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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright, 1914, by Star Company.

bodies which should he IN AL
prime crippled with disease /,
shapeless with self-indulgencs
Look farther and learn com.
thing of the condition of the csp
dren Of these men.
Among them you will find a,
crippled, the blind, the idiotic i,
deaf and dumb, the weaklings 4,
the insane.
And were the family pbvs,,,
of these men to tell you all i,
knows, you would lie awake with
horror, wondering how the in.
preston has gone abroad M
men can sin and pay no penalr.
that woman alone pays for As
errors.
Woman does pay a big prcg
not only for her own sins Of IA,
senses, but she pays also for h,
sins of her lover or her Husband
Our asylums for the insane ami
our homes for incurables are hall
filled with women and chiirr
who have paid the price for I'M
men who believed it was nobody,
business if they chose to qA
life" and know the world"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11
Stars and Stripes

James X Hackett will have to
rename his play The Ton Of
Dust"
Bryan is still lin the dark on
Mexico and the whereabouts Of
the Danish West Indies
Governor Walsh, of Massachu
sets, refuses higher official sal
AIRY, Going in vaudeville or a mu-
seuml
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11
Every Protest Made to
You Is Really Not
Preaching"
You do as you please.

You do as you please.
And if it pleases you to see
life" and "know the world" you
consider it nobody's business.
It is part of every mans ed
ucation, you say.
And even if you plant a crop OF
wild oats, that, too, you believe
to be included in your Life School
Curriculum.
Every protest made YOU consid-
er preaching
But have you never observed
that life itself is a great preacher?
Life and Father Time are two
great moralists.
Even when they seem to be
laughing comrades, helping you
SOW your crop of "oats," they are
sneering at you secretly and
waiting the hour when they can
talk to you on the benefits of
morality and right living.
The Great Creative Power
which made the universe. and
systems of universes, gives each
human being certain nervous
forces and vital qualities.
Properly used, these qualities
and forces can make man very
close to godlike, in his mental,
physical and spiritual strength.
Just as a large fortune, proper
ly managed and saved, can ac-
complish miracles in the way of
usefulness when rightly applied.
But if that fortune is dissipated
day by day, month by month,
year by year. its possessor even
tually finds himself a pauper,
Precisely so, the virile man
finds himself a pauper and worse
than a pauper if he begins SOW
ing his wild oats and seeing life
and knowing the world" ae-
cording TO the standards set by
the devotees of Folly.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11

up, and the man becomes
"dend" And l hope I do not have
to explain that a tiend is not
lovable,
All Of his energies are being
consumed in running his boiler.
and there is no power left for the
pulleys, Bad breath. watery
eyes, pain In the side, dancing
spots on the vision, fiatulence,
dizziness, headche, all mean food
poisoning What is called heart
disease is usually form of in
digestion
Many people eat four meals
day breakfast, luncheon, dinner
and supper after the theater
Sucn folks are bound to suffer,
ana much of the time are oonse.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11

You should be able to take your pencil and every
"a in the above foolish collection of letters whole
thing should not take than FORTY seconds
Try you like and see how nearly normal" you are If
takes you fohree seconds then you away
from normal
After you have tried the experiment you will know what
you are-according to the scientists
But you will not know very much
AS matter of fact, wise really normal WOULD
PROBABLY NOT TRY THE EXPERIMENT AT ALL HE
WOULD HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO DO
Besides eyesigh has little do with the normal adult
brain And the marking of these letters would depend
good deal eyesight
In the second place the normal brain carrying real
load could not drop its load hop about marking letters
here and there.
This could be done quickly by brain serious
thought than by thinking brain.
you could teach chicken to tell the letter "A" from
other letters it could mark out every IA in this writing
about five seconds-which no human being could do
You have chicken picking up kernels of corn You
have only imagine that hen marking these AS as
fast she picks up the Then you that according
the scientists of Battle Greek the adult be far bet
ter than the adult human being,
However all of these things amusng-and are submit
ted to here because they stir up little thought That
that part of the brain wos-and the main object
of newspapers persuade reader to use some part Of his
brain thai ordinarily lies idle,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11
Look at the Faces Oi
the Men You See
About You.

