Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-17
Do You Laugh With Your Eyes
Shut?--=Or Open?
The proper study of mankind is NOT man
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Do You Shot Yor Hand With the Thumb Inside Outside Of
the Fingcrse

Pope that The proper study for
kind is the outside universe-the machine In which is
microbe.
would be foolish for microbe to write 1.-THE proper
study microbes 1t Just foolish to
say that the proper study Of mankind is man.
microbe with opportunity to study things more mpor
tant would be foolish to study only microbes.
And the man. who for brief moment look away from
his little home study thousand would be great
goose If he confined himself studying the other little human
microbes.
Once In while however, IT is permissible for to study
man. a change himself by noticing the peculiar
tiles Of the little human germs that put here to cultivate
this planet take of it, drain its swamps rrgae its deserts
and incidentally develop a respectable human
Therefore when you tire Of refutng the nbuar hypothesis
when give the effort reconcile suffering world and
omnpoent creator digest the horrible problems
of infinite space unending you will find relief in study
ing the LITTLE things.
ordinary bareooted Asiatic tesifyng wit
the Judge watches his feet he tells the truth
that Interestingly
The poor Asiatc native has learned control his features
and to lie with solemn facial gravity that would deceive his
mother
he has not learned to control his feet And when he
begins tell les he begins twddle his toes Study that
psyohologcaIly.
You know why smoking is a bad thing human beings
bad chiefly nicotine gets into blood and
posons you BUT BECAUSE WHEN YOU SMOKE YOU HOLD
YOUR HEAD BACK TO BLOW THE SMOKE UP INTO THE
AIR. and phen hold head back can't think.
That mind what Bismarck said to the contrary
While you smoking, fitting your head backward and
blowing the smoke toward the ceiling wasting time be-
you thinking When you THINK you put the head
down. trying energy and blood supply the front
brain, where thought is born.
That also is interesting. But 1t won't stop your smoking
which Just WELL perhaps for do SOMETHING foolish
and smoking is mild folly.
interesting Also to observe whether friends
laugh with your eyes SHUT or with your eyes OPEN
Little children and human beings that have re-
manned children in spirit shut their tight when they laugh
1t pleasant young boys and girls laughing with their
eyes shut Their laughter very mrhfu, pleasing
children that shut their eyes tight and laugh very
pretty
But If you laugh with your and rather cold look
You yourself with the thought you quite
prettybut probably little higher up in the intellectual
scale.
When you shut your fist naturally, do you put the thumb
outside of the fingers inside of the fingers?
They say that the individual who shuts his hand with
thumb inside will be ruled by others He who shuts his hand
with the thumb outside will rule
they say be mistaken. It does probable
however that those physically stronger and inherently capable
delivering strong blow would shut the hand with the thumb
Whether is desirable not to be of nature that
deliver hard blows, you must decide.
How do you talk into the teephone7
Do you and smile and make faces at it when you
saying Good morning to friend? Or have you become real
telephone user? And you talk all sorts of friendly things into
the telephone with change Of expression face?
That should interest for has meaning Some people