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Evening journal., 1920-04-16

Then, little while after he had proposed
building a country home and equipping it, look
ing to their wedding day, she learned that he had
married another-a Miss Mabel Stokes, she says,
of Watertown. N. Y.
In addition to Miss Waldo's complaint for
heavy damages the courts will shortly be called
upon to decide another action for a quarter Of
million dollars, instituted by pretty Miss Alice
Hudson of Boston, against her erstwhile iance,
A. Edwin Paulson prosperous New Yorker.
Miss Hudson says he practically stole three
wears OF her life--she is now about %. II want
ed TO 90 on the stage" she says. "In fact, was
told | had distinct ability when l appeared IA
some small parts four years ago" But she CON-
nans that Mr.. Paulson seriously objected to hcs
snnearine in public, and so she remained at home
ne n dutiful iancee, and then after she had BE-
come reconciled to a career Of domesticity. NJ
panIson. she says, changed his mind. just why
she doesn't know.
So while men change their minds, juries no
aoubt will continue to act protectors to beau.-
s,I Young women who come before them with
bleeding hearts demanding TO know how mgch
they are worth today.
Evening journal., 1920-04-16
BY Helen Hoffman

a RE you aware that the actual cash value Of
"A broken hearts is increasing as rapidly as the
high cost Of living?
What, do you suppose, a broken heart Is
worth today? Or TO put the question in a more
matter-of-fact way, how much do you consider
the possessor of a broken heart is entitled 20 re-
ceive compensation?
Before attempting to answer one may be in
clned to observe that a great deal depends upon
the previous condition of the heart and the
amount Of damage and also upon the market price
for broken hearts established In the law courts
There have been cases where the price has been
fixed as low as one cent
A new high record valuation for a broken
heart has been set by Miss Elsie Eleanor Waldo
OF New York. She recently began breach of
promise action for $250,000 damages in the New
York county courts against Frederick Melvin
Brown, also of New York
And now Mrs. Theodore p Shouts v;dovv 80
the traction magnate, has boosted the heart valpe
up to one million dollars by suing another won,-
an for that amount for alleged alienation of her
husbands affections
It is quite natural to expect of course that a.,
unsentimental jury may not feel disposed to an
praise broken heart as highly as the damaged
possessor. Still the appraisements of some nm
sentimental juries have been high and durine, tba
past year or so trey have increased in pronor+ion
to the Fl. c. L. Some of the highest legal awards
on record are summarized below They are tho
verdicts in breach Of promise cases which oained
prominence partly because Of the names invoIyod
but more especially on account Of the LARGO dar,
ages awarded as compensation to the broken
hearted;
Evening journal., 1920-04-16

associate, much as kissing cat and a snarling
dog, women have shown decided disposition to
humilate man where their affections and pride
have been held up to public scorn.
Without desire to marry again or explanation
as to his abrupt breaking Of the engagement con-
tract many men have, after assidious court
ship, suddenly decided to regard the affair as a
closed incident, chapter in their lives ended and
thereafter have led the life Of benedict Not a
few, however, have married some other girl with
out taking the trouble to notify the other young
woman wearing solitaire, Of their intentions
This was the claim put forward by Miss Elsie
Eleanor Waldo in ner suit against Frederick
Melvin Brown, the well known New York lawyer
and man of wealth and social position. Miss
Waldo, in asking the courts to grant her S250,000
damages, says that Mr.. Brown proposed to her
~ years ago. Miss Waldo was 20 years of age
then. She was also beautiful.
Evening journal., 1920-04-16

has given her heart in perfect con-
dition, tramples it lightly on the
way TO marry another, he is fire.
quently given a lesson in the prop
er treatment Of this particularly
important organ where centres the
affections as well as the scorn and
contempt of woman.
In our imperfect civilized state.
where many married couples and
Evening journal., 1920-04-16

