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Second Section
The Atlanta Georgian
AND NEWS
VOL. VL NO. 115.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1907.
TXPTr 1 !?. In Atlanta..TWO TENTS.
XMAJ-V-Ej. on Train*..FIVE CENTS.
DOES SANTA CLAUS LOVE
RICH MORE THAN POOR?
CHILDHOOD’S OLD QUESTION
I
By BEN S. PRESTON.
"Daddy, do you believe In Santa
Claua?" naked little Claudia, 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!”
"A* good ns there la olive.”
-Then, why Is it that when children
are rich and get nice things any way
he gives them lots of presents, but
when they ore poor he sometimes don't
give 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 waited aager-
Iv 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
Anally banish the little girl's mlsglv-
ln Children all over the world, when fol
lowing In their minds the story of
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 old 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 Christman fancy and a mystify
ing proposition, which must be passed
over without touching, If you would
have the whole Christmas legend re
main Intact.
Said a mother the other day:
"My children always hod faith in
Santa Claus until they reaohed that
point. At first 1 would try to evade
and change the subject, but when they
Anally 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 hero of "The Prince Chap", hit
upon a solution to the vexing problem
that, If carried out universally, would
wipe away the possibility of the qi
tlon. He hung Pucker’s tattered stc
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 BOY PLAYED SANTA
TO ALL HIS LITTLE FRIENDS
There never was any Snntn/Claus for this
I,,it. but be believes that hts Christmases
were Just as happy as If he had dreamed of
the good saint every night and tried to stay
■ wake long enough Christmas Ere to hear
the sleigh bells.
When be was a very little fellow—before
be can remember—his parents told him, for
reatona of their own, all shout It. caution,
lug him not to hrenthe a suspicion to any
ef the, other children who wrote letters to
Hants Clans. So when tala boy and girl
friends confided to him whet the good saint
w«« to brtng them, he Just nodded! and kept
quiet ; ’
Dld.he feel a lack of fun nnd ravstory
* nbout Christmas? Not n Lit of It. To him
n* to *11 other boy* and glrlw. It wag tho
greatest d*y of tho year, but Instead of
writing notes and sending them up the
• htmney and wishing for things, ho mnde
t lnns. for upon him rested the* responsibil
ity of giving to each and every member of
the family something In token of the day.
With funds saved from the weekly salary
minute must be spent looking at things he
would like to have. That was a point of
honor well observed. It toxed his brain to
work out the psychology of what etch M
son wanted, hut be managed to get thro
some way.
Then,lie .took his presents home and put,
them sway, and each person of tin* house
hold was ebown whnt every other person
winke and whispers at tne tame, even
though such were contrary to the rules of
etiquette. Mystery! Why there were bar
rels of It run, why be would dance for
According to the family code, it was not
peruiUsable to say outright whnt one. want
ed for Christmas, but hints. If they were
not too pointed, were eutlrely within
law. Many times did the boy or one of his
brothers or sisters maneuver the conversa
tion around to give a favorable opportunity.
It might be a warm sunny day, but the
boy would say:
•’Gee, but I wish It would
dren of Israel had a hard
half as hard as the Young Marooaers. At
least, Jimmy Wilson says so, and he read
the book and says It's-flne. I suppose It Is/'
Then there was Christmas night, when
all the family took their gifts to the father
and mother, who put them In the proper
stockings. Ereu the baby cave presents,
although he was merely allowed to see
them. Next came the struggle to go to
sleep when one knew that lu the next room
was an array of things which one bad been
guessing about and wishing for during the
past three or fonr months. Once something
terrible happened. '—•* *■ —
hts brother in bed.
*“ thought nbout
e,” he said, niu,
somehow it Just slipped out, ’'but I got
you a game of pnrchesl instead." It was so
mortifying to have told that the tears
flowed freely.
*7id then the confusion of Christmas
warning, when the half-arrayed .family
gathered about the stockings. Dig brother
would tell how near the boy came to seeing
one of bis presents one day and there
would be other explanations. Fun—barrels
of It.
