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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-07-17

Chicago by1o lnal< z xkpadnf
mxste6ko). u
Prokop Pokorny > Tonfkem
kr&Gsli K domu zabrkni ' ne.
mil6 my1lenky. Fojednou pad.
Il jim do Okla velikk : kuso
prlkna vyfezan6 bota, vysicf
pred nizkym kr<mem. A M
nj neum9lou rukou provedeny
n6pis: "Spr6vka obuvi".
"Tonfku!" zvolal Pokorny,
s'Tohle je nsco Cd mSho ''pro-
fesi", zajd9me tam, tfebaa
bych - tam mohl "chytit".
veSi do male, asi 1Ox1O
stop mistnosti. Tam sedxl M
verpxnku starSi, velmi vyhub'
II mux. Okolo verp<nku leze.
II ' nesouladu hromada sta
|rych "kf8pi" 4 na polici nd
kolik pSrl spravens obuvi.
"Tak CO 81 pfejete, kraja'
nit"
me mnoho," odpov9til Po
korny, "jsem take obuvnik, {
|teprve sem 'pfijety. Vidim ta
dy neco cd sveho femesla, tai
jsem zvedav, jak to tn jde?'
Go Sc mne tyce," fekl svec
''mnS 20 ujde, protoxe jsen
femeslnflk, ale je tut W mo,
'veftatd", a nSktefi mistfi ne
byli ami jakxivi level. d y
do toho dfev&1nik, - no 4
jeStS jakx TAXI - ten je a.
pon taky Cd femesla, ale nj
dennfci? II kdyz nemajf ,
zims CO dSlat, jdou M sevco
vinu. A to wife, mistfe, jak &
takovy fu5er "smolT' - J,
bych to nevzal na nohu!"
| Prokop Pokornv trnul na,
touto fexi . pravil:
proc, pane Smola. kdy;
|jste femeslnil<, nedslkts no
YOU prSci? Proc jen dxlxt,
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-07-17
JOHNSONOvA VZPOMfN-
KOVA SLAVNOST.

Pred ponfkem nezapomenu-
telneho mayora Toma l.. John
soma vykon&na bude Ultra pi-
etni oslava jeho sedmdesatych
narozenin. v prave poledne
sejdou Sc ctitele jeho ma ma
nlesti q shrom&zdeni osloveno
bude Edm. Vance Cookem,
autorem pomnfkoveho napisu.
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,jak to tn vypada v letS.

Tonfkovi Hrubemu 4 jeho
manzelce Mafce Sc vedloy do
sti dobfe. On pracoval stale a
zdravi Jim slouzilo. TAX me-
msli pfi6inu 81 stszovati. Vsr-
ma, upfimna laska i mnohe
trudne chvile jim oslazovala.
Mrzelo je jen, re rodiSe jsou
v Americe nespokojeni.
ia bych mohla byt kraj
svsta, tfeba az v Africe," RI
kavala Marenka Tonikovi, 80
''jen kdyz tebe mann sebou,
kdyz jsme pohromads, tax mi
mic neschazi!" A ovinula sve
r8ms kolem krku sveho muze
vroucns no zlibala.
v takovych okamzicich CT.
til Sc Tonik Hruby nejstast'
nsjsim clovskem ma svsts .
zdalo Sc mu tez ze je vsude
donna, mali svou milovano,
zenusku 5 sebou, byt' by 5 n
iii tfeba nskde v pustin8cl
americkych nebo ma SahaFe.
Ia to vsak touha mistra Po
korneho a jeho zeny vr6tit 81
do sve stare vlasti, do sve rod
ne visky rostla den ode dn,
| vic a vice. Tonik a jeho mia
d6 zinka vsdsli, ze otec sc nu
di dlouhou chvili a ma ca
pfemyslet, ma domov q svo,
vlast vzpominat. Proto pony
slel Tonik, jak by Sc tomu da
10 predejit. Jednou pfisel
prsce a kdyz sedsli u vecefe
nutil sc Tonik k veselosti. alb,
tchSna privedl k dobre nSlads
PAX pravil:
j "Tak, pantato. nyni nam t
piide. Zaopatfil jsem var
praci - nepotTebujete sic
dSlat, ale abyste nemSl dlou
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-07-17

