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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
BOOKS AND HOMES
By H. Addington Bruce


~ 0 you live in bookless home? If SO.
I am sincerely sorry for you. And 1
would urge you, without further de-
lay, to begin to get books around you.
But, you say, you do not need my SYM
pathy.
Your home is without books for the sufi
cient reason that you are not particularly
interested in books And you have found
it possible to get along very well without
them.
Are YOU quite certain as to that?
When evening comes and with it brings
leisure, how do you occupy your time? How
much of it do you spend at home, apart from
your meal hours and the hours of sleep?
Are you ever content to be at home alone?
Can you be good company for yourself? Or
do you feel lost if thrown your own re
sources for entertainment?
And answer this:
Are you really satisfied with your nightly
round of pleasure-seeking-yOu perpetual
amusement? Do you not sometimes suspect
that you are wasting energy which ought to
be husbanded for your work?
Possibly, when you think it over, you will
agree that you might work to better advan-
tage if you spent your evenings less siren
uoUsly. To acquire love for good books
is one of the best of means of attaining this
desirable end.
Besides which, becoming a lover of books
you will gain from them, not merely ideas,
but a general mental sharpening that Will
directly increase your working power-that
is, your ability to earn good living. And
you will be the more likely thus to profit If
you become book owner as well as q book
lover.
Even if your income be perilously thin,
this should not deter you from becoming a
book owner. Many of the best books in the
world can now be bought for very little
money. Some Of these you should buy. There
is deal of wisdom in a few remarks by the
late Arlo Bates:
'"The man Of small means who wishes to
cultivate his mind l should advise to buy
the books he reads. Nothing is more inspir-
ing to good, straight intellectual living than
a little collection of books which belong to
you and to nobody else.
"Any book that is worth reading once is
worth reading twice And if it doesn't give
you greater pleasure on the third reading
the fault is either with you or with the book
1.-The real test of the value of a book is
the way it forces you to be creative--to read
between the lines and really think.
The new year still is very young. Resolve
that before it's close yours will no longer be
boOkless home. When the year does come
to it's close if you have acted on your reso-
luton and selected your books with regard
to their cultural value, [ can promise that
you will find yourself appreciably grown both
in knowledge and in peace of mind.
HE that lOveth a book" said the sage
Isaac Barrow, twill never want a faithful
friend a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful
companion, an effectUal comforter"
Test this for yourself
Copyright, 1919, by Associated Newspapers.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21

in many cities have taken up the movement
with an enthusiasm that promises to make 1t
universal.
Men are accustomed to accuse women OF
being habtually late in their engagements.
If they would stop ana think for moment
they would realize that the average house
wife. limited in household help, is really not
tardy. for if she were she would soon become
entangled in hopeless failure. She could
never get the children to school on time. nor
send Ter husband to work on time, nor have
his dinner ready at the close of the day, nor
begin to keep track Of her social engagements.
Nevertheless, as the ladies themselves ad-
nit there is yet room for considerable I'M
provement. Of course, there is equally as
much room for Improvement among the men
when it comes to punctuality, but the women
are letting the men manage that, while they
go ahead sweeping clean in front OF their
own doors.
The women propose to demonstrate that
they comprehend as fully as men the value
of time; that they can lay out program OF
systematic procedure in household affairs and
social affairs and run i, on the minute; that
they can arrive at the theater in time to stow
their wraps and find their seats and take a
look at the program before the curtain goes
up.
Success to them in their venture. May it
prove so fruitful in results that the men viii
imbibe some of their enthusiasm and profit by
their punctUal example.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
"STILL POND"
BY John Brock

