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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21
OTHER THINGS A SOLDIER NEEDS
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By Frederic J. HaSkin.
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"TASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The first scout that
wv went out from the United States forces
W stationed Camp Devens Mass, was
of a kind. He a social scout but
the less part of the regular army organiza-
ton, for he represented the Recreation Association
of America, which is a branch of the compassion
training camp activities of the war depart
ment.
The quartermaster's corps supplied the soldiers
with necessaries, such as fopd and clothing ana
blankets and the commission with essentials, such
smiles and relaxations
The smile sleuth from Camp Devens faced quite
a problem. Boston thirty-five miles away and
Worcester eighteen-both too far to serve as
sources for the kind of intangible supplies that he
seeking. But there were half dozen smaller
places within radius of ten miles. So he picked
the most likely-ooking of these, which was Ayres,
population three thousand, distance from camp
only three miles. He sought out prominent cit
izen and explained the case at some length.
Il want invitations to dinner for two enlisted
men, he concluded
Bring em along" said the prominent citizen
The social scout went back to camp and spent
four hours selecting the two men. For it was
vitality necessary that the two men should make
hit In order to make hit they must be men of
the sort that would probably be congenial to that
particular prominent citizen and his family.
This does not mean that the scout intended to
discriminate in favor of men of any particular
cia status. But he realized that all social rela-
lions are and must be founded upon congeniality.
Now, man in khaki loses, to a great extent,
his social identity. The occupations, companions.
clothes and habits that made up his social person
atty before he became a soldier, have all been
taken away from him. In the community to which
he is transplanted he has scant means for getting
in touch with the people that would appeal to him,
and they have greater difficulty in finding
him.
Hence the need for the social scout Exercis-
ing his judgment, and no doubt also his luck, he
selected the two men that he thought would suit
and they did. Their dinner invitation resulted in
arrangements, in which sundry feminine brains had
large part, for dancing party. The two first
men supplied the others from among the friends
they had made in camp.
Meantime the social scout had been diligent in
other quarters, had secured other invitations and
weeks there might be at Camp Devens every
evening line of about fifty automobiles which haG
been sent by the people of the town for soldier
guests
This is only of number of activities which
are being carried forward by the commission to
supply those things which no less necessary to
men than food and clothing. In a camp like Camp
Devens, which contains thirty-five thousand men,
while the entire civil population within radius of
ten miles is but seventeen thousand, there are
naturally not enough smiles at least not enough
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21

in the kitchen table taken the nutmeg crater,
a miniature repetation of the potato CRATER In a
receptacle at the top, closed by spring lid, was
store of orange peel. kept a treasure from
the orange which the boy had Toasted on Christ
before. This grated the potato, and
to this was added powdered a11spice and grated
nutmeg
Into this mass poured cane syrup, the whole
kneaded until all a thick paste and the flavor
ings thoroughly mixed into all parts. Then ii,
was set in the spider to cook, with slow fire I'M
derneath and the lid.
When the pudding to the table at noon
it feast in itself. Perish the thought of wait
ing for dessert, when such good things were to be
had for full neal We could barely wait for 1t
to get cool enough, and often blistered the tongue
in impatient tasting Around edges and over top,
juices of the potato and syrup had candied; from
the mass, dark brown, almost black, arose the de-
licious odors of the orange spice and nutmeg; even
as you ate in wholesouled enjoyment, occasionally
you would find delicious bit of orange peel, too
small to CRATE and thrown in for good measure
If the pudding good while hot for dinner,
it was ten times better cold for supper. By that
time it was CONCEALED until it could be cut into
portions each better than the first. Fortunate
those days when indigestion was unknown-such
quantities would call out the doctor now.
And if by good fortune any was left from sup
per, what pleasing midforenoon feast 1t afforded
next day, making you regret that you had eaten so
much the day before, that there might have been
more left of the substantial delicacy.
Great those days of the sweet potato buildings
gone with the times that produced It, the one
who cooked it, and the appetite that made ft q
feast fit for the gods.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21
Get Behind the Red Cross.

