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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30
ROBIN AND COCKSPARROW
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Stirring. In the plowed land you can keep
a-going. Your work stretches out ahead Of
you, straight as a furrow, clear into the fall.
Every kernel Of corn you cover is an ear
you'll have to husk later on. But keep out
of the orchard. An orchard in blossom is
different world, world where time doesn't
count. You stand there, contented as a
tree and let the minutes flutter by like breeze
blown petalss-or like idle little birds.
In this shadowand between the grasses
and the lowering clouds of bloom, work seems
a trifling thing. Work never did all this.
1t is the inexhaustible energy of the earth,
just naturally effervescing All it needs is a
few cloudfuls of rain to wet it into a header
must than ever stored inside the husks
OF grain, and warm to start it brewing.
Every bud is a bubble First tiny flowerets
burst down in the grass. Soon they shoot
higher, at the end Of slender stems. At last
they go surging through the treetops in the
fragrant foam 1t intoxicates you with every
scented breath, sings in your ears with every
leafy whisper.
Doesn't Bert ever waste his time like this?
Or Ed? No use in asking II they did
they'd never tell. Men mostly act ashamed
of being caught when they're working. The
birds are better company. They do exactly
what they feel like-feast and flirt and fight
and sing Not till the wind skins off the
AAOHOAJ lIObI duu lbdNGS U6Hluu only IH0
smooth seas Of summer green will they settle
down. There goes Cock Sparrow. Isn't he
the fellow who picking up straws before
the lilac twigs wore green and plaguing his
mate to get to nesting? And didn't, she tell
him what what? Those overambitious
bluebirds, and the woodpeckers, too, who did
start in, had the decency to do it inside their
holes where nobody could see-as if they
were properly ashamed to be caught at work
while they ought to be idling.
And here's old Nom Robin. She was peck
ing mud from the creek bank this morning,
mighty gingerly, too, if she didn't like the
notion of dirtying her breastfeathers. Well,
she kept at it, you notice. for her jobs half
done And SOS the winds; he'll have the
last blossomy spray swept clean by tomorrow.
Being born curious Cock Sparrow takes
a peek while she's away. And, being born
thief, he takes a wisp. He tucks 1t into the
crotch of his old pear tree. Off he goes. And
back he comes, his mate, considerably ruff.
fled, with him. They squabble irritaby.
Won't she nest yet? Eth, What? Oh that's
what's wrong-he hasn't nearly enough! He'd
better wing it for more-the lazy thing! He
does. Watch them go at it. And watch
their tempers soothe down. They're happier
than they've been through all the spring-long
season of their play.
I wonder, now if earth's own energy would
overflow with such exurberance Of Spirit IL
she hadn't a-plenty to do with it.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30

~HAT many types of lower animals see
the same colors that human beings do
A Is a conclusion reached by DR.. G. M
Sparrow, professor of physics at the Univer
sity Of Virginia, as the result of experiments
made on the visibility of frogs and snakes in
different colored light The same protective
coloration which makes them difficult to be
seen by human eyes also protects them
against their natural enemies.
1t is well-known that color-blind persons
sons; but normal persons can get a similar
effect by looking through certain kinds of
colored glass. known as color filters or by
viewing objects Illuminated with light COM
posed wholly Of only one or two of the pri-
mary colors.
Seen through such a color screen for exam
pie, a grass snake which by natural light is
nearly invisible, shows up as a brilliant green
against reddish background of grass. The
same thing is true Of the elusive bullfrog
1t seems probable therefore, according to Dr.
Sparrow, that the animals which prey upon
frogs and snakes see them as we do, or
rather do not see them; indicating that their
eyesight so far as color goes is approximately
the same as ours.
1t is interesting to note that the snake
experimental on did not seem to realize in
the least when Illuminated by filtered light
that his protective celebration was lost: Either
he had not the gift to see himself as others
saw him, or he lacked the brains to ap-
preciate that instead of being invisible he
a most conspicuous figure in the
landscape.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30
SHAKESPEARE SAYS:

Women are angels, Wooing:
Things non are done, joys soul lies ia
the doing:
That she belop'd knows naught that knows
not this
Men prize the thing ungain'd more than
it is:
mat she waS never yet that ever knew
Lore got so sweet as when desire did sue.
therefore, this maxim out of Lore teach
Achievement is command; ungain'd, be-
Seech:
Then though my hearts content firm lore
doth bear,
Nothing Of that shall from mine eyes ap
pedr.-TroiIuS and CreSsida f:3.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
Bugs are short-liyed-especialIy humbugs.
1t is easier to pose as an optimtst than it is
to be one.
What the average school boy wants is his
tory that will repeat itself.
When girl refuses young man kiss she
expects him to get busy anyway.
The easiest road to wealth is to have rich
relative die and leave you fortune.
Don't waste words when talking to a wom-
an; cut your story short and let her talk.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

