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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: IIIURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1011.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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store the former high price, it
should not be forgotten that the
South is by no means in a bad
way financially.
It has produced a big cotton
crop, and millions of outside dol
lars are pouring into it in ex
change therefor.
Too large a erop raised on too
ilarge an acreage, and then all
— dumped on'the market at once,
Month* 1 ’*"""" 1 .«*ii.s an economic mistake. It has
or carrier, p.r week.'""""’"*"’. already been made too often by
T.i.phon,. connecting 'ah "oTp.rtm.n... |the fanners of the South and
t-.no ot.tjnce Terminals iever;' eflfort to prevent them
{from making it again should be
supported and encouraged.
The sound financial condition
of the South, however, is a mat
ter of gratification. It is set
forth in a conservative yet tonic
."iv^ ,, Tdi!r«” l SrI'Th* , »»wS^ statement by Walker Hill, presi-
dent of the Mechanics-American
National' Bank of St. Louis, re
produced elsewhere on this page.
“The unprecedented exports
of 'cotton.’’ declares Mr. Ilill,
“are creating a heavy credit bal
ancc in favor of this country,
and the total movement of the
crop is giving the Southern
states great prosperity, notwith
standing the low price of cotton.
This is helping business through
out the Southeast, and insures
for virtually the whole territory
a continuance of fairly good
times. In this respect the sec
tion in the vicinity of St. LouiR,
especially the states of Texas,
Louisiana. Mississippi, Arkansas
and in fact the entire cotton
belt district, may be called the
brightest spot in the United
States today.”
He-also calls attention to the
fact that Southern banks for
this year show only half the loan
increase for last year and that
their cash reserves are $5,000,000
greater.'
A particularly interesting view
point taken by Mr. Hill is that
with respect to the trust prose
cutions by the government.
“Out of the agitation over the
dismantling of the American To
bacco Company and the Stand
ard OiJ Company,” he says, “is
being, gradually developed a sys
tem of regulating the great in
dustrial combinations which
must of necessity work for the
ultimate welfare of the share
holders and the general public
alike. It may be said that laws
governing trusts are being
obeyed today in n degree that
has seldom if ever been observed
before. The chances are, there
fore, thht witlr the .-better regula
tion of these combinations fewer
suits will be brought by the gov
ernment, and there will be less
agitation of the questions that
have been so long, the cause of
unsettlement in business and
financial nffnirn.”
At the npproaehing Thanks
giving season the South lias
much to be thankful for. What
iji'yls"’ Mr. Hill hns splendidly
summarized.
SOUTH IS PROSPEROUS
AND TRADE IS HEALTHY
President of One of St. Louis'Greatest Banks Issues Encour
aging and Informative Statement on Trade and Finan
cial Conditions Existing Throughout the Southland.
1 < p »n n r nDjaniniiiiPiO nnwrueii'w "T'.j.
Neither does It print wh!«l<yor liquor
THE VIGIL OF ALL 80UL8.
fAII Squte* Eve lx the evening preced
ing All Smite* Day: the vigil fall* there
fore in the night between the first and
xecorul of November.)
On thla one night—or to our father*
Mid—
So they etHl ,«ay where old belief* ere
dear—
Heaven permits the spirits of the deed
To seek their homes, end thoae who
loved them here.
Keep the lights low. end do not bar the
door;
Bring forth the few dear treasures laid
away;
Set the old hobby*horse upon the floor.
There, where a little child wa* wont to
play.
Bring down from the hlQh shelf the
building blocks,
The broken engine, and the Indian bqw;
And brave tin soldiers, shutr Into their
box
By little dimpled hands—so long ago.
And mother's knitting-bag—'tie treasured
there.
The needles In the wool—. Ah, mother, j
dearl
Thl* wai your f6otatool, thl* your favor
ite chair;
We'll place them In your favorite cor
ner, here.
The book I read to father that last day
Before he slept—we never passed this
mark-
Put It beside hie chair. The lamp thla
wayi
He liked It so. Was that a footatep?
Hark!
Ah, but to see! If but a moment's space
The father’s loving eyes and allvar hair.
