davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
BACK YARD GARDENS
BY H. Addington Bruce

both the United States and Canada CAM
paign is under way to induce city jewellers to
transform their backyards and vacant lots
into vegetable gardens. 1t is campaign directly
due to the serious food situation created by
time complications.
AS such 1t is an appeal to the patriotism OF the
people and should meet with a wide response.
Those who do respond to it will have the satisfac
ton of knowing that they acting periodically
and are really doing something of economic value
to the nation.
At the same time they will be gaining important
benefits for themselves They will lower the cost
of their food supply. They will insure themselves
food supply that is both fresh and nutritious.
Most important, they will improve in health
through the exercise they have to take in the open
air when cutivatng their gardens
Many city dwellers-I am tempted to say most
city dwellers-do not get enough outdoor exercise.
Tn cir working hours spent indoors-in office,
largely spent indoors, amusing themselves in the
theater, movie hail. dance hall, or other enter
tainment resort.
They do not even get outdoor exercise when pass
ing back and forth between their homes and their
places of employment. Instead they ride in crowd
ed Or If they can, they ride in private auto
mobiles and public taxicabs.
People like these will profit immensely from
gardening in their yards or in vacant lots. They
may find it hard work at first But, sticking at 1t.
they will gain steadily in health and strength.
Another class of people, and a numerous class,
will find backyard gardening of special health
gaining significance to them.
These the people who, though they may al
ready spend much time outdoors, are for one rea-
son or another nervously unstrung. In many cases
their nervousness may be directly traced to idle
ness, in many others to lack of really pleasurabe
occupation for their minds. Having little else to
think about, they think overmuch about them
selves.
Let such people make hobby of gardening and
they will find their nervous systems better bal
anced. This statement is borne out by the exper1-
Of directors Of sanitariums for the nervously
and mentally disturbed.
They have discovered that gardening is Of
the best of for tired nerves and distressed
minds Therefore they set their patients garden
ing with the results of healing that sometimes
almost unbelievable
Cases of severe mental depression have been
helped back to normality Neurasthenic patients
have lost their aches and pains Psychasthenfc
sufferers have gained new strength and courage for
the struggles of life.
If, then you who read these lines a victim
of nerves." or a person who does not get enough
outdoor exercise urge you in especial to join the
army of those who will be working in backyard
and vacant lot gardens this summer
BY doing so you will be helping your country
to solve a grave problem of time STRESS and
you will be helping yourself to gain better health.
Copyright 1917, by the Associated Newspapers
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
"One hundred and fifty pounds of

Zone hundred and fifty pounds OF lint cot
ton is pretty good average for the farms per
acre. At 90 cents that brings only $50 per
acre. gross receipts. Fifteen bushels of corn
this year will bring in thirty dollars. That
would represent about the average yield per
acre. 1t is much better for the farmer to raise
corn than cotton. There will not be much IL
any, difference in the money value next fall
and the corn can be eaten and the cotton can
not. There will be no trouble for the southern
farmer to get rid of all the foodstuffs he may
raise. There will be a demand and market
for it right at his doors"
This sound and seasonable advice is from the
Athens Banner, of the scores of Georgia news
papers that are crusading for abundant food
acreage 1t is good policy less than true patriot
ISM as the Banner points out for farmers to con-
centrate their energy and resources the produc-
ton of food necessaries. No matter how much
cotton they raised how high the cotton market
scared, they would be in wretched plight If they
had to buy and meat and other staples at war
prices. Self interest we'll regard for the ma
TONS well-being should impel the farmers in every
Georgia county and every Southern State to plant
all the food crops they and to plant now.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
GENERAL INFORMATION TEST
By DR.. Frank Crane

