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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04
THINKING ROOMS
Bv H. Addington Bruce

N excellent idea, capable of wide appll-
~ cation, is back Of the recent establish
ing of a thinking room" on the roof
Of a New York hotel having among its per-
manent guests number of professional peo-
pie.
New York, as hardly need be said, is not
the quietest city in the world. Its noises,
even when. one becomes accustomed to them,
interfere more less with mental concen-
tration. The ultra-senstive find them 8
heavy handicap on mental efficiency.
Approaching this, the proprietor Of the
hotel in question devised his thinking
ROOM" 1t is described as beng thirty feet
wide and forty feet long, far above the city
traffic, and deadened to all sounds both out
side and inside the hotel.
If those using it maintain it strictly as a
room for meditation and concentration it
should mean much to the enhancing of their
power to work well. In any case, it is an
innovation that might profitably be initiated,
not merely in other hotels but in business
establishments in general.
For business men-particularly executive
heads and managers-need quiet fully as
much as professional men do.
They may not think so. They may be-
lieve that they have SO trained themselves
that they can concentrate, plan, and work
out difficult problems with the greatest eff
ficiency even amid hubbub of office, store.
or factory noises.
But the fact is that such noises, even If
no attention whatever is consciously paid
to them, subconsciously interfere with ease
Of thinking and hasten the onset of fatigue
So that the mental worker beset by noises
tires more readily and finds concentration
more of an effort than the worker blessed
with quiet room wherein to think.
Hence it would be more than an economy
it would be paying investment, to con-
struct in ones place of business a sound
proof room for thinking purposes, or
room as nearly sound-proof as may be. And
it should be room furnished and decorated
as well as constructed with an eye to psy.
Geological effects.
That is to say, 1t should have the aspect
more of a study than Of an office Ordinary
office material should be vigorously exclud-
ed from it.
Rugs or a carpet OF simple pattern and
quiet hues, a bookcase containing reference
works, a study table, one or two comfortable
chairs, light hangings at the windows, a few
good pictures the walls, and wallpaper
of restful blue or green, might we'll con-
stitute it's equipment. 1t should be as free
from inharmonious color effects as from dis
cordant sounds.
In such a room thinking would be facili-
tated to an extent surprising even to those
who pride themselves on their ability to dis
regard noises.
For, as suggested above, noises cannot be
absolutely disregarded. They worm their
way into the subconscious, even when the
conscious part Of the mind is resolutely deaf
to them. And it is in the subconscious that
ones most effective thinking is done.
Give the subcOnscious quiet, give it the
dynamic charm Of artistic surroundings, and
recompense in the way of Increased mental
productivity may be gained in truly aston
ishing degree.
Copyright 1921, by the Associated News
papers.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04
Something Under This Cro1O,s
~ Ne monarch who looks forward hope
fully is King Constantine Of Greece
The approaching winter carries no


1 fully is King Constantine Of Greece.
The approaching winter carries no
threat of hard times The Chicago Tribune
calls Tino tie only genius royalty has de-
veloped in the last fifty years And it must
be said that in one way and another, the
trade of being king has been somewhat dis
tinguished by Tino, If by no other trait than
the activity of something worn under his
crown when he wears crown.
The Greek royal family is doing pretty
we'll by itself while much other royalty has
fallen upon evil days and in some instances
has been erased from the picture in toto.
In Paris, the Grand Duchess Xenia is shop
ping preparatory to taking over a doWager
interest in the American Leeds tin plate in
terests by wedding William Leeds. Reports
from the French capital estimate the trous-
seau expenses in hundreds Of thousands of
francs, which even at the present depressed
rates Of exchange, means snug sum in
American dollars.
King Constantine himself is more or less
occupied with opening up subdivisions in
Turkey; and nobody seems able or much in
clned to prevent him from chasing the
Turks off their reservation, any more than
to get out an injunction to keep his fair
relative from walking off with American
money. The Greek Royalty is on pretty
substantial basis, it seems. It's checks are
good at the bank; the proletariat does not
annoy it appreciably; war merely irritated
it; and peace did not knock it off the limb.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04
SMILE AWHILE

Plumbers summer pipe dreams soon will
come true.
About all most people saved this summer
was daylight.
One way to draw a crowd is put a mir
ror in show window.
A failure is often a man who had no
show. So is a success.
Russia is miserable proving misery, like
happiness, comes from within.
Clergyman advocates a shool for mothers
in-law. Just wait until she catches him!
new automatic phonograph plays three
hours without stopping-but don't tell the
neighbors!
Babies will always kick for their bottles
and so we'll meni
Many novels won't sell, though they are
bound to do SO.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES

Little Eva lived in a small town where an
electric-light plant had been installed re-
Gently. One moonlight night she said:
Mamma, doesn't God know that we have
got lectric lights?"
Certainly, dear" replied her mother.
'He knows everything"
"Then why doesn't He take in His moon?"
Mamma-"Why, William, is it possible
you an hour ago for getting into it,"
Wllllam-''Yes, ma am. But I heard you
tell grandma you had whipped me too hard,
so thought I'd make it even"
Mother (writing) Edward. how many
times have 7 told you to keep quiet?"
Edward CATER flecting)-"Seyen."
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04
Smile A1Oh'1e

The tariff act won't get any encoreS.
Poor dresSmakerS have a ripping time.
An ounce of work is worth pound of Shrk.
No wedding ever went off without 'htch.'
We continue to stand for crowded street cars.
A double chin develops when two women
meet.
The best thing to make for Christmas is
money.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04
Editorial Echoes

The great peril lying before this David is
that of too many mothers and the lack of
true mothering. Science as it functions in
his case will seek to be kind. 1t cannot be
maternal. The senior girls will be interest
ed and warmly affectionate. Their soulful
ness will lack the sacrifcial depths of real
motherhood. There is over the case of
David of Oklahoma much room for pity, yet
generous place for hope.-New York
World (Dem).
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04

traveller who was renowned for his tall
stories on being asked out to dinner made
arrangements with his friends, who were to
accompany him, that they should kick him
if he began to go too far.
Quite early in the evening he started off
"That reminds me- he said to the hostess,
'of friend of mine who had rose garden
over ten miles long, and''-he felt kick
land two inches wide.''
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04
Big Funeral

1t is estimated that 10000 persons attend
ed the funerals of the victims of the Oppau
explosion at the Ludwigshafen Cemetery The
French military authorities were represent
ed by Generals Lenetz and Dandand. Both
these officers brought wreaths and express
ed coincidence to President Ebert and Pre-
mier Lerchenfeld. Her Ebert replying, said
he was touched by the manifestation of HUI
man sympathy which had set aside the bar
riers arising from the war.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-04
Turks Get Boats

LuThb OVU DOdIS
report from Constantinople says that
three Turkish naval officers with 100 sailors,
commanded by Ostan Bey, director of the
Turkish naval school at Inebois, on the
Black Sea, have gone to Odessa to take
charge of two Russian submarines and three
destroyers promised by the Bolshevik The
Kemalists also are reported to have set mines
adrift in the Sea of Marmora, one of which
recently sank an Italian steamship.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12
MATHEMATICS OF BAD ROADS
Farmer Solves Problem of Hours Lost
In Making Trip over Road That
10 Deep in Mud. ni7d

II it takes farmer. making a trip
through the mud one hour and half
longer than when the roads are firm,
how many hours are lost in year IL
1000 farmers make an average of IL
trips a month"; What would be the
monetary loss II each IA hours Lost
be estimated at 7b cents per hour for
each man and his team7 This s"two-
in-one" proposition gave our old cat
considerable trouble, tut ha hnsiig
worked It out. thus One farmer mul-
tiplied By IN hours multiplied BY II
trips, multiplied BY LOO farmers.
multiplied by u mouths equals xi6.-'
UO0 hours lost; going a step further.
and multiplying 216,O0O BY rs cents.
you have $162,O0O per annum lost =
tho farmers. Our old cat IL now pom
dering how many road bonds this
annual loAs would float Ct 8 per cent
interest--Union Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12

NY AsHINGTON President Hard
w ing favors the proposal to place
aiIthe aircraft services Of the govern
rnent. military and civil. under one
central authority. There, has been an
impression that the President was op-.
posed to this plan and that impress
sion was emphasized when Major
General Menoher, chief Of the air serv-
Ice Of the, army. asked the secretary
Of war 70 remove the, assistant chief,
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell. who was
a persistent advocate Of amalgamation
Of the army and navy air services. q
1t lis learned. however, that the
President 10 heartily In favor Of the
proposed .amalgamation and that the
joint reorganization commission, which
Is engaged in preparing plans for a
Reorganization Of administration Of the
executive, branch, OF the government,
is inclined to, recommend the ,unifica-
ton OF all the governments. aircraft
activities. 70 0ef no 9p s.Hif
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12
More Than One Way to Pay Income Tax
a PPROxIMATELY $40 900, 900 was

A PPROXIMATELY $4,000, 900 was
"A added to the government rev.
enues during the fiscal year just ended
through recoveriesl from q false and
fraudulent; income tax returns, Com
missioner Blair announced recently.
Indictments have been returned dur
ing the year in every section Of the
country he said, and many jail SEN
. fences have been imposed, ranging
from 90 days to q year. In addition to
tho fines and penalties, which were
also assessed.
'Fraud upon the government by
filing false and fraudulent tax returns
appears In many unique ways" Mr..
Blair said. Some taxpayers are ex-
: tremely crude, In their methods. and
reduce their taxes by merely omit
ting large items OF income from their
returns a;lt O. e.efs i ts''sGss'
"Manlpuiations Of inventory are not
infreqnently found, and these can al
ways be checked accurately. by the
field examiners of the bureau. and no
business OF any size can Keep ac-
curate books and at athe same time
manipulate Inventories. Some taxpay-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12
Is This an Embarrassment Of Riches?

