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A Man Does Not Get Old
Until He Is Ninety— .
r ». r.
Os Course Not,. Ninety Should Be the Prime of Life. A Hundred
and Forty-four Will Be a Good Average Old
Age in Days to Come.
At a meeting of the Medico-Legal society, recently, it was
stated that a man <»f fifty ought to have forty good years ahead of
him.
As a matter of fact, a man of fifty in the really scientific and
civilized flays that arc to come, will have NINETY GOOD \ EARS
AHEAD OF HIM.
There was a day only a few generations back—when the sec-
ond largest city in France had nos one single man or woman past
fifty years of age.
Sewerage ran through the open streets and info the wells. The
graveyards were on the hills above the villages and the diseases of
the dead ran down into the springs.
Plague occasionally killed half of all the people. And regularly
it killed them before half their natural life had passed.
Now. a man at fifty is considered young—he. was once gray
bearded, waiting for death.
In days to come, and not far off, the man of ninety will be in
his prime. Old age will begin long past a hundred. And death will
eomc in the case of the average, well behaved num. at between 1 10
and 150 years of age. The exceptional man will live to two hun
drrd and probably be very tiresome telling of the changes that lie
has seen in real estate values.
An animal should live at least ten times as long as the time it
takes him to reach the age of reproduction
A horse becomes a father at two years of age and lives to be
at least twenty—even to forty.
The animals, on an average, all live at least ten limos as long
as it takes them to roach the paternal age.
Man becomes a father at the earliest at about fifteen. And.
according to the simple rule, he ought to live to a hundred and fifty.
Life will he divided up into interesting periods when it reaches
its full length
Youth will last, with its imagination, hopes and romance, to
about fifty.
Earnest, bard work will last from fifty to a hundred. From
nnc hundred to a hundred ami twenty-five years of age a man will
work intellectually, getting the best results of his observations and
experiences.
At a hundred and twenty-five he will become self-indulgent,
take life quietly, sit up at night examining the stars, wondering
where he will go next, reading the latest books, traveling around
the world occasionally—perhaps once a month when the trip shall
take only one day.
The old man of a hundred and forty will become really self
indulgent, work very little, enjoy ten years of pleasure and intel
tactual excitement —then die and begin all over again on this earth
or some other.
And that is not so very far off. This world moves very rapidly.
Married to a Turk
By WINIFRED BLACK
MRS MARGERY SOMEBODY I
■SOMETHING, of Devon
shire, England, has fallen in
love with a Turk and run away
and married him. and now she's
gons to Turkey to wear a veil and
anklets, and live in a harem, and
learn to like sweetmeats flavored
with perfume, and be a real harem
heroine. How romantic—for a few
n eoksl
The Turk is » very handsome
Turk and very well educated—and,
oh! ho did make such desperate
love —said he'd die if Margery
Somebody Something didn’t mar
ry him right then and there gave
her rubies as big as pigeons’ eggs
and emeralds the size of thimbles,
and he fairly hung her in diamonds
the very week they were married.
And then he’s so divinely Jeal
ous- almost died of fury when the
waiter asked her what she would
order next, and threatened to com
mit murder if she allowed her own
first 'ousin, who had been brought
up in the same hntl'f with her, ever
to speak to her again Delicious,
delightful, glorious foj a few min
utes I
But afterward"
Poor little Margery Somebody
Something I wonder how long It
will b- till she will give all the
emeralds tn t’urkey to sec one hon
est English face, and how long
will it take her, 1 wonder, tn hate
the very sight nf anklets and Io
wt«h she had never b“en born when
ebs nas to sit on a cushion and
fit the anil 1 x of a gr* a y hedi
tired dancing girl, w ho makes per
feetly shocking eyes at the hand
some Turk right before her 'tv
eyes ?
