Newspaper Page Text
EDITORIAL PAGE
Published Every Afternoon Du; in*
the week «W *n Sunday Morning
WHITE ELEPHANTS.
The King of Siam, in years gone by, would send a white
elephant to a courtier whom he disliked and whose fortune
he wished to destroy. The man could not sell the elephant
and the expense of keeping it eventually “broke him up.’
From that custom was handed down our present day say
ing, "he’s got a white elephant on his hands.”
The biggest and most expensive white elephant in the
world at present is the “Grouch.” It is the surest animal
known to man for destroying both fame and fortune.
Fortunately this White Elephant cannot be wished on
you by either friend or foe. It can be aggravated once you
have obtained it. but first it must be acquired by you and
you only.
Tears or the promise of tears that precede a
splendid for the stage or the movie, but we could ut
them forever in real life.
More friendships and love affairs have been washed
away with tears than by any other agency.
Avoid tears which lead to self pity that in turn becomes
a grouch—chronic or otherwise.
WINDOW DISPLAY.
The merchants’ show windows these days form the
down-town streets of cities into a veritable museum of use
ful crafts and decorative arts.
This is almost as true in the small cities as the great ones.
These show windows are a never-ending source of in
terest.
They are a day-to-day display of human progress. There
is hardly a material, device or new way of doing things
brought out in any department of life that does not at once
find exhibition in the merchant’s show window.
Thousands of persons, old and young, See these displays
far more and of more different classes than attend any
museum or exposition, and with far more educational effect.
And there is more thought given to the average show
window than the display in any museum or exposition.
Their arrangements in form and color, together with
their lighting indicate high artistic skill and judgment, and
window display has become one of the fine arts of modern
times.
If the facts were only known, these window displays are
a very large factor in a better way of life and living in every
community. ?
They are a device of true reform more so than many of
those intended only for reform.
In dissatisfaction there is progress.
Many of us go past these windows, and we become dis
satisfied with our clothing, the furniture that we have at
home, or the general lack of those things which are upon
display.
In this dissatisfaction there is often the first elements
of possession.
We put forth more effort, if brings out the latent powers
within us, our ambition is fired to do more, earn more and in
order to have more of the good things of life displayed in
these show windows.
Standards of living are raised by these wonderful and
beautiful things, and a higher standard of living is true prog
ress and properity.
Environment is as large a factor as education in making
us a better, more efficient people.
Environment is in itself education, for as we gradually
surround ourselves with the more efficient and beautiful
things of lif \ and which we may have purchased through the
suggestion »•( these window displays, we are unconsciously
made better nd more efficient by our association with them.
The merchant who by his window display, or who other
wise induces people to eat better food, wear better clothing,
have better furniture in their homes,'is unconsciously making
better people and is working with the school, the church, the
library for a better community—surely, certain.
Show window displays in these cities are direct evidence,
beyond the question of a doubt, that the world is getting
better.
LEAGUE WITH A LONG NAME.
Wfcat'a In n name* Lot* But If
brevity la tha aploe of Ufa. I’ol. Hanry
Wgtteraon mieard tha flgurea badly
whan ha nainrd hla league Tha
League for tha Preservation of Amer-
Iran Indejwndeme Yet the nama la
In harmony with tha long-winded
artlrlaa that tha Co tonal used to writ#
for tha Louisville <’ourter-Journal
Worda only worda Ha war navar ao
triumphant a t* whan ha mold f.tid a
big word to crowd out a Httla ona.
Hut ha la crowing old and faabla
now and aoou h« will b« laying tha
ruaty-bladed hoc to real Knot and
Podge and their republican aasott
ataa muat take up tha work under
the prole* ting argie of a big name
They are due to atari out shortly on
a big trip to antanogtae the League
of Nations and their purpose la to
deceive the people by every artifice
of misrepresentation and •diatnrtton
Hut lh«> may find that they have hit
off more than they can chaw True,
they will have the benefit of t'olonel
Watleraon’a vocabulary, which ta
both voluminous and tedundant
Fooling the people la no child a play
with such powerful streakers aa Taft.
