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EDITO RIAA.< i E THE-ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday By TH® GEORGIAN COMf’AXf At 20 East Alabama St , Atlanta, Ca. Y ■■ ’> ■ under act of March 3, Is“ 3. Subscription Prict Delivered ’ •■..rJrr. v. •1. By mail, $5 00 a year. How to Go To Sleep i r r r Es-e Is a & ■"•'■ ’-or O' Most Humbly. I —MB— II —<■- - ~ -r;.— ~~ r’nrti'miteh 'rll •■ world. many million* of men never worry about going 1< sle i .'■) ;h‘-y n <.! 7- to find ti’im ami a bed for sleeping. . i I the .*!• •• l> (■ dm to tliep . Blit to ■ Ii;. -I- '! . it,'lilt ami as terrifying ' as that other pr< idem, "how to diu"st » It is v, 1 h I il< -> i ■■]]> si.lt these problems. For the most u>< ful xv ■' , ! a io!" in l.e world is the work that uses up the nerves ami . ih<- bruin, causing ple.ssness and the suffer- ing that ae.com,>ai ms .1. Vueh 'I n '..’ven to the man who can not sleep. I On< i -1 I you 1' li< with your eyes shut, imagine sheep jumping ove, ; lied: e. and count them. yon - ■ tu from <neup to a million until you go to sleep • Manx ae oine more wid' awake than ever when they try to m . ! ’ ep or l<> \«-ep track of .their counting. _ At \r ioas lime- t .i , column we have given advice on this subject, some <■ it. i>erliaps. not utterly worthless. F'or iiistanei il you ware up and ran not go to sleep again, you i may. by drinking a little milk or eating a cracker, overcome your W;1 (•fulness b' •• • 'e-sness is e.ins I ■ mlly ' ; pressure of blood on Ihe brain. By puttine the stom Wi to work you draw the blood from the brain Io the stomach, and sleep follows. This idea you will • •<• illustrated in the eases of babies and of pnppi'e* which g< In si. passo >n as their small stomachs are filled Another in port ant thing is to study the art of lying in bed mm fortably. Many sleep in strained positions, with knees drawn up to 1 their eliitg. or with legs crossed, so that one set of muscles is j sarily fatigued, or with fingers clasped, and so on. , Try to tind a position absolutely- restful, in which the mattress - supports every ounce of your weight, and your muscles support I none • ■'l’li ndva-' v,'. '■ v < vent to give you today, and which we < . silo ; ■< ' a; •■ctwal, I . in mi< or i vo eases it has works d very well. on know | >, I ill - !>loo I in the brain causes sleeplessness. You know i-i the h irt that- sends the blood there. SI -e-:m. <m he bit sub all night is harmful, and for this rea son: m lying on the left side tm 1 weight of your body presses on your heart ami interferes with its action. The heart is subjected [ throughout he ni lit to unusual pressure, which is harmful But il you can adopt the fullowing plan, we believe it way do good. Try il ami watch the results anyhow : \\ lien yon first go o bed. lie on your left side. The unusual . wer. I'on Hr '.-ai "ill quiet its action and fend to decrease its activity ttr.d dint of th, br;iii Retain this position until you find that the world is gelting hazy, and strange, foolish, incoherent ideas creep into you mind in <; h> words, until you begin to go to sleep If you van catch your.*< 11 just a* a sleepy moment comes on. and limn turn on your right * |,-. we think \on will have no difficulty in sleeping through the night. this way ol inducing sb ep will soon become a habit. In some cases it has been known to dispose of sleeplessness altogether. Try this suggest ion. in addition to the others offered. Reproach of Our Diplomatic c • - Service I . _ i ■ se in the report of Repri sei tative Flood. forei.’ii all- ir-. on the Sulzer lull, show ing her. " i k ■■ ; ..’il- diplomats are pai'l ami liousid as com- part d with tin ■of <>ll r countrii - ■ .< • ■ - 1 •.'■ a- rre Paris ■'■ 7. 'bi l a year. wiiib lift s he' ■ I '.OPi'. I" Vienna, St. Petersburg, Rotm ' i t u British ami as-udor* receive from s•'>.’>.()()() to - i i ibl.OiM) to .7 tn.()oi> \ustria Hungary pays her . !I,iio(i f l( st;- liu ...m from $22,0(H) to 000 !.o ■ 2o.Ci>o. 'iv s 1o the great i apitals. w here mueh i • -i il ii' e w \ ■ ii vt. -ii mi •ni. ai v to'-red t o serape along on salaries iu -ci w iuiain the dignity of th ir country. Ii follo’.is th .i: yiienof ii •.’iu <in be appointed to these posts, and : ' • .ysin ’ powers is therefore a "i t i>ne of our most disl mguished i '■ as ob’ig.-d !