desired
send feet to attack New York. send clear around Cape
Horn
Having this inconvenience in mind say to her:
Why trouble to make this long journey when at the
end of it you might find American feet ready to fight
you? Get your ships together and you take them
through the Panama Canal with far less trouble and expense
and you viii have much better chance of finding i'm
portant port undefended The Canal will be neutral and
of course with ideas Of national honor shall be
compelled to send you safely through that you will be
put to the least trouble in destroying New Orleans Sa
vannah, New York"
To Mr. Wilson friends the British we should be compelled
to say:
1T is long and weary voyage around the Horn
through the Straits of Magellan We your could
reach Los Angeles San Francisco their eand
destruction without meeting well armed American feet if
they had to take that route.
Far better that you rendezvous them in some British
harbOr say jamaica and straight through the
you assemble your vessels quietly shall have little
warning and is almost that you will not be inter
fered with on the way
Welcome to Canal AS Mr. Page would say We
derive greatest pleasure from the fact that be of
more use to you in against than it will be to us
Underwood as you know always knows what he is talk
ing about He given buster to seeing imaginary
dangers.
The which he has called to the notice his fellow
Americans is real menace.
Of what would all Notifications be if ships of all ma
tons WARSHPS INCLUDED be admitted to the Canal
equal terms7
They would doubtless be decorative and batteries would
be interesting to the officers of hostile ships who might
take little stroll ashore while their ships stripped action
being slowly towed through the Canal
But we should be bound not to them and they would
avail nothing interfere with the progress of powerful fight
ing force intent razng cities and killing the soldiers and
citizens who defended them.
We hear much talk of national honor from Mr. Wilson and
from the railroad lobby which is fighting against free tolls
We never heard that national honor consisted in opening
coasts to the attack Of foreign fleets png our own
guns
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
By MRS. FRANK LEARNED.


Author of Etiquette in New York To
TIME essential things which
make a good talker are
charm of mind and man
ner, humor, sympathy, respon-
siveness, readiness to see connec-
tions which are interesting.
quickness TO understand illusions.
Although it may be said that
these qualities are gifts pos
sessed by few persons, much may
be done to attain success, or
ease in conversation, by deliber-
ate effort and perseverance.
Time, thought and practice are
required to develop any art. No
one can excel in music, painting,
golf, tennis or bridge without
practice. It is neither priggish
nor pedantic to wish to improve
conversation. To be a success in
the world of society or business
one must know how to interest
men and women by learning TO
talk pleasantly and we'll
The cultivation of a clear. we'll
modulated voice is Of importance.
A high, shrill, undisciplined, nasal
voice, with a 'twang," actually
OFFENDS the ear OF hearer. A
voice of that sort betrays a lack
Of culture. BY speaking an oc-
tave lower than that which is
carelessly used the voice may be
brought under control.
A cultured manner of speak
ing necessitates clear enuncia-
ton. care in the selection OF
words. correctness in grammar
and pronunciation Simple. di-
rect language is best The habit
of choosing beautiful Oh oescrip-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
Flock Around Ireland.

But the hideous sea mammals
that flock around the island, and
crawl out upon its shores, are
even more suggestive of a world
foreign to the man-inhabited
parts of the globe. A more mon
strous beast than the antarctic
ea-elephant could not be imag
ined It's huge nose is compared
to a semi inflated sausage skin"
1t wallows and rolls over the
rocky shore in a most extraordi
nary fashion. 1t yields q kind Of
oil resembling whale, and worth
500 a ton. The sea-leopard (see
it's formidable head in the photo
graph is another of the extraor-
binary dwellers around the ant
arctic end of the earth. 1t is
species Of non-fur- bearing seal,
of ferocious aspect and no COM
mercial value.
The penguins also yield an oil
worth about $50 a ton, and thou
sands of them are killed every
season, the oil being extracted at
boiling works that have been
erected for that purpose. Except
the oil-seekers the island has no
human inhabitants.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

time, telling him what his new
salary was to be and that he
was to return when he thought
he had things running the way
he wanted them. This Bill did
about a month afterWard.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
The Turning Points.