Met'umber, and a w hole lot of demo
crats besides, hot on your trail
And the trouble of the republican
recalcitrants will not end here, for
the wunit opposition to meir game
of obstruction will be Wilson him
aelf. They hope to convince the peo
ple (hat tne ’ Ilf# of American demo
cracy depends upon refection by the
l mied States senate or the proposed
covenant." and for that reason It haa
no place in the treaty Hut they
will ffnd Jordan a hard r«*ad to travel,
to be sure
The New York Sun la the mouth -
place of the opposition to the treaty,
and it ta authority for say mg that
the covenant was woven Into the
treaty ao Intricately that It cannot
b taken out without destroying the
treat* They would then destroy the
♦ reaty despite the fact that all of
the allied nations have been engaged
in making it ta presumed that they
•Hi IIKII It When (hr treaty la
signed by ihr»r nations with Oar
many It taromo. rffectlw
Vnmtn.lfnl of thta fart throa auto
rrata would destroy tha whole fab
ric of tha treat* that It haa taken
•hr a!lte« all mantha to construct
because Wilson represented tha
ttnltmt state, in making the treaty
!f ona of them had mada tha traaty,
it would hare b <n ail r ght but the.
ara against anything that Wilton
dooa Wilson ta the boon dog of tha
lanyard, and ha w|t! eat 'em up arh* n
ha gala b fore the people in hla awing
around tha «|r* I* IVin't oat a word,
but kaap your eya on Wilson
MOW gkOCKTON lUM A -AIM
nonfat Webster aold In hla Savan
nah eprerh that the natural prndurta
of Maaaa. huoalta constated i f ra and
•nodftah Tat If muat be admitted
that Maaaaehuaatta emb area Tha
Hub Tbmk of a atate that haa no
resource. of her own but toe and
i-dfleh building a beautiful rug tike
Bouton Evidently the public mind
of Mesas- ituaetta ta trained to scuts
naae ottraraie.- thta would not be ao
Thr me mi (a. turns talaraata ara tnt
manor and they have to bring tn tha
food product, of other atataa to eus
tain the population All the rollon.
Iron add itotl, .too oomr.from etae.
where and all her manufactures ato
haavtly prole, tad. olherwlaa they
ntaM not eatet
belt a are a favorite method of prt»-
ynotlap In that atate. and \m* they
1
Entered *t the Augusta. Gm.. Poatof
flce an Mall Matter of the locond lara
are rondurted. aa told by a Brockton
man In the Savannah Morning New.
make, wholraome reading In Augus
la, where natural renotircaa abound,
hut public enterprise needs stimu
lating At Brockton, tha fair asso
ciation started with a capital stock
of (5,0*0, forty-three years ago and
now has a plant worth $50,000 and
50 acraa of Improved ground, Includ
ing a half-mile race track in the
center
The average attendance at this
fair Is 750 000 and (he gate receipts
ora 11(5.000. The plant of the as
sociation Include, a large two-story
exhibition building, the flrat floor of
which has St 000 square feet of floor
apa,e, while the oecond story has
5,000 foal There la an automobile
building for the display of pleasure
caro, with a tent liutray wnerc auto
trucks are displayed Kour large cow
barns arranged with aisle, between
the .(all. for exhibition purposes, two
hog sheds, a .heap shed, a poultry
and pel atock building containing
to.ooo aquars feet of floor space,
aeven barns for show horses, each
having forty alalia, and a grand
atund with a sealing capacity of
20.000 1-ompletaa Iha Hal of buildings
iVmglaa, the ahoe manufacturer, la
the girrsldenl of the association, and
associated with him are the board of
directors .exhibition superintendent.,
a paid treasurer and a superintend
ent of grounds The features which
hsvs always provsn popular are the
vaudeville acta In the hippodrome,
the race track and the exhibition
horoea and the midway, the stall, of
which are teased six month* before
the fair opens Spars In the halls Is
rented to merchants and manufac
turers while to termers it Is donated,
to rncourage the growing of crops
and vegetable gardens Particular
attention Is given to tha woman's
department w hers fancy work and
cooking are displayed and demon
strated
Savannah Is now organising the
t'hsihsni County Fair Association,
lo hold sn annual lair, and some of
the leading rlllsens of the place are
taking an active part In It. What
ever Savannah goes at. ahe stands
by with capital and brains She haa
seen the folly of the Wilkins M tea ar
bor policy of waiting for aomethlng
to turn up and determined to turn
up something and she wtll succeed
Savannah aet tbs (vacs for aulotno
bile racing
Meanwhile Augusta shows hopeful
signs of shaking off the sleepy dis
ease and getting Into the progressive
game There is plenty of ginger and
pep here but It la scattered and hard
to collect up Augusta made a rec
ord in the war activities that anv
place of similar Stas should be proud
of and she should now turn bar dol
lars Into the channels of peace to
•uetaln the reputation that she has
already woo And the fair t» the
best way to start
Getting Teacher's dost
Mary poasraaed a diminutive sheep
Whose external covering was *s de
void of color as th# c-ongeajod aureoua
fluid which ocoaatonally presents Insur
mountable harriers lo railroad travel on
the Mlerrae
And everywhere that Mary peregri
nated
The Juvenile mutton waa certain ta
get Up and get right after her."
