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4 The Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS Second Section VOL. VI. NO. 115. - ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1907. •p-pTpxp. In Atlanta!.TWO tents. jrXVJ-V>J!i. On Trains..FIVE tents. DOES SANTA CLAUS LOVE RICH MORE THAN POOR? CHILDHOOD’S OLD QUESTION By BEN S. PRESTON. "Daddy, do you believe In Santa Claus?" asked little Claudio, a child character In "The Prince Chap," at the Grand last week. “Why,- of courae," responded the hero of the play, "Is he a good man?” “As good as there Is alive." "Then why Is It that when children nra rich and get nice things any way ho, gives them lots of presents, but when they nre poor he sometimes don't glt‘e them anything at all?” No climax In the play had been reached; the Incident had nothing par ticular to do with the plot, but the child's questioning was' so surprising and yet so true to life that the au dience stirred; there were whisperings; some one laughed, and then there fell a silence while the pople watted aager- ly for the answer. It was a lame reply the Prince Chap made, and, therefore, more real. Only by agreeing to see to It that the par ticular poor child In question got a visit , from the Jolly old saint could he finally banish the little girl's misgiv ings. v Children nil over the world, when fol lowing In their minds the story <jf Santa Claus, testing each plausible ex planation to see If It will pass, and accepting most, of them, have brought up suddenly at the point Claudia reached when she popped that question about the Injustice of bid Santa's meth od of giving. Their parents have ex plained and explained. A dozen an swers have "been offered, but not one would convince more than one out of a Jury of twelve Inquiring youngsters. It Is a fault In Santa Claus' char acter, a sorry spot In the beautiful fab ric of Christmas fancy and a mystify ing proposition, which must be passed over without touching, If you would have the w^iole Christmas legend vre- maln intact. Said a mother the other day; “My children always had faith In Santa Claus until they reaohed that point. At flrst I would try to evade and change the subject, but whan they finally pinned me. down and asked the real reason why Santa wasn't as good to the poor as to the rich I had to give It all up,” The hpro of "The Prince Chap” hit upon a solution to the vexing problem that, If carried out universally, would wipe away the possibility of the ques tion. He hung Pucker’s tattered stock ing up beside Claudia's, and the next morning both were full to overflowing. BACHELORS PLAN CLUB TO GUARD AGAINST PERIL OF LEAP YEAR THIS HOI PLA yED SANTA TO ALL HIS LITTLE FRIENDS There never was any Santa Claus for this sheer Jot. ten minutes at a time boy, but he,'believes that bis Christmases Aceordlng jo the family code It were Jnst aa happy a. If ha had dreamed of PerolsMbl. tn say outright what o the Rood Mint every night and tried to stay awake long enough Christmas Eve to hear the sleigh Mia. When be waa n very little fellow—before fie can remember—his parents told him, for reason*! of thel^.owu, *11 about It, caution ing him not to breathe a suspicion to'any of the other children who wrote letters to Hants Clans. So when bis boy and girl ood saint and kept Did he feel a lack of fnn and mystery *' bit of It. To him quiet. Mho family something In token of tho dayJ— With funds saved from the weekly salary I for splitting kindling and caring for the baby when the nurse took her evening off,| he set out down town to buy the presents. Not a ceht most be spent for himself, not a minute *niust be spent looking at things he would like to knvo. That was a point ofl honor ’well observed. It taxed his brain to work but the psychology of what each pen «on wanted, but he managed to get tbroug some way, , . ■ Then-betook his.presents home and put them dwny: and each person of -the house hold wag shown wbat every other person | oroh, many ...... —- table, even though'tach were contrary to the rules of etiquette. Myetery! Why there wero bar- refs of It Fun, why he would dance for time. e. It was not __ Ight what one want ed for Christmas, but bints, it they were