the economists who tell us that the
inflow of the gold to the United States
beginning early In the World war was
an important factor In cheapening the
dollar and increasing prices. g
Whether prices and the purchasing
power aof the dollar ever will return
to the pre-war level is-a universal
question which the economists answer
with the assertion that until our gold
hoard diminishes materially prices
Will not decline materially. o.r.
Prof. Irving Fisher Of Yale univer-
sity looks for rise in Wholesale prices
and reviving business next fall. fHa
The Stable Money league Is study
ing the phenomena of price move
ments with view to recommending
legislation to- counterfeit such fuctua-
lions in the purchasing power of the
dollar as have upset~industry, cons
merce, and household economy in the
last few years. n g. n q 49, -
Professor Fisher proposes to stabiI-
lie the dollar by increasing. its gold
content when there Is a tendency of
gold to depreciate and decreasing its
gold content when the tendency of
gold Is to appreciate.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12

ers, evidently, are Of the belief that
they can hire interruptions account,
ants who reconstruct their books. and
then II the fraud is discovered blame
1T all on the accountants, to whom
they usually pay, large fees"
in many Instances field examiners
have discovered that taxpayers keep
two sets Of fapks one set accurately
setting forth status Of the bust
ness and the Ners set fraudulently
setting forth their income. and merely
kept, for the purpose of defrauding
the government. 1t is safe to say that
in nine out of ten Of these latter cases
the fraud is discovered within short
time after It is perpetrated. i,''
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12
zp'7aa}BaI'IaJs
NaQdag !|t|! chi q Z :.
Trucks use Twice a. Much Fuel %
Dirt Hlohfays as on One
Built Of Concrete

That good roads cut the cost Of
gasoline more than 80 ,per cent 10
stated by Freight Transportation Dr.
gest." loaded two-ton truck was
used In test and In running 100
miles on an earth road consumed 173
gallons Of gasoline, making an aver
age of SIS miles a gallon. The cost
figured at IS cents gallon was SASS.
The. same truck was used on q con-
crete road and Travelled the same dis
rance on $40 gallons Of gasoline, max
Ing 11.7S miles per gallon. The cost
In this case. figured on the same
basis, was $2.12. The net savings In
cost Of gasoline on the improved high
way was therefore 1921, or more than
100 per cent a99tl9 4lf4h = a..s.
Statisticians could step In here and
conjure a colossal sum to represent
the savings In gasoline cost II all tho
highways Of the United States were
paved. remarks the Columbus (O)
Dispatch. They could, for instance.
assume that all Of the one-half miliion
motortrucks in the country were two
ton trucks, and on this basis figure
out saving In gasoline costs equal TO
couple Of Liberty loan issues.
This enormous reduction In gasoline
costs, coupled with the ability 70
handle loads with less fractional o.
fort. has become one Of the strongest
arguments for good roads. The two
tests cited In this instance show con-
ciusively that poor roads are expen-
sive to the farmer and merchant alike.
The farmer who hauls with motor
truck is getting only one-eighth o. tha
profit he could get and the merchant
and inter>city freight truck operator
are paying out twice what they should
for gasoline and are getting only one
eighth of the profit they could Get.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12