The baby's smile, the mother's gentle
faoe,
And know that still they live and Iov#t-
aomewhere..
To hear a voice, familiar onco and dear,
To feci the light soft touches of a child;
So little would suffice our hearts to cheer;
But no sign comes. The night Is bleak
and wild,
And wears epees. Did you ee* some
thing move,
There by the door? 'Twee but a shad
ow cast.
Wat that * footstep that w* ueed to love?
No! Nothing but a wandering wind
went past.
They will not come! They will not come
this, night!
Nor any other night! Nor evermore I
To change our doubt to peace—to bless
> our eight—
We can not lure them beck from that
far shore.
or with our reetlsseneee disturb their
rest.
God of the two worlds, pity our sort
hearts,
And give us faith to say, as night departs,
They are with Thee, O God, and that
le best."
-Maud Going In Success Moguainc.
H CMS
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m
The Blocking of Pryor Street
Crossing Against Fire Wagons.
while a eostly fire raged Wed
nesday night, destroying? thou-
nnd* of dollars worth of prop-
■rty and endangering hundreds
of thousands more, the fire wag
ons, from the north side stood
scless at the Pr.vor-st. crossing,
blocked by railroad cars.
The fire department officers al
ternately raged and pleaded to
have the obstruction removed.
No one in authority could he
found. The ears remained, the
fire fighters and the fire wagons
Mood idle while the Humes
roared. -
It is needless to say that such
a thing must not be allowed to
occur again. The investigation
started by the police department
should be pushed relentlessly.
The persons responsible must be
sought out and punished.
The Brightest Spot in the
Country.
While the price of cot tun is
much below past high levels, and
numerous meetings nnd conven
tions of Southern business inter-
sts are taking place for the pur
pose of formulating plans to.re-
Some Stand-Pat Doings.
The gloom sprites, got after
Taft the other day, and in
speech before the Hamilton club,
Chicago’s great Republican or
ganization, he admitted the pos
sibility of the defeat of his par
ty in 1912.
Some ascribed the president’a
utterance to the strain and
fatigue of the long speech-mak
ing tour in which lie ia now en
gaged, others to inadvertence,
and still others to the proverbial
Taft ill luck as a politician.
However, the president said it,
and evidently felt what he said,
nnd there appears to be a host
of other Republicans to agree
with him. Eugene Foss, the
Democratic governor of the Re
publican state of Massachusetts,
who is waging hu aggressive
fight for' re-election, insists that
he hns found in his own state
two of the latter kind—namely.
Senator Lodge and Senator
Crane.
Not that they have said any
thing that would indicate it—
they are fur too shrewd to du
plicate the president's error—
hut that they have refrained
from saying anything denying it
—a sort of silenee-gives-eonsent
result.
“President Taft is not the only
Rtand-patter who sees defeat
ahead,” declared Governor Foss
in a speech at Cambridge. Mass.
Senator Lodge and Seuator
Crane know enough to keep out of
sight. They are fighting for their
own Republican machine, but
they know that machine is fac
ing defeat and do not want to
he in the limelight.”
These are some of the increas
ing number of signs that should
aid iu rounding out the Demo
cratic forces in splendid fighting
trim for the 1912 contest, and
should teaeh them that now hns
arrived their great opportunity.
The following Interesting and en
couraging statement of market and
financial conditions In the United Btates,
and particularly the South, has been
prepared by Walker Hill, president of
the Mechanics American National bank
of St. Louie:
St. Louie, Nov. 1, 1911.—The unprec
edented exports of cotton are creating
a heavy credit balance tn favor of
thle country, and the total "movement of
the crop Is giving the Southern states
great prosperity notwithstanding the
low price of cotton. This Is helping
business throughout the Southwest and
Insured for virtually the whole territory
a continuance of fairly good times. In
this respect the section In the vicinity
of St. Louis, especially the states of
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkan
sas and. In fact, the entire cotton belt
district, may be called the brightest
spot In the United States today. Busi
ness conditions In those states are
thoroughly sound, and while the vol
ume of business done at some centers
Is less than that shown In years when
the entire country was prosperous, the
people In this territory have suffered
relatively little from real business re
action. The returns Just made to the
comptroller of the currency show that
whereas on September 1, 1910, the
Southern hangs repotted a loan in
crease for the twelve months period
of 981,000,000, With a cash gain of only
91.800.000, the figures of those Institu
tions for September t last reflected a
loan expansion for the year ot only
942.000. 000, and a cash Increase of 34,-
900.000, In other words, the Southern
banks this year report only hnlf the
loan Increase that they showed at this
time In 1910, find their cash reserves
are today nearly 16,000,000 greater than
they were then.