Dife in a harem’ H«w romantic
it does sound fountain' bulbil’s,
blank slaver, th* clash of anklets'
the swish of tin oied veils Rut
how stupid, how wearmglv. mad
dening>v stupid it must b« after the
first L't hours
No one to talk to but the hand
some Turk. and he doesn’t ■ are
much to hear women talk. I'tanks
No papers to read, no books, no
friends, no traveling, nothing but
sweetmeats and veils and perfume
and the Terrible Turk
Mystery, seclusion, secrecx how
well they sound tn a book, amt
what a hore they always an m
real life. Mysterious people an
never clever people, they are just
dull and very often cruel ■ that's
<1!
The dark flashing eyes that are
so alluring before marriage run be
come a frightful nuisance after the
wedding ceremony if they never do
anything hut flash And. putting I
everything else aside, oh. Margery
Somebody Something, didn’t you
realize in the least the terrific ef
fect of centuries of absolutely dif
ferent training"
Why. it’s hard enough to get over
the fact that your busband likes
hot biscuits when you like "light
bread," as lie will persist in calling
for it. though every one knows or
should know that bread is bread
and biscuit biscuit. it's difficult
enough to get on with a Westerner
who is always finding some excuse
for ’’shedding" his collar, if you
Irippen to be New England born
and want every stick in the wood
pile as straight as a string.
Rut to marry a man of different
nationality, different training, dif
ferent ideals, oven different tastes
in clothes, and quite, oh. quite, dif
ferent notions of the proper thing
to eat for breakfast, is a much more
serious matter.
Oh, little Miss Margery Some
body Something, my heart fairly
aches for you this very hour, it
does, indeed'.
Whit ate you doing now, pray
tell" Having paint an inch thick
smeared all over your nice, fresh
English complexion to please your
lord and master? That’s what he
is over there, you see; not Just a
plain husband but a lord and mas
ter.
Are you begging him humbly to
let yon go out with a eunuch for a
toddle jurt a little pitiful, veiled,
waddled toddle in a walled gar
drp omen here, where you can’t
see a soul but the old toad who
live under the great red-flowered
bush by the water gate.'
1 your mother-in law living
with you in the harem, and how
many favorites are there there now ?
Non* and vou r»'gn alone"
M’ell, it’s early yet. and you are.
they say, very’ pretty . you haven’t
cried all the blue out of your poor
eyes vet poor thing, poor, little,
foplish thing.
1 ittle Miss- Margery Somebody
Something, tell us. pray, what do
yon expect, and why in the name of
common sense no you expect it"
You are as foolish as the man
1 know who has Just married a lit
tic g...we <>f a flirt Just because she
b.is pretty hair and a dimple, and
who is beginning to blame her for
•mt knowing what he means when
lie talks about the "higher destiny
of mail "
Marrtag. is no talisman turrsing
< a I.oh nature right straight
a round.
How ryot did tny of u- get the
!<!• t t liar it w a I’liaf' what al-
I ■« a -tmzzlf m-
The Atlanta Georgian
HE NEVER HAD A CHANCE
That Is What Nine Men Out of Ten Who Arc Failures Say. Look Out That You Don’t Say It Yourself.
By TAD
JHH ga f ■■ || apis
■ wffl nil
No. 5.
Yuni’s little lighter did so well that the
money was coining in faster than he could spend
it. It was really the first soft dough he ever had.
and it went as it came. easy. He learned to play
pool around the neighborhood; then later was so
good that he meandered up to the Broadway pool
parlors, where lhet played for money. He might
as well be seen up there with the big sports. Who
was better known than Yum’.'
He met a boy from his old town up there
ami got an earfnll of news. Some of his school
friends were in business and getting along fairly.
DOROTHY DIX WRITES
OF
Some Reasons Why Women Love Scamps
Bv DOROTHY DUX
W’
V du zrai ■''less* jnod-fnr
nothings seem to have a
peviiliai fiiscinai ion for
women ’ Why will a wife cling to
some worthless, drunken reprobate
of a husband with a devotion that
nothing can lessen, while she will
get up and leave for a trivial
a perfectly upright and worthy man
who is a g.ioil provitlei Why is
the black sheep im ariably mother's
darling among all hci children'.’