'hou chvili, vexmn vks sebou
. budete dzlat % mnou, co
tomu fikxte % 3
Go tomu filkkm ~ odv9til
Pokorny 4 zamy5len4 dlouhou
chvili zadival se m zet9. Ko-
necns obratil se ku svs zenS
q tazal Sc j:
"Co ty tomu ffk6s, Mario?
Mann jit 5 Tonikem nxdeni-
cit? Chces e tax ponizit,
|abys co byval6 pani mistrov1
stala Sc zenou n6denika tady
" te vychvalovans Americe?
Co ty usoudis, to uSinfm - ja
tn obst prinesu k will tob&!"
Pokorny Sc zamlSel . zpyta-
We zahledsl Sc ma zenu, ktera
vahala, nevsdouc, co by odpo-
vedsla, by to cit muzIv neu-
razilo. Pojednou sc vzmuzila
a pravila:
"Ja ii, Prokope, upfimns re-
knu - ia tx k ni6emu nenu-
tim, ponecham vie ma I've va
Ii. Ty dsti, Tonik Mafenka
Sc vyjadrili, ze mas r&di budou
ivydrzovat a ze nemusiS docela
mic pracovat - ale taxi % t.:
Prijalo bychom cd mich tako-
YOU obSt'?"
"To ne, Mario, j6 rad2ji je
bych zivil, aby 81 k nseemu
pomohli!"
"Tak vidis," fekla zena,
"jak to hodlas ucini? Sam
pravi:, ze ma zarizeni dilny ma
novou obuv nemixe jednotli.
vec ami pomyslit, 3 tovarnilky
ze nemIze konlurovat. A pr.
stipkafe dslat nebudes - pri
zahalce k smrti sc utripis -
tax CO tedy?"
! POkracOvani
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-07-17

st4. kam ze no sem vsichni
Gerti nesli! On - mistr svsho
femesla, ktery sill We vlasti pro
pany, knizeci sluzebniky. ma
Orlik, mlynafe, safSfe tax do
bfe jako pro sedlaky, ' Ame-
rice ma dslat pristipk8fe? To
by tax hralo! Co aby se to do
zvsdsl kovar Zakolnik - ten
by Sc mu teprve vysmfval. ;.
A mimo to pojala ho touha po
vlasti, po domovu. vzpominal
ma ty krasne lesy, pole . lu-
l<a, ma to romantic kr&sne Xvi
Il M tech lukach a obili. -
|Vzpominal ma ten zpsv ptac-
tva, kdyz vysel do lesa anebo
do poll, - tot rozkos, tot
pravy pozemsky raj! A co tu
" Chicagu? Co zde te wy.
chvalovane Americe? Zde,
jak on, mistr Pokorny soudil
bude jako Ia ziva pohfben.
Mic pro oko, mic pro ucho, q
mic pro zabavu. v nedSli pc
Gmorne praci aby sedSl donna
. dival Sc ma blativou ulici
jak paraduji po nj lids vsech
moznych nsrodnosti, ba Ger
nosi, z nichz Sc mu della o;kli
|vo Cd zaludku. "Boze, zaslou
Ill jsem 81 ten trest k staros
tip" zaloval 81.
Mario, skladej vse do kuf
ru a pojedem. -"
/ "A kam?" tazala Sc udive
ina lena.
Exam jinam nez domi -
j. tn nebudu!" rozkfikl .,
mistr Pokorny.
"Co blsznis? Coz tn ty de
Il nechSs?" Izkostlivs taxa
Ia 81 zena, ktera sama citila t,
same CO muz. Ale po diouh,
debate usnesli Sc, ze tu vydr
Il aspon jeden rok a uvidi
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BRITskf LETEc P0HRE$0vkN.
JAPONSKE TORPEDOvKY PATRAJf PO
KAP MacI.ARENOVI