When a woman makes a wrong
step in this direction her punish.
ment usually is swift, and tis
world knows of it.
A mans punishment is fra-
quently long delayed. but whent
comes it demands interest on all
the time which has elapsed. Mag
young and middle-aged men you
see walking with canes and
crutches, and paying large com.
missions to physicians to say
they have rheumatism" and
"neuritis" and other common.
place maladies, are victims Of
their own vices. They have seen
life" as you are seeing it,
Look at the faces Of men I'll
fashionable clubs; how many Of
these men are, at forty or fifty OF
sixty, types which seem admir-
able 10 you?
You are young; in the morn
ing of life; before you waste YOU
splendid youth and prepare your
self to be a physical pauper at
middle life, stop and think Of
these things a bit.
And consider what qualities
and propensities, and what klnd
of blood you are preparing 10
give your unborn children.
No doubt it is your intention 70
give them a pure-minded ana
clean bodied mother.
But what sort of a father VIII
they have?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11

New York is dance mad" says
DR.. Reisner, Towns long been
noted for its dizzy whlri.
Because the Z, s. Is to recog-
nize Zamor as President of Haiti
one week is no sign he'll be recog-
nizable next week
One says corsers cause divorce.
Other authority SAYS corsets can't
cause divorce. II is possible that
the wearer of the corset may
have something to do with 1t.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11
Woman Pays the Price
for Her Own and the
Mans FollV.

Look about you, and take mem
tai notes of middle-aged men who
have led the life you are living.
You will see gray faces, or
blotched and bloated ones; eyes
dull and lifeless, or glaring with
the brilliancy of stimulants, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11
Are You Lovable?
By EBERT HUBBARD

the peristaltic action of the diges-
tive tract grows faint and falters.
Relief is sought in medication.
and the dope habit" is upon us.
Sluggishness follows stimulation,
as does night the day. And there
shuffles in desire for pick-me-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11

You will the letter "A occurs almost every one
of these artifcay manufactured words
The scientists say you your pencil and
mark every the above writing inside thirty seconds
YOU ARE NOT A NORMAL MAN
you take your pencil and mark out the "A every
of these words in thirty seconds then you ARE
adult and your brain is working properly
The theory of the scientists normal quick mind
should be able the letter IA every words
give the order through the fingers
and mark every those AS in thirty seconds you
do that your eye your BRAIN your your
working well together
But if it takes you than thirty seconds there
thing the matter. So they say
a.
Here follows a second experiment of the same kind
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11
Can You Do This in 80 Seconds?
You Can You Are Perfectly Normal Adult According to the
Scientists.

Wise gentlemen interested in betterment have been
talking ndustriousy at Battle Creek where they make the
things to eat and cure your diseases
In opinion wise planned pretty well for bet
billions of millions of years before Battle Creek
was founded but that is another story.
To you and give you amusing test of your mental
qucess present today experiment invented by the
betterers of Battle Creek
Look at the letters arranged square Immediately
derneath this
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11

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falp parka sugho rvsh yraea zaqwb qajc mvgpa
ehaih angao ymljd fnazd Wdaks gsbnc azeqa grhng
nayvk zaah pqva iaucf awr hkdaf afta puwqa rayyxe
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feqag ogaxl gunka fatdg. Plcxw mcfra infano
pvka xawye cjrga laxoe adqfb Imam asduh hma csamy
cax ejwoa mpadu ypa easvy nzyaz diuno ebola watma
majtj abcta jqafb ahuys oqaq iumwa kaqpv baxap
sxoab cmfaz qata aqz gabg narbq wagad alcbg bpagx
vyxpa NATIVE vtjat kpjea.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-11

TOU have your own night Key.
v young man, and you are
your own master.
No one asks you where you are
going. or at what hour you Will
return.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17

well, and ! now have two fine baby
girls. Icannot praise Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound too highly
for what it has done for me. always
speak . word in favor Of your medicine
to other women who suffer when l have
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ing woman every day Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and what it
has done for me. I could not eat or
sleep, had bad stomach and was in
misery all the time. ! could not do my
homework or walk any distance without
suffering great pain. / tried doctors
medicines ana different patent medi-
cines but failed to get relief. My hus-
band brought home yourVegetable Com
pound and in two weeks could eat any
thing. could sleep like q healthy baby,
and walk long distance without feeling
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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
Back Numbers.

