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WOMAN'S HONOR
("I want it understood that it is simply emphasizing the fact
that when it comes to wo: in's honor there is no limit to which we
will not go to avenge and protect it."—Mayor J. G. Woodward, of
Atlanta, Ga., in an interview explaining the lynching of Leo Frank.)
Hurrah for woman's honor,
Immaculate and white!
For Chivalry and Justice!
Hurrah for Truth and Right!
"When it conies to woman's honor," said the Southern gen
tleman,
"We do everything, I tell you, sir, that anybody can.
We revere the name of woman, be she widow, maid or wife;
If a craven beast insult her, we demand the villain's life.
"Doubt you that we think each woman i •. goddess and a
queen?
We permit her, sir, to labor on the dav she i# fourteen.
And if poverty compel her in the cotton mills to delve,
We allow the little lady to begin wher he Is twelve.
"Far less worshipful of womankind is many another State,
Which may limit hours of labor to the scanty sum of eight;
Not the Commonwealth of Georgia, home of brave and
thoughtful men;
We permit the women—bless 'em—if they like, to labor ten.
"We are strongly anti-suffrage, and we don't expect to yield;
There is work enough for women at the loom and in the field.
Though the pay is rather meagre in the field and at the loom,
We but rarely keep our hats on when a lady's in the room.
Hurrah for woman's honor,
Immaculate and white!
For Chivalry and Justice!
Hurrah for Truth ana Right!
F. P. A., in the N. Y. Tribune.
The age of consent in Georgia is ten. This means that
the laws of that State permit a little girl to SELL her honor
when she reaches her tenth birthday. In nine of the twelve
suffrage States the age of consent is eighteen. In the other
three it is sixteen.
Georgia has no 16-year limit for night work in factories;
no 8-hour day for workers under 16 in factories; and no 16-
year limit for workers in mines or quarries.
In 1910 —the figures are taken from the report of the
United States Census of Occupations—there were in Georgia,
93,098 children (10-13 years), engaged in gainful occupations.
The State's population in 1910 was 2,609,121.
Georgia is an anti-suffrage stronghold and its politicians
are proud of the fact.
SUFFRAGE VACATIONS
FOR PITTSBURGH KIDS.
Out in the fresh air of the country,
at the recreation camp at Montrose,
forty-six Pittsburgh youngsters en
joyed a vacation last week through
the generosity of the women of the
Equal Franchise Federation of that
city. What's more, the children earned
their good time. The ones who did
the best work in cleaning up the Soho
playgrounds were the ones who were
rewarded.
The younger generation of the city
has been all ears since the heturn of
the lucky ones with their tales of the
fun. There were twenty-three boys
and twenty-three girls in the group.
The women suffragists bore the ex
penses of the trip in honor of the
memory of Lucy Stone, pioneer suf
fragist, whose birthday they recently
celebrated. They collected a fund of
$7O for the celebration. They couTd
not think of a more worthy way to
spend the money than on the chil
dren. so they adopted Miss Eleanor
Fitzgibbon's suggestion of providing
vacations for them. Mrs. John W.
Lawrence devised the "clean-up" con
test as a method of selecting those
who were to go. This enabled the
children to earn their vacations, and
at the same time gave them a
practical lesson in civic pride while
giving their playgrounds a much-
I needed grooming.
JAPAN CAPTURING 1
FAR EAST TRADE
| Her Mertiient Marine Under
cuts European Lines.
FREIGHT RATES ARE LOWER
Range of Activities Unlimited, and the
Japanese cf Today Are Excellent
Business Men —Textiles Now Being
Manufactured on Large Scale and
Find Ready Markets.
The fact that Japanese commercial
houses are taking * very conceivable
advantage of conditions afforded them
as a result of the European war is be
coming increasingly apparent to tht
general business eommunitj* in tbe
east and rapidly causing grave alarm
to British manufacturing interests,
says a Singapore correspondent of the
New York Times.
