Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, December 08, 1913, Image 12
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Other Pictures Have Other
Thoughts.
Show These to Your Children, Explain Them, Encourage the Children
to Think and Talk About Them.
Oorrifht. 1913, Iaternat.t«f>al Now* Servl-e.
Each of these
Here is another lesson in writing and thinking,
pictures has its meaning for those that think
Thinking is the important WORK of our age.
Thinking needs practise like any other work.
The best way to practise thinking is to concentrate your mind
on the subject and then WRITE OUT your thoughts in their order,
simply, plainly.
The first process teaches you to think, which is important.
The process of writing your thought teaches you to EXPRESS
THOUGHT, which is just as important as thinking, since the
thought NOT EXPRESSED does no good to the world.
These small pictures, with a few words under each, are offered
as thinking lessons to our readers.
THIS GIRL WORKS
FACTORY.
A THIS IS THE SON OF THE
BOSS SHE WORKS FOR.
The worst thing that you can say about this picture is THAT
IT IS TRUE.
The father of the man with the bulldog, the factory owner,
is proud of the care that he gives his children and the provision
that he will make for them.
The Government in which he lives permits him to take hun
dreds of other men's children and grind them up into dividends—
TO BUY FOR HIS BOY THE FUR COLLAR AND TltE THOU
SAND DOLLAR BULLDOG. If women could vote to protect
their own children this might be changed.
“Futurists”
Lilflt.
Tear 'em off
- TheY
aint no use
Why Not Courting in the Kitchen?
By WINIFRED BLACK
T HE whit© housemaids of
Cleveland, Ohio. have
formed a union, and they
are greatly exercised over the
question, “Shall we or shall we
not consent to receive our gentle
men friends in the kitchen?”
Good for the Housemaids’ Un
ion—I believe in it. Better hours,
better pay, better sleeping rooms
—I hope the housemaids will get
all these things. Why not?
But about this kitchen busi
ness. 'Pause a moment, dear
madame President of the House
maids’ Union. What is th* mat
ter with the kitchen? Is there
something disgraceful about it?
pray tell! And if so, when did
its disgraceful dishonor begin?
Ugly? A good, wholesome,
clean, bright, cheerful kitchen?
Why, to my mind it’s the pret
tiest room in the house. What’s
ugly about a shining floor, and
clean curtains, and a bright range,
and rows of good cooking dishes?
I’ve seen dozens of stiff little
reception rooms, with stiff little
gilt chairs in them, and a stiff,
beroslod carpet on the floor, and
a stiff gilt mirror on the solemn
walls that weren’t half so pretty
as a kitchen to my eyes.
I don’t see anything disgraceful
about a kitchen, unless it is dir
ty. Seems to me if I could cook
well enough to hold a good place
I’d be proud of It, not ashamed,
and, whisper, gentle maidens of
the Housemaids’ Union, I never
noticed any aversions to the
kitchen on the part of any man I
ever met.
The average woman has to
argue with her husband by day
and by night to keep him from
making some excuse to get out
into the kitchen.
Don’t send your young man
away from the kitchen, gentle
Hilda or sweet Eileen. Dead him
right in and see how mild and
tamable the sight of that shiny
range and those rows of delect
able spices will make him.
If I had a young man who was
a little slow in coming to the
point of talking about the flat I’d
never see him anywhere but in
my kitchen, and I’d wear a good,
big, clean, serviceable kitchen
apron, when I saw him, too.
Oh, yes, the tube skirts and the
elaborate hair are we n enough to
catch his vagrant eye, but when
you want to really enchain him
give him a doughnut of your
cooking, or a dozen cakes or so
with raisins in them, and watch
the caution and the reserve melt
from his manner like snow in the
spring sunshine.
Ole isn’t all for moonlight pic
nics and moving picture shows,
Hilda; he just acts that wav to
please you. What Ole really
takes an interest in is a good Are
on a cool evening, a comfy seat
by it and something good to eat.
By this necromancy shall you
hold him captive, no matter what
yellow-haired siren tries to steal
his heart from you.
@ Baron Bunsen
J
Here are men of the Stone Age, that lasted thousands of years,
supposed to be looking at the creations of 1913. A picture like
this does good because it makes us realize how far the human race
has travelled from savagery and helplessness.
THIS is the age of the day of miracles, and miracles not
imaginary.
HE TAKES A RISK ON RAIN HE TAKES A RISK ON THE
AND SUN. WALL STREET TICKER.
You will hear men say “All of life is a gamble.'’ So it is.
But this picture shows two kinds of gambling. One is the
man who risks time and his earnest effort depending upon the
action of the rain, sun and heat.
The other is the gambler pure d Hmple, who takes his risk,
•ND DOES NO LABOR
Life IS a gamble j.i u»e man who really works to PRO
DUCE something will leave the world better than it was and add
to it? wealth The gambler who deals in money, cards, horse races,
tstock*. adds nothing, and CREATES NOTHING; he is worthless.
By REV. T. B. GREGORY
F IFTY-THREE years ago, at
Bohn, died Baron Bunsen,
the pride of his country
and one of the abiding orna
ments of the human race.
