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“The Chicken Was Sick, or
the Farmer Was Sick”---
r r r
That Is What They USED to Say When the Farmer Ate a Chicken.
Now the Farmer Eats Chickens That Are Not Sick. He Also !
Owns Automobiles. '
I)<> noi forget that the high cost of living, like the high cost of
anything else, means that somebody IS GETTING MORE MONEY
THAN HE USED TO GET.
Th' higher cost of living means, among other things, that the
funnel who used to he on the verge of bankruptcy, loaded with
mort'-rag' s and worries, is getting a great deal more than he used to
got ami is happier than he used to be.
To emphasiz.i the farmer’s poverty, they used io say that whim
lhe farmer ate a chicken. The chicken was sick, or the farmer was
sick.
They meant that the farmer would not eat a chicken unless he
hiit s. It were ill. or unless "the chicken was sick’’ and had to he
eaten *o prevent its dying and becoming a total loss.
(’i id t ms have changed for the farmer. He now eats chickens
>’ Hardy and flourishing, lie no longer lives on skimmed
mill and salt pork.
rricultural machinery, and agricultural science taught in
limadr ds of admirable colleges, enable him to grow one hundred
bushels where he used to grow fifty and he gets more for each
bushel.
i ids due largely to the bicycle and the automobile
m ■ i' ■ asi r for him to get his goods to market.
f armers inions, granges and other organizations, have enabled
11 .-mils to work togel her instead of being cheated separately
that has made better prices for the farmers, ami better profits
The rural free delivery, carrying the news of the day to the
farm ineimlii; .■ the latest ideas in agriculture, and the latest
pri> 's of his arodimts. have protected him against dishonest dealers.
Till telephone, connecting the farms and the stores, has saved
the iarim is Him ami with the farmer especially time is money.
The telephone and the rural free delivery, by the way, have also
■■a d" .i. I»v about one half the amount of insanity among farmers'
v ives
■'l. ■ '. re.itest wealth of the nation, incomparably, is lhe wealth
that I.' i .rm I produces. This year, fortunately, is a year of wom
dm id rips. THOUSANDS OF M ILLIONS H AVE BEEN GIVEN
TO THE NATION BY THE FARMERS IN ACTUAL VALUE.
THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS OF BUSHELS OF GRAIN HAVE
BEEN TAKEN OUT OU THE FERTILE EARTH. TO FEED THE
UEOI’I E DIRECTLY. AND TO FEED AND FATTEN THE ANI
MALS THAT THE PEOPLE WILL EAT.
The farmer s wife was once a poor, worn out woman before she
had i In <| thirty Eighteen hours a day was her day's work in
s uni* r \nd her husband was little better off. The only exeite
m n* n tin "hl days was the eamp meeting, or some highly bene
ficial 1 shghtlv doleful, prayer meeting once a week.
Now the farmer's wife, when her husband is an able man. has
1": r' Hid Mieiiil club lb r daughter is lightly touching a real
] i"> w I. inti I' gent lingers \nd her grown-up '•on is working a
ii < h.o id nstrument with his heavy feet.
a I'l'o automobile in the barn, "the folks” go into town
ati ' public im i tings and look around generally.
> ti al once was the saddest, the hardest, the least remli
im>:'i ol '' the lite o' a farmer. the life that was led in ignor
e • io. ou’sid world ami of true farming itself, is rapidly be
i'"uoii a life <il independence, of happiness, a life guaranteed
; aii si wnl Io- 'hat is really worth while, and toward which the
v. ■ dwi'lh i in I'ii cities begin by the millions to turn longing
t*y us.
Wi n yon think of the high cost of living, remember that in
1 a* least tl i' im aning of the higher prices is. THAT THE
' ARVi.i: IS BEGINNING TO GET SOMETHING FOR HIS
"WORK.
i grudims. or should grudge him that. When you read
l. m' .■ ' 1 -•|i v< w light. cat tie "on the hoot'.'' sell lor prices higher
ilia 1 we. ever known before, except in war time, you are reading
that ti mi n that actually produce the animals are getting some
thing for Iheir trouble.