For years previous to the outbreak
of hostilities they had endeavored
with little success, to introduce theii
i goods into markets in which European
manufacturers specialized. Now thai
British naval supremacy has eliminat
ed German and Austrian trade from
the high seas, they have not been slow
in availing themselves of the excellent
opportunity thus offered to increase
their sphere of action and to establish
themselves firmly in the market foi
commodities in which these competi
tors previously held practically a mo
uopoly. -mm—
Vact Strides Mcds.
i The Japanese are nothing if not up
to date. Japan today is not the Japan
of twenty-five years ago. Tokyo, Yoko
hama and all the large towns are now
industrial centers in the true sense of
the word. There is no port in the east
in which her large companies, such as
the Mitsui Bussau Kaisha, do not pos
sess agencies. Moreover, she bas a
considerable aud efficient mercantile
marine, a fact which has meant much
to Japanese development and which
constitutes an additional advantage at
the present Lime by enabling her to
undercut European lines at the high
freight rates now prevailing.
The range of Japan's commercial ac
tivities appears to be unlimited. She
has even essayed to compete with such
an essentially British industry as tex
tiles. Cloths manufactured in Japanese
mills are now being marketed in Bom
bay, Calcutta, Singapore, etc., and are
finding a ready sale owing to their low
price. Imports of Japanese beer into
India for the first quarter of 1915 in
creased 5,000 per cent over the similar
period of the previous year. She al
ready has the monopoly of rubber latex
cups, of which hundreds of thousands
are used annually in Ceylon and the
Federated Malay States.
Commercial firms in the far east ad
mit openly that Japanese goods have
come to stay. However, it is to be
feared that their introduction has not
been accomplished along strictly hon
est lines. Incidents have been brought
to light repeatedly during the last few
months of the imitation of various
copyright trademarks, and shipments
of goods are almost universally inferi
or to samples. A striking instance in
this connection is that of a certain
brand of cigarette papers manufac
tured in Austria and marketed undei
the name of "Racehorse Brand." These
papers enjoyed an immense popularity
among the natives of the Malay penin
sula. Java and India, who refused to
purchase any other make. This, how
ever, did not affect the dauntless Japa
nese, for he promptly brought out pa
pers having an identical makeup and
identical trademark, correct in every
detail, even to the words "Made In
Austria" upon the label.
SKULL IS 25.000 YEARS OLD.
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Handed Over as Gift to University of
Sydney, In Australia.
The first truly fossil skull discover
ed in Australia was recently hande/
over as a gift to the University of Syd
ney by Joynton Smith of the state leg
islative council. This is the skull
which caused such a sensation at the
congress of the British Association oi
Science last September. It is believed
to be 25.000 years old. Since the Brit,
ish association's convention the petri
fied incrustation inside and outside the
skull has been removed by Professors
David and Smith of the university.
At the formalities attending the re
ceipt of the skull from the donor Pro
fessor David explained that it belong
ed to the Plistocene period and was
found after a flood thirty-one years ago
i in the bed of a creek near Taiga ranch
on the Darling downs, in the state of
Queensland, by a stockman.
Professor Smith said that the se- i
quence of teeth in the skull was such
as to show that it was that of a youth
about fifteen, yet one of the teeth was
the largest human tooth yet discovered.
The extremely primitive characteris
tics of the skull were so great, he said,
as to warrant its being placed with
such anthropological specimens as the
prehistoric Heidelberg jaws and the
Piltdown skull.
Auto's Wild Run.
While chauffeur slept auto demol
ished a truck farmer's wagon near
Spring I.ake. N. J.. broke through i
picket feuce. climbed steps and broke j
into farmer's parlor, broke a woman's
j leg-and hurt a box.
HE IS ACTIVE FOR BETTER
AMERICAN WATERWAYS
Photo bv American Press Association.
J. HAMPTON MOORE,
Congressman From Pennsylvania.
HIS SPEECH WAS SHORT.
It Was Also Right to the F'oint, and the
Jury Did the Rest.
