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EDITORIAL PAGE THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY • At 20 Alabama St., Atlanta, Ga. Entered as second-class matter at postofTice at Atlanta, under act of March 3. 187> Subscription Price—Delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week. By mail, IS 00 a year Payable in advance. Governor Wilson’s Fight For Educational Freedom The ingenious gentleman in Los Angeles who started the story that Governor Wilson wants poor people to be kept in a state of contented illiteracy should enter into congenial correspondence with that other gentleman in Philadelphia who made the sur prising announcement that the governor's lady is a spendthrift shopper—burning scads of money upon Paris gowns. These tales belong to the gayeties of politics. Similar in ventions and surprises may be expected to thicken as tne cam paign draws to a close. For the roorback rage is a disease that, afflicts imaginative people with sporadic virulence only on the eve of election day. The humor of the suggestion that the former president of Princeton is aristocratic and exclusive in his educational ideas will be best appreciated by those who have fell the damaging thrust of his sword-arm in his long battle for academic democ racy. It is only in real life, and not in story books that people are invested with the character that they specially abhor. And it is only in the frenzy of a presidential campaign that anybod.i could have thought out so fantastic a skil as the picturing of Woodrow Wilson in the role of intellectual snob. Wilson’s fight for the democratization of Princeton ('Diver sity belongs to the history of education in this generation. His career as h teacher is as significant ami memorable as that of Arnold of Rugby. It did not run so smoothly as Arnold’s career' —because Wilson declared unceasing war upon a bristling host of menial macaronis and academic fops who shot from the am bush of vested interests. Arnold was prudent enough to take the encrusted scholastic snobbery of the English public school as he found it and leave t mostly undisturbed. Governor Wilson is precisely the one most fit man in the country to lead the nation-wide fight for a new education, free from pedantory and arbitrary routine and free from favoritism and privilege. For Mr. Wilson knows, if any man in America knows, that it is wholly impossible that there should be any such thing as a democratic government without a democratic education. Roosevelt Brave and Sin cere Now Standing before the Milwaukee audience with a bullet in his breast, holding up a manuscript an inch thick which that bullet had pierced, and bleeding from a wound which had so nearly perforat ed his lung and cost hiw life, Theodore Roosevelt really stood in the very shadow of death, face to face with that eternity, which as an old-fashioned Presbyterian he solemnly revered. In these surroundings, physically sustained by his enormous vitality and strength, the ex-president said : “I tell you now with absolute truthfulness. I am not think ing of my own life. I am not thinking of my own success. 1 am thinking only of the success of this great cause." In the partisan stress of the campaign there have been those who have questioned Mr. Roosevelt's sincerity and unselfishness in the notable movement which he leads. But no man who heard these words or reads them in remem brance of their tragic environment can fail to believe that Theodore Roosevelt is not only superbly brave but that he is also splendidly sincere in his present struggle for the people. The Republic can ill afford to lose the energy, the courage and the directness of this remarkable man. Dangersof the Popular Song A recent letter to a New York paper called attention to the coarse and vulgar ragtime songs that are growing more and more popular in every walk of life. A catchy tune, a suggestive phrase, an indelicate allusion, woven together into a "popular" song can do more harm in twenty four hours than a church mission can cure in a week. And the worst of it is that "popular" songs of this character are growing more and more "popular." They are being sung everywhere. Chil dren are picking up the tunes and humming the choruses, ami adults, calloused to such melodies, are seeking those that are more and more risque. At the summer resorts the young girls sing them with innocent looking faces and mothers sit by and applaud. Young men now hum them in mixed company Io the amqsement of every one. The evil is growing greater, instead of less, and it is high time for popular disapproval of the business. And if the people them selves do not take the matter in hand and cure it. then it would be wiser to censor all songs, in the same manner that our moving pic tures are censored. A Good Hint From Japan To insure safety ai sea. let us take heed of all innovation recent ly adopted by u Japanese steamship company. To each ticket sold by this line there is attached a cmip.m which represents a scat in a lifeboat. The purchaser is requested when first going aboard to locate his lifeboat and to make a note of the position of the seat In ease of an accident perfect order would inevitably prevail. Every passenger would know just what lifeboat to go to and just m hat seat in that lifeboat to occupy. lould any device be simpler <>r mop; effective in the saving of life at a time of great excitement ' The Atlanta Georgian A AT on o crorin nf I noonFc? Strange Museum and Laboratory That Ai IVI El 1 v-1 Iv O1 llloWLo a pf,>}ich Naturalist Has Established ~~~ "' *»* cilessly destructive than the hosts V X I of Attila,” declares M l.abitte. I ' They come in the winter time, Sys » through pipes and underground /’.s' '■'s'N. ■ 1 ways. ami in the morning I may / / ■ ■■* ■■£ \x. find collection ravaged, and my // [ ;♦» . C \\ •••.