First to be able to care for soldiers
and sailors whenever and wherever that care
may be needed. Second. TO help shorten the
war by relieving the sufferings and bolstering
up the courage of the civilian populations as
well as the armies of our Allies"
These vital purposes of the American
the Review of Reviews will be promoted or held
back largely in proportion TO the success of the
membership campaign now in progress in At
lanta and throughout the nation. AS far as our
own fighting men are concerned, the work of this
humanitarian institution has barely begun Its
services deeply important though they are already
both at home and abroad. will be incomparably
more so when American troops sweep freely into
the conflict. When that time comes. and it is not
far distant the Red Cross will need the country s
unreserved and organized support-not simply the
support of generous dollars, but of ready hand
and of understanding hearts. The nations
patriotic and humanitarian zeal should be mus
tered behind this cause as completely COM
muuity's spirit responds to human needs in times
of fire and food or other disasters.
To be prepared for the vast responsibilities OF
the near future the Red Cross must recruit its
membership now. Furthermore, there is imme-
date and profound Importance to the work of re-
lief and encouragement which it is carrying for
ward in France, where suffering is unspeakably
acute and widespread and where Americas battles
have been herociaIly fought from the wars very
beginning To have a part, however small, in this
noble endeavor is honor which every real
American will covet and a duty which every loyal
American will fulfill.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21
ALCOHOL AND INSANITY.
BY H. Addington Bruce.

~CIENTIFIC authorities differ on not few
points in the alcohol problem. But there are
~ some things on which they absolutely in
agreement.
One of these is the preponderating part which
alcohol plays i'll causing insanity, and the imperative
necessity for total abstinence by all persons Wh1
have family history of insanity.
Such persons if they leave alcohol alone, stand
an excellent chance of escaping the fate of their in
sanity stricken ancestors. lmbibing alcohol, they
are far liable than the ordinary man to men
tai wreckage.
As all know from everyday observation. alcohol
has selective action the brain. 1t disturbs the
fuhconing of brain-centers high and low, clouding
the intellect and causing muscular inco-ordination
The drunken man thinks badly, speaks badly,
and walks badly. Not until he has ''sobered up
does his brain again work it should.
If ne permit drunkenness to become habitual
with him, organic degeneration of his brain is d
result. In the case of persons inheriting any
brain weakness similar result may follow even
the occasional imbibing of small amounts OF
liquors.
Here not only may the alcohol itself be direct
cause of insanity, but it operates to produce nsan
ity by breaking down the resistance to inherited
abnormal mental and nervous tendencies.
Directly and indirectly, then, alcohol is response
BILE for enormous percentage OF insanity. Dr.
August Hoch, a conservative authority, estimates
that it is the dominant factor in causing the insanity
of nearly quarter of the population of our hos
pitfalls for the insane.
In statistics from some hospitals for the in
sane of New York and Massachusetts,, covering some
$4,000 admissions" he says, II find that as many
as "a per cent of the male patients suffered from
alcoholic insanity. These figures not unusual
since in some communities the percentage is still
higher.
IF we reflect upon the fact that syphilis is the
cause of about IA per cent of mental diseases in
men, and that additional "a per cent due to
alcohol.
eff we bear in mind these figures and the fact
that the specific alcoholic psychoses do not repre-
sent the full extent of the damage done to the mind
by alcohol.
"And if we allow for variations in different COM
munites shall not regard very much exas-
gerated the statement that nearly one-half of the
cases of insanity due to venereal diseases and
alcohol"
Ponder this statement. Ponder it particularly
if, being a of alcohol, you at the
time a member of an insanity-tainted family.
For in that you are running greater haz-
ards than other men il you persist in alcoholic in
diligence. Your safe is to get the
water wagon without delay, and stay there.
Copyright, 1917, by the Associated Newspapers
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21

