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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
Wolf and SaUlne

The Prussian character is mixture of mush
and iron, of Numbering sentmentaiity and saw
age cruelty, of ruthessness and the yellow
streak. When squadron of the Kaiser's air
craft swOops down unfortifed French ana
English towns, Staying and children, OF
rains bombs a Red Cross hospital to XIII
wounded and the nurses attending them his
subjects shout approval But when a British
squadron visits a German town. like harls-
ruhe, seat of great munition industries ana
showers ton or so of explosives to give tue
enemy a taste of his iron, what ensueS'
Why, the shivering Boche hasten to petition
the Imperial Government to try to obtain gen
eral agreement with the Western Allies Tor the
cessation of hostile air raids on places OUTSIDE
the zone of military operations IL IS quits
right, the Germans contend, for them to oomOaru
sleeping villages from the air and to scatter pol
sOned candy, together with toys Loaded WIN
dynamite, where French and English chlIdren
will be tempted to pick them up. But when II
comes to disturbing the tranquility and Destroy
ing gunwOrks of of their own towns they
weep into their beer mugs and beg for lnterces-
sion with the hard-hearted foe
In like vein Won Capelle, German Minister OF
the Navy, walls and rails at the United states
and England for having taken over the Dutch
tonnage which had long been lying idle In their
harbors and for which they will compensate the
owners literally, procedure, the right of which
is so we'll supported by international law and
precedent that none seriously question IT,
But Won Capee, his hands dripping with
the slaughter of noncombatants, denounces what
he terms 1.-THE robbery whereby Anglo-Saxons
have incurred the worst sort of odlum for dec
AIDES to come" 1t is this foul, ever present
hypocrisy in Germany, almost much as her
brutishnesss, that has made her object of
loathing throughout the world. She sees no
odium in her million deeds of Frightfulness, no
wrong in massacrng and burning undefended vii
lagos, in outraging and enslaving women, or
in cutting the tongues from childrens threats
or in bayonetting babies or in any of the
unspeakable things she has done in her codly.
calculated plan to conquer by terrifying. All
that is Kultur and the Divine right of kings;
But when she sees Dutch ships legtimately pressed
into English and American service for the pur-
pose of frustrating her U-boat piracy, she cries
out, "Ango-Saxon robbery" If the Prussian
character merely brutal merely yellow,
it would either hearty hate or simple
contempt. But how shall the decent world deal
with this combination of the two, this mixture
of wolf and swine?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
And, con-

or unconscousy listening for them. And con-
sciously, they have said to themselves:
How unpleasant this sound is, how painful
that one. Really, it is more than / can put up with.
this way they have kept alive their sensitiVity
to noise long after the passing of the period of
IRENE fatigue when it only natural that noises
should affect them unfavorably.
Nor have they helped matters by their habit OF
fleeing from the sounds that disturb them.
This is sort of moral cowardice. Its effect has
been to confirm them in the false idea that they
cannot endure noise.
What they need to do-and all that they need
to dds to train themselves to keep their atten-
ton fixed things more important than the slight
sounds incidental to everyday life.
IT, for example, they pay increased attention to
their work they will be less likely to pay attention
to the noises for which they now are perpetually
listening.
1t will help them, too, if they develop a keen
interest in the vital affairs of the world in which
they ive-politcs, social REFORM scientific progress,
art, literature, etc.
Having worthwhile things to keep their minds
occupied they will be less and less likely to occupy
them with petty things like the discordant noises
the radiator clickings, the wagon rumblingS, etc
to which at present they pay absurd over-atten-
ton.
This is the remedy available to them-a remedy
costing nothing simple that be utilized by
everybody, and unfailing in its action.
Copyright, 1918, by the Associated Newspapers
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
Child Suicide IN Germany.