Miss Elsie \N
Eleanor Waldo, ~
of New York, Who Has
Brought Suit for S250,000
for Breach of Promise.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-09
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mesticated first, but the sheep, the
OK, the camel and the horse were
doubtless added in rapid succession
be adapted to the needs of man.
7. Q.-Who coined the expression
'While there is life there is hope?"
Z. A-This is attributed to Cicero,
sick man has life there is hope"
8. Q.-Can you tell me anything
about the persons who have risked
or lost their lives in Niagara falls,
and the rapids below them?
his life in an attempt to swim the
rapids on July "a, 1888, and SINH
lar fate overlook John Lincoln
Soules. w. J. Kendall, a Boston
policeman. went through the g rapids
eptef oh 2 %nEyus S a. i fSk s 1855
1887 and 1889 Carlisle D. Graham
successfully went over the falls IN
barrel. This was also, accomplish
ed by George Hazlett and by William
Potts, of Buffalo. Among, the tight
were Maria Speltania, in 1876, and
Samuel John Dixon, in 1890.
8. Q.-Why are mountain peaks
cold ~
of terrestrial radiation by the air is
greater in it's lower levels where
dust, water, vapor and clouds are
densest, while the transmission OF
both incoming and outgoing radia-
ton is more rapid through the pure
air at the greater elevations. :.
10. Q.-Could you tell me all the
candidates running for the presidency
and vice presidency and the parties
10. A.-The names of the candi-
dates for president and vice presi-
dent of the different parties are as
Follows: Republican,; Warren G.
Harding, Ohio; Calvin Coolidge. Mas Mas
sachuetts. Democratic: James Mid
'dleton Cox Ohio FRANKLIN De lhao
Roosevelt, New York. Farm Labor
ticket; Farley P. Christensen, Utah;
Max s. Mayes, Ohio. Single Tax;
Robert Macauley. Pennsylvania K0n-
ert c. Barnum, Ohio. Soclallst;s t s1-
gene V. Debs Indiana; Seymour Ste9-
man, Illinois. Prohibition: Aaron s:
watkins, Ohio; Leigh Colvssn' new
York.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-09
Mr.. Hard1u;ck s Election

-HE turnover primary for the Governor
shin has brought to an end long
l. and neppery course of Georgia poll
tics Since early spring the pot mas oeen
boiling with all manner OF candloates anu
issues-Presidential Senatorial, Guperh"|u
rial and whatnot. Surely they VINO [ellon
such excitement have supped full, ana are
ready now for the ways OF quiet construcCl o'a
ness, Mr. Hardwicks victory in the second
contest should serve as such a cue to all COIL
cerned. regardless of what has gone oelore
WHY he won isInow of less moment tnan
what he will do. Some will argue that ne
was elected because of his opposition 10 the
League Covenant and to other important
nolicies of the Wilson administration. Far
be it from us to debate that now frultless
question: but it is cur own OPINION tnat
those issues played, at most MINOR part
Certainly they were i'll understood and Were
not judged upon their merltsl. Mu@n
more appealing to the mass Of voters
it would seem, was Mr.. Hardwicks agrees
siveness against a Georgia political ring
that represented the narrowest and bltterest
factionism, that fought with consclenceless
SANDER and abuse, that was rooted in things
reactionary despite eleventh hour liberal pro-
LESSONS, that was identified with forces no
different in nature from those which have
made the Republican party rendezvous for
seekers of privilege, ring that once ruled
the State with rods of iron, that was fight
ing again for control of the political ma
chinery in it's selfish interests and that was
obviously incapable of efficient. progressive
service to the people. Mr.. Hardwick, it so
happened, was pitted against that clique and
profited thereby, just as Hon. Clifford
Walker, estimabe gentleman though he is.
became its victim.
It scarce need be said that The Journal
has never approved Mr.. Hardwick's course
during the later season of his Senatorial
term that it has differed radically from his
IDEAS on the League of Nations and that its
Judgment on those matters remains, as tar
as principles are concerned, UNCHANGED. bu'
that he has been unfailingly outspoken, un-
! failingly courageous in maintaining his VIEWS
howsover unpopular at the time, and un-
| failingly stanch as a fighter, no frank OBJ
server will gainsay. He will take up the
duties of the Governorship with great ma
jority of the people behind him as his sup
porters in the recent campaign; and with
virtually all behind him. we doubt not in
his every effort to serve and upbuildd the
| Commonwealth. His task will be highly diff
ficult because the affairs Of the State, espe-
cially it's finances, are in an unprecedentedly
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-09
THE END OF THE VICIOUS
SPIRAL
By DR.. Frank Crane