Well, Santa Claus may be nil right, but
the boy says he got along without him
well enough.
LUM WOO AND CHEW WEY
EXPLAIN HOW CHINAMEN
CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS DAY
DR. A. L. CURTIS.
The only bachelor In council la.
preparing to guard against woman.
Amalgamated Order
Is Now Being Or-
' ganized.
WILLIE IS MODEL BOY NOW;
CAN YOU GUESS THE CAUSE?
"I can t understand what's the matter
with Willie," remarked Mrs. Jenkins
to her husband. "He's such a good
boy at present. I don’t believe I have
hid to scold him once the 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
his left eye. and answered: "Sick noth
ing! Christmas Is coming." He has
been there himself.
Willie Is not the only boy who has
been sprouting wings, or developing
embryo halos during tho past few days,
either. Employers'have been comment
ing on the unusual activity of their
office boys. "Why, my boy seems actu
ally to have fallen In love with work,"
"aid a prominent business man. "He Is
alwavs at my elbow, and twice last
week he did something without being
ordered. I can't understand It."
"Christmas l/coming," was the cho
rus from a half doxen companions to
whom he was relating the story, l
"Yes, and you ought to see the way
my stenographer Is perking up these
days," remarked another of the crowd.
"To see her now you would scarcely
recognize the domineering young thing
who has l>een 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
If we had any preference as to what
we would like to have for dinner. She
must be expecting an awfully big pres
ent to be os condescending as that."
Maybe you have noticed the differ
ence In some of your friends and rela
tives, too. Even the muchly maligned
mother-in-law Is putting on her most
blissful expression, and the policeman
on the beat Is a little ostentatious In the
aks to you.
•Istmas is coming."
Old maids, young maidens, and President
Roosevelt—notice!
Plans have been set on foot by certain of
the enemies of nntl-race suicide to organize
a most monstrous association. The name
carries the story, and the approach of leap
year Is the reason.
The Amalgamated Association of Confirm
ed and Unconfounded Bachelors
This organization will have for Its mem'
!>ersh!p only residents of Atlanta wlio, after
many and many yean of ex
■how that they are perfect ,
oughly armed and protected and Immune to
any of the charms of womankind. They
must be ablo to recite nt least two expe
riences wherein they have been tried and
tested and found true to the noble princi
ples on which this splendid association will
e founded.
The names of the organizers are omitted
by request. Among those who are men
t loned as charter members are Alderman A.
I* Curtis, City Warden Tom Evans. May
or's Secretary Dan Carey. Charles E. Cur
rier, F. J. Paxon. J. H. Nutting. Charles
Itysn, Dsn l’erkcrson and John Monaghan.
Of course there wlf*
many others—but the*
have already qualified.
The Bachelor’s Creed.
One memlier presented a representative of
The Georgian with a list of the things
which a naori must believe before. he
cgp be eligible. A few of these beliefs fol
low:
That woman’s beauty Is only paint and
powder deep.
That two can lire na cheap as one, but
ono don't get anything.
. That walking the floor with « screaming
Infant In the dead of the night and the
midst of winter is not conducive to good
health or a sweet temper.
That n coat without buttons Is better
than buttons without a coat.
A WAR-TIME CHRISTMAS;
TOLD BY GENERAL EVANS
“B.cmber 13. 18«,. we hml d.fent.d
nnrnsldt* at Pred.rlclt.burx," sabl Geoeral
n.mrai A. Evao,. remlnluc.ntly. "That
aplcndtd soldier nnd x.ntlemnn, T. R. II.
CoM', had given his life for the ratiae, na
M4 hundred, of Hirer good nnd brave men.