Toxic II. cervence. - Japonske torpedovky dosud
nasty zane stopy A. Stuartu MacLarenov brskem let
eho druzich ker vye ostrova Yetorofu vcea rano
osrov Paramasru skupne Kuske vzdalenos to 450
mil We vzduSne care aponska torpedovka Isoaze paraa
az Simusru anz by nasla n6jake sopy po let
cfch Torp6dovka Hamakaze, ez ocekavala MacLarena
Paramasru rovnez marn6 patrala Ddstonfci sd6lu ze
pocas je mlhave avsak nen zadneho vetru.
Ufednic zdejsfho brtskeho vyslanectv konsuatu
sdfli mn9nf ze by etci by nejakem nebezpec Mys ze
snes Simusiru jednom mensch osrovd Kurilske
skupine, pdl ceste mezi Yetorofu Parmasru Podpu
kovnk L. G. Broome jenz provazel MacLarena eho pf
tomn@m letu zfd tam zasobni zakadnu pro pfpad
n@ho sestupu pied dosazenm vytceneho cile.
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MA KLUZKYcH cEsrAcH.

Dive mlad6 dfvky, Estela
Kuntzmanova, 5707 Hough av
"a violeta Bargova, 1855 Pro-
spect ave., obohatily Sc We
dvou departmentnfch obcho-
dech doleniho mesta tim, ze v
kazdem ukradly jedny hedvab
ne saty a puncochy. Pobloudi-
le divky byly odsouzeny k "a
placeni soudnich ltrat ma
m6sic do robot&rny.
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Esprkv1ru o.

sprkvlu -
"Ono = vkm fekne novou
pr&ei," fekl Mr.. smola. "Kdo
vxm to dk dslat? Kaxdy d
koupi tovkIni obuv; je pry
lacinSjSi! Ale mne to nemrxf
- "a dva tydny uz to tu mann
ke spr&v1 ! kdyz cd toho po-
Sit&m ''prajz", TAX mnS 70 tu
nechaji, 4e pry lacinsji koupi
move. TAX takovou obuv -
zde nechanou - prod6vxm
Sernochim," upfimns vyklSdal
mistr smola. Pokorny msl t.
informace " dost a mel e i
odchodu ' male nadsji do bu.
doucna. tn mistr Smila j.,
dtrpnosti, xe Pokorny by snad
potfeboval prkci, volal "a Cd.
chxzejici: ''MistTe, kdybyst<
chtsl poctivS pracovat, tai
vkm pr&ci dam. Mohl byste
dsvat pfiStipky ia bych de.
lal tn jemn3jSf praci. A Al by,
ste % osvsd1il, mohl byste I,
u tam nSjaky ten kramflel
pfifleknout." )"
II jdxte mi do horouci ska
y ! 8 va3imi pfi;tipky . lram
flskyl TO is bych v<m dx
lal? Jk7 Mistr sveho ferne,la !
A ' takov6m kurniku? To :
smolte sxm, mistre Smola, .
nezneuctfvejts remeslnika!
Boheml" A mistr Poko,n,
bouchnul dvefmi, az mistrov
Smolovi kopyta police litala
"Nxjaky anarchista," bru
Sel mistr Smola pro sebe
vyIel pied svou dilnu 4 ruc'
"a x6stxrou, dival Sc "a Pc
kornt$m.
Po tsto prvni vychSxce p,
Chicagu nebylo 5 mistrem Pc
kornSm donna k vydrzeni
Win lnlktil, We bylo mu v &c
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PRIMAL Sc K VRAzDE DtsToJNiKA.
LoUPEz BYLA PRY PoHNUTKoU, PRAvt
ZATCENf MUz.

