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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-25

This was serious work because the weight
standards OF the country are Of tremendous
Importance. They are the best Weights made,
and they are the asis of the weighing that
goes on in markets, stockyards, shipbuilding
plants and factories. They are rarely used
because the government does not wish to en-
danger their accuracy by handli: them. They
are only to be taken out at long intervals, as
they were the other day, to make sure that
the country is operating on a sound weight
basis.
Precaution Observed
The layman generally thinks that he is
we1ghinL carefully when he holds his breath
and steadies his hand as he slides the weights
on the bar. That may be careful enough work
for ordinary purposes. But the Bureau of
Standards sets the record for extreme eau
mond merchants, pharmacists and research
workers who use zine and accurate balances
send their weights to the bureau to have than
proved by government standards.
The balances in The government laboratory
are in glass cases. The weights are pleaced on
the scale pans with holders. Some balances
are so equipped that a little round piece of
the glass case works on a lever and pushes
the scale pan outside the case. The scientist
can then place the weights on the scale pan
without opening one whole side of the case
and letting in dust.
For careful work the weighing expert some
times stands eight or ten feet away from the
glass enclosed balance so that the warmth of
his body may not affect the reading. He
reads the figures by use Of telescope and
mirror.
In the basement of the building>is the even
temperature room where still greater precau-
lions are taken to achieve exactness. The
room is built with an extra double wall OF
hollow tile SO that when it Is kept closed the
temperature remains constant to within one
tenth of a degree in many hours. The most
imp ortant balance in the building is here. It
is protected from vibrations by having it's
mount on a separate foundation from the
floor. For special research problems a
vacuum can be created in It's metal case.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-25
The Price of Admission

ually depressing, because it is the essence OF
disillusion and decay, and 1t Is mentally
heavy, and dull because age is self-centered'
and conceited. Old people have their whole
interests in themselves, and talk endlessLy
about themselves.
"Of course our families endure us be-
cause they have to, and friends OF our own
age, and who are in the same boat cling 10
us, and find us entertaining because we nave
the same canned memories, and can swap the
same dried and withered "reminiscences, but
there Is nothing in this that is thrill1ngly
interesting to strangers Nobody's idea OF
spending a gay, and pleasant evening is st-
ting up listening to some old woman maunoer
on about when she was a girl, or some Ola
man relate his adventures during the Civil
war.
Therefore, those of us who are wise,
realize that when we grow old we are ike
a pound Of poor tea. We have to give away
chrome with ourselves in order to sell our
selves to the public. We have got to sur
round ourselves with enough attractions to
draw people about u.s. We have to sugar
coat our pill, so to speak, to get our acquant-
ances to swallow it..
"a lot of women when they grow old
draw into their Shells Because it is trouble
some, they quit entertaining. They never
give dinners or parties. They never have
guests to stay in their houses. They never
have attractive people about them, and pretty
soon they begin complaining about how
lonely CQ0y are, ana CndC nODOuy 0V0I COAu0o
to see them, or invites them anywhere.
"They are women who are shut out OF
society because they won't pay the price.
They refuse to give the chrome with their
pound of tea. For of this you may be sure,
that as long as a woman makes her house
charming place to come to- people will come
to it. AS long as she gathers interesting peo-
pie about her, other interesting and brilliant
people will come. Above all she who is
noted dinner giver never lacks for guests.
People may refuse to come, and spend an
hour with you by yourself in a stuffy room,
but you can always get company for an au-
tomobile ride.
1.-THE greatest argument, to my mind, for
thrift in your youth, is to save up enough
money to make it worth while for people
to be polite to you when you are old. We
all see how much warmer the welcome Aunt
Jane, with a fat pocketbook, gets when she
visits around among her relatives, than poor,
old Aunt Jennie receives, and with how much
more patience everybody listens to dodder-
ing, rich, old lady than they do to senile
pauper.
Even father and mother, with gifts to
bestow and money to leave, are far more
tenderly cherished by their children, than
are pauper parents.
"And it all comes back to the very human
and natural principle Of getting what we
pay for, and when we have no longer per-
! sonal charm to make us attract people to
us, to give them something else in its place
Its just paying the price Of admission"
Copyright, 1922, by the Wheeler Syndicate,
1nc.)
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STANDARD WEIGHT s-By Frederic j. Haskin