G1CTILL Pond! No more moving!"
DO you remember the way you used
w. TO play that game in the dusk of
summer evenings? The blind man. in the
middle cropping hopefully and the giggling
group interpreting the mo more moving as
merely keeping toe the original spot
squatting low, manOeuyering to keep out of
reach. Well, the birds play that game, but
they play fair.
The morning after midnight shower is
always full of voices. Sparrows dot the
ground thrushes, the woodpeckers and
nuthatcheS are busy, the tites firt about, and
the jay chases lizards in the warm spots
where they wait for an alighting fly. Some
times [ think the lizard is almost as invis-
ible to the jay as he is to the fy-until he
moves
The Indian, whose vision catches the mo-
lions of game where miss it entirely, has
great difficulties in cramping down his sight
to the limits of a printed page. To me this
is very sugge We of the eye of the wild,
with it's broad sweep alive for movement,
but only focused by actual effort on things
near at hand. 1t seems no actual incapacity
for close vision, but absence Of habitua1 at
tention to detail, until it becomes an effort
When the chatter is at it's height a still
shadow floats above. Instantly silence reigns.
Every littlest bird crOuches motionIess in the
shrubbery; the hawk is 'it'' and dire are the
consequences of his tagging
Several turns he circles about, high over
IL,
ing they will not stir while he is in the air,
he flaps over to tall dead tree and roosts
on the tOpmost branch.
For a time their cautious eyes discrimi-
nate that jagged outline against the sky.
Then their attention tires, they grow rest
less, driven by that consuming hunger of the
birds, who must find so much more than
their own weight of their minute prey each
day. A tit ventures FORTH and the sparrows
scuttle timidly about. Seeing that all is
we'll, the jay ventures to dive on a lizard
become Overconfident in the silence.
Now the spell is lifted and the scattered
notes break out once more, to unite into the
music of the sun. A thrush wings his way
toward the tall live oak, a thrill of thankful
ness in his song.
Midway he drops like a shot, diving into
the nearest foliage, his music snapped with
tense skriek Of a broken string. That
rough branch has fallen from the tree; the
transmitted hawk has his talons on the
singers shoulder. He is gone!
And the smother of fear fills the wild
beating hearts of the rest Now, for the
brief respite while his neck is down, they
can move. Some creep into the duskiest
shelter, the rest take to .panic-stricken flight.
The hawk, back on his perch, follows them
with a sardonic eye as he rends his prey.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
The SaEUatl0n Army.

In enterprises of the heart and spirit we
should ever remember that the light is more
important than the medium through which it
shines. Not by names or forms are charitable
endeavOrs rightly to be judged, but by the
impulse of human brotherhood which irradi-
ates them and by the power to ilIumine and
lift up the world wherein they labor.
Thus regarded, the Salvation Army whose
Southeastern division holds it's thirty-second
annual congress in Atlanta this week, is much
more than unique adventure, much more
than dispenser Of soup and a FOUNDER of
base drums; it is, thus regarded, a reveaIer
in its own fashion of an ideal that has been
striving these two thousand years to work
itself out in mans life-the ideal of loving
ones neighbor as ones self
The success with which the Salvation Army
has wrought in this purpose is attributable
in large measure, we think, to the chiIdIike
simplicity both Of its own motive and of its
manner Of appealing to others. '"The wise
man." says ChestertOn, will follow a star,
low and large in the heavens; but the nearer
he comes to it, the Smaller and smaller it will
grow, till he finds it the humble lantern over
some little inn or stable" Now, the Saliva
ton Army is content to follow the star with
out troubling over the nebular hypothesis;
and, having found the light of the manager, is
content with simple service and worship.
Blessed in the meantime are they who de-
cipher the larger story of the skies, and they
"lsn who provide all the wonderful parapher-
MALTA of efficiency for doing good to those
that dwell round about the inn. The effective
ness of the Salvation Army lies, not in it's
meagerness of theory, but in it's wealth of
kindness and faith.
Doing it's own work in it's own way, it
has played a distinctive part in Atlanta's
humanitarian effort for more than quarter
of century. AS it's delegates from divers
parts of the South foregather for another an
nual council, they can look back upon thirty
two years of devoted and oftentimes sacrif-
cia1 service, and look forward, we trust, to
still wider usefulness.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
Il Notable Step to Conserve
Ge0rgia's Health Resource

