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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10
BY REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY
. ROF. RAYMOND DODGE of the psyche
logical department of Wesleyan uni
versity, is of the opinion that unself-
ShnnsS iS myth

~ ROF. RAYMOND DODGE of the psyche
logical department of Wesleyan uni
versity is of the opinion that unseIf-
ishness is myth.
The learned professor says that in the final
analysis it is found that there is mo such
thing as unselfshness."
The professor is psychologist, and
psychologists, like neutrality-suspicious." can find
whatever they want to find.
In the "metaphysic dust and psychologist
twilight things are "seen" that do not exist
except in the fine spun theories of the profess
sors. With the departure of the dust and the
haze the theories "fold their tents like the
Arabs, and as silently steal away"
In spite of the findings of psychology l am
going to keep on believing that there IS such
thing as unselfshness that there always
has been such thing, and there will be such
a thing to the end of the game
History and my own personal observation
assure me that there have been, and are,
many instances of absolute unsefshness, of
complete forgetfulness of self.
1t is fair to assume that creature-comforts,
all the good things of this world-happiness
health, reputation, life itself-are dear to all
men, and yet time and time again men and
women have given up all these precious pos
sessions when the voice of Duty has COM
manded them to do so.
They did not WANT to give them up-all
things being even they would have elected to
Keep tueu-DuL WHen the voice was heard
they instantaneously obeyed it's command,
threw the thought of self aside, gave up all,
even life itself-and did it without stopping
to debate the matter.
I do not say they did it CHEERFULLY.
The psychologists say, "These instances of So
called self-abnegatiOn are in reality nothing
of the kind, since those in question only do
the thing that they want to do the most.
Nonsense! Just some more of that. meta
physic dust or psychologist haze.
Nobody deliberately PREFERS suffering of
body and mind the keenest perjury and want
and, to cap the climax, death itself. All men,
it is fair to suppose, enjoy life and all the
happiness of various forms that it may afford,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10
THE HABIT OF HAPPINESS
BV DR.. Frank Crane

Get the habit
For happiness is largely matter of habit.
Abe Lincoln hit the nail on the head, with
his usual accuracy, when he said: 81 have no.
ticed that folks are generally about as happy
as they have made up their mind to be-"
There may be something in temperament, in
seem to eat gloom, as some Georgia Crackers
eat clay; but as in the case of children who
suck their thumb or Stutter, it is habit mostly.
There may bf something in circumstances.
1t seems hard to be happy when you can't have
another piece of pie, when the girl you fancy
does not fancy you, when there's boil on your
neck, when the boss will not raise your
wages. Still many are happy under distress.
ing conditions and many others are wretched
though full of food and all dressed up. It's
habit.
Religion ought to produce happiness. So
ought philosophy, and money, and fame and
love, and champagne and success. Only they
do not, always.
For happiness is not gift, not even
heavens. 1t is not what somebody else does
to or for you, not God. 1t is what you do
to and for yourself, in the main.
Happiness is an art, not a science. science
you can learn from a book, as anatomy. An
art you have to learn by doing, as the practice
of medicine.
So devote some time every day to settng-up
exercises in happiness.
Think thirty minutes every morning after
breakfast of things you have to be glad over
Sit this half hour in sun bath of cheer. Shut
out all thoughts that hurt, from bad liver to
false friends.
Get in the way of turning everything so that
you see its bright side
If you are to be shot at sunrise, reflect
Hanging is much worse.
If you wife nagS, rememberl Some OF the
time she sleeps.
Build your house on the sunny side of the
hill.
Nothing matters-except the way you look
at it.
Is all this merely jollying yourself, lifting
yourself by your bootStrapS?
Not at all. What happens, happens. You
can't change it. But you can walk around to
the other side of it.
The only thing you can control in this uni
verse is yourself. Why not?
You cannot help the inevitable; then why
not be cheerful about it?
Think of something else when worry comes.
For it's the same thing everlaStingly that drives
folks crazy-mad people cannot get away from
their obSeSSion-and it's something else that
saves us to sanity.
You cannot do this?
Certainly not. Not at first. That's the point.
1t takes practice.
You attain happiness precisely as you de-
velOp the muscles of your ARM by practice.
Most of u.s. re happiness, are like the man
who was asked if he could play the violin, and
| replied:
81 don't know. l never tried"
Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane)
The population of Atlanta is just now
largely Confederate veterans.
Colonel House is returning TO America
,.4h oil inf CT
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10
is UNSELFISHNESS A MYTH?