WASHINGTON, D. c., M ay 2O.-If you
w get short weight on meat or straw
berries at the corner grocery it is
not because Uncle Sam is unable to produce
accurate weights and scales. At the United
States bureau of standards government
scientists can weigh a name written on a
sheet of paper. They can even add a period
after the signature and weigh that. And
the same precision may be applied to weigh
ing on q larger scale. II it were necessary
the apparatus could be provided to weigh a
25,000-ton battleship SO accurately that the
absence of even a one-pound rivet could be
detected. y
Back in 1890 the two national standards,
two kilogram weights each containing $4,000
worth of platinum and iridium were brought
to this country under seal and opened by
President Harrison. They had been made by
order of the International weights and Meas
ures Conference at Paris. Each country rep
resented received two kilogram weights, and
the two original weights from which they
were made were deposited at Paris in a vault
guarded by three separate locks. The pres
ence OF all three OF the officials who keep the
three keys to the vault is required Whenever
these two most valuable weight standards in
the world are consulted
Since the Bureau of Standards was estab-
lished our two national standards have re-
NAMED there, locked in vault. No one
touches them with his fingers One has been
used few times in the past thirty years, but
it is always handled with chamois covered
pliers. The other had never been taken from
the vault until a test was made the other
day because the scientists wanted to find out
whether the standard that had been used
was affected by handling They also wished
to compare the secondary standards which are
more generally used about the laboratories
with the national standards. =
The test showed that the national stand
ards have not changed appreciably during
their 40 Vears' existence. Other WEIGHTS also
showed changes 80 slight as to be unimpor-
tant. The largest change III kilogram
weight noted by the delicate apparatus of the
government laboratory was one ten-millionth
This eight had been used for more than 80
years.
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The Red" Arr1v

r these times which are peaceful at least
| in that they are piping, it is not general
ly realized that there is one European
army numbering from million, three hun
dred thousand to million, five hundred
thousand men-men now with the colors and
not including reserves. 1t is il Soviet Rus
STA that this immense force is camped, and
to the interests of Boshevism that it is dedi-
Gated. Whatever else the Washington con-
ference achieved, it made no Roadway in dis
armament for the hordes of Trotzky and
Lenine.
At the beginning Of the current year the
Red Army, according to the latest trust
worthy advices, consisted of thirtyfour in
fantry divisions twenty-five autonomous
infantry brigades, and eighteen divisions Of
cavalry. OF the officers, no fewer than two
hundred and fifty generals served under the
old regime, and at least one-fifth OF all COM
handlers were formerly IN the Cars ranks.
Discipline is described Exceedingly Sc
we're" Moreover there are lone hundred
and Lightweight preparatory schools for Of
-ficers, one finishing course for each division,
twelve higher army schools, seven academies
for staff and special technical instruction,
sand one course o. higher studies for gen
ERALS" Last year, it is said upwards Of
sxty-four thousand students completed these
divers courses. Military training and serv-
ice are compulsory, all young men of sevel-
teen and above being required to take spe-
cial instruction pr paratory to being called
to barracks service lasting from two to three
years. 1t is reckoned that the Soviet Govern
ment could mobilize six million men.
. Bolshevism came with words of peace
upon it's lips, but in one hand it holds torch
and lash, and in the other vast sabre.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-25
p1au;1o With a Volcano