In Germany even the school system is ruthless
According to Berlin newspapers there is at least one
child suicide week throughout the year the great
majority of them being committed by children who
have received poor report cards who failed of
promotion. This condition. prevailed for years
before the war.
''Kutur'' has long done to childhood in Ger
many what it aims do to the free peoples of the
world it has crushed the child's spirit into mold
of heartess discipline the one purpose of which
is to make a competent slave for the Empire.
Americans believe as do the English and French
and Italians. that Government made for man;
but the Germans believe that man was made Tor
Government, and HohenZollern Government at
that Thus the child from its tenderest years is
considered and treated possession of the state
a cog in the vast machinery of Prussianlsn Chll-
dren barely out of babyhood arc hustled into the
hands of the educational drillmaster. The ruhng
purpose is not to enrich, lumlne ana ehhople men
lives, but to make them efficient; not TO rear
them into happy. useful men and women thinking
their thoughts and captaining their own souls
to pattern them into useful uphOlders oil autoc-
racy Under this system children are driven rather
than taught. What is playful and spontaneous ana
truly divine in them is curbed and broken Tor Ell
iciencys" sake Is it to be wondered that the more
sensitive of them. with the Mailed Fist forever
knocking at their hearts and the shadow OF rear
always upon them sink down and down In de-
spondency to die many OF them, by thelr own
hands?
virtue of the German system OF education rather
than a fault. A process of schooling that Kills
fragile bodies and brushes every free and generous
impulse is the ideal of Prussianism Conslderlhs
how they deal with their own children, we nave
really no reason to be amazed at how the huns
have slaughtered children in Belgium and France
or at their making a national holiday when they
sank the I.usitania with its helpless mothers /ad
babes
One advantage about beets is there are no
beetless days.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
LOYALTY

BY Bliss Carman, of The VigilanteS
Ii the whole duty OF man could be told in one
word, that word would be loyalty-the duty of
standing by. Loyalty to the past, loyalty to the
present loyalty to the future is something that is
obligatory on all of us.
Our duty to the country at this time implies
loyalty to all traditions of freedom and high
hearted justice which fought for by our fore
fathers which have been preserved for u.s. ana
which we have been accustomed to enjoy all too
thOughtessly until now. Now is the time 10 stano
by them with every word and deed
Our duty the in the trenches, and TO
every other American at home, means Loyalty 10
the demands of the present In the first place. our
loyalty to the man in the trenches implies Keep
ing him in good heart Not only must we send him
constant words of cheer, but the damnable treach-
cry of doubt and pacifsm and Germanism. which
keeps trying to spread itself through the press and
by spoken rumor, must be stopped and aoohsned-
utterly swamped in patriotic enthusiasm. When
you hear doubling whisper of disloyaty
nail the whisperer as liar and criminal. and
know you doing your country a service.
Part of duty to the men in France is to
make the profteer and the striker understand that
they ere disloya crooks and to block their selfish
and disgusting game by any means necessary
There is choice between the man who is willing
to profteer and the who is willing to strike
for more wages, in the present crisis. They are
equally despicabe. the lowest of the low If shame
will not restrain them they should be drafted and
set to work at decent wage and profit.
Our duty to American pOsterity, our loyalty
to the future must consist in passing to the
coming generations all our national ideals unim-
paired, in leaving to them the institutions of free
dOm winch. we ourselves nave IOunQ nValuaDle.
What they may do with those institutions under
conditions is for them to say. But at least
must leave them good found them.
We are fighting now to preserve our national
life our civil rights and our homes and families
from devastation and ruin. When we have
ceeded in that. believe first duty to posterity
should be to shut the door European immigra-
ton. The vague and dreamy ideals of information
alism snare and a delusion. We best
serve the world by preserving the United States
a nation, with its laws and institutions and customs
md ards dol aSp6h nv no Of bOco
millions of refugees who will wish to flee to us after
the
If We leave the door open we shall be swamped.
The German agent and the Boshevih should be
barred
Another immediate duty to pOsterity is the
establishment of universal compulsory military
training-not for the purpose of maintaining
huge fighting force but for the purpose of rearing
a of men who shall be physically fit for the
arts of peace and for all the duties of citizenship.
To perpetuate the present lack of universal train
ing of any kind. would be to do great unkindness
to the coming men of America
These all immediate duties to which we can
set our hands and wiIls-which We can do now.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26