< little lutes (English "bi-.ists’T /J it *'< \ \ <!’strove,; nr drivel -.ay ami their NN- x \ \ \\ r '’it ' v J if- .*■ ry JmJ?* >• THE ROLLING BEETLES AT WORK WSS X / AND BELOV/ A SCORPION- f ! TAKING A WALK. ! J Py GARRETT P. SERVISS. ' ONE nt’ the newest and oddest thing- that Paris contains is the "in* a la. ium" i>f M. Al plion.-e Labitt inlhe Rue d" Buf fon. It is a veritable menagerie of living inseels Labitt'-. wisiting tn stuiix insert- amid sun nundings natural to them, and yet covered uitb a roof and capable of being kept lelativelj warm and ei-m --foi table, has introduced into his entomological laboratory an ex traordinary collection of beetles, bugs, spiders, scot pions and other similar creatures, which he tails his pensonnaires (boarders). They have been brought from various lands and appear to thrive and en joy themselves amid their now sur roundings. As far as possible, M. l.abitte gives them the kiinl of * dwellings and the sort of loot! to which they are naturally aecus lomed. There one may see the sacred scatjabous beetle of Egypt taking- his promenades ns uncon cernedly as if in- were mi ti e banks ot fhi- Nile; or the "fill! - rolling” beetle laboriously .'oiling i s food in a ball of earth Itirgei than the insi et itself before transporting it to its nest: or tne huge “stag-bee tles" hunting around for i-ieir prey, or a variety of gorgeous i niiassed insects marching about like Knights in glittering armor. Exciting Battles. M. l.abitte says that I he must ex citing battles occasionally lake pla.ee among his little “boarders.” and that some of them are fiercer than tigers! They arrange their dens, make their path-, construct their habitations, care forth dr progeny, and. in short, behave in all respects as if they were amid their natural sq: roundings and in their own country. Such an exhibition is manifestly far more interesting and instruc tive than any eolleetion of dead in sects pinned on cards. Byt M. Laliitte has his troubles. For lack of money he has been compelled to place his menagerie in . FOOD POISONING \tERY few deaths are natural. f Men die because a pari gives out. and. unlike an Oliver plow or a McCormick reaper, you (ant replace the part. The next best thing, when you have a hot-box or get short-circuited, is to scud for the surgeon: and he cuts into you, removes the offender, and you go through life with one cylinder, somewhat proud of it. mentioning the fact to neighbors and marvel ing that you can run at all with one kidney and no appendix Bad breath, flatulence, drowsi ness in tlte daytime, wakefulness at night, all mean food poisoning. Re sort to drugs for relief, continue to gulp, guzzle and bolt, turning to tlie doctor now and then in time of trouble, and the water supply gels infected by the sewerage, mil the doctors call it nervous prostra tion. Bright's disease, inflammatory rheumatism. 01 neuritis, and the undertaker begins to lake a per- . sotial int( I est in you. We ill realize tlte duneeis from stioiig drink, but strong meat that sets up its ferment is quite as bad as the product of the grain that is fermented first and swallowed aft erward. The ir.ivjng for stimulants is a disease, and nevei goe- with dlete tii i ighteotism ss. < 'rime follows mal-nutrition. as docs night tin day. Irritability, stupidity, touch in ss. are sum of the ri >uii.- of food poisoning. The iiim'inal is a I tick man MONDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1912. ON. >--W ’T-'Wr M. LAEITTE FEEDING HIS BOARDERS. underground chamber*, which can • not b<; gua"ded as carefully as he would wish. He has to fight against invaders who destroy his insects, ravage their habitations and de vour their food. Curiously enough, one of the most interesting and in telligent of all insects, the ants, in st'.-i.l of forming a f-..-< mating ex hibit in the collection, have to be excluded and fought against. M. l.abitte finds that many oAjtis in ert- thrive on pain d'epiees, a kind of spiced gingerbread, but the ants make their way into the place, eat the gingerbread, and poison what remains with fvj iuie acid, so that it often proves fatal to the “board ers.” -• And then the rats! "More iner- . By ELBERT HUBBARD. Copyright. 11)12, International News Service. Twenty-five years ago Dr. Char- •!