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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18
A PENNILESS EMPEROR
BY DR.. Frank Crane

1t is a terrible thing to have no money.
1t is commonly supposed that poverty Is
hell and that plenty is heaven and most peo
pie will agree with this supposition.
But the usual error is found in the wrong
idea of plenty.
A wholesome feeling Of plenty can be
drowned by abundance as well as dried up
by lack.
Two young newlyweds can have a perfect
ly gorgeous time buying frying pan or
new tableclOth. But to make this operation
a real adventure there must first be a deal
of argument about whether they can afford
it, serious casting up of accounts, and an
earnest discussion to whether, taking one
consideration with another, it is better to in
vest in a frying pan and tablecloth or to
get new curtains and spoons. Without this
prelude the game is not much fun.
If the young couple are worth some ten
million dollars there is no fun in it at all.
George is not interested; he is too busy Sc
lecting a cigarette So Maudie simply presses
the button and when the four buffers appear
she indicates her desire to Alphonse, and the
next day a van backs up to the door with
two bales of tablecloths, carload Of cur
tains, seventeen gross Of spoons and every
frying pan in the hardware store.
What we really neet is neither poverty nor
riches but little of both. Of course if you
have either one of these you think the other
would be delightful.
An amusing illustration of this is found in
a recent book called memories of the Rus
sian Court" by Anna VirOubOya the init
mate friend of the late Emperor and En-
press of Russia. She relates that in the mat
ter of selecting gifts for guests, for relatives,
or at holidays for the suite, the Emperor
simply selected from the rich assortment sent
to the Palace the objects which best pleased
him. The Emperor, all his life had had every
thing he wanted without ever paying O single
rube for anything. He never had any money,
never needed any money.
Il can recall" her narrative continues,
"but one solitary instance in which the Tsar
Of all the Russias ever even felt the need OF
touching a kopek Of his iIlimicable riches. 1t
was in 1911, when their Majesties began to
attend services at the Feodorovsky Selo. In
this church it was the custom to pass
through the congregations alms-basins into
which everyone Of course, dropped a con-
tribution large or small. The Emperor
alone was entirely penniless, and embar-
raised by his unique situation he made
representation to the proper authorities aft
er which at exact monthly intervals he was
furnished with four gold pieces for the aims
basin of the FeOdorovsky Cathedral If he
happened to attend an extra service he had
to borrow his contribution from the En-
press"
Still and ALL az Ring Lardner would say,
having had a whole lot of experience with
Too Little l wouldn't mind trying to worry
along with Too Much for a spell.
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18
The Repo1t IN Sbai1n

THHE revolt in Spain can hardly have been
unexpected by careful watchers of that
- country's pulse. Economic conditions
alone would account for strong undercurrents
of popular discomfort Where the masses
nnd living conditions hard and burdensome
opportunities scant for individuals to rise, and
public improvements showing little advance
from decade to decade, there the seed both of
Industrial and of political revolution fall in
fertile soil. Besides these general factors
however, the present agitation in Catalonia
appears to have sprung from particular in
elements.
That province, of which Barcelona with
its six hundred thousand inhabitants and its
great commercial and manufacturing inter
ests is capital, long has been a center of I'M
rest and a rendezvous for radicals. 1t was
there that the Carlist conspiracy has har-
bored; and there that the separatist move.
ment, designed to divorce the Barcelona re-
gion from southern Spain, has thrven. In
such a city, against such a background,
trouble-makers find stage well suited to
their plots.
Moreover the past summer has been
marked with repeated rumbIings Of polit-
ical storm. Party and personal feuds have
been accentuated by reverses to the Spanish
H. h. n
parliamentary committee of twenty-one was
designated by the chamber of deputies Ito
inquire into political, as distinct from mill
tary, responsibility for the disaster to Span
ish arms in the MeliIla district Of the Moroc-
can zone, and to draft bill against former
ministers should evidence appear to Justify
prosecution" In short order indictments
were forthcoming. The Government, anxious
to avert the trials into which some of the
highest personages of the kingdom were like
ly to be involved, did its utmost for delay
But its opponents fastened preparations. Sc
it was that on July the twenty-fourth the
Cores was prorogued until October the first
This step, according to Current History, was
construed at the time as having been taker
"to forestall any attempt by Fascista leaders
especially General AguiIleras, who is the
head of the supreme war and navy council
to effect a coup d'etat'
Aguilleras, the Hotspur of Catalonia ant
organizer of the Fascismo party in that prov
ince does not figure by name in the days
dispatches from Barcelona and Madrid
Nevertheless, his spirit is evidently astr
How far the revolt will sweep is yet to APP
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18