M American legislation such hodge
podge of folly and wrong as the
pending tariff bill? It's Republican apollo
gists say it is designed to protect the ma
TONS industries. But these, except favored
few, are praying to be delivered from that
sort of protection, says the Leather
Reporter, a highly representative pub
lication: "The bill, as framed in the house
and mutilated by the senate finance commit
tee, should be laid on the table and forgotten
1t is full of plumbers, contradictions, and in
CAPABILITIES; for every clause acceptable to an
industry something follows of an objection
able character" The same observer voices
a widely prevalent opinion when it argues
that it is next to impossible for congress to
frame a desirable tariff measure at. this
juncture, for: Industrial and commercial
conditions in all the countries Of the world
are in state of flux. and whatever appears
to be good set of tariff clauses today might
be completely out of alignment and made
quate tomorrow"
Circumstances so plain to every watcher Of
the times should have warned the Republican
majority against the hazards of attempting,
as it were, to fry their partizan beefsteaks
at the mouth of a, volcano. With world
eruption not yet subsidized, with the countries
on which we depend for export markets eco
nomically upset. and with our own processes
of business readjustment still incomplete, the
responsible party in congress proposes to
launch new system or import duties ex-
cessive and altogether RADICAL system that
will not only add billions Of dollars to the
countrys indirect taxes and living costs, but
that will also a3sravate the disorders of in
ternat:onal trade and thus sap our foreign
commerce of it's life-blood So dangerous a
course would never have been adventured by
a party having common business sagacity, let
alone statesmanly vision.
In this tariff bill we have but another ex-
ample of the hopeless incapacity Of a poll
teal group having neither ideals nor ideas.
1t is not to be wondered that a party that
came into power solely result Of nervous
and ignoble reaction should prove disap-
pointment to its hasty converts.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-25
Bossu Versus Bold Weev1
-HERE should be Georga-wide interest

-HERE should be Georgia-wide interest
in the report of the Worth County
LOCAL that not one person in that up
and-doing community who bought cream
separator and started in the creamery bust
ness'' has taken back tracks. Instead,
"All, according to cur information,
are we'll pleased with the results. Milk
ing a few cows and selling the cream
brings a steady flow of cash money to
the farmers pocket. L. pays running
expenses and leaves the other crops as
clear profit. The fact that nobody has
quit, but that all are preparing to go
into the business on a large scale, is
proof that it is good thing"
\ One of the particularly important findings
In The Journals survey, last autumn, OF
Georgias agricultural needs and opportunities
was that pertaining to dairy Industries. In
county after county competent advisers de-
clared that among the surest answers to the
boil weevil problem was the production OF
butter and cheese, based upon well-bred
herds and adequate crops for their ma1nte-
4 nance Warnings were issued then, and
sAould be repeated now, agains; the estab-
a lishment of more creameries than the sur
rounding country can keep supplied. Unless
this danger is avoided, there will be sore
disappointments and backsets to line of en-
terprise which, If developed substantially,
will enrich the commonwealth almost be-
yond measure. But there is no fear that
the COW end Of the industry will be overdone.
As fast as that grows, it is taken for granted,
manufacturing plants will spring up to con-
sumo all the cream offered.
With her mild winters and her abundance
of native grasses, rich in nutrition, Georgia
has the fundamentals for becoming one of
Americas foremost dairying centers. There
could be no better time for pressing the de-
yelopment of these resources than in the
midst of enforced curtailment of the cotton
: acreage "Beat the boil weevil with
/ Bossy," might well become a winning slogan
And in putting it to practice farmers will
not only be meeting problem of the day but
: will also be enriching their permanent assets
and building greater the opportunities of
the years ahead
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-25
THE MODERNlZATION OF
CHINA
By DR.. Frank Crane

