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“NAY” IS GdEEK FOR “YES”
And in a Number of Other Respect*
Greece Is Just Topsy-Turvy
Land.
Psychology Is supposed to interpret
nil things nowadays and I should very
murh like a psychological explanation
of a very curious way they have In
Greece, writes Beverly Nichols in the
Outlook.
The Greeks are, and always have
been, a people who gesticulate freely
when speaking. But It is with an al
most uncanny sensation that you sud
denly realize that their gesticulations
mean precisely the opposite of our
own.
a man In the street calling
to a friend. Instead of beckoning to
him—that Is. instead of crooking his
finger and drawing It toward him—he
pushes his hands vigorously outwnrd,
and then gives a little backward ges
ture. And if he wants his friend to
go away, sure enough he starts to
beckon.
It Is the land of the wrong way
round. For If yon are observant you
will notice that this trait Is repeated
n hundred times In the n.uionc.l life.
Take the case of language.
One of the great difficulties of learn
ing modern Greek lies In the words
“yes" and "no." In the other
languages one learns the negative al
ways begins with an "n.” In French
it Is non, in German neln, In Spanish
and Italian and Knglish It Is no. And
so when you hear a Greek say nay
you think, quite naturally, that lie
means “no.” But nay is the Greek
for "yes.” and when you want to say
“no” you have to make strange noises
In your throat which make you feel
quite ready to agree to anything.
When you arrive In Athens, you
must not expect people to call on you.
You have to call on them first and
leave cards on quantities of people
with highly barbaric names and highly
civilized butlers. (The Greeks have a
passion for leaving cards, and I have
seen an elaborate screen decorated
with the names of thousands of callers
in the house of a particularly popu
lar hostess.)
Finally, I have just eaten a men! In
which we began with a sort of liqueur
and ended with white wine and tea.
1 have Just received a letter which
was addressed on the envlope to "Es
quire Nichols.” Have you any need
of further proof?
New Sense of Fligi U
Flying requires the development of
anew special sense, the sense of
flight. This sense Is not Inborn; It
muy he developed, but cannot be
created all at once. There are men
of splendid physical equipment and
Intelligence who could never make
more than passable aviators. A good
aviator should feel entirely at ease
In space.
He should he able to recognize at
once the slightest trouble with his
machine In any one of the three, di
mensions of space. He should react
to tho invisible movements of the
atmosphere. The capacity to feel
or sense conditions in the air and to
respond properly with precise nut sen
lar contractions comes only through
training, hut these are based on nor
mal physiological bodily conditions
that are not possessed by all men. I
—Edward Schneider, In the April
Yale Review.
Hard-Worked Cabinet Official.
John W. Weeks breathes r. very sin
cere sigh of relief at the end of each
.week of his official life. Being secre
tary of war ami frequently called up
on to testify before some commit
tee of congress is only part of his
duties. He Is also chairman of the
council of national defense, a member
of the Smithsonian Institution, the Ar
lington memorial amphitheater commis
sion, chairman of the commission on
memorial to women of the Civil war,
president of the national reservation
commission, on the Grant memorial
commission, chairman of the Meade
memorial commission, on the United
States interdepartmental social hy
glene board, member of the Rock crock
and Potomac parkway commission nnd
chairman of the fodornl water power
commission. Aside from thnt he has
nothin); to do but try to beat President
Harding playing golf.—Washington
Star.
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„ Never Again.
A certain man was detennlned to
he on hand with his revolver the next
time burglars got into an apartment
in the flat where he lived. So much
thievery had been going on that he
wished to do a cleanup Joh. Early
one morning he was shaving "decol
lete” when lie heard a noise, then the
Wfcrntng scream. He sprang for his
revolver, rushed down the stops two
and three at a time, arriving on the
scene in his B. V. D.’s, ills pipe in his
mouth and his revolver flourishing
wickedly— a combination of leisure,
haste and quick action. It was a false
alarm, and he “came to" when the
screams turned luto shrieks of laugh
ter.
, "Movies” Popular.
A recent questionnaire in six Chi
cago high schools shows that BT> per
cent of the 3,000 students attend ihe
movies from one to seven times a
week. These students spent s*.vjo a
week at the movies, or $46,000 a year.
Most of them were frank to admit
that they preferred the thrillers with
gun play and hairbreadth escapes.
The results of such a questionnaire
might, no doubt, be duplicated In
other cities. Movie-going is a habit
that has a large bold on both young
and old. Probably the movies now
constitute at least 00 per of the
nation’s entertainment. —Minneapolis
Journal. v
FOR LILY
By JACK LAWTON
Copyright, 1&22, Wot#rn Newspaper Union.