not too pointed, were entirely within the law. Many times did the boy or one of his brothers or sisters maneuver the conven tion around to give s favorable opportunity. It might-be n warm bunny day, but the boy would say: "Gee, but I wish It would snow. I’d rather coast thanwlo anything, but then my old Or the conversation might have drifted to Moses, when the boy would sny: "The chil dren of Israel had n hard time, hut not half as hard ns the Young Marooners. At least, Jimmy Wilson says so, and be read the book and says It’s fine. 1 suppose It la." Then there wna Christinas night, when oil the family took their gifts to the father and mother, who put them In the proper Even wns an array of things which one had been guessing about and wishing for during the past three or four months. Once something terrible happened. The boy was talking to his brother'll! bed. "I thought nbout getting you a baseball glove," be said, nnd meant to stop there, but somehow It Just slipped out, "but I got you a game of parchcsl Instead." It was so mortifying to have told that the tears flowed freely. And then the confusion of Christmas morning, when the half-arrayed family gathered about the stockings. I!ig brother would tell how near the hoy came to seeing one of bin prolent* One day and. there would bo other explanations. Fun—barrels ° Well. Sants Claus may be all right, but the boy says be got along without him well enough. LUM WOO AND CHEW WEY EXPLAIN HOW CHINAMEN CELEBRA TE CHRISTMAS DA Y DR. A. L. CURTIS. The only bachelor In council Is preparing to guard against woman. Amalgamated Order Is Now B^ing Or ganized. WILLIE IS MODEL BOY NOW; CAN YOU GUESS THE CAUSE? "I can’t understand what’s the matter with yrilllV remarked Mrs. Jenkins to her husband. "He’s such a good boy at present. I don’t believe I have had to scold him once Ihe past week. And he actually came to me this morn- Ing and asked If there wasn't some work he could do. I am really afraid Willie Is going to be III.” Jenkins, the wise old owl. Just winked ' ills left eye, and answered: “Sick noth ing! Christmas Is coming.” He has been there himself. _ . Willie Is hot the only boy who has been Sprouting wings, or developing embryo halos during the paet few days, either. Employers have been comment. Ing on the unusual activity of their olllce boys. "Why, my boy seems actu ally to have fallen In love with work, said a prominent business man. “He is always-at my elbow, and twlce last week he did something without being ordered. I can't unijeretand It." Old maid*, youug maidens, and President ltooseveIt—-nottce r '^H^^H^HHHIHpiH Plans have been set on foot by certain of the enemies of nntl-race suicide to organUe a tnost monstrous association. The name carries the story, and the approach’of leap 1 year Is the reason.HliHHjHP^HHM The Amalgamated Association of Confirm ed and tfncoflfounded Bachelors! This organisation will have for Its mem bership only residents of Atlanta who, after many and many yeara of ex —•-mar- ■how that they are perfectly — (Highly armed, and protected and Immune to ir of the charm* of womankind.' They jflst be able to recite at leaat two expe rience* wherein they have been tried and tested nnd found true .to the noble prlncl »les on which-this aplendtd association will >e founded. The names of the organizer* nre .omitted >v request. Among those who are -men tioned as charter .members nre Alderman A. L. Curtis, City Warden Tom Evnns, May or’s Secretary Dan Carey, Charles B. Cur- rter, F. J. Pnxoti, J. B. Nutting, Charles ltyan, Dan Terkerson and John Monaghan. Of course there will be others—many, many others—but these, It Is • understood, have already qualified. Tho Bachelor’s Creed. One member presented a representative of The Georgian with a Hat of the things which, a nmn must bellere before«. bo can be eligible. A few of tbese^beliefs fol ; low: That woman’s beauty. 