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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
The Outline of Hstory-By H. G. Wells
|. The Romance of Mother Earth

tion by tough egg case, and this egg pro-
duces young which breathe by lungs from
the very moment of Matching. The reptile
is on all tours WITH the seeding plant in its
freedom from the necessity to pass any stage
of It's life cycle in water.
The later palaeozoic rocks of the northern
hemisphere give us the materials for series
of pictures of this slow spreading of life over
the land. Geographically, all around the
northern half of the world it was an age of
lagoons and shallow seas very favorable to
this invasion. The new plants, now that they
had acquired the power to live this new aerial
life, developed with an extraordinary rich
ness and variety.
When Ferns Were Trees
There were as yet no true Towering plants,
no grasses nor trees that shed their leaves in
winter, the first "flora" consisted of great
tree ferns, gigantic equisetums, cycad ferns,
and kindred vegetation.
Many of these plaDts took the form Of
hugestemmed trees of which great multi
tudes of trunks survive fosslized to this day.
Some Of these trees were over 100 feet high
of orders and classes now vanished from the
world. They stood with their stems in the
water, in which no doubt there was a thick
tangle of soft MOSES and green slime and
fungoid growths that left few plain vestiges
behind them. The abundant remains of
these first swamp forests constitute the main
coal measures of the world today.
Amid this luxuriant primitive vegetation
crawled and glided and flew the first in
sects. They were rigid-winged, ur-winged
creatures, often very big, some of them hav-
ing wings measuring foot in length.
A Giant Dragon Fly
There were numerous dragon flies-one
found in the Belgian coal-measure had a
wing span of 20 inches! There were also a
great variety of flying cock-roaches. Scor-
pions abounded, and a number of early spi-
ders, which, however, had no spinnerets for
web making. Land snails appeared. So, too,
did the first known step of our own ancestry
upon land, the amphibia. AS we ascend the
higher levels of the later Palaeocoic record,
we find the process Of air adaptation has
gone as far as the appearance of true reptiles
amid the abundant and various amphibia.
The land life Of the upper palaeozoic age
was the life Of green swamp forest with
out flowers or birds or the noises of modern
insects. There were no big land beasts at
all; wallowing amphibia and primitive rep
tiles were the very highest creatures that life
had so far produced. Whatever land lay
away from the water or high above the water
was still altogether barren and 1ifeless. But
steadfastly, generation by generation, life
was creeping away from the shallow sea
water of it's beginning.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
NOT A SERMON BUT A TRIP
BY Helen Rowland


They are back again!
Ladies'" I mean,
And breeding" and refinement" and
all that sort of thing.
Manners will be worn with the new long
skirts; and glace of polish with our ruff
files and trailing draperies.
And every woman over 80 ought to go
straight down on her knees and thank the
deities of fashion for her deliverance.
Drape yourselves, women, drape your
selves!
All this display of arm and limb and bare
flesh may take the sin out of sincerity.
But it has taken ais. the sweet scent out
of sentiment.
And, worst of all, it has taken the romance
out of mani
This is not sermon-its a TIP!
AS long as we let the flappers set the pace,
and then attempt to vie with them, they will
beat us at their own game.
The delicate ivory and rose of baby flap
per-arm may look, at the worst, little start
ling when barred to the world, and at the
best, little foolish.
But any woman over IS who wears a
sleeveless gown looks either "beefy" or pa
thetic-or both.
Slang, and even stronger words, through
rosebud flapper lips MAY sound funny or
merely shocking.
But through firm, sophisticated lips, it is
robbed of it's piquancy and becomes plain
vulgarity.
Little, thin flapper-legs my look doll-like,
below short skirts; but full-grown woman
in knee-length Shirts looks like nothing so
much as Cunarder out of water, or
limousine body on flivver wheels.
flapper may indulge in "petting," and
at the best be regarded as "a forward little
idiot"
But when a woman over 80 Stops over with
cheap sentiment she filings away her greatest
charm, her most precious asset-her reserve.
She is merely ridiculous!
When Eve discovered modesty and clothes
she discovered romance and love.
Draperies, whether mental spiritual or
material, are Womans most val able inherit
ance.
There is something about a fluttering
sleeve, the rustic of skirts, the frou-frous of
laces-something that appeals to the age-old
romantic impulse in man.
ners charm.
Why, then, let the flapper set your pace
and your styles-and the time-clock for your
finish?
Nay, render unto the Flapper the things
that are flapperish-but keep your OWN
weapons, oh, Woman of 30
This is not sermon-it's a TIP!
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
CTO BE CONTINUED
THE MAN WOMEN L IKE-By Dorothy Dix

