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THE ATLANTA GEQRQI AN AND NEWS,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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prints 00 unclean or objoctlonablo ad-
trertlatojr. Nelthrr does It print wblahy
or any liquor sds.
ODE PI.ATFORM.-Tho Ornrgtan
and Nawa stands for Atlanta's owning
Its own gas and oleetrlc light plants
and Nawa bollans that If atraet rail
ways can be operated eucereafully by
European cltlca. aa they are, there la
no good reason why they ran net be so
operated here. But we do not hellers
tale ran be done now, and It msy be
eome year* before we are reedy fur so
big en uudertehlng. Still Atlsnta should
eels Its face In (hat
at dlrectlou NOW.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
AND ADVERTISERS,
On Fsbruary 2 The Georgian pur
chaaad »ho name, good will, franchise*,
advertising contracts and subscription
list of The Atlanta Nows, and Th* Nawa
is now published ao a part of Ths Geor
gian. All advertising under contract to
appear in The Nows will ba printed in
The Georgian and Newe, without inter
ruptien, except auch ee is debarred by
The Georgian's established polioy to
exclude all objactionabla advertising.
The Hon. Grover Cleveland has so
Iona been the throned Idol of The At
lanla Journal that we cannot fall to
commiserate our esteemed contempo
rary upon the recent columblad which
Ihe Sane of Princeton has hurled at
the delirium of railroad denunciation.
"Georgia Papers Versus Carolina
Papers."
Nothing could better illuatrale the
centripetal and centrifugal force of At
lanla In the life and civilisation of
the South than the wide demand
which la ever growing through all this
section for the representative news
papers of this Twentieth Century city.
Here, for Instance, fa an editorial
taken, headline and all, front a recent
Issue of Thu Dally Piedmont at Green
ville, 8. C., which la In the highest de
gree Interesting and significant. Says
The Piedmont:
“We mentioned the Charleston
situation to a gentleman the other
day and he replied he had heard
nothing about It. Thereii|ion we
expressed surprise, saying the
matter was specially treated in
both The State and News and
Courier. 'Oh.' he replied, T never
see those papers, I take the Atlan
ta papers and they give me all the
reading I have opportunity to do.'
We wonder how many similar
caaes might bo found in upper
Carolina? It is true the mall ser
vice gives Atlanta the Inside track,
the 'news' reaches us a little ear
lier, but Is It not a pity that South
Carolinians should receive all
their news with the Georgia color
ing?”
The above paragraph wa* writ
ten by the editor of The Seneca
Journal. The Columbia State
takes up the matter and bewails
ths fact that there are people In
the upper aectlon of this state who
are Ignorant of the current history
of South Carolina. You note that
the gentleman stated that he did
not take The State or The News
and Courier, but was a subscriber
to the Atlanta papers. It has been
a habit for a long time for certain
South Carolina papers to poke fun
at the Atlanta newspaper spirit.
When Mr. John Temple Graves
started The News and later when
he resigned and became Ihe editor
of The Georgian there apeared In
•everal South Carolina papers suc
cessive paragraphs making light
of the famous edjtor. The Georgian
today Is hardly a year old and
there Is more news to be found
Inside its pages than Ir. any paper
published In South Carolina. We
do not like to admit this, but a
comparison of the editions prove
this to be sadly true. The truth
the whole matter Is when you
down to facn, that the 'At
lanta papers are slowly crowding
out of the Piedmont the two big
dallies of 8outh Carolina. We are
sorry to see this.
The Piedmont goes on to say that
it Is Installing a perfecting press, in
creasing Its news service and will be
promptly on sale every afternoon on
the streets of Greenville, Seneca and
other towns In advance or the Atlan
ta paper* to which statement The
Georgian cheerfully gives the currency
of its columns.
Two facta loom out of this coii-
trovergy among our Carolina contem
poraries.
One is that Atlanta la coming to be
more the capital and metropolis of
the South, the model of progress and
the center of sentiment.
South Carolina newspapers have ah
way* been critical and even hyper
critical of Atlanta and Atlanta Jour
nallsm.
The comment of The Greenville
Dally Piedmont would seem to Indl-
The other fact la equally evident cate that South Carolina people do not
and emphasized by comparison that
the newspapers of Atlanta are equal
to any published In the United States,
and superior In general new* to the
majority of thoie published In New
York, Chicago and the larger cities.
abare the spirit of the great South
Carolina editors.