“(Vc war, entrenched nlong tho Unppa-
nnanm-k In front of Fredericksburg, while
“« -nrrajr lay nvroaa the river—two great
*nnk» watching nnd wnttlng ngaln for the
death grapple. Christiana drew on, nnd
B* '.‘“der ouch condition, you coald not
k-*P «ome of tha aplrit of the day
rrom pervading tha boya.
i nconaelooaly the two confronting nr-
21;,'"P »n armistice. No ordera were
Sill''' PS. notice given. Both armies lay
vigilant, watching the enemy, ltut
£T“>ue telegraphic communication that
JJfllance velaxed a dny or so before Christ-,
»«. and tha men of Federal nnd Confed-
fiJaph*, ** moTC<1 frecl J' nbont out of the
..illl'i rhr !«!mae Ere tho beat and moat
EE... I 1 ”®,foragava went out to round up'
rjtililug foe the Cbrlatmna dinner. We
ihit “"J* mighty resourceful fellows for
*>f thing, too, nnd they rnmc bach
rettv well supplied with rood thing* to
snli if!? w Iny on the ground several Inches
ELI? *.** !«nglng cold, hut Christman day
Sffifcrfr *>*<i n good, hot dinner, with
^'tldng more than the ordinary camp
iS* too ftr away from the moan-
In.’"'the boys to get anything stlmnlat-
i!. !* no drinking or rowdyism
Und. We hml some songs nnd n re-
the I, * p ?-!ee. which rounded ont one of
ike « l r ' ' Prtstnjaa daya I ajient while In
w ?" *•>* only peaceful Christmas
luring the four yearn. My last
W„ In the trenches before l’etera-
-oh bon fighting forces on odd,, for
ung trouble. My Christmas dinner
,,7 1 .* quarter of a pound of aalt
■">-1 a few hard tack."
. . ^°fb«a Re-elected Mayor,
to The Georgian.
Jdenta, o t , Dee. *17.—In a three-cor-
rtc * for the mayor’* office B. F.
*«r«d i
GEN. CLEMENT A. EVAN8.
Tho veteran soldier toll* of
Christmas In the trenches.
Forbes wan re-elected by a large ma
jority. over J. M. Kelly and Samuel
Carnes.
alone la no worse than rating jrssterday
morning's breakfast “* * -
supper time with a 1
of starring children.
Currier for President.
Mr. Currier, who Is president of tho At*
lanta National bank, Is slnttnj for the presi
dency, It Is said.
A reporter of Tho Georgian called aronnd
to sec him Monday morning, but he was
out.
“'his step Is being taken only after inn-
. dell horn tlon,'" ho Is said to have mu Id,
In Justification of the proposed Amalga
mated Association of Confirmed and Uncon*
founded Bachelors. “We did not take the
aggressive In tbla matter. We felt nblo to
care for the situation singly, os we have
done these past many years, and the com
ing of leap year did not rohke us any more
fearful than was naturally to be exported.
"On good authority, however, we received
word that a determined effort wna on foot
*■' Independent Or*
Ualds, and that
was Imperative
JH organise nnt*
Ignl
nation na tills was sure to be.
"Hence the association. As for myself
personally. I have been through enough leap
years to lie able to take care of myself
under all circumstances, but I will have to
hdinlt that certain of our local bachelora
must have protection from nn organization
with A strong backing or else they may sue-
Mr. t?urrler waa to have been asked whnt
precautionary step* he Intended to take to
protect him during the trying times of Leap
year, and It is said be was going to reply
that the "association would look after this/'
Paxon Is Willing.
F. J. Paxon, of tho firm of Davlson-Psxon-
Stokes, denied, most, vehemently that be
knew anything'of the proposed association,
J. R. NUTTING.
The insurance man ds mentioned
as a leading member of the Bach
elors.
DAN CAREY.x
The secretary-elect of the Bach
elors will take to the farm to escape
leap-year dangers.
und stated most positively that be would
not b© a member. \ r
"I am no bachelor -from choice,I’ stated
Mr. Pnxon emphatically.
"X believe. In wives and children—not too
my of cither fo* one innn. of courts. TI
mid be taken In moderation,
hi
«a..