To answer these questions we
have to go back to the Garden nf
Eden attd our first mother, who
risked Paradise to find nut ahfmt
wicked things 'he had no business
knowing. The same curiosity about
forbidden things is still rampant in
every Innocent and ignorant femi
nine breast, and the man who is re
puted to bo wild and lawless still
fires her fancy as lin serpent did
Eve's, because he reptesenis lo her
the world of things whose doors
arc closed Io her.
Heaven knows that, in reality,
there is nothing romant'c in the
drunkard, or the gambler or the
roue, or the ne’er-do-well. He’s a
sordid enough figur* to any wlm
look at him with clear eyes, but the
imagination of foolish women make
of his vices a prime's cloak towrap
him in. and Hirn his weaknesses
and shlftlessnrss into high spirits,
laterally no good, honeio. indue
tiiuijs, every -day soft of a man can
compete in a woman's favor with a
scamp, and no man has st potent
a wax of wooing as be won h.t the
story of a dark and stni-im past to
tell.
The Roller the Worna.it the
Worse She Takes the Man Tn Rr
And. • urmtisly enough, th*’ better
the woman the worse she the
man to be That is why tmt; so
often marry villains. The woman
who has seen much of the world,
and who knows that pasts have a
way of coming home to roost, imb
that there is nothing '■mitnlic or
dashing about a man who comes
staggering along. ftuidb >1 with
drink, or who gambles away the
grocery money, picks out a goon
clean, thrifty man when she want'
a husband. Rm the unsotthisti atcl
woman, who knows nothing of the
roalitb -of life, falls > viriim to tim
bi < mil = hnumi a of Hi. .amp if In
f > r-n . o t ,« .
W EDNESI) AY, XT A V 29, 1912.
<if course, in explanation of why
women seem to have a peculiar
mania for loving unworthy men, it
may be said that the black sheep
very often has graces and charms
of personality lhat his white broth
er lacks. It is a truism that vice is
generally more attractive than
virtue, and ail of us know from per
sonal experience how much more
lovable certain people are who have
nothing but their faults to recom
mend them than certain other peo
ple who are models of all the vir
i ues.
We have all seen sonm man who
was a light in the church, an ex
ample in the community, the very
pattern of probity, and honesty, a
man whose wife rode in her auto
mobile. and had a fine house, and
rich clothing, and everything ap
parently that the heart of woman
could desire, die. and leave a widow
who made scarcely a pretense of
regretting him. We have seen an
other man d’e who had been almost
an outcast in the community, and
whose wife had gone shabby and
poor, and toiled to support him,
and he left behind him a broken
hearted widow who mourned him to
the day of her death.
Woman's Ruling Passion Is
Desire to "Reform Some One.
Sm h «poeta< l‘ ' irmlaf m marvel
at th# s i I logic of won.op. and '■•ay
that a man h.t -- small encourage
ment to co straight, oi to work hi
fingers to th* bom upporting h
v ifp. if he »->xi ip« t h.ei to love liim
in proportion for v- hat hp i? m
dor for li'-'i Th* s answer i? that
I\ r- i o f ’ niAtri’ of v<»ljtinn, and
the man who gives hi wife <ympa
th* and tcnde r ?i'--s sometim' < giv r s
h< v I’.i.o’. thati hp \xh.» bivrs his
V ifp and 'bom*•»nd
Another rea »n wh\ . lack ht=pp
hfjvf a fa * • nie» ti<»ii for waiicn '
lip'-aiisp the ruling passion v ith th* 5
px i< reformation No woman < m
• . thing, or anybody, without
a consuming d' s sir. iq make th'-m
o\ oi according to h'-r own littl*
poitorat'd p<ip»i pattorn.-
’rho man who is tir»a'i\ walking
in th. straight ami narrow path of
fp| • small opportunity foi the ex
er iso of th' 1 piejsim of refortna
tion The im»‘ t hi- wife can hope
to do ’ to make h>m rut his hair
•jn.'thpr wax. <m| lm\ anotlmi cty|o
collar and let hr» ph k mp hi -
n..’ki,e- but th*» «l»nnkard. or »h-
Ol‘ course, it would hr sears before they’d £et
what he made in a week. He smiled as be heard
of them. Hoot' boobs!