No one grudges them that.
lh‘ dulv of tho citizen is to make sure the money spent on
higher i-ost of Iving ACTUALLY GOES TO THE MAN WHO
DOES I’HI. WORK The problem is not to cut down the farmer,
not to put potati back to 30 cents a bushel, or corn to 50 cents.
1 In pro! h in is to make sure that the farmer gets well paid for
what lie does; that the middle man, the railroad, those that handle
whai otlu i rni'o produce, and that create no values, do not get the
largest part of i*.
The high eosi of living should make the thoughtful citizen do
something better than merely complain. Ii is the duty of citizens in
th. big eities to unite \S THE FARMER* HAVE UNITED, and
m. ;• 'opening (list nt. it ion ot products aim organizing sales on a
rO REDUCE THE PRICE WITHOUT INJURING THE
FARMER'S PROFITS.
If the thoughtful citizen would, he could partly solve his own
hviny problem, by getting away from the stone pavements, to a spot
v.' e his family might get fresh air, and where he. on a small and
'a * ' scale, could be a PRODI < 'ER of food.
1 ‘ men fairly prosperous, living in the big cities, paying
h . ii i s for all that they eat. at least half and probably three
oua -nt without greater expense own a place of their own.
insi", ; • lit r rent, and on that place, though it were small, pro
' i actual food to take away from the cost of living that
MF' J add' dby the "increased cost' so much talked about.
The Atlanta Georgian
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Hie Miraculous Movies ft*
B.\ ELBERT HUBBARD.
Copyright, 15*12. International News Service.
I
qpUE other day there was a
| swell wedding in a Western
city.
The velamolly was out of doors
in a garden under the trees. There
was a little proci ssion from the
house to tlte garden; then after the
ceremony there was a banquet at a
beautiful spot under the spreading
elms. After th" banquet there was
a wedding journey to tile shore of
a little lake.
Now, tin particular point was
that every feature of this wedding
was duly recorded by the untiring
movies. One bundled sets of films
were prepared and p escnted to as
many guests and relatives, some of
wln>m were unable to attend.
Ten Years From Now.
And it so happened that I was
one of the guests who received a
set of the movies I put them in
my vameiagraph, called in the-'
neighbors, and we had the wed
ding all o'er again, even to the
playing of the music.
I have the films. They are mine
to keep, and I van produce this
wedding at any time. Ten years
from now it might be very into -
■ sting in ease there is a divorce
bless my soul. Terese, .how terribly
sunburned the ba. k of your neck is!
Tin value of moving pictures as
a factor in 'duration is very great,
and the extent to which they can
eventually be used no man can say.
The business is still evolving,
climbing, growing, aviating, Erom a
nice plaything, whose business was
to astonish and produce "Oh's"
and ' A ah's." w now have some
thing the pedagogue prizes
Tin ae was a time when children
used to run away from school
Finally, we heard of children run
ning away ami going to th- moving
patuie shows. Hut now that the
movies a < being . tn'eduea
tmii.i adjunct, children axe running
TUESDAY, OC TOBER 1, 1912.
away from home and going to
school.
The Montessori system of educa
tion is founded on the proposition
that everything that makes an im-
He Blaines Stage
Johnnies.
Editor The Georgian:
I have read with a great deal of
care all articles published in all At
lanta papers during the last few
days regarding the moral house
cleaning of Atlanta. In this move
the cheap theater is also included,
and along this line I would like to
offer a suggestion to those inter
ested in the work, and believe that
if they will follow my advice on
the matter, the cheap theater prob
lem .will be solved in quick order.
To begin with. I have been a the
atrical agent in Atlanta.for twelve
years, and in close touch with the
theatrical situation here in all lines,
and 1 have watched the cheap thea
ters and cheap shows and must ad
mit that it is serious.
The trouble with the cheap thea
ter does not lie with the employ
ment of these girls, but with the
stage Johnnies that hang around
the theater entrance and entice
these girls out to the clubs and
other resort-.