It la also Just barely possible that the
facts disclosed by The Piedmont may
explain the critical milk In the Caro
lina editorial cocoanut
DISCRETION IN RAILROADS AND PEOPLE.
The condition of affairs between the railroads and the people at this
time Is much too serious and Important to be considered In any other tem
per than that of calmness, Justice and firmness not unmlxed with consid
eration.
Within the past ten years a moat unforl nate condition of feeling has
grown up between the railroads made by the people, and the people whose
territory In turn has been made by the railroads.
These two great and vital factors, one the creator and the mighty
majority, and the other the colossal creature, and the wealth holder, have
come within two decadea to entertain feelings for each other which could
not fall to have resulted as they have today.
The people holding. In the main. Just causes against the railroads com
plain of Injustice and discrimination, of arrogance, of appeals rudely ig
nored. of rates and charges arbitrarily made, of inconveniences and dis
comforts obstinately adhered to, have come to feet that the rail
roads are unjust • and oppressive to them In the sheer right of
wealth and power and that they aa individual! among the people are
fully entitled to be unjust, unfair and lnconilders'e toward the railroads,
and In many cases have felt justified In dealing unfairly In money matter*
with theae great corporations upon the Justification that as the railroads
defraud the people so the people are also Justified In defrauding the rail
roads.
Upon the other hand and*amidst the clamor and protest which this
age has brought aliout, much of It founded In Justice and In fact, and
some of It, to be perfectly truthful. Inspired by demagogy and revenge,
the railroads liavo felt that the people In the aggregate were unjust and
unfair to the railroads, that the railroads could not depend upon the peo
ple, and that therefore the railroads must draw up within themselves and
depend upon tbq power of their money, the genius of their lawyers and
the scope of the political force which they could summon In order to pro
tect themselves, and, If necessary, to defy the people.
Add to this the spirit of orrogance which comes from the conscious
possession of vast resources and great power, and the desire for more,
and we have the explanation of corporate Indifference and greed.
No reasonable man will deny that this feeling between these mighty
'factors has existed In the past end that It exists In even more menacing
form today.
1*he marvel Is that In this enlightened age forces so advanced should
have tolerated either the birth or continued growth of feeling so prejudi
cial to the real interests of both. It la astonishing that the broad Intelli
gence which rulea the railroads could not realise that sooner or later
there would cptne an awakening and a reckoning with the mighty power
which ihe people hold In their ballots to revolutionise systems with
which they are not In accord.
And It is astonishing that the broad.intelligence which Is supposed to
guide the people has not realised the value of taking hold at an earlier
slage with thejr ballots of an Issue which both oppresses and divides and
of settling long ago In legislation the things which they protest so much.
In this hour of perception nnd of opportunity when there is yet
time, both the people and the railroads should look cleaily In the face the
great Issues which divide them and seek by Intelligence and concession
to accomplish those things which otherwise must be and will be accom
plished by an economic revolution.
It was Henry Clay, of the great American Triumvirate, who said that
‘‘compromise was the very essence of statesmanship," and It was just as
evident In Ills day as it Is In ours that mutual concession and mutual con
sideration is the best and highest basis upon which all problems both po
litical and economic may lie permanently solved.
If the railroads In the strength of their lobbies or in the power of
their purses and the entrenchment of their privileges have been Indiffer
ent and oppressive to the people, they might have known if wisdom had
been among their assets that the time would come when a power greater
than these things—the power of the ballot—would be aroused to their
discomfiture.
If the people today awakened at last to the full conception of the rem
edial and revolutionary power that rests in their ballots, think that they
are to permanently solve the Issue botween the railroads and themselves
by legislation that is unjust and unsound, they will find that the impar
tial courts Interpreters of the Impartial law will stand to defend the
rights of thn pople whether organized Into corporations or represented In
stocks nnd bonds.
* The whole wisdom ol the situation should prompt railroads and people
to a fair, broad consideration of the Issues which divide them, and a fair
and heroic willingness to do the right and proper thing.
We believe, as a representative of the people, that the great body of
the people are willing to be Just and fair to the railroads. We believe
that the thinking people nnd particularly the plain people of thla country
who read and reflect, are essentially fair, and that If they are treated with
reasonable consideration they are willing to show a reasonable considera
tion tn return.