Ashevle N. c., 16. cervence. - Major Samuel H. Nc
Leay pohresovany armadn d1stonik by zab q
Mortmerem H. Kingem, bydcm bze Canton jeho spoec-
nfkem jehoz totoznos zIstva neznama fadim prav pf
seine doznan ucnene Canton dnes pozde odpoledne Kin
Patrani byo rovnez zahajeno po mtvoe majora Nc
Learyho ez bya pry ukryta krovi asi dese mil cd Che
raw, S. c.. 'e -. !; NM
Pohnutka vrazdy pravi doznan, byla loupez Kdyz
by major wal Knga eho spolecnika do sveho ably
svez pfnutil ej zastavit zastrei ej t9lo odnesl
kfovi
Obravse e vsechny cenne v6c, pokracuje doznani,
ba muz vrati auu jeli MIN do Asheve, nacez dale
do Canton. Nemohi vSak dostat pres
tudiz vrat do oblas Thickety kde stroem sje
pfikopu Jezo neoh dosati ven ukry satstvo McLea
ryho odstranili licencn cso auta uprh King odebra
do sveho domova kde byl pozd6ji zatcen.
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ZDOnfkODd dcera.
Z Dypra0oDdnf nd$f babidky. napsal
Jan JzROUSEK.
.:Knujs Star1m tsskum Osadn,kdm:-

"Tu nemkm, ale mann whis-
ku," ISklebnx fekl hostinsky =
dodal: "Je vidxt, ze jste "xe-
leni'' : nevite, co chcete."
.Pokorny mSl sto chuti obr<-
Il - = odejit, kdyx vidSl pred
sebou tax hrubkho hostinsk<-
no. Ale opanoval se = fekl:
''Dejte nam tedy CO mate,
tn "misku" anebo jak tomu
fikSte".
"Ta6k," fekl, "tady mate
tu "misku".
Pokorny vypil . otfisl se;
Go stoji T. brynda :"
Ho.tinsky jaksi We zlosti,
"Pro vas deset. lrejcara."
''Deset krsjcard? J1 nem<n
krejcary, j. mann Gently -
ada % mnS, pane, ze jste je
St@ "zeleny", kdyx ami americ
7 ks penize nexn&te!" fekl Pc
korny CO trunf ma drfvSj5
poznxmku hostinsksho, kterj
po6ar v obliSeji zelenati. To
mix pokynul Pokornsmu (pan
t&tovi) = chvatns vyrazili ,
hospody -v pravy Gas, ne
bot hostinslky zvolal: "Joe!'
Tonik hned poznal, CO {,
znamens. Vsiml d, jak "Joe'
loudi - Z protSjSiho kouta
jake tysr pfipraven ku skolu
kdyx se octl . Pokornym n,
chodniku, pravil tch<novi:
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cENsURA v BRAsILlI zosTkENA.
UREDNt ZPRAvA SDELUJE o SESfLENf
VOJSKA BOJUJfCfHO PROTI
POVSTALCUM

Ruenos Aires Argentina, 16 cervence Ufedn depese
obdrzene zde dnes Rio Janeiro oznamu ze brasska Via
da zakazala americkym tkovym sdruzenm vysa neb pf
jimat novinafske depese Brasilii
Jak Sdruzen tax spojeny sk dodava zpravy casopidm
Brasi patrn& byla zofena aby vl&da zameza
vysilan neb pfjman vsech informaci nepfznvych jem
z4jmnm. ~~ara1QkUmD n
Washington 16 cervence. Brasilske vladnf vojsko
perucf proi povstacIm Sac bylo seseno novy cd
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Carnesova byla uderena do
hlavy lahvi ma lodi. Sdcastnila
sc pikniku "a pfistani lodi
byla nalezena v bezv9domi v
spaci kabine. Kdyz prisla k
sob6, vypravela, ze byla ma
padena jistym muzem po pred
chazejicf hadce. Muz, jenz
mel kabinu vedle Carnesove,
byl dnes zatcen. Popira vsak
kazdou vinu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-07-17