1s only point and powder deep. That two can live ns cheap os one, but one don’t set anything. That walking the floor with a screaming Infant In tho dead of the night and the midst of winter la not conducive to good health or, n sweet temper. That, a coat without buttons la better than buttons without a root. That coming home full at night la no worse than waking up "busted’’ fa the morning. That i alone Is morning’s breakfast __ H_ T JP supper time with a fussing wife and a crew of atsnrlng children. Currier for President. Mr. Currier, who la president of the At. Inntn National bank, Is slated for the preab deney. It Is said. A reporter of• The Georgian called around o see him Monday morning, but he wan b "Christmas Is coming," was the cho rus from a half dozen companion* to whom he was relating the story. "Yes, and you ought to see the wav my stenographer is perking up thesfc day*,’’ remarked another of the crowd. "To see her now you would scarcely recognize the domineering young thing who has been ruling the place for the last eleven months. I suppose ‘Christ mas is coming’ has affected her also.” "I can beat that," said another. "Even our cook deigned to ask this morning done these past many years, and the com- if we had any preference as to what bJ m ° rW we would like to have for dinner. 8h # e fw r fu » "M naturally to be exp J. R. NUTTING. The insurance man Is mentioned as a leading member of the Bach elors. DAN CAREY. The secrotary-olect of. the Bach elors will take to the farm to escape leap-year dangers. and stated most .positively that ho would not bo n-member. - — 'I-am no bachelor from*choice," stated Mr. l*nxou emphatically, "i believe in wives umf children—not too uo inull. "1 « otirse. rimy moderation. There la « huppy tnarrlagf, ul- card of people being mighty happily divorced. "I would uut say aught against woman kind. The rapidity, the regularity and the consummate skill and artistic touch which havo shown In handling my proposals turning them down have indebted me to them for life. The wmneu elected me a member .Of the Bachelors' Clnb. the ntroost I Tom Evans, city warden, spoke In an en tirely different vein. All 1 ask Is n iCH-uiiuubc "lull, n urfli field, nnd no interference, and I’ll,promise to retreat in perfect order without tho nliT ot a bugle call to tell me when to begin "Tell me, though, honestly, why art women?" Carev Stands Firm, Dan Carey, the mayor's secretary,' la slat cd aa secretary of the Amalgamated Asso ciation of Confirmed and Unconfounded Bachelors, Limited. "What precautionary steps will yon take to retain your bold on the single life?" Dan was usked. "What steps)" repeated Dsn. "The lock- step, the two-step, the steps to the tallest building, the steps to the lowest garret— sny step* but those to the altar—death flrst aud damnation nfierwanf, but matrimony— never! Aud then never again!" Deputy Sheriff Dsn Perkerson Is n mighty brave man and be haa never been kuown to show the white feather, even when •taring Into the business end of a 44-csllber revolver. And that la the reason there was some conaternnticn wheu the deputy hurried Into the sheriff's office recently with a hunted look In his eye, s face as pale as death and flopping himself Into a chair heaved a sigh that made tho clock tower on the court bouse sway like s bell buoy In s storm st **"beln ■hot at. Dsn?" asked Deputy Sher iff Shropshire with some concern. But Mr. Perkerson only gazed out the window aud vouchsafed no reply. "Maybe a prisoner got sway,” suggested Colonel Thomas. •.'Or he may have seen a ’hant,’ ” volun teered Deputy Sheriff Tye. > Missed all around," answered Mr. Per- nutc atari, a dear founded Jtacbelora. "We did not take the aggressive In this matter. We felt able to care for the situation singly, as we have ent to be a* condescending a* that! Maybe you have noticed thp differ ence In some of your friends and rela tives, too. Even the muchly-maligned mother-in-law Is putting on her most blissful expresalon, and the policeman on the beat Is a little ostentatious In the way he speaks to you. ~es, "Chrtatmaa Is coming. A WAR-TIME CHRISTMAS; TOLD BY GENERAL EVANS "D»e«mb,r «. 