< cot. of Paris, said: "Ninety-five per cent of all diseases have their origin in the digestive tract.” Most of the so-called heart dis eases are stomach troubles. The ' stomach beihg located just beneath the heart, fermentation causes pres sure on the heart, and tin's starts palpitation and irregularity of heart beat: and probably in time nun set up a regular heart dis- All diseases of the liver have their rise in imperfect digestion, overtaxed kidneys, with diabetes and Bright's disease, follow like causes. Catarrh, hay fever, colds, typhoid, yellow fever and smallpox may originate from imperfect elim ination. Even when there are epidemics of yellow fever, typhoid and small pox. only a part of the population are infected. . Disease xalehes those who lack resisting power, nr resiliency. Keep your bodily health up to a high av erage and you are proof against any malevolent geim that may come along. " Health means that the friendly germs are fighting for you. ami dis ( asc means that the germs of dis solution and death are in the ma jority. Chemicals that set up an i xplo shm in the internal economy were discovered by Hippm rates 500 years In fol e ( 'hrist. Il Was looked Upon, I ink h !><■•;> ~ii dow n tie « ent u. ties, a- a wonderful thing that you •f habitations laid waste. The rats actually devour some of the bee tles. and I find their broken wing covers scattered about. They robbed me in that way of a superb Algerian beetle which, with infi nite pains and trouble. I had suc ceeded in acclimatizing.” But there are better days in store for this curious menagerie. A rich man of Paris has become interest ed in M. I.abitte’s experiment, and lias promised to aid him financial ly. so that before long it is proba ble that the enterprise will be es tablished on a scale which will make it one of the attractions of Paris for those who find other things to interest them besides the doings of -i and women, which are sometimes less important than • • those of insects. could take a drug and bring about a certain result in a short time. But there is one thing the world has not known until very recent times, and that is that'every drug has not only a direct, but a reac tionary effect. Action and reaction are equal. The use of drugs that bring about quick action are always followed by periods of inaction and torpor. Then, after a time, the individual has to take more medicine. He is educating his body, and he is wrongly educating it. and in course of time he becomes a victim of the drug habit—which is as bad as to he a victim of the drink habit. And. in fact, it is very much like it. save that its symptoms are somewhat veiled, but it is just as deadly in its career. Dr. .1, H Tilden, one of the great moderns, says that in all of his ca reer he has never known a case of appt udiciiis excepting with indi viduals who were addicted to the drug h (bit. Appendicitis follows torpidity and is the natuial result of'im pact ion, starting inflammation in a small but very useful organ. The vermiform appendix becomes fevered, then inflamed, ami fash ionable surgery—not being able to l itre the complaint—simply cuts the organ out Every individual should discover for himself the food- (hit agree with him and stick to them Ho w ill also properly diseovi r the foods •b'| di'-um.'i « with him. and these he should absolutely forego. Thomas Writes on Working for the Boss Whether You Ar e Working for Your self or for Somebody Else, You Are Ac tually Conducting Your Own Business. You Are Your Own ' Boss! A JOB—or a position—is a great ■ thing. i It means that you go out into the world provided with a chance to make good. But the chance to make good does not lie in the job itself. It lies in you. And for this reason: Whether you work for vourself or for somebody else, you are actually conducting your own business. You are your own Boss! The principal things that go into making a success of a job are sim ple enough. Here they are: 1. Some knowledge by which you can get the job to begin with. 2. More knowledge gained by ex perience, so that you can keep the job once you get it. 3. Health. 4. Punctuality. 5. Dependability. 6. Interest in the work. 7. Tact and good manners in dealing with others. 8. A presentable appearance. 9. Capacity to speak English well when addressing other people. 10. A lot of good habits —and no bad ones. . These are simple things, as we have said, hut they are the gist of the whole matter. No success is ever won without them, and never can be. Why Look For One? Now, why do you look for a job. and take one when it comes? To earn money. How can you earn more money than the sum at which you start in ? Bylkeeping everlastingly at every one of the things mentioned above. Take Health, for instance. Health is an effect that follows a cause. The cause is made up of several items. Simple food, pure water, sufficient sleep, deep breath ing, absolute Cleanliness of the body, a determination to be cheerful and no 'bad habits. Now, when the Boss hires you he reasonably expects that you will keep well and be able to do the work you agree on. He will prob ably never ask you if you over-eat or