And Samson went down to Timndth, land
sap a tvon1an in Timnath of the daughters
bf the PhiLStines. And he came up and
told his father and his mother, and said,
81 hare seen woman nlTimHath of the
daughters of the PhiHstmes; nom, therefore,
get her for me to Wife. Then his father
and his mother said unto him, 'Is there
reper woman among the daughters of thy
brethren, or among all thy people, that
thou goest to take wife of the uncircun1-
cised PhiIistineS" And Samson said unto
his father, "Get her for me, for she pleas
eth me WeH'-14:1-3.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30

ancent Maya cities in the Department OF
Petan in that country. Latitude, longitude
and altitude were determined and at many
places observations we're also made to deter
mine the dip and variation of the compass.
Itsinte, Tayasal, Ixlu, Tikal, Uolantun,
Uaxactun, Nakum, Naranjo, Ucanal, Xmaka-
baktun, and Xultun are the names of some
of the cities that were geographically located
after having been deserted for centuries and
long overgrown by tropical forests.
Lack of water hampered the explorations at
times, the scientists reported.
Archaeological research into the past OF the
great Maya empire will be greatly aided by
the Typographical work that has just been
accomplished, officials of the institution be-
lieve, and the observations obtained will re-
veal new facts about this ancient American
civilization.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30
HOT FOOD TABOOED

Remarkable preservation of teeth in one
of the skulls recently taken from the Albany,
Ore, mounds by University of Oregon geol.
ogists has led DR.. Edwin T. Hodge, professor
of geology, to express his belief that the abo-
rhymes inferred in the cemetery of the
clients on the banks of the Santiam River
were not eaters of warm foodstuffs. The
molars in the jawbone examined by DR..
Hodge, who has recently made a detailed
study of the ancient men of Oregon, are worn
very low, indicating that the remains are
those of an aged human, but no traces of de-
cay visible.
DR.. Hodge has the opinion of dental ex.
perts to the effect that hot foodstuffs have
deteriorating reaction on the teeth of man.
According to the geologist, it is a well-known
fact that Indians found in America by early
explorers had teeth remarkably preserved. 1t
is probable, believes DR.. Hodge, that the abo-
rhymes of the Albany mounds used fire in
the preparation of food, but since all the
cooking was done in the open, the roughly
prepared food cooled off before being eaten.
Close examination of the teeth in the AL.
bany skulls reveals that the enamel edges
are not jagged; a fact, in the opinion Of DR..
Hodge, which indicated that the early man
of Oregon careful to exclude gritty mate
rial from his dinner-dish.
Wood is used for the manufacture of artI.
fetal silk, rope, CARPETS, and other fabrics.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30

Miss Lois Sheffield Hebert Ala, writes: 81
like to read The Tri-Weekly Journal, and
when it stops coming it seems as If one of the
family is gone
W. T. Elliott, Route 3, Bostic, N. c., writes
81 have taken the dear old TriWeekly Jour
nal seven years and cannot do without 1t.
take two other tri-weekly papers, but they are
nothing compared with The Journal. You
have given us North Carolinians something
no other paper ever has in the state news told
in brief l see things that our daily and
county papers never print. like every part
of your paper and will always be one Of your
subscribers"
Mrs. John L. Ellison, Route 2, Duncan,
Okla, writes: 81 am enclosing remittance to
extend my subscription. My father, D. E.
HUMPHREYS, of Ramnhurst, Ca, is eighty-three
years old and has been a subscriber for your
paper for years. He still watches for his pa
per every other day, and usually goes to the
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and moved west I felt like I must have ia
theirs paper as we always called it, and it
improves all the time. I enjoy The Guide
Post and the daily thouc':t from the Bible.
Mrs. Lula Mills, Murphy, N. c., writes:
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30
MY FAVORITE STORIES
BY IRWIN COBB