A long stride forward in sanitary reform
is marked by the State Health Boards adop-
ton of regulations to insure the purity of
public water supplies--regulations which the
Board is fully empowered, under u recent act
of the Legislature, to promulgate and en-
force. HencefOrWard all streams and other
waters used either by municipalities or by
private corporations will be under the super
vision of the State Health Department, sub
Ject to thorough inspections and tests and
safeguaTded by stringent rules to prevent pol
luton. Particularly interesting is the pro-
vision whereby plans for the construction of
%1eW water supplies of a public nature must
ile approved by the State before being put
into operation.
1t will be highly reassuring t. the public to
know that its water supply is under State as
well as local vigilance. Most municipalities
It is true, are as keenly Watchful in this re-
spect could be wished, but their jurisdic-
ion is not sufficiently far-reaching to cope
with all the problems and perils which may
arise. The pollution of streams at points far
beyond city's purvieN is one OF the evils
which the State Health Department can at
Tack. and there are sundry others which with
its new powers it can overcome.
Efors on this line, together with vigorous
regulations of the milk supply will prove in
calculably helpful in reducing typhoid and
other maladies. But if the welfare of all the
people is duly to be served another step must
be taken. The work of the State Board in
protecting public water supplies must be sup
plementeE by action on the part of county
boards for the protection Of private water
supplies This can be done best, it strikes
us, through the adoption of the county or dis
trict systems of sanitary law provided by the
Ellis public health act. The counties which
thus far have availed themselv-. of the ad-
vantages afforded by that act are reaping i'm
measurable benefits. Rural districts are en-
titled no less than towns and cities to or
gained service for the prevention of disease
and for the conservation of those vital re-
sources on which human happiness so large
~ depends.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21

MANIFESTED IN sports TINS year than ever be-
fore. He says that in order to develop
strong bodies and active brains, we must
enter into the spirit of play Fundamentally.
Physical training is as necessary as mental
training. Physical elements enter into the
conduct of person. Health conduces to
morality; morality, to pure blood; pure
blood, to a strong heart. Health is hila-
rious; it runs, it leaps it sings for gladness
Health is our best possession. 1t is worth
more than money. Any investment that in
sures it is wise; and any indulgence that i'm
perils it is foolish. The best promoters of
good health plain food, warmth, rest,
fresh air, sunshine and exercise.
Athletic sports have much to commend
them. They promote growth, develop mus
Gle and foster energy, and, therefore, pro-
vide the best means of physical training in
our schools. An agile creature like man re-
quires those exercises which test strength
proves and skill.
That athletic sports is not only a good
thing for children, but is essential to their
proper development. is shown by bulletin
recently issued by the state board of health
of North Carolina.
"Play is as essential to child as work
is to a man. He needs it for growth. He
needs it not only for his proper physical de-
velopment, but for his mental and moral
development we'll Some one has said
that the boy without play today is the man
without job tomorrow. Play is no longer
looked upon as a useless luxury for chill
dren, as time killer for children, but par
ents, teachers and even lawmakers now
beginning to look upon childrens play as a
notwithstanding they must have if they
grow into strong, healthy, happy men and
women.
'Play teaches team work. Boys that
play together today can work together to-
morrow. 1t teaches them fairness Honesty
is nowhere Iut to the test that it meets on
the playground Play on the square is the
first rule of the game. 1t teaches respect
for authority"
A general participation in games and
athletic sports is so important a factor in
the health and educational development Of
children and youth that DR.. Woods Hutchin-
son says, "Rather a playground without
school than a school without playground"
While we do not wholly agree with the doc
tors view, the playground is what is need
ed to counterfeit "the stress and strain that
the children are likely to suffer, not only
from reports and conditions dealing with
the war, but also from the increased efforts
that are being required of children to make
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
The CtUiIised " ay.