~ ONE people-many people-are morbidly SEN
stive to slight noises. They are .verltable
~ slaves of sensation. Sounds which pass I'M
noticed by others them real distress.
The clicking of a steam radiator they md
"agonizng." The noise of passing wagons dis
turbs them to such extent that they keep the
windows of their homes tightly shut.
Many of them rebel especially against kitchen
noises They writhe at hearing dishes and pans
being washed Even the sound of water dripping
from a faucet "tortuTes" them.
Such unfortunates usually attribute the dis
tress they feel to peculiar sensivity of their audi
tory nerves They are mistaken.
The trouble is not with their ears but with their
minds They suffer merely because they have al
lowed themselves to develop false idea that they
cannot endure noises
Perhaps in the beginning, the noises that nave
become uncomfortable were noticed by them during
period of nervous fatigue.
When a person is very tired from any cause,
noises are always noticed more readily than at
other times. But ordinarily there is return TO
disregard slight noises soon as the tlredness
passes. -, ,s
With these poor people things have happened
differently. :.
Because they have never been really trained in
emotional control or it is characteristic or
them to be unduly self-centered they have reacted
excessively to the disturbing noises.
They have fallen into the habit OF consciously
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26

The biologists have set aside this tract of land
1or their Investigations, not only because wild ami
mails and birds are becoming rare, but because the
wild flowers and other plants having an ornamental
value are being no less rapidly exrerminated With
the coming of the automobile and the crowds of
pleasure seekers which it carries into the country
such plants as the dOgwOod. the holly the ground
pine ana the WlntergTeen, which esteemed as
decorations, disappearing from the vicinity of
Washington and other large cities This is almost
wholly due to thOughtless vandalism. People DO
not seem to realize that the plants growing in
bit OF woodland are much the property Of the
owner as his apple trees or his crop, and may
be equally valuable to him. They to think
that if the plant is wild one they have right to
destroy it, and they proceed to do so. They are
seldom content with picking a few light sprays.
which would not seriously injure the plant, but
commonly tear it to pieces After few attacks
the plant dies. That is why you so seldom see
holly tree in the woods anywhere near city, and
why the dogwood is becoming more and more rare.
Even the hardy and abundant laurel is becoming
scarce in some sections because it is evergreen
and is valued for decorative purposes in the fall
and winter. Old-timers say that the appearance
of the woods has been radically altered by these
depredations
The wild flowers have suffered even more than
the large woody plants. The trailing arbutus,
which common wild flower in the vi
entity of Washington, has been almost extermi-
mated by the thOughtless woods roamers, who
seldom content to pick the blossoms. but usually
up the plant by the roots. Often it willis be-
fore they reach home, and is thrown down by
the roadside. The wild phox, which used to fes-
toon the woods in great beds has also nearly dis
appeared.
Ferns have also suffered heavily. The gather
ing of ferns, and also of evergreens, is often folt
lowed on a commercial scale, and local florists
much to blame, but the ever-increasing tribe of
the autois is to blame. 1t is usually he too.
who sets the leaves On fire. either by carelessly
dropped cigarette, or in building campfire. The
result of these ground fires is to destroy the nour
ishing humus of the forest soil, the seedlings of
trees and flowers. and the eggs of ground-nesting
birds.
In order to protect bit of the countryside from
these violations the Washington biologists have
founded their club of fifty acres. They believe,
however, that the damage which is being done to
American woodlands could be checked II people
understood the serious effect OF their depredat1ons
This story is plea to the cutters who will go into
the woods this spring not to destroy wsntonly
everything that is beautiful enough to catch their
and enjoy.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26

