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City Can Run Its Street Cars
and Make Money
San Francisco, After a Successful Flyer in the Traction Field,
Extends Its Business and Makes Its Traction Competitor Clean
Up and Hurry Up Its Service.
San Francisco has declared a bond issue to build its own
street railways to the great Panama Pacific Exposition, which
will be open in a year and a half.
There have been other municipal bond issues for such pur
poses, hut the imposing thing about the San Francisco episode is
that IT COMES AS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF BUSINESS.
The value and success of the municipal ownership of street
railways have already been demonstrated in the Western me
tropolis.
The three and a half million dollar bond issue just voted by
a tremendous majority is simply an extension of the principle
which has made a success of the Geary street railway, which
came into the city’s possession by the lapsing of a franchise, and
which was retained in the city’s possession as a result of the cam
paign conducted by The San Francisco Examiner, which fought
every movement looking toward another leasing of this line.
Already San Francisco has a municipally owned and oper
ated line running the entire length of the city, and crossing the
peninsula on which it is situated.
This road, the immediate bankruptcy of which was prophe
sied by every interest opposed to the extension of the municipal
principle, PASSES INTO THE TREASURY OF SAN FRAN
CISCO $400 A DAY AND GIVES THE PEOPLE THE BEST
SERVICE OF ANY ROAD IN THE CITY.
It has had another effect; the United Railways, which con
trol the privately owned franchises on San Francisco's streets,
has been spurred by the growth of the municipal principle and
by the popularity resulting from ihe excellent service to improv
ing its own service. From being the most insolent, grasping cor
poration that ever oppressed the people of a city by an inade
quate service, it has become the suavest and most obliging.
From the date the people serenaded The San Francisco Ex
aminer office and inundated Mr. William Randolph Hearet in
New York with congratulatory telegrams over the first running
of the city’s own street cars the municipal ownership principle
has grown in popularity. The original Geary street municipal
project was carried by a comparatively small vote; the recent
bond issue which will gridiron the city with municipal tracks—
and which is particularly calculated to take care of the enormous
crowds that will attend the exposition—was carried by a land
slide.
A municipal experiment of this magnitude and success car
ries an interest to every city which faces the problem that San
Francisco faced in the days when its streets were held by a pri
vate corporation.
San Francisco has proved that a city can operate its own
street railroads—OPERATE THEM SUCCESSFULLY, BOTH
FROM POINT OF SERVICE AND POINT OF FINANCIAL
RETURN.
The Georgia Railway and Power Company, which operates
the street cars in Atlanta, has for years given the city a manifest
ly fair deal in the matter of service. In view of the successful
experiment in San Francisco, it should see that excellent service
is maintained at all times.
Letters From The Georgian's Readers
THE MUFFLER NUISANCE.
Editor The Georgian:
Just a word of thanks for tak
ing up the matter of that muffler
cut-out nuisance. 1 live on a
street which is much frequented
by automobilists. and there is a
small hill right at my home. It
does seem that every driver who
comes to this incline make all the
fuss he possibly can. I hope the
ordinance aimed against the
nuisance will be enforced. I am
glad to note that Chief Beavers
has interested himself in the mat
ter. We should be able to get
some action now.
GORDON STREET.
HUERTA AND UNCLE SAM.
Editor The Georgian:
It seems to me that the Tinted
States is taking the right tack in
this affair with Mexico.. But if
we are to have any trouble, we
should be prepared for it. Uncle
Sam ought to protect American
citizens who are in Mexico. All
the other foreign powers can be
depended upon to carefully look
after their citizens. Just let an
^ Englishman or a German be im
posed upon and see how quick
John Bull and the Kaiser will get
busy! These foreigners are very
keen about their rights, and when
they have been imposed upon
they don t kill a lot of time talk
ing about it. They act! Of
course, downright trouble with
any nation is to be deplored. We
should have peace at all times,
but 1 don't believe in swallowing
insult and worse to preserve it.
The question should be dealt with
firmly. When Huerta under
stands that we are not to he
bluffed, he’ll take in his horns.
R. T. M.
Griffin, Ga.
MUFFLER CUT-OUTS.
Editor The Georgian: I want to
take this occasion to thank you
for the little editorial in your pa
per regarding muffler cut-outs.
They have become quite an an
noyance on Peachtree street,
making life miserable for the
people living on it. not only all
day. but the greater part of the
night.
If it is not asking too much. I
would like for you to touch them
up occasionally until it is stopped.
Again thanking you for the ar
ticle above mentioned. 1 am. yours
truly. A. G. RHODES.
Atlanta, Ga.
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Funny how it strengthens a fellow’s nerve—in the play.
Banish the Bog! He Spreads Tuberculosis
The Same 1 rue of Cats---Neither of These Animals Is a Fit Companion
for Man in His Home, Especially Where There Are Children.
T HERE are at least 12,000
tuberculosis dogs at large
in Paris! Every oue of
those infected, pre-Adamite com
panions .to man, tit only for the
Stone Age of human culture, is a
possible source for the spread of
the great white plagiffe among the
children of the French metropolis!
Tubercular Dog a Danger
as Great as Malarial
Mosquito.
