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Mothers Are Mankind’s!
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The World Owes More to Its Mothers Than to Anv Other Insti
tution or Constitution—Their Lives Are Filled With Devotion
to the Children
GNT * h arned, save in grai- ous household ways,
IN Not perfect. na>. but fnll of tender wants;
No Angel, but a dearer being, all dipt.
In Angel instincts, breathing Paradise;
Interpreter between lhe gods and men,
Who looked all native to her place, and yet
On tiptoe seemed to touch upon a sphere
Too gross to tread, and all male minds perforce
Swayed to her from their orbits as they moved.
And girdled her with music. Happy he
With such a mother! Faith in womankind
Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high
Comes easy to him; and tho’ he trip and fall
He shall not blind his soul with clay.”
SOMEONE has said; “Since God could not be everywhere, He
made mothers.” A truism, not merely a figure of speech.
A mother is a home-maker. And a true home is a haven of
refuge and a foretaste of heaven.
A mother is the universal teacher. From her the child
learns to walk, to talk and to pray. By her he is taught the
meaning and the practice of all the ■virtues.
The world owes more to its mothers than to any other
source or institution that has ever existed.
Not that there are no good fathers in the world. There are,
and many of them.
But the relation of a mother to her child is so close and inti
mate that, alike from circumstances of early association and
from the peculiar physical relationship which exists between a
mother and her child, no one else can, or does, wield such an in
fluence as she.
The profession of a mother is not only the most sacred ami
useful one in lhe world; it is the most exacting and responsible
one. This can be said without the least hesitation or reservation.
It is exacting to the last degree.
The constant care of a child through the long and anxious
years of infancy is a task to which there is no vacation or change
or relaxation. Eternal vigilance is the price all mothers pay for
healthy children. \nd all mothers go down to the valley of the
shadow ere they become such.
Sacrifice is their daih lot; health, beauty, time, pleasure,
and all that appeals to a young woman must he given up to the
toil, day and night, of earing for helpless and unconscious in
fancy. Life itself often hangs in the balance.
And as the years go on, even if mother and child grow strong
and well, it falls to the mother to guide the child into the right
ways of living a responsibility that few men are called upon to
share, and with which no business man is over loaded down, how
ever exacting the nature of his varied undertakings.
It is not only an arduous and responsible post, involving in
credible sacrifice, but it is ill-paid, and ill requited in far too many
cases.
Children, we all know, are unthinking creatures. They take
much and demand much. How many repay a mother's care with
anything like the love and service it deserves? Too often the
mother’s virtues find adequate eulogy only upon her tombstone!
Let all men, husbands and fathers, joint with her children
and “arise'np and call her blessed” to her face and bring the
smile and the light to her eyes. A mother’s average day is a
hard one at best. Let all men make it brighter and easier for
her all days and every day.
How often do we hear some noted man bear this testimony:
“Whatever I have or have done that is worth while 1 owe it to
my mother?”
Happy the son who tells his mother that while she is living!
Happy the mother who receives the tribute from her children
that she deserves.
What shall a daughter do to honor her mother or her mem- | <
ory?
She should aim at the cultivation of all that makes woman
hood attractive and useful. Not by exacting tribute by appeals
to chivalry by virtue of hereditary position as the weaker ves
sel. But by a devotion to those ideals which properly belong to
her as the embodiment of the finer graces of mind and of spirit
—the outcome of God's second and best thought.
How shall a son honor his mother or her memory?
By remembering that womanhood is sacred: that the virtue
he associates with his thought or memory of his mother should
furnish the ground and incentive for his own personal virtue; by
remembering that there is, in God’s sight, only one standard of
virtue for men and women, that he lie true to the single sfiind
ard in hus relations with all women, everlastingly true to his
plighted honor as a husband , giving love and service, cheerfully
and ungrudgingly; and showing chivalry and unselfishness, un
ashamed of exhibiting the gentler attributes of conduct as well
as the stronger.
pay g;e;,-r compliment to trie memory of
his mother than to act toward all women, for her sake, especial
ly toward h’s own wife, as he wouhl Xpert his mother, h>s sis
ter or his own wife to act.
A man who plays the garni ot life fairly with his fellows,
because he has to, should not fail to play the g finil - fairly with
those whose relationship to him is that <>f the closest affection.
By so doing In will leach fairness I"' showing it where it
is not exacted by the stern net ssit es that rub- in his relation
ship: with "tber o.n
I'HI S HE BEt oMES A TRI E PARENT. BEf AI SE HE
ISA ’RLE TEACHER OF Hl> CHILDREN
Th. is what all motie r.s have done, and are doing forth. ir !
children t<-da' .