It was nearly midnight when David
Burris returned to the city, and hun
ger made him aware of the fact that
In his business excitement he had neg
lected dinner. So he dropped Into his
favorite hotel and seated himself at
his accustomed table.
' Successful In Ids chosen profession
of law, Burris was still not happy;
life, even its pleasant phase, proved
disappointing. Asa boy he had been
Joyously adventurous; now his days
were a tiresome routine. He won
dered Idly how love, too, hail passed
him by; surely he had met many wom
en, sweet and fair. He bent to his
chop and coffee, and when again he
raised his eyes a young woman was
seated before him. The waiter came
to take her order; she waved hltn
almost impatiently aside.
"I came here to speak to this gentle
man,” she said. Coldly attentive, Har
ris leaned forward.
‘‘You wished to see me?" he ques-
tioned grudgingly.
“Upon a matter of business, yes.”
The young woman stood up ab
ruptly.
“I must ask you to come with me
at once—to draw up a will for a dying
man."
David Harris spoke dryly:
“And am I permitted to know my
prospective client's name?”
“Certainly,” the girl answered
brusquely, “James A. Sterling.”
The lawyer’s quick glance spoke as
tonishment. The name of Jumes A.
Sterling was of late well known to
the rending public.
It had been Just two years ago that
the financier disowned his only son,
because that young man dared seek
the old man’s charming secretary in
marriage. And when Jack Sterling
had been literally forced from his fa
ther’s home, society had next been
shocked to hear of the elder Sterling’s
own marriage to the consoled aifd am
bitious secretary. This young person
age was said to rule her nged hus
band’s home with a high hand, to the
banishment almost of Ills crippled
daughter.
Lily, In her Isolated room of the old
mansion, became more Isolated. Upon
those rare occasions, when her father
visited her his Impatience of some fa
ded neglect on her part was evident.
These facts, which Harris had
learned at the club and read in the
newspaper, flashed through his mind,
as he hesitated before his uninvited
tnhle companion.
“Surely James Sterling must have
formerly made a will,” he said.
The young woman nodded.
“He wishes to draw anew one,” she
explained.
She looked hack at him as he fol
lowed toward the door.
"lie is taking a good deal of satis-
faction,” she went on, “In the thought
of frustrating certain people after his
funeral. If you know Mr. Sterling at
all you wl. be aware of his eccentrici
ties."
A coupe waited at the hotel en
trance. The girl motioned the lawyer
to step Inside, and took her place at
the wheel.
Harris leaned forward.
“Who," he asked sharply, "are you?"
"I am Helen Sterling.” Her tone
was even.
Rnrris sat back stiffly. Helen Ster
ling was the name of the rich old
man’s scheming wife.
“Here we are,” called his com
panion.
She caught his arm in her eager
ness, and smiled at him.
David Harris caught his breath. It
was so, then, that she won and influ
enced t\ien. A sorrow went through
him, and a strange sense of loss. Tn
the deserted hall of the mansion the
girl stood, listening.
“You see,” she explained to the law
yer, “I was supposed to take the
nurse’s place for an horrr or two to
night; Mr. Sterling requested It. Then
we made onr plans. I have even a
witness for the will, and his own rec
onciled son, and a physician to declare
that .Tames Sterling is In his rigid
mind. The will nmst he beyond dl*~
pute.”
“His son?** The thought enme un
pleasantly to Harris that the. appeal
ingly sweet woman at his side was in
conceivably planning at her nged hus
band’s death to marry her former
lover, the Joint heir.
"And what,” he asked curtly, “about
Lily?"
Her eyes shining, the girl turned to
him.
“Why, don’t you see?" she asked,
“it Is all for Lily that we have planned.
We havf to see that Uly comes into
her own. Helen Sterling has an In
sane Jealousy of the poor creature,
and her influence Is uncanny— ’’
“Hut you?" said the lawyer, “are
Helen Sterling."
“A chance happening of the same
first name," the girl told him. “I am
Janies Sterling’s niece and Lily’s com
panion."
David Harris started resolutely up
the stairs.
“Come,” he said.
Willie's Joke.
"Ra. I know why our dog turns
round an - round before he lies down."
“Why so, tuy son?”
“So he will sleep like a top."
The New Spirit.
“Isn’t that anew hat Ethel?" ‘'Yes,
dear, mother bought it for herself, but
decided it was too old for her.”—
Judge.
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SABBATH OBSERVANCE
When God gave Moses the com
mandments on the table of stone, the
fourth was, "Remember the Sabbath
day, to keep it holy.” The words
signify that it was a special call to
man’s thought and reason, and using
the emphatic word—remember —do
not forget, for it is God’s day, the
holy Sabbath, set apart by Him after
the labors of six days, in which. He
had created the earth and every liv
ing creature. If He, in His wisdom
and love for man, saw and knew it
was best to have and keep one day in
seven as a day of rest from the toils
of life-, why do we as His creatures
fail to- keep this command?