A Chicago lawyer tells of a prosecut- ;
lug attorney in a circuit court >f an Il
linois county some years ago whmp '
early education had leen defective, but
who v>us so siiicwu-aud "iuiig In-ailed"
that few more dangerous antagonists
C9Uld be found at the bar in that re
gion.
At one time he had procured the in
dictment of a man for theft. The
amount alleged to have been stolen
was $5, and at that time the penalty
for stealing $5 or more was imprison
ment at hard labor in the penitentiary. !
For stealing less than that amount the
punishment was confinement In the
county jail without labor.
The evidence proved beyond dispute i
the theft of a five dollar note of the
State Bank of Illinois, but the pris
oner's counsel brought several busi
ness men to swear that it was not
worth its face value in gold, but all
agreed that in ordinary transactions it
would pass for $5.
Over this testimony the prisoner's j
counsel quibbled for two hours while ;
the prosecuting attorney listened in
patience.
When his turn came he arose and de
livered himself as follows:
"Gentlemen. I hope the learned coun- j
sel won't get offended if 1 don't talk
but just one minute. All I've got to ;
say is this: The prisoner don't pretend
to deny that he stole our money, and
all he asks of you Is just to give him
the privilege of stealin* It at a dis
count!"
He sat down, and the Jury sent the
thief to the penitentiary.—Case and
Comment.
TECHNIC OF PAINTING.
Modern Color Methods and Those of
the Old Masters.
Many persons think that the paint
ings by the old masters owe their per
manency in some degree to secret proc
esses now lost In the Journal of the
Franklin institute Dr. Maximilian Toch
points out that as a matter of fact the
old masters used only those few colors
(madder, for example) the permanency
of which was well established, and
that they avoided mixing colors known
to have a bad chemical effect on one
another.
Incidentally he describes the scien
tific methods of detecting later day
copies. Zinc white, where flake white
would have been used, protoplasmic re
mains in the cells of the wood used for
the picture and the transparency of
the bitumen in the shadows are proofs
that a picture is not a genuine anti
tique. In respect to deterioration the
author mentions the bad effects of
smoke and modern gas fumes and, aft
er saying that either light or darkness
may bleach a picture, points out that
some pictures that have been kept in
the dark can be restored by placing
them in bright sunlight
Finally Dr. Toch condemns those
modern, painters who substitute the
collapsible tube or palette knife for the
brush on the ground that the flakes of
color thus attached to the canvas will
crack off and become detached. If
that method had been used by the an
cients no face of their work would
now exist.
Necessarily Slow.
A California youngster had been per
mitted to visit a boy friend on tlie
strict condition that he was to leave
there at 5 o'clock. He did not arrive
home till 7 o'clock and his mother was
very angry. The youngster insisted,
however, that he had obeyed her or
ders and had not lingered unneces
sarily on the way.
"Do you expect me to believe," said
his mother, 'that it took you two hours
to walk a quarter of a mile?" She
reached for the whip. "Now, sir, will
you tell me the truth?"
"Ye-es, mamma," sobbed the boy,
"Charlie Wilson gave me a mud turtle
and I was afraid—to carry it —so I led
it home." —St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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MOVE MAY PAVE
WAY FOR PEACE
Washington Sees Purpose In
Teuton Concessions
AMERICA THE PEACEMAKER
Settlement of Submarine Controversy
Makes Fvesident Wileon Available
as Mediator, and Sets Germany In
More Favorable Position Before
Neutral World—Move Against Brit
ish Restrictions Will Follow Soon.
Washington, Aug. 30. —Some of
ficials in Washington tliink they see
in Germany s change of policy toward
the submarine issue a larger purpose
than the mere maintenance oi friend
ly relations with this government
They believe that Germany, if not
actually seeking to pave the way lor
peace negotiations, is at least prepar
ing herse.f ior the day when sucb
negotiations will be begun.
As viewed by these officials and in
diplomatic circles here, Germany is
moving to rehabilitate herself in the
eyes of neutrals, so that when a move
ment for peace is actually undertaken
she may be assured of a larger rneas
ure of sympathy and support from
neutral powers than would be accord
ed to her now.