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The Atlanta Georgian
HE NEVER HAD A CHANCEj
That Is What Nine Men Out of Ten Who Are Failures Say. Look Out That You Don't Say It Yourself.
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No. 6.
Boxing was stopped, and Yum with his
fighter was left in the lurch. All their jewelry
went to the pawnbroker’s. They stuck it out for
a week or two, aud then were forced to seek em
ployment.
Yum wasn't a very smart lad. He hadn't
much lime to study, and- you know. It wasn't
necessary, anyway, according to his done, but
now he was up against it.
He finally landed a job in a case as waiter
and entertainer. He was a pretty good singer
FLIES CAN BE ELIMINATED
It Is Man’s Own Fault if He Permits Myriad-Headed Pest to Spread
Disease
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By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
cf w 11 l‘t grcates-i |wri! of summer
| is not fforn heat, but from
files Man’s deadliest enemy
in hot weather Is the innocent
looking. buzzing, impertinent, filth
loving house fly. it Is cradled in
unoleanliness. fattens upon putrid
ity, and plants loathsome disease
wherever it alights. These are dis
agreeable facts, which, like some
others, have to be plainly stated
for the good of humanity.
Thief in the House Safer
Than a Fly.
A single fly breeds more than two
hundred million descendants in 40
days, and evetv one of them, if al
lowed to live, becomes a carrier of
typhoid, consumption, fevers, ca
tarrh. plague and every eonimuni
cable disease from which mankind
suffers.
It is safer to allow a burglar to
go undisturbed into your silver
closet than to permit a flv to - titer
your kitchen You can replace wh it
the on® carries off. but not what
the other takes. Vour life and
xour children are better than your
silver spoons
t’o yea think that you cap not
get rid "f the ft’es -thpt gr-. q
“nei <■: vary nuisance?" Then listen
to this
■THI-KI-. ARE Sti FEW FLIES
IN B.W ARI \ CHAT TH ID < AX
IX Xt> \\ At IU RHM XRDED VS
A REST THIS IS PER HAPS IU E
T> > THt EXTREME ‘ I.EAXLI- ’
XI fS <»F HV\ ARIAX i’ITIES.
COURT YARDS. ALLEYS VA
CAXT LolS. ALL ARE KEPT
- I.EAX. VXD THE HALLWAYS
AXD F.XTRLXi'KS OF IHE
HOU.-l-.s ARE AS ERESH AS
SOAP AXD V ATER LAN MAKE
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IHI RSDAY. MAY 30. 1912
and knew a bunch of popular songs, and, al
though the pay wasn't just what he thought it
should he. it was as much as he could make any
where. He sort of wished now that he had
stayed in the little town and worked his-wav up
in business as some of the other lads had done.
The happy days of easy money were gune.
and Yum was on his uppers for fair, doing the
best he could. Now he longed for the hours he
had wastefl in pool parlors, cases and restaurants.
He wished he had studied a hit, read a book or
two. or at least made an attempt to learn a bit.
(To Be Continued.) *
Perhaps the only error about this
is the statement that the few flies
that do remain can not be regarded
as a pest. Even a few flies ate a
pest; even a single one is a po
tential pest, because of its amazing
productivity. Rut when, by clean
liness, they have been so reduced
in number It is infinitely easier to
dispose of those that remain.
Every city should be rendered as
free from flies as those happy Ba
varian towns. One effective way
to do it was pointed out by an edi
torial in The Georgian just a few
weeks ago. Begin the fignr with
tile first fix that eomes buzzing out
in the spring. Kill hint on sight;
don’t let him get away!
Produce 12 Generations
In One Summer.
Entomologists have discovered
that a house fly lays lin the aver
age of L'fi eggs. Within ten days
< ar h egg has beeotm a full-tiledged
fly. This second generation, in an
other ten days, produces 14.10 n flies.
Ten days later tne third generation
appeal's, numbering 1.725.000. An
other ten l;'-'s swells the number to
207. uta.Don! All that myriad in 40
days from a single progenitor! in
th® course of the summet there are
produced from ten to twelve gen
erations of flies. You can figure
out for yroursf It the stupendous
number composing the twelfth gen
i ration.