There seems to be a fascination
for stage girls among a certain
class of men A girl may work in a
factory at three per and never be
molested but let this same girl go
to work in a chorus in one of the
local cheap theaters, and some one
of the well known society Johnnies
will become attracted at once and.
with his automobile to back his
flashy dress, he does not find it
hard to tempt these girls after the
show for a joy ride.
Now, let the police and good
workers get after the Johnnies.
Let Judge Broyh-s send a few of
the would-be sports to the stockade
for a long period, and you w ill soon
find that if you take away this
nuisance from the stage door the
girls will soon learn that they must
look upon the show business as
they do any other line, and as a
means of making a good salary.
GEORGE It. GREENWOOD.
Atlanta. Ga,
pression on the senses is educating
the child. Impressions on the brain
through the sense of sight is the
easiest possible way to teach. In
fact, it is the natural way to teach.
There is a fascination in motion
—just note the crowds around any
show window where something is
being done.
What Children Want.
Children want to go somewhere.
They want to see things, and this
constant desire for motion, move
ment. new scenery, new ideas, new
sensations, is all a natural part of
the great evolution of the individ
ual.
The child learns through his
senses, and should learn in joy.
The thing that interests him, that
holds his attention, is the thing
that is educating him.
The use of moving pictures is
being advocated in a great number
of schools, from the grades up to
post-graduate courses.
There was a time when a piano
in a private home was considered
the very height of luxury. Now the
most modest cottage contains a
serviceable instrument.
I can remember when the Reming
ton typewriter was exhibited at
Philadelphia at the Centennial ex
position. Operators were desired,
and an advertisement was placed in
the Philadelphia papers for men or
women to run these machines. A
postscript was added to the ad
vertisement thus: “Only those who
can play the piano need apply ,”
It was supposed that the degree
of digital skill acquired in playing
a piano was requisite in running a
ty pew l iter.
Pen-Pusher Won Race.
Also, I remember one worthy
teacher of Spencerian penmanship
who offered to race the typewriter
in writing out 5.000 words. A
day- was set. The Spencerian pen
pusher won the prize, the lady at
the typewriter having had a case of
nerves in mid-flight.
We all said that the typewriter
was a very wonderful plaything,
and the way the operator would
print your name out on a slip and !
hand it to you made us think we !
had achieved fame. We folded up '
the precious slip and carried it j
away to show to the folks at home,
proving to them Brother Jasper’s
dictum that "The world do move." !
THE HOME PAPER
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Writes on
How Grafters Are Made-
Early Training of Boys
Responsible For i heir
Acts in Later Life.
Written For The Atlanta Gear pan
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright, 15*12. by American-Journal-Exatniner
IF you do not want men to be .
grafters, begin with tilt little
boys in their kindergarten
age; and train their minds to think
of something besides personal gain.
Do not buy their good behavior,
or their polite attentions, or their
small duties with pennies, sweet
meats, or promises of picnics. In
still into their young minds a per
sonal pride and self-respect which
will cause them to be ashamed of
receiving presents for every good
act. X
Tltis can be done by making the
child a confidant and by talking in
a friendly way which will interest
and entertain, about the value of
good manners, and the pleasure
and happiness which older people
feel in children who show good
breeding: and making it plain that
any lack of politeness and willing
ness to oblige others, or any dis
play of greediness for pay. or ac
ceptance of money for little acts of
• courtesy, reflects upon the family
pride and gives strangers an op
portunity to look down upon such
children.
AH Children Should Have
Individual Pocketbooks.
A frequent and pleasant reitera
tion of similar ideas will invaria
bly guide a child away from
thoughts of looking for or accept
ing money for every courteous act.
Then w hen the child has formed
dignified ideals in this matter, an
arrangement should be made so
that the boy or girl has an indi
vidual purse, if only a few pennies
each week can be afforded to sup
ply it. If a child desires to become
a wage-earner, have it understood
that it is a matter of straight
business.
