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the soil we all loved. I do not think
their emotion could have been stronger
than my own
Shortly after this Major T~odorovitch
pointed into the sky and said. See the
aeroplan mes. They are our scouts"
I looked in the direction he indi-
Gated. but all I could see was a series
OF pufs OF white. 1t val shrapnel
from the Bulgarian guns bursting SC
close to the Serbian planes that the
round puffs OF smoke we're drawn out
into streaks by the suction OF the fast
flying machines.
Occasionally We could see the sun
flash on tho wings OF the aeroplanes
Just as you can sometimes see the APP
proach Of a canoe by the fash OF the
sunlight on the paddles before you raj
really distinguish the craft itself.
At Vrbeni I met Gen. Vassitch. tho
"voivode mishitch" commander in
chief Of all the Serbian forces. Col.
Sondermayer explained that I wished
to go to the front.
"How far forward do you wish to
go?" asked the General.
las far as your officers can co." I
replied.
The General shrugged his shoulders
M though to say. There Is no place
for these women In war" then SEEM
ing suddenly to realize that ! was In
earnest, he bowed and said, Madam.
you should have been one of us-one
of our Serbian soldiers"
Calling his ~aide-dc-camp. Major
T~odorovitch, he directed him to obey
my orders and take me wherever I
wished to go, so We again got into
the rattly automobile and began to
climb still further up into the noun
tains.
In the distance I heard the oar OF
the big guns. As their noise grew
louder the strumming OF the machine
guns mingled with it and their stac-
cato was always distinguishable even
amid the ear crushing thunder OF the
high explosives. Then came the rata
pat OF rife fire, foolishly insignificant
in point OF noise compared 10 the can
non. but cruelty deadly. a. any one
who has seen war knows.
Artillery is terrifying. but after al
It Is cold steel in the hand to hand
bcstlal fighting that Stays.
The ammunition wagons almos
jammed II side Of the road now ant
the other side was damned with thu
carts bringing back the wounded. o.
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- The discussion concerning the eight hour law makes Of timely in
forest the ideas of Charles Proteus Steinmetz in his new book, Amer
Iica and the New Epoch" published by Harper 4 Bros. Mr. Steinmets
10 the chief engineer of the General Electric Company and an inventor
Of ability. He is interested in the National Association of Corpora
don Schools. of which he is the president. the main idea being sympa-
thedc cooperation, which is his hobby.
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D MRS. CHARLES H. FARNAM.

r r AV1NG conducted hospital work
" with the Serbian armies in
two Balkan wars II was out
d the question for me to go any
Where but to Serbia when the present
conflict started. l love Serbia and the
Serbian people, and when I have told
by story perhaps you Will too.
After serving through campaign.
. disastrous one for Serbia. I came to
America. and with the assistance Of
Miss Catherine Burke raised $3S, 900
for the American unit of the Scottish
Women's Hospital. I was only too
lager to accept when It was suggested
BY the Serbian Relief Committee that
{ return to the war zone I see that
NE money was properly administered.
This explains how I came to be In
Ostrova on a certain evening last
October. seated at dinner next to
Prince Alexander Of Serbia. whose
generosity OF heart led him to over
Estimate my service to his nation.
:. would you like to go to the front?''
b asked me.
II had been behind the battle lines
Hnd ! wanted to tell my countrymen
)uDt how the Serbs were fighting.
i."I would like nothing better" I said
hut. Of course. It Is impossible"
The Prince smiled. Madam ht
teplied, nothing that you may wish is
Impossible"
- Thought at first that It Vas merely
6tD innate politcness, but with thu
least possible delay Prince Alexander
delivered me into the care OF Col
6ondermayer, chief of the mcdica
service of the Serbian army.
"She IS to go wherever she wishe.
e" was the command delivered I,
th9 Colonel.
~And so we started u in n some,
what rattly automobile and went up
ward into the mountains. passing 1
continuous stream of soldIcrs-Frencl
going to Kisova and Scrb!ans to Dobr
pole. Ammunition trains and con
voys of wounded rumblcd over tn
roads day and night. They were tn
Back currents, the eddies OF the wa
We were traversing.
A we passed a stone post at III
9de of tho wheel ruttcd road one q
ehe onlcers said: I'VE are now in Ser
Ola This soil has been wrcsted .No.
Ne conaueror,".
FL cried. ~"Stoy," which " 10 ga
~etop."
e The chauffeur brought the car TO
stsndstill and , trnpci ont. The m.
followed mo ara $50 knel. aro, Ass,
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by now this man who was a soldier.
may have fulfilled his VOW, and il SO
he is happy. though his kiss may have
been a dying breath.
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10 you by this sacred earth that ! will
not die until | have kissed the sol Of
my country. After that he
shrugged his shoulders.
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By CHARLES PRorEUs srElNMErz.