■ *T would not May aught against •woman
kind. The rapidity, the regularity and the
consummate skill and artistic touch which
ey have shown lu hsudling my proposals
...id turning them down have Indebted mo
to them for life. The women elected me a
member of the Bachelors’ Club.
"The effort on tho part of these weaklings
to get strong, confirmed bnchelors to back
* L - _„ e alM)Ut to t rJe< |
and dcserrlug of
All 1 ask Is a tun-mlnute start, a clear
field, nrnl no Interference, and I'll* promise
to retreat lu perfect order without the nld
of a bugle call to tell mo when to beglu.
"Tell me, though, honestly, why are
women?"
1 Csrev Stands Firm.
Ban Carey, the mnyor’s secretary, la slat
ed as secretary of the Amalgamated Amo
elation of Confirmed and L neon founded
Bachelors, Limited.
"Whnt precautionary atepa will you take
to retain your bold on the single life?" Dan
was naked.
"Whnt stepa?" repeated Dan. "The lock
step, * — *
l>i)U
Any __ __ „
ubd damnation aftsrffan
sver! And'then never
Deputy Sheriff l)an Perkerson Is n mighty
bravo man and hs has never been known
to show the white feather, even when
storlug Into tho business end of a 44-ealIber
revolver.
Aud that la the reason there was soma
consternation when the deputy hurried Into
the sheriff's office recently with a hunted
look lu his eye, a fsce hs pale as death
nnd flopping himself into a chair heaved n
sigh that made tho clock tower on the court
bouse sway like a bell buoy In a storm at
sea,
"Beep shot at. Dan?" aaked Ifeputr Sher
iff Shropshire with some concern; But Mr.
Perkerson only gazed ont the window and
vouchsafed no reply.
"Maybe a prisoner got away," suggested
Colonel Thomas.
"Or ho may have seen a 'hant,'" volun
teered Deputy Sheriff Tye.
'Missed all around," anawered Mr. Per-
FRED J. PAXON.
This bachelor say* the women
elected him against hln will.
Plan to Repel Attack
From Army of Fair
Amazons.
[ilenco that sealed his mouth. "But listen.
R have Just heard some appalling news;
news that inode the very cartridges In my
pistol rattle like loose window panes on n
wintry night. Next year Is Loop Year, the
Itlme when a bachelor's life Is made a living
torment, for the danger df the matrimonial
yoke la more to be feared than eartbqnnkes,
llfence and audden death. I had.forgot-
.. .. .Juntll some one told me a few minutes
ago, and I have neglected the usnal safe
guards until 1 IYhi II Is too
By HOWARD D. WEAVER.
Snntr. Clans, In so fur us the Chinese
contingent vt Atlanta's population is con
cerned, will arrive In Atlanta next Satur
day night, Jk>cemht*r ,21. and the following
day’ (Sunday) will be Christmas dny for the
Americanized citizens from the Oriental
empire. i
Tho difference In the dates between the
Aiuerlrnu nud the Chinese Christmas Is due
to the vnguries of the Chinese caleudilr.
which none hut i» Chinaman cun explain and
then In such a manlier that the average
American Is nuzzled in trying to keep tne
explanation right aide up lu his mind.
Christmas U looked upon by the Chluniuun
as n decidedly AineiJean institution, and
although he celebrates the day, he does It
largely ont of courtesy -to the race upoi
whose land he wakes Ids home, and tool,
j he celebrates It according to bis owrt cal
endar ntxl without reference to the date
celebrated by Ills American brother.
With a view to fiudlug out lu what man
ner the Chinese lu Atlanta Intend to cele
brate Christum.”- of the present year a re
porter set about Jo secure Interviews from
two or three typical representatives of the
race. Luckily two of the best Informed nud
more intelligent of the Chinese population
were found nt the same place, a laundry on
West Mitchell street. These were Li
Woo and Chew Wey.