but when it comes to the question of resigning
all this or refusing to respond to the call OF
the highest some are heroic enough to say, 81
will do what seems to me to be my duty, re-
gardless of what the consequences may be to
myself"
This is what call unselfishness-and don't
come around telling me that this is only
Every high form of selfshness!"
There is nothing selfish about it. It is
complete forgetfulness of self
And, for Gods sake as we'll as for the sake
of the highest and hottest sentiment of our
own souls, don't come around with the state
ment that nowadays science can recognize
no such thing as unselfshness."
To the devil with science! Science knows
nothing about, the matter, one way or the
other. Let science keep it's own place and at
tend to it's own business. The soul of man
knows lots of things that science never heard
Of and never will hear of.
,~..u. Copyright, 1879
Young Wife-Oh Jack, you don't mean to
say that you've really found flat?
HusbandMNot exactly, dear; but we're pretty
have just taken it for three years.
small boy wa: sent to the drug store to
get an empty bott12, but the clerk refused to
give him one "YOu muse have something in
it, he said
To this the young hopeful replied: ~ sup
pose it's merely red tape, SO shove cork in"
Esmeralda sat in her bower-the top back
bedroom-and gazed at a portrait. 1t rep
resented very ordinary young man, but
Esmeralda thought him otherwise
But do I love him." she asked herself.
els this really love or merely a sisterly af-
fection-'
Just then the door burst open and her
young brother arrived like a whirlwind.
Without a moments pause, Esmeralda took
him by the ear and threw him out.
Then she sat down before the photograph
again.
NO. she said, with a sign. "My love
for Arthur is not sisterly affair-it is some
thing stronger, higher, gentler than that"
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10

Colonel House is returning TO America
paired.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10

The population of Atlanta is just now
largely Confederate veterans.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10

Cincinnati's brilliant showing in baseball
shows that small town stuff sometimes
counts.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10

Young Wife-Oh, Jack, you don't mean to
say that you've really found flat?
d, HuSband-Not exactly, dear; but we're pretty
fortunate. We are first in after a couple who
have just taken it for three years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10

Alexandra Lerroux, leader of the Republican
Party in Spain, declared at meeting at Sara
goSsa this week that the signature of the treaty
of peace would bring about change in the
regime in Spain, which would become a re-
public He declared that in the event of a
revolution he would check any excuses
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10

The controversy between rival claimants for
the honor of having invented the army tank
is to be decided this week before the British
Commission on Awards to Inventors. Eleven
claimants will appear before the commission.
Winston Churchill minister of war, will be
among the witnesses called to the stand in an
effort to settle the controversy.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-10-10

Advices received in Paris by the peace con-
ference from Rome have persuaded the men,
bers of the supreme council that Italy will
ratify the German peace treaty by royal de-
cree he general opinion in the council is that
such a ratification will be valid under the
Italian constitution, as the treaty does not in
volve any Italian territorial changes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
LADEN WITH TROOPS TWO SHIPS ARRIVE Steamers Arcadia and Alas kan Complete Trip From
 Bordeaux
ev Associated Ire.

New York, May 1.-The steamers Alaskan and Arcadia arrived here today from Bor- eaux with 3141 officers and enlisted men of the American expeditionary forces.
 Aboard the Alaskan were A officers and 2075 enlisted men of the 519th field artillery, field and staff, headquarters and supplies companies, medical, veter- mary and ordnance attachments, bat- teries A to F, inclusive. and the S25th infantry, field and staff, supply company and Company D, all destined for Camp Upton Ten civilian casuals also were on board.
 The Arcadia brought back B officers and 900 men. including the 529th special casual company, the sgd casual company (New York, 5S3d (Colorado). 534th (Geor- gia), and the S07th ammunition trani. headauarters, medical and ordnance de- taclments, motor battalion headquarters. companies to D, inclusive. to Camp Linton, and two civilian casuals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
Protests Come From All Parts of Germany Over Peace Terms Since Treaty Has Been Reported
By A,sociated Press