twenty to thirty fold-but for illustra-
ton let US assume only . tenfold in
crease.
Thus with only an average Of n
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desirable, or 10 It even desired? Is
it not to a large extent artificial and
unnatural, fostered by the producers?
A considerable part OF the worlds
work Of to-day is not production. but
is advertising. selling and all those
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Mrs. Charles H. Farnam of New
yesk. recently decorated by Prince
Alexander for her relief work in
0sSbia, stood for six hours at q mill
my observation point on October
~ and watched the successful fight
81 the Serbians to regain the village
Of Brod at the beginning of their
advance against the Bulgarian and
Teuton forces. Mrs. Farnam has
just returned from Serbia.
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hours work during the day we could
now produce as much as We did in
ten hours a hundred years ago. and
could live in the same manner. with
the same standard Of living which
satisfied US a hundred years ago. by
working only one hour a day. But
we have realized on the increased
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workday. But the elimination Of all
the work in making us use more than
We have the inclination to use by
advertising. selling. &c. the elimina-
ton OF obvious waste and inefic.ency,
OF duplication Of production, &C., would
still further materially reduce the
work OF the world. so that, even with
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28
QuipS and Quiddities

SAY. I got good on Jimsby last night"
How sO?'
at was raining hard when we got of the train
and he asked m share his umbrella.
We'll what of that
You see, I'm quite bit taller tnan he, so offered
to carry the umbrella
"Yes?'
And when house walked up the
path and left get rained on"
"A pretty mean joke, wasn't it, keeping his
umbrella?"
'IIis umbrella nothing. 1t one I'd been missing
for week."-Judge.
who to Niagara, novelist
who has recently America hears some absurd.
ridiculous and nept remark there You stand and
gaze the falls profoundly moved. and then, of
sudden. something; is said, and the effect Of the
grandeur forever
THE Gay Niagara touched my
arm | looked up hose white waters. turned
10 had the smile of the confirmed joker
lit a shame. he said all this going
-" What yoI,'. said an electrical engineer"
No he answered, a mlkman."
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28
To Avoid Pneumonia
BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE.

II
7>HE pneumonia season has again arrived. Once
more that dread winter disease is stretching
out its evil hand to smite us. To guard
against it we need indeed to adopt special protec-
tive measures
Chiefly we need to keep ourselves in as good
physical condition possibly can. Those who
are weakened from any cause are pneumonia faV-
orite prey.
And physical weakening is brought on by divers
means. Lack of fresh air and failure to exercise
means particularly in evidence during the WIN
ter months.
Because of the cold thousands of people stop
taking exercise soon winter really sets IN
Also they Danish fresh air-or virtually oahlsh II
from their homes and working places.
In this way they both soften themselves anu
poison themselves. They lower greatly their resls-
tive powers. Let pneumonia germ come their
way, and it finds them easy victims.
To make bad matter worse, thousands not
only stop walking and keep their windows SHUT put
also cultivate fondness for overheated rooms. A
temperature of IS or 20 degrees ought 70 De
warm enough for almost anybody.
Get the SO-degree habit and you are lnvltlng
pneumonia to attack you. Let the rule De ~ ue-
grees with adequate and constant means OF Venu-
lation and you working on the side OF saIetV.
To ventilate properly may mean to burn more
coal than you otherwise would. But the coal oeal-
er's bill is pleasanter TO pay than the DOCTOR s-oI
the undertakers.
Keeping your rooms properly ventilated, see
that you likewise keep them clean. pneumonia Is
a germ disease, and all germ diseases thrive on
dirt. But in keeping rooms clean be careful 10
clean them by methods that will not I'LL the ar
with dust. -,
This for reason admirably stated in health
letter Of the. Life Extension Institute:
Dust is the aeroplane of the mlcroDe Old-
fashioned sweeping methods are abominable.
wood floors should be wiped or mopped with
oil mops Tacked-down carpets are not HYGIENE.
Those who have them should use vacuum cleaners.
or sweep after scattering bits of moist newspaper
or tea leaves to catch the dust.
Be careful, moreover TO keep yourself clean.
Take baths frequently. Don't let your skin get
clogged by dirt.
And dontNlet your internal system get cloSged
by overeating This is a mistake many of us make.
In winter more food is required than IN sum-
mer This does not Omean that we should gorge
ourselves The overeater, like the overheater' Is
beloved by the little pneumococcus so is the CELL
tleman who is overload of alcoholic beverages
Finally, practice mental hygiene as well as
physical hygiene .
Keep calm confident cheerful. Don't worry.
Don't let anything depress you.
f.. If pneumonia has become epidemic IN your
locality, refuse to fall into panic.
Lead common-sense life and go serenely
about your business. Conquer fear, or fear may
help pneumonia to conquer you.
Copyright, 1916, by The Associated Newspapers
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28
THE RETURN TO REASON
: BY Or. FRANK CRLNE'

