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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-04

s sad /" sas sssii g
AVA ness that is the normal frame of
mind nowadays of parents when contemplate
ing the clothes and the manners of their
offspring.
Mother didn't approve of bobbed hair, Of
high-water skirts, and bare knees, of jazz,
of shimmying, of the eternal gadding Of her
flapper daughter, and she waged ceaseless
but futile fight against them.
Jaw, lay off, Ma protested the girl
Come up to date! This is 1922 instead Of
1892. What do you expect me to wear?
Bustles and puffs, and trains like you did
What do you expect me to do? Sit up of an
evening in the parlor with a fellow, and show
him the family photograph album, and feed
him on chocolate cake like you used to do?
II am having my day. You had yours,
though I'll tell the world it must have been
some punk day for girl in your time"
ooh, don't know that life was so alto
gether uncomfortable in the remote ages to
which you refer so pityingy," replied
mother. 'The girls in those times had their
amusements, and life had it's compensations
even if we stayed in our own front yards in
stead of jumping all the bars as you do
''Ill admit that so far as comfort goes
you have the best of us in clothes Between
a skirt that is six yards around, and lined
with silk and interlined with haircloth and
th"t swept the ground such as we wore, and
one that is yard and a quarter around and
knee length that you wear, the advantage is
with the scant and abbreviated one, but no.
body knew in those days how many girls had
knobby knees, bow legs, and ankles like mill
posts.
Have you ever considered, my child, that
it was only in the days when women wore
sweeping skirts that poets wrote sonnets
about their feet being like little mice that
peeped in an out? Skirts are not just a mat
ter of covering and modesty. They are mys-
terry allurement. They are the boon that art
gives us to enhance our beauty, or to hide
our defects, and when a. woman forsakes them
she throws her trump card into the discard.
cit is true that we did not bob our hair
in our day, nor try to understudy the Cir
cassian beauty in the side show. On the con-
trary, we brushed our hair until it shone like
satin, and we curled it, and men begged us
for lock of it to wear next their hearts.
No man, but the barber, takes any interest in
your tresses, and 1 don't suppose that there
is a single man in the length and breadth
of the land who ever asks a bobbed-haired
girl for a strand of her hair. He had just as
soon have wisp of his little brothers.
1t is true that we had no au mobiles,
and didn't go tearing through the country on
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TO TRAIN FOR CONTROL
BY II. Addington Bruce

tn RAINING for self-control-tfr1 irnpor-
lance of which can hardly be overes-
- timated-should be begun while a
child still is in its cradle. On this point
| all exports in moral culture are agreed
The parent who forever surrenders to the
| desires of his or her tiny child-desires
| by whimpering and wailing for which there
| is no adequate physical cause-s doubtless
making the child happy for the moment.
| But also that parent is unconsciously fos-
tering in the child both an overdevelopment
| of the ego instinct and a habit Of deficient
! self-control. And self-control l would in
| sist, is much more matter Of habit than
most parents suspect.
For this reason it is desirable-nay,
necessary-to -accustom a child from an early
age to little self-denials and selfsacrfices, to
accustom it to do - to give as well as to
get. Children from whom nothing is requir-
ed, who are made objects of slavish overat-
tention, can hardly be expected to grow up
other than self-centered, self-indulgent, and
uncontrolled.
If, however. the child from an early age
is caused to feel that it has duties and re-
sponsibilities as well privileges, that life is
not merely a matter of amusement, it will
tend daily to grow in control power
Especially will it do this if it's parents are
careful to set before it an example of self
forgiving oo+ivity and self-control To set
such an example is indeed vitality necessary,
if only because of the great suggestibility of
childhood
Too many parents forget this suggestibil-
ity, and it's dominating role in the making
Of habits of thought and behavior. To too
many would one be justified in saying, in
the words of the discerning Paul Dubois:
"You, madam, who complain of the irrita-
bility Of your little girl, could you
not suppress your oT', which I have seen
break out in few words exchanged with
your husband Immediately afterward?
"You, sir, who bitterly reproach your son
for his impulsiveness and instability of
| temper, have you no these faults yourself?
Remember the proverb: The fruit does not
fall far from the tree"
And, as a further invaluable aid the
| training of children for self-control, it is
! important to give every child the discipline
of play with other children.
| Play has, in fact, been described as ebay
| ing more bearing on the making of charac-
| ter than any othnr single educational factor"
! Certainly it is factor of tremendous signif-
| CAM, and those parents who for any reason
rear their children without adequate play
| contacts with other children are pretty sure
| to rue their mistake.
So with those parents who are not as care
! full as all should be to safeguard their chill
dren's bodily health and to correct any
| physical defects that may appear There is a
| closer relation than is generally appreciated
| between physique and morale.
Though, it is true, a fine physique is not
| in itself guarantee of contro' power. Moral
| tr: hing is always needed for that-plus, OF
course direct inculcation of moral ideas and
| ideals.
| Copyright, 1922, by The Associated News
| papers)
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Gorku. the Pro6het

