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There Are a Few Cardinal Rules
to Be Observed in Buying
Securities.
By B. C. FORBES
A New York medical doctor give*
me a trouncing for never telling peo
ple of "sure things" that will make
millionaires in t hurry.
He wants me to “put people next
to money making” schemes. He
colds me unmercifully for advising
5 tail investors to buy seasoned in
vestments. Any child could write
that kind of stuff,” He is not in the
kindergarten class, he says, and
wants something more advanced. He
laughs at a 6 per cent return on a
thoroughly safe investment. Six per
cent may satisfy novices, but not this
gentleman learned in medical lore.
P * ••• *
1 Well, I confess I have neither the
wisdom nor the inclination to advise
small investors to risk their savings
in “sure things” that promise to pay,
not 6, but 60 or 600 per cent. Mv
writings are manifestly beneath the
notice of those who insist upon beina
told how to get rich quick. Might I
suggest, however, that my doctor
correspondent can find the addresses
of tipsters galore in certain Sunday
newspapers? That field is abund
antly filled already. My ambitions
do not fly quite so high. I prefer to
stay on solid ground, to write only
about matters not requiring the su
perhuman acumen that were necessa
ry to tell in advance just how far up
this stock is to go and how far an
other is to fall on given dates.
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For those in the kindergarten class
I recently jotted down a few sugges
tions on how to tell bad securities.
At the risk of drawing upon my head
more criticism, I venture/ to repro
duce these elementary pointers here.
you can
OF ANY “SECURITY” 1
as certain to bri ig
as a special privi-
certa'n j
BEWARE
WHICH—
Is represented
you a fortune;
Is offered you
lege:
| Is to be marked up to a
"pr.ee on a given date:
Must be bought in a hurry, with
out delay for investigation;
Has no responsible interests asso
ciated with it;
Is only in the promotion stage—
that is, merely an undeveloped “pros-
e ^ct”;
Is based on some alleged property
in a distant part of the country, and
of which you have no means of gath
ering information—except from the
seliers of the stock or bond;
Is not dealt in on any important
stock exchange, or readily marketa
ble in case you want to sell;
Is offered you by some one posing
as an enemy of "the captalists”; by
some one anxious to let you share
with him the joy and profit of ex
ploiting a oroperty or enterprise
which, when filched from its rightful
owners and with a little money from
you and a few others, will reap a
golden harvest:
Is dependent upon some new inven
ti 0 n—capital for the vending .of really
valuable inventions is not usually
sought from small investors by un
known agents:
Is to finance some wireless tele
graph or telephone device that will,
according to those asking you for
your money, drive all the existing
companies out of business:
Is secured by unlmprived land (in
some remote region) that is to be
come in time the site of a city, which
will cause the holdinas to yield fabu
lous sums when cut up into tiny lots;
Has as its strongest inducement
that it is “non-as$essable,” for this is
no guarantee of anything and is often
used as a hook for unwary fish;
‘ Is seil'ng at a few cents a share—
a Tow quotation does not mean that
9 stock must be cheap, and anything
selling in cents is not likely to be an
investment, but a sheer gamble in
which the promoter spins the wheel
and stops it at any point he desires:
Is repeatedly drawn to your urgent
a^ention bv letters and circulars im-
ffssing upon you that by not buyinq
nc a/ you are letting rich profits slip
through your fingers:
Is hunched with other offerings by
the seller and the lot “marked down”
to a price below/ the total of the in
dividual quotations—trustworthy se
curities are never sold that way, and
you can stamp such a scheme as an
unmitigated fraud;
} fi this 's important—a mining
stock or bond in course of flotation—
such are not investments; they are
gambling chips, or. to be more cor
rect often are loaded dice, which the
insiders can play any way they like
and rob you of your hard-earnert
dollars.
Never buy a security without first
learning of its standing from some
one or some publication
trust.
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Investigate before investing. Staple
securities do not disappear from the
market overnight. High grade in
vestment issues, such as are suitable
for the majority of small investors,
co not lump up and down in pr.ee
day by dav. ...
Don’t expect a much better income
from your invested capital than such
peopie as John O. Rockefeller, An
drew Carnegie. Mrs. E H. Hamma.i.
Srs. Russell Saae, and such institu- j
►!%ns as insurance companies demand. ,
They are careful investors. You can- j
rot afford to be less so. 1
J I>| HAVINCn A
S LIE'LL T IHt
Pack To The
CROC t RV WAQONl
Cubist Hats, Wasp Gowns and
High-Slit Skirts Cause Many
a Gasp at Longchamps.