cent our cooperation making brigandage illegal
and in organizing force which will make it i'm
possible.
In Germany Prof. Hans Delbrueck, the noted
political writer says, in the current number of the
Prussian Year Book that it is the duty of Germany
to ioin the growing movement for the creation of
some practical form of world tribunal. The war
ITSELF he continues, is bringing about change OF
attitude. THE general sentiment in favor OF
pacific measures for the settlement of disputes now
probably has crystallized to such an extent among
the people of all nations that it has become fac
tor in the enforcement of arbitration DEGREES that
can be reckoned with in practical way-Whlch
was not the prior to this war.
Even the Berlin Vorwaerts is giving evidence
that the dominent thought of Germany Is oegin-
ming to see that if the European nations adhere To
their stubborn purposes the end must "a pnlverssl
ruin.
"'Field Marshal Won Hindenburg,' it SAYS, "ad-
vises France to be reasonable. This advice will
have better change of being heard If we show
ourselves reasonable, too. If are going to drag
this war on indefinitely, then the whole of Europe
will bleed to death, and America and the colored
will be our heirs.
But we want Europe to live, not Germany
only but all the nations. We want France to live.
We see her bleeding white but have
hated her. We want peace also for England and.
Russia peace for the whole blood-stained world
Earnestly do hope and fondy do pray,
that such utterances are signs of return of the
crazed worlds mind to reason.
Copyright, 1916, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28
What viii Be the consequences

The annual interest charge on Europes war debt
ii stands today would suffice to build six Panama
Canals every year, says Girard in the Public Ledg
err; and by way of further illustration he adds that
this annual interest would more than wipe out the
wealth of city big and rich Philadelphia
that it would more than finance all cOuntry's
public schol and college education every year, that
its payment would tax every inhabitant of the
United States thirty dollars year, while the pay
ment of the debt itself would tax every American
inhabtant six hundred dollars year.
These comparisons family suggest the vastness
of the debt which Europe has incurred thus
far and which is growing by millions. with the end
not i'm sight How will these huge burdens be
shOuldered? What will be the attitude of the mass
of the people particularly in the defeated coun-
tries. toward the governments that placed this load
upon them? That political as well. economic
revolutions will follow in some of the nations is
hardly to he doubted.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28
Miss LAWS Famous Flight.

a record in continuous crOss-eOuntTy flight
has been made by Miss Ruth Law, young Ameri-
can aviator, who in air voyage from Chicago to
New York covered five hundred and ninety miles of
the distance without stop. But for the failure of
her gasoline supply she probably would have reach
I'd her destination without once descending the
way. As it was. she bettered by oAe hundred and
thirtx-eight miles the record of Victor Carlstrom
who undertook the same adventure earlier in the
month she finished the entire fight in less than
nine hours net. maintaining average speed of
something than one hundred miles hour
Miss Laws achievement is the more remarkable
in that her longest previous fight across country
was only about twenty-five miles. In her latest
venture she used a bi-plane built three years ago
and lacking number of uD-to-date features. She
flew without any fanfare of advance notices and for
TO trophy other than honor. Whatever may be her
views on feminism land the likelihood is that she
is not greatly interested in feminist theories she
has demonstrated anew and most brilliantly that
Jill can match Jack, and sometimes beat him in
courage and GOODNESS endurance and skill.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28