This alarming statement is based
upon a report just made to the
National Academy of Medicine by
Professor Cadiot, of the veterinary
school of Alfort
It is auother convincing reason
why dogs should be banished from
all centers of human population. A
tuberculosis dog may he as dan
gerous as a malaria-hearing mos
quito. and even more so. The peril
to children is especially great, ac
cording to Professor Cadiot and
Dr. Petit, because of their tendency
to pet the infected animals, taking
them ill their arms, catching their
breath, and even allowing them to"
lick their faces.
Cats are equally dangerous, for
they, too, are frequently infected
with tuberculosis in its many con
cealed forms.
These animals contract the dis
ease, Professor Cadiot says, from
human sources—through the diges
tive tract. Dogs and cats devour
all sorts of substances, and it has
been observed that the pets of con
sumptive patients almost invari
ably are affected by tuberculosis.
Dogs that haunt restaurants, cafes,
saloons, drinking places and simi
lar resorts seldom escape Infection,
and then they are ready to spread
By GARRETT P. SERVISS
it to human beings with whom they
come in contact.
Paris contains the astonishing
canine population of 200,000! From
6 to 9 per cent of these useless
dogs carry the seeds of tuberculo
sis about with them wherever they
go. This plague, the same authori
ties declare, is not confined to Par
is, hut is proportionately present in
every city and town where dogs
abound. It is not possible to make
a medical survey of all the canine
population of a city, and thousands
of dangerous cases may easily exist
without detection. The only safety
consists in abolishing these utterly
useless animals from all cities.
It is well to reflect that this ten
dency of dogs to contract tubercu
losis, and then pass it on to hu
man beings, is not confined to any
climate, but exists wherever dogs
and men live together. Canine
tuberculosis Is, without doubt, as
common in America as in France.
It is a far greater danger than
that of rabies, because a rabid dog
can usually be recognized on sight,
while one carrying the seeds of
consumption can only be detected
by medical examination.
You would not think of giving to |
your children for a pet an animal j
capable of envenoming them with
its bite. How much less should
you be willing to subject them to
the infinitely greater danger of an
Infection that hides itself in ap
parently innocent caresses. Every
dog that runs at large is liable,
from its habits, to contract tuber
culosis, no matter how carefully it
may be guarded against the danger
O H, yes! I had a lovely time,
Superlatively gay,
I turkey-trotted every night
And boated every day.
I wore my tango bathing dress,
it struck beholders dumb.
It was the briefest on the bench.
And that is going somo.
I
I’m all worn out and hardly fit
To pound the keys again;
On nerves and poeketbooks and clothes
Vacations are a strain.
But mine was worth it. for I ate
Some mutton sauced with capers.
Got ptomaine poisoning And my name
In all the Sunday papers.
when it is under observation at
home.
This may be one of the mysteri
ous sources of the spread of tuber
culosis in spite of all the efforts
that have been made by medical
societies and preventive associa
tions to stamp it out. And remem
ber that cats are equally danger
ous. Neither a cat nor a dog Is a
fit companion for man in his home,
or in any of his great centers of
population. That dogs are special
ly subject to infection is show:: by
the fact, noted by Professor Cadiot,
that tuberculosis disease is five
hundred times more frequent
among dogs than among horses.
And cats are, apparently, not far
behind dogs in their liability to
such infection.
This Is a New and Terri
ble Indictment Against
the Dog.
This new and terrible indictment
against the dog, added to the many
which already exist, should be suf
ficient to lead to its complete ban
ishment from all large cities and
towns. It is dangerous because
of its frequent savage attacks upon
children (some of the favorite
pets of dog fanciers are the most
vicious in their propensities), be
cause of its liability to rabies, the
most awful infliction that an ani
mal's bite is capable of imparting,
because of its objectionable habits
in the streets, and. most of all,
perhaps, because now we know
that it is an agent for the spread
of tuberculosis.
Let Constantinople enjoy alone
the glory of being the metropolis
of dogs!
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THE HOME RARER
THE SMALL TOWN
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
a 1/.4.V whose nerve* were, ragged from the strenuous city lift
Decided he would take a rest and wouldn't take his wife.
“I’ll go to some small town,” he said, “and live upon a diet.
Where folk arc kind and simple, and where everything is quiet."
The weary man parked up his grip, and after some delay
lie found a little village where he thought he'd like to stay.
He started to enjoy the rest he had so truly earned;
He strolled among the villagers, and this is what he learned:
k
That Hiram Jenkins was a heat who never paid a cent:
That Abner Hawkins drank so much he couldn't pay his rent; ,
That old Squire Higgins was a crook and had been all his life;
That I’erkins ran a card game, and that Jimson beat his wife. *
He learned that Mrs. Hopkins washed her dishes twice a week,
And did some giddy things, of which they didn’t like to speak.
He learned that Mrs. Wiggins smoked a cigarette one day
And flirted with the druggist when her husband was away.
After he heard these items, as they passed from Up to Up,
The weary pilgrim had enough, and packed his little grip.
He went back to the city on the first and fastest train,
And never took the rest cure in a little town again.