By Associated Press
 Heriin, Saturday, May 1o.--The pro tests that came from various quarters in Gcrmany over the peace terms. as they were reported before the official terms became known, arc nothing in comparison with the wave of re- monstrancc-angry, bitter disappoint- cd in tone--that is sweeping over Ger many now that the treaty has been presented. States. municipalities, dis tricts, organizations of various sorts. business mems and women's clubs and the political parties through their spokcsmcn arc wing with each other in finding words in which to express scorn and condemnation for the docu- ment.
 For perhaps the first time in his tory the German parties are united in opinion, each of them assailing the terms Germany is asked to sign, for the body of the independent socialist party does not appear to agree with the organ Die Erie Diefreiheit, that Germany should sign the peace on the terms presented. The newspapers are utterly SWdtupeu WlLH the proeSSlS, ue- ing able to print but a fraction of them They are urged to this by the Tageblatt, which says the unfriendly attitude towards the treaty taken by the socialists of other countries will not be of assistance, because they are in the minority in their countries and the Germans must protest for them selves.
 The government likewise is being overwhelmed with telegrams which il is utterly unable to answer save by public announcement of it's gratitude
 In the criticisms President Wilson is only mildly. assailed here and there since word has gone to the press from official quarters that he is not to b' taken to task. The assertions upor which stress are laid are that the pro posed peace lacks all elements of jus tice and conforms in no way to tho Presidents If points, while indigna tion is expressed over terms charac terized as unbearable and as spelling slavery for the German people. Som' of the protestants declare they ar' deeply moved and outraged by th provisions of the treaty, while other express deep contempt for what the, call a brutal peace of force; The ex pression, "a verdict of death" is on freuuent1y used.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
GERMAN DELEGATES
 PROPOSE CHANGES
Labor Problems and Prison CTS of War Are to Be
 
 Discussed
By Assoc.aied rruss

Paris, May 1.-The German delegation at Versailles, Ill notes transmitted Saturday night to M. Clemenceau, as president of the peace confer encc, proposes changes in the clauses of the peace treaty GOV ering labor problems, and asks that prisoners of war be re- turned immediately after the signing of the prelimniaries.
 The notes suggest the holding of a joint labor convention at Versailles for consideration of the points raise1. Satisfaction is expressed with the labor clauses in general, but 1t is pointed out that they cover principles already in force in Germany and tho | they do not go far enough
 Paris, May 1I.-An official note is- sued today says that German corre- spOndcnt sent to the Neues Wiener Tagcblatt a dispatch that the hotel at Versailles where the German delegates are housed Is full of spies acting as hotel attendants and that microphoneS have been installed in all the rooms.
 The note brands the report as an odious and caluminous invention and says if it is repeated the French gov ernment may find it necessary to eXpel the German correspondents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
EDITOR EXPECTED
 VERY HARD TERMS

Berlin, via London. May 11.--Maximllan Harden, editor of the Berlin Die kukunft. writing on the peace treaty, says:
 The peace conditions are not harder than I expected. They were unpleasant to the greater part of the people. But could one really have expected them otherwise?
 .sThe Germans have not given very convincing mental guarantees during the six months since the revolution that they have changed their system; on the con
 trary the present government and the
 press have used the same methods =
 indictment, the same tricks of bluff as under the old rule of the petty nobility.
 ..The governments proclamatons and speeches are only bad copies of the Kaiser's time The whole press resounds in protests and has started campaign of indictment against the allies. couched in violent language. It is agitating for refusal to sign the treaty, and to wnat use? All must know that the aihes, by Keeping up the blockade and occupy ] ing the coal districts, can force Gernany ! to sign whatever they want
 "The allies have been threatened that Germany would join the boshevfki. E(s that would be suicidal. The only way <. to rescue the country is by opeaness ana honesty. The revolution has been a great disappointment. "Germany should have sent men wna N ould have laid their cards on the taoie l and got the allies to understand that scme of the conditions were unaccepta- l ble. If Germany showed it's good VIII to do what is in it's power to comply w't1 l the allies requests, the allies would see ltbat conditions were changed in favof of Germany because they know there must be a Germany and that it IS Inn possible to destroy the German people. {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
REMOVAL OF EDITH CAVELL'S BODY ID TAKE PLACE MAY 13 Body of Nurse Well Pre- served and Features Are
 Easily Recognizable
sy Associated Prss

Brussels, May 11.-(Vla Montreal 1.-The removal of the body of Edith Cavell for interment in England will take place on May 1s. Edith Cavell was the English nurse who was executed summarily by the Germans in 1915 for aiding prisoners to cross the frontier into Holland. Her body was exhumed at Brussels on March 1l and conveyed to the Tr National
 The body was we'll preserved and the features were perfectly recognizable. IL is understood that ah examination re- vealed that the nurses death was in- Stantaneous. She Was struck by four bullets, two of which eiitered the right side and two the Iefs. one piercing the heart.
 On Tuesday the coffin will be placed on Q gun carriage drawn by six black horses and taken to tie Care du Nord. Military honors will bc rendered at the Tir National, and at the station. The long route of the cortege has been ar ranged in order to enable the public to pay its last respects. The gun carriage will be escorted by British and Belgian troops.
 After a funeral serNice to be conducted in the station by the 1iev. H. Gean, the British chaplain who was with Nurse Cayell the night before her execution the coffin will be entrained for Ostend whence a British warsnip will take it tc Dover. There the admiralty will trans fer it to committee charged with or ganizing the funeral in England
 In London military escort will bs provided and the coffin will be taken tt Westminster abbey, where funeral ser vices will be held. Interment will be al Norwich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
GEORGIA CAPTAIN GETS
 ,GREEK MEDAL F OR NURSING P ATIENT IFS
Captain Adams Rewarded for Utter Disregard of Death" in Caring for
 Typhus Victims at Seres
sy Assselsted Prsss