Lum's Lingo Not Lucid.
Now Luni Is a better linguist than Chew,
but he frequently gets his English mixed
with the mother tongue and when talking
with a representative of a different race oc
caatonally forgets himself and rattles off
Chinese lingo by the yard until his listener
flies the distress sign...
Chew makes fi<> boast of his English-
speaking qualification* nnd frankly admits
that he "no understand" when one,uses
words for which he knows no Chinese'sym
bol.
But out* of the compound of Chines# and
English which Ltim nnd Chgw dished out
the reporter gained the following Informa
tion of tho Cbluatunn's idea of Christmas
and Incidentally discovered that In tho estb
motion of the average Chinaman the Amerl*
then
the Chinese In Atlanta will celebrate Christ-
tuns on Sunday. December 23. i
When naked If the day was made to come
on Huuday for convenience and In order that
the Chinaman would not l>e forced to lose a
to Luni and Chew.
Christmas December 22.
Both understood the question nnd there
w wna a hurried consultation Into which the
and“the deputy*sberilTw»niTback IntoU**P° r ter >na not allowed to participate.
bis sett with a groan of despair. ^’ rK *•*•**-•"— **-•—•»—
Perkerson Is Worritd.
Now, Mr. Perkersou has weathered tho
storms of fifty and three winters and tho
charms of the -fairest women have never
yet succeeded In enticing him from the
pleasures of a bachelor's life. Furthermore,
he dreads the thought of "double teaming"'
worse than a burnt child dreads the fire.
"Wear a mask, Dan," suggested Mr.
Goldsmith. .. _ .
"Mask, the devil," exclaimed Mr. Perker
son. as he brought bis fist down on the
table with n hung. "What does a womau
who wants to^marry care nlmut a mask Juat
■o there's a man lieblnd it?" ' t
“Quite true," murmured Mr. Goldsmith,
aa he resumed bla writing.
"By Jove, 1 know what 111 do, ex
claimed Mr. Perkerson, and ua the feasi
bility of the Idea grow npou him his face
became Illumined with a glow like that cast
by tho northern lights. "I'll get leave of
Daence for a year and go off to the swamps
• ' ntHt**-
vouiq commit himself.
“What are you golug to do
lay?" waa the next questlgi
Both Lam anil Chew can
taneously with tho answer that they would
eat a little more thou usual, might hare
Chlneso tobacco aud talk.
"Whnt la the Chlneae> word for Christ
mas?" the Chinamen were naked;
It sounded like Lum said' "Kwong Tong."
but when the reporter tried to pronounce It
that way Luin shook his bend. Then Chew
tried It nnd gavovlt up. When naked to
»* • "*\bo<5k.L
to the reporter he, too.
.thing on Christmas day?" they were
asked.
"Chinaman ho no tlnk much abont Moll-
can Christmas," answered Lura. "He cele*
Urate 'cause Mcllcun celebrate, but he hare
no big times. New Year’s day Chinaman
have biggest time. He get permit from city
to shoot firecracker, one hundred, two,
three hundred. Have heap feast and eat
Chinese cake, chicken, turkey, duck nnd pig
and all meet and have big times."
And Lum and Chew laughed a merry,
musical Chinese laugh ns they thought or
the 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 dny comes?" Lum was
asked.
"O, Chinaman he give little presents to
bis Mellcan friends lilr** ten, tnhnrco and
silk handkerchiefs. That's all; he uo havo'
any big times like N>n Year. He Juat k«ep
on working and make money alloe game; no
close up lahndry nnd smoke and eat and
have big time llko .Melleans."
When naked whnt day the Chinamen back
(n the empire celebrate aa corresponding to
the American Christmas, both Lum and
Chew had forgotten, nnd although they ran
sacked the place to find some scrap of In
formation, they had to give It op. They
kuew, however, whnt the custom Is and
when questioned about It, Lum said:
"Everybody has good time then. Nobody
do any work—Just cat aud talk. Hlch man
Ibe give something to poor man nnd when
one Chinaman uo have anything 'nother
Chinaman whnt have plen
something nnd make him
r feel good."