He does an errand for a nickel
or for a penny, as the ease may be.
but the courtesies which every
well bred child is taught or the
thoughtful acts which should be a
part of his education are not to be
sold or bought.
Meantime parents and i< !:it ' ■ s
should make a point of not impos
ing upon the good nature, time or
strength of children, by making
them continually run etrands and
fetch and carry when a little
thoughtfulness would prevent th<
necessity.
Children have certain rights
which are sometimes, if not fre
quently. overlooked by their elders.
It seems a small thing for Jack
to be asked to run up two flights
of stairs, or over to a neighbor's, or
to the post box on the corner; but
if there are four older people who
ask the favors a dozen times a day •
i :• Necromancy
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Copyright, 1912, by Aniei'ican-.lournal-Examiner.
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! "ITS THAT necromancy lies in ittle thing-'
• V A yellow rose, set in a yellow jar.
Smiled through the window of a < itx shop
And Io! the hot street vanished, and tin voire
Os blatant commerce suddenly was hushed.
1 seemed to walk along cool corridors.
Where fountains played, and priceless statues gleamed;
Out from an alcove tiptoed tender notes
Os harp strings, lightly touched: a. woman laughed.
And silken garments, kissing marble floors.
Exhaled a fragrance, subtle as their sound.
No discords marred the harmony of life—
Beauty ami mirth, and music, made the world.
What necromancy lies in little things!
11.
What necromancy lies in vagrant airs!
Idle and happy, basking in the sun.
- Where art with nature held high carnival.
< One summer day there fell upon mine ear
< A half forgotten melody. It Hared
: My heart out into strings whereon the hand
1 Os Pain thrummed misereres, and the light
j Spilling upon the earth from flawless skies
' Was changed, and charged with darkness, 1 roni deep graves i
Bead Sorrows rose, with mould upon th ir shrouds:
< And in the eyeless sockets of their skulls
' Burned old despairs. The haggard Past stood forth
j And hid the radiant Present from m\ sight.
What necromancy lies in vagrant airs!
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WAN '..
.. it becomes a littl tedious for J&< k
And when the elders forget to
say thank you, and are quick to
complain if Jack is slow, then the
injustice becomes more and mote
apparent to the childish mind.
Perfect courtesy, absolute polite
ness, and unvarying appreciation
should mail; a parent's attitude to
ward a child.
The Fault Always Lies
With His Older Associates.
I hen it ; s an • yv matter to make
that child feel a keen delight in
doing little acts of kindness and
performing little duties for the
parent. And with no thought of
graft; so; that i- precisely what it
is, wh-n a child is always on the
alert to receive some money return
for evr-ry act.
Whatever is wrong in a chili',
the fault lies with his older asso
ciates.
Every man who is in prison for
deceiving the people in his misuse
of power and his misapplii atlon i
influence, could have been made
impervious to temptation if he bad
been lightly reared the firs' four
teen years of his life.
A fashionable boarding or mili
tary school does not supply the
kind of eduembm referred to.
That must come from personal
association with an older per:. n.
whose mind is wholesome, aa.l
whose principles arc high, and wm>
make- it a solemn and beautiful
duty to awaken the voting being Io
an understanding of life ’n its very
truest and best s n.se.
Not by talking ridigion or phi
losophy, but by making clear the
small personal responsibility wltic'i
rests on each human to become the
ver'.- finest and best type of Ids
rai.o. and to begin being this type,
by scouting whatever petty,
small, ignoble ami mercenary, and
by cultivating whatever is big and
broad and altruist'u and uelpftil,
while <'■ velo.dag the qualities
which will had to independence
end success.
Teach Egv to Take
Pride in Himself.
Any boy who has been given this
association with m older individual
will never stand before the worid
in the shameful limelight of a
j criminal.
l*o you In.vi to !»:*.>' your boy for
’ tvtr.v little act of kindness or
evi r> i-oiivtesv he sh ivs’.’
Then why have you not taught
him to so love and respect you.
and to take snelt pride in hints. If
that he could not be a small
grafter?