Down through the dim vista of the years past
comes the memory OF sweet potato pudding of
fifty years ago.
Of course, there buildings now, but they
have lost their SAVIOR. There is too much of the
twentieth century about them-too much sugar,
condiments and the cooking range. The only sweet
potato pudding worth while sweetened with
syrup, seasoned with orange peel and cooked
in open fireplace, in iron spider, with a fire
of corn-cObs.
The had not melted the morning frost
when Mother and the boy began collecting mate
rial for pudding for dinner. The boards which
closed the door of the sweet potato bank we're
stuck with ice and the ground around crsply
frozen The boy crawled inside, pushed away the
straw and handed the potatoes to the Mother wait
ing outside, who carefully selected those of the
right shape and size for grating. With supply
they returned to the log kitchen, where a Big fire
blaZed on the hearth.
The potatoes washed, trimmed and peeled;
then the crater taken down from where it hung
a nail against the kitchen wall. This CRATER
of tin, in half cylindrical shape, with holes
punched from the inside, leaving jagged proturber-
ances the outside of the convex surface. With
end of this crater in large tin pan the other
held at an angle by the handle on the end in the
left hand, the potato grated by simply catch
ing it in the right hand and rubbing it brskIy
the crater.
While this going on the, boy stood watch
ing, getting his reward in pieces of juicy yam,
small to crate, after the potato worn away;
occasionally getting treat in a wad of succulent
parts adherng to the crater, winning the
privilege of cleaning IL off when the grating was
done. With the potatoes ready, out of drawer
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21
Speed Up the AirplCneS.

Addressing the American people through the
New York Times. great French General gives
this pungent advice Equip yourselves as if the
war we're going to last ten years. but speed your
selves as if it were going to end in six months"
This applies to all fields of preparation, but
particularly to the building of air craft. For the
Allies to have and hold the upper hand in aviation.
says this authority, they must have "a far greater
number of planes than the enemy, and better
ones" Germany is working desperately to win air
mastery on the Western front before the Allied
output of machines begins permanently to exceed
the utmost that her own factories can do; and in
this as in the of troops her great aim is
strike in advance of Americas full arrival at the
front.
As to just how much is being accomplished in
airpane production in this country little is pub
Iicly known. But as Congress already has appro-
priated some hundred million dollars for
this purpose and stands willing to add as much
as may be needed, the administrative departments
are free to proceed rapidly and extensively as
practical conditions allow: OF thing, the pub
lie have heard with some defnteness and great
deal of interest--the Liberty motor. represent
ing the combined ideas and facilities of the
try's leading motor producers, who patrioticaliy
rendered the Government their patent rights, the
Liberty Mas aroused and. as far the tests have
gone has justified great expectations. Heretofore
the weakness of American airplanes as compared
with the French and British has been in the>en-
gine peculiarly gratifying. therefore, to have
the promise of an American motor that will be
world model for strength and speed and that by
means of standardized methods be turned out
at a prodigious rate. Air supremacy is pre-essen-
tia to the great blows that must hurl the Huns
back across their frontiers and crush their mill
tarism forever. The sooner this supremacy is
gained the lighter will be the cost and earlier the
arrival of victorious peace. And the Wig
orousIy America bends to her all-important part
of the task the frmer will that assurance be.
Where is the old-fashioned man who dned too
we'll?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21
TRAVELETTE-By NikSah
THE DESERT OF KARA-KUM

