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THE HOME RARER EDITORIAL RAGE The Atlanta Georgian THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Aftern<"»n Except Sunday By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 20 East Alabama St . Atlanta, Ga Entered aj Pernnd-cin^ matter at postoffb e it Atlanta, under art of March 3.1*73 Subscription Price—Delivered by camei, 10 cents a week. By mail, $i> 00 a year. Payable *n Advance 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 9 , 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.) In the Movies WHY DON’T Yoo STAY Th£ Ropes 1 S AN to FROM “The. HORRY OP He.KR'i )T'i CSE-TTdH V-ftTe MU-tS Vocational Training Applied 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 Thf, Joy Rioe- You UKEUM BuY BASKET FFaiM 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