Now, children said the schoolmaster, am GO
ing to test your general information. 1 will give
you list of names. I want to If you can tell
me something about each Identify the name
in way. Some Of them modern, some of
them ancient, some of them of real people,
and some are characters in fiction. Are you ready:
Gompers Lansing. Shaw. Ribot. Thaw.
Cassandra. Eve. Fauntleroy. Ramona. Ramola.
Ford. Carranza. Pendennis Heep. Goethas.
John Rid. MenocaL Chesterton. John Gilpin
jeanette Rankin. Joan of Arc Galsworthy. DR..
Jekyll. Hindenburg. CARR Nation. Howells.
BRAND Villa. Lafayette. Ibsen. Dick Deadeye.
Jack London. Benedict Arnold. Poincare. Ulysses.
Zeppelin. Robespierre. Cleopatra. Judas. Omar.
Captain Cook. Captain John Smith. Captain Kidd.
Sindbad. Brummell Bolivar. Bagdad Bapaume.
River of Doubt. Lewis and Clark. MiIukoff. Taft.
Cassius. Dido. Frietchte Opheha. Gerard.
Twain. Sunday. Tagore Panza- Mazeppa. Val
Bill. Romulus Robin Hood. Hypatia. Boone.
Tamerlane. Raleigh. Borgia Bacon. Beecher
Savonarola. John Law. Horace Mann. Pasteur.
Franklin Magdalene. Pericles. Confusius.
Gettysburg Tom Sawyer. Roman ROLAND
Horace. PiIte. Shackleton. Balboa. Deronda
Sherlock Holmes. Whittier. Josephine. Patrick
Henry. Garibaldf Bunker Hill. Portia- Verdun.
Micawber. Nero. Lot. Wilmington. Hollweg
Dewey. Faust. Port Arthur. King Arthur
Farragut. Mrs. Eddy Mozart. Occur de Lion
Asquith. Bernhard. Praxiteles. Zuoaga. Night
ingale. Samuel Johnson. Hiram Johnson. Ben
Jonson Sheridan Up. HI. Sheridan Or. b..
Mount Vernon,
Now tell me who said: Let us have peace
with charity all and malice toward none"
"Innocuous desuetude." Millions for defense but
not one cent for tribute" "Watchful waiting at
Is condition that oonfronts and not theory
"A rose by another name would smell as sweet"
Myself am hell" 1.-THE last Of summer"
"Alas for the rarity of Christian charity" "AIl
mankind loves lover" '"The world is my parish"
Sail on, ship OF state "Quoth the raven.
Nevermore" 'I have called this principle Natural
Selection" THE parliament of man, the fedora
ton of the world" when found, make note
Of" Goods in His heaven, alls right with the
world" 'I loaf, and invite my soul" Don't you
remember sweet Alice, Bent Bot?' THE purifca-
ton of politics is iridescent dream" "a police
mans lot is not happy ONE
Copyright, 1917, by Frank Crane.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17

The Kaiser promised that Prussia would
be democracy after the And think
the Kaiser is right"
This is Premier Lloyd Georges witty way of
summing up Hohenzollern hypocricy and the
tain retrbutiOn that awaits it. Since the United
States entered the the German despot and those
about him have been manifestly alarmed over the
moral and political effect that that event might
have upon his subjects The action of the United
States together with the Russian revolution has
made the undeniaby and Enthusiastically con-
1ict between democracy and autocracy, and Presi-
dent Wilson's statement of the issue cannot fail to
impress the German people, once they begin pom
dering it, Hence the Kaisers sudden zeal for fran
chise reforms and other promises of liberal govern
ment. But interestingly enough all his promises
are dated latter the war" That there will be
democracy RI Germany when this struggle is over
can hardly be doubted but it will be In spite of the
Kaiser, not because OF him. .-..-,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
TIE Justice and Need
of SeIectipe Conservation

IF the United States is to play a worthy part
in the war. II it is to help its allies instead
- OF hindering them and shorten the struggle
instead of proIonging it, il it is to be just its
own interests and its people as we'll as to the
world cause Il has championed, the Selective Con-
scription measure now before Congress must be
pressed surely and speedily TO enactment.
selective CONSUMPTION is simply common-sense
patriotism. II assumes that all Americans of mill
itary age and fitness wish to serve their country
and it proceeds TO assign them to duties in which
they serve il best. IL makes due allowance
for men with dependent families; and, what is
equally essential. it takes due of the fact
that men are needed for farms and factories and
other fields of production less than for the
army. Under a system of indscriminate vOlun-
teering, that highly important fact would be ig-
nored. Thousands of young men would be drawn
to the coIOrs who were needed at the forge or the
plov. and thus the nations effectiveness would be
dangerously hampered. That was the case with
the recruiting of England's volunteer army. An
observer OF that grievOus experiment relates:
Men whose services were Invaluable to the
military industries OF the country freely en-
listed, and the damage was incalculable In
battalion there were two hundred expert
munition workers who were worth their weight
In gold to their country in the industry they
deserted Former noncommissioned officers
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
WHY ARE YOU NOT IN KHAKI?