"Weil bay *a.'••
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
TODAY'S POEM
LETTERS OF AN ALTRUIST
V—TO HIS GROCER
By Edmund Vance Cooke.
Dear Sir.
Tour monthly invoice tendered
Ik joyfully received “as rendered.”
I take this kindly monthly mention
Ah earnest of your marked attention.
My eyes are quite suffused as sighting
Your “Please remit” in your own writ
in*:
Yet, after cursory inspection
I send your invoice for correction;
My warm, yes, my sincere advice is
That you revise your current price*.
If you’ll forgive the obvious jest,
I’ll also add, revise the rest!
Since “currant price” is but one item.
Reiae them all. ad infinitem,
Currants to cabbage, chalk to cheese,
Butter to bread and pines to peas.
I trust s.r, that you apprehend me
And would not willingly offend me,
And I shall be affronted deeply
If your bill lets me off so cheaply.
Do you not. comprehend, I wonder,
The “overhead” you labor under?
And are you slow in realising
Your market-price is dally raising?
Therefore, as herebefore contended.
Your inoice should be well amended.
Yet, why submit you to such trouble;
I send herein a check for double,
Hoping l’ve thus approximated
Your prices as anticipated.
This settlement, dear sir, I trust is
Not hostile to your rules of justice.
(Copyright, 1919, N. E. A.?
IC, O B. JOVFUL
Slogans play a prominent role in life
and most fives.
Without a slogan pushing us on, or out,
the average mortal is as happy as the
tailless kite, or ganless auto.
With a mou triable slogan, easily re
membered, we Americans can elect a
president, win a war, and do anything
under the sun but reduce our cost of liv
ing.
“Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” elected
Will Harrison.
“Sixteen to One” defeated Will Bryan,
showing the extraordinary versatility of
American sloganism, working as well one
way as the other.
“The Full Dinner Pad” wan coined by
a man who took ids luncheon at the
Union Club, ami was served in eight
courses.
“Bust the Trusts” was another nice
sounding slogan, but it didn't mean any.
thing.
“He Kept Us Out of War” plus Cali
fornia made U. 8. A. safe £pr democracy.
“I Should Worry” kept many souls from
fretting themselves into gray hair.
"Freedom, For All, Forever,” was the
battlecry over there until Nov. 11 and—
“ Swat the Fly” now is the battlecry
over here.
“Turn the Rascals Out," alternates be
tween the republicans and democrats as
the most popular campaign slogan...
“Step Softly and Carry a Big Stick”
sounded threateningly when whistled
through open-work teeth.
“No Beer, No Work” may leave a lot of
jobs unattached after July Ist, but
there'll be more actual facts in “How Dry
I am” then.
“Treat ’Em Rough,” was. according to
the testimony of bis wife, th* matrimon
ial slogan of Harry Haughton. Topeka,
Kan. She stood It for Just so long, she
Hays, and then she—
Had him pinched,
Kurd for divorce;
Obtained h restraining order to keep
him from coming home if he got out of
jail; fcl .
Got another order restraining him from
drawing his money out of the bank.
Outside of these few obstacles her hus
band is a tr»e agent, and if these do not
suffice she sa.\H she has a few more trump
cards she can play.
“Men Works From Sun to Sun, But
Woman's Work Is Never Done” used to
be a whale of a slogan in the feminine
world, but recently the federal employ
ment service issued statistics showing
that 22 per cent of the work now being
done in the United States is done by
women.
That, seemingly, leaves but a little
matter of 78 per cent for father.
Mrs Abner Whiffletres believes the.
cause of suffrage would have been lost
had not a mere man invested the “Votes
for Women” slogan. A
Squire Harplngton thinks about half
the credit for the prohibition victory
ought to be given to the “Demon Rum”
slogan. . . .
“Maks It Snappy" guided the author of
Msry’s Little Lamb.
• Mary nad a little lamb;
Its fleece was white as snow'.
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.”
Then* would have been no pep in it
this way. _____
THE COVENANTER
LETTERS
article vim.