Prices are coming down.
They had either to come down decently and
in order, as they are doing, or in time would
have come down with a smash
After the war, or rather during the war, the
Vicious Spiral began.
To pay for its insanity, stupidity, daring
egotisms and cherished hates, the world OF ma
tons went to war.
Wars other name is Waste.
We proceeded to blow up in smoke and to
sink as scrap, billions of dollars worth of
good material.
1t all meant so much subtracted from the
productive energy of the race, which ought to
have gone into building ships and houses,
weaving Clothes raising foodstuffs and increas-
ing intelligence.
To pay for this debauch, all due to the Old
Order, to the lack of World Government, we
issued wagon-loadS of paper promises.
There being Superabundance of money and
shortage of goods, prices naturally began to
go up.
Everything helped
In the first place it was fun. Everybody,
from the trust magnate to the plumber, was
making more money.
The people began to buy 1uxuries There
was an immense sale of diamonds, Russian
SableS and silk paamaS.
Then wages started climbing, because it took
more money to buy bread and meat and pota-
toes.
Labor being so high, the storekeepers and
manufacturers had to boost their prices.
Prices being SO high, laborerS had to have
more wages.
So it went Everything boosted everything
else.
We were like the farmer that raised more
corn, to feed more hogs to get more money,
to raise more corn, to feed more hogs, to get
and so on.
Some day or other people would have got
tired of getting pieces of paper for their debts
and wages and would have demanded regular
money.
Then the crash would have come Bankruptcy
would have swept the country.
We were saved from that by our League of
Banks, which fortunately we had formed, over
the protest of most of the banks themselves.
The People revolted. They began wearing
overaS, and buying fewer gimcrackS
Manufacturers followed, and cut prices Also
the storekeepers saw the handwriting on the
wall.
And now we have begun the painful but
salutary process of SOLDERING up and coming
down the spiral.
There will be no panic. But there will be a
deal of grumbing
Because it is easier freezing to death than
coming to.
The descent of the spiral, however, is as re-
assuring as its ascent was dangerous.
copyright 1920. by Frank Crane)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-09
New Questions

New Questions
l. To settle an arguments please
state whether the American Indians
shaved their faces as men do now?
2. Whose sepulchre was the great
pyramid of Egypt?
8. Who discovered X-rays?
4. What is Spanish Town" and
where is it located?
nationality of Jack Dempsey, worlds
champion heavyweight prize fighter?
6. When did people begin paying
rent"
Z. Can you tell me who wrote,
"But the man worth while is the
man who can smile when every
thing goes dead wrong?
8. How do they lay cables in the
ocean?
8. What is a nautical mile?
10. What percentage on an in
vestment would be yielded by Vic
tory Liberty Loan bonds, and when
do these bonds mature?
Questions Answered
/. Q.-Do snakes have lungs?
1. A.-The bureau Of biological
survey says that snakes do have
2. Q.-I am corresponding with a
young lady who always puts cross
under her name in signing her let
ters. Can you tell me the meaning
/. 2. Awhile the. young lady in
question may attach to this HERO
glyphic some meaning unknown to
us, it is commonly intended to mean
that the writer encloses a kiss.
3. Q.-When did Steve Brodie
jump off Brooklyn bridge?
8. A.-On July %, 1885, Steve Bro
die jumped from the Brooklyn bridge,
a drop of 14S feet.
4. Q.-When Alaska was bought
from Russia, was the whole sum paid
in cash or in part by sale OF war
4. A.-The United States govern
ment paid the Russian government
the full sum of S7,200,000 in void
for the territory of Alaska,
5. Q.-Was castor oil used in aero
plane motors during the war?
5. A-The air service says that
castor oil was used as lubricant IN
aeroplane motors during the werlo
5. (Which animal was the first
to be domesticated?
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-09
The South IN the Census
- HAT the census returns announce

~ HAT the census returns announced
from time to time for months past
have made a fine impression for the
"outh in other parts of the country is in
dicated by such comments as this, from the
st. Louis Post-Dispatch:
'HThe census returns exhibiting the pros
perity and growth of the south, as pre-
sented in figures showing an increase in
all populations of multitudinous towns OF
all Sizes have been presented daily and
impressively. Special exhibits more eloquent
on the same subject are coming to hand.
One of them is the increase in automobile
registration In that section are recorded
the greatest gains this year OF the entire
country. North Carolina stands first with
fifty-one per cent more registered motor
cars than it had last year, and South
Carolina comes second with 43 per cent
Other southern states show remarkable
gains
Progress which the south makes in the
opinion of other sections is bound to be
gratifying to southerners, and IS pound &c
be reflected in further prosperity and
nrogress. as the nation at large realizes the
resources of the south, it's possibilities and
opportunities.
One cannot help the conviction, however
that what the south is getting it deserves
The south has waited long for it, labor
ing as it did for fifty years to overcome
the ruin wrought by war. Only in recent
years has she regained the prestige which
should always have been hers in agricul
ture, industry and commerce generally
That the south at last has entered on al
spoch of bounty should be sosurce OF I'm
ra,fsh congratulation and genuine joy fol
Ire east and west as we'll.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-09
EXERCISE IN MOODS
Bv H. AddingtOn Bruce