1t is worth searching for. Dig!
you is wisdom. There is real wisdom
outside of you, none that will do you any good.
1t is within you. You find 1t in the long hours
of silence when you seek among the of
your soul You find it, gems of it, like dia-
monds, lying in the lodges, if you diligently
the shovel of mediation
In you is goodness The granite rocks that
underlie every soul good. Go after what
is in you. There is peace and contentment and
righteousness and loyalty and love. They all
within you. Dig,
And there is God. There is Heaven itself Did
not the Wise One say, You shall not say, .Lo.
here! nor, Lo, there. for the Kingdom of Heaven
is within you?
How can l come at it? Dig. Seek, and We
shall find.
No books, teachers, events can give you
what you want, unless you work your mine
The answer to the starry sky is infinite within
you
Dig!
You will find within you riches and force and
passion and joy.
For these mixed in the clay of all souls.
And He who made mans body out of the dust of
the Garth mixed strange treasures therein.
Copyright 1915, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
Huns Abandon Mass" Attack.

There is a world of significance In General
IudpndorHs reported order thatGerman forces snail
coase attacking i'm mass formation. This hitherto
urbending tradition of Prussian tactics must now
.sba abolished absolutely" he declares, because II
orI, leads to unnecessary losses Enormous indeed
must have been the losses that forced this aban-
donment No humane consideration we may be
sure would ever have persuaded the German war
lords 10 snare their men As long as they had
hone of gaining their objective by hurting forward
u.vp upon wave of densey massed troops they
would continue to do so careless of the cost as
though the lives thus sacrificed were so much
Grass: the Prussian name for soldiers thus en-
Moved is cannon fodder. Evidently, the condl-
lions that brought forth the Ludendorn order were
extraordinary and imperative, touching the mill
tarists at a most vulnerable point
Their abandonment of the mass, formation is
an admission not only of tremendous losses, but
also of the failure of the method of attack
which heretofore they have found most effective
and for which the German soldier is best suited by
both training and temperament It was upon mass
formation that they depended to break the Allied
line when they launched their supreme offensive
month ago They stuck to their plan through
grueling weeks only to find at last that they had
Aung away hundreds OF thousands of men without
accomplishing single decisive result No wonder
Ludendorff, the Kaisers chief butcher, hastens to
renounce his faVorite method Of attack.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
He Proved HIS AmerGcGn1Sn1.

My grandmother left Germany with
her to escape the German military sys-
tenn. | have never been able to under
stand those German Americans who, even
before this country entered the war, were
boastful of the efficiency of the German
military system
The writer of those honest words, we learn
from the New York World, proved his earnest
ness by sending to the revenue collector twice
the amount of his income tax of forty-hve dol
lars, besides buying several Liberty Bonds That
is a type of patriotism which our native as well
as foreign born citizens well may emulate. Amer
lean soldiers fighting in France today in order
that Prussianism may never trample upon these
shores. The brutal tyranny that drove
free-minded men from the Kaser's domain and
that is Geeking to engulf Europe will be surging
against our gates unless stem it once
for all on the other side. Who that is worthy
of America will fail to give his utmost to that
end?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
RIockin0 the U-BOGt Bases.