Reduction of Armament*
Bv Article VIII the league members
expressly declare that the maintenance
of peace requires the reduction of na
tional armament* to tlie low cat point con
sistent with national nafety and the en
forcement by common action of Inter
national obligations Taking account
of the geographical situation and
circumstances of each stale, the
council Is to formulate plans for
such reduction for the consider
ation and action of the several govern
ments The league members agree to
exchange full Information as to the scale
of their armaments, their military anu
naval program, and their warlike Indus
trie. After adoption by the several gov
ernment. of the plan of reduction, th#
limits of armament, therein fixed are not
to be exceeded without the concurrence
of the council The plans are to be re
con. Idered and revtaed at least every ten
year. Th- league member# agree that
the manufacture by private enterprtae
of munition, and implements of war Is
open U> grave objections and the coun
cil Is to advlue how three evil# can be
prevented
This Is ihe first of the four great steps
toward securing permanent peace In the
league constitution and I. as important as
any One of the gr-at factors tn bringing
on this war sml in making it what It wa.
was the race in armaments between the
Kitropean nstlone Prussia under Bis
marck perfected its military establish
mam by winning three ware, first against
l>enmark, secondly against Austria and
then again*! France thus the Herman
hlmptre w-». made In I*7l From that time
on. the Herman armament has bean In
creased and hss kepi pace with the
growth of Herman desire for world dom
ination A thorough and drastic system
of conscription military training and
reserves built up the German mtlltsry
establishment so that It was a perfect
machlm and far more formidable than
that of any other government Fear of It
prompted every continental nation not in
alliance with Germany to enlarge its arm
ament Germany's shies. Austria and
Italy Joined In the race at her Instance
Thus these huge war establishments
want on tncr**#tniK from devadr to da
* *de After it tlir*. Germany a caul rad
naval ambition and then the race began
between her and Orest Britain
Evil* of Militarism.
The Inevitable mult of all of thta with
tta mtrnl waa war and war cam*. Th*
evils may b»- < aally aummartacd
Flrat Urltvoai hordena of taxation
wer in.|MMK-d upon thr people* of thr
contort‘.n* eountrtra Thai* producing
rapacity waa aeriouaiy impaired by con*
turning three year* of thr brat produc
in* part of the live* of thair young men
Hecowd Conavtouanraa of thr power of
aurh a military establishment produced
a trucutenc* and bullying tendency on
the part of Germany who kept ahead In
the race The kajaer flaunted to thr
world the diplomatic triumph* he achieved
by at and in* forth in hie ‘shining armor*’
Ifia military machine and hla knowledge
of the defects of the Russian and French
machines led him to improve the oc
casion of the Austriari-Serbian difficulty
to seek war before the defects of his
rivals could be supplied. Thus the race
of armament br< ught on this war.
Third; The growth of these enormous
armaments under such conditions have
made this war the most destructive in
history. Peoples and civilizations have
been the object” of attack, not armies
merely. The killing of noncombatants,
old rnen, women and children and the
permanent devastation of enemy country
have been features of the German cam
paigns and all because the vast military
preparations and the organization of suit
able machinery naturally led to this
method of winning lasting victory and
permanent conquest.
This succession of causes with the re
sult is bound to recur again unless the
great powers of the world lead all na
tions to suppress such dangerous com
petition. The end is to be achieved so
far as Germany. Austria and Turkey are
concerned by compulsory terms of peace.
The drastic provisions of the treaty Just
presented to th< Germans for their sig
nature leave no doubt on this point.
International Restraint.
But how as to the other nations? How
can they be restrained? No other meth
od has been or can be suggested but by
an agreement such as is embodied in
the league. Why should the United
States not enter the agreement. It is
objected that by doing so this nation is
delegating to a foreign body in which
it has only one representative the limiting
of its power to defend itself from for
eign aggression and possible destruction.
It is said that it leaves us “naked to
our enemies.”
The answer to the objections is full and
complete. First, the council in formu
lating the plan and fixing limits must
act unanimously Therefore, the plan
can not be adopted by the council with
out the consent of the American repre
sentative in that body. This is a guar
anty that the limits to be fixed would be
not unfair or unreasonable so iar as we
are concerned.
Secondly, after the plan has been form-
We’re Off
Again
Full of cheer and that optimistic American
spirit.
Peace-time industries must soon be going full
swing—speeded up for delayed peace necessi
ties and luxuries, creating a job for every
home-coming fighter, reabsorbing every loyal
munition worker.
