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THE ATLANTA TgI-wEENLY JoUA lAL

ing all one tongue, and sharing common ira
dtions. To those who may have imagined
this labor poorly paid and i'll cared for, we
commend this account from Commerce and
Finance, which needs no further comment:
eff the southern mill worker does not get
all his compensation in his pay envelope he
gets it in other forms. Housing of cotton
operatives is UNNECESSARILY better in the
principal textile centers of the Carolinas than
in many Of the mill cities of New England.
Conditions vary in different sections of the
South ranging from fair to remarkably good.
In some districts in the Piedmont country
they are ideal. The mill owners there seem
employees. Cottages, mostly of the bungalow
type are the rule. They rent at from so to
rs cents per room per month. Each one
stands alone with plenty of open space about
it. All the bungalows have electric light
and good plumbing. Many of them are vine
clad and flower gardens and vegetable
patches testify to the appreciation of the
tenants for not only the beautiful, but the
utilitarian. The streets in various of the
residential districts of the workers are curbed
and have good sidewalks. Such houses as
the mill people live in would command $50
or SIS month rental in the suburbs of New
York. Schools are maintained by the mill
owners and they are of the best. There are
community houses, nurseries, gymnasiums,
hospitals, churches and such provided by the
employers for the employed. There are gar
deners to teach and to aid the mill people
in the Identification of their homes. When
a person is ill a physician and nurse are
furnished. There are teachers in hygiene in
cooking There are welfare workers whose
business it is to be helpful in every way
possible. If the parents are at work the
small children are cared for by teachers or
nurses
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-20
THE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS. w. H. FELTON,
HONoRING THE MEMORY OF COLUMBUS

HONORING THE MEMORY OF COLUMBUS
tn HERE is a Columbus day, Which the
cotton markets respect, and the South
Il eastern fair (held in Atlanta) memo
riaized Columbus few days ago. [ live in
easy walking distance -of the Gainesville
cotton warehouses, and | went down to the
selling place last Friday and inquired about
the market price of cotton. [ was told there
would be no Liverpool market report that
day. because it was Columbus day.
The intimate connection between Christie
pher Columbus and the price of cotton was
not eXplainable, but there must be some sort
of alliance, or why should the Liverpool peo-
pie shut their mouths and refuse to speak on
Columbus day?
I take It, there is no connection, but the
cotton spectators are always on the lookout
for some sort of speculative trick and some
excuse to tangle up cotton figures is better
than none. Columbus didn't find cotton
raisers when he reached this new country in
October 1892, and the Indians with whom
he dealt had no cotton to buy or sell, or to
be lifted up or down as the Liverpool agents
are doing. If there is ever book printed
to show how Liverpool has dictated to
American cotton rasers for years I surely
want a copy.
Columbus had a hard time of it before he
sailed from Spain-he had a HI of time
with his mutinOus sailors>befOre he sighted
land in the New World, and he had more or
less of the same when he tried to make his
countrymen in Spain appreciate what he had
accomplished for their native country. The
longer he lived the more they turned against
him, and there may be a Columbus day lover
there" but if so I have not been given the
Information. The United States paid notable
tribute in launching the Columbian EXPOSE
ton in 1890, and Columbus picture in
evidence and fully exploited from 1890 to
the end and until the work of the Chicago
Worlds Fair was finally closed up and the
workers had departed to their home in 1894.
I was lucky enough to be selected as one
of the two lady managers from Georgia.
CThere were two from every state and terri
tory, including far-off Alaskan And if it
had not been that 1 regularly on duty,
when 1 was off and on, in Chicago I might
have seen the greatest exposition ever known
in these United States. 1 was entirely 200
busy to go over the buildings to see things
which even foreign nations delighted to eX-
anime and applaud. Actually could only find
time to see but little. The dedication was
carried out October Il, 1892, the day
Columbus sighted land in 1892 and was
thrilled with the unexpected things that he
saw and experienced.
On that dedication day we were told to
gather at the appointed place by 7 a. M,
where carriages would be waiting to convey
the lady managers down to Jackson Park. l
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rose early ate a hurried breakfast rode four
miles ON street cars before | found myself
seated in a fine carriage, holding four per
sons beside the driver. We started in due
time, slowly moving in procession until we
reached the Mechanic Arts building in the
fair grounds My watch said it was 2 p. M
There had been some lunch, but earlier ar
rivals had cleaned it up-all gone-not a
mOrse.
We were seated on the main platform fac
ing million people, as reported. The music
was aided by five thousand singers and the
brass band in end gallery.
The building covered many acres-some
said forty acres. I saw the speakers of the
day step out to the edge of the main ros-
trum. Hon Chauncey Depew spoke, also
Hon. Henry Watterson. 1 heard a few words
from one, not a distinct syllable from the
other. Mrs. Potter Palmer made an ad-
dress, and I heard only the applause. Some
body composed poem and it was read Sit
ting on that wide platform behind them L
heard not single word. When the people
cheered they drowned the noise made by the
band and five thousand singers I never
saw so many people inside an enclosed space
before. [ had seen more in open streets
twice before once at the opening of the
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876
and again on the 4th of March, 1877, in
Washington City, the day President Hayes
went in the White House, after the hot ses
sions of the congress were over. We had
another day when Vice President Morton re-
viewed all the visiting and chicago military.
president Harrsons wife was extremely i'll
died shortly after.) 1 sat that day on the
platform with the vice president, all the "big
bugs" including foreign ambassadors in full
regaIia. The Southern States had but few
military people in attendance The north,
west and the Pacific slope were abroad and
in glory of uniforms and brass bands. West
Point and the Annapolis boys were out in
grand style. 1 never saw such a procession
before. -.o
VI saw something like it in 1918, when
witnessed the famous Red Cross parade in
New York City-World war time. l had a
seat by rare good luck in florists window
on Fifth avenue I took my seat al. p. M.
and it never Stacked until p. M, when I
grew too tired to sit still any longer, and
my escort friend led me out of-t4e crowded
mass of people on the sidewalk
The Columbian EXpositian was a marvel.
1t was the finest tribute ever paid to
Christopher Columbus anywhere, or at any
time The crowds were enormous all the
time for six months. Chicago is a great
city. II has had marvellous expansion New
York, it's great rival, was an old town when
Chicago walked out of wilderness and be-
gun to grow like the vine that Jonah told
about.
In closing, I can say Columbus deserved
all he got, and much more could be given.
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Textile Labor ~, the South

