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The Atlanta Georgian THE HOME THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN In the Movies Published Ev Afternodn Except By THK GEORGIAN COMPANY At 20 East Alabama Kt.. Atlanta, Ga. Entered as second-class matter at postoffloe at Atlanta, under act of March 3, 1873 .Subscription Price—Delivered by carrier 10 cents a week By mail, $5.00 a year. Payable In Advance. AGeoreia Woman To Be Presr dent of a Railroad * . t The first woman president of a railroad in the United States (or anywhere else), will be elected next month by the directors of the Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad. “Shades of Jay Gould and Jim’ Fisk!” We hear a croaking Wall street lamen tation. Mrs. Jesse P. Williams, widow of a Southern captain of in dustry who died recently, is the woman who is shortly to become head of a 250-mile railroad. She already owns a steamship line and controls a vast area of farm and timber lands in Georgia and Florida, the value of her estate approximating $10,000,000. Months before her invalid husband died she managed his affairs with such a skill as to excite the admiration of grizzled finan ciers. A few years ago the world looked askance at the business woman; to-day she is no nine-day wonder, but a sturdy Tabitha, come to help cure the ills and solve the complexities of twenti eth century business life. Women merchants, doctors, teachers, lawyers, scientists, publicists, baseball magnates, police, artisans, economists, all have demonstrated their ability as the equals or peers of men. What a transformation in public opinion in seventy-five years! In earlier days the work and aspirations of women were circumscribed to the simplest tasks of home and farm. Mary Lyons’ prophetic vision of 1836 most surely has come to pass. The mental development of woman is one of the wonders of the present age, and due tribute must be paid the founder of Mount Holyoke Seminary, the first woman’s college in the world. Many others ha,ve been established since, but it was there the move ment for the intellectual and political emancipation of American womanhood began. To-day we have to acknowledge that even the highly spe cialized and technical field of railroad finance and management is not above the achievements of maiden or mother. No avenue of progress can be closed to her; she waves aside the halting hand of tradition by the very force of her intellect and genius. Here's success to this daughter of the Southland! Able to own and operate a railroad, but “incompetent” to vote even for a village poundmaster! ■ The Mockery of Law It may be only a coincidence, the escape of Harry K. Thaw from the Matteawan State Asylum for the Criminal Insane, at a time when the Government of New York State is so hopelessly demoralized. But such an incident, and more like it, may be ex pected. When the moral laxity of the head of the State is the theme of derisive conversation everywhere within it, and throughout the country, when the motives and methods of many of its lesser rulers are being exposed as mean and contemptible, when the ideals and hopes of the plain people are being rent and scattered, there need be no surprise at finding that the rot of demoralization has spread clear down to obscure servants of that State. j, There have’been the riotings at Sing Sing prison, the bribery charges at Matteawan, one unsavory investigation after another, the recent disgraceful night scenes in the metropolis—the evic tion of diners from all-night restaurants—due to the ignoring of a court of law by the police “under orders”—surely enough de moralization to put into the heart of every voter in New York a grim resolve to have his say at the first opportunity. Every possible legal effort should be made to return Thaw to Matteawan. The niceties of States’ rights should not be de based by allowing them anywhere to set justice at defiance and to submit law and order to ridicule and mockery. Business and Sentiment By THOMAS TAPPER. C AN they be made to mix? Young men and women generally f»tart out In life with some ambition for the fu ture. Then a few years pass and It has all disappeared like smoke. When we Inquire why they have dropped Into the ambition less rut of everyday affairs, they tell us there Is nothing else to It; that any other vision Is a trick of the imagination that produces drfcams In youth, Just ns a "Welsh rarebit produces dreams at night. So they keep on marching in and out when the bell rings, ask ing themselves, “What’s the use?” Then the expert steps up and says: Hold on! You are 6 feet 6 Inches in height. The shovel you are using has a handle out of proportion to your size of a man. Take this one." So he takes this one, throws more dirt around with less phys ical force, and Is marked with a little tag: EFFICIENT. ■Well, is he any more efficient? Has anybody done anything for him besides measuring his height and the length of his arms? Has anybody looked Into the mind of the man to know if some thing is latent there that might tag him In Us terms? A properly adjusted shovel handle changes the relation of a man’s body to his work, but it does not aJter ^he adjustment of the man’s mind to work, circum stances, ambition, fortune, life, love, happiness, or anything else, except shoveling dirt. In fact, it doesn’t touch the man at all. It plays tricks with him. Must we forever go on getting efficient motions out of men’s bodies and never try to put an Impulse for efficient life Into men’s minds? The employer cries out in de spair: “How can I learn to handle men? Tell me this secret and I’ll pay well for It!” Well, there Is just one way to handle men AND KEEP THEM MEN, and this is the way: Know more than they know, and help them to learn what they myst learrt. That MAKES men. Any other scheme makes ma chines. When you make men you pro duce something that goes on Im proving. When you make machines you produce something that goes on deteriorating. When you begin—even with a worker of middle age—to have in terest in the individual well- spring of his life things brighten up. The old ambition of youth returns and the worker hears a new tone in the factory bell: "I’m working for a man who is just as interested in ME as he is in my muscles.” Then Business and Sentiment mix. And they mix perfectly. Dreams—The Country Girl’s and the City Woman’s Hoot . rior«! H°ot! Thg greets ARt BoD T’NiCHr Iks. Hi <?HV-^Noe.R- ^ T«a *ysTerY is t>eepe«_ Than t Thoo«HT - I F-mo Thc viinBovJ 7 is broken oh [ BdTn sioes Tmc. D6.Tec.TWe IN OV.D ntxico The Farm Boy's Kiss & T HE farm boy paused a moment in the lane "When morning mused upon her dewy throne; The silence told him that they were alone And so he kissed the rosy month of Jane. By WILLIAM F. KIRK. Such wondrous joy, they deemed, was ne’er before; To them it was a madness newly fonnd. They little thought that underneath the ground Are many million lips that kiss no more. They trembled there behind a