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THE HOME RARER
EDITORIAL RAGE
The Atlanta Georgian
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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What You Can't Do NOW, You
Can Never Do.
There Is No Such 1 hing as a To-morrow I hat Is to Do Won
ders. To-morrow Means NEVER It Is a Word of T allure.
(Copyright. 1013.)
Don’t plan for anything to-morrow, unless you ARE WORK
ING AT THAT THING TO-DAY.
A picture on this page shows you one of a million young
men who say “I will make a start to-morrow.'
There is no such start, there is no such to-morrow.
If you can t work to-day, you can’t work to-morrow.
If you can’t begin the thing to-day, you can NEVER begin it.
To-morrow is a word that in every language means NEVER.
It means self-deception, disappointment, idleness, lack of purpose.
When a thought comes to you, get at it.
Don’t say to yourself, “I will do that sometime; perhaps to
morrow.”
Make a note of the idea, think it over, plan for it, BEGIN IT.
If you can’t start it now, you never can do it.
The thing to do is to work to-day, and to keep working to
morrow and every other day.
Keep your mind on to day, devote the hours of to-day TO
THE WORK OF TO DAY.
Then when to-day’s working hours are over, and you have
actually done all that you can in those hours of work, permit
yourself, if you choose, to think of plans and dreams for the fu
ture.
There is not a young man in the country without some good
idea, some good plan, some earnest hope in his mind.
But the curse of a million is, that the plan, the idea, is to
take form and become real TO MORROW.
Get away from that to-morrow habit.
You need not take literally the advice, ‘‘Live as though this
were to be your last day.” A man who starts a house must be
lieve that he has days in which to finish it.
The thing to do IS TO START THE HOUSE TO DAY, and
let the to-morrows take care of their work.
We print this picture because it seems, in the attitude of the
ipan sitting under the tree, to typify the attitude of a great many
American young men, and to give a needed rebuke.
If you are sitting like this boy, with your arms folded, your
feet together and your head down, jump up, throw back your
shoulders, take a long breath, and start now up that hill that leads
to success.
Pity this poor ‘‘futurist” of failure. He is the futurist of
to morrow, the futurist of the plan that will never become real
action. He is as dismal a failure in his way as those poor so-called i
luturists who invented what they call a new style of art, and j
have only succeeded in being unusually hideous.
Don’t BAKE Your Baby= =
Many Mothers Do It
Hese Is Common Sense Advice from the Chicago Health De
partment. Read It. Profit by It.
• Copyright. 1913.
There are too many •BAKED’’ babies in this world. Every
where you see unfortunate little babies suffering with the heat,
dressed in woolen or in stiff, starched clothing that adds to their
sorrow, babies better suited to the arctic regions than to a hot
summer day in a hot city.
Many mothers need the advice which is given and repro
duced here. The two pictures are from a bulletin issued by the
Chicago Health Department.
Thi» little tot is comfortable and
happy when the Summer days are
hot. He is dressed right to stand
♦ he heat.
THE BABY IN
A baby ran lx* inure comfort
able In hot weather than an
adult, but few of them are.
The iternicious and senseless
habit of dressing a baby in flan
nels and endless trills and fan
dea on hot .summer days is such
a common practice among moth-,
ers of certain nationalities that
scores of babies are literally
baked to death during the sum
mer months.
1 luring the very hot weather
babies should wear only a diai»er
and a thin gauze shirt. If under
bix nAilbs of age, an abdominal
This unhappy little codger is all
fussed up and as a result he i6 hot
and uncomfortable. He is dressed
wrong for hot days.
SUMMERTIME.
binder of thin tlannel and light-
knitted Unities may lie worn,
these l>eing advisable only when
ordered by your doctor.
These few clothes are ail that
aiv needed, but they must U»
kept clean, soiled garments lx»-
ing promptly removed.
Never replace a used^din|»or on
a baby without first washing It.
Wetted or soiled diapers must be
washed with as little delay as
possible, using hoi water in
which a little soda has lieen dis
solved. Uiti'Se well and see that
they l r in rfectiy dry before
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Women, No Matter How High
ly Accomplished They May
Be, She Says, Lack Real Cul
ture if They Allow Evil Tem
per. Evil Speaking, Selfish
ness and Uncharitableness to
Grow Into Their Nature.
Written for The Atlanta Georgian
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright, 1913, by Star Company.
the Golden Rule, because they
are not what We would wish
others to do; therefore, we have
no right to do them.
A “cultivated personality” in
cludes cleanliness, neatness, a
certain conformation to the cus
toms of the day. or of art, in
dress; a well modulated voice, an
attentive manner in listening to
others, a well poised body, a di
rect and easy carriage and walk,
and a pleasant, agreeable expres
sion of countenance.
Haughty, Cold Demeanor.
The haughty, disdainful and
cold demeanor is incompatible
with culture.
Only the vulgarian with an
outward veneer of polish,
“puts on airs.” The really
cultured, like the really great
souls of earth, are always af
fable and simple and natural.
That quality which most up
lifts and beautifies character is
consideration of others and obey-
ance of one’s own highest in
stincts.