A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall
harken diligently unto my commandments
which command you this day, to love
the Lord your God, and to serve Him NTH
all your heart and with all your SoHI, that
/ will gipe you the rain of your land in
due season, the first rain and the latter
rain, that thou nlaySt gather in thy corn,
and thy nine, and thine oil Therefore
We shall lay up these my words in your
heart and in your soul, and bind them for
sign upon your hand, that they may be
as frontletS between your eyes. And ye
shall teach them unto your children, speak,
ing of them when thou SiteSt in thine
house, and when thou walkest by the way,
and when thou lest down, and when thou
risest up.-Deuteronomy 11I3-15; 1919.
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QUIPS AND QUIDDITIEs

IL was a delightful little story. It con-
cerned an aunt of my friend Griggs. and he
told me about it on the train | chuckled
over 1t for long time. The following morn
ing l told Henderson the story. To nv sur
prise, he was quite annoyed
mats Griggs all overt" he said edo
you know that my Aunt Letitia was the Iadv
concerned and it was I who told Grfggs of
the incident"
The next evening at smoker everyone
was telling some kind of story, and when if
came to my turn l told the one OF Mander-
sons Aunt Letitia. Only I said it was nv
aunt and her name was Jane. tbinl, I
got every ounce out of the story. with dra-
matte pause just before the climax which
seemed to grip my audience completely. A
stony silence ensued. mot bad. eb?" 7 said
nervOusly.
Tompkins was the'onIy one who answered
The correct name of the aunt" he said
codly, lis Jemima."
"Oh,' I murmured guilty.. "perbaps if
was your aS1t to ON it happened?"
NO. he said, Il don't know whose aunt
1t was The story appeared last week in a
paper called the Humorist
In an American quick-fre play there oc-
CURED one rapid change of scene which
made 1t impossible to fix the scenery in DO
sition. Portions of it, therefore. were held
up by concealed S &c hands Miss Lord had
to rush on to the darkened stage just as her
stage husband was committing suicide and
utter a piercing Shrek
On the night in question 81 mistoo6 her
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MERRY WIVES

Usually men dress up |and put on their
billed shirts when their wives go off on a
visit. And it has gotten TO be likewise with
some of the wives when their husbands get
away. Do not understand us to say shirts
in the latter case But they will use a lot
Of ribbon saturated with meeting house
drops and look real pretty
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o TEMPORA. 0 .MORES

When boy we helped pick elder berries
for minister who manufactured wine for
the federal soldiers who were stationed here
after the war, looking after the u S. mint,
before it was donated to the trustees for
the establishment Of the n. G.. A. College.
What Il change. It is q violation of law
now to make q cupfuI of wine to have in
case of sickness or to use in the churches.
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bearings in the darkness, and gave her
shrek in the wrong spot. 1t happened to
be right in the ear of one of the stage hands
holding up a piece Of scenery. He promptly
responded to her shrek with another, and
fell over one way, while his scenery fell over
the other. Then the shrieks became general.
Somewhat reminiscent, this, of another
story in which an actor lost his bearings on
a darkened stage The sudden darkness was
used instead of a curtain at the end of a
scene, and when the lights went up again
for his call he was discovered bowling to the
bGakcIoth.
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NO CHANGE FOR A SALE

