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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
Work the Panacen.

@ ONE years ago we heard a devout law
\ man say to a minister of the gospeI. "T
think have heard hundred sermons IN
keeping the Sabbath Day holy; but So far
as can now recall, I have never heard q
single sermon on work.. The minister. an
open-mlnded man, replied, ''Now, that Won
nent1on 1t, [ suspect that I have preached
ssehtn nm mes from the text, Remember the
oapbath Day, to keep 1T holy but not a.
single time from the text, Six days shalt
thou labor and do all thy work."
Inc TACT that ministers of the gospel. of all
denominations, have so long urged the sa-
credness or the Sabbath, a day of rest
charitable activity, and worship, supplement-
ed, of course, by the instruction of parents
and teachers, accounts for the firm hold Sab
oath-obserVance has upon the civilized peo-
pies of the world.
The fact that ministers have preached
against Incidence and thriftlessness and the
fact that work is necessary, while the observ-
ance OF the Sabbath is a matter of choice
probably accounts for the few homilies on
work.
Recently Pope Benedict, addressing dis
tlngulshed gathering in the Sacred college,
at Rome, said, "The masses are seeking pleas
ure and spurning work, and do not hesitate
to amuse themselves amidst ruin and mourn
ing"
The Rt. Rev. James E. Cassidy, vicar gen
eral of the diocese of Fall River, Mass, has
been preaching to his congregation on work
just plain work. He urges upon them the
conscientious obligation, today, more than
ever before, to give the employer full value
for the pay they receive.
Now, from the conscientious or religious
standpoint, one Of the Ten Commandments
is as important another. The man who
loafs on weekday is big a sinner as
| the man who does unnecessary work on Sun
day; but, aside from the conscientious or re-
ligious viewpoint, work is good business.
! The world is not now in normal condition
The weekday cure for this ailing world is
| work.
| We are not discussing the labor problems
! of the day We may say, however, that a
/ days work is days work; that no laborer
! should want to do less; and that no employer
| should want him to do more.
We know & man, who. when his daughter
first went away to college, spaded his whole
garden that afternoon, and spaded it good
and deep. His loneliness of heart was ex-
changed for WEAKNESS of body and that night
| he slept soundy.
Work is the thing, just work, plain work.
! Work is the cure for individual ailments
and work is the panacea for a world that
seeks and longs again to be normal.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
DEMOCRACY AND THE ISMS
Bv DR.. Frank Crane

Get this first. The world is going to
progress, Quand meme.
Democracy is nothing more nor less than
arrangement whereby the world can progress.
1t means removing distractions, cleaning tho
channels, so that the river can flow, and not
overflow.
Isms are artificial schemes wherein men
play God, claim to see the desired end and
to dictate how we shall progress toward it.
Europe, freed of autocrats is seething with
Isms-Socialism, Bolshevism, Communism,
Syndicaism, Marxism, Thisism and Thatism.
Each processes to know exactly where we're
going and how to get there.
Democracy, however, says, in the language
of Mr.. Doo1ey, 1--WE don't know where we're
going, but we're on our way"
Democracy is Opportunism, guided by
principle. The Isms are Doctrinaire, guided
by egotism
The Isms operate in pride of intellect; De-
mocracy in the humility of justice.
Democracy is moral thing an apprehen-
sion Of the cosmic laws of righteousness, and
conviction that they will invariably work
out best, although how they will work out
we do not know
Under Democracy all we have to do is apply
the principles of justice to the case in hand.
Democracy is working on the millennium "by
the day." the Isms "by the job''-by contract.
Democracy is founded on a belief in the
goodness of the natural laws of social evolu-
"a power not of ourselves" bringing us to-
ward the goal of the Golden Age. The Isms
distrust Nature They insist regulating
progress.
Democracy assumes God. The Isms tend
to atheism, because they look upon the
scheme of things as inherently wrong, need
ing Them to set it right.
Democracy is thing of Faith. And "the
just shall live by faith Not upon Faith,
but upon Cleverness is the reliance of the
Isms.
Democracy takes a step at time. The
Isms demand to know the destination. Hence
Democracy is in tune with life; for every in
dividual has to live a day at time.
The Isms want to wreck the place, if they
cannot have their own way. Over Democ-
racy's front door is the sign: mo Interrupt
ton of business during improvements.
Democracy is as Revolutionary any Ism.
1t also means Change. But not change from
one fixed System to Another. But Continual
and Everlasting Change.
Growth, in other words.
Democracy was made by free and strong
men, race of conquerors. The Isms come
mostly from men who have been of an OPP
pressed class and seek to become the upper.
Democracy is not anxious to reverse classes,
because it recognizes no class higher than
itself.
Democracy is the program Of free men.
The Isms are the dreams of slaves.
Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
THE EDITORIAL PAGE
(The Down and Out Bugle.l