N. C. Goodwin, the famous actor.
said at the Players club in New York:
There is no call for the old-fash.
Toned. Chesterfield type of man to-
day. Today is the day of the make.
the slashed skirt and the cigarette.
With these the Chesterfield type can't
cope.
Il overheard the pretty girls at
Sherry's. They were taking tea, smok.
ing cigarettes in long amber tubes
and swinging their slim silken ankles
In and out of the slash in their skirts.
Fred said the first girl, kissed
me solemnly on the forehead after
accepted him. Wasn't that funny?'.
III a man kissed me on the fore
head said the other girl. I'd call him
down. Yes. sir. I'd call him down four
inches"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
THOUGHT HER A FOREIGNER
Mrs. Petrowsky Was Unused to
Words Employed by Volunteer.
Social Worker.

The trained social worker was
breaking in" a volunteer. and so she
escorted her on her first round of
visits.
ASK questions about their husbands
and children" she prompted, outside
Of Mrs. Petrowsky's door They can
understand those, and they like to an
swer. and We get the information we
need at the same time"
So, as soon as the preliminaries
were over. the volunteer turned to the
lady Of the house with her best So
ciety smile.
Has your husband regular employ
ment at present, Mrs. Petrowsky?''
she inquired
Mrs. Petrowsky looked blank. The
volunteer raised her voice. and spoke
more slowly:
Has husband-regular-e
ployment-at present." she reiterated
HUH" asked Mrs. Petrowsky, stu
pidly.
"Has-your-husband-" began the
volunteer for the third time, still more
loudly.
The social worker interrupted with
a friendly smile. THE lady wants tc
know" she explained. quietly, has
your old man got a steady job"
Mrs. Petrowsky beamed with de
light. "Oh. va! Oh, ya!" she assent
ed, with many mods of relief. STEAD,
job by railroad, va. What land sh'
come OF, her?"-Youth's Companion
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
Valuable Land In Egypt.

The presence In this country Of Sir
William Willcocks, of Assouan dam
fame. and now engaged on the flood
control of the Tigris- Euphrates river.
is an event of more than ordinary sig
nificance, because of its bearing upon
the question of the control of flood
water. says the Wall Street Journal.
The Nile valley irrigation works. 40
cording' to Sir william. has enabled
1900. 900 people live on 100000
acres. Land. he says. In the vicinity
Of the Assouan dam is worth from
$3.50 to $1,000 an acre. and they raise
FIVE hundredweight Of cotton on it,
which is worth 500. His view Of our
methods of controlling the Mississippi
is of much value because Of his ex-
perience in Asia and Africa. No for
eigner has more studiously read the
reports of our river and harbor engi-
neers. His main suggestions are that
the levees be made wider and that
relief channels be provided to mitigate
the strain when waters at their maxi.
mum might be carried OF a. a means
of safety.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
Mistaken In the Portrait.

Mcneil, the German artist. was q
regular patron Of a certain Berlin
wine shop. One day a man and wife
came in and sat down at his table;
and presently Mcneil noticed that the
woman was making fun of him.
Calmly he drew out his sketching
book, gazed at the woman awhile, as
If to study her face for a portrait. and
then commenced to draw. Her hus-
band Immediately took notice: Il for
bid you to draw a picture Of my wife.
Stop it," he exclaimed angrily.
Mcneil made few finishing touches
and then passing the sketching book
over to the man. he inquired. with q
laugh. rs that your wife?" He had
drawn a goose.-Youth's Companion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
Saving the Wood.