CURIOUSLY interesting hgure on the
~ turbulent Russian stage, although he
= plays no major part but haunts the
background as one lifting torch amid the
murk, is Maxim Gorky, the pen name OF
Aleksyey Maksimovich Pyeshkov. European
news letters have depicted him in divers at
titudes, sometimes as friend of communism
and favorite of the Soviet dictators, again
as their scourging critic. 1t was Gorky who
wrote of Lenine, at time when such words
were likely to bring the death penalty: lie
is no omnipotent prodigy but cynical Jug
gIer who cares neither for the honor nor the
life of the proletariat." If later utterances
OF his appeared to indicate change or
mind, it was probably not that he had more
confidence in the Bolshevist regime but that
he resented, as patriot, foreign lnter1er-
ence in his country's affairs. Only Russians,
he believed, could solve the Russian prob
lem.
But this man of peasant birth, who has
written of slums and of the dark corners OF
the human heart with so poignant vivid
ness that he needs must have explored them,
cannot well be deceived. as to the basic un-
soundness of Sovietism. From the outset in
deed he has seen its predestined failure.
Keenly enough he has perceived, as one VINO
has followed the development OF his thought
points out in L'Europe Nouvelle, the Rus
sian peoples lack of preparation for apply
ing to their work-a-day life principles Of
democracy imported from the West Rus-
STA, for Gorky, is still Asiatic. He would aim
at translating (into terms Of her life) West
ern civilization; at replacing mysticism by
reason, and the love of metaphysics by exact
Sciences OF rational mysticism that ener-
gizes and ennobles instead of bedrowsing the
will, there can hardly be an excess; but Rus
sian mysticism has been too much Of the
kind which foul Rasputin could exploit.
Gorky has been convinced all along, more
over, of ''the impossibility of mere manual
labor to create a civilization or to maintain
social life without help of the intellectual"
Thus, as his French interpreter sets forth,
as far back the closing months of 1917,
"he predicted famine and the ruin of indus
try. He also prophecied the antagonism be-
tween the peasants and the town proletariat.
And, especially from the very beginning he
foresaw the rapid constitution of a new mid
die class, an idea which the Bolshevist rul-
ers realized only much later. In his opinion
equality founded on force and authority could
not last"
How clearly he read the character of his
countrymen and the course of things to be,
a glance at the events of the last few years
will show. A thousand times happier Russia
would have been, could vision like his have
guided her The sooner she secures a. gov
eminent suited to human needs and human
nature, rather than to stark theory, the
better for her, body and soul.
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greater sensitiveness to perfumes. The
Arabs cultivated the sense of smell as an in
strument Of pleasurable sensation. It is writ
ten of their gardens that near the entrance
were planted pungent, not always pleasant
smelling, plants. Farther along the scents
grew more softly fragrant, and n the hear
o. the garden the perfumes blended so deli
cately that onlya highly 4ttuned olfactory
nerves could appreciate them fully
The Arab garden is possible to few of uE
in this country. But we may soon be able
to achieve the same degree of stimulation
that the Arab did through perfume concerts
emanating from tiny Walls and tubes of es-
sences.
Keen Scent Not Essential
Developing greater sensitiveness to per-
fume harmonies with a view to increasing
ones capacity for enjoyment is not exactly the
same as developing keenness of scent. The
two should not be confused. The primitive
Indian had keener sense of scent than the
modern white man has, but it is doubtful
whether the primitive Indian reacted with
much sensitiveness to perfumes pleasing and
C. easing. A modern man may, like the
Indian, have keen sense of scent and yet
lack the power of 1joying delicate flower
perfumes. finely attuned set of olfactory
nerves, however, is help in enjoying per-
fume concert, just as good hearing rs an aid
to enjoyment of music .
Given normally developed senses, the te tie
for perfume and color can presumably be Gull
tivated, like taste for music.
Imagine an intense evening, say ten years
from now. The walls of the room would be a
screen for color harmonies played throughout
the evening by an expert operator at color
organ. A pianist at an ordinary musical
piano would accompany the color musician.
Perfume breezes, melting from one scent to
another, would be waited through the room
by electric fans. A taste organ Of the latest
assortment of bootleg harmonies would be
operated by the guests.
Thus, would all senses, except touch be
provided for. Perhaps bis of silk, velvet,
and flower petals, with an occasional sample
of nutmeg crater for the piquant contrast,
could be passed around. This may seem a
fantastic picture. But, remember, the color
organ is here. The perfume keyboard is
ready for master composer. And in ten
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-04
MRS. SOLOMAN SAYS
By Helen Rowland