There is a wonderfully fruitful text in the
report of a Berlin official recently returned
from German territory now under American
occupation.
1.-THE judgment of the Germans" he
writes, "such as shopkeepers, hotelkeep-
ers and men on the Streets is that the be-
havior of the American is blame1ess
Everything is following it's normal
course. No DEGREES have been issued
that in any way coulu alarm the civilian
population"
One can imagine the amazement with
which this account of conditions in an invad-
ed region was received by Prussians to the
manner born. That triumphant army
should show any considerateness to civilians,
much less aid them in restoring their war
shaken affairs to the normal, is so contrary
to the traditions of Kultur and the teachings
of Kriegs-RaisOn that the Unlocking disciples
of Hindenburg find it hard, no doubt, to be-
lieve their own eyes.
If ever Goals of fire were heaped on an en-
emy's head, the Allied forces of occupation
have done so in the Rhineland--not from any
self-cOnscious sentim entalism, nor from lack
of the heartiest detestation of foe who did
violence to every instinct Of fair play and Of
humanity, but because of their fealty to civil
ization and their genuine devotion to Justice.
There was never a possibility of the Allies re-
paying Germany in kind ?Or its mOnstrOus
wrongs, for to have done so would have re-
quired their trampling down the dearest
ideals which they fought to preserve. Rep
aration will be exacted, as it should be, but
not in terrorism and frightfulness, not in the
blood of children and the living death of
women, not in savagery and brigandage.
Self-restraint on the part of the victors
now seems altogether essential if not alto
gether natural to us But would have SEEM
ed a thousand five hundred years ago?
Would it have seemed so even one hundred
years ago? Pessimists who regard the
world as unimproving if not degenerating
should take note that while the latest of wars
has brought forth unexampIed crimes, it has
also exhibited, both in its waging and its
aftermath, unexampled virtues.
The Georgia moonshiner, overnight, finds
himself without competition.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
The "Fair and Square Plan
For the NeqU Liberty Loan

"Fair and Square" are the terms officially
applied to the so-called individual quota plan
for raising the next Liberty Loan. Under this
system each citizen will be asked to buy a
certain amount of bonds, the amount being
based on the individuals tax returns, income
and other controlling circumstances These
apportionments it is understood, will be
reckoned on lines so conservative and SO
broadly considerate that the rank and file of
persons to whom they are submitted will
accept them as altogether moderate. If,
however, anyone regards his allotted quota as
excessive, he will have ample opportunity to
explain to an adjustment committee There
will be no disposition to dictate or coerce, but
simply an efficient effort to obtain from every
man, according to his ability, loyal re-
Spouse to the country's war-created needs.
Those needs are no less compelling now
than they were in the full storm and stress OF
the conflict. They go with the priceless
blessings which victory has bequeathed, and
rest as solemnly upon civilian America
ever did the duties of the firing line upon
our army. To make sure of winning the
war and to win it at the least possible cost
in human life, the Government spared no eX-
pense. From the spring of 1917 up to the
triumphant autumn of the following year, it
used the proceeds of three great loans and
went far into those of a fourth. 1t now finds
itself, with grave duties incident to the war
still to be discharged, heavily encountered
with debts incurred for victory. They are, OF
course, the debts of the American public, the
obligations of each and every citizen, and in
justice must be shared by every citizen, each
according to his means. Hence the fairness
and squareness of the individual qouta plan
of raising the Fifth Liberty Loan.
Besides it's broad equity, this plan has
number of special conveniences. For one
thing, it does away with repeated canvassing;
knowing what he is expected to subscribe,
the citizen has merely to arrange matters
with his bank and, so, is undisturbed by
solicitors. Moreover, there will be no calls
for new or doubled subscriptions; having
done his duty at the outset, the citizen will
be free from further requests. Indications
that the system will prove as popular as
it is expedient and fair, and that the forth
coming loan will be carried over the top in
record time and with roaring enthusiasm.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