• spend more than his 'fir-' V' ar mH ■; i' -ni 1 ruishiiig a house which was in- s colb agues. \tier two years . d to repeat the sai|le e\pe rience. In the plea lor ht "ii ■■ lor < : : iinbassadors the report de r-.laies that h' 1 uselulw ''S iian-. ,d ador w a consul depend* upon th" respect in which he is held in the country where he re sides In the gr at capitals ot l-ht ope the public knows the British. I-:-cneh < , ’■i-eir \ ust - isn. Rus;" n awl i tiilian legal ’-ms. but i hose o* 11 " I’tii "d State- ar, un! ! io" ii. .Jr. Suiz< r ‘ -iiics h-* bill apnropria.l ing half a nii’lion for suit ah- r-.i-itni ■in the l ity of Mi ; 1 to, r,, e io, Berne and lit ;'ow will b' ■ ” airly ' i liiw that the l' -it . Sta es pl:iv -1 its diple tm a service en' :■ p: i with other countrie" I m .- ... T HpAppTAM a- 11JL> J.r x s.i > a vJ rAJIXAjI/AIN Uncle trusty! Copyright, 1912. by International News Service ) I CGG’Ta I 1011 |IIII|IW KANSAS A USE \ - x - TdE supreme- 1 4 '- ■■ B BREHIX 4UMPERTKF / ' S 3 : KAMhA&LAVv/SASToWUAT \ AW JHk il - < PONL -■-A|W 9 -"/fff' ’■ W i ■u'KJZ ''- A BbO-' / W . ■ ,LWb..a "i gsAr-A Tb Sag U'/TStWI fA' 7 a W *■ 7Z-_- - j “\\ illiam, I read II al you have been presented with a lot of swell neckties by a political admirer. You’d better stop taking it easy j and gel busy: yen i’t yet eloci dby the neekti< vote I Theodore, that appears to be a fine speech you’re making, bnt 1 wish you would i - say it over, ami -ay it she: \ u words are having too many rear-end collisions with each other. I’ve just been calling on a friend of ! J mine who has had a t- i '-ibl accident. Poor fellow, he’s very weak this morning. I’m afraid he won’t be able to make his regular busi- S ' ness collections for some time.” ' I - ■■■■■■ The Old Problem of .‘.lan and Woman Whiit Miy Be Learned From Pref. Ferrero’s Co: i >st of the Roman Matron With the New Woman. L By GARRET’] P. SERVISS. T A \ l: 11V thought f:il i ; <’.i r must S’ br greatly ini rested by the discussion in Hearst'; Mag azine for July of ' I'lie New Woman and the < >ld." It is a subject which touches the most intimate relations of the two sexes of mankind, and is eom erned w ith the ! isi,- of ti: ■, !..i i>i<iness on earth. Ferrero takes as ixpic.ii of the woman of old Roman matrons, and his exhaustive historical knowledge < naj’les him to make some state ments which will, undoubtedly, sur prise many readers who have not given much attention to sueh todies. lie b ir.es out in startling contrast the difference between the ■ onditions of married couples in an i lent Rome and' in modern civilized nations. In 4iom< it was her fathet in-lavy Hint the bride had to please rather than lier husband. The father of the bridegroom had the power, at any time after the marriage, to dis '. e its bond- in ease. for :inx rea- ■n. social or political. In w r< dis isfied with the bride. Then he i ■aid compel his son to : ike ah ’■ r wife more to hi- (the f:i- - i liking. often it was no p trona objec i. m that the futile: -'n-l'i w had to' b ; « son's wife, bm merelx -on of policy, w'ich led him to t xereise this ty mini'al right. He would do it for want ba thought th is the advent ■ of the : tmih a; whole, i ■ fe OW n sot- ".lx ~n-tage tage and Ancient Family Was Sort ! Os Political Society. it is vert lialica t for i-. with our 1 sent ideas, to conceive the sta« of marri igi tn '.!>• mightiest rntjiin that had over be-m known 2.000 years ago tn empir wit h '’as affected thi pt ' -e of th' ' l id's htstorx more than <nx other that "T. ' ancient f tmiiy was a sort of pol'tic ii society." in polit iea 1 st rug a’t s I ■• ■ ii <- to ' to gethei as solid units. "If tie' im possible it was .’ thin . eel . .mix most improbabl* am son. or a son-in-law, to Join a p "titer than his father's or his m t ller-in-la ws!" Imagine such a late of thin ■< i xisting today! Imai. in. on. our po I’iCal bosses compelling his sou to turn away his wife. and the mother of ills children, and to take anotlwr wife from among the d.'iuv hers of bis father's henchmen! The American political s:< im roll. ■ m.x operati as efi'ectuill' and as , brut 'Uy, but it is much less simple in Its tnaehineiy. is b it a g!..no at Ftofessor I'• rrero's f .i- to see f'm tren’en- 1 significance of the .tn i ii... . . .Uy, ami ;o un- derstand that woman played as Im portant a part in public affairs then as nrtw, although mainly with out volition on In r pa t. All that was demanded of her was to take exceeding pains no* to titrow any shadow on the path wax' of her fa ther-in-law's ambition. But woe to her if he happened to cast his eyes upon som. other woman who, in th, character of his son's wife, would forward I'.is purposes better than she could! But there is another side to the picture. \\ ith all her submission to the irresponsible will of the fa ther-in-law the Roman matron was, in many ways, a model of marital virtues. At tiie mention of her we think instinctively of Cornelia, the mother of the Grac chi, vaunting her s-ms above all the j. weds of her worldly minded ac quaintances. The Roman matron ::: On a Diet ::: By PERCY SHAW. X fl' noud-'id: . lor, i\ ' ’ 1 the fat man I'hi't you fee] . trill heavy And without e-q. it -corps. ak" to fasting, !