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EDITORIAL PAGE THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 20 East Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. Entered as eecond-ciast matter at poßtoffice at Atlanta, under act of March 3, 1»?9 Subscription Price—Delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week. By mail. $5.00 a year. Payable in advance. i Root on the Infallibility of J the Courts While Mr Root's friends will generally be obliged to admit that his speech at Chicago was in the main a purely partisan argument. Ihe> will probably “point with pride to the pero ration. The final passages of the speech—in which Mr. Root apos trophizes the practice of law as it now exists —do. indeed, re veal a kind of eloquence, the rapture of a highly prosperous cor poration attorney, transported for a moment by the contempla tion of the blessings political intrigues bestow upon him. From the beginning of the world the high courtiers of king ships and other forms of established privilege have played the same verbal trick upon the patient populace that Mr. Root re sorts to in his sophisticated argument against the recall of judges. He begins by announcing the sublime truth that justice is divine, and ia higher than all human opinion, and then, while the people stand reverently gazing into heaven, he slips a false bottom into his argument. 'He suddenly decides-*with a violence to logic which only the discerning may perceive—-that the particular insti tution that has fostered his own fortunes is the only extant ve hicle and embodiment of the divine law. Thus Mr. Root exclaims: “There is a divine principle of justice which mon can not make or unmake, which is above all government, above all legisla tures. above all majorities.’’ He carefully refrains from saying that this divine principle is also above ail lawyers and above all courts of law. For he is preparing his hearers to believe that while legislators and ex ecutive officers may he earthly, sensual and devilish, there can he no question at all about the abounding grace and plenary Inspiration of all the judges. Stripped of its cant, Mr. Root ’s argument against the judi riary recall is seen to he nothing hut a ghostly survival of the mperatitions of Old World court, preachers. The divine law that men ought to obey is not to he found sHfh ntter certainty in any political institution. It is in the hrnnan conscience It is in the hearts of the people, ft consti tutes their sovereignty. Sometimes the hearts of th" majority are fat and foolish, filled with passion, prejudice and blindness. Then, for the mo ment. the divrne law is to he found in the wisdom of the few ; but, if it is real wisdom it soon spreads to the many in our land, ft is the faith of America that, in the long run, truth and jus tice are uttered by the people—by the people In mass. Tt is the belief of Americans that the Federal Constitution was created by the truth and justice of the multitude. It is to he revered on that account —and continually improved by fresh inspirations of justice. It is not to be worshipped—since nothing that men make should be worshipped. As for the courts of law and equity, they are made by the constitution, and they share its moral authority. The judicial branch of the government stands on precisely the same moral ground as the executive and legislative branches. The American people stand by the constitution. It is be cause they stand by the constitution that they insist that the three great branches of the government shall be kept on an equal footing and of co-ordinate power. They insist that the judiciary must, not land it over the others. t The American people insist —in spite of Mr. Root and all other suhvertera of constituional right- -that the judges shall be as amenable to the authority that, is sovereign under the consti tution as the executives and legislators are. This is the meaning of the movement for the judiciary re call. Perhaps Mr. Root knows that, this is so and willfully under takes to deceive Perhaps Mr Root is—in spite of his cunning brain—blind at heart and wholly unable to understand. School of Economy Wanted Bv ADA PAJ’TERSON. MISS SARAH MACKINTOSH TUCKER said she would like to eee schools of econ omy established In this country. "At any rate," she insisted, "1 should like to see a chair of econ- t omy tn all women's < oHegrs." Miss Tucker epoke like the practical, level-headed woman she Is. Laetures on how to live within your Income might profitably be delivered In colleges for girls, and classes in marketing and shopping would be as practicable and helpful