famous being Monamy. lie Capelain,
Jean the miniaturist, Ouless, Sir John
Mfliais and at the present day Messrs.
Lander. lie Maistre, and Blampied.
Guernsey. alas, 10 spoiled, from a
scenic standpoint by miles Of green
houses and acres OF Quarries. But ~
cliffs and bays are magnificent, and
Moulin Huet Is perhaps the most love-
lly spot In the islands. There are still
to be found some wooden walks and
lanes, old stone walls. and arched gate
ways, which are as yet unmarried BY
the utilitarian demands Of modern ag-
riculture and industry.
Saint Peter port, built ON the side
Of hill, retains certain amount Of
its former picturesqueness; 1t is ira
versed by curious succession Of long
granite sta;rways. and, with its high
red-rocsed houses, has q foreign ap-
pearance-"Caudebe sur les eqaules
de Harfeur," as vacquerie described
1t when on visit to Victor Hugo. who
was then living in the Islands as an
exile from France. XII.
1t was during the great Frenchman's
residence In Guernsey that he wrote
much Of his poetry and three Of his
best-known novels-'Les Miserables,"
The Man Who Laughs and THE
Toilers Of the Sea-" In commemoration
Of his exile the French nation brought
over and erected q statue to his mem
orr In July, 1914. easry NJ
Aldsrney. Key to the Channel.
The lesser islands. .Alderney, Sark.
Herm and Jethou. are comprised in
the baiiiwick Of Guernsey.
| Alderney. described by Napoleon A.
the shield Of England, was considered.
in the days before aircraft, subma-
rines and long-range guns had reyo-
lutionized warfare, to be the key Of
the channel. Consequently, during
the Napoleonic wars. forts were erect
ed here by the British government at
vast expense.
Rugged and inhospitable as the is
land looks to the wayfarer, It has
savage, untamed beauty denied to
the other islands. 1t Is surrounded by
the most dangerous currents and Wild
est seas In the English channel Sew
en- miles west Of Attorney lie, the, IA
nous Casquet rocks, "where the car
cases Of many tall ships lie. buried"
No one can claim to have seen the
Channel islands until he has seen
Sark. which is an epitome of the
beauty Of them all. 1t contains the
wooded valleys of Jersey, the brill
liant llchen-covered cliffs Of Guernsey,
and its own carpet Of wild flowers and
sea-anemOnes, while the natural magic
of its beatty is supplemented, to the
initiate. by the magic-working powers
Of some Of the old inhabitants
The two remaining islands Of the
archipelago are Herm and Jethou,
which lie between Sark and Guernsey
They belong to the crown, having gone
through many vicissitudes and having
passed through q great variety of
| hands.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12
Only One Pilot for the National Aircraft

The position OF President Harding
In the matter Is that amalgamation
win work to efficiency and economy.
One great difficulty pertaining to the
present separate aircraft services that
has impressed him is that there Is NO
systematic method of awarding con-
tracts for the construction Of aircraft.
One branch awards contracts without
regard to any other government air
craft organization. and the President
believes that this is detrimental to the
upbuilding of private aircraft manu-
facture in the United States
The aircraft manufacturers are de-
pendent almost entirely, on. govern
ment patronage, as commercial de
mands are small. and It is claimed
that unless the government so ar
ranges its contracts as to distribute
contracts among all those concerns
which produce aircraft meeting gov
ernment standards, some Of them may
be obliged to 60 out Of business.
In these circumstances President
Harding Is understood to feel that .
central government aircraft organiza-
ton will be better able to determine
how contracts should be awarded for
the entire government. as,'''
Inference Is drawn from what
is learned Of the Presidents position
that he - In favor of the amalgama-
ton Of the War and the Navy depart
ments into q department OF national
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12

7 : : 7
NEVER In the history Of the world
~ has SO much gold been gathered
within the confines Of a single coun-
try as is In the United States today.
TIE hoard now amounts to about one
third, of the $10OOO,OOo,OOO gold coin
and bullion In the world and 1t Is
still growing. "
Pretty much an the world owes us
money, and whenever the debtors are
able to, pay something on account our
gold pile increases. 1t will continue
to grow SO long as we sell more than
we buy abroad. 30 a9aasw
This record smashing, in the accu-
mutation of gold is an expensive lux
ury for US Americans, according to
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12

HIp-Joint Disease Cured by Nature.
Hip-joint disease In children has
been looked upon as almost always due
to- tuberculosis of the bones of the
joint. But DIR. Haitian Sundt of Nor
way asserts that 43.4 per cent Of such
cases are not tuberculosis at all. In
the course Of his hospital experience
he observed that a group Of these
children In his care which had been
allowed to run freely without any re
straint, at the end Of three years
showed just as good results as others
which had been subjected to the ac-
cepted methods Of treatment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12
GOOD GUIDE FOR TRAVELLERS
Arrows en- siens Mark Detours o.
iewa's Highway and Point Out
Proper Direction

An detours around roads closed 10
trafflc In Iowa are carefully marked
for the guidance and protection Of
travellers. Signs are erected ct inter
walls 30 that the proper direction can
be taken with the slightest deviation
from the regular route. The signs, ~
furnished by the state to the counties
at cost have yellow arrow printed
against q black ground, with the word
"detour'' above and below the arrow.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12
An ILLUSTRATION.

PA. what's. meant by an air Of gay
insoucianceT' sfspl
did you nee how tho cook looked
when she walked out this morning
and left your mother to get break
fastf' =
eyes, pa"
"Well, she wore an air Of gay in
souciance. - Birmingham Age-Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-08-12

Count Leo Tolstoi
was born in 1923
Mt Yasnaya Poly
ana. near T6uIis,
the IA mf1y es-
tate that has be-
9 o m 9 ia m o n .
throughout tn e
world ms the resi-
dencc of the great
novelist, refermer
ahd dreamer. He
died In 1910 Mt n
utfLs. FaiareaA s1s~
tion which he had
reached onra Jour
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