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Sense or
TASTE Is
SNOBBISH
A BABY of very tender age cannot tell the differ
ence betweeri the taste of oil and sugar. But
let the baby become a child of several years
and see others show delight at sugar and make grimaces
at oil. and this youngster will promptly refuse oil and
glamor for sugar. Influence and imitation are respon
sible for this.
Influence and Imitation are responsible to a great
degree for the likes and dislikes In the sense of taste
among people.
Taste is the least certain and the least assertive
of the senses Take sight, for instance. If you see a
woman in a red dress, all the people in the world
might tell you she wore a green dress, but that would
not convince you. You would still be certain her dress
was red.
The Real YELLOW PERIL
THE power of a race depends very largely
on Its adaptibllity to climate, and the
aptitude of the Yellow Race to accom
modate Itself to almost any condition of heat
or cold, from the Arctic Circle to the Equator,
Is a most significant factor at a time when the
Pacific Ocean is being first opened up for
world-wide trade
The national struggle for existence can be
traced definitely within lines of heat and cold.
Thus tne negro does not flourish in northern
latitudes that are damp, he is too susceptible
to pulmonary disease, and the Teuton cannot
acclimatize hitpself to the tropics; constitu
tional derangements of the liver set In with
great rapidity.
The conquering white race of the temperate
zone unquestionably has the land and the cli
mate that are best suited for mastery, but It
is limited to the temperate zone Northern
Alaska nas many white settlers, but the Es
kimos nre the only true race that can survive
there England governs India by a ruling
Why SLEEP-WALKERS Are Safe
THE connecting nerve tracts which He be
tween the memory cells of the brain
and which are not unlike electrical
wires of marvellous fineness and quick re
sponse work automatically when they are
often used. The same is true of the connect
ing nerves which respond to sense impres
sions. This explains why the sleep walker
usually is entirely safe, no matter how -dan
gerous may be the feat he attempts, for the
mechanisms which govern his walking or hie
climbing are working in perfectly normal
order, although the memory picture he is
following maw he entirely false.
The principal dangers that somnambulists
run is that they frequently take their walks
abroad by climbing over roofs, walking upon
window stills, etc, performing feats that in
wakeful moments never would have been at
tempted One of the principal causes of safe-
SECRETS OF SUCCESS
The DRUG CLERK
By THOMAS W. HOTCHKISS,
Vocational Counsellor.
THE bulletin of information published by Colum
bia University regarding its College of Phar
macy, states that "during recent years the de
mand for graduates of this college as clerks has been
far greater than the possible supply." Here is one
field of study which is practically certain ol yielding
fruit as scon as the school requirements are satisfied.
A boy of thoughtful and serious disposition, who pre
fers the quiet ways of the laboratory and the retail
store to an.v more combative pursuit, and who does
not aspire to the larger healing work of the physician
and surgeon. Is likely to find the work of a pharma
ceutical chemist and drug clerk fairly congenial.
He can begin by answering an ad. for "Boy
Wanted,’’ and if he Is willing to turn his hand to the
odd jobs of errand boy and light porter, if he can
stand the long hours and still keeps in mind his am
bition to succeed as a druggist, he will have a well
defined course to pursue, and with patience, pluck and
perseverance is reasonably sure to "make good." The
work of delivery boy, of bottle washer, window washer
and ice cream maker may be part of his job; but he
is learning all the while the names and prices of drugs,
medicines, etc, and In due time Is given his chanc?
behind the counter. Fortunately, he can usually ar
range to take the college course while in the employ
of the store
So. he has two objects to strive for—to be a good
retail sales clerk and a proficient pharmacist. The
college gives its diplomas at the end of the two years'
course of study without regard to age or amount of
practical experience.
But take an olive. The first time you taste one you 1
dislike it greatly. Yet you soon learn that olives are
a delicacy. You find them in the best cases and hotels,
on the best tables, at clubs and family dinners. You
see other people eating them with great relish. You
do not want to be odd, you try another. You like it
better.
It Is not because it tastes any different to you this
time than It did the first time, but because others
have influenced you by their own actions that olives
are really good, that they are worth while and a deli
cacy, and so, almost before you know It, you come to
be fond of olives and believe they have a splendid
flavor or taste.
The little nerves or cells of taste are most sensitive
at the tip of the tongue. Next they are most sensitive
at the base of the tongue where one gets the last
flavoi of food before swallowing it. The s»*se of taste
In the middle of the tongue is not so strong.
