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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 second-class matter at post*, ft ice at Atlanta, under act of March 3. 1873. Subscription Price—Delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week. By mail, $5.00 a year. Payable in advance. ! Interesting New Theory on AT - _ , IN OSes V v> » It Is Interesting. Let Us Discuss It. Here is a suggestion handed to the editor in regard to noses. Have you noticed, by the way, how many suggestions all men find in things that interest their CHILDREN? Editor The Georgian: Dear Sir—Here is a hunch on big noses that may be useful sopne time, if it isn't too old. You remember our friend Napoleon wanted men for gen erals with big noses, because they were usually abler. I’ve been trying to find out why. Lately, since my small son was operated on for adenoids, I find his noae, which was formerly small, is beginning to develop rapidly. Os couise, this is because he now breathes through It, and using any organ de velops it. But isn’t it barely possible that the MEN WHO HAVE BIG NOSES ARE THE NOSE BREATHERS. AND THAT THEY ARE ABLER BECAUSE THEY GET MORE AND BETTER AIR INTO THEIR LUNGS BECAUSE THEY DO BREATHE THROUGH THEIR NOSES? Sincerely, J. O. This letter is printed because all human beings are interested in noses. Whatever a man HAS he is interested in. Consequently you can be sure to attract all of your readers when you talk about blue eyes, big noses, red hair, fat or thin bodies. For the same reason you interest millions when you talk about babies. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred the man with the big nose is the able man. Go over at random a few of the very great men—Dante, Na poleon. Washington, Wagner, Voltaire—most of our everyday fa vorites—and you will find them with big noses. As we have said before, you find them with blue eyes ALWAYS. There are NO ex ceptions to the rule that the really great men have blue eyes; there ARE some exceptions to the rule about big noses. For instance, Socrates, who was very great indeed, had a very small and turned-up nose. Perhaps some accident happened to it when he was young. The Greeks thought big noses—reasonably big —beautiful. And they thought so much of beauty that they didn't see how it was possible for a man to he as wise as Socrates and as ugly as he was. ‘ —the greatest musician that has lived thus far—also had a rather small nose. Cromwell had another small nose. Speaking hastily, we should be inclined to say that great IN TELLECTUAL power goes with a big nose, and that force of char acter. the FIGHTING quality, goes with a small nose. Cromwell and Socrates—the latter was really only a moral fighter, not an in tellectual one —compared with Voltaire. Dante and Napoleon, bear out this theory sufficiently well. We disagree with our contributor in one way. We do not think it is BREATHING that makes the nose big. It is THINKING that, produces big noses. A life of prolonged study and deep mental concentration will I actually change the nose of the individual to a perceptible extent— | making it larger and bumpier than it would he naturally. Os course, this effect is accentuated from one generation to another, and it is pretty safe to say that the man with a highly developed nose either comes from a thinking FAMILY or from a RACE that has done some thinking for a good many centuries. The pronounced noses'of the Jewish race are undoubtedly due to the four thousand years of education that they have behind them. When most of our ancestors were savages, dancing around with lit tle civilization and few clothes, the Jews already had more than two thousand years of civilized and thinking life back of them. When Solomon ruled and wrote his song, a young man could say to the young lady he admired: "Thy nose Is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus." —Seventh chapter, fourth verse, Song of Solomon. That was meant as a compliment, not as a joke. If you have ever seen the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus— we haven't—you know that such a comparison would not be called complimentary in our “nez retrousse" day. In addition to that, the last two thousand years—during which anti-Jewish prejudice, which, having reached its climax, has been gradually dying out —has been a very thoughtful period for the Jews. Only those that could THINK could ESCAPE. Why it is that thinking should affect the nose we don't pretend to say. Os course, even in the animal world you will notice that the mental operations seem reflected in the face. For instance, the .eagle—with his very fine beak, his savage, determined tempera ment—has a very different physiognomy from that of a canary bird, or an honest egg-laying hen. We must remember that it doesn't do to judge a man EN TIRELY by his nose. Y ery often the nose—which originally indi cated thought or concentration ot purpose keeps its shape long after