she can't resist the pleasure of calling him
down.
Women like generous men, but they have
a contempt for the chump who spends more
than he can afford upon them. No man ever
really bought woman's love. Every girl
has what she calls candy beaux and theater
man who curries favor with a woman by gifts
should study her tastes. woman would
rather have a bunch of field flowers if it
represented some taste Of hers, or commem-
grated some anniversary, than ten dollar
bunch of American Beauties that had no per-
sonal significance.
Women like strong men. That is the rea-
son brutes have been adored while good men
are henpecked, and trodden upon by their
wives. There is something elemental and
primitive in every woman's nature that re-
spends to physical strength in man, and
while many women marry weaklings, there is
always an undercurrt mt of pity and contempt
mixed with their love.
Women also like masterful man, and
really enjoy, although they won't admit it,
being bossed. It Is so nice md comfortable
to have some one who will take all the re-
sponsibility and who can be blamed for all
the mistakes.
Naturally no hard and fast rules can be
laid down concerning womens preferences
among men. Tastes differ, and there is al
ways some woman to think every man an
Adonis in looks, Solomon in wisdom, and
Chesterfield in manner, if he has only energy
enough to hunt her up.
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
Fair Tests for Einste;r,
~ HER up, o students of Einstein!

~ HEIR up, " SLuueuCS VI I1AAoC01h'
{ What if the Photographic and other
tests during the suns eclipse last
week were cloudy failure on Christmas Is
land? This does mean necessarily wait or
years for another opportunity to put the
theory of relatively to proof? The Christ
mas Island expeditions, although highly I'M
portant, were not the only ones afield.
Another from the Lick Observatory, Of
California, was stationed on the west coast
OF Australia; and from it's director have come
cabled reports announcing successful OBJ
servations according to its plans for photo
graphing the solar corona and spectrum and
for taking photographs OF the regions OF
sky near the SUM-" The clause quoted is from
the Observatory's official statement, which
has not appeared generally in news dis
patches but has become available to readers
of Science Service. The announcement con-
tinues Conditions of sky and weather at
the eclipse station at Wallal on the northwest
coast Of Australia were fine, and there is
every expectation that the measures to be
made of the photographs will give some def
mite results of high Importance. Some pre-
liminary measures will be made at the sta
ton, but the final results Of the eclipse OBJ
servations will be known later, after the
return of the astronomers to this country in
November. Though incidental, it is highly
interesting that the text Of the cable was
sent to the nearest city from the well-nigh
uninhabited territory where the American as
tronomers were encamped, by airplane.
There was still another expedition, that
from the Observatory Of Adelaide, which
made it's way into the desert interior of
Australia, travelling five weeks by camel
train. This party is yet to be heard from,
but there is little doubt that it found the
cloudless skies which are rarely lacking in
that region. 1t is thus likely that there will
be two sets of independent observations
whereby to test anew that most provocative
theory Of which wise wag has rhymed:
A warp in nature has been found
No line is straight no circle round;
For Isaac Newton had unsound
Ideas of gravitation.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
POISON GAS AT
CONSTANTINOPLE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Much specula-
ton is rife here as to whether poison gas and
other modern means of warfare will be used
in the impending hostilities near Constanti-
nople.
Contrary to general opinion, there are no
international agreements in force that pro-
hibit the use Of AsphyXiating, poisonous or
other gases and similar liquids in warfare
in this seat Of operations. In fact, there are
no international covenants WIDELY ratified
and in force that limit il any way the use Of
the chemical methods of warfare developed
during the latter part OF the World War. The
treaties that resulte from the Washingt
conference for the limitation of armament
have not yet been ratified by all governments
concerned and therefore are not in effect. In
any case this agreement only restricts the
signatory powers in conflicts among them
selves and does not apply to war with the
Turks. Moreover, as the forces under Musta-
pha Kemal Pasha do not hold allegiance to
the recognized Turkish sultan at Constants
nople, they are considered irregular insur-
gents to whom agreements ican not be ap-
piled. The Treaty of Sevres, which strict
ly prohibited the use of such war material
by the Turks, is not in force as it has not
been ratified by all parties to it, and is en-
phatically repudicted by the ,ictorious Turk
ish leader. He may make use of poison gas
or any other means he pleases to employ.
1t is known that chemists in Russia have
recently shown great activity in the manu-
facture of explosives anG this may extend to
other branches Of military chemistry. The
Kemalists have received much of their
munitions from the Soviet. In recent adj
vances against the Greeks the Turks are re-
ported to have captured large amounts of
ammunition of British origin and it is I'M
derstood that French arms and ammunitions
have also found their way into Turkish
hands.
Whether the British will use a combina-
ton of gas and airplanes in repulsing the
Kemalists is a question. By spraying poison
gas from loW-flying airplanes as department
of agriculture scientists are busting boil
weeVils in cotton fields, few active air.
planes could dispense an army, it is bell we'd,
if the enemy were i'll prepared in gas de-
Tense aerial forces.
An interesting angle on the possibility of
the use of gas by Great Britain in the pres
ent trouble is presented by the British stand
when rules of war ere being framed at The
Hague She insisted on an exception being
made to the prohibition of dumdum bullets
in case Of conflict W. Ii unCivilized enemies.
The conduct of the Turks in the present cam
paign may be regarded as justifying the use
of any weapons to prevent Constantinople
from suffering the fate of Smyrna.-(Science
SerVice.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
MY FAVORITE STORIES
BY IRWIN COBB