Over the alley fence the colored grass
widow was calling her small black offspring.
'Morphy!" she shouted. ooh, you Morphyl
Come yere to me-"
The passing white man was moved by
curiosity to halt and ask questions:
'Morphy'?-isn't that rather a curious
name for boy, Aunty?"
dat aint his full name" she explained.
Oats jest whut I calls i'm fur short. Dat
chile's full name is Morphine"
"WeII, then, why Morphine?"
"Ain't you neyeI heerd de word Nor
phine'?"
certainly; but never in this connection.
Would you mind telling me why you chose
it when you were christening this kid?"
Il chosen it cause it was de mos suitable
one dey wuz. Bout de time he wuz bawn, L
heerd one of de wife folks readin out of a
book dat Morphine wuz de product of wild
poppy
'An', Mista, eff evan chile had wild
poppy, dis is de ehile!"
Back in those old sinful wet days. two
gentlemen, both far overtaken in alcoholic
stimulant, were seen under a lamp-post on
a street corner in Newark, clinging to each
other for support.
AS a spectator passed them he overheard
the following dialogue carried on in some
what fuzzy accents.
Said SOuse Number One:
DO you know Bill Talbot"
Said Souse Number Two, after moment
of reflection:
mo; whuzziz name?"
Said Souse Number One:
"Who?"
(COpyright 1929
man never knows what he can do until he
tries, but it ism t always expedient to try.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30
ANCIENT AMERICAN EMPIRE

For the first time accurate map of the
ancient Maya empire that flourished in Cen
trail America before the time of Christ has
been made, the Carnegie Institution of Wash
ington announces. A surveying party con-
sisting of Oliver Ricketson, Jr and W. A.
Love, of the Institutions scientific staff and
Jerome O. Kilmartin of the U. S. Geological
Survey, has just completed three months of
exploration in the bush of Guatemala.
Equipped with a standard u S. Navy wire
less receiving set, accurate chronometers,
magnetic and other scientific instruments,
these scientists accurately located ruins of
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30
DESTINY'S CHILD
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

What has gone before.-Courtney
Harrington has queer influence over
Lorry Grenville, and when Tom
Ransome, the man she has promised to
marry, proves unworthy, Lorry yields
to Herrington's demand that she marry
him. On the day before her marriage
Tom comes to see her. He pleads that
she take him back, but in spite of her
love for him, Lorry sends him away,
and the next day becomes Herringtons
wife.-NOw go on with the story.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30

Commenting several "reminiscences we
have recently published, F. A. Mccoy, of Ten
Mile, Ca, writes that he was a member of
E. P. Howell's battery in the Confederate
army and was in the battle of Pine Mountain
and in the>battle of Atlanta. when General
Walker was killed
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30
Trenton, Ga.

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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30
MUSINGS OF. ABE MARTIN

It's no trick t. git wives t. cut out sugar,
fer what they're really workin toward is t.
cut out all food if they kin drive tn men
folks t eat downtown. After who names tn
Pullman coaches is safely behind tn oars,
let's git after tn Teller that names tn rum
MIN horses.
Copyright, 1929
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and you cannot lose through the dishonesty
or carelessness of others.

G. L. c., writes to ask, docs the Bible say
that before the end of time you can't tell
summer from winter except by the falling of
the leaves?" See Matthew 24:34, the parable
of the fig tree; also Mark 1928.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30

We have had several letters commenting
on the remarkable letter from Georgia
We will deal with these interesting communi-
cations later.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30

What would happen if the Lord were to
follow all the advice that is handed to Him In
prayers?
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30

A girls idea of a rose without a thorn is
handsome young man who is rich and
eligible.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30
TELL 1T TO
LITTLE MISS FIXIT

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Y ERE is letter Wn1cn we commeHu U
II the attention of our Dig-hearted read
~ers:
Dear Little Miss Fixit: Will you
please allow an old gray-haired shut-in
to come in and take a back seat and say
few words to the dear readers Of the
good old Tri-Weekly Journal?
at has been long time since I tried
to write letter to the paper. am SO
old and feeble I may make failure, but
if do believe Little Miss Fixit will cor
rect it.
Dear readers, it has been thirteen
years since I was laid down on my bed of
Affections. I have been unable to go to
church or anywhere. We have been on
cold charity so long many of our old
friends have forsaken us in our last dark
days on earth, and if we we get anyscheer
it must come from faraway friends.
"My dear wife was also taken down on
her bed several months ago and is now
in serious condition.
= What I want to ask is that readers of
the good old Journal will please write to
us, as our mail is our enjoyment.
Dear Little Miss FiXit, please arrange
this so we may get a shower of good let
ters. May God bless you all.
A M'CLINTON.
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Continued Tuesday, Renew vour srb
scrIptlon now so not to miss a CHAPTER
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5uJ we want to correct them quickly.
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LITTLE MISS FIXIT,
Care Tri-Weekly Journal,
Atlanta, Georgia.
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Just Among Ourselves

r T ERE is letter which we commend to
II the attention of our big-hearted read
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30

The easiest road to wealth is to have rich
'elatiye die and leave you fortune.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-30

man never knows what he can do until he
tries, but it isn't always expedient to try.
Evening star., 1923-03-03
ONLY 81 ASK FOR MAIL
AT D. C. POST OFFICE
Washington's Response to Ruling
Demanding Installation of
Boxes Gratifies Official.