They keep writing the Nugget wanting to
sell us a Linotype machine Very often we
spin, weave and have up a column of type
by $50 p. m. SO what is the use for ma
chine, when we can set the type by nand
as fast as we get the news?
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There is undoubtedly such thing as SYM
pathetic suffering. Many poor man suffers
when his wife is out of sorts.
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Copyright, 1921
FLUSH TIMES IN DAHLONEGA

There never was much ice cream sold
before in Dahlonega as this season. Being
six dealers. And cigarettes are not far be-
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Continued Thursday. Renew your sub
sCriptiOn now so as not to miss a chapter of
this thrilling story.
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Women enjoy wearing tight clothes be
cause it makes them feel SO good when the
take them off.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18

If you did unto all your friends as they
would be done by. you wouldn't even have
the core Of the apple left
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Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-08
Aged Mother is
Mourning Loss
of Possessions

Night before last on the grade
about 10 miles this side of Jacumba
big sack was lost from the ri
ming beard of 4 ear, and thereby
hangs a tragic story. Mrs. Anna J.
Newman, who is herself well ad-
vanced along life's highway, and
who has buried her husband ard
beloved daughter was coming 20 the
valley TO escape the dampness on the
coast which was endangering her
own ffail health.
Mrs. Newman had carefully pack
ed her limited Summer wardrobe in
i big sack, and had included in il
various kcepsakes and possessions Of
her daughter. The less, which is q
serious thing inasmuch as the owner
has not tie means with which to re-
place the missing clothes, is render
ed dOubly great by the intrinsic
value of many Of the articles.
Mrs. Newman states that her hus-
band was = member OF the Eagles.
ana that she herself belong to the
fraternal brotherhood She also has
relatives who are members Of the
E!ks lodge, and she is hoping thar
through these organizations, or
through some big hearted traveller
Ehc may have located her bundle,
she may receive her possessions
again.
Anyone finding the sack may
icq-e it st the Press office or ad-
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-08
C.. r. Girls Entertain for
Boys at Lingo Home

Last night the Lingo home on
Vine street was the scene Of a merry
party when the girls Of the Senior
Christian Endeavor Of the Christian
church entertained the boys of That
group, the occasion being the closing
Of merit contest which has been
causing keen rivalry for the past
two months The girls proved them
selves, to the delight of all present,
to be both excellent sportsmen ana
fine cooks, and the chicken dinner
with all the trimmings which was
topped off with real old-fashioned
strawberry shortcake proved con
elusively that the present day girls
have not let the art of cooking cs.
cape them.
The evening was spent musiea!ly.
n number of duets, solos, qnartetts
and choruscs being much enjoyed.
Those making up the jolly party
were Mr.. and Mrs. s. Q. Lingo, Eve
lyn Steel. Leaora Peyjurn. Elva
Provost, Thelma Jones, Alenc Fey
burn, Theodore Ramsev, RnsseH
Graves, Warner Graves, Bob Carey,
Kenneth Reyburn, Wesley He'll ana
Harry Carmichael.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-08
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. June 8.-Foreign
exchange closed: Sterling 4.6l u;
francs .06421g.; lire ,046612; marks
8G.233 to the dollar.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-08

of these three factors one can go
q long way in eliminating the hills
and valleys of business. The Fed
eral Reserve Board is doing rs we'll
as it can with only one of these
tools, but at present it is like o
carpenter with only hammer, aud
without Il saw or chisel. The In
tecbtate Commerce Commission,
which controls the rates of trans
portation, have the saw; but the
advertising men have the chiscl
Some day your Associated Advcr.
tising Clubs of the World will
take up the question of using adj
vertising rates rs a tool in connec
ton with the steadying Of bust
ness conditions.
"When business is rccklessly ex-
panding, advertising rates should
be materially increased; so that
when business is depressed adver-
tising rates may be corresponding,v
reduced. One OF the best barome-
ters of business is the size of our
daily papers. / do not want. to re-
duce the size of our papers over
period of years. Rather 1 want
to see them continue to increase in
size.
81, however, do object to big
paper one year and small paper
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-08
Fashion SGys SEB'Bier
Skirts Are .Sk0rter~