When the caravans in olden days went UP from
Samarcand and Bokhara to Merv for silks and
carpets carried spices for Europe to the Cas-
plan ports, of them occasionally wandered off
into the desert of Kara-Kum, and few of these
ever returned. This desert which is smaller bat
terrible than Sahara came to be known as
"the tomb of caravans"
If you to venture into the desert of Kara
Kun you would travel by camel. At first you
would pass through land of scrubby bushes, and
rest at noon a well, surrounded by a tiny
native village at the bottom of a dimple in the
desert. AND you would feel your first touch
of the desert heat-a heat that reaches SIS de-
grees in the sun and is hurled into your face by
the wind like a yeTitable sheet of flame.
In the comparative cool of evening you would
push On into the desert proper. Presently from the
top of a slight elevation you would it reach
ing before you-a petrified storm at sea, an ocean
of sand. There is nothing but sand and it is
tossed by ceaseless wind into pillows miles long
that creep forward perhaps a foot year, bury
ing everything in their pathe The wind tears ban
ners of flying sand from their crests you look,
releasing cascades that go rumbling into the burn
ing hOllows.
The patch across this desert is marked only
by bits of bone and stick, occasionally by human
skull. It is easily lost in the dark, and it is the
thread which connects shallow, muddy well
with another. Many have lost it,, and they are
still in the desert of Kara-Kum.
Many a so-calIed sef-made man is the hand-
III ruifa
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21
KEEP ALERT FOR THE SPY!
(The Macon News. ,

Every German Austrian in the United States,
unless known by years of association to be absolute
" loyal. should be treated potential spy. Keep
your eyes and ears open. Whenever any suspicious
act or disloyal word comes to your notice communi
cate with the bureau of investigation of the
department of justice
We are at war with the most merciless and in
human nation in the world. Hundreds of thousands
of its people in this country want to America
Inundated and beaten to her knees, and they
doing, and will do every thing in their power to
bring this about.
Take nothing for granted Energy and alertness
in this direction may save the life of your son, or
husband, or your brother.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21
TRAVEL IN MANCHURIA

Although it is much easier to reach Manchuria
who would travel in the interior of this primitive
part of China, as he leaves the few rail-
roads, must rely upon means that were standard
a century ago.
If it is winter he will rattle over the frozen
mud in a cart drawn by three horses At night
he will stop at an inn where he must supply his
he is willing to be satisfied with a little boiled
corn The walls of his will be of paper and
eyes will peer him through holes hastily punched
for the purpose. In the morning his driver will
awaken him before daylight and start him on
other long day of jolts and freezing.
In the summer travel is easier and peasanter
but also much slower. boat may be taken upon
one of the rivers. 1t will crawl along between
pleasantly shaded banks and green fields, every
little while coming to rest upon sandbar, that
progress is unbelievaby slow, even going down
stream. Against the current the boat is labOriOusly
poed and dragged with heavy ropes.
BY these means the travellers may penetrate
into region where change is unknown and the
principles of Confucius still rule. He will meet
tives who have never a watch a railroad
train, although they nomnally belong to of
the oldest civilizations; he will the squalor and
dirt and disease that go with ignorance
The fact will be forcibly brought home to him
that modern progress travels good roads.
The pocket money of most women out of
mans pocket.
Until Cupid RECEIVERS his sight marriage will
continue to be more or less of a failure.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21
The Turks Deepening Plight.

The weakness of the Turks which forced them
to surrender Jerusalem appears to be deepening
to disaster. The remnants of the eight Ottoman
armies under the command of Falkenhayen of the
German General staff, official dispatches announce
have met decisive defeat at the hands Of the Brit
ish The fact that so eminent a strategist
FaIkenhayen was assigned to the Turkish problem
shows how important it in German estimation,
and the fact that all his efforts have proved I'M
availing indicates to what plight the Kaiser's
Mosem ally has been reduced.
While the Palestine campaign has grown con
tinualy more distressing for the Turks, events in
fort Indeed the British forces in that region,
though compelled to mark time at frequent inter-
vals have made substantial progress since the fall
OF Bagdad so strengthening their general position
that the enemy has no hope of formidable often
sive and only a most desperate hope of a sustained
defense Thus in the two areas which mean
most to the Turks imagination, developments are
lance with the Huns.
The consequence may prove to be great beyond
all proportion to the purely military importance
of the Palestine and Mesopotamian campaigns. If
Turkey should abandon the Teutons within the
next six or eight months, the result would go far
toward ofsetting the advantages that have accrued
to them through Russias detection from the Al
lies. Conceivsbly, indeed, it might prove the
break in the armor which would mark the begin
ming of the end of the Kaisers defense.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21