1MJ. w« hail (lofratfd Bnrnllde nt Fri’d.rlck.bur*." mid (i.ntrtil element A. Kvun., remlnl«centljr. "That •pltmlld Midler nnd xontlerann. T. It. B.' Cobb, h»d given hi, life for the cotyc, a, had hundred, of other good nnd brave men. "We were entrenched a king the Itnppa- lmnnock In front of Frederlckeburir, while the enemy Ur tcrow tho river—two great nrmles watching and waiting again for the death grapple. Christine, drew on, nnd oven under ,uch condition, you could not quite keep Home of tho iplrlt of the do j from pervading the boy,. ■ "Uncon«cloully the two confronting nr- tnlc, set up »n nrmtetlee. No order, were lisnod, no notice given. Both armle, lay alert, vigilant, wnlehlng the *nemy. But by lonio telegraphic communication that Vigilance reined a dey or «o before ; hrUt.j me,, nnd tho men of {federal nnd Confeci ernte nrmles moved freely nbout out of the ,r "0 C n C ’hrl,tm«, Eve the l>e»t nnd moat experienced forager, went out to round u- oninotblng for tE, Ch«,ten, dinner. \\ had come mighty renooreefnl fellow, to ; 0 f tiling, too, and they, enrne back -that wort of thing, too, and tnw Spratly well euppllcd with good thing, to ,«t. Snow lay on the ground mvcmI Inrhe, and It wn» .tinging cold, but thrlntmn, dnv everybody h»d n good, hot dinner, with eometblng more than the ordinary camp •*"ve were too far nwey from the mono. •!„r« n?S ^ie.^&*crraK% , ! n Snl Ji ilfe Cent CbrUtmn. day, I «P*nt while to t | , "That* w„ Ihe only peaceful Cbtotxu, «lny I spent during tbc four years. ]•»* whs spent Jn the trenches before -Peter*, burg, with both flxhUux for^^n "l« for Impending trouble. Mr Christmas dinner cSotfsted of * quarter of * pound of salt pork and a few hard tack.’ ' ‘ Forbes Re-elected Mayor. Special to The Georgian. Vienna, Go., Dec. 17.—In a three-cor nered race for the mayor's office B. F. HI naturally to be expected! a good authority, however, we received tost I (letennl^MtaliHM^M lined effort wse on foot ganlzstlon of tsviei NHHVHHtet Old Molds, and* war wns to I* declared. It waa tmperai that we should organize and he able ‘ ul that wratlre to hold onr own against such a formidable combi as tnls wns sure to be. Hence the association. As for myself nation "Hei 4 t t personally, I hare l>een through enough leap year* to be able to take care of myself under nit circumstances, but I will have to admit that certain of our local bachelors must have protection from an organisation with a strong hacking or else they may suc cumb to the treachery and the more pr leas bewitching nnd dangerous wiles of the enemy.” Mr. Currier waa to bare been asked wbat precautionary steps be Intended to take to protect him daring the trying times of Leap year, and It Is luud be was going to reply that the "association would look after this/’ Paxon It Willing. m F. J. Pnxon, of the Arm of Davlson-Paxon- Stokes, denied most vehemently that he knew anything of the proposed association, FRED J. PAXON. This bachelor say* the women elected him against his will. Plan to Repel Attack From Army of Fair Amazons. kerson, for the flrst time breaking the J Hence that scaled bis mouth. "Uut listen, have Just heard some appalling news; w* that made the very cartridges In my ...jtol rattle like loose window panes on a wintry uly’jt. Next year Is Leap Year, the time when a bachelor's life Is made a living torment, for the danger of the matrimonial yoke Is more to l>e feared than earthquakes, pestilence and sudden death. 1 bad forgot ten it until some one told me a few minutes and I lmve neglected the usual safe- Is until I fear It Is too late. Woe Is and the deputy sheriff sank back luto bis scat with u groan of despair. Perkerson Is Worried. Now, Mr. Perkerson has weathered the storms of fifty and three winters and the charms of the fairest women havo never yet succeeded. In enticing him from the pleasures of a bachelor's life. Furthermore, be dreads the thought of.."doUhle teaming" worse thou u burnt child dreads the fire. "Wear a mnsk, Dan," suggested Mr. Goldsmith. "Mask, the devil," exclaimed Mr. Perker son. as he brought his flat down on the table with a bang. "What does a woman Who wonts to innrry.care nlmut n mask Jdst so there's n innn behind It!" . "Quite true," murmured Mr. Goldsmith, ns he resumed his writing. "By Jove, I know what I'll do," ex claimed Mr* Perkerson, and as the feasi bility of the Idea grew upon him his face become Illumined with a glow like that coat the northern lights. ^*1*11 get'leaVe of jnri* for a year nnd go off to the swamps and bunt and fish until the danger Is past, nnd