■’. by starving 'oul .an In it imnth or so transform you ■ nearly p< rs, .a man. itatoes. ft- w n mt coffee, Bp n' ■ Im« .- .nd t' its fried. ( , a 'ax eiga s and. liquors high aiai mighty pride. t’nrr x :r fa... ■'. • . p? .an i candy. Put you:' ban on id tilings sweet, whatever'? i. i't, with caution, on nay taste, but do not eat. "In the morning just m daybreak Run ten :> ii■ - w ith gentie sweep. Mow the law: before tit. noon hour, Prink a ielan a of milk and sleep: Cut a cord of wood by sunset. G > to bed bx eight or so. So you won't be wake or bothered By the m. rrin ent below " Thirty days th. patient suffered. Then his temper rose within— I ■ ■ ’ I'd ' ,' : .er Mak- the journey fa: than thin." ■P'.-.i- • \.ats. me." said the doctor. ■ t x i .in yoi- ed h : s rage In ext' '-sb. words rmt suited To th. modest pr nted page “I was ' ery much mistaken." Said - : th a smile. 1 "Wliat you need is food a-plenty. Ami you need it ail the while. Take a co. kt ‘t! bi fore dinner. Munch on candy all you can. \nd in tl'.irtv d tys you'll find that You'x. I" m- : .Ts. "t ai . i,." took almost as much interest in the commonwealth as if she had been a free agent in managing it. But she was not personally much occupied with affairs outside her family circle. Spinning, weaving, the supervision of the children and the household—these were the things that occupied her time, if she were not frivolous in mind, and her habitually faithful per formance of sueh duties has given her imperishable renown and made her a model in history. The "modern'woman” has a dif ferent ambition. She wants to com pete with her brothers, and even with her husband, in things which in ancient Rome were regarded as peculiarly the business of men—as they have continued to be gener ally regarded in all civilized lands since Rome became only a grand memory. Literary activity is not mciitded in these, nor works of charily and morality. She is a dashing rider, a bic.x'di-i, an auto drix;er. an aeroplanist, a public speaker, a laborer in a thousand occupations, and every day she does many things which would have C: used a great scandal in Rome. ■ Modern Woman Has Made Herself Interesting. Thus the modern woman has made herself interesting from a great number of new viewpoints, but there are those who question whether she will appear as admir able on the pages of history as dm > tiie single-minded Roman ma tron. The modern woman has di vided the interest of tile opposite x whereas the Roman woman kept it concentrated. But tiie sum total of the interest site excites can not be increased through such di vision. That total was fixed at. a maximum by nature when it de < leer the existence of the two sexes. And so again there will be douht -1 <rs who w ill question w hether in the subdivision of interest, as af fecting herself, the modern woman gains anything in file end. Some will even g.» so far to suggest that the final effect of the division will be a loss—just as the many faceted eye of the fly is a less effec • tive organ of vision than the sin -1 gle set of lenses that fills the hu- ! man orbit. In other words, the | question is xvhether the attraction and tiie ; "W. r of woman are not stronger when exercised as a unit, that unit being simple womanliness, than when they are spread over a b'-cader field and p> netrate w hat i many rec .1 as alien regions. These, at any rite, are questions I of the highest importance, with | which w< are imperatively called ■ upon i" ci'.-i l . and everybody ought to give tn them his utmost powers - , of obsi rvation and reason. THE HOME PAPER This identity in principles be tween state and national government makes it necessary to defim what a state may not do. or what acts the naiional government may perform ex clusively. A state may not enter in alliance. It may not coin money or issue pa per money. It may pass no law destroying the obligations included in con tracts, and it may grant no titles of nobility. A state may not engage in war. It may not enter into any agreement with a foreign power. I hese arc some of the powers denied to a state, it being recognized that they are held by the Federal government for impartial execution in behalf ” of all the states. The state, then, is obligated to conform in its act- and in its own consti tution to the constitution of the United States. But it has its own form of government. It has the power to amend its constitution. Like the Federal government, it has its own departments of government: (1) legislative, (2) judicial,'(3) executive. A state has a governor and two legislative houses elected by tiie people. It may remove officers # by impeachment. All states, except Louisiana, recog. nize the common law of England, ami all support a system of public schools. Criminal acts that are committed against the authority of the Federal government result in the perpetrator being taken to a Federal prison, while state prisons serve the same purprtse when the law of the state itself has been violated. As the thirteen original colonics were subject to England, and vet pos sessed some degree of independence, s > the pre sent states united in the Union are subject to tiie Federal constitution, and yet are left otherwise free to act under their own constitutions. By the constitution, the Federal gov 'rnnient regulates commerce between the United States and foreign nations, it also requires that no state shall refuse to admit the products of another state. Tin question of tii'l'ie and business between the states has made it necessary to establish tiie intei state commerce commission. This commission is a body of seven membt rs. The term of office is seven years, and the annual salary of each member is SIO,OOO. This commission und' i takes to regulate commerce of all kinds between the states. It inv< .-tigates frelglit passenger ran . th ■ i qui.mni'nt of carsand locomotives. It may fix rates for common carriers. It regulates the matter of free transportation. In brief, it brings all matters arising out of the extensive transportation system of the country under central control. Bit by bit, the amazing complexity of our country's activity is being reg ulated and brought under control. All recent investigation of'trusts will ul timately result in direct control of e itain orders of business hut it will probably be some-time’before a practical basis of i.n.i-edure and direction is secured.. Like a Department Store. The government, like a great department store, has its many branches and its division of busim ss. F .eh of tliese branch's, like i stream that flows into a river, must ultimately r 'aeh the central point. I’he frequent condemnation of tin government for failing to exercise pro] er di, i etion over iarg. enterprises is unfair. That is what it is trying to klo. ami gradually it is a< eompiishing some liing toward it Wlth affnirs 01 S° v Inn ent > w >th MTairs of your ow n life, there is al ways something yet t" be dime, and when it is done new eondiimns will have brought up something "Ise. A Little Song By Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Copyright 1912, by Amer. : n-.lournal-Exanrner. Qll a groat world, a fair world, a true world I find it; . ,\ suu that never forgets to rise. On the darkest night a star in the skit's. And a God of love behind it. Oh,‘fl good life, a sweet life, a larg ■ life 1 take it, Is what lie offers to yon and me; A chance to do. and a chance to be, t\ hatever we choose to mak • it. Oh, a far way. a high way. a sure way He leads us: And if the .journey at times seems long, AVe must trudge ahead, with a trusifin song, And know at the end He needs ns. The Education of. the Voter The State and the Nation By THOMAS TAPPER. 1 THEN the Revolutionary war \/V broke out the colonies were thirteen in number. Tftey were dependents of the Eng lish government, and subject to the English king. Each of the thirteen colonies, however, enjoyed a certain amount of independence pf self-govern ment-just enough. In fact, to make it clear that they could very easily manage all their own affairs. By the Declaration of Independence and the struggle that secured it each one of the colonies became virtually a separate nation. Then the colonies, with freedom won, adopted each for itself a con stitution based more or less direct ly upon the original charter which had been granted to it by the crown. In fact, Connecticut and Rhode Island adopted their Eng lish charter VERBATIM as their new constitution. From 1788 to 1790 the thirteen independent states-became a Union, and this Union had, in turn, to be provided with a constitution. There were then fourteen constitutions in active operation. Eronrt that time to this, new com munities have grown up and have petitioned to be admitted to the Union. This is allowed when a sufficient population is attained and a constitution submitted that is satisfactory to the congress of the United States. Officers of the Nation. The nation as a whole provides itself with :• president, vice presi dent. a senate, a house of represen tatives and such other officers as are nei-cl. Likewise, each state has its governor, its lieutenant gov ernor. its senate and house (or as sembly).