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COMFORTED.
t mother, when a child how glad 1 was
When night had come
And I could creep
Into your arms
And go to sleep,
The songs and sobbing of the day grown dumb—
Content and comforted, for weU I know
i arms that held me close were strong and true.
r long the years have been, and soon again,
0, mother mine, ,
Close I shall creep !
Beside yon, dear,
In my last sloop,.
All love and laughter done; drunk all life’s wine.
Content and comforted and nothing loth—
The Everlasting Anns shall hold ns both.
—Anna Pierpont SivIter In Tho Methodist Recorder.
BUY WISELY, AND BUY NOW.
D|(An Editorial Written by Roger K. Babson,- For The
United States Department of Labor.)
"Get business going and keep it going!” That sum
marizes America’s greatest need at the present time.
The end of the war has brought new problems,
j which must be' solved Just as were the problems of the
war Itself—by a Quick and accurate diagnosis anil
prompt and adequate method of treatment. Fundami
tally, all our troubles since the signing of the armistice
- have come from Just one thing—a tendency to wait, to
go slow, rather than to accept things as they are and
keep going ahead. i . ; •
During the war It was patriotic to devote as little
money to non-essentials as possible. During the war It
was patriotic to wear out old clothes and old shoes, to
dispense with pianos and automobiles, to do without lux
uries, and to make the necessities of life give more than
• normal service.
That was also wise and right during the war. But
now the conditions have changed vastly and for tho let
ter. unless we are to consider the war prosperity bet
ter than normal times. At tho present time there 13 a
shortage of almost everything that people need to cat
and to wear. There is a shortage of homes—one million
dwellings in this country and about os many In England
Every normal constructive enterprise was checked by tho
war. Now that peace is here, constructive enterprise
should go ahead at more than the normal pace in order
-•-that wo may make up for loot time.
"Get business going and keep It going.”
But It la useless to appeal alone to business men to
get business going. No business man, however good his
Intentions may be, can make the pnblle buy his wares
egalnst the will of the public. No business man, however
he may desire the resumption of normal conditions In
r America Is big enough to boar the whole burden alone.
. The successful meeting of the present crisis Is a co-op«r-
'■ ritlve enterprise. Just as winning the war called for the
whole genius of the American people toward co-opera-
tloa. Every man, woman and child must do hts or
her part. If prosperity Is to come now.
How, then, are wo to get business under way at
onceT How are wo to restore America to peace-time con-
dlttona without the unpleasant experiences that some of
the ADted nations of Europe are undergoing?
• T° Biy mind the whole problem comes back, In the
f 8nal aaalysls^to the ultlmatte consumer. It is upon the
p.. eonjoBsfthn great general public, that we must depend.
5 ‘.yltof—si can progress only, In so far as It has public
- support. The Interests of labor depend upon the Inter
eats of the business man.
During the war we have deprived ourselves of many
things that we actually needed. Many of os are now In
a position to satisfy the desires that we could not meet
r - year ago. We know that the American public to-day
*' probably has a greater purchasing power than ever be
fore la history. Labor baa been steadily employed dur.
Ing the war and hundreds of tbones nds of workmen re-
C ****** 8°** Pa? and also made much money la overtime
and Sunday work. A great deal of thla has been saved
EHy*—*amllable for the resumption of bnatness on a
normal v ale.
Ut workman who has put by a tidy nest egg
I have paper and pencil and have chosen the spot,
But think of a description, I really can not;
I haven't ^n idea what to say—
I had rather go out In the garden and play.
Each rose Is dressed In a beautiful gown.
And nature’s green carpet Is spread over tho ground,
The sky is so blue, and the trees are bright green
And the red sun Is fading like the memories of a dream.
The white clouds are waiting In the sky above
For that is the chariot of the fairy of love;
The fairy Is busy as busy can be
For she Is gathering honey yo usee.
I can smell tho sweet perfume that she spills as she
passes
From the roses that grow on the pergola In masses;
The tulips look up at the world so fair
With a haughty, but brilliant and stately air.
The violets so dainty and so sweet.
Stoop to kiss the fairy’s feet;
I can hear the birds sing In the chlnaberry top.
But think of a description, I simply can not.
during the war Invest his money in a Home,'thus re
lieving the present congestion of dwelling and bettering
hie own condition by putting himself among tho ranks
of the home owners Instead of the home renters. Let
those who have not the means or the opportunity to
Invest In a home at this time at least supply themselves
with the things they actually need, whether It Is a new
overcoat of new furniture for the dining room. Let
the more prosperous of us who have already homes
bay the automobile we would have bought a year ago
but for the war. This is the time to mako’up for what
wo hare lost, and In doing so wo shall Insure good times
for the future.