The man who is considerate of
his fellow men pays his debts
promptly, does net endeavor to
“beat” his neighbor in a bar
gain. does not haggle over prices,
and is tolerant of others’ politi
cal and religious ideas.
He is kind and affectionate in
his faimily, appreciative of his
wife and children, and patient
and thoughtful with those in his
employ.
All these homely virtues “up
lift and beautify character.”
Without them the most heroic
J hat always means that the
earth of that land is carefully
tilled, and that every weed is re
moved; every ugkv thing banish
ed, and every beautiful and use
ful and valuable thing is fer
tilized, dug about, encouraged
and helped to grow.
So it is with the mind.
A Cultivated Person.
Unless ungracious and unlovely
traits are removed, and all the
virtues cultivated, mere educa
tion which comes from books and
travel and the possession of
money can never i ake r. cultured
person.
What constitutes a cultivated
persona lty? What is It that up
lifts character and beautifies con
duct?’
The answer to both questions
can be found in the advice Bud
dha gave his pupils five hundred
years before Christ was born:
"Do nothing to another that you
W’ould not have done to you,” and
by Chrises Improved rendition
of the motto: “Do unto others as
you would that they should do
to you.”
There is no higher phase of
culture, and there is nothing
which beautifies conduct and
character like the practical and
perpetual use of the Golden Rule
In daily life.
The majority of people regard
the keeping of the Ten Com
mandments as a literal fulfillment
of that rule's obligations; but
one who contemplates its entire
meaning realizes that it applies
to every trivial act of daily life
and necessitates culture as well
as morality.
The loud, jarring voice, the un
controlled temper, the neglect of
bodily cleanliness and disregard
of dress—all these things break
All these words mean the same thing. They mean TO-MORROW, and they mean FAILURE.
This young man says, “I’ll make a start to-morrow.” And he never starts. There are a million like him
ng, waiting for the “to morrow” that never comes. (SEE EDITORIAL.)
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By THOMAS TAPPER.
A F'EUDIST is a gentleman
with a gun on the lookout
for another similarly
equipped. He who shoots first
lives longest.
Two horsemen riding over a
mountain road in the Cumberlands
came to an obstruction. They
jumped down, picked it up and
tossed it to one side.
The obstruction was a man who
had been put out of business by
a blow on the head with the butt
of a gun.
When he came to he crept up
among the trees and had it out
with himself. Then he crawled
back home cautiously. After a
day or two he disappeared.
For ten months he went to
school. After a while he added
seven other months to these ten.
Equipped with seventeen
months’ education, he became the
president of a college.
One day when his schooling
was over he called a meeting of
Hie feudists in the Cumberlands.
One group sat. sullen and armed,
at his right. Their enemies, just
as sullen and as well armed, sat
at his left.
He made a plea to them for
the sake not of themselves, but
of their children; a plea to give
the little ones a chance to learn
something, to forget the enmity
of the feud spirit, and to be able
to go out from the mountains as
useful men and women.
It wap a new idea to these feud
followers, but the man’s eloquence
prevailed to the extent that the
two leaders of the clans’arose and
shook hands.
With a bit of land and fifty
dollars the man began to build
the college with his own hands.
There were plenty of heartaches
and discouragements, but no want
of trust. Then the college began
to be a real thing, visible to the
eyes of men.
That was ten or twelve years
ago. To-day the college educates
about six hundred people annual
ly. Little children, young men and
women, fathers and mothers come
from all parts of the mountains,
eager to get an education.
The man who has done all this
has never- taken a penny in pay,
He does his work as a distributer,
and therefore has no need to take
an anxious thought.
Thirty cents a day will bring
one of these mountain people to
the college and will pay for
board, lodging and education.
Less than sixteen ofents a day will
bay for it all if the farm about
the school can supply the stu
dent with an opportunity to work
to the extent of fourteen cents.
The man who has done all this
Is J. A. Burns, of Oneida, Ken
tucky. i ,
He was one of the first to see
that the mountain problem was
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using again.
All clothing should lie loose
and so adjusted 11s to |>ermlt
free motion of the legs and arms.
Nevef put starched, stiff or un
comfortable clothes on a baby.
Ua\ing dressed your baby cor
rectly. now see that you place
tin* child whore it will get fresh
outdoor air. l*ut it In a shaded
place oil the porch and cover Its
resting place with mosquito net
ting to prevent flies from annoy
ing and possibly infecting it.
Never keep a baby in the kitchen
when you are cooking or wash
ing. When the child must l»e in
the house keep it near an open
window In the cleanest and cool
est room. |
In very hot weather give your
baby a sponge bath two or three
times a day, using lukewarm
water In which a little salt has
Ixh‘11 dissolved, or you may ust»
a little alcohol instead of the
salt. Never give these baths im
mediately after feeding: 1mmter
give them liefore feeding. Take
especlul care to cleanse the body
creases and dry thoroughly. If
you use talcum powder lie sure
it is the liest and the uiiscented
kind.
Rational dressing, fresh air
and cleanliness will do much to
keep your baby in good physical
condition and will go a long
ways toward enabling it to suf*
vivo the summer dangers.
Demain, Morgen, Manana, Domani
Ella Wheeler Wilcox