An uncle wrote Yum offering him a position
in a big store with a chance Io advance, but he
couldn’t see it at all. Why work like a slave
when you can get it by managing fighters? Huh?
The game was flourishing, but there was
some talk of putting a stop Io it. Yum was a bit
worried, but figured boxing too popular to be
stopped. He played pool and spent his even'ings
in pleasure. Why should he worry?
(To Be Continued.)
gambler, or the man with a past i.«
like a free ticket to a picnic to her.
She has a vision of her altering
his entire manner of lift', xycaning
him awa.x from all of his former
associates, quenching his thirst,
outing the itch in his fingers for the
pasteboards, blinding him to all
other womop and leading him upto
the higher life, during all of which
proceeding she is having the time
of her life. That is why. when a
bad man makes a little, ignorant,
unsophisticated gill his Mother
f’onfessur. ami tells her that he
only needs her influence to make
him another man. that it is all over
except semling <»ut th*- wedding
cards.
Still another, and the crucial
reason, why women love scamps is
the eternal mother love that is at
the bottom nf every woman's la-art,
and that is its guiding impulse.
Women max admire strength in a
man. but weakness makes an ap
peal to the very < ore of their being
that strength never does. They max
I'-vere the man who stands alone,
like a rock against the storm, who
has th*- ability » » achieve and com
mand. hut tb»’.x take the poor dere
lict of life, v. jnd beaten, broken,
hciplPS', in ihpir arms, and hide his
-‘hame upon their breasts.
Thcx max glory in the triumphs
of the speeps: ful man. hut it is the
failure wh" <onip ; - limping home
defeated sot whom they—make a
<iown out of thmr tenderpes'- and
pits
Mother T.nveg Wayward Son
Because Hp Needs It.
than hpi -trong. clever, healthy
children the mother loves best the
ptie that i o* LI \ or dpfornied. nr
fppt,u> minded Because he ne» d
her patience and her lox e most the*
tooth'r lox e her w axward son
most Because a'l others have turn
• d awax from him and he has no
oth* t home -dip keeps the light
burning in th*' imiow for the
prodigal, ami has the warmest wel
come for him .when he comes
• •topping bark in rag and tatters
God gave to woman this divine
power of forgtxcnrss. this fountain
of love that tlow s the more the
more it is drawn iipmi this brood
ing (rntbimss that take- in and
shelter all th* weak and ormg.
\nd men m*x well think < «od
th it it i ,-o.
THE HOME PAPER
Ella Wheeler Wilcox \
Writes on 1
The Future of the Public j
I School I
-—and--- * fi I
The Situation as It Is ||MH I
Now |
Written For The Atlanta Georgian
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright, 1912, by American-Journal-Examiner.
A BOY of erratic tendencies, to
gether with exceptionally
bright intellectual qualities,
was always in trouble in his city
school.
He took small interest in his
studies, was often late, and his
report usually brought sorrow to
his home.
He moved into the country and
entered a graded school, and be
came enamored of study, went
eagerly to his classes and was re
ported among the leaders in all his
studies.
There were two explanations of
this change.
One was the normal, free, out
of-doors life the bov lived; the
other was that HE WAS ONE OF
FIFTEEN IN HIS CLASSES IN
STEAD OF ONE OF SIXTY, AS
IN TOWN.
He felt no individual responsibil
ity in the throng, but in the smaller
band of students he stood forth a
personality, and be felt the "no
blesse oblige" of the situation.
A wave of dissatisfaction is
sweeping over the country regard
ing our school system.
And eventually this will cause a
change to be made.