se the cooking schools which have set a higher standard for our kitchens and a correspondingly higher standard for family health tn this country. Friday afternoon talks <>n the values of food and clothes stuffs, object lessons in mateial that will wear well In rain and snow and not fade in sunshine, and demonstra tions in meats and vegetables that will nourish would be of more ben efit to pupils in the public schools than learning all about the petals and Btaniens of a rose Sentimentalists make a.i .y, • about the causes for lox. grown cold, but a great realist compressed more truth into a sentem . than they bare used in covering reams of par r when he wrot. There is no wind that blows so coldly upon eave as a demand for mom y When a couple do not get on v. ell the root of the dis. ord t*. t.timer money than anything < Ise. The break comes in some sn>h way as this: "Didn't I see the washerwoman • arrying away that pink dress you got last week?" he ask- "Yes.” replica the wife of Ins be., om. "I gave it to hi t. I didn't like 1t after 1 gos it home. 1 don't know why I ever bought it.” Then falls the thunderbolt of hue bandly wrath. You are always buying clothes, but never have any.” he storms He reminds her of a green gown that had zone to her cousin after one wearing, a blue one she had given to a friend because she had found the trimming "unbecoming after ai" a black one that didn't fit so well as she thought. And when th« form has pat'red the wife has gone home to mother because she docs not believe In free speech for husbands. This and hundreds of similar scenes and similar sequels could be avoided if there were schools in household economy, or if, until we have them, every woman set herself to learn trne economy. A first great rule is; "Buy only what you need." Money will dis appear as though from a bottom less purse If you buy what you want. Late In one season look over your wardrobe and decide what clothes and wraps and hats you need, not want, for the next. Make a list of them and follow that list as you would the map of a strange country There will bo Jun gles of temptation In 'this strange shopping country, beauties and novelties among which you may wander and be lost, hut keep 1n the highroad of what you need. Stick to your map. tn admirable way to learn econ omy is to keep accounts. The rec ord of what we spent last month, written in our own hand, will face us and laugh down our pitiable lit tle excuses A year's accounts will show us in what respect we have been extravagant. It' we have ex ceeded the amount we should have spent, how muota have we exceeded i: and what item is the heaviest? It< flection oxer fi column of figures will b< tile best investment ever made \rd the resolution to avoid >he mix.takes glaring from those oolunms max Insure domestic hap piness Try to see Ip a sum of money not the coin itself, but what it represents, V X oung woman who managed a typewriting office told me that a dime was not ten cents to her. but a page ot < spying, perhaps done at ilu end of a long day. when her fingers ached and she was diz.xy from fan tm \ half-dollar Is les- ea-ily spent If we remind our aelves that it r the interest on Jlh tor a yeai. and a higher rate of nt * ' * t than i ■ pa id by the sa v Ings banks al that. 1-• citing Hu t eded ■. hop!. of r * onojny v.» • bool <nir«el\p?, in ihe art. The Atlanta Georgian JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE, MOTHER! By T. E. POWERS Copyright,' 1912, by Internationa! News Service i sweet heart, hone* ; snp.Tj J? ' /only For. this AST ique LO/E CAS I HAVE. 1 CHAIR? WHY ITS too VfaRS j SSO FOR * HEW CRESS I T y OLD OUfEH ELIZABETH IHRrt.NoTiCsqToWtAR. I / / C / T— T3SA SAT IN IT. ITS VNOR.TH A / Itr ■\ w.r Lttv Mm ■■ 8 / ■ /Z K |< ln~~*H — It w-f jp t. - r rUtSrK/fM- pSb-Sr TtMerATiBH ■y ' . | Trwrre-noH N (Sold To The OH darlimq see the'') I LadY at SSO '' Beautiful &AR.QAIN ..--W' K I QoT For. SSO. J - ZV IjO WvWiSr lb. Vr 2 " -yloLJl Jr 7 jWF VwiV' The Young Man’s Plight & BUT supose that fancy turns to love? How can a young man who is a stranger in a town go about it to make the ac quaintance of the girf his heart is seeking? There are chances offered him for hardening his muscles in a gymnasium. He can get lessons in swimming Opportunities for Improving his brain are fairly thrust upon him. He gets free baths, free free music, free art galleries, free parks, and if he gets financially embarrassed he gets aid from a provident associa tion. But if lie Is a self respecting, honorable, steady young man with ability to support a wife, and the longing to have one, how can he find