Why are you not in khaki,
Why do you idle stand?
Have you no love and fealty
To give to this fair land?
Does it mean nothing to you
That others bravely go
Forth TO face unknown dangers.
Mayhap to face your foe?
Now, while your country needs you,
Will you not heed it's call?
Give up your ease, for serv1cA,
Pledging your life-your all
Unto the flag which served you
Well through your days Of ease.
Look at IT! Does 1t not becf7on,
F1uttering there in the breeze?
Have you no thought of honor?
Care you still only for self?
Shall others guard your homesteads
While you are garnering pelf?
Heed then the call of your countryI
Haste. then, its flag to defend!
do your bit!" Don't be a slackeri
Get into khaki, my friend!
ISABELLE WOOD Patterson
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
THE OLD GARDENER SAYS:

Most amateurs make the mistake of sowing
seed for crops too early. 1t is not necessary to
put in the seeds for winter carrots and beets
til the middle of June, while the middle of July
is early enough to winter turnips. Early
carrots and early beets, however, should be
planted every two weeks, in order to have
succession for summer use. People who have
thought they did not like carrots have changed
their minds when they have eaten the little
French forcing variety.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-04-17
notice no SUBSCRIBERS.

addressing SHOWS the
By renewing at laas two weeks De
TIE dale regular service
odsEiuS paper changed usntion your oio a.
IL rOute please give the route
IA, - -u-,,.-.
order registered mail
an order for this Department 70
SrNTT- J0TRNA l.. Atlanta,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
Jmx This WeeIhe Old Fellow Going Great

ran homo on the error. In the
thtfd the Hose showed some genu-
inc attack. Jackson singled with
two entombed. Felsch tripled and
Gandil singled--these two swats be-
ing good for two tallies. Thereafter
James and his support was invinci.
bic
The Tigers started 10 go in the
fourth A lift by Veach and n triple
by Burns resulted In one run. There
after the Tigers could do nothing
until tho ninth. In the sixth, Csbb
singled aud got as far as within
striking distance OF the home plate,
but he was called out in Close
play. lie was trying 20 score from
second on n Wild throw 10 first and
nearly made H. In the ninth. He'll
man singled and Burns doubled.
Heilman scored ON Wits sacrifice
fiy and Burns went on home when
Leibold returned the ball carelessly.
Sianage doubled 10 right. Williams
departed and Danforth took tho
mound Crawford batted and fouled
to tho catcher. Bush famed and
the game was gone.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
Dauss and Ehmke To
Get White SOx
Scalps

CHICAGO. June 27.-Cloudy skies
threw condemnation into the Tiger
camp hero early this morning. but
little Investigation discovered
some cool breezes and other indica-
tons that the day would brighten
up and that rain would not interfere
with the double-header scheduled
for Comlskey park this afternoon.
The Jungaleers are raving today
over their failure 10 win both OF
Tuesdays games, and they are de.
termined 20 make UP for lost time
this afternoon. Rowland sent Fa-
Der and Williams 10 the slab yes.
terday afternoon and both were
knocked out OF the box by the De-
troit onslaught. Inasmuch as De-
troit has hitherto found IL almost
impossible 70 beat these two fell
lows, they are full OF confidence.
They figure that they have made ~
runs and "a hits for 80 bases in IS
innings against that portion OF Chi
cago pitching which Is most difficult
FOR them. and can't see where the
Rowland reserves are going 20 both
or them Ehmke and Dauss have
been saved to hold the sox in check
today. and the team is certain that
this pair will be as effective as
Mitchell and James were yesterday.
That's all that Is asked.
The first game Tuesday was a
complete rout for the pace makers.
Nine runs and IL blows were CLEAN
ed OF Messrs Faber. Benz and
Wolfgang Willie Mitchell worked
for Detroit and had an easy timo.
He loafsd along and. tho not trying
hard because Of his big lead. he held
The Hose 20 six hits and pair OF
tallies
The Tigers started 10 feel out
Faber in the first round Young
and Cobb found him very human
AMI in Ne second inning a barrage
bombardihent was unleashed Burns
singled Wit hunted and drew a
Wild throw from Faber, both run
ners sharing an extra base on the
misplay Spencer scored the pair
with single 20 left. and when Jack
son threw the ball away. Hack can.
tered 20 third He came home when
Mitchell nied 20 shane Collins
Singles by Veach. Heilman and
Wit scored another tally in the
third Benz replaced Faber in the
fourth. and Bush singled. Young sac
rinced and cobb drove DOME home
with two-bagger wolfgang re
placed Benz in the afth. This an.
clent Tiger jinv was saluted with q
combination Of singles by heilman
and Viz and a sacrifice by Burns
that developed another counter.
Thereafter the Tigers subsidized w.
~ tho ninth Young singled and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
AMATEURS To
HAVE BIC DAY
Odd Fellows and Federation
Plan Field Meet At Navin
Field Next Saturday