Washington, May 11.-For utter. disre- gard of death, while caring for typhus victims at Seres. eastern Macedonia, Capt. Redden W Adams of Boston, Ga. has been awarded the Greek military medal of merit by King Alexander, na- tional headquarters of the Red cross announced today
 Although Lieut.. Ed~ard Walker of Blacksburg. Va. co-worker of Adams, 'lay dead of typhus and seven other Red Cross workers were stricken with the disea se., Captain Adams continued his work among the native typhus patients
 Since November. the announcement stated he has distributed thousands of rations to Greek refugees suffering from starvation and cruel treatment in Bull garian prisons and to o,ners he has dis- tributed clothing and medicine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
Men sa:yged With Carry
 ,sDiscussions of Situ- S,s5n With German Gov < ernment Leave Versailles
ss .Associat.d Pres


 Versailles, May 1t.-Six members or the German peace mission left Yer saiIIcs last,night for Berlin. These i'm cludc the labor leader, Carl LeEien, head of the German trades union con- federation; Privy Councillor Eberbach. representative of the ministry of rail- roads. and Herr Schmidt of the foreign office. All three men rank com missioners next in importance to the picnipotentiaries. They undoubtedly have been charged with carrying on direct discussions of the situation with the German government.
 Herr Giesberts, Count Obendorff, and several other Germans attended mass today, while the party went to the protestant church. The remainder worked part of the day on German demands.
 Count Von Brockdorff- -Rantzau is still in Versailles, but it is considered pos sible that he will leave some time this week for Berlin to consult with the gov ernment.
 The counter proposals on which the subordinate members of the delegation are busly at work are not expected to be ready before next week. That they are to be of considerable length is in dicated by the fact of the purchase today by the Germans of 10000 sheets of paper. Today, as on Saturday, Count Won Brockdorff- -Rantzau took a long prome- made in the park with five of his col | leagues. evidently discussing with them the terms of the treaty Later the count 1 took his usual automobile drive. The prefect of the department says the 1 arrangements for the reception of the l Austrian delegation will not be complete before the end of the week. as two of the families whose villas are to be re- quistioned for their use must find new i quarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
Summary of the News

1-EerIin swept by angry wave of re- monstrance as members of peace mission leave table. 4AIabama's Own" makes triumph ant entry into Montgomery. Fifteen million bought bonds In recent drive. 1.-Two negroes killed and 17 others wounded in race riot. 4EEditOrial. -State caucus Of American Legion will he held here. Soldier fatally shot by unknown party. -i Content and happy boys of f65th entrain for camp. -Terms of treaty will not bring
 peace. y-Industrfal. S-SpOrts. o-President asks country to back up
 Roy Scouts. 1O--t aurches urged to keep open every
 dny in week. I2-L0an worker got inspiration f-"in
 two Alabama boys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
OF 4ANT|S'
 ARE MADE PUBLIC
Representative Haskell to Ask First for Repeal
 of Law
By Associated prsm

New York, May 11.-Plans for the fight against national prohibition to be opened at the outset of the special session of Congress, called by President Wilson for May l9, were an nounced here today at head quarters of the association op- posed to national prohibition.
 The federal prohibition amendment effective January Is will be attacked by Representative Reuben l.. Haskeii of Brooklyn by the introduction or :. resolution providing for it's repeal ana q. second resolution calling for re1- erendum on it in every state of the union Representative James A. Gal . livan of Boston. it was said, would join forces in the fight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-12
HUN AMBASSADOR
 MAKES STRONG OBJECTIONS

Paris. May 11.-Prince Lichnowsky. for mer German ambassador at London, coni- nlentng on the peace terms to the cor- respondent of the Temps said:
 Such a peace would be equivalent to the annihiliation of Germany. It is only acceptable with serious notifications. I suppose it is meant as basis for me- gotta tions.
 After Napoleon. Europe did not hold the French people responsible. This peace is a peace of violence. It appears to me to have been dictated under the i'm fluence of Foch.
 Matthias Erzberger, who was head ef the German armistice commission, said to the same correspondent: "All bad propositions made to us are unacceptable and unrealizable."