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The Cow That Kicks Her
Weaned Call Is All Heart
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Affection Is a Beautiful Thing, But Affection Is BORN in the
Brain and CONFINED to the Brain.
An estimable and very intelligent lady criticises modern edu
cation, saying. “So much brain is forced into the girl nowadays
that it crowds out her heart.
At the risk of shattering the foundations of romance and
poetry it must be said here once and for all that the heart has
nothing whatever to do with the emotions. It is simply a pump,
and a large part of its work consists in pumping blood to the
brain. The greater the brain, the greater and more active the
heart must be. A serpent, with little or no brain and a cold dis
position all around, gets along very nicely with little or no heart.
Those who speak of the heart as opposed to the mind mean
to speak of unreasoning sentiment as opposed to intellectual
strength.
The lady quoted and many others say that the woman and
mother should be all affection, and that development of the mind
diminishes the affection.
We wish to lay down a few rules; we invite criticism.
The best thing, the only important thing about a woman,
a man. a baby, or any other human being, is the intellect.
Affection is a beautiful thing, but affection is BOILS in the
brain and CONFINED to the brain.
A young woman looks at a splendid creaturi* in a soldier’s
uniform. Her heart beats fast, and she imagines, as all antiquity
has imagined, that the heart is the seat of the • emotions. Non
sense !
The emotion is in the BRAIN, which has just received,
through the optic nerve, a conception of the lovely vision in brass
buttons. The heart is ordered to pump more blood to the head
of the young lady, to supply mental activity and the becoming
blush.
If you hear had news you feel the effect on your heart ;
sometimes yon fall unconscious. That is because the brain sen
sation is so strong as to interfere with the heart's action. You
feel the shock that the brain sends to the heart.
The idea that cultivation of the mind interferes with a wom
an’s moral, sentimental or motherly qualities is foolish twaddle.
The idea that mere sentiment, ignorant, vague affection are
sufficient without education to make a first-class human mother
is false and feeble.
Have you ever seen a cow follow the wagon that carries her
ca-ls to the hirtcher shop? It is a very sad sight, the plaintive
lowing of the poor mother as she follows behind begging for her
child to be restored. Even’ farmer knows that there is no neces
sity for hitching the cow to the wagon when her calf is inside.
She will follow that calf nntil she drops.
There is your loving, devoted mother without education. The
cow's heart, to use the old expression, is all right. Iler mental
equipment is perfectly suited to a cow. Nature and society re
quire that she give the utmost love to her calf this year, and give
al) of that same love to another calf next year.
Bring hack in three months that calf that she follows now
with such pitiful appeals. If the weaned calf tries to re-estab
lish the old relationship its mother, “all heart and no head.’’
will kick it in the ribs and then butt it across the lot.
It's all right for the COW to he all heart and no head; she
does not need the higher education.
It is all right for the humble savage mother in the dark
African jungle to be built on the same lines. Like the cow, all
that she has to do is to take care of the baby until it is able to
run around and forage for itself.
Rut the civilized mother, the woman who must do her diitv
in the present and in the future as well, requires a good mind,
love based upon knowledge and a sense of justice, affection that
follows the child from ihc cradle to maturity, gradually substi
tuting for intense motherly physical care an equally intense and
loving intellectual companionship and guidance.
It is important, of course, that mothers of all kinds, human
or animal, should be cheerful, and above all healthy, able to feed
their babies themselves and feed them well.
Bui as the brain in a human being is above the stomach, so
the intellect in a mother is above the mere maternal affection in
spired by babyhood.
The great mothers are those who, when they cease feeding
the child's body, can begin to fo«d the child's brain.
The great men are great, and they were lucky, because they
had mothers who did not cease to feed them when thev were
weaned, but kept on feeding them mentally into their manhood.
The woman with a big brain is the best IN EVERY WAY.
She is better before she is married, for she attracts the man
of intelligence, and establishes a family of intelligent beings.
She is better as a young wife, because the ambition and in
telligence in her call out the ambition and intelligence in her hus
band.
Hers is the happy home that needs no divorce lawyer. Pink
cheeks, .small feet, squeezed waists, curly hair and such things dis
appear or get tiresome. And all pink cheeks are very much alike,
as Dr. Johnson said of ihe green fields.
But intelligence never gets tiresome; no two brains are ever
at all alike if well developed. A woman of intelligence always
develops new qualities she can n.-ver be monotonous.
There is no such thing as too much education, although edu
cating us primitive men and wone n is apt to develop iiiie.xpech'd
littleness, and thus create prejudice.