We take It for granted that the railroads desire no legislation that
will destroy their ci|Aclty to pay the expenses of tbelr operation, ihe sala
ries of their officials and a reasonable profit upon tbelr money. We lake
It for granted that the railroad! desire to be appreciated for what they
have done In time past and co-operated with In their Intention to do great
er things for the development of thla country In the tlate to come. And
these wishes are reasonable nnd should be met by the people.
On the other hand, we firmly believe that the people are aroused to
the evil and Injustice of watered stocks, and that they are not willing any
longer that the railroads should be operated in such a way as to compel
the people to pay dividends upon vast sums of money which have never
been put Into the properties of the corporations, and that they will re
fuse tn consent hereafter to the earning of dividends upon anything beyond
the actual money, fairly estimated, which represents the railroad invest
ment of the country.
We lielleve that the people desire and will demand that every consid
eration should bo shown them In the way of prompt and regular sched
ules for passenger trains. That the best and wisest methods shall be In
stituted to Insure this regularity. That the train* shall start unless lo
cally prevented from their prominent terminal stations upon the advertii-
ed time of departure.
We believe that a train delayed by accidents in North Carolina or Vir
ginia should not delay far Into the waning hours of the night, scores and
sometimes hundreds of people Including women and children who are wait
ing In the terminal stations in Georgia and the other states.
We believe that every train should bear the burden and responsibility
of Its own accidents and that the passengers whom It carries should bis
provided for by the railroad authorities In other ways, so that the vast
numbers of traveling people should not be held through hours of trial
and of darkness when any reasonable equipment could send them out on
their own schedule time toward their destination.
The people demand that In the smaller stations of the railroads
throughout these slates that the doors of the stations should be kept open
at night, and that passengers compelled to travel should not be forced to
endure the weather, winter's cold or summer's rains, waiting on weary
platforms for trains that come after the closing hours of the evening.
The people desire and will demand that their freight shipments
which represent their necessities and are valuable many times In propor
tion to the promptness of their arrival, shall be dispatched with greater
regularity along the different lines over which they are routed. They
believe and will not easily be convinced otherwise that consideration
for individual shippers will make It possible by the rapid transfers of
freight and Ivy the greater expedition of trains to cure much of the long
and damaging delays which are too often the history of Important freight
shipments from the great wholesale centers of the country.
These tower among the leading incidents of our mode-— transporta
tion life which irritate and aggravate the people anu Inspire them to en
mity and reprisal against the railroads, and the people believe that due
consideration with any reasonable degree or capacity can devise way*
and means by which these evils can be abated.
Now If, Instead of arroganca, Indifference and arbitrary attitudes on
the part of the railroads; If Instead of distrust and the spirit of retalia
tion on the part of the people, these Issues can be taken up and settled
In reason and In justice by reasonable people as they should be, we shall
approach a better, a higher and nobler level of our economic life than we
have ever known before.
The railroads msy rest assured that the people are going to demand
and to insist upon their rights. They need not think that the people can
be diverted or Intimidated or trifled with In this mstter. By the ballot, by
the law, and by the power of dauntless executives, they sre going to se
cure these reforms. Opposition to them, arrogance In regard to these de
mands, and Indifference to the people, will only aggravate the popular
demand and make more radical the Inevitable reforms which they Intend
to Inetitute.
The whole spirit of wisdom and of common sense, not to speak of
consideration upon the part of the railroads, would seem to dictate an In
telligent recognition and acceptance of theae demands.
And If In this spirit of Intelligent understanding the railroads do
accept and meet the demanda of the people, they have it in their power to
modify tremendously, not only the spirit of animosity on the part of the
people, but the rigor of the legislation which the people otherwise will
be disposed to vote Into existence upon this railroad question.
We plead, then, for the spirit of Intelligent equity between the people
and the railroads. The people are aroused, militant and all powerful. That
does not mean that the people are not willing In a full sense of their power
to be considerate and Just.
The railroads ere rich, skillful In manipulation, and necessary to the
people. That ie no reason why they should not recognize these things
which the people have right and power to demand, and to concede those
things in consideration rather than be forced to surrender them by leg
islation.
Let the people remember that the railroads are neceesary and have a
right to live. Let the railroads remember that the people are all pow
erful and entitled to fair dealing and do not Intend to let them get rich
beyond reason by dividends upon watered stock.
Then, In the spirit which President Finley has preached of kindness
aud of courtesy, to the people waiting at terminal stations, In sending out
trains on time without forcing them to wait from three to seven hours on
foreign connections, by opening the doors of railroad depots at the coun
try stations, and by expediting better methods of freight which are nec
essary to commerce and to living—let these great bodies approach each
other In the spirit of mutual consideration and all will be well.