If that won't work I’ll got Captain Vain to give me n suite of rooms for n year In the county Jail. f# Ob, foolish women, thou ^And^tho > deputy sheriff’ whistled a bar •roni "The Girl I Left Behind,’’and signed jls application for membership In the osso- elation. * Captain Monaghan Unafraid. What are yon going to do to avoid the onslaught of the weaker yet more deter mined sex during Leap yenr); • Captain John Muuughau, usslstant to 8o- Ictor Hill, of the superior court, turned In his big arm chair aud with a atnlle of sat isfaction gated complacently Into tho eyes * *-* questioner. * ..... i ' . „ «..t am 1 going to do?" lie repeated. Nothing, absolutely nothing, wept sit .teady and not rock the boat. During the five years moro thau half n century Inst 1 havo been wondering through this vale of tears women hive learned that 1 am Ini- uervlou, to Cupid', d«rt. A woman who would wunt to marry me would be aent to the uayltim without a trial. I have uo "Why didn't you ererr marry, captalnf' ronturrd the raportor, a, be morrd toward the door?" * "I never felt like 1 wanted to Im talked to death." responded Cat)tain Monaghan. "I preferred n moro peaceful end. ’ Alderman A. u Curtis ha* the dl«- tlnctlon of being the only bachelor member of' thn general council, al though the other twenty-three mem bers of the council hold thl* distinction to be one without glory. The alderman, like Mr. Paxon, 1* not at all proud of his bachelordom. "There I* no happlne**," the alder man Is said to have *a!d on one occa sion, "like the happiness one gathers In the confine* of a well-regulated home. What I* Christmas without a wife and children r "What steps will yo|u take to retain your hold on the bachelor life?" the al. derman Is said to have been asked, to which he I* said to have replied: "My office I* bn the corner of For syth and Mitchell streets. 1 am gen tle a* a lamb, will stand without Ing and any lady can drive me. travel as well In double an In single harness. Open to bids from all the world." \ By HOWARD D. WEAVER. Haute Claus, In no far hs the Chinese contingent of Atlautn'a population Is con cerned,-.will arrive Jtl Atlanta next Satur day night,. IK'cemWi' '21. nnd the following day (Sunday) will be CbrlstiunH day for the Americanized citlseus from the Oriental empire. The difference 'll) the dates between the American and the Chinese Christman la due to the vagaries of the Chinese calendar, which none hut n Chhuimun can explain aud then In such a manner that the average American la puzzled in trying to keep tne explanation right aide up In h!s mind. ( uri«tiui(s Is looked upon by the chiuumun aa a decidedly American iuatlUitlon, aud although he celebratea the day, he does It largely out of courtesy to the race upon whone land he makes his home, and then 1 he celebrates It according to bin own cal , etidnr nnd without reference to the date celebrated by his American brother. With a view to llndlug out In what man ner the Chinese In Atluntu Intern! to cele brate Christinas of the present yenr a re- porter act about to secure Interviews from two or three typical representatives of the race. Luckily two of the best Informed nnd more Intelligent of the Chinese population were found nt tho same place, u laundry on West Mitchell street. These were Mini Woo nnd Chew Wey. Lum’s Lingo Not Lucid. Now Lum Is a better linguist than Chew, but he frequently gels hi* English mixed with the mother tongue and when talking with n representative of n different race cusionally forget* himself nnd rattles off Chluene lingo by the yard until his listener flies the distress sign.. Chew makes jm> boq*t of bis English- speaking qualifications und frankly nuiulta that he "uo iiuderstilfM" when one uses words for which he knows no Chluese sym bol. But out of the compound of Chinese nnd English which I.tim nnd Chew dished out the reporter gained the following Informs- tloii or the Chinaman'* Idea of Chrintmai and Incidentally discovered that In the esti mation of fhe average Chinaman Che Ameri can's Christum* doesn’t rank very high. "Wheu do the Chinamen celebrate Chrlst- mu* thl* yeaf?" wns the first question put to Lum and Chew. Christmas December 22. Both understood the question and there wns u hurried rousultntion Into which the reporter wna not allowed to participate. Then a.