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Rebuilding Your Character •
THIS is the time when, revisiting a
familiar neighborhood, we say, "I
don’t remember that house,” and
who h&« passed the place oft
ener answers, “Few would recognize It.
It has been so Improved."
It is a season of building and of re
tmilding. and the rebuilding is of the
two more wonderful.
We see. a one-story cottage grown to
a two-story house. A small house re
■eals its owner's new prosperity by
preading over twice as much lawn
with its bay window extension on the
east side, its summer veranda that may
convert into a sun parlor next winter,
but where the family may have break
fast this summer, and call in the neigh
bors for impromptu ice cream in the
evening. The face of that house is ut
terly changed. Is ft by a new veranda?
No. only the building of a balcony
overhead. But the former window has
been deepened into a glass door that
opens upon th? balcony, and there are a
little reading table and a lounging
chair beside it like those used on the
decks of seagoing steamprs. And one
catches a glimpse of skeins of bright
silk in the workbasket and a magazine
or two beside it.
“The Robinson house looks better,”
you say, and you hear in explanation
that Mrs. Robinson is happy because at
last she has her long-deferred new
kitchen and her husband has built a
neat little laundry the end of the
kitchen. You would not think so small
a thing would make a woman look so
much more content, so much younger
and more at peace with the world, but
it Is thus v. hen we achieve something
for which we had long been striving,
and the neighbors said Mrs Robinson
has done a good deal of striving, for
her spouse keeps the strings of his
money bags knotted tight.
“The Grimes house seems a stranger
to itself.” you remark, for its smoked,
spotted whiteness has been replaced by
light gray with trimmings of darker
gray. It has a roof so mosslike in
color that the painter is being con
gratulated upon his art, which has so
closely followed nature. A bed of bright
geraniums in front of the house gives it
a cheery- aspect. The Grimes house, for
the first time, looks up to date. It
looks as a woman does who overheard
some one call her a frump and who has
bought a. smart, new frock, and who
looks ten years younger and twice as
happy because of her triumph.
"The bleak-looking house of the
Bradleys! What on earth have they
done to it?” you ask. The straight
outlines, severe as an unsmiling face,
have been somehow changed. Ah'. Mrs.
Bradley has attained her heart's desire.
She has what her city cousins call a
conservatory, but she has lovingly
named “my flower house,” and when
you pass in the evening and see her
giving the flowers she loves a shower
bath, you wonder why you ever thought
her face repellent. It looks so soft and
Sweet in the red light of sunset.
; Rebuilding tiwef; The face, of the
neighborhood has changed. How much
better it-looks' What an inspiring
thing is improvement, even though its
agents be only a few boards, some
flails and a paint brush!
There’s a lesson in that rebuilding, a
lesson for you and me. for every one
feels a bit world-worn, a little tired.
Somewhat inclined to fold the hands
listlessly and mutter "What's the use?”
That mood is only spring tiredness of
the spirit, and the remedy for spring
tiredness is what is in the air in your
rfeighborhood. Hear the hammers driv
ing in new nails? See the carpenter
carefully fitting on a new siding? He
is giving us a friendly hint of what to
do with our characters. No house is
beyond repair while it stands on its
foundations. That old cabin belonging
to the washerwoman who lives at the
edge of town. You would have thought
it quite impossible to improve that.
Wouldn’t you? But the}’ make new
CURES “LITTLE ILLS" OF BABIES
It is well for the mother to encourage her children to aecnetom
themselves to regular habits, in eating, sleeping and the per
sonal care of the body. These lessons last throughout life. Not
the least Important of the habits that one should acquire early in life—
and which rests entirely with the mother In the earlier year*—is regular
bowel movement. The baby and the child should be encouraged in this, and
the habit will becorpe a natural one. It will be better off through life for the
habit. Two to three calls a day are not too many for the baby and the child,
and the grown person should have at one. Without that the minor In
dispositions of life are sure to result. Watch the baby carefully, and If it
. cries, Is peevish and irritable give It a small dose of a mild laxative, and that
is something every mother should always have in the house. No doubt many
laxatives are recommended, but the one that seems to be in most popular
favor with discriminating mothers throughout America is DR. CALD
WELL'S SYRUP PEPSIN. It fills the requirements of a baby’s laxative
better than any other remedy known. It is a liquid of pleasant taate, mild
in action and never gripes. A very little of it is alt that a baby needs, and
yet so effective Is the action of this remedy that grown-ups will find equally
satisfactory results. Its use for a few days tn succession In the small dose
that the directions call for will result in good bowel health for a long time
to come. It Is, for that reason, an ideal family remedy, as It la suited to all
•r ages, and much to be preferred to salts, and such things, which
are not needed by children, women and old people. These rgqulre a mild
laxative such as DR. CALDWELL'B SYRUP PEPSIN.