Only thirty-two persons visited
fine main city post office today in
ec<irch of their mail as the result OF
Failure on their part to comply with
*he mo box-no mall regulation of
fine Post Office Department.
Postmaster Chance said there prob
ably were not more than that num-
per again who had tc resort to the
Branch stations, so he estimated that
DOT more than seventy persons in the
whole city were coming to post Of
fees to get their mail, following
failure to put up home mail boxes.
The postmaster made this calcula-
zion on tho basis of the total num-
per of carriers here, about half of
the total of 400 men going out from
tine main office, the other half from
Che various carrier stations"
Mr.. Chance expressed himself as
Eelighted with the way the residents
If the District have responded to the
order, and said he felt sure that the
population of no large city in the
country responded better than did
Ehc residents of the National Capital
Evening star., 1923-03-03
NEW NAVAL RESERVE PLAN
eMr. French Proposes 1000 Officers,
i 10000 Enlisted Men.

A bill repeating all existing laws re-
Eating to the naval reserve force and
providing for a reserve Of 1000 officers
end 10000 enlisted men was intro
Ruced yesterday by Representative
French, republican. Idaho. who is ex-
pected to become chairman Of the sub
committee on naval appropriations in
fhe next Congress. Mr.. French said
there was no expectation of getting
consideration for the bill at this ses-
eion and that he had introduced it now
b that its provisions might be studied.
The measure would provide for es-
Enlistment of naval reserve centers at
points which may be reached by naval
vessels of at least moderate size. and
en inland waters without access to the
kea, which are piled by steam-p propelled
Vessels. Enrolments at these centers
would be limited to persons domiciled
fNthin a radius of twenty-five miles
The pay features of the bill are pat
terned after the National Guard law
both as to rates and conditions prece-
Gent to paymen. Mr.. French said this
3yould correct discrepancy which had
keen the cause of much criticism.
Evening star., 1923-03-03

The wig is older than civilization.
Nor the savage wore one to make him
Senpear more formidable on the field
&I-battle. -......L---.-=.s..
Evening star., 1923-03-03
!. HELD IN GEM ROBBERY.
Chauffeur Arrested Brother-in-Law
Of "Magowan" in Schoel1kopf Case

NEW YORK, March 3-The Sec
hnd arrest in the s500,o00 Schoell-
kopf robbery of last New Year eve
was made last night, when Charles
aTughes, a chauffeur. was locked up
Rt police headquarters.
He is alleged to be brother-in-
law of the man indicted as -. P.
Nagowan," one of three sought by
detectives He was charged with
fobbery.
Evening star., 1923-03-03
Illustrated

Costume Suit, exemplifying
the all-over Egyptian-print
jacquette with navy accordion
plated skirt, bordered.
Misses Dress that takes not
only the red of the Hussars but
their gold braid for a delight
full frock in sports style.
A Cape of elegance. This
black lizard crepe with cut-out
points of chenille and collar
and border Of antique color
print.
She wears a large hat, COM
bining a navy crepe top brim
and crown with orchid straw
under brim. Flower and leaf
trimmed.
She admires an all tan model
of the. small type and with a
very effective trimming note OF
tan ribbon.
In the group to the right:
A black wrap shows the real
beauty of all-over self en-
broidery extending from blouse
to huge sleeves.
Youth is more youthful
when attired in this mountain
haze knit fabric suit that has
an entire frock under the
jacket.
A dress that has a detachable
blouse of Egyptian printed silk,
combined with ripping, circu-
lar skirt of black silk, has a
mystic appeal.
Evening star., 1923-03-03
Skirts Are Ever P1eated


pad place
Silk Skirts Cinderella, samand Roshanara awh Paisley
Egyptian oriental larger motifs $3.50 to $3.50.
Evening star., 1923-03-03
Fox Furs Are Springs Choice

Their
great
fashion
Alaskan SKINS $Oo Platinum Fox $S5. Others, $3.50 $45
Sab1, $65 to $780,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04
College of Music
To Give Concert

TTIE Washington College Of
Music will give its thirty
second students concert at Cen
trail High School Tuesday eve
ming starting promptly at S:15
o'clock. The public is invited.
There are no cards of admission
required and no reserved seats.
There will be three orchestra
numbers under the direction Of
Mr.. Christiani, piano numbers by
Miss Rebecca Easterbrook and
Miss Margaret Criatadoro; violin,
Miss Dorothy Dick, Miss Evelyn
Scott, Miss Lena Greenborg and
Hyman Zimmerman; vocal num-
bers by Miss Phyllis Price and
Mrs. Clara Young Brown, and
a vocal ensemble of twenty-five
students Of the college under the
direction of George H. Miller,
with Mrs. Griest as soloist.