IF you want to avoid moodneSS-Surly irr-
liability, an unSocial taciturnity, feelings of
n depression, etc.--one of the best helps you
can find is to take bodily exercise with reg
ularity.
The development of will power and deliberate
cultivation of cheerfulneSS are, of course, in
valuable to all who would cure themselves OF a
recurring tendency to moody words and ways
But so is systematic Improvement OF the vital
processes through exercise. This for reason
plainly limited in DearbornS summary or exer-
ciSe'S good effects:
Benefit is derived because of an increased
development of the blood-lymph circulation;
IF respiration; of digeStion; of nervous con-
troll; of the musculature, and through the va
riety afforded both mind and body. Physical
exercise, in a word, brightenS up the metaoohc
fires of the whole organism"
In fact, if moody people will only give some
thought to their attacks of moodneSS they
will find that these usually occur during or
lust after digestive troubles, slowing down OF
the circulation, imperfect elimination or gen.
eral physical "ogineSS."
That is to say they then are suffering from
an ennui of body as we'll as of mind. And
often their ennu of mind, finding expression
in moodiness, is but reflection of the bodily
ennui that Expresses them without their being
clearly aware of it.
Exercise is the best of all medicines for
this. brisk exercise taken preferably in the
peal in point of being interesting.
From personal experience everybody OCCASION
ally knows the salutary influence exerted on
the mind by the organic feeling of well-being
produced by a brisk and not overlong walk or
game of golf. One comes indoors glowing
physically and also glowing with sentiments OF
goodwill.
The moody need to make practical applca-
ton of this fact habitually.
Instead of sitting about grumbling and glow
ering, they need to get outSorss and move
around in order to stimulate the organs OF
circulation, respiration digestion, and eimna-
ton, the sluggishness of which is often the
basic cause of their moodness. And they need
to do this not occasionally, but daily, so that
they may permanently keep at high level
their metabolic rate.
Only, of course, they must be careful not
to overdo in the effort to conquer their mood
mess by exercises aid If they exercise to the
point of undue fatigue, the poisoning of the
system that will result may make them even
mooder than they were before
happy medium is the thing for them, just
enough exercise day after day to offset inner
ent or acquired tendencies to some moodineSS-
producing defect in the workings of their in
ternal organs.
copyright, 1920, by the Associated Newspa-
perS)
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DOROTHY DIX T A LKS
CONCERNING ADVICE =
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
Copyright. 1920 by the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.l