II Carranza ratifes the protocol which his rep
resentatiives on the American-Mexican Commission
have signed. the way will be clear for further and
more constructive negotiations This agreement
looks TO settlement of the border problems which
have vexed both eounsries and which must be dis
posed of before broader questions concerning the
interests of Mexico and the United States can be
hopefully dealt with.
Under the terms proposed and tentatively ac-
eepted. the United States will withdraw within
forty days the expedition that was sent in pursuit
of villa provided that in the meantime conditions do
not arise which would make the>continued stay Of
General Pershing troops necessary to the safety Of
the American border At the same time our Gov
eminent reserves, in a supplemental memorandum,
the right TO pursue into Mexico any bandit force
that crosses the international line, and TO do so
without restriction to the time or distance
taken This point though strongly protested by
the Mexican members of the Commission, is in
sisted upon by Washington; and with good reason,
for until Mexican authorities demonstrate their
will and power to suppress brigandage the Dor
der the United States will be fully entitled to
cross the line in protecting its own citizens.
If Carranza is duly mindful of his own and his
countrys interests. he will accept these terms and
pass on to consideration of those larger problems
friendship will be invaluable. The border trou-
bIes as Secretary Lane well says. are only symp-
toms: land Mexico needs system treatment-not
symptom treatment" There divers economic
as we'll as political ills that must be remedied be-
fore the Mexican people will be assured of perma-
nent and prosperous peace.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28
NIkKO.

.NIKKO.
Nikko is a sort of Japanese Mecca. 1t is rich III
all manner of shrines temples in tombs of princes
and shoguns in sacred gates bridges. Here
gets closer to Japan than in Tokyo Yokohama
and having gotten closer departs puzzled than
before.
\ catalog the holy places in Nikko would fill
guide They all have in common the wealth
of carving perfection the little thing the infinite
mains taken with the insignificant the lavish prodi-
gality of labor heaping detail beautifully
finished detail to form staggering whole, that makes
Japanese the wonder and tine mystery it is.
Some of the shrines holy that the general
,b1ic is kent out except on special occasions. The
sacred Red Bridge is of these. When General
cant was in Japan the authorities invited him to
the forbidden but the general declined with
thanks He felt lack of the necessary sanctity he
said.
The Japanese count Nillko among chief of their
national treasures Until you have Nikko. you
can not say splendid their proverb. In one
of the ost ntrivate beautiful the carvings they
show YOU single column upside down. That done
deliberately perfection lest the jealous gods
wipe art and artist out.
vet there something dssatisfying to the westerher
- 80 art of Nikko 1t perfect too conventional,
- ord IN understand is better to leave the shrines
III stroII through the nearby hills, swinging wistaria
ling-stick of the sort Nikko proudly manufac-
,,,ras and chewing a peppermint or the brand that
rade Nikko The face of the land is gay with
aowarsazaleas cematis and iris wistara, cherry and
,rrrn The Japanese delight in the flowers almost
,,o az in the temples. Their delight is to under
gtand and il is encoura gng for the ground Of
common love of beauty and west will meet if meet
they do
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28
TRAVELETTE-By NikSah

fingers carry it to the mouth Three-fnger poi the
native regard as a weak and effeminate comestible
Seeing the native Hawaiian gathered around tie
tao,t,.o ord sedentary person. To dspel such no
ton all YOU need him engaged IN the natlona
snort of surf-bo rd riding. Curled up on mario"
nIank that is carried along before some rushing cornoer
he shoots I'D the long slope of the beach at railway
speed Some of the expert surf-bathers even
stand ND to the game For the novice surf-Datning
g. . notwithstanding performance is not easy
it looks.
Having eaten poi and allowed the waves to tumble
YOU head over heels and jam violently in the mid
riff with surf board your duty TOWARD the native
c,ston,s s over You are free, to stroll about the
pleasant tropic where long-haired Hawaiian
girls dash by ON why native ponies You inspect the
chinese shops the quarters of the Japanese and the
Portuguese You visit the foreign club houses
set o., the hill. where in white linen tell you
strange stories offer you strange drinks Best o.
all YOU see tropic moon rise huge and golden
smashing the sea with yellow flame and weaving
smell of Swallowed witchery among the palms.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28
Grade Crossing Protection.