vrvHAT Acknowledgment and ever
thoughtful publication, Commerce and
Finance" tells in its current issue of
an Eastern economist who has made ex-
tended study of manufacturing conditions in
New England and in the South with view
to answering three questions: Is New Eng
lands position in cotton textiles seriously
threatened by Southern competition? Are
New England mills moving, or preparing to
move to the South? Does the matter of
labor initiate against this industry in New
England and for it in the South? ITO the
first question: says Commerce and Finance,
reviewing the Investigators report, ~"hs an
swer is yes. To the second question his
answer is yes. To the third question his
answer is yes
There is no glory in trumpeting the gains
of one region at the expense of another. But
# one is better suited to the doing of GER
tain work then there can be no ultimate loss
to the general veal in consequence of such
shifting Moreover, if the cotton textile in
dustry can be conducted more efficiently and
more proftably in one region than in an
other, then regardless of what individuals
wish or think, it will go the way that natural
and economic law predestines. Thus there
is no sectional bias whatsoever in recording
the fact. that whereas in 1880 there were
only SCI, 900 spindles in the growing
states, or less than six per cent of the ma
tional aggregate today. there are approx
mately sixteen million spindles in these
states. or more than forty-three per cent of
the national aggregate. Still more sgnif-
cant is it that between 1910 and 1922, both
inclusive. there were installed in the cotton
growing states 51S0,S16 new spindles, an
increase of As per cent; while in all the
other states there were installed 2,S35,64
spindles, an increase of only 1858 per cent
Why has this come about? Why does the
Southwark trend grow steadily more pro-
uounced? There are sundry factors, such as
climate, water power, and proximity of the
source of raw material. But it is to another
factor, that suggested in the third question
Of the New England investigator, that We
would direct attention. The impression
seems to have prevailed in some quarters
that it is through cheap labor that the South
attracts such investments; contrariwise, it il
through good labor-through labor to the
manner born, AngloSaxon in lineage, speak
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A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

Praise We the Lord. Praise ye the Lord
from the heavens; praise Him in the
heights. Praise ye Him, all His angels;
praise ye Him all His hosts. Praise ye
Him sun and moon, praise Him all ye
stars of light. Let them praise the name
of the Lord, for He commanded, and they
pere created. Praise the Lord from the
earth, ye dragons and all deeps; fire, and
hail; snoW, and papors; stormy winds full
filling His word; mountains and all hills;
fruitful trees and all cedars; beasts and
all cattle; creeping things and all flying
fowl; kings of the earth and all people;
princes and all judges of the earth; both
young men and maideHs; old men and
children. - From the One Hundred and
Sorty-Eighth Psalm.
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MY FAVORITE STORIES
By Irwin S. Cobb

