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^ * EDITORIAL RAGE THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Publish^ by THE Ol■'.< At 20 Fust Alabama Frter*e »• t*rnnd-rlafi matter at postnff’ HEARST’P HT'NDAY AMERICAN an b* mailed to subscribers an\ wher* in th* i;«;ian foMi'.wy St Atlanta. Oa at Atlanta, Drier art of March 3. II 1 ! THE A TLA NTA <.r.< >RGIAN wHl T tilted state* Canaria arm Mexico ene nmntb for S t»0; thre* month* for fl "f». <•<% monlU for v. 50 mr.<1 one for J7 00 ( i anp** of addr*},* made a* open an drs rod Forrsn / ibsciiptm rate* on application Atlanta Should have One of the Regional Banks ». * X The Location of the Institution Here Would Make the City the Financial Center of This Whole Section. No Partnership in Intervention Front various sources, and so nearly at the same time as to suggest the possibility of preconcerted purpose, comes the sug gestion that when the United States does intervene in Mexico, it should invite Brazil, the Argentine Republic and Chile, one or all, to join in that intervention. The idea is preposterous. Its proponents are so uniformly public men or publications that have opposed the necessary inter vention as to justify suspicion that this new scheme is suggested to divert public opinion from the main issue. It is not suggested that the United States is unable alone, by its own military and naval power, to bring order out of the Mex ican chaos. Nobody is mad enbugli to entertain such a doubt. But it is urged that by iniviting one or more of the chief Latin-American republics to join us in the task we shall be giving evidence of our unselfishness and sincerity. Such a course is ex pected to endear us to the group of Central and South American republics and lead them to look on us as a partner in a good cause, rather than as a dreaded rival. But will it? War waged by allies is apt to end in war be tween the allies. We need only to contemplate the situation in the Balkans to see a striking illustration of this fact. If we should for a moment consider inviting South American aid in a matter touching us so much the more nearly, the selection of the ally or allies would almost inevitably lead to hard feeling. The national feeling in the South American republics is sensitive and high spirited. With the Latin American national greatness is not measured by area or population. It is all very well to select the three governments named as the greatest, ” but Bolivia and Peru would always feel a certain resentment at their omission, while, should we limit participation in the intervention to one alone of the three, we should have all of the rest of South America fired with indignant resentment. The Georgian has repeatedly declared that intervention in Mexico should be undertaken with no thought of territorial ag grandizement for the United States. We believe that to be the universal wish of the American people But to maintain that pol icy against the possible land hunger of two or three allies would immensely complicate the situation. It would inevitably lead either to a surrender of our own proper position, or to serious trouble with our allies. Nothing is more certain than that the intervention of this nation to re establish order in Mexico is demanded to-dav But it must be inlervention by the United States alone It‘is our burden, our duty, and to attempt to divide, the responsibility u’d he only to multiply the difficulties in the way. Atlanta, reliable reports from Washington say, stands an excellent chance of being made the site for one of the regional banks which will be created under the new currency system. Robert F Maddox says if there are twelve central banks, there is no doubt that Atlanta will have one of them, and if the Senate decides to cut the number to eight, still he is confident. The regional banks, crudely described, will be the great reservoirs of credit. The banker in Augusta or Jacksonville who has supplied the solid merchants and factory owners of the city with the funds they need to carry on business can bring the notes these gentlemen sign to Atlanta and sell them at the regional bank. The funds he gets in this way he can lend, of course, to more merchants and manufacturers—and the very limited amount of currency circulating in the nation by this means will be sufficiently elastic to supply all the needs of business, it is hoped. The cities which possess the regional banks will become the financial centers of their entire sections. It is history that when a city holds the purse strings, soon it dominates in all other lines. One of the things which has built New York is the fact that New York always has held all the money—and one of the principal