Detroit amateurs Will have their
innings Saturday. June 30. at Navin
field when the first Amateur day
field meet that Detroit has had will
be staged under the combined au.
spices OF the Detroit Amateur Base
ball federation and the Oddfellows'
Baseball league. The program will
commence with parade OF anna
teurs from Grand Circus park 10
the ball park. Such events as high
Jump: e20-yard dash. broad Jump.
funEo hitting. running 70 nrst. cir
cling the bases. Will be staged and
handled under the supervision OF @.
r Ashe. OF the recreation commits
sion.
A drill Is being ARRANGED 10 head
the field events and a baseball game
between the Western lodge and
the Barry Real Estate will con-
clude big days program. The
various leagues playing Saturday
and Sunday baseball have been
asked 20 cooperate and 20 be in
uniform IN the parade. complete ar
rangements for which will be made
next wednesday evening. The on
GERS ~ any leagues or managers
81 independent clubs who would like
70 add their strength 10 the some
odd - 20 100 teams who Will pa
rade on that day are requested 20
get In touch Immediately with Sec
rotary Zetterlind. AZ Main 42se. or
write him az No li5 West Colum-
blast
The tickets viii be but % cents.
and the proceeds VIII 10 distributed
among .Detroit's amateurs and sail
ors and soldiers recreation funds.
Tickets viii BE- on sale AZ the sport
ing goods stores and The purchaser
81 A ticket is entitled 70 enter In
one OF the Geld events free and 20
compete for the various prizes.
The sporting goods houses OF the
city have come 10 the front hand
somely and there will be medals
and other prizes for the boys 10
compete FOR All OF the federation
and Oddfellovs teams who have con
testant blanks 70 turn In are re-
ouested 20 see that they are placed
in the mail and sent 10 the secre-
fary Saturday or Sunday night with
ont fail They must be in by Mon
day morning. Send them 10 Secre-
tary Zetterlind
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27

stole 20 start that frame. Veach
hunted safely. Heilman made his
fourth lift OF the lively game This
particular clout was home run into
the left field hleachers. and II net.
ted three runs.
James and Williams were oppos.
ed In the second fracas. Bill was
as unlucky as usual Only two
earned runs were made OF his
shoots. but four actual tallies were
scored and that was one more than
Tige could muster az the finish. A
smart attempt az double play
gave the Sox one In the first. Wea.
YER and Eddie Collins walked with
one out. Jackson grounded 10 Bush.
who tossed 20 Young 10 force Col.
Inns. Pep went after Weaver az
third, and would have Jagged him.
except for the fact that the throw
was not nearly so good "a the idea
In fact. II was very Wild and Wea.
yer continued on home.
A single. A sacrifice and Texas
Lacquer put Chick Gandil on third
with two out IN the second Stan.
age threw Wild 20 third 20 snipe the
Chicken. and The sex doorkeeper
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
FIVE RUNS OR NO
COUNT, ON TUESDAY

Tuesday was one day when
baseball fans got action. Pitts
burg went into the ninth inning
sIT runs shy Of Victory over
Cincinnati and made five OF them
before the side was out Cleve-
land went into the eighth inning
Of the first game with 81 Louis
a few runs behind and made FIVE
that round In The second game
these same indians broke up the
contest by scoring n quartet of
fallies In the eighth.
In the first CANT with Brook.
lyn. the Braves tailed FIVE times
in the ninth and scrambled 10
victory over n fourrun lead In
the second game with Brooklyn.
tho Braves scored iive runs in
the seventh. and won In the
nth inning ~ The second game
With the Cards. the Cubs tallied
five times and won
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
Look Out for Cicotte


Eddie
been finger
invariably padded bhe
tell This fellow
archives Eddie
Eddie hasn't been chance pick Tge
athletes looked the Frenher offer
b squawked Justify
Umpires that Cicotte delivery all right Probably is There
a balls
distinction knuckle
knuckle
known FISH. bite greedIy and suffer extinction
of cicotes newly found the SO
guile physical condition all scrambled
bling morse Eddie wasn't star 1915 He seemed be going back
February OF 1916 that he
into the best condition Of his career and then going 70 stand the
noodle did thing
he found he was about good The effort Of pitching for
strategy and he put that to work for him 1915 He began Eddie
around In
the newfound condition the job and the
than before.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
DEXTER PARK
STANDS TO SEAT
5000 PATRONS