Skirts ere growing shorter as
sumner advances. Most OF the cot
ton fabrics show skirts that are
quite full, but silk gowns continue
to be fashioned on slender lines.
New tuibans that are draped on
the head are lovely foe automobiling
They are made ont Of yard Of ma
terial that is one-half Z yard wide.
The center Of the material IS gath
cred ito a buckle which is placed
over the forehead. The material
Is then drawn bacl. TO tie nape
of the neck and Is then split so &s to
form two ends which fd~ape about
the head in turban fashion and fold
under at the sides of the head. If
properly adjusted a turban of this
sort looks as though it were a hat
and not :. drape wound about the
head.
Colored vo;le undergarments or
namented with rosebuds embroider-
Cd in eolors are cool and laundet
easily.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-08
u Of G. Students
Visits Valley
in Crop Study

DR.. II. J. Webber, of the Univer-
sity OF California, accompanied by
several members of his citrus cui-
ture class, is visiting Imperial Val
ley today for the purpose Of observ-
ing citrus crops IN this section. Ac-
eompanied by Ray Ellis. assistant
farm advisor, the party this morn
ing visited several citrus ranches in
the vicinity Of Ell Centre and this
afternoon are at the experimental
station in Meloland. All were en-
thusiastic over the condition Of the
citrus industry here and We're partic
ularly interested in the experiments
being conducted at Meloland.
Yesterday afternoon, class in
agronomy from the University Of
California, headed by Professor j.
w. Gilmore, visited FL Centre and
other parts of the valley, later go
ing 20 Yuma and thence to the Irri-
cation District $ system near An
drade.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-08
Wheat Forecast
Says Crop Only
1919 Pct. Normal
ny United Press Leased Wire

ny "
WASHINGTON June S--The con
dition OF all wheat in the United
States on june | WAS 100 per cent,
forecasting u total production Of
Sl7, 100000 bushels this wear, the
department of agriculture estimated
today. The condition of winter
wheat on June l was 76.3. per cent,
forecasting Il production of 58l,OU0,-
600 bushels; spring wheat condi-
tion 902 per cent, forecasted pro
duction 236,000,000 bushels.
Estimated conditions ard produc-
tion 1856, 100000 bushels.
Barley, condition 80 per cent.
Oots, condition $40 per cent, pre-
duction I,256,O0O,000 bushels.
Rye, condition Sl.l per cent; pro
duction s2,CO0,000.
Hay, all kinds, condition S4.4
proluction 99,000,000 tons.
Apples, total crop condition 75.5
cent; production ls7c00,G00 bushels.
Peaches, condition CO.. per cent;
production 47,0O0,000 bushels,
The yield per acre Of all crops was
estimated by the department in
bushels as follows: Fall wheat Il;
winter wheat l4.6; spring wheat
1913; barley 24.G; rye l3.Ss hay Ii
tons.
The top farm price for the bushel
crop was given by the department as
of June las follows: Fan wheat
81 .0G; oats 44.9; barley 600 cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-08
Babson Classes Advertising AS
One of 5 Big Business Factors;
Wants Rates that Will Fluctuate