objects of the currency bill is to take some of this power away from New York. There is no doubt, then, that the regional bank will be a good thing for Atlanta, and there should be no doubt that Atlanta deserves it. From Virginia south to the extreme tip of Florida, from the Atlantic coast west to the Mississippi River, Atlanta's influence is felt. Already it is the trade center of this rich area and in large degree the financial center, though New York always has and always will dominate money until the currency bill operates. Geographically and economically, Atlanta deserves the bank. There is another reason. Joseph A. McCord and Robert F. Maddox are among the most able students of the currency question. Mr. McCord long has been a member of the currency commission. Mr. Maddox participated in the famous conference of bankers at Chicago, and was the Southern member chosen to present the bankers' views to the Senate. The Senate was so keenly interested that the two hours' time it allotted to hear the bankers' case was extended to several days. Whatever improvement is seen in the bill as compared to its crude original draft will be due more to Mr. McCord and Mr. Maddox than to any other two men in the South. Having assisted so materially in formulating the plan which is to revolutionize the nation’s banking system, Atlanta should have all possible benefits from it. The Atlanta Georgian The Conspirators Whatever they tempt you into buying—buy it NOW. The earlier you shop the better service you get and the more you lighten the shopgirls’ holiday burden. The Face in the Mountain By WINIFRED BLACK I T is sad to-dav, the great Face up there on top of the moun tain. Have you ever seen such a face ? Who carved it. I wonder? Ages ant/ ages ago did the wild wa ters know what it was they wrought when they rushed over the great boulders and sang and Hinged and cut the face in the great rocks? There it is. day and night, the great calm face, lying with its e.\ up to the sky, and the clouds sail above and the winds sing be low and still the great Face lies there for all to see. There were great doings In the valley once Someone found a pocket full of gold there In the canyon by the rushing waters, and the whole place swarmed with men and women followed and the quiet right was raucous with wild songs Gold. gold, gold -that's what they all wanted— gold. What did they care for the j>eHce of the valley or the calm of the great mountain? Gold, that was what they were after Strange, the fever that burns us when we hear the very name The other day I drove high above timber line. It was a sight to take the breath away. While we stood gazing the driver spoke: "There,” he said, pointing with his whip. “There—that's Samp son's Dream, that hole down there. Simpson took ten thou sand dollars in 24 hours out of that hole,” and every one of us turned our eager eyes from the glory of the sky and the splen dor of the spreading earth and - and looked—earnestly, eagerly, with a vivid interest, at a dirty hole in the ground because Simp son. whoever he might be. took ten thousand dollars' worth of gold out of it once years and years ago How the gods must laugh at our strange infatuations! Poor Simpson—he had his day of delirium. What did it profit him ° He died drunk and raving after lie had spent his ten thou sand dollars, and the wife of his youth was ashamed to lay a flower on his dishonored grave and the boy she named for Simp son would rather you didn’t ask about him if you please. Now, if he had only watched the Face ther^ on the hills—the great, calm face, and had drawn strength and peace from that— how much better off lie would have been “Come.’’ the mountains call, ‘.'come, little, tired, anxious, wor ried. eager, quarreling children. Come, you are thirsty; I will give you to drink. You are hungry; there Is plenty to eat here and to spare. See how* light the trees feather into a canopy for your sleeping room. Peace, joy, health, faith, trust, love -all these l have for voq here. “And we laugh bitterly and turn a’kay— but let the hole in the ground speak—gold, gold, gold for the digging—sorrow, greed. ■ are—work without ceasing, the forgetfulness of one we once loved-age—before the time for age—bitterness while the brow is smooth, distrust, envy—all this I offer you," and how we run to answer—poor blind fools that we are.” Careless Speed Scientific Questions Bv MRS. FRANK LEARNED Author “Etiquette in New York To-day' T m ; : use of words reveals the degree of cultivation of the speaker. In some cases in correct words are used by per sons who have known better, but have become careless from a spo liation with others who make use of them. Careless