When Miss Annie Oakley, the famous
rifle shot, was travelling through the coun-
try giving exhibitions of her skill at thea
ters, she reached a small town in Texas
and her manager inserted an advertisement
in the home paper for smart colored boy
to assist in the performance. Applicants
were instructed to apply at the stage door
of the local opera house at 1 p. m. sharp.
When the manager arrived he found the
passageway congested with little negroes,
each eager to testify to his smartness. He
made a selection, picking out a spry boy of
about twelve. He took his applicant inside
and stationed him near the wings.
"You will stand right here and not
move" he said. when the curtain goes up
Miss Oakley will come out and talk to the
audience for few moments. Then I will
balance a small apple on your forehead and
the lady will go over on the other side of
the stage yonder and shoot it off,
The candidate grabbed for his hat, his
eyes wildly rolling in search of the nearest
path to safety.
"Mistah," he demanded, who's goin' to
shoot whut apple offe" whose haid? Me, why
1 wouldn't let NAH own nanny shoot no APP
pie offer NAH haid, let alone it's some
stranger!"
And he was gone.
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
FUR ON FARMS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Another val
liable fur bearing animal has been added to
the list of those which can be successfully
handled in captivity. Dr. Karl B. Hanson in
charge of the United State Biological Sur
vey fur farm at -leesevile, New York. has
discovered the solution of the problem of
mating the beautifully furred marten.
Several authorities have published state
ments to the effect that marten breed only in
the late fall or winter. Tradition has it that
the males and females should be kept apart
in summer. Following this practice, fur
farmers have heretofore been unable to breed
domestically this valuable pelt producer. DR..
Hanson has not discovered that the old ideas
were wrong and that the mating season is in
the summer. This simple biological fact is
expected 20 allow fur farmers to add marten
breeding to their increasingly important in
duStry
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
BOOKS FOR A WORKING MAN
BY DR.. Frank Crane

"A letter from Southwark, England, requests
a list OF books that you can recommend me.
as working man to read"
L handed this letter to Lingard Loud, a
literary Workingman. Here is his replv:
Dear Stiff there are books specifically for
WORKING men, l do not know their names.
Nor do know of any books specifically suited
to the idle classes, whether upper or lower,
In the Republic of Letters all are equal.
Ihere are no distinctions Of caste, no hier-
archy of thought, no tiers and Eeers and sta
tions among books.
am working man, and every one know
is working man. So l can only tell Won the
names of some of the books I enioy-addine
that the most satisfactory way to select books
is to select books that are liked by people Won
yourself like
When in doubt decide on those books that
have been thoroughly pleasing to the folks
you approve of. And, in order to find OUT
which books were most pleasing to them. ask
them what they would like to read a second
time
That's the test: Do you want to read #
over again?
Well, here are few I'd like to read over
again. Many of them I've already read twice
Or three times
Van Looms "Story of Mankind"
Maugram's "Of Human Bondage"
O'Brien's white Shadows in the South
Seas
Rolland's "Jean Christophe"
Westermarck's "History of Human Mar
riage."
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales"
Frances Penguin Island"
Stephens "Crock of Gold"
Twain's personal Recollections of Joan of
Arc"
ostrogorski's Democracy and the Organiza-
ton of Political Parties"
Turgenevs Smoke"
Lagerlof's STORY of Goesta Berling"
Paines MARK Twain, A Biography
Frances Opinions of M. Fable Jerome
Coignard"
Mason's History of the Art of Writing"
These are the first fifteen titles that occur
to me- They are orglomerate of history
science, fiction, biography, travel, and fable.
If they are not to your: taste, remember you
asked for my opinion, not yours.
Such is Mr.. LIQUIDS reply. And perhaps from
such statements we get our best book hints.
For books are utterly personal
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
9.-THE LESSON WE LEARN FROM THF
MUDFISH