However, business men need not expect the genera]
pabUc to enter upon a mad orgy of spending. This
Indications are all quite the other way. Labor Is
waiting, business Is waiting, the public la watting. Neith
er labor nor business can afford to watt; the welfare
of any community depends upon the continuous uso of
Its productive power, and a day's labor unused Is for
ever lost
The only way. In which good can come to the com
munity Is through large production at all times, a pro
duction great enough to give each of us at least all that
he needs. Stagnation of Industry means Increasing
social poverty, which will culminate In bread lines and
soup kitchens, perhaps. If In nothing worse. We do
not want bread lines or soup kitchens, and if we are as
intelligent as we think we need not have them.
We must protect Industry from stagnation—but put
ting everybody at work. To put everybody at work,
we must/iave a demand for the goods that labor'con
produce.
Therefore, this Is a message that business men
should heed at this time—the demand must be created
and It can be created In only one way, by advertising.
Delay will mean the consumption of our reserve without
new production. Immediate acUon will mean pros
perity.
Advertising In every useful medium' the things that
our people really want, the things that they had to
deprive themselves of during the war, will bring bock
prosperity by tbe shortest cut I am able to point out.
Let every business man make a larger appropriation
for advertising than usual this year; the results will
Justify hts effort It his commodity Is one that the public
needs. Let us all, wltMn tbe limits of our means,
have those things )re .want and need. By buying now
we shall do our part to put business under way, and
once under way business will take care of Itself for a
good many years.
This Is the psychological time tor large production
and for widespread distribution of the goods produced.
Unlike the usual time of crisis, there does not now exist
any surplus of goods; there Is a shortage of almost
everything. It Is a mental attitude that lies back of
the Indecision threatening our future. Every physical
fact urges speeding up of business at once, and to
create the mental state that will accomplish the re
sult we seek I would urge a widespread advertising cam
paign upon merchants generally. (At the public learn
the necessity for adopting as Its coarse of conduct, "Buy
wisely, but buy now.”
CORDELE, Ap rilll .—A. J. Child
ress, who -was a sixteen-year-old
guard at Andersonvllle prison one
year of the Confederacy, Is here on a
visit from hts home In Rutledge. He
went to Andersonvllle the other day,
the first'time since he left the mili
tary prison. The preposterous In-
formation he gathers from the monu
ments erected there makes him burn
with Indignation. •
Tbe Intimation that a bloudburst
opened up the spring in the prison
grounds for water for the Imprisoned
men was resented by Mr. .Childress
who saw the spring running In all
nature's purity before even the stock-
was completed. The site was
chosen because of the fresh water.
He defended Major Wire as a braze
and fearless officer full of human
sympathy and well qualified for Mi
duties, and performing them well and
faithfully. He recounted that this of
ficer was courtmartlaled and shot af
ter peace, an Illegal procedure that
made Ms death a statuatory murder.
Mr. Childress declares, he knows of
the fact that Major Wire would have
been given hts liberty if ho bod re
vealed the whereabouts of President
Davts of the Confederacy. That test
was put to Mm and ho chose to die
rather than betray hts leader. Major
Wire was a Swede, hot a fine man, Mr.
Childress declares.
Mr. Childress says the prisoners
got as good as the Confederacy could
give as provlsolns and none of them
suffered from hunger or thirst. Only
one man was shot during the exis
tence of the prison, and this was a
crazy prisoner trying to escape and
whose mental condition was not
known to the guard who shot him.
He says he distinctly remembers
the stockade, the hospital, and the
dally ration. The stockade, he believes,
and also the hospital, were both
approximately what they are In mod
ern warfare, much the same as those
used today with the armies fighting
Germany, so far as he has seen.
Mr. Childress was at the north
gate of the prison, not far away. One
time he was .standing on Ms rail at
his stoop at rest, the only relaxation
allowed. He heard a rambling. TMs
was possible to hear because he was
on the stoop and bending his head to
tho rail. He called tor the corporal
of the guard And a deep tunnel was
disclosed with men In it cut off "from
behind by the fence wall of heavy
timbers which had dropped Into the
upper wall of the tunnel. These
were prisoners trying to get away.
Mr. Childress Is now 78 years of
age and Is often questioned on mat
ters concerning treatment of the pris
oners at AndersonvUls. He Is val
uable to the Confederacy today as a
THIS AND THAT.
Before The Throne Tottered.
It happened In the German capital. Two German
socialists were standing talking In the street, and one,
becoming excised exclaimed; "I tell you what, that
Idiot of an emperor .’’ His discourse was cut short.
Turning quickly, he was confronted by a German police
man, who Informed him that he’ was under arrest.
"What for?” asked the captive, begtnMng to weaken.
“For uttering treason against yoer emperor.” “Oh,
bnt you didn’t let me finch. I was going to say ’that
idiot of au emperor of Japan’."
“No. you don’t!” replied the policeman,
only one Idiot of an emperor. Como along with
The Edinburgh Scotsman.
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