PARIS. May 14.—For once Paris
has been relegated to second place in
the matter of fashion frocks. With
their Cubist hats, wasp gowns and
skirts split to a height rarely dared
by the Paris exponents of extreme
modes, their sisters from across th^
Channel Invaded the Longchamps
paddock in unprecedented number
and made tfoe racegoers gasp.
The Cubist hats, in small models,
are made of waterproof silk and
shaped in a perfect cube. There is
no trimming except a wide ribbon
with scores of j^olychromous cubes
hand painted and tightly drawn
around the sharp-angled sides. A
Cubist pin fastens the curious head-
gear to the bair. which is neatly done
in Bottieelji style.
The wasp gowns worn by two tall
Englishwomen consisted o. tight-fit
ting dresses of soft dull silk, i.he waist
line circled with wide stripes of yel
low and black alternately.
The fashionable gown must not be
symmetrical and the trimming on
the left side be different from that
on the right, or if the same material
is used it shall be disposed unequally.
Some gowns that look perfectly plain
in front are \ery elaborate in the
back, and vice versa.
Several women wore platinum cir
cles studded with precious stones
around their forehead, with their hats
under the chin with narrow velvet
ribbon of a color to match the dress.
Persian styles, which, it was said
at the beginning of the season, had
been superseded by those of Venice in
the eighteenth century, appear instead
to be gaining renewed popularity.
Riggs Disease
( Lf your teeth are loose and sensitive,
) and the gums receding and bleeding,
' you have Higgs Disease, and are in
1 danger of losing all your teeth.
Cse Call's Anti-Riggs, and it will
gi\e quick relief and a complete
' cure. It is a pleasant and econom-
k ical ireatment. used and recom
mended by leading ministers, law-
' yers and theatrical people who ap- 1
j preciate the need of perfect teeth
l Get a 50c bottle of Call’s Anti-Riggs
' from Jacobs' Pharmacy, with their
; guarantee to refund the money if it
, fails to do all that is claimed for it.
'It is invaluable in relieving sore
i mouth due to plate pressure. Cir-
. cular free. CAUL'S ANTI-RTGGS CO .
-3 Williams Street. Elmira.* N. Y.
BREATHE HYQMEI
FOR CATARRH
Health Comes From Knowing
How and What to Breathe.
Hardly' a day passes without
confirmation of the old adage.
“Man’s Life is but a breath of
air.”
Dust laden with disease-breed
ing germs is inhaled by all who
use the streets, but disease is nor
developed unless the germs find
conditions suitable for their lodg
ment and growth.
With people having catarrh there
is an ideal culture medium for
these germs. The irritated mem
brane and weakened tissues is .i
hot-bed where germs thrive and
multiply.
If you have catarrh or any trou
ble of the breathing organs, caus
ing stopped-up head, sniffles or
morning choking, you should use
the easiest, simplest and quickest
remedy, the direct method of Hy-
omei. This wonderful medication
is taken in with the air you
breathe, directly following and de
stroying all germs that have been
inhaled, repairing any damage they
may have worked and so healing
and vitalizing the tissues as to
render catarrh and germ infection
no longer possible.
The unusual way in which drug
gists sell Hyomei should dispel all
doubt as to its curative proper
ties. They refund the price to any
one whom it fails to benefit. You
do not risk a cent in testing the
healing virtues of this breath of
life. Complete Outfit. SI.00. Extra
bottles of Hyomei liquid, if later
needed, 50 cents.
If you have anything to sell adver
tise in The Sunday American. Lar
gest circulation of any Sunday news
paper in the South.
DANGER IN MEAT EATING
Medical Reports Show That Peo
ple Who Eat Much Meat Are
Susceptible to Typhoid Fever.
The death rate of Typhoid has
been 10 per cent for many years.
Even if patient recovers, there is
danger — weakened constitution,
languidness, loss of energy and
other after-effects.
In a majority of cases typhoid
fever is directly traceable to an
inactive liver which has refused to
clear away the masses of meat
particles left undigested in the
alimentary canal. This mass pu
trefies and sends out death-deal
ing poisons, to result In typhoid
fever.
JACOBS’ LIVER SALT is the
greatest known liver stimulant.
Its action is gentle, yet effective.
It draws water to the alimentary
tract, flushes the stomach and
bowels, washes away the undi
gested meat particles and removes
trie danger of fermentation. The
blood is purified through the re
newed activity of the liver.
JACOBS’ LIVER SALT does not
cause nausea and vomiting, and
there are no dangerous after-ef
fects as with calomel. Don’t take
an inferior substitute; many imi
tate the name, but can not pro
duce the same natural, flushing
action of the genuine JACOBS’
LIVER SALT. At all druggists.
25c. If your druggist can not sup
ply you, we will mail full size jar
upon receipt of price, postage free
Made and guaranteed by Jacobs’
Pharmacy Co., Atlanta.
JUST START
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