Christian Charles Bunsen was
born at Corbach, ne of the
smallest of the German princi
palities, in the year 1791; and,
though of humble origin, he
worked his way up, by sheer
force of genius and energy, to
the highest social and intellec
tual honor.
A doctor of philosophy at 21. .1
master diplomatist at 28, and
from that time on of necessity a
man of the world and ever busy
with all sorts of affairs, social
and political, he 'found time to
successfully prosecute many
studies, and to add materially to
the solid learning of mankind.
A scholar of scholars, being in
timately acquainted with He
brew, Arabic, Persian and Norse,
as well as with most of the
European languages, he applied
himself with the Old Crusader's
ardor to the task of informing
himself regarding the facts of
history, the a*~e of the human
race and of the earth, with the
result that he v as able to make
valuable and permanent contri
butions to the sum of our knowl
edge.
His great work. “Egypt’s Place
n Universal History.” was a pi-
.oncer in its line, and its conclu
sions are sound to this day. Tak-
ag the ground that “from the
known portion of the curve of
istory we may determine the
whole," he revolutionized our
• ory of the earth and man. and
ouslied back tht beginnings a
4 o stance.
His d scuviTics uf the text of
Ignatius, and of the work of
Bishop Hippolytus “On All the
Heresies,” opened up radically
new views mi early church his
tory, views which have not yet
reached the full maturity of re
sults.
His work, “God in History,” is
one of the most powerful books
ever written; and those who have
not read it have missed some of
the best intellectual and moral
pabulum to be found in libraries.
But Bunsen was more than a
historian, scientist and diplomat
—he was a great political seer.
He looked ahead and saw the po
litical unity of Germany and
Italy; and while as yet the fact
was largely embryonic, he pre
dicted the world-wide influence
of the English-speaking portion
of the children of men.
Dying in his seventieth year.
Baron Bunsen left behind him a
spotless name, for his character
was as flawless as his genius was
brilliant.
Questions Answered
AMBULANCES.
W. H. R.—Ambulances date
from the closing years of the
eighteenth century. Prior to that
time surgical assistance did not
reach the battlefield till the day
after the engagement, or later,
when, to a large proportion of
the wounded, it was of no avail.
About 1792 Larrey introduced the
"flying field hospitals,’’ capable
of moving from place to place
with speed, like the “flying artil
lery" of the time. Nobly assisted
by Napoleon, Larrey brought his
system to a fair degree of per
fection. It was not until the
great Civil War in the United
States, however that the ambu
lance system reached a thorough
organization. Since then the sys
tem has, of course, received
many important improvements.
THE AMERICAS.
II. P. Cj—The area of North
America is 7.400.000 square miles
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By LILIAN LAUFERTY.
S ING for the joy of singing,
With never a cause for song—.
As birds are ever winging
Through all the Summer long.
And then, when WinteT holds you.
And winds are whistling shrill.
When the ice-pack close enfolds you—
Why, be a-singlng still! \
Live for the joy of living.
With never a plea for ease—
As life new life is giving
To birds and flowers and trees.
And so. when death shall claim you.
Your spirit shall take wing.
And men in thought shall name you
As one who loved to sin£.
South America, 6,500,000 square
miles; the islands, 150,000 square
miles; Greenland, 900,000; total,
14,950,000. The American Conti
nent is four times the size of Eu
rope about one-third larger than
Africa, but somewhat less tjian
Asia, while it is nearly five times
the size of Australia.
As to your question regarding
the political future of this vast
continent is is, of course, impos
sible to be positive: but there is
not much doubt that it will all
ultimately come under control of
the ideas that characterize the
thinking of the people of the
United States.
ABSINTHE.
E. E.—During the Algerian
War of 1844-47 the French sol
diers were induced to mix ab
sinthe with their wine as a feb
rifuge. On their return they
brought with them the habit of
drinking, which is now so wide
ly disseminated in French so
ciety. The symptoms in the case
of the absinthe tippler commence
with muscular quiverings and de
cease of strength; the hair be
gins to fall out; the face assumes
a dejected look, and the victim
becomes emaciated, wrinkled and
sallow. Lesion of the brain fol
lows, horrible dreams and delu
sions haunt the tippler, and grad
ually paralysis takes him to the
grave.
You Can Make Oglethorpe
University a Fact, But
You Should Act NOW
Emperor William forbids tan
going. As always, makes peo
ple dance to his own tune.
Ex-Minister Mahaney twice
tried to take his life. A trip to
Mexico might help him out.
In spite of the splendid success
of the committees at work on the
Oglethorpe fund, the inevitable
pessimist has suggested thaf this
is not an auspicious time to raise
$250,000 in Atlanta.
Here’s the answer:
Six years ago the assessed real
estate values in Atlanta were
$59,000,000. At that time $265,000
was easily raised for a university
project which did not meari as
much to Atlanta as Oglethorpe is
going to mean.
To-day the assessed value of
real estate in Atlanta is $173,000,-
000, three times as much as six
years ago, and other wealth has
increased in proportion.
If Atlanta could raise a quar
ter of a million dollars easily six
tears ago, she can easily afford
that much, and more, to-day.