the thinking has ended and after the purpose has melted. For instance, you can find in Europe an elaborate collection of princes and princesses with magnificent inherited noses—and among them all there is not enough real thought, energy or concentration to make one single street peddler a success. •rieml thinks that he has solved the nose question, as he explains in his memorandum sent to the editor. The strongest man is the one that has the best blood; the one that has the best blood is the one that breathes the greatest qilnutity of fresh air getting his * blood most thoroughly oxygenized the bigg, st nose gets the most air. etc. It is <i idea to encourage, anyhow. Anything that will mak<. people take dee,) breaths, have their windows open, and get into their lungs the fresh air so plentifully supplied about the only thing that we get for nothing must do good. I hose very lazy fish called ' stickers, that country boys pull up "rom fne muddy bot.toms of stagnant ponds, are the only animal as foolish ;.s the human being that neglects his fresh-air supply. Thesucker.it he .-hose, eould com • up oul of the mud and fill his gills uith good air. as th., other tish do. Instead of .hat. he digs Bdown in the mild, and his tlesh isn't tit to eat it is e\en worse than C !l ’ 't '.ll. cal -Ji that stays in the mud all u inter. I It' our eontribut r\ idea will atop a few of his fellow-creaturefl from being like the sucker in the pond mud. he w ill do good. It will also do good to g. t people to thinking even about their noses It is better to think about a trt\ ial thing like that than not to think at all. The Atlanta Georgian The Worship of Military Glory “Can Honor Set a Leg? No. Or An Arm? No. What Is That Honor? Air." By GARRETT P. SERVISS. rps HIS photograph is unusually I well worth looking at and thinking about, and that for two reasons. In the first place, the man in the dark coat and the em broidered cap. who i> fastening a cravat on the collar of the white coated man before him- is General Lyautey, the commander of the French army in Morocco, who is regarded .as the best soldier that France now possesses, and whose countrymen would feel easier in their minds if they Wire sure that he had a spark of the genius of the first Napoleon. They HOPE he has got it. for they think that i.t may be needed -not in Morocco, but at home. Re- , cently a call has been made upon the French government to furnish General Lyautey with plenty of re inforcements,. whether he demands them or not, in order that he may make quick work with the African trouble, and then get back upon French soil, which he may have to defend against a foe that is al ways dreaded. There is no doubt that many Frenchmen would sleep more soundly if that man were at home, with a compact army ready to obey him. You must have the historic imagination to enable you to under stand this feeling; you must recall what happened to France, more than a hundred years ago, when General Bonaparte was away in Egypt, with no means-of quickly getting back again. The second reason which gives particular interest to the photo graph before us is of a different na ture, It arises from the fact that this is a representation of war in one of Its wheedling moods, such as we are not familiar with in Amer ica. It is the cunning serpent of military glory charming its victims. The ceremony upon which we look is the bestowal of the decoration of the famous Legion of Honor, which was established by Napoleon to in flame the z.eal of his officers and soldiers. If in this case it is not performed on the battlefield itself, as happened so often in Napoleon’s time, at least it takes place on the field of war, within view of serried ranks of men, who tomorrow may he called upon to fight and Jo sur render their lives for the. glory of their country—or of their lead ers. General Erulard is being decorat ed with the magic "eravate." These decorations have a wonderful in fluence In Europe. Our practical minded American officers and sol diers arc not very fond of show ing themselves with their breasts covered with glittering medals and staring ribbons (if tlrey happen to have any), but on the old continent where war is in the daily thoughts of the people, it is different. Any where in a European street you dn- -s The Rearing of American Children By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX ' Copyright., 1912, by Amesicun-Journal-Examiner. YOU may be happy In the thought that you are pro gressive. You are interested in everything which can help the world along. You study political economy, you believe in equal rights; you are A good economical housekeeper; you are a cultured woman, and you take an active part in all move ments which trend toward social betterment. Rut \Vhat part are you taking In the bringing up of your children? American children have the repu tation abroad of appalling ill man ners It is almost universally mer ited. Mother's Training