Inc DOWN ana Out 6uRle.)
The editorial page of a newspaper is not
usually understood by the rank and file OF
the people. The most of them think it is that
part of the paper which tries to boost its ia
vorite candidate for office or to put over some
scheme of the editor. Such is not the case, for
while a paper may come out editorially for a
man measure, its mission is higher than
that
The editorial page of paper is like unto
the parlor in the home or to the newspaper
what the Judge is to the court.
Nobody is expected TO believe what a law
yer says in court and the Judge will tell the
jury they must not be swayed by the eloquence
or stale jokes of the attorneys, but that he will
give the law and they must take that and the
evidence in making up verdict.
So that while the news columns of paper
are daily being crowded with accidents, calan1-
tiles, schemes, and other happenings. the
editor is quietly sitting in his office thinking
FOR the people and getting at the facts SO that
he may give them to the people in compre-
hensive way like the Judge gives the law to
the jury.
Of course there are good editors and bad
editors, but the calling ranks along with the
preacher and the doctor We know 'Gme
editors who are even ranker than the preacher.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
"A CABINET OF CHANGES
New York World)

"a cabinet Of changes" sneers our young
friend Harvey's Weekly, apropos of the
prospective retirement of Franklin K. Lane,
and there is still time for several more
changes
How differently things were ordered in
those dear Roosevelt days! Wilson has had
two secretaries of state and Roosevelt had
only three. Wilson has had one secretary Of
navy and Roosevelt had only six Wilson
has had one secretary of interior and RoOse-
welt had only two. Wilson has had two
secretaries Of and Roosevelt had only
three. Wilson has had one postmaster gen.
eral and Roosevelt had only five. Wilson has
had as many attorneys general as Roosevelt
and two secretaries of the treasury to Roose-
velts three.
During the Roosevelt administration there
were nine departments of government and
tWenty-nine more less distinguish ed
statesmen wandered in and out of the cabi-
net and only one Of them managed to sur
Viye both of the Roosevelt administrations.
But it is the Wilson cabinet, of course, that
is "a cabinet of changes"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30

On the BasSanS docks at Bordeaux, France.
an old-time sergeant of negro regiment was
having trouble with detail of men of his
own race, who seemed inclined to loaf on
their work of loading boxcarS with provisions
fer the army of occupation. Addressing one
negro, wne especially lazy, he exclaimed;
"Come on you y" 20 work, darl " "Shucks,
sergeant" replied the lazy one, "Ah, listed fob
1e wah an hits over" "You all's a durn
t,ll," the sergeant yelled "Yo' listed fob de
wah. Y-a-S-s! An also fob de duration of de
wan. Now, niger, de wah hits over, but de
duration, hits jes' done begun"
Evidently her purse did not match he2
stylish clothes, at least so thought the fist.
dealer as she asked the price of one fish after
another without buying any. AS she turned
to leave the shop her eye caught lot of
game.
ooh, that reminds me, Mr.. Scales she said
brightly, you might send me brace Of let
me see"
"Pheasants, grouse, PARTRIDGE" suggested
the fish dealer, pleased with the idea of an
order, after all.
mo-" said the smartly clad woman, as she
left the shop. "No, kippers." 81,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30