VIZ HY is it
wv That, when a man wants to be the
only lover in woman's whole life,
he invariably picks out the kind of girl, who
cannot possibly avoid being loved at sight
by every man she meets?
That, when he longs for mental compan-
ionshp, he always drags to the altar some
little thing with dimple and one brain-cel
who doesn't know bon-mot from bon-bon,
and thinks that "Jurgen" keeps delicates-
sen store?
That when he wants to be his wife's guide
mentor and inspiration, he insists on choos-
ing the kind of girl who prefers to do hel
own thinking and loathes being read aloud
to?
That when he marries for Home, he al
ways picks out a woman who cannot boil
water; a Venus and expects ',e4 to peel on
ions-a lighbrow, Id expects her to con-
centrate her who mentality on what tc
have for dinner; uttarfly-and expects her
to turn into a grub?
That when he yearns for a quiet life by
the fireside, he invariably chooses jazz
queen or a movie ia. for mate?
That, when he signs for convivialty, the
flesh-pots, and the joys of serving the gods
of chance, he fails to marry human Ne"
England Conscience, who firmly believes thai
cigarettes are part of the Eternal Fires, and
that Sunday Golf IS moral suicide?
That when he wants to be looked up to as
the Backbone of the family, he always rickf
out, woman so mentally and morally "su-
peror" that she not only refuses to be q
''rib,' but insists on being at least three
quarters of the vertebrate?
Why is it, that with whole world full OF
women to choose from, when the average
man se,ects wifi he always steers as
straight for trouble as an amateur bicyclist
for a stone in the road, or a man with a
brand new car for ditch?
And, why IS it, that, having gotten pre-
cisely the sort of woman that he doesn't want
and wasn't looking for, he promptly and con-
fidently sets out to REMODEL her, accord,
ing to his ideal pattern?
For, there never yet lived man, who
didn't believe in the bottom of his heart that
he could make any woman on earth over
from what she IS into what he thinks sF>.
OUGHT " bel
copyright, 1922, by Helen Rowland)-
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ANDREW AND IMOGENE
By Roe FulkerSon

eve notion to sell this house and buy
me place in the suburbs said Andrew, re-
flectively.
"What?" demanded Imogene.
81 said had notion to sell this place
and buy us a place in the suburbs" said
Andrew.
That's little better" said Imogene.
NOW say it again."
whats the matter?" he asked, puzzled.
II only said 1 thought we ought to sell here
and buy us place little further OUT
That's absolutely satisfactory" replied
Imogene. "You said it right that time
whats gone wrong with your" replied
Andrew. "I said the same thing every time"
ooh, no, you did not" she insisted. "You
changed your pronouns every time.
"The first time you said Il and me- the
second time you said T. and U.S., and the
last time you said we and U.S. which makes
a vast difference.
when you begin to talk about II and
mine you rouse every bit of resentment
in me. When you change the pronoun to the
plural form, you take me right into partner
ship with you and I am always willing to
work, to debate, to cooperate or, in fact, do
anything to carry out my part of the CO.
partnership
What nonsense said Andrew. "You
know that everything I have is half yours"
II do not" she said spiritedly. 81 know
that everything we have is not half yours
and half mine but it's all ours.
"That may sound like bubble to you,
Andrew, but it is no bubble to woman.
She doesn't like to feel that her husband has
anything. She doesn't like to feel that she
has anything. What she wants is to feel that
they have everything in common.
when / go into strange house, I always
judge the status of the man and his wife by
their pronouns. If the man says t. my and
mine I know that he is dominating, dom
ineering egotist who is not good to his wife
or his children.
eff hear the woman of the family using
those same pronouns, I know that it is she
who dominates that family and that her hus-
band Is one of those little imitation men who
is afraid to call his soul or his trousers his
own.
"But when I go into new house and hear
the two of them using we. our and u.s., I
either fought their way to prosperity or who
have perfect understanding about alb their
affairs and are happy"
Excuse me-" said Andrew, contritely. "It
was not intended, but was simply careless
use Of words.
''Now, am going to make it up to us by
taking us to a picture show and then stop
ping on our way home to buy us some ice
cream to eat when we get back to our humble
home.
"Just wait one moment until we get our
collar and our tie and take off these old
trousers and put our better pair on and re-
place our slippers with pair of our shoes
and we will be ready to start"
eyes," said Imogene, 1--WE have to powder
our nose, too, and if our husband is not a
little less sarcastic to our wife, we are 60
ing to break some of our furniture over our
husbands head.'
Darling" soothed Andrew, don't you
think we are getting little bit rude in our
Conversations"
ut oh fbor for j1Ict
a moment and then laughed like school chill
dren.
Copyright, 1922, by 21st Century Press,
Incl
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-04
The Rise IN Bonds
= HE attainment of par by virtually all
issues of Liberty bonds is but one

