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I ♦ m • ■ EDITORIAL RAGE The Atlanta Georgian thc home paper THF ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 20 East Alabama St.. Atlanta, Ga. Entered aj aeeond-clamatter at postofflre at Atlanta, under art of March B.187S Bubscriptlon Brio -Delivered by carrier, 10 renin a week. By mall, $f> 00 a year. Payable in Advance Demain, Morgen, Manana, Domani What You Can't Do NOW, You Can Never Do. There Is No Such Thing as a Fo-morrow I hat Is to Do Won ders. To-morrow Means NEVER. It Is a Word of Failure. (Cop>right, ISIS ) Don’t plan for anything to-morrow, unless you ARE WORK- INO 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 man 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. . u *'t >4- 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 sitting, waiting for the “to-morrow” that never comes. (SEE EDITORIAL.) In the Movies In Real Life 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 ‘ 4 futurists ’ ’ who invented what they call a new style of art, and 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. RS U! THi* little tot is comfortable anj haopy when the Summer daye are hot. He ie dressed right to stand the heat. - THE BABY IN MOV*”' a baby can be more comfort- ) able in hot weather than an adult, but few of them are. The pernicious and senseless habit of dressing a baby In llan- nels and endless frills and fan cies on hot summer days is such a common practice among moth ers of certain nationalities that scores of babies ure literally baked to death during the sum mor months. During the very hot weather babies should wear only a diaper l A thin gauze shirt If under aonths of age, an abdominal This unhappy little codger is all fussed up and ae a result he is hot and unoomfortable. He Ie dressed wrong for hot days. SUMMERTIME. binder of thin flannel and light- knitted booties may be worn, these being advisable only when ordered by your doctor. These few clothes are all that are needed, but they must lie kept clean, soiled garments be ing promptly removed. Never replace a used diaper on a baby without flrst washing it. Wen.Ml or soiled diapers must lie washed with as little delay as possible, using hot water in which it little soda has bsm dis- eolrifV Iilnse well und si-e that they are perfectly dry before using again. All clothing should Is* loose and so adjusted as to permit free motion of the legs and arms. Never put starched, stiff or un comfortable clothes on a baby. Having dressed your baby cor rectly, mow soe that you place the child where It will get fresh outdoor air. l’ut it in a shuded place on 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 tlie child must be in the house keep it. near nil open window In the cldfcuest and cool est room. In very hot weather give your baby a spongo hath two or three times a day, using lukewarm wuter in which a little salt has been dissolved, or you may use a little alcohol instead of the salt. Never give these baths im mediately after feeding; better give them before feeding. Take especial taro to cleanse the body creases and dry thoroughly. If you uso talcum powder be sure It Is the best and the unscented kind. national dressing, fresh air and cleanliness will do much to keep your baby in good physical condition und will go a long ways toward enabling it to sur vive the summer dangers. Ella Wheeler Wilcox Writes on Culture 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 Copj'rlght. 1913, by Star Company. P ERHAPS there is no word more frequently misused than the word Culture. We often hear a woman spoken of as highly cultured. But in what does her culture consist? She may speak several lan guages; she may play several in struments; she may be able to talk understanding^ of the arts and sciences; she may kno* much of the customs of many lands, but still she may LACK REAL CULTURE. If she is allowing the weeds of evil temper, evil speaking, self ishness and uncharitableness to grow in her nature, she is not cultured. That always means that the earth of that land is carefully tilled and that every weed is re moved; every ugly 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 personality? 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 would not have done to you,” and by Christ’s 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 the Golden Rule, because they are not what w : e 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 arty 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 gTeat 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 not 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 family, 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 and brilliant deeds can not make an admirable human being. “Cultivated Personality.” The woman who wishes to pos sess a “cultivated personality** and a beautiful character muSt keep her engagements, pay her social and financial obligations, shun gossip and harsh criticism, suit her dress and her amuse ments to her income, keep her home orderly and attractive, and herself a pleasure to the eye, ear and heart. The path to character build ing is a long one; there is no short cut. It requires continual watch fulness, continual self-control, to travel that path. But it is a way which grows more beautiful, and the world seems more interesting and life sweeter each year as we advanqe, when the goal of a beautiful character is our aim. Vocational Training Applied By THOMAS TAPPER. A FEUDIST is a gentleman with a gun on the lookout for another similarly equipped. He who shoots flrst lives longest. Two horsemen riding over a mountain road in the Cumberland* 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 the feudlst9 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 an useful men and women. It wa? a new idea to these feud follow ers, 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 year? 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 one of these mountain people the college and will pay board, lodging and education. Less than sixteen cents a day will pay 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 w r ho has done all this is J. A. Burns, of Oneida, Ken tucky. He was one of the first to see that the mountain problem was to be met only by the most practical form of Vocational Training, and and he has given a living demon stration of the truth of his idea. He saw clearly that not only did these people need knowledge, but that they needed the kind of knowledge w’hich they could ply in the dally work of hands. And he has wrought a remark able transformation among them. Educate a human being to do work well, to take pleasure in the doing of it, and efficiency is es tablished, bring to for ap- their