Lacking. On board a large ocean liner (the passenger list composed of many nationalities) four children at a ta ble in the dining room were notice able for their bad breeding. They were handsome children, well dressed and carefully groomed. Rut they laughed loudly, stared at neighboring tables, made audible comments upon people, whispered and pointed, and giggled, until some of the other passengers called the attention of the head steward to their annoying peculiarities, and they were requested to behave themselves in a seemly manner. These children were from Amer ica. and tin most offensive of the four was the twelve-year-old daughter of an American banker. Tin \ had 'been given governesses, tutors, schooling and travel bene fits. but they had never received tile retim'd training of a wise moth er. otherwise, they could not have ' shown such vulgar and offensive traits. children are born mere hungry little animals. They have no way of knowing what is go.>d taste. and w uu is kind, and what Is graceful ind . g:e, ible. unless they are taught In their elders All refined manners a things of growth, from the animal state to the higher hu- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1912. <” — --- —A ft V* A— fr j gp. 1 S -- CT & O - A g JS' . A. 1 t ® i SjMT* J w H 9 WalifaMSl %EM Sr' Atjara ’ GENERAL ERULARD. ON LEFT, AND GENERAL LYTUTEY. counter a general with his clothes loaded with flashing metal and gaudy colors, like an, African chief man state. It has been a thing of slow evolution. , Our remote ancestors all ate ravenously and used their hands to tear food into morsels. They smacked their lips, and made loud sounds and drank noisily. They flung their limbs about ungrace fully and picked their teeth with thorns or slivers, and they did not hesitate to slap and bite and kick one another when angry, as ani mals do. Gradually, an idea dawned upon these more highly developed crea tures that there was such a thing as behavior, and that it was some thing for which to strive—some thing better than mere impulse.. So through eons of time good manners developed, and the more delicate and gracious the manners, the farther away the man is from the purely animal state. More conventions, mere formal ceremonies, do not Indicate good manners. Good manners are the re sult of an unselfish desire to avoid annoying others and to give pleas ure to one's associates. Children should be taught these things from the time they are able to sit upon a mother’s knee. They should be taught that their hands are not to pull and tear the moth er's hair, or gown, or slap her face or otherwise be offensive. The Duty of Parents. A little dog can be taught that he must not jump on people, and put his paws on their laps; it re quires a very short time to train the average puppy in this manner. So a small child can be taught to be g< atle if the mother cares to give tin time and effort. And as the child soon understands language, it can be trained by tender, sweet counsels to show courtesy in all the little daily matters of life It is the habit of most Ameri can children to dispute with their elders, and flatly to contradict iu argument. In European countries such u thing is almost unknown. in his war panoply. And instead of exciting laughter or derision, he arouses admiration and envy. American children COMMAND their parents to fetch and carry ob jects for pleasure and rarely say V thank you unless reminded. It is an easy -matter to teach a small child to say "Pardon me, but I think you have made a mistake," where the child is confident, to an elder or a companion who has made a mistake in relating some incident. Every child has a right to express its opinion, that is the way child ish minds expand; but when they say, “That's no such thing," "No you didn’t, either," and the parent allows the flat contradiction to pass as a proof of the child's smartness, then a great American evil is being countenanced and abetted. Mother Can Easily Teach. American children are rarely taught to listen respectfully to their elders. They whistle, sing and in terrupt." and walk away in the midst of conversation without making an apology. Boys sit in the presence of older people who stand; they rush into and out of a room where there is conversation or music, with no apology and usually unrebuked. Proper attitudes of body, proper position of growing young limbs, proper handling of table utensils, the retirement to the private room for use of toothpick or attention to the person in any *w ay—these are a few of the many things which it is the mother's duty to teach her children early and continually. Any woman, however poor and humble, can instruct her children to be gentle mannered, courteous, and refined in voice and deport ment. if she realizes the value of good manners in the worlds Good manners, without educa tion. will pass many a man and woman through the world and into good society; but education with out good