- Chinese and ntf American calendar secured, comparison* were made and in* on .Sunday, December 22. When naked If the day was made to come, „.i Sunday for convenience and In order that the Chlnatuan would not be forced to lose a day from his laundry neither Lum nor Chew would commit himself. . • "What are you going to do on Christmas eat a little more tlnm usual, might hare _ meeting of the Chluese: Tongs somewhere and indulge In a little feast, smoke some Chinese tobacco and talk. . "What Is the Chinese word for Christ mas?" the Chinamen were asked. It sounded like Lum *nJd "Kwong Tong." but w’ben the reporter tried to pronounce it that way Lum shook his head. Then Chew tried it and gave It up. When asked to spell It Lum got his book, of synonyms, but of thing on Christmas' day?" they were asked. "Chinaman he no tlnk much about Mali- can Christmas," answered Lum. "He cele brate ’cause Melban celebrate, but ho have no big times. New Year’s day Chlnamau have biggest time. He get permit from city to shoot firecracker, one hundred, two, three hundred. Have heap feast and eat Chinese cake, cblck«n. turkey, duck and pig and nil meet aud have big times." And Lum and Chew laughed a merry- musical Chinese laugh as they thought ot thw great times In store for them on Febru ary l, the date when the Chinese New Year begins. Gives Presents, Too. "What do the Chinamen do when the American Christmas day comfs?" Lum was asked. "O, Chinaman . he give little presents to his Mellckn friends-like ten. tnharoo and silk handkerchiefs. That’s all: bo no be? umlry me Ilk llll-l Mlt-.k the American Christmas, both Lum and Chew had forgotten, and although they ran* Mucked the place to find some scrap of In formation. they had to give It up. They knew, however, what the custom Is and when questioned about it, Luin asld: "Everybody has good time then. Nobodv do any work—lu*t cat and talk. Itich nun he give something to poor man nnd wheu one Chinaman no Imre anything ’notber Chinaman what have plenty he give hlbi something nnd make him glad and every- bodvfeel goodi" V * ' icn Lum rambled off Into a discussion _ - if; rw age Chinaman’s Idea of Christmas had ready been, very clearly defined, the reporter took hi* departure. "Christmas do veil* well," called out Lurn a* the door was about to close, "but Chinn- man have heap bigger times New Year." ATLANTA’S GREEK COLONY CELEBRATES ITS CHRISTMAS, THIR TEEN DA YS AFTER OURS WILL DIVE, HANDCUFFED, INTO RIVER FROM BRIDGE GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS. The veterap soldier tells of a Christmas In the trenchl*. Forbes wa* re-elected by a large ma jority over J. M. Kelly and BJtmuel Carnes. How would you like to dive Into the Cbnt tanoogn river on a day like this? It would bo bad enough In a bathing suit, wouldn’t It? But how would you like to take tho dive, your hands locked In close-fitting hand cuff*. your feet manacled wltb steel chains? That Is whnt Hrindatuour proposes to do. Atlanta police officers say they will watch him do It Wednesday morning and see that he la taken ont of tbp wntef—BrimJamoiir or his corpse. They are rather Indifferent, for he has already shown them that their handcuff* and their ateel cage* In the police station are uot proof against hie art. Itrludaniour I* nti adept In Ibe science of Jnll-bresklng. lie grfve his first perform ance at the Orpheum Monday night, and showed local detectives that he coaid get bit wrists out of modem handcuff* ns easily •* the average man tdlpa out. of bis coat. He slipped out of a locked steel cell aleo, but the police were still skeptical. "It’s nil a trick," they said. v *He has a fake cell and all that sort or thing. Let him come down on Decatur street and we’ll show him a cell he can’t escape from." Itrliidamour accepted the challenge. "I’ll get out of any cell you lock me In." he retorted. "And what’* more. I’ll show you n stunt that will make you a It np anti take notice. Listen. •Take me out to the bridge over the f’baltiiboochee. I’ll, go Wednckdny morning " -■-* - -»■ r handcuff* r- ■**— to the surface with my grists nnd feet