This explains why Ihe Southern
banks have borrowed relatively little
money this year at outside markets in
spite of the fact that the cotton crop
has been so much more bountiful than
It was a year ago. It may be ques
tioned whether the fall In the price of
cotton has not been somewhat over
done, for there Is apparent basis for the
belief that the staple will be well
worth the prices now prevailing even
should the predictions of a bumper har
vest be fulfilled. There are signs of a
gradual but certain betterment In
business conditions throughout the
Southwest. For many months past tho
leading merchants 'everywhere have
been buying so conservatively as to
moke It necessary for them to put In
heavy orders for new goods as soon ns
the nutumu quickening In general trade
becomes a little more pronounced. This
demand hns already made its appear-
ance, atid the Inquiry for staplo goods
Is excellent.
The crops are being moved everywhere
with unusual dispatch. The advance
•M-H-td-H-H-H-H-H-M-H'I'l 1 1 , 'I ,, I ,, I |
" 'i
Growth and Progress $
of the New South
/ TV* Industrial Index xayx in U*
tesue for thte week: ■*
’"A OhlcAtfo capitallat and editor-
in-chief of one of the largest dally
newspapers In the country has pur
chased . for I9&.000 a tract of 6,000
acres In Glynn county, Georgia.
Ohio and West Virginia Investors
have Incorporated a company with
capital stock of 1100.000. which may
be Increased to 91.000,000. to develop
iron propertl/m Jn Peak county.
looea county, Alabama.
These arc some of the Items of
news of the new week that show
forcefully and convincingly how capi
tal from other sections Is being in
vested steadily and In large sums In
Gc4>rgla and Alabama for the further
development of their wonderful rc-
iouppm
twenty new corporations reported • •
In the two states In the past seven
Alabama and
xia. Tuscalc
939.000 of bonus inr senooi ouuninxs
and Manchester, (la., will vote on Is-
suance of 116,000 of municipal Im-
provcmtnt bonds.
"Among the Industrial plant! to
be established are the following: 1
"Fertllleer factories, Macon and
Foulan, Oa.; Ice factory and electric
light plant, Darien, tla,: oil mill,
• Pnulan, (ta.; woodworking plant*.
Brunawlek. Oa.. and Mobile. Ala.:
■ •cal plant, Dnthan, Ain.; furniture
factory, Auguata, (la.; gas plant and
handle factory. Macon. Oa.; naval
atores plant, Baconton, Oa.; plaster
plant. AUanta. Oa. Buildings to cost
960.000 will he erected Immediately
at Birmingham. Ala, for an acid
factory which will represent an In
vestment
movement for the season to date has
been enormous, and the bnnke 'have
been put to no Inconvenience whatever
In financing the demands that are
Incident to the harvesting season. It Is
too early yet to estimate the full re
sults of the harvest, but it Is certain
that the Improvement shown In crop
conditions in many sections of the
country has largely offset a shortage In
other sections. The ultimate result will
be n large addition to the country's
wealth, and. this In time Is hound to
make Itself felt to the betterment of
general business conditions. There Is
very little speculation, and people gen
erally are attending closely tp business
and seeking to make up for the rela
tively small earnings shown during the
period of business reaction.