her? He is a stranger in a big city. His employ er Is concerned in his brain, his back, his hands and ills habits. His heart doesn't concern the man who employs him. Neither does it seem to concern the al truists. This Is the fifth letter of this tenor I have received 1n a week: Few Chances to Meet Girls Who Are His Equals. "I am a young man who came to the city a few months ago. taking a good position. But I find my chances of meeting girls my equal are not very good. Perhaps you will tell me to join some church society, as you told a business girl who was discouraged for the same reason. Rut I have been to several churches, and I do not believe the opportunities for a stranger to meet girls come that way. "1 have met a few ladies of ® © Some Editorials by Readers of The Georgian ® © HOME INSURANCE COMPANIES. Io the Tditor of The Georgian: In the last twenty years millions of dollars that formerly went Io Eastern insurance interests never to return has been kept at home through the patronizing of home insurance. The raucous cry that is being raised today for legislation along insurance lines at the ap proaching session of the legislature is taised for the purpose of crip pling home insurance rath,er than to protect it by suitable legislation. The grelit state of Georgia ought to nourish the growth of home insur ance instead of aiding in making It possible to destroy It. .MARK ALLEN <'ANDI,ER. Atlanta, Ga. DENTISTS CARELESSNESS. To the Editor of The Georgian: From time to time I see where the state board of health Is rail ed upon to Investigate filthy milk and meats. I would like to 0(11 attention to th* fart that there t: a, praetir* in TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1912. How Can He Meet the Girl He Wants to Marry? our state that I consider as bad as selling filthy milk I nelieve that 90 per tent of the dentists spread more disease than they cure. I have seen dentists operate upon consumptives and never even wash their instruments and then use them in another's mouth. I have been practicing for eight years, and know whereof I speak. 1 wish this subject could be brought before the proper persons ami regulated. Respectfully. R. H. THOMAS. D.D.S. Savannah Ga. SAVE THE SEASHORE. To the Editor of The Georgian: Another of the islands on the Georgia coast has passed into the hands of private individuals, and no doubt a wall will be thrown up so that no citizen can land and get ■ven a sniff of th*' ocean breeze, much less a dip in the serf on the beaches, and as to th*' privilege of hunting or fishing, he would be thrown into (a d If he w ere to catch tv BEATRICE FAIRFAX. well-respected families who seem ed to like me, but they are so much older than ntyself. I only want one girl, but I want one suited to make a happy marriage I be lieve there are as many girls as young men find themselves in a nositlon similar to mine. Now how are they going to get to gether? His Love Goes Deeper Than Mere Beauty. "I can dance, and have gone to several dances lately, but the class of girls one finds at dances are not to my liking. My love goes deeper thin just beauty. So many girls nowadays seem to have nothing but foolishness In their heads. They want the roal sporty man, and will not give the other fellows a chance, and from what 1 know the men they prefer are not the men with good Intentions. "Now. what are the fellows like myself going to do to find the right girl? 1 have about decided to go to the matrimonial papers, for, among all the girls advertising in these papers, there must be some chance of finding a few with some educa tion and good sense who could make life happy for a man. It certainly is hard for men placed In positions like mine to find them.” An interesting letter and one that carries with it a conviction of sincerity and good faith. But who can give the remedy? This young man goes to church, no one knetws him, and in the great majority of churches no one cares to. If some good brother takes him by the hand, tt is to express the hope that he wiil come again. If he goes ag-ain. he may. by- going many, many times, finally get his passport to good society (his face) passed upon favorably, and be in troduced to a woman. This may happen. Sometimes it is a year in happening. Often it never happens. One can not blame those inside the shelter of the church and who are intrenched In their circle of friends too harshly. Serious happenings have resulted from introducing the casual ac quaintance into a family fold. At the same time there is sympa thy for a well-meaning man like the writer of this letter who must suffer isolation and loneliness be cause