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Where Will Atlanta Find An
other Nash Broyles for
Recorder?
If Atlanta were disposed to be entirely selfish—which At
lanta isn’t, despite some occasional ill-natured and peevish re
marks to the contrary from outsiders—she might view with gen
uine alarm Judge Nash R. Broyles' candidacy for the Court of
Appeals.
Not that Atlanta would in that seem to love Judge Broyles
less, but that she would seem to love herself more—which, as
suggested primarily, would be the quintessence of selfishness!
As a matter of fact, and altogether seriously, if Judge
Broyles shall be promoted to the Appellate bench, where shall At
lanta find another such as he for the office of Recorder?
Nobody yet has outlined a satisfactory method whereby
Shakespeare possibly might have un Hamleted “Hamlet,” and
not left it poor indeed—and, by the same token, nobody seems
able to suggest a Broylesless Recorder’s Court in Atlanta that
appeals particularly!
The people of Atlanta entertain for Judge Broyles a feeling
of genuine respect, even affection. They know they owe him a
heavy debt of gratitude—wherefore, they wish him well, what
ever his ambitions and aspirations. Those ambitions and aspi
rations always have been, and always will be, honorable and
worthy.
Atlanta knows Nash Broyles, both as citizen and official,
and Atlanta commends him to the State at large as everything a
Georgian should be.
With respect to the thousand or so—or thereabout—gentle
men who may aspire to succeed Judge Broyles on the Recorder’s
bench, far be it from any person to say aught by way of dispar
agement. Each and every one of these may be altogether
patriotic and liberty loving, and fully anxious to serve—but we
make bold to say. nevertheless, that no one of them is NASH
BROYLES, and no one of them likely would fit at once snugly
and “so as you wouldn’t notice the difference’’ into the par
ticular seat of the mighty Judge Broyles so long has occupied!
In the matter of Recorder Broyles—even “Jedge Briles,”
if some more sentimental ones prefer—and his candidacy for the
Court of Appeals, Atlanta, therefore, hesitates in a measure of
bewilderment, whether to point with pride or view with alarm!
If only there were two Judge Broyles!
Judge Broyles is distinctly an ATLANTA INSTITUTION.
Should Atlanta release him to the larger purposes of the
State's necessities, or should Atlanta hold fast to what she has,
and let the State look around and secure another man for the
higher court?
Aye—there’s the rub!
The New Banking and Cur
rency Law
Because the new currency law might have been better it is
not necessarily bad. On the contrary, it is so decided a step in
advance of the present system that the country is to be congrat
ulated upon its final enactment.
The Georgian has agreed with those students of the cur
rency, like Mr. Vanderlip, who believed that a strong central
bank controlled by the Government would prove a more efficient
agent for adjusting the ebb and flow of the currency to the needs
of business. Congress thought otherwise, but Congress may be
led to recognise its error and a measure which is essentially right
in principle can always be amended when experience has shown
amendment to be desirable.
It is quite evident that the measure is going to be accepted
in good faith by even the forces that have been fighting it. The
President referred to this indication in his speech on signing the
measure, and expressed the hope and expectation that this “con
stmctive Democratic” measure would usher in a new day of
prosperity. The hope will be shared even if the expectation is
not.
The President should remember that the currency bills is not
the first great measure of his administration. The tariff law
took precedence, and under that law, which opened American
markets to foreigners with no reciprocal concessions from them,
business is staggering. That a currency law, however excellent,
can wholly undo the evil already done is unlikely.
The Republican leader in the House, Mr. Mann, has claimed
that the Democrats intend to bring business out of the stupefac
tion into which the tariff law plunged it by administering the
stimulus of an inflated currency.
The charge is unjust. The Glass Owen bill provides for no
inflation of the currency. The notes issued under it will be based
on gold and gilt-edged commercial paper, and their retirement
properly provided for. If the method of utilizing credits and
distributing the notes were more scientifically provided for by
the creation of a central bank, the law would be above criticism.
But it will not correct the faults of the tariff bill either by
unhealthily stimulating trade or in any other way.
The President declares that the only satisfactory reply to
criticism is in action. What action does he propose in reply to
criticisms of the new tariff?
Is it possible that that measure is held sacred beyond the
thought of amendment? __
The Atlanta Georgian THE ,HOME RARER
In the Family Cupboard
Garrett P. Serviss
Writes on
Aerial Bombs
England’s Now Monster Battleship
Carries Guns Especially to Combat
Enemies in the Air, and Has a
Deck Made of Heavy Armor Plate.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS
A nybody who atm has doubts
about the practicability of
using aeroplanes and dirigi
ble balloons as machines of war
would do well to consider the prep
arations that have been made to
guard against their attacks on
England’s monster new battleship,
the Queen Elizabeth.