There Is not, at the moment, the.un
settlement that prevailed some months
ago ns the result of political uncertain
ties. It may be said that politics la to
day somewhat less of a factor In re
tarding commerce and In checking
business enterprise. Out of the agita
tion over the dismantling of the Amert
can Tobacco Company and the Stand
ard Oil Company Is being gradually
developed a system of regulating the
great Industrial combinations which
must, of necessity, work for the ulti
mata welfare of shnrehojders and the
{ [eneral public alike. The offenses that
ed to the Institution of suits brought
by the government under the anti-trust
law no longer exist, nnd It may be said
that the laws governing these concerns
are being obeyed today tn a degree that
has seldom. If ever, been observed be
fore. The chances are, therefore, that
with the better regulation of these com
binations fewer suits will be brought by
tho government and there will be less
agitation of the questions that have
been so long the cause of unsettlement
In business and financial affairs.
Government suit against the United
States Steel Corporation wax not un
expected. Action has been rumored re
peatedly. It will unquestionably rank
with tho, Standard Oil and American
Tobacco companies ns among most fa
mous suits ever brought under the
Sherman law. It Is too early to fore
cast the outcome, but there Is nothing
In the suit to alarm Investors.
The bank position of the whole Unit
ed States Is unusually strong for this
season of the year. On September 1
last the 7,000 national banks showed a
loan expansion of only 9196,000,000 for
the year as against an Increase In the
loan Item last year of 9338,000,000.
While the smaller Increases this year,
of course, reflected the decline In gen
eral business conditions, It may be no
ted Dint tho banks showed, on Septem
ber 1 last, a gain In 'cash holdings of
virtually 344,000.000, whereas a year
ago there was a reduction of 82,406,000
In the cash ttam. This shows why
some of the largest bafiks In the West
nnd Southwest are today, for the first
time in their experience, making heavy
loans to European borrowers In com
mon with tho very heavily capitalised
banks of Wnll-st,
Fully 3100,000,000 hns been loaned In
Europe this tall by the banka In New
York, Chicago nnd other large cities.
This Is, without doubt, the heaviest
amount of foreign Indebtedness of this
sort that haa ever been outstanding nt
any one time to the credit pf American
lending Institutions. These large loans
have been made because of the higher
Interest rates offered (n Europe, much
pf tho money having been loaned out at
Berlin at rates varying from 4 1-5 to 6
per eont. With the decline In specula
tion nt New York It ha* been virtually
Impossible to make large loans In Wall-
st. The reanlt hns been that hen,vy
sums that are ordinarily employed In
the Now York loan market nt this
season nf the year, have been placed
abroad to good advantage. This out
standing Indebtedness wilt ultimately
be of decided benefit to tho American
market, giving us unusual power to
Import gold from Europe later on
should there be any general rise in
money rates on tills side.
November Is usually a highly Inter
esting month In the financial markets,
when n great deal of Important financ
ing, connected with tho year-end aet-
tleinents, Is provisionally arranged for.
There la this year, however, an abun
dance of money at the command of
mercantile borrowers, but there is likely
to bo soipe broadening of the Inquiry
from this source before long. The out
look for Ihe country us a whole la all
right. There is no extraordinary trade
revival In sight, but underlying condi
tions are. In many eases, stronger than
they have frequently been In periods (if
high prices In the security and the
commodity markets. The railroads are
making n fair showing and the volume
of bank exchanges, at many trade cen
ters, indicates that the country Is doing
a better business than most people Im
agine.
Broader buying nf bonda by individ
ual Investor* tn various sections of Ihe
United 8tates reflects the Increasing
confidence now felt by the public at
largo In the future course of event*.
The Whole country has undergone a
long period of liquidation, and for that
reason It Is In a position to respond
quickly tn a thorough-going business
revival whenever that take* place. Tho
railroads are re-entering the steel mar
ket by degrees, purchasing supplies and
equipment. Deferred business of this
character aggregate* a sufficient vol
ume to give the steel plants a large
A.rmy~Navy Orders
And Movements of Vessels
Washington, Nov. 2o—The following
orders have been Issued:
Army Orders.
Captain D. E. Nolan, Thirtieth In
fantry, relieved as Inspector of Philip
pine constabulary, to Join his station.
Second Lieutenant C. D. Rogers.
Eleventh cavalry, detailed member ex
amining board, Fort Oglethorpe, da.,
for examination candidates appoint
ment second lieutenants In Philippine
scouts, vice First Lieutenant H.