dy hz organisace bya prav6 provedena bo oznameno
dfedni zprav6 vydane Rio Janeiro hodinu dnes OBJ
drzene zdesm vyslanectvi Dilezy posup e proudu
cee delce fronty Sac Paulo dodava depee depe
se rovn6z obdrzena zdejsm vyslanecvi sduje
zaiatci vzatym brasskym vladimir voskem pri dtoku
-Paulo vcera byl restanc propusen evouconan po
slibu ze pridaj povstalc1m. Zvastnf mnka Cinema
zdatnosti fedeanho d6ostfeectva ez p vynka mad
ono povstac6. =. 3. - ,. s..
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''MSli jane cas-! Ten "Joe'
to j. toho krcmife vyhaxovaS
. jen okamzik = byli bychom
letSli."
'.Tisic kopyt, knejpi . fid-
lovaGek! To by jests sch6zelo,
abych po prvni prohlidce Chi
caga pfisel xens 8 rozbitym
"cifrpl&tem". Ia by me pfivi-
tala! ia ii feknu, Toniku, to
byla ma prvni a posledni nav
stsva v hospods, jsou-i v3ech-
NY takovs jako tenhle pelech.
A Ia jeho "miska'' Si jak to
tjmenoval, tim tax maxat otek.
lou nohu kobyle! 20, jo, ia
neni prachatick6, takovou Ia.
dy nedostate;!"
"A to jsme byli v prvotffd.
mi hospods!"
II tisic kopyt = fidlova6ek!
Pojd' domi . budeme - rych.
tovat ma zp8te1ni cestu do via.
sti. - VI mann Ameriky dostl
Kdybych tn i nsjakou partr
ma 'bullu" shledal, ' takovsn
doupxti bych 81 nesedl - to j.
pro 5elmy!"
TAX huboval Pokorny. BY
|cely rozruSen. (Dluxno podot
knouti, xe to nebylo nynSjS
Chicago, kde jsou vskutku nx
dherns hostince 4 obsluhs
vzornS. D4j tsto povidky spa
d1 do d8vne minulosti, Id,
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-07-17

historii Signal Hill olejnych
poll priveden byl pod kontrolu
po natropeni "a 100000 sko-
dy. Byl pfivod6n vybuchem
plynu, ktery znicil jerab w.
H. Fisher Oil-Co. a vzniknu-
vsi ohen siril Sc velikou rych-
losti.
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TAKE v PERU vzPoURA.

Buenos Aires 16 cervence - Tiskova depese Limy,
republice Peru sdeuje ze jeden jizdn puk vzbou
Arequita ponde Vzpoura byla vsak poacana ddsojnky
po Gyfhodinnem boj b6hem n6hoz vice muzi byo zabo
poran9nO Obou stranach
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Cyclon Tornado

Pojistste sc proti ueocck avane
prirodni sile.
My pojist' 'ujeme proti vetru,
ohni, kradezi a Irazu. Poji-
st'ujeme vykladni okna, auto
mobily, proti srazkam, vIbec
maine pojistenf vseho druhu.
Uradovna:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-07-17

j On: "Rka Sc. ze hlupak jest
st asten. Vefite tomup"
Ona: "Nevim. ale zda Sc me,
ze Wy nejste nest asten!"
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KURSY CIZfCH MEN.

CeskOslOv. koruna 2.95
Rakouska koruna 0.OO14R
Mad'arska koruna G.O012R
Jihoslovansky dinar 1.18R
Ceny vyrozumivaji Sc v GEN.
tech jen "a vetsi obnosy ma
burse. V drobne vymene poci-
tan jest kurs vzdy o nepatr-
ny zlomek vyse. q
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oHEk v OLEJNYCH POLfCH

Long Beach, CAL, Is. Ger
vence. - Ia pomoci prizni-
veho vetru, nejhorsf polar v
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Tomas Suchy
2465 VYCH. Sc. UL.
Tel. Garfield 5486.
Pazourek a Lisy
1919 FLEET AVE.
rob independence Rd.