leafy screen; They did not know it was a world-old bliss. They did not know It was the same first kiss That Antony exchanged with Egypt's queen, They kissed and parted in the tender dawn. One little kiss, stolen where roses blowed, As sweet a kiss as ever was bestowed 2ta’ aaj glorious lover dead and gone. Ella Wheeler Wilcox Writes on School Hygiene Buffalo Congress to Dis cuss Everything Which Can Lead to the Better ment of Conditions Sur rounding Schools and Pupils. Written for The A.tlanta Georgian By Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copyright, 1913, A GREAT congress is to be held in Buffalo, August 25 to 30. It is a congress of school hygiene. Everything is to be discussed which can lead to ward the betterment of the condi tions surrounding schools and pu pils. Eminent physicians and eminent instructors will be present arid con tribute their wisdom to the reser voir of human knowledge. Mr. Herbert Blakeslee, executive secretary, says of this congress: “The' various clubs of the city will be open to visitors. Special automobile trips will he taken through the beautiful parks of the city, ending at the Country and Park clubs, where polo and tennis exhibitions will be given. There will be special receptions at the Buffalo Club, the University Club and the Twentieth Century Club. Different societies of the city are also planning to entertain the dele gates from their fatherland. There will be an exhibition of folk danc ing, interspersed with music by the combined choral societies of the city. There will also be special trips to the world’s great scenic wonder, Niagara Fails. “The Women’s Entertainment Committee is composed of over 100 of the leading society and club women of Buffalo. The women’s committee is divided into groups representing different foreign coun tries and sections of our own coun try. There is a French, German, Italian, Russian, Polish, Scandi navian, South American, Mexican, East, West and Southern States, Scotch, Irish and English group, and the duties of these groups will be to look after the delegates from these particular localities. 2,000 Boy Scouts to Guide Visitors to the Con vention. “During the congress nearly 2,000 boy scouts of Buffalo will act as guides to the visitors. Boy scouts will be stationed day and night at the railroad stations and docks to meet the visitors upon their ar rival. Each boy will wear a badge indicating what foreign language he speaks, so that it Mil be no trouble for the delegates to make their wants known. The women’s clubs will also give their services in assisting the women at the dif ferent headquarters and meeting places of the congress. "Buffalo is aiming to make this congress a notable gathering. We recently took up a collection of $40,000 for defraying the expenses of the congress, and among those who contributed were not only the wealthiest citizens but also the newsboys arid school children. Even the children of the night schools in the poorer section of the city contributed their mite. So you see we are very deeply inter ested.” Dentists will talk about the care of teeth so that teachers and par ents and children will learn valua ble things on this very important subject. A paper will be read on “Mouth Hygiene,” and it is to he hoped that this paper will cause teachers and parents to impress upon chil dren the great necessity of giving special attention to this part of the human machine which receives the fuel for the body. Proper care of the teeth and the use of antiseptics and aromatic washes would save many a human being from dyspep sia and innumerable other ills which flesh is not heir to, only as the individual who carries the flesh fails to do his duty, physi cally, mentally or morally, or all three. One of the greatest charms a man or woman can possess is by Star Company, sweet breath. How many people do you know who have this charm ? School hygiene will instruct chil dren, and perhaps grown people, how to obtain and keep this charm. At this congress they will talk about “Sex Hygiene,” a most Im portant subject. Delicate and wise methods of instructing children on topics which are of grave im portance will be discussed. It is useless to undertake to hide the' facts of life and birth from chil dren. Nature and life itself force them on their attention and awaken the youthful curiosity. Many a child has been made an in valid or a pervert for life by the blindness and silence of parents and teachers on these topics. The schools have now awakened to the necessity of formulating some sys tem of education along these lines. Use of Color in School rooms Will Be Dem- ] onstrated. 1 The “Use of Color” in the school room will be presented also by a School Commissioner who has made a study of this matter. Just as a red rag excites the anger of a bull, so different colors affect the nervous system of human beings, especially children. It Is begin ning to be understood that there are colors which stimulate the brain, others which cause a restful feeling, others which produce ex citement, others which are mental, spiritual or militant In their influ ence. It is most important, therefore, that schools should investigate this science of colors and use the knowl edge to good purposes, and that parents should be induced to em ploy the knowledge in their homes. A congress of this nature is one of the great moral factors in the building of a new generation. Its good effects can scarcely be im agined or conceived. All parents of children and all teachers of children In America should be interested in making the congress a mighty success. “Women’s Work in School Hy giene" will be the subject of a spe cial conference at the congress un der the auspices of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of America. The details of the meet ing are now being arranged by Mrs. S. S. Crockett, of Nashville, Tenn., chairman of the Public Health De partment of the General Federa tion. Mrs. Frank J. Shuler, of Buffalo, president of the New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs, will preside at the women’s club ses sion. The program as now ar ranged by Mrs. Crockett will In clude the following: Women’s Work in School Hygiene W N ill Be \ Discussed. A symposium on "What Cluhs of Women Can Do in School Hy giene," to be discussed by a repre sentative school man, a leading club woman and an interested lay- may. "A Story on Actual Achieve ment,” two-minute word pictures of actual co-operation by club women to be presented by repre sentative women from many States. “What Shall We Do About It?" Three-minute prophecies of what women’s organizations will do in school hygiene before the next International Congress on School Hygiene. Letters received by Mrs. Crock ett show that the women’s clubs of America are now playing a very important part in calling attention to the serious importance of the Buffalo congress. The congress is open to all interested in improw ing the health and efficiency of school children.