Malvln, Jr.. Coast Artillery corps
Captain S. M. Mould, quartermaster
to Fort Adams. R. t.
First Lieutenant B. T. Scheer. from
Third infantry to Twenty-eighth In
fantry.
First Lieutenant A. B. Kaempfer,
from Twenty^alghth to Thirteenth In
fantry.
First Lieutenant R. Janes, from Thir
teenth to Third Infantry.
First Lieutenant C. Enos, from Sixth
to First cavalry. 9
First Lieutenant H. L. Wilson, from
First to Sixth cavalry.
Colonel H. L. Scott, Third cavalry,
from office chief of staff, report to sec
retary of Interior for duty In connection
with Indian affairs.
Navy Orders.
Commandpr H. L. Chandler, from
navy department to coiilmand Salem:
Commander O. R. Evans, from com
mand Salem, to home.
Lieutenant C. S. Vanderfeeck. from
navy recruiting station, Kansas City,
to command Irla.
Lieutenant F. D. Burns, orders Oc
tober 3, 1911, revoked.
Ensign W. S. Farber, orders October
24 revoked.
. Ensign J. H. Brooks, from Prairie to
Kansas.
Ensign It. E. Lindsay, from Roe to
Prairie.
Midshipman R. N. Perley, resigna
tion accepted.
Midshipman J. P. Edgerly. from the
Maine and resignation accepted.
Movement of Vessels.
Arrived: Vicksburg nt San Diego.
Panther and Dolphin- at North river,
Waban at Guantanamo.
Sailed: California, South Dakota,
Maryland, West Virginia, Colorado,
Oregon. Cincinnati, Raleigh. Whipple,
Hopkins, Hull, Truxtun. Paul Jones,
Preble, Stewart, Lawrence, Farragut,
Rowan, BufTalo, Glacier, Prometheus,
Grampus, Pike, Fortune Vicksburg,
from San Diego for San Pedro.
\ Not Brain Taxing.
From The Loa Angeles Timas.
"Myrtle Reed/' aald a Chicago member
of the Illinois Women's Press association,
"found few things that measured up to
her high standard. She was especially
down on the magasines. One day. I re
member—"
The woman journalist smiled.
"I remember meeting her Just after ahe
id recovered from an Illness. She told
me ehe had worked all thru her Illness.
I have a contract with a magazine to
turn out three magaslne love atorlea thla
week. Must I break It?'
•Oh. no,' said the doctor. ‘Oh. no;
you needn't break It/ ”
The Business Doctor
' b H
Roe Fulkerson
TRADE MARK REGISTERED
"Yes. It's rather cute.” said the Business Doctor as the merchant!
.-howed him the advertisement. "There Is little doubt In my mind that;
It made several people smile, but was that what you wanted to do? Do you'
spend your good money In the news
papers to make the dear public unde .
stand that you are a mam with a put-
tyjjivlt, or are you buying that space o
convince. them that you have son -
thing good to sell?
“Wit has no place In advertising
You can think over In your mind right
now several big general advertising
campaigns which have been founded on
wit, characters which were created by
the campaign which are as well known
as Hapjiy Hooligan: but can you tell
me what they were advertising or if
the products of the man who did the
advertising are now on sale? No such
campaign has ever paid the man who
backed It. •
"The expenditure of money Is too se
rious a matter to be Joked about. Any
fool can attract a crowd, but a fool Is a
mighty poor salesman. A man turning
handsprings on MM ——-
a street corner can at
tract-n crowd numbering thousands,
. but the moment he stops his acrobatics
and offers some article for Bale the cri>wd»will melt like n snowman In June.
Andrew Carnegie might walk thru that crowd without attracting the slight-
cat notice, and yet he could make thousands while the comer acrobat could
make pennies.
"Oil and water, women and a secret, advertising and buffoonery are all
combinations which will not mix: they are too different In their component
social attainments and keep It out of his
• comic weekly In ''
P ness. There Is at least one
... this country which pays'ten cents a word for all the wli
they can publish; If the man In charge of the advertising believes he can
be witty, let him nt least first be sure he Is a wit by seeding his thought*
to one of these comic papers, and If it -la willing to buy it. he had better
sell, and If It refuses It. he may bo sure his wit Is of low quality and had
better be kept for bridge parties and club smokers.