The view that Germany is looking
forward to possible peace develop
ments from a settlement of the sub
marine issu<> is not mere surmise or
speculation. It has a very sub
stantial foundation in suggestions that
Lave repeatedly been thrown out b.f
Cerir.cn rep: ... :::tr.tives in this coun
try. Every time the submarine issue
became acute they have urged in
formally upon Washington officials the
great opportunity for the step in the i
direction of peace if the United States
could only successfully mediate the
submarine and blockade differences
between Germany and Great Britain.
It has been their contention that such
an important step would probably i
prove to be only a beginning and that
the way would then be open for the
United States to use its good offices
in promoting a still broader under
standing which eventually might re
sult in peace.
Since the Arabic incident and the
more conciliatory attitude of the Ger
man government toward the United
States, talk along this line has been
revived in German quarters here.
Again the possibility of the president
•erving as a leader in the movement
for peace is being held out.
Entirely aside from the German
suggestion, officials here acknowledge
that if the submarine subject is satis
factorily disposed of President Wilson
will be much more available as a pos I
sible peace mediator than would
otherwise have been the case. So long
as strained relations existed between
this government and Germany the
door was practically closed to Presi- 1
dent Wilson's attempting to play the
important role of peacemaker in the
European struggle.
But not only will a settlement of
the submarine controversy, in the
opinion of Washington officials, make
the president more available from the
German viewpoint, but it will also af
ford him an opportunity to demon-!
strate to the world the absolutely im
partial stand of the United States as
a neutral.
There is no doubt here now that
President Wilson is eagerly awaiting
the opportunity to assert the rights of
the United States against British vio
lations of international law as firmly
as he did against Germany. It can
be said that he will move in this di- ;
rection as soon as the submarine is- !
sue has been disposed of, and if he
can bring Great Britain to make con- j
cessions as Germany now seems dis
posed to make them it is ac- !
knowledged here that he will be in the
strongest possible position to offer
his services as a medtiator in the
great war.
It is learned here on high authority
that the president will not only mov
speedily against Great Britain's viola
tions against the rights of Americans
on the high seas, but also in the di- •
rection of a settlement of the Mexican
situation as soon as the German issue
has been settled. The controversy
with Germany has hung like a mill
stone about the neck of the Washing
ton administration for the last five
months. The president and his ad !
visers have hesitated to push the issue
with Great Britain so long as they
were confronted with the likelihood
of an open break with Germany.
Now the president's advisers are
promising speedy action on both Gre*t
Britain and Mexico as soon as th°
Fubmarine troubles have cleared.
QUAKE CAUSES PANIC
Avezzano, Rebuilt Since January, Re
sists Latest Violent Shocks.
Rome, Aug. 30. —In the Avezzano
district violent earthquake shocks
have caused a great panic. The new
anti-seismic dwellings which were
erected after the recent earthquake
prevented a repetition of that catas
trophe.
The shock, which was first felt at
7:56 o'clock in the morning, did the
greatest damage in a region including ;
Rome, NapLs, Avezzano and the re
gion to the south and east of the
capital. The pope was reciting the
thanksgiving after the morning mass
when the walls of the papal dwelling
recked and groaned under the shock
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PERILS OF BAD AIR.
Reduoed Vitality, Loss of Appetita and
General Bad Health.
Air is tad when it is overheated,
when it contains an excess of moisture
and when it is chemically contaminat
ed. This is the conclusion of the New
York state commission on ventilation
as summarized by Professor C. E. A.
Winslow. chairman.
The first indictment against bad air
shows that an increase in temperature
beyond the normal TO degrees pro
duces serious derangement of the vaso
motor mechanism of the body, result
ing in a rise of temperature, increased
pulse and lowered blood pressure,
with a corrosj ouding decrease in effi
ciency. both physical aud mental. In
addition to this, overheatiug conduce*
to an undesirab'e congestion of the
mucous uiei:ilrat.cs of the nose, thus
possibly paving the way for colds, sore
throats and attacks of various germ
diseases.