Just one little word, sin, in its
manifold destructive forces, has
come- in, and beguiled us, and we fol
low the thoughts and works of Satan
and neglect to keep GodTs command.
If the land would be greatly bene
fited by a rest of one year in seven,
how much greater would be our re
wal'd in keeping the Sabbath day
holy, as an individual and as a na
tion. yea, a Christian Nation. All
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! for Justice McLean testifies, "that
where there is no Christian Sabbath
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without this free institutions cannot
long be sustained.” To work seven
days per week shortens life, destroys
liberty and dulls the happiness of life.
"This is the day the Lord has made,
I let us rejoice and be glad in it." It
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rest and fellowship ar.d spiritual up
building.”
The civilization founded upon the
“self idea” will crumble, but upoi
Christ’s law, it will endure the shock
of ages, for time and eternity.
The liberty, the right and the priv
ilege of each man, woman and child
must be safe-guarded, for the liberty
af each depends upon the law for all.
The Supreme court and many State
courts have given decisions upholding
the validity of Sunday laws as the
common law of the land and funda
mental and important from religious,
moral and economic viewpoints. The
Bible and the Sabbath are the pillars
in the Temple of our Republic by
which it stands or falls.
President Wilson repeated the lan
guage of President Lincoln when is
suing a “Sunday rest order,” said,
“Such an observance of Sunday is
directed by the best traditions of our
people and by the conviction of all
who look to divine Providence for
guidance and protection. The im
portance to man and beast of the pre
scribed weekly rest, the sacred rights
of Christian soldiers and sailors, a
becoming deference to the best senti
ment of a Christian people, and a due
regard for the devine will, demand
that Sunday labor in the army and
navy be reduced to the measure of
strictest necessity.” 1
During the serious and sad days of
cruel war. we stop and think just a
little, but as prosperity returns we
forget God’s law, and plunge into all
kinds of irreverence and desecrate
Kis holy day.
We are warned by the civil and di
vine law that “The nation that for
gets God shall perish.” No Sabbath
means no church, no worship,* no
morality, nor religion. America is
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often called a Christian nation, but
if she were weighed in the balance of
a Sabbath keeping nation, she would
be found wanting, and our whole in
fluence greatly impaired and under
the condemnation of God.
May God help us to repent and
turn to Him, before it is too 1 late.
MRS. W. P. MILLER. ,
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PIEDMONT NEWS
Mrs. W. T. Gill and son of Wil
liamson spent the week-end with her
mother, yrs. Mary Waller.
Messrs. J. T. and F. W. Spier and
children motored to Talbotton Sun
day to visit their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Spier.
Miss Frances Torbert is on the sick
list. We hope she will soon be able
to be out again.
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Mathews of
Vega visited Mrs. J. T. Spier Mon
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colquitt and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bankston spent
Sunday with relatives here. I
Mr. James Yarbrough spent Mon-
day in Atlanta.
Mrs. Robert Allen visited Mrs. T.
M. Allen and Mrs. Waller Sunday.
Miss Mary Adams of Barnesville
spent the week-end with Miss Jewel
Spier.
Mr. and Mrs. James Yarbrough
were visiting in Piedmont Sunday.
Miss Mercedes Walker of Atlanta
spent Friday night with her grand
mother, Mrs. Mary Waller.
Miss Mary Allen of Atlanta is vis
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Allen, for a few days.
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Boards for building material are
being made from sugar-cane bagasse.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
T. M. Stevenson, Pastor
Sunday School next Sunday at 10
A. M.
Preaching at 11 o’clock by the pas
tor. Subject: “Ezekiel in the Val
ley of Dry Bones.”
Evening services at 7:30.
Visitors most cordially invited.
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CONGRESSMAN WISE
Congressman J. Walter Wise, who
is a candidate for re-election as the
representative from the Sixth dis
trict, is one of the strongest members
of the Georgia delegation in Wash
ington. Mr. Wise has not been
spectacular, is not known as a good
"advertiser,” but he is solid to the
core. He is an unusually able law
yer, a good business man, possesses
common sense views on all public
questions, and is always alert to the
interests of his constituents. Be
sides, Congressman Wise is a very
popular man, both in and out of con
gress, and it is going to take some
strong opposition to jar him loose
from his present office. It will be a
genuine pleasure for thousands of
voters—as well as women who are
voting this year for the first time—
to again cast a ballot for this able,
clean, staunch Democrat and loyal
Georgian.—The Jackson Progress-
Argus. Advertisement.
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