issues of Liberty bonds is but one
among sundry evidences of 4 forward
trend in broad field of investment Not for
years, observes Commerce Monthly has there
been so persistent an advance in the securi-
ties market. Beginning as far back as the
summer of 1921, the improvement continued
steadily, until within recent months it has
grown pronounced.
For the period March 16 to April Is Of
this year bond transactions on the New
York Stock Exchange aggregated four hun
dred and twenty-four million dollars, as
against three hundred and thirty-seven mill
lion for the period February 16 to March Is.
In foreign bonds, as well, trading has been
markedly active, new issues to the amount
of some sixty-four million dollars having been
offered in the period ended April Is. French
issues in large totals" it is announced, "con-
inue to be placed here. The Paris-Lyons
Mediterranean Railroad sold thirty million
issue of six per cent bonds due 1853, offered
to the public at eighty-three to yield seven
and thirty-five hundredths per cent" Par
ticularly interesting, too, was the offering OF
fourteen million dollars of Czecho-Slovak Re-
public eight per cent sinking fund gold
bonds due in 1851, the first instance of a
49, Central European States floating an is
sue in this country. 1.-THE bonds were offered
at ninety-six and half to yield eight and thir-
ty one-hundredths per cent There was a
simultaneous offering of two million, eight
hundred thousand pounds in sterling bonds
in London, and five hundred thousand pounds
in Amsterdam. The entire issue is reported
as having been oversubscribed in each center
where it was offered" Within this same thir-
ty-day period ended April 49, thirteen mil
lion dollars of sinking fund gold bonds of
.he City of Rio Janeiro Brazil, offered at one
nundred and three, twenty-five years, eight
per cent were floated.
These developments tell strikingly of re-
newed confidence and of overwhelming Amer
< lean influence in world finance.
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The Wealth of the Bee

n AID we been challenged to guess how
II many beekeepers there are in this
land of the free and home of the
brave we should not have said nine hundred
thousand. But that is the number which the
latest inquiry discovers-nine hundred thou
sand Americans risking the wrath, admir-
ing the wit, slipping the sweet of the bee.
Their revenues are said to aggregate eighty
million dollars year, and to amount in some
cases to as much as twenty-five thousand
for a single apiarist.
This is no trivial business, and assuredly
not trite one for all it's antiquity. AS far
back, at least, as the days of Homer honey
played its potent part in the song of the
bard and the buzzing commerce of the times.
When Athens was in truth "the eye of
Greece" being to the Mediterranean world
what London or New York is to our rounded
and greater planet, sugar appears to have
been unknown or, at any rate, unusued in
that city. But not far distant hummed the
hives of Mount Hymettus, whence came
sweets plenty for all the little children of
that shining day who would sing in speech
of their own:
Hippety hop to the baker shop
To buy lolli-pop lally;
One for me and one for thee,
And one for Sister Sally.
While tn hives of these latter days cannot
hold a candle, rich in wax though they are,
to teeming fields Of sugar cane, they never
theless constitute an industry of large proper
tions and of even larger promise. Particular
ly in chimes lie Georgia, where nature is
bland and generous with blossoms beekeeD-
ing offers abundant opportunities. In
this commonwealth sh- lid be pi oduced con-
siderable part of the country's eighty mil
lion dollars worth of honey.
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SMILE A WHILE

April seems to come in like a duck and so
out ike fish.
Suppose the man who committed $50 burgla-
ries for his wife had been this man with Is
wives
The day may come when there are no boot
leggerS; but i: doesn't look like the night ever
will.
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QUIPS AND QUIDDITIES

Higgins is troubled with an overweening
curiosity about other peoples affairs Oc-
casonally he comes cropper, as, for in
stance, when he met Smithers in a trolley
car.
Busy eh?" he inquired, offhand.
Eyes," said Smithers, deliberately. "Been
buy-a horse for my wife,
Have, Ell? Well, let me give you some
points"
ooh, I've closed the bargain"
mot without trying him, surely? Was
he sound in wind and limb?"
"He appeared to be-"
Doesn't balki?"
"No-o reckon not"
"Stand without hitching?"
eyes, think So.
Good gait?"
But here Smithers got up to leave the car.
AS he stepped off he called back to Higgins:
81 neglected to mention the kind of horse
my wife wanted. 1t was clothe horse"
Little Peter stood on the steps of his
house watching the vicar depart Peter was
armed with a pea shooter.
At the sight of the big black hat his eyes
cleaned He raised the pea shooter and
aimed. His mother l.iade him apologize
"Weu,'' he said afterward, "are you really
sorry?"
Eyes! But I'm glad didn't miss, COS it
was my last peal"
TIL. 'ftch" in Tchitcherins name is like the
itching palm.
Great thing about the new trackleSS street
cars is they can dodge autos.