The world would be rted'd with
flies if this went on uninterrupted
ly; but nature has shown sone
merer to the other 'nhabuants of
the earth. The average l.’e of a
fly is but a few week.- Nearly al!
die off. quite suddenly, with the
approach of cold weather. It is
not the (did that puts an end to
them, but their filthy habits. To
ward the end of the season they
are attacked by multitudes of mi
nute red mites which slay them In
myriads. Fungous disease seize
them about the same time, and
theii hosts melt away binder the
attack.
Wintering Flies Should Be
Killed Like Snakep.
Yet some escape and live through
the winter, stowed away in con
venient cracks and corners, par
ticularly in warm houses and barns.
\ wintering fly should never be
suffered to live. They ought to
be hunted out like torpid rattle
snakes.
It is not from these hidden flies,
however, that nfost of the multi
tudes that suddenly appear with
the first warm weather arise. They
are born front the eggs that have
been deposited by the last autumn
generation in piles of refuse. It
does not suffice merely to voter up
such breeding grounds of flies.
Full-fledged, new-born house flies
have oe> n cen issuing in the spring
from the surface of a pile of sand
FOUR FEET DEEP with which
the eggs had been covered. If such
places ran be thoroughly disinfect
ed eggs may be killed.
Remember that whenever you kill
t fit you may be saving a human
life. Don’t let its innocent look,
its sporting proclivities, its com
radely manners, its amusing impu
dent e. deceive you. "Beelzebub is
the father of flies, and fie- are th—
infernal agent? of Death In some
of his most insidious and dreadful
forme
THE HOME PARER
The Only Democrat
By ELBERT HUBBARD.
Copyright. 1912. International News
Service.
ABOVE all things this age
stands for temperance, in
dustry. economy, efficiency.
The parasite and the barnacle were
never tn such bad repute as they
are todaj.
Men who insist on throwing mpn
ey to the English sparrows supply
amusement, but they do not com
mand respect.
For the first time in the history
of the world we are agitating the
proposition of retting. government
on a business basis. NVe are elim
inating the economic slack and
• taking up lost motion.
The highest ambition of every
grind business man today is to be
a good public servant, and this!
was the controlling impulse in the
heart so Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson carried no ex
cess baggage He w as. 5 fe»t 10 and
weighed 150 pounds. He used at!
the body he had.
He rode horseback until his
eightieth year. Two particular
horses that .he ow ned and loved
have-come down to us in history.’
One- is Wildare and the other is
Eagle.
This horse Eagle Thomas Jeffer
son rode up the hill to the capitol.
There he tied old Eagle to a post
and went in and took the oath of
office as president of the United
States. Not only did he do this
once, but four years later he did
the same thing, riding the same
horse.
V As any horse ever so honored
before? To have carried on his
back the kingliest man that Ameri
ica has produced on such a mo
mentous errand, not only once, but
twice—and twice-.was enough.
The last time that President Jef
ferson took the oath of office he
had to elude a valiant captain of
militia who insisted on acting as
escort for him.
Jefferson simply beat him to ft,
and, after taking the oath of of
fice he mounted old Eagle, turned
his head toward the white house
and rode on an easy trot down
Pennsylvania avenue. He met the
escort in brass buttons gilt and
braid and feathers coming up the
street, looking for their man. Jef
ferson declined their invitation to
turn about and ride at their head,
circling the capitol, on the plea
that he had work to do.
To .him there was something
greater than military display;
something nobler than to make.a
noise and attract attention. An<j
that one thing to biro was to serve
humanity.
Jefferson was,a great writer and
had a peculiar, distinct literary
style, all . his ow n. He gave us. a
lesson in the use of the period. His
verb always fetches up. He said
things clearly, distinctly, succinctly,
forcibly and well. The idea was
| ATLANTA’S GARBAGE QUESTION
WANTS INVESTIGATION.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Sir —It occurs to me as a citizen
that the press of Atlanta is editor
ially neglecting a most serious ob
ligation that is due the people in
allowing the discussion concerning
the building of an Incinerating
plant to proceed without making
thorough Investigation of the re
spective claims of parties at-inter
est. and should It appear consistent
to do so, inform the people with
exhaustive and courageous expos
ure of w hat ■ Interested claimants
may attempt to foist on the tax
pavers of Atlanta.
To the point ; There are two con
cerns seeking a contract with the
city to destroy het garbage, the
New York Destructor Company,
with an elastic proposition of
1276,000 to $441,000. according to
speculative estimates as to what
uses the plant may be put to in the
future, and the Forsythe Garbage
Incinerator Company, whose pro
posal is fifty or sixty thousand dol
lars. based on a simple and practi
cal plan of destroying garbage,
without regard to impractical and
unattainable power benefits that
are securely wrapped in contracts
that the city already has with thf
Georgia Electric Light Company.