The most impressive plans YET put forward for
the protection of grade crossings in the United
States are contained in resolutions adopted at the
recent annual convention of the National Associa-
ton of Railway Commissioners. These recon-
mendations as summed up by the New York Times,
provide:
For the establishment of a cautionary
sign to be placed in the highway at a distance
not less than 500 feet on each side of the
railroad tracks; that the railroad companies
continue to maintain their rights of way
such cautiOnary signs as are now in use trat
all lights displayed at night toward the high
ways at grade crossings shall be red; that
during the day all crossing fagmen uni
form white disk. sixteen inches in diameter.
the word Stop painted in black letters its
center in place of the varicolored flags /
in use; that all crossing gates shall be painted
white. with diagonal stripes of black; that the
railroad companies be required, wherever
practicable. TO maintain their property at
grade crossings free OF distractions to vision,
and that the highway approaches to the cross
ings be so graded that the free passage of
vehicles shall not be inpeded."
The plans submitted were worked out by a spe-
ciaI committee of the Railway Commissioners after
thorough study, and we're adopted with the APP
prevail of American Automobile Association and the
American Railway Association. II the measures
recommended are enacted into laws by the various
State Legislatures as the Commissioners associa-
ton urges the entire country will have a uniform
system OF Embarrassing protection; and uniform
iry in this regard would be great gain for safety
When it is reflected that from a thousand to two
thousand lives are lost in grade crossing accidents
each year. the need for more protection and espe-
ciaIIy for more care on the part of the public is
painfully apparent
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28
u thing is right il is bound to come.

II a thing is right it is bound to come.
A bad thing, matter how entrenched In Gus
tom, buttressed by prejudice, and rooted in mems
passions, is bound to go.
War is wrong, wicked silly, irrational, insane,
and deserving of every other vile and contemptu-
GUS epithet that be coined against it. 1t is
wrong, no matter how preened with flags, glorihed
with trumpets and steamed up by national vanity.
Already there are signs that the minds OF the
leaders of men are swinging around to perceive the
utter horror and useessness of war 1t is distress
ing to see what terrific bludgeonng is necessary to
bring the world-mind away from its mania and
back to reason, but at whatever cost reason must
prevail.
In England Earl Grey recently added his voice
TO that of James Bryce in favor OF some sort OF
league to enforce peace expressing sympathy with
the movement in America to establish trlDunal
whereby international disputes can be settled
A. G. Gardner editor of the London Daily
News in strong editorial shows the Engllsn PEG
ple the significance of Americas entry INTO worlu
noIitics America he tells them, will say:
1--WE wanted to stand aside from your quarrels'
but we see your quarrels are no longer Eulopeo
ouarrels but world quarrels. We cannot escape
them if we would and since We cannot escape them
we must help you stop them.
1--WE will iOin YOU to make war on war. Pre-
paredness in the European sense mas Oeeh ~, Pr
paredness for war It was sprung OF rear, hatr'
and ambition: it always ended in war; ana always s
must end in war If you return to that eosp.I "
this experience you will reap It's fruits AGAIN
1--WE come into the field, not to add ne"
brigand power to the world, but to ask you to ac-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28
HONOLULU.

Honolulu is noted the native home of poi. SURF
bathing and Hawaiian music that is making our
grapnophones and player-pianos work overtime with
"Aloha O" and kindred Enthusiastically
familiar say some to surf-board and eat
moi YOU must Honolulu itself
a unique dish. like nothing else on earth
that the gentle native by beating UP the root
of the taro-pant paste and letting it ferment.
IL is eaten in a fashion brotnerly goodwill by
dipping the fingers into a common bowl. "One-fnger
pof' is a confection is stiff enough to be manip
ulated with single diget Two-fnger poi is somewhat
nearer the liquid state, and requires twice many
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-28
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