There used to be a seIf-made person in
San Francisco, named O'Brien who sought
a job in the sanitary department of the city
government under an incoming administra-
ton. On an appointed day he presented
himself to the head of this department for a
civil service examination. The inquiry was
conducted orally.
"O'Brien," began the presiding official,
what we want here is not so much theory
as practical experience. Now, then, We'll
suppose an imaginary case. Assume that
you were called upon personally to clear out
a sewer down in Chinatown that was eighty
feet long and four feet in diameter and
blocked up at both ends. What's the first
thing you'd do?"
"Bless meself!" said OBrien.
Copyright, 1929
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Seconds and Centuries

- ordinary calculation, after passing the
third or fourth decimal place, one is con-
tent to swallow camels; but science, in
even that tenuous realm, needs must strain
at gnats. Now comes DR.. Charles F. Marvin,
chief of the United States weather bureau,
pointing out in the interest of accuracy GER
tain fractional shortcomings of the Gregorian
alendar. by which we reckon.
Itwas in 1882 that Pope Gregory the Thr-
teenth reformed the Julian calendar, which,
being some eleven minutes longer than the
astronomical var, had brought about since
date of the vernal equinox. Gregory simply
annulled ten days by directing that October
5, 1882, be called October 10; and as a safe
guard against future displacements, provided
that of the centesimal years, only those
roundly divisible by four hundred should be
leap years. This arrangement has served
all practical purposes thus far, but it harbors
nerror which in time, DR.. Marvin warns,
will give trouble.
This error, We are told, now amounts to
46S of day. 1t arises from the fact that
''the Gregorian calendar assumed the length
of the year to be S65.2425 days, when really
it is S65.24231545 days and is growing
shorter by about half a second a century"
A thousand two hundred and seventy-seven
years hence these accumulated seconds will
total approximately a day. DR.. Marvin sug-
gests accordingly that the present calendar
be retained till 5000 A. D., but that "subse-
quently five leap years in six hundred be
omitted; such a calendar will run until the
year 1860 with an error Of less than one
day"
There will be no objection, we take it,
to recommending that the Georgia legislature
of 5000 A. D. concur in this error-saving
plan; although when the English govern
ment adopted the Gregorian calendar crowds
gathered in the streets of London, shouting,
Give us back on rten days" To an inaccu-
rate layman the whole matter is remindful
of the distinguished astronomers lecture on
! the decadence of the sun. He was describing
| to an intent auditnce how in the course of
} time, the sun would cease to radiate light or
| heat and become a cherries cinder in the
sky; how, in consequence, life upon the
earth would pine and shrivel, until at last
even the sturdiest of the specits, including
man himself, would freeze in icy blackness
and be blown to oblivion. Midway the audi
ence rose stout but visiby agitated gen.
| tleman.
| Pardon me, Professor" he said in husky
tones. "but no wlong will it be, did you say,
before all this happens?"
WELL answered the astronomer, such
calculations vary widely of course, vut con-
sentative estimates are about twenty billion
years"
Thank heaven!" cried the stout gentle
man, hope springing again in his rudy coun-
tenance 81 thought you said twenty mfllion!'
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MUSINGS OF ABE MARTIN

It's about got so if we git home intact
we've done a pretty good days work. "Oh,
boy! that's certainly great liquor" said
Pinky Kerr, after he regained his breath an
picked his hat up.
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|And whom does the statue representa-"
asked Mrs. Green, who was doing the
museum under the guidance of her more So
phisticated friend, Mrs Brown.
This is Psyche replied Mrs. Brown,
executed, I believe, in terra Gotta.
''Oh, the poor thing" exclaimed Mrs.
Green. How barbarous they are in those
South American countries!"
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Q. What is the Mexican jumping beanf
M. E. D.
A: The jumping bean is the seed of any
one of several euphorbiaeeous plants when
infested by the full-grown larva of small
gray fortified moth (Carpacapsa saltitans).
The seeds are somewhat triangular and not
only roll from side to side, but move by
jerks and jumps. The movements are pro-
duced by a plump whitish larva which oc-
cupies about one-ffthf of the interior, the
seed in fact being but hollow shell lined
with silk which the larva has spun Late
in the. winter the larva cuts a circular door
through the seed, strengthens it with silk
and transforms to pupa, the moth soon aft
erward pushing its way through the pre-
pared door. The larva of another moth
(Grapholitha sebastianiae) infests> the seeds
of one variety of euphorbiceous plant (Se-
bastiana palmeri) and produces similar
movements. These plants and insects are
natives of Central and South America and
the imported seeds are frequently called
Mexican jumping beans and in the south
western United States "broncho beans"
Q. Are seaweeds used to make gelatine in
this country corresponding to the agar-agar
of the Orient? M. A. w.
A Such industry is in its infancy
along the coast of Lower California.
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The women of the little community were
eager to know who their grand neighbor
would be and so one of the holder asked a
workman. She fastened to spread the news
that the house had been taken by the Count
ess of Ayre. Later developments showed
that the workman had told her the county
surveyor.
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FLOWING GOLD
BY REX BEACH
CHAPTER XIV-Continued

I1kCHE chucked the dancin' teacher out
of a winder?" he repeated, blankly.
~ What for?"
Evening star., 1923-02-18
Legend Of the Peacock.

