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Interesting New Theory on
Noses
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It Is Interesting. Let Us Discuss It.
Here is a sugg- stion 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 rnay be useful some 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 nose, which was formerly small, is beginning to develop rapidly. Os
course, 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 interest* ■jrin
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 be as wise as Socrates and as
ugly as he was.
Beethoven —-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 r
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.
Wo 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
actually change the nose of the individual to a perceptible extent —
making it larger and bumpier than it would be naturally. Os
course, this effect is accentuated from one general ion to another,
and it is pretty safe 1o 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 .lews 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.
Tn 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 tine 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. Very often the nose—which originally indi
cated thought or concentration of purpose keeps its shape long
after the thinking has ended and after the purpose has melted.
For instance, von 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.
Our friend 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 quantity of fresh air getting his
blood most thoroughly oxygenized the biggest nose gets the most
air. etc.
It is a good idea to encourage, anyhow Anything that will
make people take deep breaths, leave 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.
Those very lazy fish called ’■suckers,” that country boys pull
up from the muddy bottoms of stagnant ponds, are the only animal
as foolish as the human being that neglects his fresh-air supply
Thesucker.it he chose, could come up out of the mud and fill l,g
gills with good air, as the other fish do. Instead of that, he digs
down in the mud. and his flesh isn’t tit to eat it is even worse than
that ot the cattish that stays in the mud all winter.
If our contributor’s idea will stop a few of his fellow-creatures
being like the sucker in the pond mud, he will do good. It will
Ma Iso do good to get people to thinking even about their noses. It is
think a- 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.
rp 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 is fastening a
cravat on the collar of the white
coated man before him, is General
Lyautey, the commander of the
French army tn Morocco, who is
regarded as the best soldier that
France now possesses, and whose
countrymen would feel easier in
their minds if they were sure that
he had a spark of the genius of the
first Napoleon.
They HOPE he has got It. for
they think that it 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 ah
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. tt 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 zeal of tils officers and
soldiers. If in this ease it is not
IK-rformed 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 rnay
be called tq>on to fight and to sur
render their lives for the glory of
their country—or of their lead-
General Erulard is being decorat
ed witli the magic "cravate.” These
decorations have a wonderful In
fluence in Europe. Our practical
minded American officers and sol
diers are not very fond of show
ing themselves with their breasts
covered with glittering medals and
staring ribbons (If they 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 en-
I he Rearing of American Children
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
Copyright, 1912, by American-Journal-Examiner.
YOU may he 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.
But what part are you taking in
the bringing up of your children?
American children have the repu
tation abroad of appalling 111 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. But
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 the most offensive of the
four was the twelve-year-old
daughter of an American banker.
They had been given governesses,
tutors, schooling and travel bene
fits, but they had never received
the refined 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 good taste, and
what is kind, and what is graceful
ami agreeable, unless thex ar*
taught bx their elders. All refined
manners are things of growth, from
the animal state to the higher hu-
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1912.
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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 tpeth 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 tnan iij from
the purely animal state.
Mere 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
gentle if the mother cares to give
the time and effort. And as the
child soon understands language, it
Can b» trained by tender, sweet
counsels to show courtesy in all the
little dally matters of life
It is the habit of most Ameri
can children to dispute with their
elders, and flatly to contradict In
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
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 Hat 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 w histle, sing and in
terrupt. and walk away In the
midst of conversation without
making an apology. Boys sit in
the pn sem e 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 way—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 world.
Good manners, without educa
tion. wit! pass many a man and
woman through the world and into
good society: but education with
out good manner- will only enlarge
a human beings opportunity to be
oh' : f e to his fellow men.
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THE HOME PAPER
Thomas Tapper
Writes on
How to Build
a Fortune
B &
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 the French peo
ple had 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 many 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, and some
municipal bonds (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 the 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 equal 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
A Monument Erected to
Five thousand negroes who have been visiting in Atlanta
during the last few days have made a record for deportment
which should stand as a monument to their race.
Not a single visitor has been in any trouble here serious
enough to attract the attention of the authorities.
The police report that at no time during the convention of'
Odd bellows, which was the occasion for the visitors being here,
have they been called on to arrest or even discipline a stranger.
The Atlanta negroes have every reason to feel proud of their
guests, and. at the same time, to hold up their conduct as a
model to guide those of their race who’are less inclined to fol
low the quiet and orderly path so strictly adhered to by the
Oild Fellows.
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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 tlie officers of the savings
bank where he deposits his money
and be guided by their advice as to
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, lie
may consider his principal safe. H»
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 hi
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
Franklin 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.
1 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 oasis or tne legiti
mate growth of savings. If the
small bondholder can resist ‘be
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 bank.
3. Keep the 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 all val
uable papers you may have, and
they 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. Once again—Don't waste the
interest.