Dr. Caldwell:
Before I began to take Syrup Pepsin
I wasn’t able to do any work at all,
and couldn’t eat anything Now I can
L -v a good day’s work and can eat a
little of most anything I want
ANDY FOWLER,
Greenville, S. C.
Anyone wishing to make a trial of this remedy before buying it in the
regular way of a druggist at fifty cents er one dollar a large bottle (family
size) can have a sample bottle sent to the home free of charge by simply
addressing Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 405 Washington 8t„ Monticello. ILL Ycur
name and address on a postal card will do.
By ADA PATTERSON.
craft of the timbers of wrecks at sea.
and old Mollie, sitting on the new
doorstep of her re-propped and white
washed house, returns your look of
wonder with a cheerful smile.
We’re never impossible of reconstruc
tion while our grave clothes are un
worn. Is our temper testy? Let us
get a stronger grip on our nerves, for
unsteady nerves are the cause of ill
temper. Are we of gloomy habit of
mind? Brown may have turned a bad
business trick today, but White did a
fine, unselfish thing in offering us a
helping, hand. The good deed should
cancel the bad in our memory. Are we
inclined to withdraw into ourselves and
cultivate isolation? That wasn’t the
intent of the Designer of that strange,
complex pattern, human nature. He in
tended that we should relax the spirit
and sun the mind in occasional com
panionship with our kind. Find the
point of interest in the -character of
some acquaintance. There is one. Be
Interested in him and he will be in
terested in you.
Whatever that leak of character has
let in sorrow yott can board it up.
Didn’t you see Neighbor Hartley patch
ing his roof? And they say it doesn’t
leak a drop and that it’s perfectly wa
ter tight.
Rebuild, rebuild!
Do You Know
That
Caruso, the world’s greatest tenor, is
said to be making $500,000 a year.
Needles were first made In England
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Great Britain has more trade unions
than any other country except Ger
many.
Over 55 miles of film arp now being
used up yearly in satisfying the world's
demand for "living" pictures.
Malta is the most thickly populated
island in the world. It has 1,360 peo
ple to the square mile.
Lanarkshire, with its population of
1,447,1 13 persons, contains more people
than any other Scottish county.
Russia’s army had a peace establish
ment of over 1.200.000 men : its approx
imate war strength exceeds 5.000.000
men.
Statistics show that 1,660 babies in
England and Wales succumb to burns
every year, and, according to F Waldo,
coroner for the city of London, the rha-
Jority’of these accidents are prevent
able by the use of non-inflammable
flannelette.
A burglar in New York was in such a
hurry leave a house at which he called
professionally that he left behind him a
book containing a list of the places he
had “burgled," alphabetically Indexed.
When arrested he informed the police
that he was a "systematic burglar.”
The lottery for a wife, which takes
place annually at Smolensk, has been
successful this year, all the ticketshav
ing been bought. The promoters of the
lottery select the young woman -who
has to be drawn for. She is then or
dered to remain constantly at home for
ten days to receive the visits of candi
dates for her hand. The sale of 5.000
tickets at a rouble each is controlled by
the municipal council. As soon as they
are sold the lottery takes place, and the
winner has the right to marry the
young woman and her fortune of 5.000
roubles. 'She can, however, refuse the
man who has drawn the lucky number
In this case she has to divide her for
tune with him.. Since the lotteries were
established refusals have been rare.
Dr. Caldwell:
I am thankful to say that I received
the sample bottle of Syrup Pepsin that
you sent It did me mere rood tn a
little while than anything I nave ever
had Before using It I could not eat
anything but It would hurt me Now
I can eat three meals a day and not
be worried.
MRF MATTIE A. COMPTON,
Yatesville, Ga
“When Spring Lingers in the Lap of Summer** * By Nell Brinkley
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' Summer moon is here, but the air at
night is Spring’s breath, cold and hint
ing of far high snows; Summer’s fine, high,
blue sky is here with its whipped-cream
clouds, but Spring’s silver rain still veils it
ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN * * By Beatrice Fairfax
DIFFICULT TO DECIDE.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am twenty and engaged to be mar
ried to a young man five years my se-
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VIOLA MAY WALKER.
Dr. Caldwell:
I gave the sample bottle of your
medicine to the baby and then I got a
dollar bottle and I am giving It to her
•nd It Is Just working fine I thank
you many times for your sample
MRS. JOHN H. WALKER,
Polo, Mo.
Dr. Caldwell:
I received your sample bottle of
Bynip Pepsin and gave my baby all of
it Abe was bothered with constipa
tion She 1s all right now and lam
taking it myself. I have nearly used
a 50c bottle VALLIE UTLEY,
_ Keyser. N. C.
Dr Caldwell:
I received the free bottle of Syrup
Pepsin. It did me a lot of good and I
went right to our druggist and got a
50c bottle. I thank you very much
for your kindness. to me
ANNA CAMP BELL,
Seneca. S C.