In view of these facts. we may
speak of the North and South
Poles as the lends of the earth"
They are the two turning points,
arrived at either one of which
there is no choice left but to start
toward the other.
Now, as everybody knows,
these ends of the earth have only
just been discovered, in the sense
of being actually visited by man,
but already they have provided
enough wonders to fill many
books l speak now not of the
mathematical points called the
poles, but of the regions imme-
diately surrounding them. In the
north the pole seems to occupy
the center of a deep oceanic ba-
sin, covered with a movable floor
of floating ice, while in the south
the pole is surrounded by hith-
erto almost hidden continent,
which turns out to be the Hottest
in mean elevation of any on the
globe, and which is buried under
AN enormous accumulation of ice
and solidified snow.
Yet both are the abode of life.
Oceanic creatures dwell in the
waters around the edges of, and
underneath, the mighty ice floors,
and birds and four footed animals
inhabit the land areas. Every
where where a glimpse of ancient
conditions can be obtained evil
dence is seen that in former ages
both the polar circles included re-
gions in which temperate and
even tropical climates prevailed,
and which were inhabited by ami
mails and plants belonging to spe-
cies that now exist only in the
warmer parts of the globe. Plain
ly a mighty revolution-one of the
great mysteries of the past-has
occurred at each of the lends of
the earth"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09
Garrett P. Servlss
Writes on =
At the Ends Of the Earth
Monstrous Forms of Life at
Macquarie Island, Where
a Wireless Station Has
Been Established. So
By GARRETT P. SERYISS

TT you stand at the North Pole
you can look in only one di-
rection-south. No matter
how you may twist around on
your heels, it is always toward
the South that your eyes are di-
rected. North. as a terrestrial
direction, has vanished. You have
arrived at the end of the north.
You are where it lives" Or else
we may say that north has sud
denly sprung into the sky. and is
now at an unattainable distance
directly over your head. a mo-
ment before your foot touched
the pole north was straight ahead
of you, and you had all the four
cardinal points to choose from
east, west, north and south. Now
three of them have vanished, and
south alone remains. The re-
verse is true at the South Pole,
where all directions on the earth's
surface are alike north.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-09

fore the, minds eye of the reader
a picture of the marvellous sur
roundings amid which some re-
markable creatures dwell.
A Favorite Resort. /
They are inhabitants of the
ends of the earth, and particu-
larly of the southern, or antarctic
end. These queer animals were
found at Macquarie Island. which
lies southwest of New Zealand, and
about halfway from Australia to
the Antarctic Continent. This
lone island, lying in the deep sea
that guards the great polar con-
tinent, has been made a sYbsid-
larry base for the Mawson Antarc-
ii cexploring expedition, and a
wireless telegraph station has
been established there, which is
in communication with Australia
on one side and the wild shores
of the Antarctic on the other.
The island appears to be a ia
vorite resort of the animal spe-
cies that characterize the south
polar continent and its surround
ing waters. They absolutely
swarm there. They are astound
ing by their numbers and their
strange forms and habits. Vast
areas of ground are occupied by
the rookeries of those singular
birds called penguins, which when
seen at a little distance mimic
human beings with their erect
carriage and their apparel of
feathers, which resembles a dis
play of white vests and black
coats. Huge albatrosses also
abound
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-23
WANAMAKER MAKES SUNDAYS
TWO DAYS LONG

Philadelphia, Pa, May 23.-John
Wanamaker, merchant, has made
good so far as his own stores in New
York and here are concerned, his
prophecy of last winter that day
would come when the people would
buy nothing on Saturdays and Sun
days would be two days long. Wan
amaker will close his Philadelphia
and New York stores all day Satur-
day during July and August, and the
old custom of closing at five o'clock
during the three summer months will
also be observed.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-23

motion; picture theaters do not put
up signs just to please some of our
dissatisfied people.
Isn't it a satisfaction, Miss H. F. L.,
that you are not forced to patronize
any theater that "conspicuously" dis
plays the name of our hero? And
don't you think you owe some respect
to the dead, no matter who or what
he was? Miss J. D.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-23

iMELLEN SAYS 1000 PAPERS
WERE ON N. H. R. R. PAYROLL
Washington, May 23.-That over
1000 newspapers were on the pay
roll of the New Haven Railroad was
admitted by Charles S. -Melen.- ex-
president, before the interstate COM,
mission yesterday.
MeIlen said he believed the New
Haven spent less money in its cam
paign for publicity than other roads
had spent in a similar way.
''Was not something paid to prac-
ticaly, every newspaper in New Eng
land he was asked.
81 do not know as to that"
"The record shows that more than
1000 got something" Mr.. Folk said.
'Wen, 1 have no doubt that is cor
rect, Mellen replied.
That he shielded the late J. Pier
pont Morgan by taking upon himself
the indictment for violation of the
Sherman antitrust act, Mellen,
fuTther\claimed, as he said Morgan
knew of the Grand Trunk negotia-
lions on which the criminal indict-.
ment was based, but that he, MeIlen,
took the indictment because he be-.
lieved it would have killed the aged
financier to have been indicted.
1890
SoUABBLE MAY MEAN PROBE
Rumor has it that the present
sQuabble with the board of sUpeTvis-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-23
SQUABBLE MAY MEAN PROBE