Now’s the time. Start things going. Buy
what you need. Start buying and selling all
along the line.
If you buy, you deplete the goods of the mer
chant and he must buy, and he in turn depletes
the surplus stock of the manufacturer, who
thus is forced to buy more raw materials, pro
duce more goods, employing more workmen.
BUY NOW—Start the ball a-rolling, headed
for prosperity— LET’S GO! BUY NOW!
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
W. B. WILSON, Secretary
ROGER W. BRABSON,
Director General, Information and Education Service.
IN SUNDAY’S AUGUSTA HERALD
The Story of Augusta
It* Resources, Advantages and Opportunities Will be Featured in Handsomely
Illustrated Pages.
r.-r-T'-
AUGUSTA is one of the South’s important business and manufacturing centers; it is one of the
South’s charming residential cities; it is a city in which all Dixie is interested.
And to miss next Sunday’s Atlanta Journal or the Sunday Augusta Herald will be to miss the story of
Augusta's ’ come-back” from one of the greatest fires that any Southern City has ever suffered.
Augusta has COME BACK in capital letters, and The Journal’s LAND AND INDUSTRIAL DEPART
MENT as well as the Sunday Herald next Sunday will tell the story of the new and greater Augusta, its al
most limitless resources, its many advantages, and its big opportunities for those who may turn their eyes
towards Augusta.
A solid section of next Sunday’s Journal and the Augusta Herald will be devoted to Augusta—illustra
tions of its handsome new buildings will be shown, and the storv of its business and community life will be
told.
PUCE YOUR ORDER FOR TOMORROW’S HERALD EARLY.
ulated and the limits fixed, each govern
ment must accept it before it is adopted.
Therefore, the government of United
States through its constitutional agencies,
the treaty-making power and in this case
the congress as well, will consent and
fix the limits of armaments if they may
deem it wise. Surely this protects us
against the arbitrary or unfair fixing of
a limit by any body but ourselves. Are
we children who cannot protect our own
interests in making such an agreement?
God Does Not Consult
“Who's Who"
By the Rev. Charles Stelzle.
(Staff Writer on Religious Topics.)
When God decided to destroy Sodom he
told Abraham about it. We don't know
how He did it. but Abraham knew- about
it before Lot did.
And Abraham plead with God to save
the city, for the sake of “fifty righteous
men” who might be found there. And
God promised. But Abraham couldn’t
find fifty righteous men.
Then he himself reduced the number
to forty, then thirty, then twenty, then
ten—but they couldn’t be found. And
the city was destroyed—but not Until
Abraham —who was known as "the
friend of God”—had been given the
chance to save it on his own terms.
There are men today who live so close
to God that they can clearly read His
will and plainly see the “signs of the
times.”
They are not often known to the pub
lic —for many of them are humble toll
ers in shops and factories, or in their
home.
God does not reveal His will “to the
wise and prudent”—He more often
speaks to the simpler folks of earth.
And these humble “friends of God”
avail with Him when the prayers of the
mighty never reach beyond their own
lips.
Meanw’hile, most of us are eager to
quote “big names”—we pass bv the com
mon people of earth because they aren't
MEMBERS AF TKc ASSOCIATED PRESS.
The Associated Press p exclusiveij entitled to the use of republics Mon of
all news dispatches credited to it or not. otherwise, credfted in this paper and
also the local news published herein.
"authorities” in the religious world.
But God doesn’t consult “Who's Who”
when He desires to speak through men.
He selects those w’hose names are writ
ten in the “Book of Life.”
A Gallant French Soldier-Author Who
makes D’Artagnan and other heroes
of “Three Musketeers” live anew will
Contribute to The Herald’s
One Hundred
Condensed
Novels
CAPTAIN ANDRE MORIZE
OF HARVARD.
Vividly retells in condensed form Dumas “Three
Musketeers,” “Twenty Years After” and “Count
de Bragelonne.”
This alone would make any series of stories
noteworthy. But, in addition, Ex-President Taft,
Ex-Governor McCall and U. S. Senator Walsh will
condense Winston Churchill’s greatest historic
political novels. James B. Connolly will condense
a number of thrilling sea romances. Irving Bach
eller, J. Luther Long, John Kendrick Bangs, Carolyn
Wells, Mrs. Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman and many
others have made brilliant contributions to the
series.
EXCLUSIVELY IN THE
AUGUSTA HERALD
Daily, Beginning June 23rd.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
O ASTO Rt A