w HEN II, 900 OF Napoleon's soldiers had
w been overwhelmed by 1900 1900. Aus u"r
TRAN troops, he addressed them
thus: 81 am displeased with you. You have
allowed yourselves to be driven from posi-
lions where handful of resolute men might
have arrested an army. You are no longer
French soldiers" Then, turning to the chief
of staff, he commanded, cause it to be writ
ten on their standards, They are no longer
of the army of Italy,
The battered veterans begged, "Sir, we
have been misrepresented. The soldiers of
the enemy were three to our one. Try us once
more. Place us where there is danger and
see If we do not belong to the army of Italy,
In the next battle they were placed in what
seemed to be an almost impossible position
but, making good their pledge, they rolled
back the great Austrian army.
Fewer men have failed in business in the
south the past year than any year in the
history of southern commerce and industry.
This is not saying that some men, every
where, have not had to struggle to keep things
going. Frequently man fights his battles
alone. There is sickness in the family or
extravaganza in the home, or poor judgment
III business deal: whatever it is that makes
man prefer to fight alone, if he will but
stick and fight it out, he will weary the oppos-
ing winds and arrive safely at his destined
port.
One beauty of fighting it out, or of the
spirit that would fight it out alone, is that
the world is ever ready to help the man
push who is already pushing See man
stuck in the mud and asleep in his car. If
you can get by, you will pass on without dis
turbing him. If on the eth 9r hand, he IS
knee-deep in the mud and pushing for dear
life, you are glad to stop and assist him
even if you do it at the expense of twenty.
dollar pair of shoes and forty-dollar pain
of trousers. Fight and the world fights with
you; quit and you quit alone.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
OUTDOOR THINKING
BY H. Addington Bruce

, %TNHERE is valuable hint all brain
workers in the experience of children
i. who receive their education in So
alled "open air. schools and open win
cow classes.
These special outdoor schools and semi
outdoor classes were originally established
Tor the benefit of tubercular children. They
are now being increasingly used for children
in perfech health, for the reason that they
they have been found most advantageous for
educational purposes
1t was discovered in the first place. that
the tubercular children educated outdoors
not only gained in health, but made rapid
progress in their studies. This led to the be-
lief, confirmed by experience, that children
IN general would think better and learn more
schooling.
Which is after all, only what one should
expect in view of the known dependence Of
the brain on good air supply for it's proper
functioning. And if children benefit from out
door thinking, undoubtedly adults would SIM
ilarly benefit.
Climatic conditions to be sure have to be
taken into account There are times when
outdoor thinking is inadvisable for ANYBODY
But even at such times it is possible to Sc
cure better quality of indoor air than most
people row have
And, when weather permits, brain work
ers may we'll try on their own account the
experiment or dong as much OF their think
ing outdoors as possible.
Even if, during working hours, they are
held indoors by the nature of their occupa-
ton, they can secure virtually outdoor con-
ditions by devices for ample ventilation. And
outside Of working hours they can usually,
If they so choose, go outdoors to think.
The weather may be too cold to permit
them to sit outdoors in any comfort, no mat
ter how snugly wrapped up. But they can
at least walk about. A leisurey walk in the
open is itself conducive to efficient think
ing, as many brain worker can testify from
personal experience.
whenever I wish to develop IDEAS is
the way one we'll known writer puts it, Il
leave my study and go for quiet walk. AS
l walk I mediate. And I find that ideas come
to me far more readily than if I were con-
! tent to seek them at my desk. There is moth
ing more stimulating to the mind than fresh
air."
People, indeed, are too prone to forget
that they are by nature outdoor beings
Civilization has tended more and more to
indoor modes of life. Yet something of the
old outdoor habit must be reganed if men
and women would utilize to the full their
mental as we'll their bodily resources.
Copyright, 1919, by the Associated
(Newspapers.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
4 Christmas Poem.