TT is not to be denied that the
favorite indoor and outdoor
i sport of the great majority of
the human race is giving and
seeking advice. Particularly giving,
for it is far more blessed to give
advice than to receive it.
Why we should be so eager to
tell our fellow-creatures just ex-
actly how they should act under
certain circumstances, is one of tn:
mysteries Of vanity that nobody can
explain. Certainly very few of us
think that we have run our own af-
fairs so successfully, and have ex-
hibited always such unerr1ng Judg-
ment, that we have qualified to pose
as oracles.
Nevertheless, we do not hesitate to
lay down the law to those about us.
more than the barest living our
selves, but we feel perfectly compe-
tent to advise anybody about how
to invest money. We know nothing
whatever about medicine or the
vagaries of the human system, yet
whose properties we are totally 1g-
norant, for ailments that we. have not
the ability to diagnose.
Men and women who have never
had anything but an airdale pup, or
a canary bird, tell you exactly how
to raise your children, and if you
try to make a garden, or build a
house, you are swamped under the
counsel of those who never planted
seed, or wrestled with a contract
or, and do not claim that they know
anything about either subject except
that they know more about it than
you know.
The perfect strangers whose SUI
blime egotiSm makes them feel that
they can run our affairs much bet
ter than we can manage them our
selves, and who do not hesitate to
tell us where we should get on and
off, are hard enough to endure,
Heaven knows, but the real pest of
the world is the family adviser.
In every household you will find
some man or woman who has elect
ed himself, or herself, to the office
of adviser extraordinary, and who
| never-ending flow of suggestions.
The man may be a good-for-noth-
ing parasite whose children have
to support him, but before they can
make a single move in any direc-
ton they have to listen to his end
less, ''if 1 were you I would do
this or 9on strongly ely ady snstb yO9
against OOlnS Indl, ana IL any Ihln
ever goes wrong he is an incarnate
| reproach with his, "if you had only
taken my advice in the matter"
Or perhaps the family adviser is
| a woman, in which case the female
of the species is deadlier than the
male, because she is always on the
job. She knows better than the doc
tor what you should take when you
get sick. She knows more than the
lawyer about how to settle an es-
tate. She can pick out the exact man
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and woman for every girl and boy
to marry. She knows just what
dressmaker you should patronize and
what, you should wear. and how you
should furnish your house, and
what you should have to eat. and no
matter how hurried or worried or
busy you are, you have got to StcC
and combat her enGIess a1vr;..
It's the family adviser who wrecks
homes, and makes the members fly
to try to get away from one who
feels that he or she has a right to
run their lives for them, and whose
feelings are hurt if his or her
counsel is not taken.
1t is easy to see why people dote
on giving advice. It is because they
like to exploit themselves. 1t is the
ultimate expression of self conceit,
Why people ask advice is as com
prehensible as the riddle of the
sphynx, for they are bound to know
that the advice is worthless.
Nobody can tell another person
what to do, because no other per-
son knows all the circumstances Of
the case. There are a thousand lit
tie intimate details of the problem
that the seeker after light never re
vea1s to anyone, and these are the
crux of the whole matter. so that
even a Solomon could not solve the
riddle that is propounded to him.
Also there is the human equation
that must be taken into considera-
ton, so that the advice that seems
to fit your case doesn't fit it at all
when you try it. 1t may look per-
| feet thirty-eight in the advice shop.
| but when you get it home, you find
| that something is wrong. with your
measurements and that it bags
| where it shouldn't bag. and is too
+
hikes up in the front, and tails
| down in the back.
Never go into the grocery bust
ness" advises the man who has
failed In it; but you may have the
very qualities that he lacked that
| will enable you to make fortune
in it. You will starve If you try
to make a living writing" advises
may have the divine fire that will
| light your way to fame and for
tune. Don't marry so-and-so. you
will never be able to live with him.
and you will be poor to the end of
your days." counsels mother; yet
that man may be her daughters
is destined to become a millionaire.
| Of course the redeeming feature
| about giving advice is that few
people take it, and most people who
ask for advice merely desire you to
confirm them in the course they
have already determined upon pur-
suing. They simply want to be back
ed up. Also the process of being
advised helps them to clarity their
own ideas, and really decide upon
| what they want to do. quite indie
pendent of your opinion.
But all the same, the advising
business wastes a lot of time, and
| is a great bore.
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mustache, but his shoes were gen
erous.--Rome News.
You'd Better Not Run
If the number Of women VINO Fes
lister for the next election Is not
sufficient, just reduce the .poiicrtax
rate to 90 cents. advertise ~, 1t s pc
cial" and be on hand Tor the sranu
rush.-Augusta Herald.
Thoughts of the Circus
When the temperature gets along
about this time of the year the
small boys thoughts turn seriously
to searching for the first signs OF
the billboard man with a collection
of three-sheet pictures Of gorgeous
street parades and an impossible
collection of tropical fauna ana
scenes of gentlemen and ladies' IN
more or less tight attire catching
each other by the hands 1nds,I IN m acf air nn
huge coIored balls and all that sort
of thing.-Savannah Morning News
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The Nahunta Banner

Disregarding the constantly in
creasing cost of newsprint paper and
other materials used in the produc-
ton of a newspaper, ]. N. Atkinson
has launched the Nahunta Banner at
Nahunta, in the new county, OF
Brantley, the first issue of which,
under date Of September 8, carries
eight four-column pages Of reading
matter and advertisements. The
Banner deserves and should receive
the liberal support of the peope OF
Nahunta and trade territory, and
here's wishing the enterprise album
dant success.