speakers or writers often use the expressions “help find.” “help build,” "help protect" and the like instead of "help to find," “to build,” “to protect.” There are many terms or ex pressions which are not good form. The word elegant has been eliminated from correct usage in conversation and In writing by cultured people. It is. therefore, not correct to say an elegant house," and It is «\en worse to nuv an elegant time." Better expressions would be, "A beauti ful house," "A pleasant time" or A delightful time.' 1 It s bad form to sav folks ft* tarn A. wealthy for rich, fleshy for stout, home’y for plain. It would so. rn almost unnec «11y to i rnvn i anyone not to W40 jou iof \\ erg )ou, “He sons" for “He said." “Says she" for “Said she,” “I done it” for "I did It.” "1 don't know ns l shall go” for “I don't know that 1 shall go," or "whether I shall to ” A rule to r. member is that an instructor teaches, a pupil learns; therefore one should sav. ".Miss B.*is going to teach the children to sew,” not “Miss B. is going to learn the children to sew.” One should be careful to say, "Miss B. taught me to sew,” not “Miss B. learnt me to sew.” Exaggerated expressions should be avoided. For instance, it is best not to say "Lots of people." “Luis of tilings," "Loads of time.’ Loads of shops ' The word loads is applied only to wagon-loads, cart-loads or to things piled "up, and is not intended for other us.. The use of grammar is part of a good education. The neglect of it shows a want of education which should be ve \ mortifying to a person who does not wish t«» be considered illiterate. Where there have been advantages of education there 's n* excus<- ?•>>■ not inainta'nins a high standard of accuracy ami excellence in spttcU. 0 1. "Mould meteors be visible in a telescope?” * 2 "Is the law' of per spective overcome by a big tele scope looking toward the zenith any more than toward the hori zon ?" t. "If a balloon Just visible In tite horizon be placed directly overhead will it he seen more or less plainly?" 4 “If visible, say. at a distance of fifteen miles on horizon, would it be visible at a distance of 15,000 miles overhead?” \ — l. Yes; during an infinitea- *** simai fraction of a second, n <me should by mere cliam e hap pen to pass in front of the great object glass. Thus I saw two last night. They appeared to move as fast as a lighting streak. Bui the magnifying power was 300. The specific speed of the meteor was about 44 miles per second. Its speed was 26 miles per st'.ond and that <%f the earth I s I - The three bodies met. in meteors hit t He- In=Shoots What do you think of u#—Face there on the mountain? How sad you look. Here comes one who laughs—a girl with a letter from her sweetheart crackling in her bosom—"The Face smiles,*’ says the girl; “see how the Face smiles.” And here conies one In anger— one he trusted has betrayed him. "The Face is cruel,” sayi the man in anger—“it sneers at me and my sorrow.” And to me who mourn* for what never can be mine again— the Face looks mournful and full of sadness—can it be that you never change at all—Face there on the mountain. And that it i* we who are sad and angry or gay and we see ourselves reflected in your look? If I make my world myself It shall be a happy one—Trust me for that, O Face of calm con tent. Come; the sun shines, the winds sing, the waters rush by, who shall bring sadness to my heart or to your brow, O Face of calm delight? My world is my own I’ll make it what I will—a happy one. THE HOME RARER can not be overcome; but the law of refraction loses its effect when a star is in the zenith—that is, the rays of light from it come on a straight line, while from a star near the horizon the ray assumes Its maximum curvature. A.—3. More plainly. A.—4. We must first know the diameter of the balloon and size of telescope to see a balloon 15,- 000 miles away. Tuxpam must have a five press i gent. Mexico will soon he bounded on the east by warships and also on the west. Some satisfaction in knowing that the only thing that can beat our army is our navy, and vice versa. English woman says Amerii an men are "big. splendid brutes Nevw have guessed it front watching a Broadway corner. Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1 Writes on Our Public School System Teach No Creeds—Don’t Mistake Repression for Self-Control—Fit the Studies to the Children, She Savs. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox i' Copyright, 1913, i HERE is great hops for th* future of our nation when the school authorities a*k the co-operation of the public in pointing out the errors of th* edu cational system. The work in the schools is too varied, and there is not time enough given to the proper under standing of any one study. There is not enough common *en*e used by parents, or teach ers, in fitting the studies to th* children—all are put through a routine with no const derat ion of different tastes, needs and capac ities. Some system should be estab lished making an analysis of a child's mind and a study of its especial needs a. part of the prep aration for entering school* and then th* children should b* clas sified. No creed* should be taught tn school*. But reverence for the Creator of this mighty universe should be imparted ■with such les sons as botany, natural history and astronomy. Remind the children that with all man's vast learning and power he can not make a aingle seed, or star, or animaL and* that the In telligence which conceived the worlds about and above us should be thought of with reverence. In morals there Is no greater factor than self-control. Many people think *e If-control means self-repression. Children ehould be taught that It means controlling the unworthy impulses only, and that each time anger, indolence, greediness or selfishness is controlled It is one step toward a higher education And toward success in life. To study when you feel Tike loafing, to persevere with a prob lem when you want to ask some one else to solve It for you, to go directly to school or home when you want to lag, to shut your lip* clo«e when you want to say unkind worda* to put your pennies in a bank when you want to buy candy—all those are gtops toward higher education, and they all mean self-control. Continual brief reference to Continual brief reference to these facts as a basis of all worth- by Star Company. while character should botnadela schools. The early ideals of Washington and Jefferson and others—men of great and broad prtnclpiee- should be taught, and the ehfidrer given a sense of the responsibil ity of each Individual to make himself worthy of his country anti to lad in making his country worthy of th* world*# rsspeot Manual training, sewing ud cooking are of great Importance in the schools. But before th* "submerged tenth” enters the public or graded schools it should have a carefcr] kindergarten training. All the educators and philan thropists and reformers in Amer ica should baud together to ea tablish kindergartens for the children of the poor and vlckm* In Its instruction order, sys tem and self-ref lane* are con tained. Not on* child In America need b* deprived of this advantage were our wonderfully generous and philanthropic people aroused to the Importance of the work Then the public schools ehouifl amplify their manuaJ training ad vantages and a.dd to the number of teachers in those department* Besides this a thorough courts of humane education should be come a pert of every school course. Until this Is dons it la Impos sible to eradicate the tendencies toward cruelty born in the chil dren of the vicious and selfish The majority of parents never do, and probably never wfll, un aided by the schools, eduea:* thtlr children to be humane and kind to creatures weaker than themeatvea. Wherever humane education has been Introduced in school* there may be found e. remarka bie decrease of cruelty and vi clousness among children They become proud defenders and protector* of suffering or misused animals or human being* they encounter But to produce the desired re sults Included in the last quo* tion we must change our Indus trial conditions instead of our school curriculum Questions Answered HEAVEN. ,T W. K.—Your question. "Have astronomers ever named or sug gested the heavenly body that is the seat of Heaven?" must be an swered in the negative. The loca tion of Heaven has occupied the thoughts of men for thousands of years, but nothing definite re garding the matter has as yet been reached. It Is a puzzle that the great and mighty thinkers have never beer, able to solve. It used to be “up” somewhere, but since Galileo proved the rev olution of the earth, “up” has come to be somewhat ambiguous. Perhaps Heaven is right where the good man is, no matter where he may be found. THE BANANA. A B S.—The person who told you that the banana is “an ind gestible and injurious fruit” did not know what he was talking about. It may be that there are people with whom bananas do not agree, but to the vast majority of people they are wholesome and delightful. You do not need to h* Informed that the banana is th* mainstay of hundreds of million* of human beings, and -they not only enjoy their great food staple, but get along on It splendidly, keeping well and strong and hap pv. The banana Is one of the greatest blessings of Natures providence. PUTTY: It’s a Cute Kid, Isn’t It? Copyright, 1913. Iatanutional N*wi