of the crimes of men before him. So much sympathy that his protest should open some way for him to meet the right kind of a girl. It is his due. He was put on earth to marry and the progress of the world depends, in a measure, upon that marriage being a happy one. Every mismated marriage is a factor for national disaster. He is hard working, sensible, ambitious and wants a wife who will possess good sense. He has looked for her at public dances and no one is surprised that he did not find her there. He threatens to look to the mat rimonial papers, and I seriously doubt if he will find her there'. Hard to Wait Patiently When One Is Young. Then what chance is left? If he waits in patience I am sure he will meet her, but it is hard to accept such counsel when one is young and it is springtime. It is a problem for the altruists who must know that true love is as important a factor in the soul sal vation as free libraries, free art gallaries and free swimming pools. even a little minnow. But he still has the privilege, tor a. short time, at least, of standing off within the three-mile league and viewing the immense piles of brick and mor tar. taxed at one-tenth their value, and get a glimpse of the imported white-aproned servants as they flit from one millionaire -to another bearing imported supplies for their comfort and pleasure. They have displaced many Georgia Crackers, who could at least vote and fight, 100. if the state required it, and would do a little trading w ith us in chickens and eggs, if nothing more. in<iead of Importing them. Be sides. hundreds of fishermen and oystermen are out of a job. Only St. Simon and Cumberland are left, and they say it is only a matter of a short time when the latter will probably pass into the hands of one of the Carnegies, to gether with the toinh of "White Horse Harry Lee.” These seacoast island beaches are nature's greatest sanitariums for the people of the state. They have av*'d thousands of liver and THE HOME PAPER Ella Wheeler Wilcox Writes on The Healing Power of Faith —and— The Power of Mind Over Body Written For The Atlanta Georgian By Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copyright. 1912. by American-Journal-Examiner. is very largely the want of wilt. Everything is brain. There is thought and feeling nol only, but will: and will includes in it far more than men tal philosophers think. It acts universally, now upon the mind, and then just as much upon the body. It is another name for life force. Men in whom this life—or will-power—is great resist disease and combat it when attacked. To array a man's mind and will against, his sickness Is the supreme act of medicine. Inspire in men courage and purpose, and the mind-power will cast out disease. The doctor was himself the best medicine and often cured by his presence those whom drugs would have scarcely helped. These cures through the spirit of his patient be regarded as far the most skillful and philosophical. "Nothing ails her. It is only her imagination.” said the nurse to him one day. "Only imagination? That is enough. Better suffer in bone and muscle than in imagination. If the body is sick the mind can cure It. But if the mind itself is sick what shall cure that?”—Henry Ward Beecher in "Norwood,” printed 1867. That the healing power is not in the remedy, but in the faith that is placed in the remedy, is often illustrated by amusing instances like the following: "Middlebourne, TV. Va. —Roused in his sleep in the dead of night by intense pain caused by acute indi gestion, T. P. Swan, road commis sioner, swallowed three shoe but tons, mistaking them for pills. Aft er taking the supposed pills the pain wore off. Swan went back to bed and was comfortable until this morning.” Law Is Central Thought, Os a Great Religion. Since Henry Ward Beecher wrote his "Norwood” the world has ad vanced marvelously in this under standing of the power of the mind over the body. Now, that law is the central Thought of a Great Religion, the Old “New Thought.” Never was a more beautiful, a more wholesome religion than this. Or one which brought more im mediate results in the way of hap piness. and health, and peace, and power, and plenty. But it, like all religions, is much more easily preached than prac ticed. All over the land there are teach ers and societies which make the promulgation of this beneficent philosophy a life work. Among all these people are great souls and logical minds living the philosophy they teach; and there are, alas, others *vho talk more than they act. An organization of Metaphysical workers was asked recently if sim ilar societies could be