WHEN Ruth st. Denis dances here
at the National Theater on Feb
ruary 80. for the second. time this
year, one of the most interesting nuulv
bers on the program Will undoubted
be The Legend OF the Peacock" "a
number which pras, conceived W hep
she was dancing in London. The; cosl
tune vas designed then but the dance
did not have its premiere until the
summer of 1914, when II was given to-
The accompaniment of the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia Park,
near Chicago. Since then it has been
one of the, most popular offerings in
date II was ampllfed to al entire
scene with ten others assisting. II
will be seen here In its original form.
The peacock Is remarkable for the
fidelity with which the dancer i a6le
to reproduce the movements of t'tat
msjastic bird, quite as extraordinary
in its way rs was the writhing Of the
serpents in the dance called The
Cpbras." The story. runs as follows:
A peacock, which makes II hem ..
among the marble tombs in Moham-
medan cemetery, was in former tns
carnation d beautiful woman. She
had been a poor girl in a Cashmere
hill town and was loved .devotedly
rapah. passing through with his re-
tinue. saw her and. took her to his
palace to dance for him. Urged on
by ambition she plotted to become
his favorite. and by her superlatfve
dancing she realized her wish. The
opposed queen gave her poisoned
ring and her joy was short Of dura =
tion, In commissions she dies and is
turned into & peacock. MournfulN
she struts about among the tonbs. y
bit of thing bearing the crest Of the
rajah recalls her former glory For
q moment she becomes the. fa~erite
again, and then dying, resumes the
form of the bird and continues her
lonely walk. -
Evening star., 1923-02-18
John Dretv Compares the Stage Z
Of the Past With the Present

TT is John Drew's opinion that the
American Sheater of today at
it's best. is as good as it was. in the
days whep he. was one OF the shining
luminaries of the companies of Les
ter wallack and Augustin paly. The
veteran actor will be seen this week
In The Circle" at Polls Theater.,
Its hardly fair TO make COM
parison between actors today and
tho members OF the profession in
old days. because conditions have
undergone such great change" said
Mr.. Drew in a recent interrisw. I've
lave more actors now. such q multi
tade Of theaters., Then we ahad' COM
parat!vely few actors and only two or
three companies in New York. They
were permanent stock companies
which the actors themselves took
pride in upholding. :. :, -
1T was great privilege TO belong
to Dalys company or to Palmer's or
10 Wallacks We were not only
proud of our profession. but os being
mambers OF such organizatiops; be-
cause of the respect and esteem in
which theatergoers held them. That
fact certainly gave Us Il. wonderful
esprit de corps, which helped Mr.:
DAILY TO achieve such artistic per-
formance.
Nowadays things are different.
The love of the actor for his work
remains just as strong as ever and
his pride IN his profession may be
just as great. but under the circurn,
stances it is impossible to have the
same feeling that we used TO have
and which inspired such teamwork
and such loyal cooperation as the
members of the old Daily company
gave.
Then, too. the same people always
worked together and got to know
one another well and entertained a
Evening star., 1923-02-18
Singer With Nothing to
Sing.

ITS tough to be tenor and TO be
in musical play in which the
tenor roles are played by others.
That's the situation which has ran
killed. Teddy Webb, the comedian in
blossom Time" Teddys tenor days
date back TO the years OF popularity
for Gilbert and. Sullivan operas, but
in "Rlossom Time" he hasn't a single
tenor note to uttsr
To make matters worse, the only
singing called for IN his role in "Blos-
som Time" is brief ira -la-la which,
for comedy purposes, must be badly
sung In accordance with his line -
81 used to have a pretty talent for
singing myself. Ira la la la. You
see, little baritone with a touch of
pure tenor"
knowing il to be a touchy point, the
other members of the company have
been joshing Teddy about it.
Recently he had his revenge. He
sang the ira la Ia la in a sweet tenor
and finished the line with: 80
mot SO bad, eh?":
II was a good thing the audience
showed its appreciation by applause.
as it took several seconds for
the other members of the nabber-
gasted company to recover their wits
and poise.