ATLANTIC CITY, June 8. -
Roger w. Babson guest of the As
sociated Advertising Clubs of the
World in convention addressed the
main body of the meeting on Wed.
nesday and Thursday. Mr.. Bah
son is much interested in the latent
power of advertising both in con-
nection with the distribution of
goods and as n factor in studying
business conditions.
"When the Associated Advertis-
ing Clubs of the World was form
ed, there was q great need for sys-
tematic vigilance and guidance
says Mr.. Babson. "The condition
of the advertising world was far be-
low average business in usefulness
and morality. Advertising was
largely confined ITO patent medi-
cine manufacturers, theatrical
troops and bogus stock promoters.
Advertising was considered q gun,
bier S game.
1.-THE first task of the new o.
ganization was to form vigilance
committees and bring about honest
advertising. 1t deserves the great
est credit for the work it has done
and is doing along this line.
Study Competitive Advertising
"The leading advertisers are
each year giving more thought to
the question of competitive adver-
tlslng. BY competitive advertising
l mean advertising which does not
benefit the country rs Il whole.
There is nothing dishonest in both
the Standard Oil Company and the
Texas Company erecting large sign
boards at the same point on coun-
try road. Moreover, am not criti
cising either company for doing
this. If one company does it, it is
perhaps necessary for the other
company to do it. |, however, am
sure that these signs DO not increase
the sales or use of gasoline and in
no way benefit the country rs q
whole.
1.-THE cost of such competitive ad
vertising is ultimately borne by
the consumers. From an economic
point of view such advertising is n
direct loss to the nation as whole
The people of country are best off
when they get the largest amount
Of goods for the least amount of
labor.
EVERY sensible man recognizes
the value of constructive advertis-
ing. Statistics show clearly that
most goods can be sold more cheap
" and effectively through advertis-
ing than in any other form. Adver-
tising, when properly used, is con
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-08

the next year. Business conditions
will become steady and gradually
increase only when the amount Of
advertising becomes steady and
gradually increases. Violent fluctu-
ations in advertising are not merely
the result of fluctuation in bus
mess; but are largely the cause.
Rates Should Fluctuate
"a concern stops advertising be-
cause its business has fallen off,
but the fact Of its stopping adver-
tising makes business still worse
than it otherwise would be. 70
speak statistically, advertising be-
gins to fall off because business
begins to decline, but business de-
clines to the depth much worse than
it otherwise would because adver.
tising is decreased. The changing
of advertising rates and railroad
rates i'll accordance with the Bah
sonchart would not only greatly
benefit business as whole, but
would benefit those who have ad.
vertising space to sell and those
who have transportation to sell.
General Business as reflected IN
the Babsonchart continues in salts
factory volume, running this week
at > per cent above normal.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-08
At the Hotels

At the Oregon Hotel From Los
Angeles: Il. G. Krutz, Il. Holland,
n. Q. Brunkow, Sal Clavin, T. B.
Marvin, w. r. Frazer, j. F. Curry.
San Diego: Omcr c. Thompson,
Henry Buckle, George L. Swain.
Berkeley: Glenn 0. May, s. Chris
tensen, Il. M. Fenman, Philip Ruby
4 tother points: L. d. Haynes, Riv-
erside; G. S. Allen, Pasadena; p. D.
Paxton, Kansas City, No; Jas. X.
Hall, Philiffi, West Virginia; S.
kanno, Santa Ana; X. Nishi, Santa
Anai b. G. Walsh, Brawley; A. M.
Harman, Riverside; S. Il. Skinner,
Portersville; w. a. Waters, Coyotc
Wells; Chas. Cage, City; T.. O. Wilk-
ins, Stockton; A. G. Banta, Oak
land; A. Farnsworth, Long Beach.
At the Casa Rey-F. L. Parker
Redlands; r. f. MCGOWAN, Long
Beach; NJ. u. Geltman, Los Angeles;
Percy Shaw, San Diego, G. o.
RneiAer, NJ caion; Mr.. and Mrs. W.
NJ. Mheately, san Diego Mr.. and
Airs, /, A, Abduction, Santa Ana.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-06-08
HARRENGTONS TO
LEAVE FOR COAST

Mrs. Mary Harrington and sister,
Miss Marie Harrington, and two
daughters, the Misses Margaret and
Marie, who have been residents OF
the city for 4 number of years, VIII
leave tomorrow fer Los Angeles
where they will make their home.
Miss Margaret, who has been EN-
plcyed with the Yarney company
viii return for several weeks in
July to help out during the vaca-
tion period. Miss Marie has been
with Edgar Brothers for some time
past. Both girls have y host Of
friends in business, church and Sc
cial circles who VIII sincerely regret
their departure.