"Business, like friendship, must be founded on sincerity. A man wants
to deal at a store where he can depend on the merchant: a atore which
he knows Is sincere In Its every effort to give honest service. Advertising
which carries this message has the right ring to It. and the so-called witty
advertisement rings hollow and empty to»a person who Is serious minded:
and I want to tell you that there Is no more serious time to any man
than the time when he Is parting with his coin.
"The human touch In advertising Is all .right, for It makes Its appeal
to all people. Let your advertisements bo friendly without being fresh or
familiar; Just the sort of talk you would use In conversation with your
friends or to a customer over the counter. But the man who attempts to
wear the'cap nnd bells and wield the bladder of the clown In his adver
tising will be given exactly the consideration which the clown receive*,
which Is a sort of 'out-of-slght-out-of-mlnd’.. consideration, on which any
business house will starve.
“I recently saw a’llttlc folder, oh the 'outer cover of which was the
statement, ‘How we lost a customer/ and upon opening It, Inclosed In a
heavy mourning border, was the sentence. '.He died/ And It scorned witty,
but do you believe a person who had recently had a death In the family
would be Induced to trade with that man by such an advertisement?
■Would It not rather Incline any person who had lost loved ones to walk ten
blocks to avoid that merchant?
"Let your advertising bo full of business, not jests; of facts, not fan
cy: of store news, not almanac Jokes; of bargains, not buffoonery, or you
will find that your bank account, that mirror which reflects every angle of
business, will show another Joke, qfid that will be on you!”
DAILY HEALTH CHAT
BY AN ATLANTA PHYSICIAN
medicalTinspection of schools
From Harper's Weekly.
Daniel Webstar want lo Dartmouth col
lege In a homespun suit of which probably
every thread was carded, spun and woven
by his mother’s hand from the wool of
their own sheep. It wee a dyed-ln-tho-
wool eult, and the color was Indigo blue.
In tho South butternut wae used, but
tho the Yankee domes knew all about the
usee of butternut berk, end the subtle
power for elate color that lay In the an-
mach berries and bark of white maple,
and were not unacquainted with the vari
ous dyes that root and flower, bark end
leaf, could be made to yield thru the
agency cf vitriol and alum and copperas
to "aet” them taat, the universal standby
In New England wae the blue pot, per
excellence the "dye pot,” that stood In the
chimney corner of every kitchen In that
region.
So Webaler was fitted out 3n Indigo blue
from collar to ankle. Before reaching
Hanover, there came on one of those
drenching rains that wet a man to the
skin. The suit held He own. but It parted
with enough dye to tinge Daniel blue from
head to foot.
Webster had a liberal stratum of aentl
ment In hie montal makeup, end for some
reason the color of hie young manhood re
mained hie favorite wear thru life. He
wore blue coats to his dying day. If
any one ever sew him In one of a differ
ent color the fact has not been made of
record.
amount of highly profitable business
later on. There are Indications that the
Industry Is gradually gotting into bet
ter shape, and that the concessions tn
prices already arranged for will attract
orders from sources, that have long kept
out of the market. The country’s for
eign trade Is in excellent shape, and the
statistics just compiled nt Washington
show nn excess nf export* over Import*
for the month of September of 372,600.-
000, as compared with an excess of
only 361.000,000 for that month last
venr. These conditions mean a great
deal In judging the long future and will
unquestionably provide the basis for
very much better times later on.
LOOK PLEASANT, PLEASE!
MmS
From the standpoint of preventive
medicine, n significant and encouraging
sign of the times Is the proposal In
several states to extend medical lnspec-
an of school children to all public
mools In the state.
Aside from the humanitarian ad
vantage of thla work. It la sure to re
pay the state In the long run handsome,
ly In a financial! way. One of the
greatest drains upon the public funds
Is tho maintenance of Incurables and
lncnpnblcs who might eaally havo been
developed Into healthy nnd useful cltl
sens by timely medical attention in ear
ly life. Thus If state-wide medical in
spection had been In vogue twenty
years ago many Indigent charges upon
the stato,,Including epileptics. Inmates
of asylums and blind persons, would
now ba self-sustaining.