Scene-A motor bus with the front sign
reading "Puddleton' and the side sign CASH
mont and Bolton"
Cast--A conductor of Hibernian extraction
and a nervous woman.
The Dialogue-"Does this car go to Pud-
dleton?"
Eyes, Teddy; get right on"
Are you sure it dOes?"
Yes, Teddy; get right on
But it says 'Ashmont and Bolton on the
side"
eve amt goin' sideways, Teddy; get right
on"
The young witty looking Tommy was lean
ing gracefully across the counter in the bar
Of the Cow and Caterpillar.
Every now and then he would give twitch
TO his lett arm.
Shell shock?" whispered sympathetic OBJ
server. Poor fellow"
81 wonder if he will tell us his expert
ences?" said another man.
The subject of their remarks then turned
to them and remarked amiably:
II wonder if shall ever make this darned
wrist watch go?''
The sailor had just told the old lady in the
train what his share in the great war was.
SIN a submarinei" she exclaimed How
nice! And what do you do?"
''Well, mum, l runs for'ard and tips her
when we want to dive!'
Little Elizabeth was sitting on her grand
papas knee one day, when she suddenly
blurted out, after long and interested
scrutiny of his wrinkles
"Grandpa, were you in the ark?'
"Certainly not, my dear!" was the aston
nished reply.
"Then why weren't you drowned?"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
SEARCHLIGHT.

Another blow against the German subma-
rine might have been dealt if the spiral
course torpedo Of an American inventor had
got into the war in tin5 and proved success
full. This torpedo, when dropped from an
aeroplane, falls to the water and starts trav
cling in circles of steadily increasing diam
eter. Dodging two three of these torpedoes
dropped about the same time should have
kept any submarine busy.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
The Journals Service Flag

In honor of the seventy-three Atlanta Jour-
nal men who have entered the service Of their
country. The two white stars are in memory
of Captain Meredith Gray and Captain James
S. Moore, Jr., Journal men, who gave their
lives for our country in France.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
CURRENT EVENTS

In this column in each issue of The Atlanta Semi
Weekly Journal appears comprehensive review of
events throughout the world during the past days
The and opinions of great newspapers of the
United States of foreign here epito
mized by editorial staff.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21
" omen on the Minute.

1t is a most interesting and excellent
movement launched by the Atlanta Womans
Club to promote the habit Of punctuality
among it's members.
Attention has been attracted throughout
the country, and other women's organizations
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21

home truths which appealed
to those interested in physl-
cal education, 6 a n e d
through athletic sports, long
before the war. He says
these truths reveal to us, in
an amazing way, the great
need of a general participa-
ton in games of all kinds
not only by the children and
youth, but by grownups as
well.
He predicts that more
genuine interest will be
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21

Morgan Blake, an authority on indoor and !
outdoor sports, says the war has driven
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21

It looks as if states rights were having an
international inning.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21

The Georgia moonshiner, overnight, finds
himself without competition.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-21

There is a wonderfully fruitful text in the
report of a Berlin official recently returned
from German territory now under American
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-29

They lend their ears to the poor mans
plea,
But they're only profit ears
They weep In awful sight to see).
But they're only profit tears.
They care a lot for you and me;
They're only profiteers.
Lester Lamb.
Amt Psychology Grand?
Psychology Is a wonderful thing.
You can never depend on it. 1t hits
the just and the bolshevik In the
queerest places. Russia just now Is
crazy about moving pictures. They
used to be nutty about bombs. Any
way. the film-makers began sending
into Russia weird. fantasucal pale
horse stuff. They came, saw. but were
not conquered. Then a psychologist
was sent for. He took a peep into
Russia and sent them a custard pie
hurting comedian. Zipp! Russia GUT
fawed. Now they can't get enough
slap stick stuff to appease these brood.
ing people.