Veskere plechafske pokry-
vacske prace. zavadsni a spravky
fernesi Sc rychle vykonavaji.
Pokryvani stfech patentnim pa
pirem a opravovani bfidlicovych
stfech jest nasi specialitou.
Nase dlouholeta zkusenost v
obouo borech vam zarucujje prvo-
tfidni praci lplnou spokoienost.
Zauolejte tel. Broad 3OI2
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o. lepe jsou ma tom podplatni-
ci nez poplatnici!
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
Road Building Sbeeds On

T%HE year 1881 will be golden milestone
in American progress II the prediction
comes true that by then the republics
every city Of five thousand or more inhab-
itants will be linked to every other by an
improved highway. At the present rate OF
eight States each met it's opportunities under
the federal aid fund Of seventy-five million
dollars this year, dollar for dollar; so that
with these funds alone some nine thousand
miles Of better" roads were constructed.
The States themselves appear to have done
fully as well as that, while the counties are
credited with improving upwards Of twenty
thousand miles Of collateral roads. Such &C
tivity, II sustained, will not be long in knit
ting the nation together.
That there is likely to be yet more vigorous
effort Is indicated in the announcement at
Washington that as many as forty legisla-
lures meeting next month care expected to
take long steps to further the one hundred
and seventy-one thousand-mile improved fed
eral-state road system contemplated under
the federal aid act" The total grants au-
thorized amount to five hundred and forty
million dollars. This sum when fully match
ed by the States and literally supplemented
by the counties, will do much to give Amer,
lea highway service worthy of nation
truly great.
Another omen markedly favorable to road
building appears in the fact that motor We
hicles in this country are increasing annual
ly by two million, at which rate there will be
seventeen million, five hundred thousand in
operation next year These will provide, ac-
cording to official estimates, at least three
hundred million dollars of revenue for high
way extensions and Improvements through
registration fees and further millions through
gasoline taxes. From this source is said to
come a third or more of the country's expen-
diture for good roads.
Georgia's part in the nationwide building
program this year has been altogether cred
table The work done is impressive both In
extent and in quality. 1t should be an in.
centive to larger endeavor in the days ahead.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
THE COMPLAINING
By H. Addington Bruce


WI HEN man begins to ind himself
wv habitually criticizing and carping, il
is time for that man seriously to in
quire into his own state
"Those who are freest with complaints"
says my friend, B. C. Forbes, usually have
little else to offer"
And, undoubtedly, the conspcuously CON-
planning commonly are the conspcuously un-
successful. Their complaining is, psyche
logically speaking, defense reaction to pro-
tect them from painful realization of their
own inferiority.
If they delight in finding fault with other
people and with the existing order of things,
it is that they may account satisfactorily
for their failure to translate their hopes and
their aspirations into terms Of/achevement.
They are laggards in LIES race. They
would hide this fact even from themselves.
SO they stress the unpleasant, the disagree
able, and the observation-disclosures as a ready
means of diverting their own attention and
the attention of everybody else from their
personal deficiencies and shortcomings.
Obviously if they, the honest and the
worthy, live in a world of graft and wicked
ness and deceit, if they perpetually SUBJ
ject to injustice and at the mercy OF the
INSCRIPTIONS, it is small wonder that, de-
spite all their merits, they have not made
Roadway in life.
Such is the motive underlying much
chronic complaining. 1t goes without say
ing that the complaining will continue SO
long as its motive remains unappreciated
But once it is appreciated and once there
is resort to the candid self-eXamining all
chronic complainers ought to make, the way
may be cleared for the gaining of sue
cess and happiness none the less precious il
belated.
The chronic complainer may find, for exc
ample, that If he has not got on in the
world, If he Is disconnected and miserable,
it is not because the world Is hard and
wicked not because he has always been
treated unfairly, but simply because he has
been lazy.
And he may still further find that his
laziness is rooted, perhaps In an over-crav-
ing for ease and amusement, perhaps in
health that have Slapped his energy.
Indeed, so often is habitual complaining
associated with bodily weakness contribute
ing to- II not causing psychic weakness, that
those who forever complaining will do
we'll to avail themselves of the benefit of
physicians advice
They may then learn that they need only
some upbuilding measures to give them
both greater efficiency and more roseate
outlook life. In proportion they be-
come healthier and more competent their
fault-finding tendency will of its own &C.
cord diminish.
Often, though the contributory factor of
ill-hea1th is not present. Often what Ia
needed, and all that Is needed. Is the culti-
vatingNof moral qualities that have been al-
lowed to shrivel, a more resolute fronting
Of life's demands and difficulties.
For the chronic complainer whose sole
need Is this but who refuses to make any
sincere effort to meet 1t, there is no hope
whatever. He Is doomed to remain a COM
palmer and failure all his days.
Copyright, 1920
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
MY FAVORITE STORIES
By Irving S. Cobb