SoUABBLE MAY MEAN PROBE
Rumor has it that the present
sQuabble with the board of sUpeTvis-
ing engineers may lead to grand jury
action. Asst States Attorney M. F.
Sullivan is said to have been present
with stenographer at the meeting
of the Local Transportation Commit
tee when Asst Corporation Counsel
John w. Beckwith saidLthat grand
jury. action should be taken.
Bion ]. Arnold and George Weston
of the board are accused by. Beck
with falling to prevent the traction
companies from cheating.
Lightning never strikes twice in
the same place. For that matter, luck
seldom comes. back to play a return
engagement, either-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-14

higher level all over the country, the
railroads will now turn their attention
to passenger rates and attempt to In
crease them TO 2Ls cents per mile. We
are glad TO meet them upon this issue.
II Is clearer and palmer what they are
/ trying to do. Everybody has a direct
interest in the result Most people pay
freight indirectly and know nothing
about rates Everybody pays his pas
senger fare directly and knows what
his ticket costs him. An attempt to in
crease the fare by % per cent will be
felt by every man who buys a ticket
and he will pay some attention TO the
scheme that is taking this much out OF
his pocket.
So far as we are concerned we are
fully convinced that the whole scheme
Of the railroads to raise rates Is but
a part of the Wall street system OF
high finance to levy all the tax the
traffic will bear upon all OF the people
all Of the time. 1t has no basis in
right or justice. Twice they have made
the attempt to raise freight rates and
Sith the facts disclosed they have been
defeated both times. In order TO WI.
they adopted the most internal system
OF publicity ever reeorted to In the
world. They literally corrupted the
public press from one end of the coun-
try to the other They juggled and
falsifed their accounts to deceive the
commission. They were caught and
exposed by Clifford Thorne but they
are no sooner defeated than they bob
up with greater audacity than ever and
now seek to raise passenger rates DS
% per cent. 1t seems to US the time
for popular uprising on this ques-
ton ig about at hand. The corrupt
ing Influences of Wall street railroad
ism can only be stopped by public
awakening 50 violent that 1t viii take
the railroads away from Wall street
and ledge them IL the hands OF the
government where they rightfully be-
. long.
In Germany under government own
ership the average passenger fare is .ss
Of one cent per mile. We, are now
paving tvs and oHs-HHffsa times az
much as the Germans are paying and
our service Is inferior in many re-
spects. II the increase Is granted we
will pay almost three times as much
as Germany pays. Will the American
people stand for such Wall street
| hold up? 1t will cost ahe state OF Iowa
more than four million dollars per year.
Do you want to pay 1t? Here is big
/ question that comes nome 10 all OF you.
We would like to see the farmers pro-
tective associations, the labor unions
and the commercial associations united
| to defeat this common hold UP; this
greatest OF all systems Of taxations
| without representation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-14
FORWARD OR BACKWARD?
Jefferson Bee


So far as the governorship Is con-
cerned. the real issues between Clarke
and Hamilton may be snccinctly stated
as involving the question OF whether
Iowa shall go forward, or slip back
ward This is no fanciful statement
of the conditions OF the contest. 1t Is
the cold and unembellished truth. Gov
ernor Clarke wei, represents the
enthusiastic. aggressive and progress
sive citizen who believes implicitly In
Iowa and in her future as one OF the
brightest and most promising stars
in the constellation of states. Mr.
Hamilton is by disposition and by age
an extreme conservative, a fine old
gentleman who has lost his punch, and
whose campaign is one OF criticism,
of opposition, and OF resistance to
the forward movement now in pro-
! gress.
II the man who is disposed to bs
dissatisfied with republican admins
trative work in Iowa during the pas
! twenty years will glance about hin
upon neighboring states. he will hnt
| that Iowa has only succeeded in hold
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-14
WHAT SAY, Mr.. cohkoLLY7

Somebody has brought the demo-
cratic administration 10 a very danger
Gus crossroad. Senator Kenyon open
" asserts that the freigh. tax plan
IS intended 70 protect liquor and to-
bacco and that II originated in an effor.
by leaders OF the democratic party 20
avoid the embarrassment Of that party
which would ensue from taxation OF
those two commodities Other promi-
nent statesmen make The same asser
ton. Even among democrats there are
those who deaounce the freight tax
and who will oppose il; bat these are
not OF Inc democratic iearieFs ship u
close to the Wilson administration and
the bosses OF the party
Wilson Endorsed the freight tax SO
says Underwood. democratic leader
and major general OF the democratic
forces. Thus the freight tax amounts
10 an administration measure. Il is
limited that the president may sidestep
the plan now that Il has met such uni
versal condemnation. But the fac re-
mains thar (, originated With cabinet
members AID was an administration
measure and one that would have been
put over II possible II may vet be
forced thru By administrative tnfu-
ence.
Whether 1t goes or is abandoned,
there will be no forgetfulness Of the
attempt TO saddle 5 per cent tax on
legitimate business tax that in the
end must come from the industrious
and sober that the brewer and dis
tiller may escape. the schooner at the
corner saloon retain Its bulky pro-
portions and the inebriate find the
price Of his "redeye' unchanged.
BY the way. how does Mr.. Connolly
stand on the question: Is ne for the
administration plan Of taxing every
transportation industry in the country
or does ne favor a war tax on booze :?
Will the ambitious gentleman from
Dubuque who claims 10 represent the
Wilson administration in Iowa please
speak up?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-14
MalskEy IS TOO SACRED