This is the 8rst ship of war that
has ever been planned to use oil
instead of coal for Its engines, the
first to carry guns intended spe
cially to fight enemies In the
air, and the first to be provided
with a deck armored for defense
against bombs dropped from above.
It is not too soon that these In
novations in naval construction
have been made, for the reader can
turn over a page of his paper con
taining the account of the launch
ing of the Queen Elizabeth and
find descriptions of several kinds
of aerial bombs that have already
been perfected and are only wait
ing for the outbreak ,of a great war
to prove their ability to do whole
sale murder.
Imaginative writers describing
naval battles sometimes liken tor
pedo boats attacking a battleship
to so many angry hornets, but the
description will have a new force
and appropriateness when it comes
to be applied to a fleet of aerial
war craft darting and hovering
over a huge steel monster that
wallows In the waves below, and
shooting their stings down upon It.
But it is not only battleships
that will henceforth have to be
armored and otherwise provisioned
against attacks from overhead.
The inventors of the Serial bombs,
which the war departments of more
than one nation are now experi
menting with, aim at the destruc
tion of land fortifications and en
campments as well as of naval
forces. The third dimension of
space will enter ominously into all
the calculations and operations of
the next war, and battles will no
longer be fought, or campaigns
conducted, in two dimensions only.
How serious the situation really
Is may be judged from facts that
have recently come to light con
cerning the purchase by a govern
ment, supposed to be that of Ger
many, of a quantity of aerial pro
jectiles, manufactured in England
and known as the Marten-Hale
age those who have heretofore been
disposed to look upon aerial
warfare as the mere dream of en-
thusiasts and romance writer?
The bombs in question are 21
inches long, 5 inches in greatest
diameter, weigh twenty pounds
and contain about four and a hal'
pounds of explosive (trlnitroto-
luol) and 340 little round steel
bullets, which are scattered In
every direction by the explosion of
the bomb.
With the charge of powder just
mentioned the bombs are particu
larly intended for attacking in.
trenchmenu and fortifications
which they would render utterly
untenable unless strongly defend
ed overhead. For blowing up
bridges and covered magazines,
and for the destruction of cruisers
and battleships another model of
the same bomb has been prepared
charged with about seven pounds
of high explosive.
The bombs can be launched bv
hand or by means of a short tor
pedo tube, which, experiments have
shown, gives an unexpected sure
ness of aim. The aviator, having
sighted his Intended victim and
obtained a good position over It
out of reach of Its guns, first pulls
out a safety key to disengage the
automatic machinery of the bomb
and then sends it on Its way. As
it falls, two little wings near the
handle begin to revolve under the
action of the air, thus unscrewing
a catch which, while in position
prevents an accidental explosion.
When this catch has been un
screwed the bomb will explode
the Instant It strikes any object,
even the surface of the water. Tie
turns of the screw, actuated by the
little wings, are so numbered that
the bomb must fall at least, 250 or
300 feet before the mechanism of
explosion is released, and thus the
aviator Is protected against an
accidental explosion occurring be
fore the bomb has got a safe dis
tance away from him.
We in America can look upon
these things with simple curiosity,
but it 1b different In Europe, where
a potential enemy stands armed
behind every frontier. A French
man says in regard to the alleged
purchase of aerial bombs referred
to above:
“I am no coward, but this thing
makes me shiver! If war with
Germany should break out to
morrow, the very sky would fight
against us, and we should be over
whelmed from the heavens, as In
the world's lan day.”
f^HAT Boy of Yours,” Issued
by the George H. Doran
Company, discusses the
various problems of care of youth.
The author, James S. Klrtley, has
a suggestive chapter to parents.
Ho claims that rational child-
labor Is as necessary as child play
In the development of the boy.
He says:
“The amount of enjoyment a
boy gets out of the enterprises he
initiates himself is a wholesome
education; It is an anticipation of
his career and a preparation for
it. He must be encouraged to do
this, and carefully guided. Guid
ance is highly necessary.
“"Even employments with hob
bles is a benefit, as it develops
special tastes and, sometimes, fits
for special work in the future. If
By EDWIN MARKHAM
no other good comes from them,
they are, at least, employments,
and that is something; but the
memory of them is sure to be a
source of recreative amusement
to him in the future.