out of the shackles ami bring ’em back to you. Does that look good, eh?" HHtMHMHHIHMHIt-IMIHMIHtlHHiaMHHI | A CHRISTMAS CAROL. I (and a Postscript.) By WEX JONES. Old Scrooge was a hard tnau and too fond of a dollar to throw It away or give It away Hffv.ral metnlwrt «f th. .I.partmcot h.vo "> »«>■ »">o might not trrat It *. kind * to accompany Hrludomour to the ly. Ill* wife knew him too well to ask him for money, and she lived a dull Ilfe In a agreed to nccompati. river nnd watch his attempt. Of course a boat will be In readiness to pick np fbe tempt at shaking off the cuff* _____ Hurfnce. It la a Indd feat, this diving - — . felt mmmmmmmmmmmmmrnng to try it. "It s no m wlllln^ Brlndninonr made a hit at the Orpbeura Monday n!;;ht. where he wriggled out of several pair* of handcuffs placed on blut by local detective*, and e*e*r J - - cell Into which he had Rhabhy little bouse In town, figuring In the Erie Joke hook. Mrs. Scrooge was really a frivolous disposition and had a secret long ing for Mnnbnttnn, Jewels and tine raiment, but Scrooge was such that she had never POPE JOACHIM. „ Head of Greek Orthodox cfiurch, who rules from Constantinople. gave the hoy a dollar bill. When Scrooge entered the office he no ticed for the flrst time that Miss Peoehldow was really pretty. "Remarkably pretty, ho said to himself, "and the boat stenogra pher 1 ever hnd.” "Mlse Penchblow.” he called, "and the stenographer wondered what had gone wrong. "You’re bad a bard year's work," he said, "and you’re the best stenographer I ever knew. 1 wish you'd take this $50 und two weeks’ vacation.’ You should hare seen bo Peacbblow blushed. But she and t»eat It rapidly, almost as it sue reareu her luck might change. Scrooge grew glow ler than ever. “Speckle," he cried, thrusting another hill Into the hand of the damfoondc<1 clerk, "take this. And if you show up la this pfflce before New xesr’a I’ll—111 punch four bend." S'peokle wns even more con- ,'nsed tbnn Ml** Peacbblow. Rut be took the bill and bent (t rapidly. "Tommy, bere’e ten dollars. Have a goo time am! 1 wish you a merry Christmas.' You should bare seen Tommy dlnappenr. thnt was about a* big as trkled like 8,000,000 combo*. For you, my dear," said Hcrooge when be got home. "Ooh!" said Mra. Scrooge. And she gave Hcrooge a kiss. And Scrooge felt *o happy. "And 1 think we'll get n bouse In New York after Christmas.” he said. And you d.,«l .ran to hint for . tlollnr upon »hl.'h I .'hould lire ^n thr look in jira. AZofr. to frivol. I eye*. In Ms office Scrooge was regarded by his "I *»«v*r knew what the Christmas spirit employees with shout as much affection as j m Wf tSTRU**,<£■£ H ^ tn ° KP ‘ the Russian for the official at the other * And he Just glowed. . 3« night. In which fnffTlJh’* ml" wh J* wButiSh* nSd * ln lfie was a wonder. Speckle, furnish the lmx gnd who i will stand byjigd t B |n,Q B gh j 1P j„ it adored M!m Peacbblow, % h 1 assistance In Bating r ; V#D a look |u b *r airectlon out of ir. i when his Imw* waa around, ft wnsn't a {very pleasant office, but Scrooge’s work __ Ikl _ . was done in a remarkably speedy and effi- PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. caclous manner. PAZO OINTMENT fa guaranteed to I cure any case of Itchinr, Blind, Bleed-1 It was a couple of days before Christmas . *—»—«— .that Scrooge underwent bis sudden aud I marvelous change. I don’t know Just what J alters Scrooges’ characters, but I think this ’Scrooge had had a couple of unaccustomed or money refunded. 50c. OPERA GLASSES. Finest line, and best prices at Jno. L. at 11 o'clock. Lock your handcuffs on ray Fiueat une ana oest Prices at jbo. l wrists, your'shackles on my ankles. I'll Moore A Sons, 4 2 N. Broad St., Pru diva off the bridge that way, and I'll come dentlal building, T*. 8.—The Scrooges moved. And of course Mrs. Scrooge couldn't wear anything but the Hws.fgcrest clothes wltb such a dia mond, and. having found her courage, she — _,Jag ust did work old Scrooge irini it from jkmhIIc pups i the office, it’s the ) 'T.7of I acted In town. think ssso- any home early and spurn* work. Speckle a bit afraid of the old mun and I l he’s robbing him. Scrooge’s; hu*tne«* i elate doesn't call him "Old Granite" more, but "Easy Murk',’’ and they do him for hs much ns they can. I expect to see tl bankruptcy note soy day. small Im>», lagging under r " - te of selling postals, re- . __ _ . _ . 