Put a bitter pill on the tip of the tongue and you
taste the bitterness before you can swallow ft, but put
It in the middle of the tongue and swallow it at once,
with a glass of water, and you do not get the bitter
taste because the water washes it past the taste nerves
at the base of the tongue.
Environment and physical conditions have a great
deal to do with taste. The dainty city man cannot
stand the idea of eating fried salt pork while poatoea
in pork gravy will taste abominable to him. He is
class, but only by a constant return of in
valided colonists and a constant sending to
the outposts of entire new blood from her
own shores in the temperate zone.
The United States lies within the favored '
zone, and it has been urged that she should,
not colonize nor endeavor to hold island pos- ’
sessions except as coaling stations, naval
bases, etc., for the reason that all the land of
moderate seasons is already taken up and that
Arctic or tropical possessions spell degenera
tion for those who colonize, or invalidism for
those who serve a term of years there
The Mongolian, therefore, from a geographi
cal point of view, possesses a marvellous fit
ness in the national struggle. He can colo
nize, govern and operate those marvellously
productive regions, the tropics, and he Is not
hindered from shipping his own raw products
to a zone where hard and continuous labor Is
possible the year round: in other words, the
factory belt. The Yellow Peril, from this
deeper aspect, is a serious one; perhaps the
gravest issue in the world-struggle of races.
ty lies In the fact that the mind, or that por
tion of the mind which is given over to sense
impression, has nothing whatever to interfere
with it; there is no suggestion of the likeli
hood of falling, no stumbling through fear.
There are very few men or women who could
walk across the Niagara Falls chasm on a
plank eighteen Inches wide; but there is none
that would hesitate to walk a distance five
times as great or. a plank half as wide if that
plank were lying on the ground.
Cells of sensation and cells of memory are
situated In different parts of the brain, and
this again explains why the sleep-walker, who
shows wonderful skill and agility in avoiding
and overcoming new obstacles, occasionally
evinces the most extraordinary inability to
perceive difficulties that lie in familiar sur
roundings. Thus the man who has shown
himself an acrobat on the roof, returning to
his room, will fall over a chair.
The larger drug stores are more like department
stores than "chemists’ shops" (as the English cal!
them), yet most of the sales clerks are licensed drug
clerks, the exception being those clerks who are em
ployed at the soda fountains, the candy counter and
as demonstrators of "specialty" goods. The skill of
the salesman is not simply clerical. There Is little
that he is obliged to explain, yet he has information
to impart which can add great interest, to the goods
he shows, and which can win his customers as per
manent patrons of the store Herein lies his oppor
tunity for successful salesmanship He must take an
interest in his work, yet act unobtrusively to rid his
customer of any possible embarrassment. The goods
are there, the price marks are on them, and there is a
saying, "It is no trouble to show goods" But beyond
this there is a psychology of successful salesmanship
which demands of the clerk, first of all, “Keep your
mind on the sale." In other words, the clerk should
make each customer feel that his wants are being at
tended to with special interest, intelligence and
promptness.
The clerk's work as a pharmacist is of a more
learned and special character. He must know all about
th? essences, extracts, salts, oils, acids, medicinal
roots and herbs and drugs of every sort that are to
be found in the United States Pharmacopoeia and the
National Formulary. To fill a doctor's prescription
without error is a serious business. It Is a skilled
profession. As such it calls for conscientiousness in
the use of drugs of standard quality and faithfulness to
the duty of observing legal prohibitions against the
use of poisonous or dangerous drugs, excepting as
prescribed by a reputable, licensed physician. His
compensation is fixed at a certain standard by the
leaders of his professional clan.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, .TUNE 8. 1912.
Influence and IMITATION Is Largely Responsible for Our LIKES and DISLIKES
The Sense of Taste Is Most Acute on
the Tip of the Tongue (1) Medium
at the Base (3) and Scarcely Notic
able In the Middle (2).
YOU MIGHT TRY-
Easy Ink Eraser.
A SLOT of ink on your paper may be easily removed by means of one
of those little emery cardboard strips that are used for manicuring
the nails. Just rub It lightly over the ink after blotting carefully, and it
will remove every trace yet leave the paper in good condition.
To Avoid Dust.
EVEN in Summer, If you use a hot-air furnace —and Lt is not in use then,
of course—never allow the cellar to be swept or cleaned up in any
way without first covering every register in the house with a damp cloth.
This prevents any dust from getting into the rooms.
•
Preventing Linen Wrinkles
IF you or your laundress runs your fine linen through the wringer it will
make wrinkles that are almost impossible to iron out Do not allow
this Have the fine linen sorted and wrung out by hand; it is worth all the
extra work.