Those who imagine tina: China is everlast-
ingly fixed in her old forms are mistaken
This strange country, most antique of ALL has
in it the capacity Of becoming the most mod
ern. That she has In herself certain faculties
that prepare her for rapid Transformation may
be seen from the following facts:
First of all, China does not, as in the case
of Japan, have to get rid of that heavy heri-
tage of feudalism which has 50 impeded the
progress of Europe.
she is not loaded down with autocratic ideas
such as dominate the institutions Of The west,
both ecclesiastical and economic.
She has been singularly free from those
great impeding forces which almost every
where else in the world have dominated ma
tons, such as :heocracy, arstocracy, and feud-
atty.
For 1000 years neither priest, nor noble, nor
feudal ruler has played any considerable role.
China, the Oldest nation, and America, the
youngest nation, are the only two states that
have always been democratic.
In China the ruler has always come to his
position, not from birth, nor favor, nor cleo
ton, but solely by merit. If the purely lit
erary system of examination which determines
that merit is ridiculous, nevertheless the sys-
tenn was impartial and just in its operation.
In no other country of the world has the
maxim of Napoleon been so faithfully fol-
lowed. "Let place be the reward of talent"
bism of Europe as it is free from the worship
of material wealth which prevails in America.
China does not have to wrestle with the
narrow fanaticism of the infidel Its attitude
toward religion has always been that of the
rationaist-that Is to say, i: has always POS
sessed that state of mind toward which west
ern civilization is struggling, the state OF mind
of being entirely open and tolerant.
China has much democracy IS the united
States, and its democracy is marked by eul-
ture and courtesy, and no. by grossness.
The art of China long ago reached that per-
feet state of expression toward which the art
of Europe still struggles.
AS for Cinese letters, one can find there 4
beauty, q simplicity and an idealism which
Mr.. Loves Dickinson compares particularly
with the works of Wordsworth
The example of Japan proves to us tina: an
Asiatie race can quickly Superimpose upon IT'S
profound life the material acquisitions ana
practical science of the west, without aban-
doning is original nature. For the excelleney
of the west is not one of culture but merely
one of surface acquisition, and it would be
very easy for China to take that on.
We should not forge: that 100 years ago
Europe had no railroads, no electricity, ana
none of those characteristics which dominate
our modern civilization.
The Chinese with their strange plas1clty
could easily adopt these things without the
slightest change of mind, and they will prob
ably do so as soon as they get ready.
The awakening Of China may come over
night.
(copyright, 1872, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-25
DOROTHY DIX TALKS

TINE other day took lunch with two old
ladies' both Of whom have been con-
spicuous figures in their little world
all their lives. One Of the old women was
complaining bitterly that life Is sad and
sordid affair, my dear, and that even our
friends care for us only for what we do for
them.
"You know" she said, that for years I
almost held a salon. My Sunday night re-
ceptions have been crowded with the most
interesting people, and strangers have pulled
strings to be asked to them. There have
always been hosts of clever people, and much
good talk, and music, and Of course, I al
ways served a rather wonderful buffet sup
per.
but this past winter my good cook left
me, and my butler died, and had lot of
domestic difficulties, SO I substituted tea and
waters for lobster Newburg and punch for
supper, and my salon has blown up as il 1t
had had dynamite under 1t. The first eve
ming the usual crowd came, but it went home
early after it found out that it was not going
to be fed, and it never returned So this
season, instead Of being surrounded on Sun
day evenings by brilliant, and witty, and ap-
parently admiring people I have sat up in
solitude and meditated upon the vanity OF
all earthly things, and IN particular upon
the hollowness of society.
Think of the blow this has been to my
egotism! Fancy the modification of playing
second fiddle to my cook! Imagine how low
it has laid my pride to realize that it was
not my personality, but my food that at
tracted people to me, and drew a brilliant
circle about me; that 1t was not my wit they
found pungent, but my sauces; that it was
not my conversation they relished, but my
salads; that it was not my sweet and bland
character they loved, but my chocolate par
fats! Do you wonder that am walking
through the valley of humiliation, for surely
there can come no more ignominous knowl-
has to hire her society," and bribe her friends
with superlative eats to come to her house."
ooh, my DEAR" said the other old lady
with a shrug, "it's that way all through life.
II we want to go to the show we always
have to pay the price of admission, only at
different ages we pay with different coins.
when we are young, we pay with youth
and beauty, and freshness, and vivacity.
Youth just Of itself is attractive, and we
like to have it about US. We enjoy looking
at pretty young face. We like to listen to
gay, young chatter. There Is something in
the vitality of the young that stirs our blood,
and sends a thrill through our withered old
hearts.
1.-THE young pay their way with their youth
We don't expect anything else of them, but
when we are old we have lost this attract
for it.
Nobody wants us just for ourselves, for
there is nothing in age that is attractive Of
itself It Is hard on the eyes, because it
lacks physical beauty and grace. It is spirit
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-25
ANDREW AND IMOGENE-By Roe Fu1kerson