~ROM the days of 'God rest you, merry
n gentlemen down to the present time
the Christmas season has stirred
tho meets to express in verse the spirit of
the Yuletide.
There have been Christmas poems galore,
Christmas carols, Christmas songs Christ
mas limericks and Christmas odes. Some
have expressed the religious thought or
Christmas, some have dwelt on the merrl-
ment of the occasion, others have seen only
the pathcs of it, the tragedy, for tragic 1t
is to some.
All of us have our favorite Christmas
poem. It may be 80 Little Town of Beth
Iehem," or it may be that hardy favorlte'
s.'Twas the Night Before Christmas" But
here we want to present a Christmas poem
that, to us, sums up the spirit or christmas
in it's true, its best meaning.
1t is not long-only four lines To your
polished craftsman it may seem crude. Ger
tainly it is not ornate nor elaborate. Nor
is it, we believe, widely known, for the writ
err is an Albanian whose profession is not
poetry, whose trade is not the writing
trade.
He is simple kindly gentleman whose
head has grown white with years and whose
face is creased with wrinkles. But the wrin-
kles are set only in the grooves Of kindness
and the heart that beats within him is as
golden as the sunshine of summer and as
clean and sweet as God air above the noun
tains.
Frank Carter is a printer, the grandpa"
of the composing room of Atlanta news
paper. He has toiled there for years. but
every now and then he has found time to
take pencil and a scrap of paper and to
write those fragments of simple, quaint phil
osophy that are as genuine as he is, and as
fine.
Christmas is one of those times. 1t is
then the Down and Out Bugle" makes its
annual appearance Frank Carter's own pa
per- an odd little sheet of a few and vary
ing number of pages checked with jokes and
fun and droll stories of the boys and good
ly quota of advertisements that are mostly
Christmas greetings from Frank Carriers
friends
Much of the stuff in the Bugle would
appeal only to the newspaper office where
it is printed and circulated, but there is
much in it, too, that would appeal to all
Such is our Christmas poem, which we
found in corner of the Bugle when the
annual number reached us yesterday.
Just four lines and very simple, but we
like it-for one thing because we know the
Christmas spirit expressed there is the spirit
OF the man who wrote it, the creed by
which he has lived his life:
"a coat for the back of poor little Jack
And shoes for the feet that are bare;
But you'll get it all back at the end of the
track,
When your train pulls in over there
Nineteen nineteen has it's faults, of course
but may 1920 be just as good.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
Too Budget Plans.

w ing in az Government s"' expenditures
and in these days of heavy taxes
the topic is a live issue-the budget plan
looms large as offering the best means sug
gested for the elimination of waste and the
curtailment of extravaganza.
The fact is that in no other way can the
finances of the United States be so handled
as to make the revenues cover the expendt-
! lures and it is gratifying to note that the Re-
publican Congress has seized upon and is
pushing President Wilson's request for the
creation of budget system.
The Government today is spending money
at a rate exceeding $5,000,000,000 annually
Custom receipts and taxes supply the funds
| taxes from individuals, corporations and CO.
partnerships that affect practically every az
ticle the people use. 1t is a stupendous sum
of money, and there is small wonder that the
people are crying out for relief. There is
only one way in which the burden can be
lessened, and that is by reducing expendi-
lures, and it is foolhardy to think of reduc-
ing expenditures until it is known how the
money is being expended and how much is
being spent. The budget system will afford
facilities to ascertain these very essential
facts.
OF course, in the final analysis, the Pres
ident is the responsible head of the Gov
eminent upon whom devolves the duty of
handling Uncle Sans finances, but obviously
the President must have some agency for the
intelligent administration of this function.
The actual work of preparing the budget must
be delegated to other shoulders by the Pres
ident.
The House of Representatives already has
enacted bill creating a Bureau OF the
Budget in the office of the President. 1t is
Known the Good plan, because it was
sponsored by Representative Good, of Iowa,
chairman of the House Appropriations COM
mttee. The bill is in the Senate, await
ing consideration.
Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass,
while approving the idea of a budget system,
disagrees with the plan adopted by the House.
He thinks the preparation of the budget
should be done under the supervision of the
Secretary OF the Treasury and his plan has
strong support in the Senate
The National Budget Committee has synop-
sized the two plans as follows:
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
SENATORIAL H'UMOR
(The Boston TranScrip. }

The bOStOn IFanSCTIp'.1
Commenting upon the reluctance of Holland
to give up the ex-kaiser, Senator Owen re-
marked "St9nge tina the country which faith
cred William of Orange should now mother
William the Lemon"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
Glass Plan