Now. according to estimates as
to th® successful operation of the
Forsythe plant in Atlanta, from
Hon. James G Woodward, who
was then mayor, and other city of
ficials who investigated the plant,
its work was not only successful,
but really better than the contract
called for. If this be true, doesn't
it strike th® average man that At
lanta is about to throw away som®
$"00,000 or mor® from a deplated
treasury in order that certain pre
conceived health vi®ws may con- I
tinue to sleep tn well screened
porches of mental composure?
What are the papers doing as to
protecting the people'? True we
want a good plant, but we don t
clear in hia mina. and he had skill
to express it just as clearly on
paper.
He could not make a speech,
however. He was no orator And
the few times he attempted to
speak in public he always carried
his manuscript with him. Thera
was one time when he attempted to
make a speech without his manu
script and failed. sitting down
without giving his message.
Jefferson had founded the Uni
versity of Virginia, and the enter
prise was fairly under way when
some of the students were guilty
of gross misconduct.
Jefferson believed in the honor
system. He founded the public
school system of America on this
idea. He had such faith in human
ity that h° believed if the scholars
were not too much interfered with
that they would do what w as right,
best and proper Jefferson believed
in the divinity of th° child. His
faith was in th* '’demos."
Jefferson said. “That country is
governed best that is governed
least."
He believed in doing away with
corporal punishment H» did not
believe in the death sentence He
did not believe in slavery, and by
his will all of his slaves were
freed. And these slaves he had not
bought; they came to him bv in
heritance and were a part of his
family.
But on the particular occasion in
mind, when the boys had forgotten
their better manhorjd and had vis
ited, an Indignity in the way of haz
ing on one of their members. Jef
ferson appeared in th* assembly
room of the college and asked the
principal’s permission to speak to
th» boys. IJr began bv saying.
"Young gentlemen, you are sons of
Virginians"—here his voice falt
ered, he hesitated, again tried to
speak, and. bursting into tears, sat
down
Nothing that mortal man could
possibly have planned could have
been mor® effective. His possible
word of rebuke to the students was
unuttered. but every one in the
room who had anything to do with
the particular misdemeanors was
humiliated, abashed and undone.
Jefferson always enjoyed good
health, and even in his old age. aft
er his eightieth year,- nature was
kindly, for Jefferson . was a worker
and a thinker to the day of his
death. Jefferson was always gentle,
always considerate. H® founded no
Ananias club He once said, “No
man is so wholly right.that he can
say that any one else is wholly
wrong.”
If ever a man grew old grace
fully. that man was Thomas Jeffer
son. His hope for the race, his
faith in the plain people never falt
ered.
What this country must do is to
catch up with Thomas Jefferson.
want to pay too much. What did
the Montgomery plant cost? How
does the price given Atlanta com
pare with the cost of that plant as
to the relative difference in power
capacity? These are business ques
tions that concern Atlanta. The
peopl® expect the tax committee to
look into the matter and act as ft
would in matters concerning their
.own private interests. This com
mittee and council owe direct re
sponsibility to the people.
The board of health. though
made up of most estimable gentle
man, is elected by the city council,
and therefore responsible to the
people through the city council.
The question of purchase should
rest with the officials who are
elected to care for the tax money
of Atlanta.
Meanwhile the engineer to be se
lected to pass on the plants pro
posed should be accepted to all par
ties concerned. The inspection
should be fair, without prejudice
and by a competent engineer
BENJAMIN M BLACKBURN.
SHOULD ACT AT ONCE.
To the Editor of The Georgian.
Every citizen of Atlanta demands
relief by council from the garbage
nuisance We hav® suffered fr®m
it for years. We must not-suff-,
longer.
Atlantans hav® always boasted of
the healthfulness of this city. It
has been our chief pride. Yet the
crudeness and the filthiness of our
method of disposing of garbage
mocks us. And the evil has in
creased to such an extent that it
should not be tolerated longer.
I would not attempt to advise
council what sort of disposal plant
to build. That is entirely its busi
ness Rut they should act at on e
I and provide some suitable disposal
s-'stem It is false r-< onomy to say
th® city can not afford to buy a
plan'. The protection of the health
of its citizens is t?,- Arst duty of t
municipality. L. J. DANIEL