drink bad drinks or fail to take a bath every day. But lie wilt know in a flash when you ate not making good on these. \\ hat Do Birds I hink of Aviators? A BIRD has his own view of the world, and heretofore it has generally been wider than a man's. Also, the bird hast, until very’ recently, had his world pretty much to himself. The occasional balloons sent up a few hundred feet from county fair grounds hardly counted as invaders of kingdom of wings—they were so awkward and so helpless, driven hither and thith er by gentle breezes that the merest titmouse would laugh al! And then, the birds had no reason to fear them as enemies, for they showed nothing resembling wings, and tails, and talons drawn up ready to snatch their prey. But the aviators have altered till that. The monoplane, especially, looks so much like a gigantic bird that one can hardly be surprised at the statement that the native in habitants of the air really take it for one. and flee at the sight of it with cries of terror and dismay. For many miles in all directions around the great aerodromes in France, where ascents are contin ually being made, and monoplanes and biplanes art darting through the air. at al! elevations, with tile speed of express trains, complaints have been made that the game birds were being driven from pre serves which they hud populated for generations. After the coming of the aviators tile chasseurs (hunters i. out for their annual shooting in their uniforms of sportsmen for in Europe every occupation has its distinctive uni form. and yon can not -hoot a woodcock in ordinary clothes found themscAcs going hmm with THE HOME PAPER Tapper 1 ''' "! i !l By THOMAS TAPPER. • And then, the first thing ynt» know you are reading WANT ADS again. Take Interest in the work, for ■ example: Any job that is worth your time is worth every minute of IL No job. worth while, has any “watching the clock” in it. Most jobs look simple on the sur face. But the success element of a job is under the surface. Even the Boss does not know how far under tt is. So it Is your business to dig It up. A boy, who went into a factory fc work, began to count the number of motions necessary to "move things from place to place. He found out that too many motions were being used. He arranged the material so as to reduce the number. The re sult was the output Increased and the work paid more profit. No Boss ever lived that will not notice a result like that. What a Girl Did. A girl who worked at a ribbon counter studied the demands of the store's customers until she knew just how to arrange the stock on ths shelves so that she could reach out and get it with the least loss of time. What was the result? She used fewer motions. Henca she did not get tired so quickly as before. Stock called for frequently was near at hand. Stock called for once a week was not in the way. The customer was served more quickly. And. finally, more customers could be served in an hout. • Hence, more business could be done. These are some of the simpler things that result from taking an interest in what lies under the sur face of the job. Nobody will ever point them out to you. It is your business to find them and to put them into practice. The better you do your work the more valuable the whole business becomes to the Boss, and the mon valuable you become yourself and to him. The difference between a skilled worker and an unskilled one is called the THINKING Dll'EElt ENCE. When you get working on that basis—the basis of the THINK 1 Nil DIFEERENCE—you never need worry again about the future. You have become efficient, anil no effi- • cient worker Is ever discharged. empty game bags. The birds, they alleged, had abandoned the coun try, frightened off by the aero planes, The sporting papers wet* full of it for a year or so, and tee discussion tn some cases became exceedingly warm. Some demand ed that no aerodromes should bo permitted anywhere in the m s - borhood of the game Holds. Th’ r opponents responded that navlg - ing the air was more respeeta'i'e than slaughtering birds. But now it appears that the bi « are coming back. This year t’ have been found in numbers r - factory to the sportsmen even n close neighborhood to some of the greatest aviation centers. Thev have, apparently, got over ll ■ " fright. They have discovered fl"'' the aeroplanes are not the all-de vouring flying dragons that the' ’ first took them for. A very’ curibm story about this is quoted on the authority of The Journal l-Eh' l '■ "At first,” says this journal. " partridges and woodcock prudent!" emigrated from the vicinity of th monoplanes and biplanes wli.■ a they evidently took for forniid a birds of prey. But later tin pa. tridges land tile fact has liven '<• lied) sept scouts to the aerodre ,n and these envoys, after inspection, perfectly comprehended that ID' huge birds of the aviators were m zqieent of all harm.'* Similar reports of the return of the frightened birds come from va rious parts of France. It is story of horses ind autotnorc over again Evidently animals •■■ rc.isou from e. peilinen a.a well as men.