In no other relation ot life Is the
adage "a stitch In rime saves nine" so
continually Illustrated ns In the prob
lems of health and. disease. Probably
three-fourths of all blindness Is pre.
ventable. Recent' Investigation points
conclusively to the fact that timely ex
amination nnd treatment of tho teeth
and tonsils would. In thousands of In
stances, prevent inflammatory rheuma
tism, organic heart disease and chnren
or St. Vitus’ 'dance. Also early exam
ination of the eyes, leading to appro
priate treatment or glasses, has, bstdes
the effect ,of conserving vision, the
broader advantage of relieving the
wh'ole nervous system from the under
mining effect* of eye strain. More
over, tuberculosis It discovered In time
Is curable. Then there are those emi
nently Irritative Impediments to child
development, namely, adenoids. An tnu
portant duty of the medical Inspector
should bo the suspension of children
too young, too weak or too nervous to
attend school. 1 •
There Is another advantage over and
above the direct benefit to the child
and the indirect benefit to the state—
the educatlonul advantage. After a few
years of Inspection, parents and pupils
will have become Informed concerning
personal hygiene, sanitation and diet.
The direct contact between the children
ahd the physician and nurses who In
spect nnd Instruct them, coupled wltl
the regular communication ot the In
specters with parents concerning the
physical welfare of their children, i*
bound to prove the most positive and
practical means of spreading the gospel
of health that has ever been put Into
effect In tho history of the race,
No Chance For Pedestrians.
From London Answers.
It really was a case In which every
thing seemed perfect. The Insurance
company's doctor had reported quite
enthusiastically nnd the man wae not
engaged In any dangerous trade.
"I lend a sedentary life,” he told them.
"I work In an office, and we have no
danger or excitement."
"How nbnut sport*?" asked the ex
aminer. "Do you play football—hock
ey? Do you box? Belong to an ath
letlc club?”
“No; none of those things. I think
you'll find I'm a safo risk."
"Do you scorch?"
"What do you mean?”
“Do you drive your car faster than
the speed limit?”
"I have no car."
"No—no car!” gasped the official
But how do you get about?"
"I walk," explained the riskless one,
beginning to get nervous.
•‘Sorry/’ snapped the Insurance men
"We can’t take you! A scorcher 1-
pretty risky, but a man who walks—
Great Scott! He hasn't the ghost of a
chance!"
UNCLE WALT # 'philosopher
-if*
IN a NEWSPAPER OFFICE
"Somebody wants u* to answer tb*
question. *\Vh*t makes a woman beau-
itfuir "
••8*y that w* can t recommend any
tpeiUI make of fare powder”
Harold—You certainly prefer a strong
man?
Willi*--You moat prefer a brainy man?
Fannie—1! your team win*. HaroM. I ll
choose you.
Fannie—The idea! Asking me to walk
* on the street with him In that battered-
un condition.
WHile— You »ee. Charlie. tt*a brains
that count after all.
Why was Mona Lisa smiling in a manner so beguiling!
Folks have wondered what amused her for four hundred
years or so. What was going on no funny that she sprung a
Ninije so sunny? What occurred so laugh-pro-
MONA LISA voking in those davs of long ago? Were the
merchants advertising bargain carnivals surpris
ing, was she dreaming of a bonnet thnt would break the neigh
bors’ hearts? Was she planning brave excursions in the,stores,
and such diversions, plundering the remnant counters in the
city’s busy marts? Oh, thnt smile! We enn’t discover what it
was that made it hover on the face of the lamented in the
voiceless vanished years: anyhow, that smile is famous, and the
sages can not blame us that we’re all in love with Mona, who
preferred a smile lo tears. Is there in the realm of painting
any picture of a fainting, mournful, melancholy maiden who's
been loved ns much as she? Thus a smile goes down the ages
lightening life's dreary stuges, bringing gladness to our voy
age, like a sunbeam on the sea. WALT MASON.
Copyright. 1911, by George /Matthew Adams.
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