Stoning Raisins Easily.
STONING raisins is a sticky job. but this can be easily avoided if the
raisins are first soaked five minutes in boiling hot. water and then
plunged into ice water.
Polished Wood Dusters.
SAVE the stocking legs. There is nothing better for dusting and wiping
polished wood. Dampen them in boiled oil and they will give the
wood a splendid polish.
Threading a Needle.
WHEN threading a needle with black sewing material hold the eye
against a light surface. When threading with white cotton or silk,
hold the eye over a dark surface. This will make the threading much
easier.
Cleaning Velvet.
TO clean light colored velvet, corduroy or felt, rub the soiled portion
lightly with the cut surface of a day-old loaf of white bread, cutting
off the surface as fast as It becomes discolored.
Saving Your Knuckles.
IT eaves the back and knuckles when washing to use plenty of soap and
1 parowax and let these and not water take out the. dirt rather than wear
the clothes thin and your temper keen
Last week a gentleman asked to see our
Prescription Department, in our White
hall St. store, and we very gladly invited
him back of the counter. After we had
explained the details and care taken to
conserve the interests of the patient and
physician, he remarked: “If the people of
Atlanta knew what you had here you
would fill all the prescriptions in the city.”
This was an exaggeration, because'there
are other drug stores in Atlanta, hut this
enthusiastic remark was made because the
man was so impressed with our system
and care exercised in the handling of this
end of our drug business, which he had
never seen approached elsewhere. For
instance, all medicines are kept in dust
tight apartments away from the light. The
reason for this is because when a liquid is
poured out of a bottle and that bottle is
placed on the shelf, dust settles around
the cork and the next time medicine is
poured from that hottie, whether it he
within five minutes or several days, the
liquid takes with it the accumulation of
dust on the lip of the bottle. We go a
A PRESCRIPTION AND DRUG DEPARTMENT
influenced by conditions.
Pe'. e who live in climates where malaria abounds,
frequently have to take go much quinta. that they get
to love the taste of it, and to take it dally, even
when they do not need it, just because It tastes good
to them. And yet quinin is one of the bitterest
of drugs and these same people, did they move away
from the malaria district for a few years, would :oon
get to detest the taste of It
It is said the sense of smell brings back memories
even quicker than sight. But so does taste, although
not in a sentimental way. A child may have had to
take quantities of iron when in need of a tonic. The
child gets so finally, long year: afterward, that the
of Iron, even in drinking water, will give him
nausea, for it brings to his memory his days of illness
and the quantities of iron he had to take when not well.
Taste, of all the senses, is the greatest snob. It
becomes aristocratic in a very short while. Regard
the man who has been used to coarse foods. Let him
become suddenly rich. He get: to like the salads and
dressings and all sorts of odd dishes that, during his
poorer days he would have refused as unfit to eat.
And at the same time he gets so used to these things
that the thought of the coarse food he once ate is
distasteful to him and he could net make a meal out
of a pot of weak coffee and a loaf of bread and piece
of not over-lean cold corned beef, as once he did.
His taste has become snobbish.
Is There ROOM Enough in HEAVEN?
THE question has been seriously asked
on many occasions: “is there room
enough in Heaven for everyone?"
The answer is "Yes,” and anyone who will
take the time and patience to figure it all
out, from dimensions of Heaven given in the
Bible, will find there is promised plenty of
room for every soul in all the worlds that
were. or are, or will be.
The proof of this is found in the Bible in the
Book of Revelation, chapter XXI. 16; "And
he measured the city with the reed, twelve
thousand furlongs. The length, and the
breadth, and the heighth of it are equal."
Any one who knows the mensuration
tables can figure that 12,000 furlongs is
7,520,000 feet, and if this be cubed the cubic
contents of Heaven will appear to be
496,793,088,000,000,000,000 cubic feet. If half
of this be reserved for the Throne of God
and the Court of Heaven, and half the
lour Share of FISH Is 27 Pounds
ACCORDING to recently compiled figures,
a sufficient quantity of fish are caught
annually by the United States fisheries
to allow each one of the 92,000,000 inhabitants
27% pounds per year.
There Is only one other country that ex
ceeds this, and that is Japan. The United
States fisheries, from the most recent figures,
does a business of $67,000,000 a year. The
Japanese fisheries amounts to $75,000,000 each
year.
With Japan’s 40,000,000, this would give
them nearly 60 pounds of fish for each person
in that country per year. But the difference
is right here —in Japan they eat fish every
day; there are millions -who eat fish morning,
noon and night. The great majority there
live on fish and rice.