It Is not the cue of the railroads to force tho people to express at
the ballot their position on this question If they can avoid it.
It Is not the cue of the people to revolutionize the entire railroad sys
tem and to make receivers as thick as leaves In the American railway
system If they can by conference and agreement reconcile the dividing
questions In a better way.
Conference Is 'always better than contest.
A FINISHED TEMPLE.
The Georgian feels so personal a pride In the new Masonic Temple
that It cannot retrain from a suggestion that seems to us very pertinent
at this time.
It Is the habit nowadays to build large buildings, finished only on the
sides facing streets, leaving the sides facing adjoining property blank and
plain, with the idea that someone else will build a high building next
door. Most of our tall buildings are built In that way.
We understand that the new Masonic Temple is to be finished only
on the Peachtree and Cain street sides, while the side that will be seen
from up Peachtree will be a towering blank, red wall, no doubt to be
visible many years after most of us are In our graves.
We understand that the committee on building meets Tuesday, and
we suggest for their earnest consideration the Idea of rounding out tho
building on three sides, making it an all-round temple that will gladden the
eyes of all from the viewpoint that It will be looked upon so frequently—
that of upper Peachtree—and not left a blank, unfinished wall that may
stand a decade before any bunding will be erected that will anywhere
near cover It up.
It will cost a little more money.lt is true,-but can It not be done?
The Temple at Detroit Is an example of the finished building and is a
joy to all beholders.
The Idea Is not new.
LET THERE BE NO COERCION
IN THE MATTER OF SIGNS
If he chooses to have an electric sign,
with SOO lights, that costs him 1350 a
month to run It every day and night,
he pays the bill; let him have it, for
certainly no one should object. Hut
if his neighbor, next door or across
the street, sees fit to have a non-elcc-
trlc sign of equal size anil proportion,
that costs hint nothing to -maintain
Indefinitely, I say, let him have It. pro
vlded he complies ,wlth the building
laws aa to Its proper mechanical con
struction. Let him embellish It with gold
nnd silver and Jewels, that It may be
brilliantly beautiful to behold, and
though It goes to sleep at night, like
Its owner (which la a good sign for
man nr beast), It silently watches
for nnd cutches th* moonbeams, nnd
then when Old Sol, the ancient Oriental
god of day, rises from the pearly east
ami traverses the azure arch of heaven,
let this sign reflect his rays'wlth daz
zling splendor, without forcing its own
er, by special legislation, tn poy tribute.
W. W. REYNOLDS.
GEORGIA SCENES.
Tn the Editor of The Georgian:
I saw a cow slip five feet high, slide
up the cow-catcher of n locomotive,
evidently thought It was a cattle train.
The cow was very much hurt at haw
Ing stopped n passenger.
Raznr-bnck hogs shave the whiskers
Off of telegraph poles; run loose In
most small Georgia towns and kick
fleas all over travelers sitting in front
of the hotels. They aeem to conatl-
There" Is a principle"Involved In this | lute the sanitary department. They
movement that will not down. A* a have a speed equivalent to a Jack rab-
common citizen, and In the Interest of hit nnd ought to be used In the fire
the whole people, 1 stand for, and ask | department also. There Is a slight oh-
for, a square deal, and a fair deal, jectlon to their use; they run tn the
Equal rights for all, with special privl-1 opposite direction; however, they ~et
lege* for none. The proposed sign I somewhere Immediately and that is
ordinance does not grant or permit more than moat fire departments do
this. The existing ordinance is not so Fires ought not to be put out too
very bad, though it needs some correc-1 soon. Many a man has gotten rich
tlons. ! from a fire, and some towns need new
It discriminate* against all sign j buildings occasionally.
While traveling over the country I
will keep my eyes and ears open for
any news of Interest and importance
and send It In. Yours,
R. L. C.
Rome. Go., March 22.
JA8PER SUPERIOR COURT
IN REGULAR SESSION.
Special to The Georgias.