The kaiser, in never-published interview,
predicted the far back 1908 showing
the kaiser warlke during the period he claims
to have been for peace
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21

Until Cupid RECEIVERS his sight marriage will
continue to be more or less of failure.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21

The pocket money of most women comes out Of
some mans pocket
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21

Many a so-called self-made man is the handi-
work Of his wife,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-21

Where is the old-fashioned man who dined too
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-09

Carl and Pat along with Gretchen
and Hortense, are making eyes at us
this Christmas, inviting us to inquire
into their merits. They belong to a
new order of the beloved rag dolls
that have always held the warmest
corner of little folks hearts.
These dolls are made Of discarded
socks or stockings and stuffed with
cotton. White socks are used for the
heads and colored ones for the bodies.
Fancy stitching with heavy mercerized
cotton or yarns, outlines the Jackets,
makes ties and garters and represents
buttons. The eyes, nose and mouth
are outlined also in black and red.
Two-toned silk socks, usually in a
bright color on the wrong side are
much sought after by the makers of
these jolly looking character dolls.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-09

A small, neat portfolio to carry sta
tlonery, pen and pencil for the soldier
is one of the gifts that can be made
for him at home. 1t Is a simple affair,
of substantial brown denim, and re-
quires nothing else but thread and snap
fasteners, to make a very complete and
handy writing case.
AS shown in the picture, the case
is about ten inches wide and sixteen
inches long. One side of 1t holds three
blotters that make a good support for
the writing tablet in cramped quarters
where there is no table. On the other
side are compartments for paper, en-
velopes, post cards and stamps. A
narrow strap of the denim, is sewed
down at the center to carry pen and
pencil. Ink can be carried in solid
form now. 1t comes in small sticks
that dissolve in water. The case fast
ems with strong snap fasteners as in
Dictated in the picture.
1t is good idea to embroider the
initials on belongings made for the
boys in the service because so many
kits and portfolios are alike In all de-
tails. Besides 1t is another evidence
of thoughtfulness on the part Of the
donor.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-09
IN COUNTRY TOWN
Reasons Why Thanksgiv-
ing Is Always Inter-
esting There.
THANKsGIvIN day in a countr,

THANKSGIvIN day in a country
town is allus interestin' on ac-
count tn folks that come back
homes. Some o. us kin git by tn
Fourth O. July or fair week or even
Christmas an New Years, but some
how theirs somethin' bout Thanks
givin' day that kind o. makes us want
t. be back home. Then, too, one nice
long dull Thanksgivin' afternoon in a
B fiat town is enough t. make US all
satisfied t stay away fer another
whole year.
Our town looks real cosmopolitan
like t'day, as Tell Binkley would say.
On ever corner you kin see little
clumps o. fellers that haint met In
years holdin' reunions an talkin'
about ole times. Some O. 'em look
like they had lots t be thankful fer
an some o. 'em look like tn place
they come from ought t. be thankful,
while still others look like our town
ought t. be thankful that Thanks
givin' only comes once a year.
Sam Bud, who traded his farm here
fer Floridy orange grove some years
ago came in from tn north this morn
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-11-09
Universal Thanksgiving.

Some call November the Areary
month of the year, the black sfptep OF
the II; and yet it is the MONTH of
thankfulness, the completion lof the
fruitage of the year. In thef woods
the squirrels are industriously DIT work
among their last gleanings before cold
weather sets in, their happyk "chee-
cheeree" joining with the CALLS Of the
blue jays and crows and smaller birds
In the universal paean liz thgAnksgiv-
Ing. In the underbrush aud in ti.'s
meadows the mice. too, are Iharyes1-
Ing, with their hearts full OF sladness.
Bees are buzzing over golden rod and
wild asters and other late zioN<1ers the
quail that have escaped the hurter
are, like Ruth. gathering 1.-THE last
grains In the farmers fields: twhile the
farmer himself and his boys 4re load
Ing the golden pumpkins into1 the big
farm wagons to carry away fdbr winner
storage for use by both the Family and
the cattle