—_ jen Lum rambled off Into a discussion
of other Chinese customs which were
took his departure.
"Christmas do velly wen, canon ont L.un»
as the door was aliont to close, "but Chinn-
man have heap bigger times New Year."
ATLANTA’S GREEK COLONY
CELEBRA TES ITS CHRISTMAS,
THIRTEEN DAYS AFTER OURS
to the Bltur—ilreth first
SHHRl r#*nl, -bnt i
bbvit! A ltd then Barer lx.lti!'
anti If that wou't work I'll gel Cupulu tnln
to rive me n eulte of room# for a year In
tbe county Jail. Ob, foollab women, tbmi
»rt foiled attain.'' t ..... .
7 sheriff tv hi,tied a bar
J.aft ll.blnd," anti alxued
bla application for maiuberablp In tbe u.w-
clatlon.
Captain Monaghan Unafraid.
■Whet are you (olnr to do to avoid the
onslaught of the weaker yet more deter
mined sex during I^su year*''
t'aptnlii John Monainan, assistant to So
lictor Hill, of the suttcrlor court, turned I
his big arm chair nnd with a audio of ant-
sfiudlun gazed complacently Into tho eyee
of his questioner. i. . \ ,
‘•What am I going to do?" hs repeated.
'.Nothing, absolutely notblnr, except sit
stonily anil not rock tbe boat. During II
tire years more than half a century that
that I am Ini-
, A woman who
would want to utarry me would be sent to
the asylum without a trial. I have no
f e * rl1 -" 1 . ...
"Why didn't yon ever, marry, cmptnln?
ventured the reporter, aa be moved toward
"1 never felt like I wanted to h, talked
to death." responded Captain Monaghan. "I
preferred n more peaceful end."
Alderman A. L. Curtin haa the dla-
tlnrtlon of being the only bachelor
member of the general council, al
though the other twenty-three m»m-
bera of the council hold
tif be one without glory.
The alderman, llko Mr. Paxon, Is not
at all proud of his bachelordom.
"There la no happlneea," the alder
man la aald to have nald on one occa-
alon. “like the happlneea one gathers In
the confines of a well-regulated home.
What la Christmas without a wife and
children?”
"What step* will you take to retain
your ho)d on the bachelor life?" the al.
derman la said to have been aaked, to
which he Is eaid to have replied:
■My office le on the comer of For-
•yth and Mitchell etreeta. I am gen
tle a* a lamb, will stand without hitch
ing and any lady can drive me. Can
travel a* well In double a* In single
harness. Open to bids from all the
world.”
WILL DIVE, HANDCUFFED,
INTO RIVER FROM BRIDGE
flow would you like to dive luto tbe Chat
tanooga river ou a day like thla? It would
he bad enough In a bathing suit, wouldn't
Rut how would you like to take thu
dive, your bands looked In cloae-fittiug hand
ruff*, your feet roannoJod with steel chains?
That la whnt Hrlndngtour proposfa to do.
Atlanta police officers say they will watch
him do It Wednesday morning and see that
he Is taken out of the water—Brindamoor
or bis eorpae. They are rather Indifferent,
for he has already shown them that their
handcuffs nnd their steel cages in the police
station are not proof against hla art.
Brltulmnour Is an adept In the arlence of
Jnll-breaklng. He gave bla first porfortn-
ancc nt the Orpbetim Monday night, nnd
showed local detectives that be could get
bia wrists out of modern handcuffs na easily
as the nvernge man slips out of bis coat,
lie slipped out of n locked steel cell also,
but the police were still skeptical.
"It's dll a trick," they nald. t "He bos a
fuke cell nnd ail that sort of 'thing. Let
him come down on Decatur street nnd we'll
show him n cell he can't escape from."
Brindumour accepted tbe challenge.