It was only ON rare occasions that
Mrs. Cutler, a kind-faced old lady, &C.
cepted invitations to dine out. Upon re-
peated invitations of her friends, the
Joslins. however. she consented to at.
tend a little informal dinner they were
giving, accompanied by her daughter
Unfortunately, Mrs. Cutler was quite
deaf and consequently could not enter
into the general conversation. She
was engaged in cutting a piece OF
steak when her daughter turned to her
and said.
Mother, dear. why are you 90
quiet?" D
I'm all right" responded mother
with q sunny smile. while you talk
Mabel. l say nothing but saw wood"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
BUSINESS AND THE TARIFF
secretary MeAdoo Tells a Little Story
TO illustrate What He Thinks
Effect Will Be.

since both the tariff and the cur
,ency bills came within the scope of
The treasury department, it is natural
that news paper men should go there
"a ouery the chiefs with questions
about their probable effect on bust
ness.
Boys" said Secretary McAdoo re-
Gently, there's nothing to it. The
country has been subjected to revi-
s,ous before, and always has survived
them successfully. Generally speak
ing the attitude of business is of re-
ceptiye Indifference toward the
changes that have been made, because
business men have made up their
minds not to let such things interfere
With their business. 1t is just like
Freddy. Do you know about him?
zone day Freddy's mother said:
Freddy, if you are not a good boy to-
uisht you'll go to bed without your
dinner.
MA shouted businesslike Freddy.
What we goin' to have for dinner?
The Sunday Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY'S
SKIN

In the care Of baby's skin and hair,
f.uticura Soap Is the mothers IA
vorite. Not only Is 1t unrivaled In
vurity and refreshing fragrance, but
III gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to allay minor irri-
tstIons, remove redness, roughness
and chafing. soothe sensitive condi-
ions. and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted BY CUT
cura Ointment, 1t is most valuable In
the treatment of eczemas. rashes and
itching, burning infantile eruptions.
Cuticura Soap wears to wafer, often
outlasting several cakes Of ordinary
soap and making its use most eco
nomical.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
Reeompense.

The Nomad chieftain gloomily con-
teuplated the dreary Syrian land
scape.
The wedding guests were long de-
parted. He had but q moment since
heheld his bride Of few hours re-
move her teeth and put them in a cup
Of water to soak.
Dismiss from thy heart, good my
lord" the damsel murmured, thy vain
regrets"
Upon the word the pious Moslem ex-
tended his clasped hands toward the
heavens.
Allah be praised!" he cried. III I
mistake not, her old man must ere
this have discovered that the horse /
gave him In exchange for his daugh-
ter IL balky."
Tears of Joy welied unheeded from
his eyes as he gave thanks.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17

To be polite does not mean that we
must do a great deal of talking.
The pole of success is creased sc
that there is always room on top.
When a tired man shores in church
1t is sign he is dreaming of heaven
Money Is the rich mans faith. the
poor mans hope and the good mans
charity.
We always distrust the man who
holds out a flabby left hand to be
shaken.
Even the man who invents success.
full labor-saving machinery must work
for living.
When things 60 wrong, the first idea
Of everybody is to find someone to
blame for 1t.
We do not need a formal introduc
ton to put us In the way Of doing a
charitable act.
Men who will not obey the please
be clean" advice should be subjected
to sterner advice.
All things come to him who waits
but more good things come to those
that 60 after them.
The busiest person we ever saw was
q one-armed hired man milking a
nervous COW in fly time.
He is L mean man who will not
tend the baby while his wife milks
the cows and feeds the hogs.
Some farmers will spend a dollar's
worth of extra labor rather than buy
ten cents worth of lubricating oil fol
the feed cutter.
Some people spend all their money
ard wear themselves out accumulat
ing lot of things to make them com
to- .Abie but which only add to theil
unhappiness.
Good looks. are greatly to be desired
yet the most unselfsh. loyal, helpful
man we ever knew was bowlegged
and had a wen right In the middle OF
his forehead.
How quickly we become tired of the
man who Is forever claiming our sym
pathy. A sore toe may hurt terribly
but we do not care to have 1t held VI
TO our view all of the time.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
A Good SUGGESTION.