MUDFISH
There Is no sort of land animal in the
world, as there is no sort of land plant, whose
structure is not primarily that of a water
inhabiting being which has been adapted
through the modification and differentiation
OF species to life out of the water.
Ihls adaptation is attained in various ways.
In the case Of the land scorpion the gill
plates of the primitive sea scorpion are sunk
en- into the body SO as to make the lunghooks
secure from rapid evaporation.
How ellis Become Lungs
The gills Of crustaceans, such as the crabs
which run about in the air, are protected by
the gill-cover extensions of the back shell or
carapace. The ancestors of the insects de-
veloped system Of air pouches and air tubes
the trachael tubes, which carry the air all
over the body before it is dissolved In the
case of the vertebrated land animals, the giIls
Of the ancestral fish were first supplemented
and then replaced by bag-like growth from
the throat, the primitive lung swimming
bladder.
To this day there survive certain mudfish
which enable us to understand very clearly
tho method by which the vertebrated land
animals worked their way out of the water
These creatures e. g. the African lung fish,
are found in tropical regions in which there is
a rainy full season, and dry season during
which the rivers become mere bitches of
fish swim about and breathe by gilIs like any
other fish. AS the waters of the river evapo-
rate, these fish bury themselves in the mud,
their gills go out of action, and the creature
keeps itself alive until the waters return by
swallowing air, which passes into it's swim
ming-bladder.
The Australian lung fish, when it is caught
by the drying up of the river in stagnant
pools, and the water has become deaeratod
and foul, rises to the surface and gulps air.
A newt in pond does exactly the same thing,
still, transition stage, the stage at which the
ancestors of the higher vertebrated animals
were released from their restriction to an
underwater life.
The amphibia (frogs, nevis, tritons, etc.
still show in their life history all the stages
in the process of this liberation. They are
still dependent on water for their reproduce
ton; their eggs must be laid in sunlit water,
and there they must develop.
The young tadpole has branching external
gills that wave in the water; then a gill
cover grows back over them and forms a
gill chamber Then as the creatures legs
appear and it's tail is absorbed, it begins to
use it's lungs, and it's gil1s dwindle and van
ish. The adult frog ca nlive all the rest of
it's days in the air, but it can be drowned if
it is kept steddfastly below water.
When we come to the reptile, however, we
find an egg which is protected from evapora-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
CAUSES OF FAILURE
BY H. Addington Bruce
tn HAT keen student of human affairs,
ROChefOucauld, long ago observed:

by IT. AQQlHSlOH DIuCS
tn HAT keen student of human affairs,
Rochefoucauld, long ago observed:
"It is for want of application rather
than of means that men fail of success"
Holding true in Rochefoucauld's time,
this observation holds equally true today.
But the present tendency, even among
thinkers, seems to be to ignore it and to
give means undue Importance.
Otherwise there would not be, as there
patiently is, an increasingly insistent de-
mand for so-called vocational education.
The theory back Of this demand is that
when men fail in their chosen life work
it will often, perhaps usually, be found that
they have failed through not selecting a
life work in consonance with their natural
aptitudes. Much talk is heard of making
sure that the right man gets the right job.
Then, it would seem, he is certain to win
success in it.
But even conceding that scientifically de-
termined vocational selection is most de-
s1rable, can it be maintained for a moment
that success will automatically follow? Let
the closest possible correlation between man
and job be secured is not effort necessary,
and effort of the most sustained sort?
Besides, is it really true that the natural
aptitudes must be vigorously taken into &C
count if success is to be won? If it were
of an outstanding sort, is all the while
being won by men who have figuratively
been pitchforked into this or that vocation,
without question whatever being raised as
to their aptitude therefor?
1t is ridiculous to assume that In all
such cases there must have been a happy
coincidence between the vocation and the
natural aptitude. The one sure coincidence
was resolute determination to master the
vocation, and earnest application with a.
view to mastery.
1t may be too much to say that the spirit
is everything. But the spirit counts for
more than multitudes of workers seem
aware.
Working half-heartedIy, trusting to tai
ent, to natural aptitude, to carry them to
the top, they forever see themselves outdis-
tanced by others whom they, perhaps with
reason, account their interiors in point Of
Unborn ability. The one thing these others
possess, which they do not, is the right
splr1t-the spirit of willingness to do to the
utmost, day after day.
So do not delude yourself if you are not
progressing to your liking. Do not self
p1tyingly say:
Il cannot help it. I must have made a
poor choice of a vocation"
Make sure first that you have the right
attitude toward your work The chances
are you will find that you have not.