formed else where. The reply was: "You can start a society of Silent Unity if you begin with this loy- restored tens of thousands to health. Yet it seems there is not a Geor gian in all this great state who will utter one word of protest. If some one should divert the little insig nificant Indian Spring from its course, or despoil the Tallulah Falls a thousand Georgians would at once cry, "To arms! To arms!” What is the remedy? What can be done? it is easy enough. The state could buy a few acres on the beaches of each of these islands for the benefit of the people and that would give a right of way to the people to the beach and its enjoy ment forever. In cases where such purchases could not be made, then use condemnation proceedings. If there is no law for that purpose, then make one If it should be un constitutional. then change the constitution. It would be worth it. LLEWELLYN J. BROWN. Social Circle, Ga. OPPOSES WOMAN SUFFRAGE. To the Editor of The Georgian You discuss woman suffrage and invite communications on the sub- v W ? yijß* ’ll SH6£fcu>i<E/ . \.«’-'> -y-’.- .:<.. < alty to the Truth and stick to it. That is another point that might be brought out. It requires per sistency to do good healing. You will have to keep going right for ward. V. Principle of Life Is . ' Health and Strength. "You can't talk about the power of God in your life one day and whip around like lhe wind the next day and talk something else. You can't expect your diseases and vour troubles to vanish if you keep call ing them up, and telling your neighbors and your friends about how you once demonstrated over that thing, but It has come back on you. and you wonder why it is that you don't get along faster. The principle of Else is health and t strength, and it is healing. Stick .!j to It. Don't allow any other thought to come in; don't talk about any thing else. People salt themselves down in the old thought, like Lot’s wife, by looking back and calling up in thought and conversation the sinful past. Once you have dem onstrated over a thing, drop it right out of your mind, as if it never had existence. Sin and sickness never were any part of your true Ufa Those unhealthy conditions, those discords of mind and body, were nightmares If they had been s we could not so easily get rid or them; w 7 e could not wipe them but with our words of Truth." f One can feel patient, with the W Old Thoughter, who has no knowl edge and no belief in the mental power to control conditions. But it is difficult to feel patient with the teacher or the devotee of this religion who goes proclaiming It from the house tops, and then descends to the lower rooms to talk of gloomy, sad and disagreeable things. Not every one is strong enough <o accept the Spiritual philosophy in full, and do away utterly with old methods of cure when iIL But every one ought to be strong enough to avoid talking of disease, describing operations, dwelling on sorrowful subjects and indulging In gossip and tale bearing. y Try To Be Tolerant Toward the World. Any one who is the least awak ened upon the subject of this great and wholesome philosophy, should at least make it the effort of the whole being to talk health, hope, charity, patience, love and good will and to F’EBT, toleration and sym pathy toward all the world. It is not an easy matter. It requires a continual effort of the will. The only way to achieve it is to set a watch upon the lips and an other at the door of the mind, and the moment an unworthy, an over sensitive. an over-critical, an angry or a gloomy thought approaches to say, “Get thee behind me. Satan;" and to call the "Invisible Helpe’s” to take charge of the mind and mouth. They will come when called. ject. God in His infinite wisdom-' ject. God in His infinite wisdom never created woman equal with man. either mentally or physically, but a helpmate for man. Their do mestic relations are to be ruled by love, and the marriage obligation binds the man to provide and to protect the woman. Now, let's see, under the Chris tian dispensation if the wife is to be subject unto the husband. Ephesians 5:24-25 says: "As the church Is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own hus bands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church and gave Him self for It.” Do you see any God-given right for a woman to disobey her hus band if he should say for her to go vote for John Smith for governor, if we had equal suffrage? Now, if woman suffrage was in force, what would they be benefited if theJo obey their husbands? It would be just double trouble to accomplish the same thing I B JOHNSON. LaFayette. Ala