Montlcello, Ga., March 24.—Jasper
superior court is In session this week,
with Judge H. G. Lewis and Hollcltor
James K. Pottle presiding. There are
eight homicide cases to be disposed of
at this session. Judge Lewis made an
able charge to the grand Jury. Felix
Franklin was elected foreman of the
grand Jury-.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Referring to the present agitation on
the subject of overhead signs, flat
signs and round, signs that stick out
and have two sides, as well as the ques
tion Itself, I beg to submit for the con
sideration of your paper and of the
general public, who are Interested In
signs of uny and all kinds, the follow
ing:
Few people outside of the slgn-mak-
a and sign painters have any concep
tion of how far reaching this ordinance
Is In Its very nature. Few Interested
citizens, outside of the council cham
ber or committee rooms, ever knew
anything about these ordinances In Ihe
past four years until they were en
acted and signed by the mayor, ex
cept the authors nnd persons In whose
intereet they were framed for benefit
and protection. No legitimate sign
painter, a citizen of Atlanta, in the
last twenty-one years, to my positive
knowledge, has asked for any gpeclal
legislation In hi* favor, and we do not
aak for that now, nor against any In
dividual or corporation. No resident
•Ign painter or maker has ever asked
the city council to discriminate In his
favor or against anybody. And when
the law of 1888 nr 1889 was enacted,
declaring ull signs projecting over or
above the sidewalk a nuisance, nnd
which swept them all down, no sign
K Inter ever murmured or said a word,
cause all shared the same fate and |
all enjoyed the same privileges.
A Pleased Customer
is the best advertisement a bank can have. *
We always endeavor to increase this featur
of our business.
We offer to depositoi-s every facility their
balances and business responsibility warrant.
MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CC
painters nnd sign users, by saying thnt
no sign of any description shall be used
or allowed beyond the three feet limit,
except electric sign*, with all lights
on the outside. Thu*, no matter how-
much a merchant may feel the need of
a eign for the purpose of advertising
his business during the day, he will be
forced, under this ordinance, to ntRke a
contract for a term of years with the
electric company to light It. and by
special legislation of council, under
both the existing ordinance and the
proposed ordinance, he will be com
pelled to keep the lights burning
throughout this term of years—every
night from dusk to 9:So o'clock—
whether he wants to or not. For he
Is bound, under a city ordinance, to do
so. and has absolutely no discretion In
this particular feature of conducting
his own business. If he desires tn pro
ject his sign beyond three feet.
That feature Is embodied In both
the present ordinance and the new
proposition. It smacks of class legis
lation of a very rank type, and I ques
tion Its legality.
In a free rnuntry. In our own South
land. and. above all. In proud Atlanta,
the sign user should have the tight tn
vnv what kind of n s'gn he shall use.
ABOUT THE PROHIBITION FIGHT,
To thXEditor of The Georgian:
When the Georglqp published the
report »f our executive committee rec
ommencing that the proceedings In the
calling of a local option election be
suspended, the local editor said that
the wortt wae ‘indefinitely postponed, "
That Is not true, and the report In Its
body shews that It la not true. The
expression 'indefinitely poetponed" le
technical In parliamentary law. and le
practical!) equivalent to an abandon
ment of t measure. That Is exactly
what we are pledged not to do.
This Is «ur plan, and I speak officially
and with Absolutely full knowledge of
the sltuaibn:
The combined forces of Georgia Bap
tists and Methodists and the Antl-Ba-
loon League have entered upon a wide
and systematic canvass of the state to
f ret petltldis calling on the next legla-
ature to bass a state prohibition bill
and other legislation effectively to pre
vent the tefeat of prohibition by the
Jug trade. Toplee of that petition are
now going Into every aectlon of Ihe
state. They will be carried Into every
portion 6f this county, and every man,
woman anil child will he called on to
sign them. With a work like this go-
Ing on all over the state and the Ful
ton county worker* In fullest sympa
thy with It, we Juat made up our minds
to suspend our local option proceedings
until after we see what the legislature
will do for us. Our petitions calling
for a lot nl option election will not lose
any vitality; they will be as good in
September as they are In March. If the
state prohibition law Is passed we will
have no 'deed for them; If It Is not
passed w<* will he ready to'take up the
fight Immediately. If a bill prohibiting
the manufacture, sale and importation
of intoxicating drinks into Georgia
should he so modified as to leave Ful
ton county out of It, we wUI at once
cell for an election under the local
option law. None of this will be neces
sary. of course, If we get what we want
in a state bill.
While w# are getting up the petition
for a state bill, we will still be enlarg
ing our petition calling for an election.
Two very prominent gentlemen who
were In a meeting of our committees,
but who had not signed the call for a
local option election, signed It today,
knowing, of course, that It would he
filed awsy until we see what the legls
lature will do.