II "a announced that the contracts
for the new Dexter Park racing
plant have been awarded Two
stables OF 30 stalls each will be
erected and the grandstand will be
enlarged so that il will accommo-
date between $500 and 1000 patrons.
Other improvements will be made
Dexter park will get It's big play
the week Of Aug s. when the short
shippers will stage meeting there.
Meanwhile the usual Sunday mat
inees will be continued.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
Tuesday Split Peeves Tige;;
He's After Two Wins Today
FORFEIT SAVES
RECORD OF sTRoHs

BY lewiston OF the ID. A. b. A.
directors at their Tuesday night
meeting. the Strohs still are an
unbeaten team OF ball players.
The Strohs were defeated. 4 To 0.
by Lemps Falstaffs Sunday aft.
erroon. but the association order
ed the game forfeited TO the
Strohs because the winners used
Vein. a shortstop under contract
10 the West Ends. Both teams
were handicapped for their next
games by the indefinite suspen-
sions OF Hammerschmidt. OF
strohs. and Madison. OF Lemps,
who essayed pugilism during the
game in question
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
DE PALMA HERE
FOR BIG RACE

Ralph DePalma Is in Detroit to
tune up his Packard speedster for
the match race with Barney Old
field n; the fair grounds track next
Sunday. The italian took trouno-
ing from Barney at Milwaukee last
Sunday. and is seeing red because
OF that setback. The rivalry OF
those gentlemen IS going to produce
some thrills before they settle their
argument. DePalma blames mechAn-
ical difficulties for his Wisconsin do
feat. and insists that this trouble
will be- eliminated In time for the
coming Sabbath ARRAY.
Oldheld will be along IN day or
so 20 give his Submarine special
and Delags a few spins over the Do
troit track.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
JULY BIG MONTH
FOR TRAP SHOOTS

Seyenfy-nine trapshooiing toUrna-
ments-six OF them state champion
ship affalrs-are listed 70 take place
during the month OF July under the
supervision ef The Interstate Asso-
citation for the Encoura cement of
Trapshooting These tournaments
sill take place in 81 states and in
Two Canadian provinces.
Pennsylvania and Iowa lead with
20 tournaments each. Minnesota
and Wisconsin will stage five each
and Michigan four Wyoming. Okla
homa. Illinois. indiana and New
York each will hold three Arkan.
sas, North Dakota, Maryland Maine.
Belaw ire. Missouri. California, two
each: and British Columbia. Alberta.
Rhode Island, Oregon. Connecticut,
New Jersey, Ohio. Massachusetts,
MonZana, Washington. Idaho Kan.
sas, Virginia. Georgia. New Hamp
shire, and Kentucky. one each
The state championships. the date
and places they wiil be held. togeth
er with the dates OF the important
special trapshooting events 10 take
place during July and appended
c- sTf- f-FFAM pTrnN~fTTpz
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
What of Collins

NNE THESE to buzz questions
i fashion refer Eddie
Keystone but hardly h
speeding
pill bated little matter OF 800 Tor
notch
forgotten him From Ss5 to s 70 a45 TO 44 10
his decline.
hitting 24o AS late the middle September he had not
enabled him get under the wire Base hits are coming harder
guc
except Collins And horrors upon horrors was discovered
perfection behind the decrepi le the little
II looked the
slide
by as o held the ball.
a be Further
a going be Pepper
fielding ved only by bis baseball
batsman before the campaign ends
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
National League
SvANDIyG


chicago In 81 Louis - gameD.
Cincinnati in Pittsburgh.
Boston IN Brooklyn.
New York in Philadelphia
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27
Michigan Sportsmen

PORTMANSfIP for the
association, which
n Major William r.
elected president and Hugh Chalmers OF directors
Among those
Osborn
Keddon the
Robert Raybun Apena j. H. E. II
Samuel
E. Townsend ~
Every member Of the NJ s. sportsman and he ust
subscribe the following pledge: ~ - ~
o the
4 n a sklful manner
than be conyenen,v
n Itiest IN have
the
It.
and thu
and propagation OF game FISH
To aid in the protection Of song birds
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-06-27

TN smash the White sox stuck Its head out
made vicious lunge AZ II De'
II he
bated Faber
Detroit 10 defeat
Lefty
threefourth of his with Detroit
But
within striking
would be pretty
happened that Chicago wasn't hu nlc anu
difference
specially and cashng the foFlorn hopes
hitting That SPEAK
about so points IN average oN
OF Wheat
passed that he can osze awa az
There's sun plenty lot
overtime this Three times
pitch against the Giants and three
his
Tor
either
had the OF his
and
him from the slab That's Jnx that
10 be U