That the Secretary
of the Treasury, be-
ing Nations chief ifs
cal officer, response
BILE for raising rev.
enue, should have a
voice in determining
expenditures; t h a t
creating a Bureau Of
the Budget in the
Presidents offic g
would only tend to
multiply boards and
bureaus, fostering a
further division of
responsibility that is
now the bane of our
Government.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30

The average new year resolution Of the
average head of the family will be to make
money, if he can
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30

Students and advocates of the budget sys-
tenn see much good in both of the plans.
Either system, in their judgment, is far
preferable to tn ehaphazard manner in which
the business OF the Government is now con-
Quoted. The preponderance of opinion leans
toward the Glass plan, but rather than jeopar-
die budget system it's friends are willing
to yield their point and accept the House
bill.
1t seems to us that the Glass plan is
preferable and since it is now apparent that
Congress is going to recognize the budget svs-
tenn we believe that every effort should be
made to adopt plan that will stand the
test of experience.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
Good Plan


That the President,
as nations Chief Elk
ecutive, should be
held responsible for
its business manage
ment; that he alone
controls all Cabinet
officers; that he has
an impartial, COM
plete view of their
work; that if the Sec
rotary Of the Treas
ury prepared the
Budget, he would be
in a superior position
to other Cabinet Of
ficers, which would
result in friction in
the Cabinet.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30
Etght It Out.

wv HEN 10000 of Napoleon's soldiers had
w been overwhelmed by $4,000 Aus
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-12-30

Nineteen nineteen has it's faults, of course
but may 1920 be just as good.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-18
ROBERTSDALE

Miss Sarah Mills OF Chicago and
Miss Anna Mills OF Morris. Ill, who
have been visiting their sister, Mrs
Chauncey Buell. of Indiana boulevard
returned to their homes the fore part
Of this week.
Miss Beth White OF Chicago was IN
Rebertsdale on business Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Slack OF Pearl
street were Hammond visitors yester-
day
Little Dorothy Emerson OF Atchison
avenue who is confined to her home
With chicken pox is getting along very
dcely.
Parry Swsnk of Indiana boulevard
j. spending few days with his grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mas
'erson OF Myrtle avenue.
Mrs. O Anderson OF Central avenue
who has had a very bad attack OF neu-
ralagia IS improving nicely.
Mrs. Ed. Freese Of Myrtle avenue.
was Chicago shopper yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Green are ex-
pecting the latter's parents. Mr. ana
Mrs. Milbrath OF Paris. Ill. 10 spend
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-18

EvT HEN the crop OF 1919 was
~ put IN the ground We had
great hopes thai We would
break every wheat-growing record.
With a guaranteed price, the acre
age was largely increased and the
seed was perhaps better stan in any
former year. but we lost millions of
bushels through scab and sinking
smut. which could have been largely
avoided If not entirely prevented By
treatment of the seed. Scab is very
easy 20 detect In the field on account
of it's pinkish color. II prevents
the head filling out, cutting down the
yield radically, often destroying the
entire crop.
Flag smut and sinking smut in
wheat can he prevented absolutely
and fortunately the treatment for
scab and smut Is the same. These
diseases may make a field of fine
promise produce only a low-grade.
ill-smeling crop which is unfit for
human food. Sinking smut often
takes at least 5 per cent. and fields
with 10. so and even 20 per cent of
smutted heads are not uncommon.
Methods Of Control.
Secure clean plump seed OF good
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-12-18
DYER

Some of our Dyer folks attended the
sale at Mike Keilman's on Monday
Barbara Scheidt was a Chicago Wis
itor on Tuesday.
Mrs. %. Thiel spent several day.
at Chicago with her son Frank
Schlsiss and family.
Mr.. Raymond kreiger OF Hammond
purchased Theodore Hammers home
which is now occupied by c. Z. Null
vey.
Miss Florence Watson was called 70
her home at Goodland. Ind. on Mon
day evening on account OF the death
OF her mother.
Mr. Nike Keilman and family moved
to Hammond on Wednesday.