And the strongest argument of
all that this IS THE RIGHT
TIME lies in the magnificent suc
cess that the committees are
achieving with *50,000 in sight for
the first week’s work, and the
great mass of Atlanta’s people
not yet reached by the canvass
THE SUCCESS OF OGLEL
THORPE IS TO-DAY AN AS
SURED FACT.
The only thing you are Individ,
ually called on to decide is
whether or not you are going to
contribute to that success.
Shakespeare the Stage Manager
By REV. C. F. AKED, D.D., LL. D.
M R. MANTELL’S ‘Macbeth”
and "Hamlet" serve to
remind us that while
Shakespeare is the supreme, con
summate poet of our race, he
was, incidentally, a London thea
ter manager who made a for
tune. ^
In the year that “Macbeth”
was produced London was full of
Scotchmen attracted by the ac
cession of James VI, King of
Scotland, to the English throne.
He reigned as James I of Eng
land. He was the son of Mary
Queen of Scots, but he boasted
little of his mother’s ill-fated
beauty.
John Richard Green, the histo
rian of the English people, seems
to delight in a description of the
repulsive appearance presented
by this King with his “big head,
goggle eyes, rickety legs and
slobbering tongue.”
The historian goes on to add
details about his vulgar buffoon
ery, his coarseness, his contemp
tible cowardice. He was a drunk
ard and a sot. He was suspect
ed of vices compared with which
drunkenness is a mere summer
idyll.
In the very year in which
James became King of England
Shakespeare wrote in “Hamlet,”
“There’s such divinity doth hedge
a king.” But Scotchmen flock
ed to London. The Scotch burr
was heard on a thousand tongues;
Scotch dishes, Scotch dress,
Scotch drinks became popular.
Scotch fashions were in the air.
Shakespeare was incapable of
Inventing a plot. He looked about
him for good material for his
plays, and then made the best of
it. He found matter that he
thought would work out well in a
couple of volumes published near
ly 30 years before—Holinshed's
“Chronicles of England, Scotland
and Ireland.” It occurred to him
that a Scotch play w’ould stand a
good chance of immediate suc
cess. He found the story of Mac
beth.
Flattery of the goggle-eyed
person upon the throne knew no
measure, bound, or limit. The
translators of the Bible dedicated
their work to James and hailed
his appearance as that of “the
sun in his strength.” When he
spoke at the Hampton Court
Conference of Divines, Whitgift,
Archbishop of Canterbury, de
clared that he had spoken by the
special inspiration of God's spirit.
Bancroft, who was soon to be
Archbishop, fell on his knees and
cried out that there had been no
such king since Christ’s time.
The lawyers were not to be beat
en by the preachers in falsehood
and flattery; and so Coke, the
Attorney General, extolled James
as “divinely illumined by Al
mighty God, and like unto an
angel of God,"
• * *
Shakespeare must needs join,
though more adroitly, in more
subtle ways, in this homage to
the King. In Holinshed, Blanquo
is an accomplice with Macbeth in
the murder of Duncan. But this
would never do! Banquo was the
reputed founder of the House of
Stuart, of which James was the
he.ad. James is supposed to be a
lineal descendant of him. And so
in Shakespeare. Banquo becomes
an admirable person, full of grace
and dignity, a victim of Mac
beth's jealousy and fear.
And more, the union of Scot
land with England and Ireland
seemed to the men of that day a
very important matter, as indeed
it was. And a line omitted by
Mr. Mantell, as having no mg-
nifleance for American theater
goers, preserves Shakespeare’s
recognition of it along with his
compliment to the King. When
Macbeth sees Banquo’s descend
ants, the line of them so long
that he begins to think It will
stretch out to the crack of doom,
he exclaims, “And some I see that
two-fold balls and treble scepters
carry.” The two-fold ball refers
to the double coronation of
James, first at Scone as King of
Scotland, second at Westminster
as King of England. The treble
scepter is that of England, Scot
land and Ireland.
The Aviator
By MINNA IRVING.
W HEN tne skies* are clear and
sunny, and the air is sweet
as honey,
Then I love to mount the azure and
cavort around a cloud,
Sailing; over open spaces, or a crowd
of upturned faces,
Makes me feel just like a seraph,
of his harp and pinions proud.
When the people hear me coming - ,
with a humming; and a drum
ming,
Every neck is chaned to watch me
doing spirals up the sky.
And when pulling off the whizzy.
fizzy stunts that make you dizzy,
I am always thinking, thinking of
some newer trick to try. ^
T HERE are times when looking
downward, on the spires and
steeples townward,
Or the cruel crags and places scat
tered thick with jagged stones.
I can see an awful tangle, levers,
rods' and things that mangle.
And the wires and wings all crum
pled with a mess of blood and
bones.
But there’s always gold to gather
in the pleasant summer weather,
And I’m happy when I’m- racing for
a medal or a cup,
And if anything gets twisted, and
among the wrecks I’m listed.
Why. just think of me still flying
with the angels higher up.
PUTTY:
He Scares ’em
Copyright. 1913,
International News Service.