Cedar Rapids Repu blican.
In Washington they are proposing
to raise the income taxes TO provide
for the deficits which they are facing.
K i; proposed 20 increase the income
levy 30 per cent. that is from the per
cent to y and to lower the exem ptions
from $4,000 and $4,000 10 $4,000, thus
piling il on thicker and heavier. The
fun of taxing incomes seems to be an
exniierating one 10 the new statesmen
and such taxes are convenient things
to play with on the stump also, for
there is great demagogic efficacy in
ouch taxes. supposed to be levied
against the rich" that is against those
who have succeeded and worked until
they are able to acquire an income OF
two thousand or three thousand a
year.
We read that at the same time the
| "wniskey producers win fight" that is
the men who make whiskey have
more influence with the rev states
| men in Washington that the men who
| have worked and saved until they
| have modest incomes to their credit
/, 1t is taxable sin for man TO sue
| coed and to save. but II is not tax
| able sin for man to make Whiskey
Even the proposal to raise the tax
| on Whiskey ny 10 cents gallon was
! Observation-Disclosures. precious whiskey
| must not be taxed too high for II
| might injure the incomes OF the estim
able men who make it and sell il
| Their business must not be touched
| but let the men with more honest and
more decent incomes be soaked" tr
/ make up for democratic tariff and
] treasury laundering.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-14
LAST WEEKS BUSINESS.

A lack OF uniformity in reports from
the principal trades and industries. and
| from the different sections of the
country, continues, although there Is
gradual progress toward a restoration
of more normal conditions. The basic
! situation is strengthening and the cur
rent Improvement should be accentuat-
ed by the contamination Of the various
| important measures now under consid-
| Grafton.
announcement is derived from the
| results thus far achieved in adjusting
the international monetary complica-
tons. There was another sharp de.
cline in foreign exchange, but subse-
| quently renewed buying in connection
with New York City's foreign in
debtedness provided an element OF
! support and quotations recovered tenn
| porarily. Betterment in the financial
| position at London was indicated by
! the easier tendency in private dis
counts and there was talk of an early
reduction in the official charge of the
Bank of England, which issued another
favorable statement on Thursday.
Irregularity again characterizes the
tenor OF advices from domestic trade
. and Industrial centers this week. In
the west. particularly, conditions are
favorable and in the east certain lines
display Improvement; but in the south
quietness is general owing mainly 10
the unusual conditions prevailing in
cotton. AS a result of the sharp de-
cline in the value OF this staple, price
readjustments are occurring in many
departments OF the dry goods markets.
New business continues restricted by
the unsettled monetary conditions
More machinery is employed at foot
wear factories and foreign orders are
somewhat of a feature, but leather is
less active than during August. The
increased export demand for iron and
steel apparently has not Yet compen-
stated for the falling OFF in domestic re-
ouirernents. Yet the August statement
Of the leading interes. showed q gain
Of 54,7se tons in untitled tonnage. AZ
though fewer furnaces were in opera
ton last month. the daily rate Of pro-
duction OF pig iron was slightly larger
than in July.
Quite steady demand for DRY goods
is noted in some sections. whereas in
others buviny has diminished. In no
instance have orders been OF large size.
but purchases are being repeated more
frequently from the west than from
other quarters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-14

Ing her own among them. She has
not forged noticeably ahead of Hi
nois, Minnesota. Wisconsin, Nebraska.
or even OF old Missouri, IN her pro-
cress These states have been moving
forward too. and the conclusion -
obvious that If iowa had done less
than she has done. Il she had failed
in making the advances that she has
made. she would even now have fallen
behind the procession. Does any patri :
otto Iowan. knowing that in resources
and in the intelligence OF her people.
Iowa is not only the peer. but the
leader OF all the states mentioned. re-
greet that we have done the things nee
essary to keep abreast of Them
Let ii be remembered that in all
the things that the Hamilton propa-
ganda now complains of as extrava :
CANT or i'll advised, democratic mem :
bers Of the general assemblies. and
particularly of the last general as
sembly had as much part as did
republican members. Hence the crit-
cisms are addressed as much at demo-
Gratis as al republicans. and the spec
,acle resolves itself less into a struggle
between parties than 10 case where,
as stated4in the outset, the conserra-
tive. reactionary forces are lining up TO
throttle Iowa's progress. and to turn
out everybody in public life who mas
caught the spirit OF a greater and q
more grandly developed common
wealth.