The work of the commission also
proves that hemteal accumulations in
the air a* a result of air stagnation
bring about a decreased appetite for
food, which. i:i turn, must have an un
favorable erVt et on the entire laxly.
In the coni ussion's experiments the
people living in fic.-li air ate -P-j to 13
per cent more than th se living in stag
nant air.
"These experiments." says Professor
Winslow. "indicate that fresh air Is
needed at all times and In all places.
While we have changed our ideas as
to what causes bad air. ventilation is
just as essential to remove heat pro
duced by human bodies as It was once
thought to be to remove the carbon
dioxide produced by human lungs, and
it is now proved also to ln essential for
carrying away chemical products which
exert a measurable effect upon the ap
petite for food. People who live and
work in overheated and unventilated
rooms are reducing their vitality and
rendering themselves an easy prey to
all sorts of diseases."
WARRING ON RUST.
Problems With Which Iron and Steal
Experts Are Wrestling.
This age of steel has roused a world
wide battle with rust, and uiore chem
ists aud other experts are studying pos
sible weapons for this battle than are
busy on almost any other industrial
problem. Concrete owes much of its
present growth to the difficulty of pro
tecting steel and iron against rust.
Absolutely pure Iron will not rust,
and fairly pure iron will rust only
slowly. One way. therefore. Is to im
prove the grade of Iron, and manufac
turers now sell iron that is guaranteed
to withstand rust for considerable pe
riods. It is possible, though expensive,
to purify iron completely by electricity,
and electrolytic iron, as it is called,
may before long be common commer
cially.
Surface coats of protection are. how
ever. the favorite methods of today,
and many such coatings have appeared
lately. The latest one is a metal coat
that can be applied on an Iron or Bteel
structure after it has been erected In
much the same way that paint is ap
plied. Finely powdered metals —such
as tin. lead or zinc, or all three In
proper proportion—are mixed in oil and
painted on the bridge or column or
other structure that needs protection.
Then the painted surface is heated by
a hand torch or in whatever way is
most convenient.
The oil burns away, and the pow
dered metal melts, but does not run.
As the metal cools It takes a tight grip
on the iron surface and forms a tin or
alloy coat, which stops rust.— Saturday
Evening Post.
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Selecting the Golf Ball.
The small heavy ball will go farther
than the lighter or larger ball for the
player who can hit it eftreraely hard
owing to its less resistance from tbo
air. Because of its weight and small
size it can bore its way through the air
almost like a bullet. In the case of a
lady or a very light hitter I firmly be
lieve they will get much better result*
with the large light ball since because
of its greater resiliency it will get the
maximum distance from a much lighter
blow. So my advice would be for a
light hitter to use the light ball, the
average hitter the medium weight and
the hard hitter the heavy ball.— Outing.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Phi Beta Kappa are the names of
three letters of the Greek alphabet, the
initial letters of three Greek word*,
I Philosophia Biou Kubernetes, which
means "philosophy the guide of life."
This is the name of the oldest of the
Greek letter college societies. Mem
bership is bestowed as an honor for
exceptionally good scholarship. The
society originated at William and Mary
I college in 1770, but has extended to
many other colleges and universities.
There are about 17.000 names in tho
catalogue. Memtars wear a gold
watch key as a badge, with emblem
and inscriptions.—Philadelphia Press.
They Help In a Way.
"Riches are not everything," declar
ed bitterly the poor, but honest, suitor,
who had Just been rejected. "They
cannot insure happiness."
"Perhaps not." replied the practical
maiden, "but they at least provide
means to pay the premiums on the pol
icy!"—Richmond Time*-Dispatch.
Correct.
Jack —You say -Tones Is living above
his income.
Bill—Yes; he gets his income from an
apartment house aud lives on the top
floor! —New York Globe.
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The nobleness of life depends on it*
consistency, clearness of purpose, quiet
and ceaseless energy.—ltusk in.