~ CFNE-The dining room of hotel In q
smallish city on the Pacific coast.
~ Time-The present, $50 a. M, OF a
pleasant morning.
Cast-An immaculate Englishman and a
native waiter.
The Britisher enters, takes seat at table,
adjusts his monocle and considers the bill OF
fare The waiter hovers in the background
waiting to take the order.
The Guest-Watah, I say, waitah.
The Waiter-Yes, sir, right here.
The Guest-What about breakfast, eh1 I'm
just in from Japan Sea air gives one an ap-
petite, Ell what? Feel bit Ieckish.
The Waiter-Yes, sir, what's 1t going to be!
The Guest-Been at for days and days.
Awfully hungry, don't you know?
The Waiter-Yes, sir.
The Guest-Then, waiter, bring me bacon
and eggs Fresh eggs, mind you.
The Waiter-Yes, sir.
The Guest-And have the bacon crisp and
curled. And pot of coffee-not too strong
and plenty of hot milk.
The waiter-Yes, sir
The Guest-And buttered toast, cut thin.
The Waiter-Yes, sir. Anything else!
The Guest-(As though surprised) OF
course, some marmalade.
The Waiter-Sorry, sir, but I'm afraid We
amt got any marmalade
The Guest (rising to his feet and dropping
his ocle)-What-no marmalade! My Goo
what a savage country America must be!
Copyright, 1924)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-30
THE ATLANTA TRI.wEEK1Y JOURNAL

forty million acres were planted last year,
and the crop was between thirteen and
fourteen million bales-about one-third OF
a bale to acre. Experts estimate that
half bale to the acre is necessary to profit,
and this estimate seems reasonable.
twenty-five cents a pound Melted about one
hundred and twenty-five dollars q bale,
which averaged about forty-two dollars an
acre, That was too little to maintain the
industry on profitable basis The land
should bring a bigger return, at least sixty
two dollars and fifty cents, as reckoned by
experts
How is this to be achieved? That is 8
problem which well may engage the atten-
ton of the government. The cotton lands
of the South are capable Of averaging half
bale to the acre, but this average cannot
be attained unless the weevil Isl controlled
and greater care is given to seeding and
cultivation.
The boil weevil be mastered, II not
exterminated entirely, and to this end the
government should lend unceasing and gem
erous aid. 1t can be helpful, too, In dem
onstrating the Importance OF selectlve seed
ing and scientific culture.
The problem Of cotton production Is not
a problem peculiar to the South. It IL a
matter that concerns the entire nation, since
Americas favorable trade balance is due to
the cotton crop