Note this important fact; The bigger the brain, the bigger
the heart, not only physically, but sent nientalli ami morally. It
takes brain to feel real emotion, a wel|-dev>|oped miml to de
velop real sentiment, real affectum
A foolish, ignorant young woman ma be p|. a»ant enough t»
look at. but she is like a white, pink eyed rabbit ornamental,
but a poor companion.
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By WINIFRED BLACK.
\ 1 THAT would you do if some
V V onP fold stories about you
stories that wore not
true, stories that hurt you dread
fully—and u hat it that some on#
were an elderly man whom you
had trusted and thought a sincere
friend? Would you make him re
tract w hat he said, and how would
you do it? How should a man like
that be punished?
That’s what a woman and her
daughter want to know. They have
written me a letter about it—such
a troubled, excited, hysterical,
frightened •what shall we do; oh!
w hat shall w e do?” letter
The World Isn't Fooled.
I know what I’d do, tny friends.
I wouldn't pay the slighteM atten
tion in the world to the tales the,
elderly person told about me. for
the very good reason that nobody
else will pay any attention to them,
either.
That isn’t the first lie the elderly
person has told, depend upon. that.
People don't begin to lie wantonly
after 40 They get the habit early
in life and what you know about
him everybody else knows, and
that makes the matter perfectly
simple, don’t you see”
That's the beauty of a flbber.
He thinks he’s having a lovely time
starting trouble and so he is. but
It’s ail for himself.
The whole world isn’t fooled very
long in the character of any man, .
or any woman, either, for that mat
ter Taken new etenogt <phei into
an office, and I' isn’t a »wli before
j every wi-. boy in the |• ■ knows
WEDNESDAY. ARGUST 21. 1912.
I gnore Scandalmongers
whether she's what she tries to
make every one believe he is or
not.
When the elderly person told his
tine story about you and your
daughter, my friend, all those who
heard him simply smiled and
lookeel at each other and changed
the subject.
After he'd gone they smiled again.
"Same old sixpence, isn’t he?" they
said, and that's all the affair
amounted to, or ever will amount
to.
And. then, what do you eate wjiat
people say about y ou. any way? The
important thing is not what they
, say. but what is true.
Are you honest, well meaning, of
good report? Well, then, not al!
the scandal mongers In the world
can hurt your standing with any
one in the long run. and the long
run is the only thing that counts.
It isn't what people say that mat
ters; it is what we do. That's im
portant. and the thing that I should
do in this particular case is to go
about my business and forget all
about the old man and bis idiotic
stories
Forget the Scadalnionger.
The poorest use you can make of
your time is to take it up hating
some on< or planning how to get
even. I’orget tin in and thi-ii works,
then you'll be even, and a little i
ovei
•A woman I know -aid something
very main loti* about im io on*
w iio-< g.HHi opinion I v a e, v< i v
j highly not long ago Tie m\i tlm<
1 met that woman I was so sweet
to her that I nearly frightened her
to death. She never sees me now
w ithout wondering if I've heard and
what I will do when 1 do hear.
She needn’t worry. I shan't do a
thing. I don't have to. All 1 have
to do is so be myself; the rest will
take care of itseff.
Resides, maybe what the woman
said was partly true. I may not
sec myself as she does. Perhaps
she really half believes what she
said. Why not? She has the right
to dislike me if she wants to. Who
am I to inherit the earth and the
kingdom thereof?
Maybe She’s Only Mistaken.
Perhaps she understands me bet
ter than I understand myself, and
dislikes me for what she sees be
neath the cloak with which I may
have deceived my own soul.
Well, what of that? More power
to her discernment, say I. and more
sense to my own heart to see my
self as others see me. Maybe she
wasn't mischievous after all—only
mistaken.
Well, if 1 go on being the right
-ort of woman site’ll see her mis
take and be sorry What more do I
want ihan that?
Time, time time what a great
healer of feuds and mistakes and
misunderstandings the old fellow
With the scythe is! Time and a
little healthy forg, fling will heal
all the wound- if we’ll only let
them do It.
Why not try and set bow p »|||
| I urn out ?
THE HOME PAPER
The Education of the
V oter
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Check Each Party’s Promises
Keep a List of Their Promises and See if ’l’hey Come
True—After Election.
THIS will be a land of wonder
ful promises until next No
vember. After that things
will rumble aion?, like echoing
thunder, until March 4. 11113. Theft
we shall be off for another- four
years of something or other that/
will Ret into school histories later
on.
Meanwhile, if you want to be
convinced who makes prosperity for
you—whether the government
makes it or whether you make It
yourself—all you need to do is to
keep a list of party promises that
will be made until the next inaugu
ration. Then, as the days go by for
the next four years, check them off
as they come true. This may be a
little trouble, but you need to do it
only once in a lifetime.