“One bov of my acquaintance
went into thd white rabbit indus
try and actually paid expenses,
while getting back large returns
of pleasure and information and
sympathy with animal life. An
other went into photography;
while a little group, near by.
studied wireless telegraphy.
Drawing, ceramic work, sketch
ing, music—vocal and instrumen
tal—have given boys lots of pleas
ure and profit.
"Another makes it pay to raise
pigs; another, a certain breed of
dogs; still another boy makes a
specialty of pigeons. There Is an
enterprising lad who raises vege
tables in the back yard, on shares,
and he sells his half for enough to
take music lessons on the flute.
Boys’ organizations—gangs and
clubs and troops—may be given
employment by the public and by
Individuals. That kind of organi
zation does double good.
"But the note of warning must
be sounded. Perils await the boy.
Among his interesting ventures
are those In which his father en
gages to give him financial com
pensation for services of greater
or less insignificance. Let both
him and his father beware lest he
learn to put a financial value on
those ministries which he should
render freely and gladly, as a son.
Let him learn to co-operate for
the pleasure of doing his part. Let
every command given him be a
summons to his nobler sense of
comradeship, all work come to be
| team work and all rewards be a
gratification to his unselfishness.
"The boy is in peril of early
pessimism, as he finds that every
body feels competent to direct
him and Justified in imposing on
him by withholding or cutting his
wages, working him overtime, and.
In numberless ways, falling to rec
ognize that a boy can get tired, or
hungry, or irritated, or indignant.
"He may be so directed that his
earlv ventures will be In the line
of his future achievements. It will
be well for him to have in mind
such boys as Andrew Carnegie,
who came over from Scotland
with a sovereign in his pocket,
but with sovereignty in his soul,
and fired a stationary engine for
two-fifty a week. A boy can get
the virtues of industry, honesty,
fairness and altruism started and
operative in his life quite early.”
Valley Forge
By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory
Questions Answered
I T was 136 years ago that
Washington’s army began its
terrible experience at Valley
Forge, an experience that was
well calculated to "try mens
souls.”
It was the gloomiest period of
all the long struggle for Inde
pendence. The Continental mon
ey was so depreciated in value
that an officer’s pay would hardly
keep him in clothing The men
were encamped In miserable huts,
through which the searching win
ter winds whistled in cruel mock
ery. Barefooted, the men left
upon the snow their tracks in
blood Few had blankets, or even
straw. Their bed was the bare,
frozen earth. Medicines were
scarce, and for many of the sick
death was the only’ relief.
The great-souled man upon
whom all the responsibility rest
ed suffered more than the rank
and file, for. besides all the perils
of want and famine which he
sharevf with his soldiers, Wash
ington was called upon to suffer
from envy and calumny. Cun
ning intrigue was busy, trying to
destroy his reputation and influ
ence in order that another might
succeed to the high command.
The infamous "Conway Cabal”
worked like a demon against the
American commander, and the
conspiracy was so far successful
that It had him censured in Con
gress by members from Pennsyl
vania and Massachusetts.
But through it all the fires of
’>atrlotic devotion burned bright
ly. The noble Washington bore
the ordeal patiently and with all
becoming grace, and the men of
the rank and file suffered in si
lence the worst that came to
them. The scoundrelly plotters
tried to bribe General Reed to use
his influence against Washington,
only to meet with the immortal
rebuke: "1 am not worth pur
chasing. but, such as I am, the
King of England is not rich
enough to buy me."
Such was the spirit tha|^ierved
the patriots throughout those un
speakable sufferings of the win
ter at Valley Forge. In silence
and in hope, with courage unabat
ed and their love of country un-
dimmed, they endured all—until
the time might come for them to
strike another blow for freedom.
LAFAYETTE’S DEATH.
K. A. H.—Lafayette died in
Paris, May 20, 1834, at the age of
77. He died, not violently, but
naturally and beautifully, sur
rounded by a company of loving
friends. The "friend of America,
and of liberty everywhere,” left
behind him a reputation without
a flaw. His character as a man
was almost perfect.
THE RICHEST COUNTRY.
F. G.—The "richest country in
the world” is this one of ours—the
United States of America. There
is no other country that can hold
a candle to this. France is rich,
Great Britain is rich, but the
United States is richer than
France and Great Britain com
bined. with many billions to
spare.
WHY CAESAR.
T. H. S.—For twenty years the
republic had been desolated and
crazed by the strife of contending
factions, and the cry of the peo
ple was for peace. There was
needed a strong central power,
embodied in the will of a single
man. ruling with absolute and un
resisted sway. Of factions the
people had quite enough. Of
course the people could have pre
vented the establishment of the
empire, which to them meant
peace.
THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE.
C. J. R.—The "Primrose
League" was formed in 1884, in
memory of the late Lord Bea-
consfield, whose favorite flower
the primrose is thought to have
been. Beaconsfield died on April
19, 1881, and the anniversarv of
that day is termed "Primrose
Day,” when the flower is general
ly worn by his admirers and also
placed upon his statue in Parlia
ment Square. The joke of it is,
the primrose was not the great
statesman’s favorite flower. it
was, however, the favorite flower
of Queen Victoria, and when ask
ed about the floral tribute to be
sent to Beaconsfleld’s funeral, she
advised sending “the primrose,
my favorite flower.” In some way
the matter got mixed up, and the
delusion sprang up that mate
rialized in the "Primrose
League.”
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES.
J. p.
rles are
L.—Wedding
as follows:
anniversa-
1st . .
Cotton
Uth
. . . Steel
2d . . .
. Paper
12th
. . . Linen
3d . . .
Leather
13th
. . . Lace
4th . .
Flowers
14th
. . . Ivory
5th . .
Wooden
15th
. . Crystal
6th . .
. Sugar
20th
. . . China
7th . .
Woolen
25th
. . Silver
8th . .
Rubber
30th
. . . Pear!
9th . .
Willow
40th
. . . Ruby
10th . .
. . Tin
50th
. . . Gold
75th .
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How to Live ioo Years
T he cauldron company,
of New York, has issued a
pamphlet, “One Hundred
Helps to Live One Hundred
Years." Here are a few of the
admonitions, which may he made
the basis of your New Year res
olutions:
"The first, and perhaps the
most important rule is to breathe
deeply. Not now and then, but
all the time. Get the habit. Al
ways breathe from the nose.
"Keep in the open air and in
the sunlight as much as possible.
Not once a week, but once a day,
and at least an hour a day. Re
member that where the sun does
not shine diseases breed.
“Be sure to give all your mus
cles exercise every day. Walk
ing will not do this: you must use
dumbbells or other devices, and
be sure that it is in the fresh air.
“Walk as much as possible.
Never take a car or carriage if
your destination is within five
miles, unless you are pressed for
time.
"Learn to sleep comfortably
with your bed between two open
windows (a corner preferred), so
that there will be a movement qf
air across your pillow.
"Before dressing, take a little
exercise, inflate your lungs, then
slap your chest with your fists,
which bounces the air into every
cell.
"Before dressing, take a little
exercise with windows still open.
Be sure to bring every muscle in
to action.
"After exercising, take a cold
bath. If cold water is too much,
try lukewarm water first, grad
ually taking it colder.
“After the bath, rub yourself
Cruelty and cowardice are twin
brothers.
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Another thing the tariff has
brought down is wages.
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’Twas the day before New Year’s,
and never a cent
Was left for the food or the coal
or the rent.
down briskly with a coarse towel
until a pink glow appears on the
body surfaces.
"If your room is not on the
sunny side of the house, find some
way to get your body In the sun
light, somewhere, somehow.
“Do not think of heavy or wor
risome subjects while eating.
Your stomach needs all the blood
it can get, and you should not do
that which carries blood to the
head. Perfect digestion is highly
important, and this can not he
had unless the mind is at rest.
"If possible, stop work some lit
tle time before meals. Loaf for
a few minutes.
"Don’t go to work on top of a
hearty meal. Rest a half hour or
so.
"Chew your food until the act
of swallowing is involuntary.
"Eat meat sparingly. Once a
day is more than enough. Twice
a week is better. Red meats are
best and most nutritious.
"Fruit should be taken daily,
even if it be only preserved fruit.
"Never leave the table with a
feeling that you are full. Rather
feel that you could have eaten a
little more with comfort.
"From six to eight glasses of
water should be drunk every 24
hours, unless milk is taken freely.
Two glasses of water should be
taken on rising in the morning.
If the water is hot, so much the
better. Breakfast is not to be
taken for at least half an hour ^
thereafter.
"Take good care of your teeth.
On the first sign of a cavity, con
sult the dentist. You can not
hope for good health without good
teeth; and your own are better
than false ones.
So far the only objections ad
vanced against Wisconsin’s eu-
genic marriage law are that it's f
non-eugenic and quite illegal.
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The physician robbed by thug”
in Philadelphia because he was
unarmed should have heeded the
Scriptural injunction: "Physi- 0
cian, heel thyself!”
STARS AND STRIPES
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