The larger understanding of
mothers regarding education will
result in the personal element en
tering into the training of chil
dren
More Teachers, Higher Pay,
Fewer Scholars Needed.
When women have a voice in the
affairs of the nation there will be
more teachers, larger salaries,
fewer pupils in each department,
and more attention will be given
to the temperaments and varying
dispositions of children bv their in
structors.
Instead of regarding the little
ones who enter public schols as
machines which must be taught to
go according to one rule, each child
will hr studied as a threefold being,
and his mind, body and spirit will
he cared for and developed accord
ing to liis own peculiar needs. All
this "ill come slowly, but it will
come.
Before children enter the' public
schools there should be a great,
sifting process under the direction
of a national board of scientific
men.
The brain equipment of each
child, the tendencies given it at
birth, should be tested: then the
nervous, hysterical and erratic
minds ought to be placed in a school
by themselves, under th° tare of
men and women who know the law
of mental suggestion.
Quiet, loving, wholesome rules,
followed day after day and month
after month, would bring these
children out into the light of self
control and concentration. The
The Little Suffragette I I
By WILLIAM F. KIRK. 1 j
SHE wouldn't know a ballot if she saw one. ],
She doesn’t care for Roosevelt or for Taft . I
She couldn't tell a "cooked'' poll from a raw one. I
And never dreamed of Senatorial graft !
She never prates of woman’s real position. ■
And, up to date, has never cared for strife. 1
She hasn't much to say about ambition ffi
She couldn't make a speech to save her life. r
She’s dainty as a morning-glory petal.
She's sunny as the brightest morn in Mav,
She leaves the votes to folk of sterner metal >M
Because she's only two years old todav. I U
If stubborn men could catch her dimpled greeting ■ H
And get one chance her curly head to pet;
They'd sanction women's voting yes. rcpeatingl ll
Every one love* a baby suffragette,
f 11
hurried, crowding exciting meth*
ods of the public schools are disas
trous to fully half of the unformed
minds sent in the intellectual mael
strom which America provides
der the name of public schools.
Schools Unsafe for Average
American Child.
For the well bom, normal tnlnd-*
ed, healthy bodied child, who has
wise and careful guardians or pa
rents to assist tn his mental guid
ance, the public school forms a
good basis on which to build an
education. For the average Ameri
can child of excitable nerves and
precocious tendencies. It Is like
deep surf swimming for the inex
perienced and adventurous bather.
The great foundation of educa
tion—character—is not taught In
the public schools. There Is no sys
tematized process of developing a
child's power of concentration;
there is not time for this in the
cramming process now In vogue
and with the enormous pressure
placed on teachers.
No teacher can do justice tn
more than fifteen children through
the school hou-s. In many of our
public schools there are fifty amd
sixty children under one Instruct
or. This is fatal to the nervous sys
tem of the teacher and deprives the
pupils of that personal sympathy ,
which is of such vital Importance.
Luther Burbank, the famous (UK - -- I —-
ifornia horticulturist, declares that
the great object and alm of his life
Is to apply to the training of chil
dren those scientific Ideas which he
has so successfully employed in
working transformation in plant
life.
The Rev. Dr. .lames W. Lee,
pastor of St. Johns Southern Meth
odist church, of St.J.ouis, and for
merly of Atlanta, went to Santa.
Rosa. Cal., for an interview with
Mr. Burbank He said Io Mr. Bur
bank that he had referred to his
work In an address at Portland,
Oreg., and had expressed the wish
that he might introduce into the
method of rearing children some of
the scientific ideas that he was ap
plying every day to the improve
ment of plants.
Burbank Says Children
Need Spiritual Influences.
Dr. I.ee says that Mr Burbank
replied: "That Is the great ob
ject and aim of my life."
Continuing. Mr. Burbank de
clared that plants, weeds and trees
were responsive to a few influences
in their environment, but that chil
dren were infinitely more respnn
-ive. and the failure io recognize
the spiritual elements in the. en
vironing conditions of children'hail - '
been the fatal lack in dealing with
them _ |