In this country our average in the house
hold is fish once a week. The general aver
age is estimated at no more than three meals
of fish per week throughout the country.
In pounds, the $67,000,000 of fish caught in
step further to keep this department free
from dust by having a powerful exhaust
fan to remove the objectionable dust by
carrying it out of the room before it set
tles.
This system of caring for our prescrip
tion stock has a capacity of over 13.000
different items, not one of which is ex
posed to dust or light. The tops of all
working tables are made of special carara,
white, opal, onyx. The same is used
in our soda fountains, making them
absolutely sanitary. The surface of
this onxy is as smooth as glass and
dead white, making it easy to elean,
and showing every speck of dirt, with the
result that each prescription clerk takes
pride in keeping his work table spotless.
Add to this experienced, skilled, register
ed prescriptionists and the fixed policy of
this store never to compound any drug
into a prescription in the place of the one
written by your physician, and your pre
scription leaves this store ready to suc
cessfully perform its mission. A motor
cycle places it at your home in short or-
Taste accommodates itself to people in all condlt n
quicker than any other of the senses. If a man disUkot
the eight of blood, he always will. If a woman
at the smell of cheese, she always will, but thsjsensa
of taste changes with surroundings and conditions,
with habit and environment.
In some part of the world the people love the taste
of rancid fats. In other places they prefer peppery
tasting foods. Morbid people acquire morbid tastes.
This is the result of disease, but tse disease doe
not follow the change in taste, it is the taste a
accommodates itself to the change in physical condition.
If you are sick an orange still looks like a
ball to you. just as it did when you were well, but it
may taste entirely different You may have disliked
oranges before you were ill, your Illness changes this -
and you get to like oranges.
All this shows the peculiar manner in which taste ■
changes, in which it is influenced by both social and
physical conditions.
Some morbid people eat slate pencils and plaster and
like them, some like to drink vinegar. All these likes
are due to physical conditions
There are people whose business it Is to taste tea
and spices. They so overwork their nerves of taste that
other things lose all taste for them. The continual
tasting of spices to learn their strength and purity so
dulls the taste that food tastes all alike.
balance for streets, there will be a remainder
of 124,198,272,000,000,000.000 cubic feet. Divide
this by 4,096, the number of cubic feet in a
room sixteen feet square, and there will be
80,321,843,750,000,000 separate rooms.
While the present population of the earth
is 1,500,000,000, this is the largest number
that It has ever contained. But figuring on
this basis and that there are three genera
tions in a century, that would mean
4,500,000,000 in each century. If then it be
supposed that the world will last altogether
100,000 years, or 1,000 centuries, as predicted
in Revelation, the total inhabitants would be
45,000,000,000,000 persons.
If in the Universe there are a hundred
worlds like ours with just as many inhabi
tants, lasting just’ as long, that would leave
six of these sixteen foot rooms for each soul
of all the worlds that ever were or will be.
this country annually amounts to 2,505,568,965.
It is from these fig-ures that it is estimated
each of our 92,000,000, if they shared alike,
would get 27% pounds of fish per year.
While the United States is only $8,000,000
behind Japan, our nearest competitor is Eng
land, including Wales, with only $39,000,000
worth of fish caught each year.
And it must be remembered that the
United States figures do not include the fish
caught by amateur or private -fishermen, but
simply the fish supply furnished by those in
the fishing business as a business.
Os the kinds of fish represented in ths
above estimate, oysters have the first place,
as they comprise 30 per cent of the total
catch. Salmon are next, cod next, then shad,
lobster and clams in the order mentioned.
One particular reason for oysters and salmon
be.ng at the head of the list is because both
are extensively used for canning, as well as
being sold in the fresh state.
der. When you remove the wrapping pa
. per you will find your medicine in our
original air-tight packing. This attention
and care has made our prescription busi
ness what it is today, and also because the
patient and physician are expressing a
preference as to where their prescriptions
are to be filled more than any time in the
past. Prompt delivery is facilitated by
requesting your physician to phone the
prescription, or if you prefer, we will glad
ly send for it without extra charge.
You will find our prices reasonable.
We hope you will never have to take
medicine—because if you do not. you may
buy the many other things carried in the
different departments of “A Good Drug
Store’’—but if you do have to take medi
cine, we would like to supply you, and be
lieve we will after you are acquainted
with our store.
You are invited to drop into our new
store. 60 Whitehall St., and familiarize
yourself first-hand with what we have
told you about it above.
E. H. CONE, inc.
“A GOOD DRUG STORE’’
60 Whitehall St. and Kimball House Block