IT certainly feel sorry for that woman"
said Imogene, with sigh; "she has proven
herself heroine"
What did she do?" asked Andrew.
RESCUE somebody from q shark?"
'She is the wife Of the man who was
electrocuted yesterday" replied Imogene.
"She has stuck by that man in spite Of
everything. She believed he was innocent
in spite of all the evidence against him;
she visited him every day in prison for all
these months; she sat beside him and held
his hand throughout the trial and kissed
him good-by half an hour before he was
electrocuted. Don't you think it was Won
derful?"
mo" said Andrew.
"You don't?" she demanded.
That's exactly what 1 said" replied An
drew, with emphasis. II do not believe
there is one person in thousand who could
sit for week and have their nose ttckled
on the end with feather, and do not be-
lieve there is q person alive who could get
up courage to go to the hospital and have
a leg amputated.
There is not one woman in ten thousand
who would not stand by her man in any
sensational crisis. The scarce women are
the ones who will stand by him every day
and Sunday, who will smooth his path Of
the annoying little pebbles which strew it,
"You recall that Bill Timkin's wife stuck
to him like a good fellow when he was
pinched at the trust company for misappro-
priation of their funds. She was also by
his side at the trial and all that sentiment
stuff and got credit for being a modern
martyr.
But the plain truth Of the matter is that
her constant nagging, her constant envy of
more prosperous people and her steady urg-
ing him to buy better clothes for her, to
buy a motor car and all such things was
what put Bill to the friz He stole to graf
lily her unreasonable desire to shine in So
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ciety. Bill is thief now and she is a
martyr on loves altar as Laura Jen libby
would put it.
mo ma'am, as much as I love you, I re-
fuse to enthuse with you over this kind Of
woman. The woman that [ doff my kelly
to is the woman who makes good coffee for
breakfast, who encourages her husband to
try for a better position in life and then
helps him to it by little daily economies.
The woman that get hysterical over is the
little woman who scrimps on the roasts and
the dresses to get together little nest egg
which finally matches out a little home in
the suburbs with three square yards of
grass for pup and baby to roll on
at does not take much character to meet
a big emergency. 1t Is easy because 1t is
sensational. But 1t is real heroine who
goes on day after day, week after week.
month after month, bearing and forbearing,
enduring and working for man. That
takes a real heroine.
Myrtle Jackson has been doing stenogra-
ply down town for two years now since
John was laid up with that hip. That's
sure enough heroine. Anybody could have
done it for a week or two, but she has been
at it two years with the prospect OF many
more and yet she Is doing 1t with grin
and a happy laugh on her face, refusing to
be pitied but glorying in her opportunity.
"She is a sport the other woman SEN
timentalist.
Gust you keep your eye peeled, little
lady, and you will find that the greatest
heroines in this world do not get their pic
lures in the papers or get much notice from
the world You will see them all around
you, carrying big burdens, carrying them
lightly and carrying them day after day
with no hope Of ever laying them down.
They are the ones who deserve the real
deep admiration"
Copyright, 1922, by 21st Century Press,
Inc.)