This will not be hard to do. for
each party will make its promises,
each will give assurance to you as a
voter what a benefit it will be to
you to help elect one man or the
other. And you will, of course,
help as you think best.
But watch the results.
It is inevitable that one candidate
will be elected; that one party will
have a majority over the other in
congress. Then watch, as a matter
of interest and education, what
they all do*with the party prom
ises, and watch particularly how
you are affected.
Sugar may be cheaper.
You Ought To Be Able
To Save $9 a Year.
It has been figured out that the
average family should save some
thing like Nine Dollars a year on
free sugar. Well, just note, on the
anniversary of free sugar
WHETHER YOU HAVE THE
NINE DOLLARS ON HAND.
Tariff revision may cut down the
price of clothing, and your Pifteen-
Dollar suit of today may cost you
4>nly Eleven Dollars and Fifty Cents
when things are fixed up in a prop
er wax. Just note if you can real
ly find the Three Dollars and Fifty
Cents in the pockets of the new'
suit a few months after you have
begun to wear it.
One of the loudest slogans of
this campaign is the Square Deal.
ell. just watch your deals. See
if they are any squarer than they
have been.
And so on. Pull all the promises
out of the party platform. Take
them home and spread them on the
kitchen table and look them over.
I hen walk around the house and
Love’s Supremacy
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Copyright 1912, by American-Joyrnal-Exatniner.
A S yon great, sun in his supreme condition
Y Absorbs small worlds and makes them all his own,
So does my love absorb each vain ambition,
Each outside purpose which my life has known.
Stars can not shine so near that vast orbed splendor;
They are content to feed his flames of fire;
And so my heart is satisfied to render
Its strength, its all, to meet thy strong desire.
As in a forest when dead leaves are falling
From all save some perennial green tree.
So one by one I find all pleasure palling
1 hat are not linked with or enjoyed by thee.
An# all the homage that the world may proffer
1 take as perfumed oils or incense sweet,
And think of it as one thing more to offer.
And sacrifice to Love, at thv dear feet
1 love myself because thou art my lover,
Aly name seems dear since uttered by thy voice;
Yet. argus-eyed, I watch and would discover
Each blemish in the object of thy choice.
I coldly sit in judgment on each error;
To my soul's gaze I hold each fault of me.
I’util my’pride is lost in abject terror
Lest I become inadequate to thee.
Like some swift-rushing and sea-seeking river,
Which gathers force the farther on it goes.
So does the current of my love forever
Find added strength and beauty as ii flows.
The more I give, the more remains for giving;
I’he more receive, the more remains to win.
Ah ' only in eternities of living £ \
Will life lie long enough tn love thee in.
Bv THOMAS TAPPER.
see if you can discover what has
happened.
See If You Can Find 1
Trace of the Two Items.
But do not let the checkup stop
here.
If there are Nine Dollars to your
credit on the sugar schedule and
Three Dollars and Fifty Cents on
the suit, see if you can find a trace
of the Twelve Dollars and Fifty
Cents anywhere around..the house.
The government has been prom
ising you, through its political par
ties, that things will be easier.
Now', there are stores of men in
public office who make promises
that are as sacred to them as the
most solemn oath they could take.
They mean all they promise, and
they try with all their strength to
make good.
And still you do not locate that
Twelve Dollars and Fifty Cents.
Why ?
Your treasury department is out
of order. Not the United States
treasury department, but your own.
The finest set of statesmen that
were ever born can neither fill your
pocketbook nor control it. The
' voter who expects it virtually be
lieves that a handful of lawmakers
can put one hundred millions of
citizens on Easy street.
The best they can do is to pave
. Easy street, but they can not put
your feet on it. Government is a
great and wonderful thing, but the
fortune and the maker of it are
not at Washington, D. C. They are
at your fireside. Look around and
see what you control: A family, a
job. a reputation, the qualities of
industry, honor, perseverance and
self-denial.
Perhaps You and Your
Wife Can Find That $12.50.
Let you and your wife be rulers
over a kingdom in w r hich the de
partments are run on a sane, solid
ba'sis, and you will be able to lo
cate that Twelve Dollars and Fifty
Cents. In fact, you may be able to
find it even if sugar and clothing
remain at their present prices.
Don't spend your days in singing
"My Country. 'Tis of Thee,’’ and at
the same time expecting ihc offi
cers of the government will take
you for an animated slot machine
and keep dropping coins into your
pockets.
If you want to chant the national
anthem, do it with a perspiration_
of your ow n making.