manners w ill only enlarge a human being's opportunity to be offensive to his fellow men. THE HOME PAPER Thomas Tapper Writes on How to Build a Fortune ■ No. 8 Small Bonds and What They Mean to a Wage Earner as an In vestment. By THOMAS TAPPER. i. IT has already been pointed out that safety of principal means comparatively small interest re turns. The best types of savings banks pay from three and a half to four per cent. This means that, in •states like New York and Massa chusetts, the bank takes in the money of the public, invests it in ways prescribed by the law. and from its earnings pays the ex penses of its business and its in terest rate. Hence, the bank has to earn more than it pays its deposi tors. The Lesson of Thrift. Os late, much has been written about the thrift of the French peo ple; of their custom of buying bonds in small denominations, and of the enormous amount of capi tal so invested, if ths French peo ple bad the privilege of depositing money in savings banks as can be done in America, with safety and at four per cent or thereabouts, they would probably not purchase so mans' bonds. But the lesson of thrift exempli fied by the French has led to the offering by certain bankers of bonds of small denomination, but prin cipally of SIOO each. These bonds pay from three and a half to six per cent. A few bonds are issued in denominations of SSO, arid some municipal bomj.s (generally yielding around four per cent) can be bought in denominations as small as $lO. The question arises: Shall the wage earner who has saved a hun dred dollars that is earning four per cent withdraw it from the’bank and buy a bond that pays five per cent or six per cent'.’ 11. Assuming tlie wage earner is slowly adding to his savings bank deposit, say a few dollars per month, and that he proposes to let his fund increase for a number of years, it seems wiser for him not to«change his investment. Four per cent compound interest, over a pe riod of twenty years, is approxi mately Jqual to six per cent simple interest over the same period. Save the Interest. If the wage earner would save the interest from a bond he could better this result. But while a bond is easy to buy, it offers some elements of trouble to one not ac customed to it. To begin with, a bond should not be kept in the house. Next, the wage earner who exchanges SIOO The Militant Suffragette By PERCY SHAW. OHE was aii ardent suffragette, Os college education; She spoke at meetings night and day And stirred up agitation. Iler lovely eyes with lightning flashed As, tense with animation. She held up man as just about The bugbear of creation. She was an ardent suffragette. But when it came to voting She followed out a policy 1 hat may be worth the noting. Although she knew precisely who . She thought should he elected, • She put her cross against the name Her husband had selected. * B' I I for a 6 per cent bond is, by the very nature of his exchange, in creasing his risk.' If, however, he is desirous of being a bondholder, he should con sult with the officers of the savings bank where he deposits his money, and be guided by their advice as tn the safety of the bond he is offered. Better still, let him get the advice of a business man of integrity, also; particularly of one who has no interest in the bond. If they find no objection to it as a security, he may consider his principal safe. He has then only to cut off his cou pons every six months and deposit them, as cash, in the savings bank. He has still to provide himself with a safe place to keep the bond. He should have it registered in his name, if possible, but he should not trust it to the safety of a bureau drawer. The benefit to him of the bond over the savings bank Investment Is the amount of interest. Benjamin FYanklin had a precept that, if the money saver follows, will ultimate ly make him well-to-do. The precept reads thus: Money makes money. But the money money makes, makes more money. Don t Waste the Interest. I his means: Never spend your interest. Add it to your principal. It is surprising how rapidly inter est accumulates to increase princi pal. This is the basis of the legiti mate growth of savings. If the small bondholder can resist the temptation to spend the amount of the semi-annual coupons, he will become a true economist. But if he can not resist spending what seems to come so easily he will not move forward very rapidly. If you buy a small bond, follow these rules: 1. Get the best advice possible as to its safety. 2. Do not spend the interest. De posit it in the bartk. 3. Keep tiie bond in a safe place. A safety deposit box, costing four or five dollars a year, will be nec essary. In this you can put ail val uable papers you may have, and thej will be perfectly safe. 4. The higher the interest rate on a bond the more closely you must question the safety of the princi pal. 5. Select a tax-exempt bond if possible. 6. Otfce again—Don’t waste the interest.