I hope that this statement may find
speedy publication. The erroneous Im
pression made by previous publications
anouhl be removed as quickly os pos
sible. . J. L. D. H1LLYER.
March 21, 1907.
SEEDS OF KINDNESS.
Sowing seeds of kindness
As through the world we go;
Sowing seeds of kindness
Which very soon will grow.
Rowing seeds of kindness.
Scattering far end wide;
Sowing needs of kindness
Which grow on every elde.
Sowing seeds of kindness#
Throwing to the wind,
Soon It will be ripening.
Weil bring our harvest la.
Heaping seeds of kindness.
How hnppy It will lie:
Reaping seeds of kindness
Sown by you and me
' -FALL M’DONALD.
CHARGED WITH USING
THE MAILS FRAUDULENTLY.
Special to The Georgian.
Huntsville. Ala., March 26.—Gus M.
Lemley. of Bloomfield, Ala., has been
arrested here on a charge of using the
malls to defraud. He was given a pre
liminary hearing before Commissioner
Greenleaf nnd placed under a bond of
630U, to await the action of the grand
Jury.
THE FIG LEAF.
This scanty raiment of verdure
Was worn by Eve. 'll* said:
And ever since has a symbol been
Which, nil the world has led.
Countless trensure and countless wars
Thro' history mark Its trail.
And countless lives been sacrificed
In defense of this garment frail.
Tn honest men no cloth of gold
Can rival this mantle of green.
For It glorifies the peasant girl
And sanctifies a queen.
Beneath Its folds our lives began;
It's hissed the paths we've trod.
And the pure-ln-henrt who love its
sign
Are lifted up to God.
WILLIAM E. FOSTER.
Atlanta. Ga., March, 1907.
AN INQUIRY.
To Ihe Editor of The Georgian :
I sin deslmns to know If there Is nuy
living member of the geeood Georgia Re
serves, ami especially nm anxious to hear
froni n inetnlier of company "C." Any old
ineiiilier will confer a favor on me by writ
ing J. It. Edwards, Sylvester. G*. Your*
truly. J. R. EDWARDS.
Sylvester. Ga.. Ilarrli 21.
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AUDITORIUM ACOUSTICS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
You have seldom said anything more
Important than what you have said
about the subject named above.
There Is no mistake that architects
make more frequently than they do in
the matter of building Auditorium*, in
khich nobody can hear. In the old
Kimball opera house capital, on tho
orner of Forsyth and Marietta streets,
there were only two places from which
a speaker could be heard. In spite of
that experience when the present cap
ital was built they fixed the house <>f
representatives hall so that there Is no
place that Is exempt from echoes.
There are two causes for had
acoustics. One Is reverberation: tho
other Is echo. It often happens that a
flat overhead celling becomes a great
sounding board, and vibrates like :i
vast drum head, filling the house with
n roar Instead of clear sounds. Tint
can be relieved by stlfenlng the ceiling.
Echoes occur In various condition*.
Rut a hemispherical vault overhead I*
practically certain to produce echoe*.
A sound Impulse leaves the speaker.
One shaft goes directly to a hearer
out near the center of the building, and
he begins to hear the word spoken,
hut before he gets It, another shaft
from that same Impulse strike* tin
Inside of the dome, Is reflected to th**
opposite side and down to the ear **f
that hearer, about one second after he
began to hear the first Impulse. The
result Is he hears neither. I was very
solicitous about the Tabernacle until I
learned that It would be built on the
lines of Spurgeon’s London Tabernacle.
That. I understand, Is all walls and
celling In the lines of an ellipse, with
the speaker at one focus. Hound shaft*
from his voice strike the walls or cell
ing and are reflected only to one single
spot; that spot might have an abun
dance of echo, but It would be only *n
a very small space of n few Inches, and
that might be down under a pew nnd
nobody Is troubled by It.
A better form Is to project the lln••*
that bound the interior of a great au
ditorium along the corners of a series
of parabolas with a commno focus at
the speaker's stand. In that figure the
echoes would be reflected close along
the surface of the wall and none **f
them would get out among the au
dience at all. It would be impossible
for one echo to get down from the
celling or to cross the hall from one
side to the other. Architects shou. I
make use of their knowledge of comb e
sections as well as their proficiency in
the art of decoration and mere con
struction; and they would do well not
to forget the elementary principle* "t
acoustics and of geometry.
Respectfully.
J. L. D. HILLYER-
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