1 ^JuiraJd a i A PLEASANT SMOKER •lightly ringed with |EEf! Medicated Cigarette*—Cigar and sol, soft U." A»d ha’Drug Stores 5c. If yon bad to spend forty days In fasting -diving on nothing but vegetables, a few oysters, crabs, shrimp, etc.—before you felt Justified In celebrating .tho Christinas bol). days according to your religious belief^ wouldn't you feel like chucking the whoh* thing overboard and discarding all kinds of celebration? Well, that is the kind of proposition the Greek, far from his beloved Athens, Is up against In Atlnntn, and, as to that matter, any section of the world In which the Christinas holiday* happen to find him. For the orthodox Greek npproaehi-i the saore.l holiday* not like the modern American with much Joillflcntlon, shooting of fire cracker*. loud and bibulous conversation moat memorable event mau. In nddltlon to strict adherence to the rule ..mt he shall not eat any uml which walk* upon tn the nJr during forty i* — mas, the Greek on I tnke the holy communion, and .. ... anything tn his Ilfe that should not be there he must enufess It to the priest and bs cl caused. Thirteen Days Lata. The Grecian Christinas, according to the Gregorian calendar, comes exactly thirteen day* after tbedayjrelehrated by the Ameri can people, or on January 7. At 12 o'clock nil the night of the day pre ceding the Grecian Christman nil the people are expected to assemble st tbs churohi-v where religious service* are conducted hv the priests until the hour of 6 o'clock In the morning. After five hours of religion* worship they return to their homes pre- pared to celebrate the day In proper style. The celebration of Chrlstmn* day among the Greeks, both In America, nnd tn thdr native land, differs little from the celebra tion In which the American indulge*. There Is nn exchange of presents, considerable feasting lifter the long fast of forty days, nnd a general abandonment to the oppor tunity of haring a good time. The Greek recognize* no Hanta Claus, although the lit- tie children are given- presents in propor tion to the ability fo the parent from a financial standpoint. To the Greek In Atlanta the Christmas of the Americans means nothing at all ex cept perhaps a possible Increase In busi ness. Greek Colony In Atlanta, 'l "We have no celebration whatever on that day," said Peter Louis, a Greek wh.» has made his home In Atlanta for several years. "My people celebrate Christmas thirteen days after the Americans, and while we may giro presents to our Atneri cau friends on that day, It means nothing to us as a race. "On our Christmas day wc also give pres ents to each other and spend the day In vis iting our friends. In Atlantn Cbristnins does not meau much to the Geek because the community Is not large enough. It U customary for us to close up our places of business and have a good time, but here w* can not do It because there are not enough of us. In the old country they havo very good times." The Greeks In Atlanta, however, wtU carry out their accustomed religious pro- gram, the directions for which they receive from Pope Joachim, head of the Grecian orthodox church, located at Constantinople. As Is characteristic of most foreign races, New Year's day Is tho greatest holidav among the Greeks, the New Year begin ning seven days after their Christmas. In the old country It Is characterized by much hilarity and both old and yoang alike give "^tneelres to pleasure. Nobody works on that day," said Patar Louis, "but everybody takes a day off and * * ss— It is a superstition * On l _ . K __ nnd each family makes a big cake In which pieces of silver are placed. The one who gets the piece of sliver Is considered lucky and he will hare good fortune during the year." A FortunaU Texan. Mr. E. W. Goodloe, of 107 St. Louhs stcoaL Dallas, Tex., f>ays: "In tha pstst ritt I hare become acquainted with Dr.ttTa New Life Pills, and no laxa tive t aver before tried so effectually dispose* of malaria and biliousness." *?hey don't grind nor gripe. He, at all dr»’g stores.