The needs Of each farming commu-
nifty and how they may be supplied
have not been overcome or solved in
very many places because Of the lack
of leadership. Someone who has the
training and who can give his entire
time to the work of assisting in the
development Of better agricultural
and country life is needed in every
county of the United States. 1t has
been suggested by some. that every
graduate Of state agricultural col
lege should consider himself respon.
sible for the social and agricultural
conditions of his neighborhood and
to work for its upbuilding.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
Their Class.

Their Glass.
Pop, who are the underworld"
my son. they are the rest Of the
world to aviators."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17

Sixty-two railroad instruction trains
operated during last year by the Office
of experiment stations of the United
States department of agriculture cove
cred more than $4,000 miles, and the
meetings held in them were attended
by nearly 100000 people. Movable
schools to the number Of 149 were
held, with an attendance of 10000.
Farmers Institutes. of which more
than $4,000 sessions were held,
brought together more than 100000
persons to discuss agricultural affairs
Counting special institutes. the attend
ance was more than 5000, 000-an in
crease Of over 100000 over the pre-
vious year.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
DIDN'T TURN OVER.

Ross Dead Quick Spray kills bed
bugs. ants. fleas. vegetable and plant
Insects SO dead, and does 1t 80 quickly
that people exclaim. They didn't turn
over" It puts mosquitoes out of bust
ness Just as quick. Sold by your drug
gist. w. C. Ross Manufacturing COM
pany, Little Rock, Ark.-Advt.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
LOT OF The MODERN FARMER
One Of the Worst Problems 10 to
Secure Satisfactory Help-cause
Of Higher Cost Of Living.

have farmed for 20 years, and I
wish to say that within the last seven
or eight years the farmer has just
been coming into his own. 1t L. only
within the last few years that the
farmer has been paid for his labor.
No farmer can make any Roadway II
he does not put In at least IL hours q
day, counting his morning and eve
ming chores.
The average man in the city who re-
ceives a. wage of "a to IS a day or q
salary of $50 a month lives and
dresses better than the farmer who
Is worth from $4,000 to $4,000. Any
one knows that the average wage
Garner has more buying power with
the wage he now receives. than he
had with the wage he received Is OF
20 years ago, even at the higher cost
OF many things.
How can living be reduced to any
great extent without hitting the pro
Queer? l can give figures to show
that at present the producer Is not
receiving one penny too much for the
labor he performs and the money he
has invested.
One of the worst problems the far
mer has at present Is to secure sat
isfactory help even at the higher wage
now being paid, writes an Indiana man
in Chicago Daily News. II one has
q few more chores than ones neigh
bor-even though one does not put
|. in any less time than he does, one IL
not apt, to keep the ordinary helper
more than two weeks or a month
The unemployed who cry for jobs in
the winter time are often the ones
who in summer time. when you ash
them to milk COW. say they were moi
hired to milk cows. Good, satisfac
tory helpers are generally kept through
the winter. The farmer Is at present
paying all he possibly can for help. II
he had to meet the high wage now
being paid In the city. he could moi
raise corn for less than 81 bushel
or oats for less than 60 cents bushel
/ can give figures to show that these
are facts.
1t has been stated that one Of the
causes of the high cost Of living wal
the much greater growth of the city'i
population than that Of. the country
in the last ten years. How. then. car
any one expect to change this II the
farmers lot IL made still less attrac
tive?
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-07-17
No More.

Mrs. Nelson O'Shaughnessy's daring
presence at the wedding of Huerta's
son is only another proof Of brave
woman's pluck.
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, at the Colony
club In New York, derided one day
the idea that woman was weak. or
cowardly. or that she need ever play
q limited part In the worlds affairs.
WELL" said a lady Of the old
school. II know one thing women can't
do. She can't reform . man after
marriage"
mo" Mrs. O'Shaughnessy said
mo? And yet know many a married
man who in his bachelor days smoked
ascent cigars"