It Is Difficult to Impress
Truth
By EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.
S UPPOSE that a class of fifty
students in very high mathe
matics in a university should
enter the recitation room at the
usual hour and take seats. And
let us further suppose that each
student, say at near the end of
the senior year, had advanced in
mathematics far enough to secure
transitory and evanescent glimpses
into the unfathomable depths of a
master mind, such, for instance, as
the mind of Charles P. Steinmitz.
I ,ct each student be able to solve
at least a dozen of his differential
equations and integrate his master
ful formulas relating to modern
concepts of electricity. Let the
students have their lesson all
ready for recitation, and then sup
pose that the professor, instead of
calling upon them to recite, should
in a very impressive manner speak
four most remarkable words. And
then remain silent during two
minutes, with eyes gazing at the
Door.
After the two minutes, which
would seem long to the class, let
the teacher slowly repeat the same
four words and relapse into si
lence. And during the one hour
period, the professor, in language
each time more impressive than
before, would say the same four
mysterious and awe-inspiring words
thirty times. The students would
be filled with astonishment.
Concentration.
Now let the class pass from the
| recitation room of mathematics to
the electrical laboratory, and let
us imagine that the teacher should
say the same four words at in
tervals Of three minutes, but with
this preliminary remark: “Stu
dents, you are requested to sum-
I mon all of your mental power and
concentrate, striving to the utmost
to glimpse the meaning of the four
words. You will have twenty in
tervals of intense silence for pow
erful mental concentration.”
By this time the students would
be thoroughly mystified. Soon the
hour would be passed ; and let them
all go to the chemical laboratory,
and there he astounded by the pro
fessor doing the same. He would
say: “Students, I am to speak
four words at intervals of five
minutes; and you are to concen
trate on their meaning during the
twelve periods of silence, and I ad-
<monish you to let the silence be
absolute, and your thought be In
tense. Concentrate.”
Then to the astronomical recita
tion room. Here let the teacher In
solemn and impressive tones state:
“Students, to-day I will repeat
four words, and remain silent dur
ing five minutes and thus repeat
until the end of the hour. But it
is my desire that you make use of
every power of mind in the effort
of concentration, striving to see if
you can secure a fleeting view of
the real meaning of the four all-
powerful words.”
The mystery in the minds of the
students would now be intense, and
they would, indeed, summon every
faculty that had been trained by
their preceding mathematics.
Law of the Mind.
Then to the reciation room—The
Hall of Mentonomy—a new room, a
very recent addition to a rear wing
of the university, invisible from
the street; a small, obscure room,
but the most majestic of all on
the campus; a little room dedicated
to the study of mentonomy, the
law of the mind.
Here the class met a new profes
sor and entered, wondering what
he would do. When seated, the
new professor of mentonomy would
say: “Fellow students, I will vary
the exercise to-day. I will re
peat four words and then remain
silent for five minutes and re
peat. But you are to awaken
hitherto latent powers In your
minds, powers that the professor of
mathematic^ informs me are just
beginning to awaken. You now
have twelve periods of rigid, se
vere and intense concentration,
with one supreme, momentous, all-
important and all-ineluding object
in view, namely, that of attempting
to secure an inconceivably brief
glimpse of the meaning of the four
words.” And then the teacher spoke
the four omnific words and bade
the students concentrate.
To Other Planets.
Total failure at first. Soon the
teacher interrupted and said: “You
are not concentrating.” The students
protested, saying: “Why, we are
striving to concentrate.”
“True,” said the teacher, "but
you have scarcely commenced: you
have not really aroused hitherto
latent powers.” One more trial—
failure. Class dismissed. And the
whole experiment repeated in each
recitation daily for one year might
possibly result In two bright stu
dents being able to secure a tran
sitory flashlight view or glimpse of
the ineffable and majestic meaning
of the four words, which are:
“Nothing exists but electrons.”
(Sidelights from my new book, just
out.)
0. Kindly inform me if man will
be able by use of electricity to
transport himself to another planet?
A. I have published everywhere
during thirty-six years that the
mind of man is illimitable. This
related to the present almost in
conceivable mind power in recent
mathematics. Flight to planets
seems to be beyond human power,
hut then he may “do anything.”
Q. I can not see why the law of
conservation of energy should be
either waste or economy.
A. There is neither waste nor
economy. Energy is as indestructi
ble as matter. No trace of waste
anywhere, no economy. Nature
does not use a fraction more than
necessary, nor less. The two words
“waste” and “economy” can not
apply to the stupendous cosmic law,
the conservation of energy.
The Hobble
By PERCY SHAW.
A ccording to the scientists
Of subtlest erudition
Who read on caves and obe
lisks
The tales of man’s ambition,
The Neolithic hobble was
A well-known manumission.
In those coy days it must have
pleased
The sterner sex immensely
To watch the lovely damsels flee
From rock to boulder tensely
The while a Pterodactyl chased
Malicious and prepensely.
Although the hobble still holds sway.
Diaphanous, impressing,
No Pterodactyls haunt the air
With antics prepossessing—
Which shows while woman marches
on
Mere man is retrogressing. _ „