Dr Caldwell.
I received year sample of Syrup
Pepsin O K. My daughter says ft is
the beet medicine,she ever used for
constipation, and I will always keep
It In the house, as I think it Is a fine
medicine ELI MILLER,
• July, Ga.
over some days and falls in long, bright
strings of crystal beads; Summer’s warm,
deep fragrant grass is knee-high in the wood
meadows, but the frail, tender-colored flow
ers that gem it over are Spring’s very own.
Spring still lingers in sweet Summer’s lap.
nior. Lately we are having quite a
number of quarrels on account of his
inserting his name in a program that is
given by his club and omitting mine,
which I think is an insult to mo. Who
is wrong? AUGUSTA.
You do not state if it Is customary
to Insert the woman's name. if he
openly slights you by failure to add
your name. let the last quarrel end your
engagement. •
In any event, the frequency with
which you quarrel doesn’t look promis
ing for your happiness.
LET YOUR ACTIONS SPEAK.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am deeply In love with a young
lady with whom I have been keeping
company for nearly a year.
About two months ago she went to a
party which she said was "just for
girls," so I did not go.
Since then she has been acting in
differently to me. She claims she is
acting that way because I am getting
tired of her. How can I prove to her
that my love is Just as strong as when
we first met? X. Y. Z.
You love her. but she thinks you
don’t.
Go to her and tell her you love her
and that your love has never wavered.
It seems to me a little mutual confi
dence will clear away all doubts and
apprehensions.
WRITE TO HIM.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am a young girl and am deeply in
love with a young gentleman a few
years my senior, 1 have not seen him
for a month, owing to the fact that we
had a disagreement, but not a quarrel.
We parted the best of friends. I have
many other admirers but care only for
him. HEARTBROKEN.
If your acquaintance Is of duration
long enough to warrant It, write a
friendly note asking him the cause of
his coolness. But don't express any
undue anxiety in your letter, and don’t
write a second time
GO TO HER AND MAKE UP.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am nineteen, and have been Reap-
ing company with a young lady one
year my junior. In a letter which she
wrote to a mutual friend tn a different
city, she offended me. I have not
spoken to her since, but have met her
at several dances. I know she loves
me, and regrets writing that letter.
I love her dearly, and am at a loss to
know how to "make up” with her.
ANXIOUSLY.
Your task Is not difficult. Go to her
and tell her you are sorry there has
been a breach. I am sure your avowal
will result in a similar one from her.
and an explanation will follow.
When Your Hak.
Turns Gray
When a woman’s hair turns gray, the
world expects her to step hack from
he lime light. • Active and abreast of
he times she may be. with a wide ex
perience, but—she has grown old and
<ray headed Fortunate. Indeed. Is the
woman whose hair retains Its colot
hrough her forties.
But what, of the woman whose halt
begins to fade, maybe as early aa 25 or
10. the woman in the midst of the ac
tive business world? "We don't want
bld women!" She feels ft al! around
her
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BY FRANCES L. GARSIDE.
CHAUNCEY DEVERE APPLE
TON. the Child Statistician, got
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Congress.
“The question,” he said, looking at
his watch to give his hearers the inti
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"In my modest capacity as Statisti
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“I And.” sw-elling up as all men swell
when they’ make a similar statement,
"that the women are to blame.”
(Applause from other little swelled
up men in blouses and knickerbock
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‘1 have figured that my father spends
four hours a week waiting for my
mother to get ready to go to places
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average active life of 50 years, would
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minutes.
"In that length of time my father
might have laid the foundation for an
immense fortune. I say ’might;’ I
should have said ‘would.’
"I do not take into account the
amount of energy’ he wasted, or the loss
of time in recovering his temper after
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my mother had finally sot her hat on
her head or the meal on the t»ble Sucn
energy, I am sure, would have sufficed
to dig the Panama canal”
There was applause '.hat wag deafen
ing, followed bv discunslons on the
subject. It was decided tn appoint a
committee to speak to the mothers.
Other decisions were that presidents
are not made of the kind of boys who
get what they want out of mother by
threatening to leave home.
That if all the Don’ts Mother uses in
a year were made into a charmstring
they would make a belt for Mother
Earth, and enough left for garters.
That threats made by mothers and
never carried into execution would
make a mountain range.
That thp greatest reform the children
need these days can not be. realized by
the appointment of a committee of
childless wives and spinsters to Inves
tigate the Child Mind, or to study The
Child Temperamental.
But that it. can be attained by a de-*
cree of fashion!
A fashion that will reatore the pocket
to Mother’s skirt!
They want Mother, when she goes td ;
a party, to have a pocket in her skf%k
so that she can slip some of the
and candy into it, and bring them home
to her children.
"Our grandmothers had these pock- ■
ets,” the Children’s Congress declared.,
"And they understood the Child Heart :
better than these childless women un- .
derstand it today.”