If the British naval raid on the German SUP
rine bases in Belgium as successful as carry
reports indicate. telling blow has been struck Ce
onemv's undersea power. Ostend and Zeeorusge'
cantured in the first months of the war nave serV-
cd as the headquarters for U-boat operations III
Tho waters around the British Isles. To render
them useless for that purpose would be slghai ue
faat TO the German pirates and would Tree AIileu
shining from one of its gravest perlls' Inc brlI
ieb seem 10 have done substantial work 10 thls emu
~ the Bruges canal by blocking its entrance WIN
sunken ships somewhat as Lieutenant Hobson sank
tho collier Merrimac in Santiago channel. more
over great damage appears to have been done the
German bases by the stOrming parties IhaC loush'
,,tb snIendid daring and effectiveness.
This is probably one of series OF bold strokes
doigned TO sweep the U-boat out Of general action
If thew develop as happily as they have begun
tbare will be deepening gloom in Germany over
tho failure of her sea Frightfulness. me leaders
iT not the peope of that country already know tha
ruthless submarine warfare has fallen vastly snort
or their cancellations and that for the last elgil
,,opths II has become continually more lneuectual
If their dsappointment is keen at this stage Wha
viii II no when the Allied campaign against u
boats gets fully under way, with all its plans ana
devices 1t is hardly to be hoped that the sun
marine periI will be entirely overcome; lndeed
We can hardly expect to go through the war with
ont a break in the marvellous good fortune Inat
- ,,tended our troop transport service. But
. ;e NO longer the weapon it was a year ago. nor
anvtbing like the weapon Germany counted upon.
1l
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
he Unworked Mine is Yourself.

The Unworked Mine is Yourself.
You have hidden in you unknown treasurers'
On the surface you may look barren; nothing
but sand and rocks Others passing by may
think undressing. You may think so
yourself. - .. Co.,
You say. Il am commonplace. am good 1or
nothing | have no character, no force. can 40
nothing excellently. l see this genius play the
violin and that enc sing, and another build, ana
another amass money speak eloquenty or write
charmingIy, but my hands are trifing am next
to impotence ,, s
"A is beautiful, is strong, c is learned ana
n is famous. But II am nothing.
Well many had gone over the GROUND ana oe,
snised il until one day Stratton dug there ana
found one of the most amazing gold mines IN the
world.
Dig! .i, ,
How do you know what's in you until you
dig and see? H., vo,, bove
never touched its vein. 1t will stay mere uGsus
nected and useless until you die if you don't
dig for it. :. L,+;f,I
In you is beauty. Every soul is oeautl i
sonowbere Down there within you is loneliness,
charm wonderful, divine order and symmetry
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26

Little Freddie was undergoing the disagreeable
operation of having his hair combed by his mother
and he grumbled at the process.
why, Freddie" said mamma, you ought not
to make such a fuss | don't fuss and cry when
nv hair is combed."
No replied the youthful son, but your hair
isn't fastened to your head
The Irishman and the Scotsman are usually
very good chums in the trenches. although
they are miles apart in the matter of temperament
The Irshman is all for the present and let the
future take of itself but the Scotsman is fulI
of care for the future and in every way cautious
and canny.
Here is an example of their different tempera-
ments:
Pat and Sandy reconnoitering round an old
farmhouse, found a war-weary chicken. Pat was
overjoyed He sick of bully and biscuits.
That's a bit of luck" said Pat Sure we'll
have a dacint supper tonight
mo, no. said Sandy. Let's keep it till to-
MORROW. ukmay lay an egg
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
OUIPS AND OUIDDITIES

William Williams hated nicknames. He said
that most fine given names were ruined by nick
and that he should name his sons so that it
would be impracticable to curtail their names. In
pursuance of that idea he named his eldest son
William, which of course, likely to be short
ened to Will or "TiiIie--b1:t wait, second
named Willard. Aha said Mr. VIII
liams, now everybody will have to speak the full
names of these boys in order to distinguish them"
Then three more boys were named respectively,
Wibert Wilfred and Wimont.
They all big boys now and they are known
as Billy. Skinny, Butch, Chuck and Kid.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
Editorial Echoes.

The armed guard of the American tanker
Moreni had the unique distinction of being com
mended for bravery by the enemy. The Moreni
German submarine, and was only abandoned when
she had taken fire. The commander of the Ger
man U-boat approached the lifeboat in which some
of the men were escaping, congratulated them
upon their game fight, and treated two of them
for wounds. The Moreni gun crew was in charge
of Chief Boatswain Andrew Copassaki, U. S. ~,
who lives at 2096 Daley avenue, New York City.