I'll get .out of any ••ell you lock me In,”
And what’s more. I'll show
„ «t wr *
notice. Listen.
he retorted. „ - - £
you a stunt that will make you sit up snd
fm
to the surface with my wrists and feet out
of tho shackles aud bring 'em back to you.
Does tlut look, good, eh?"
| A CHRISTMAS CAROL,
j (and a Postscript.)
By WEX JONES.
Old Scrooge won a hard man nnd too fond
of a dollar to throw It sway or give It away
Keveral members of the department have' to •*>*«<* one who might not treat It so kind-
agreed to nccouipnny Brlndnumur to tbe ly. Ills wife knew him too well to ask him
rlv*‘r and watch his attempt. Of course n | ‘ ‘ '* '
Ik)it t will be In readiness to pick rip the
Jail-breaker If he fulls to runke good hts nt-
tempt ut shaking off the cuffs and coming
to tbe surface. It Is a bold feat, thla diving
from a high bridge Into an lev river, but
Brindninour Inuglm as he says lie Is willing
to try It.
“Its not the first time," he said, "and
I’m willing to take the chance."
Brindumour made n lilt at the Orphean
Monday night, where he wriggled out of
several pairs of hnudeuffH placed on him by
local detectives, hml escaped from u steel
r * M -JJJ ^frotn naciuig Ih!x I’wbbiow. the stenographer, and tommy.
S? Jkf-SKiSKV JR t*e M l office l»oy, werh all In mortal dread of
tiv in L !tro«'ttnrp • K^rooge, a ml the way they worked when
fnrnNh tnnil^vho will ntaildVv s^ml» b< * wa§ 1,1 ,bt ‘ °ff |ff o was a wonder. Mpeekte,
fHm / ha* h«■' nn "tiwiRfini-o in LeHInJ MthoUgh he Just adored MI«S IVScUloW
see tba^ be has no assistance In (u^r evgfl cast a look In her direction
for money, and the lived a dull life In a
shabby little house In town, figuring In tbe
Erie Joke book. Mrs. Scrooge waa really a
frivolous disposition and had a secret long
ing for Manhattan, Jewels nnd tine raiment,
but Scrooge was such that she bad never
dared even to hint for a dollar upon which
to frivol.
In hts office Scrooge waa regarded by bis
POPE JOACHIM.
Head of Greek Orthodox churdb,
who rules from Constantinople.
gave the boy a dollar bill.
When Scrooge entered the office he no
ticed for tbe first time that Miss I’eachblow
was really pretty. “Remarkably pretty,"
he said to himself, "and tbe best stenogra
pher I ever had."
Miss Peachblow." he called, "and tbe
stenographer wondered what had gone
wrong.
"Yon're bad a hard year’s work," he
aald, "and you're the Iwst stenographer I
ever knew. 1 wish you'd taka this )50
and two weeks’ vacation."
You should have seen bow prettily Miss
Peachblow blushed. But she took tbe bill
nnd beat It rapidly, almost as If she feared
her luck might change. Scrooge grew glow-
ler than ever.
“Speckle," he, cried, thrusting another
hill into the hand of tbe dntnfounded clerk,
"take this. And If you show up In thli
office before New Year's I'll—I'll punch
rour head." Speckle wna even more com
/used than Miss Peachblow. But be took
the bill and beat It rapidly.
"Tommy, here's ten dollar*. Have a good
time and 1 wish you a merry Christmas."
You should bsve seen Tommy disappear.
111.11 was Rliuui un INI ■ u«-u ■ I'h'E BUU
sparkled like LOOO.OOO candles.
“For you, my -dear," said Scrooge when
be got home.
'Oob! f ~
.ind s_- _ ..
Scrooge felt so happy.
"And I think w«rH „
York after Christmas, he said. And you
I lf yon hml to spend forty dny* in fearing
—living on nothing but vegetables, a few
oysters, crabs, shrimp, etc.—before you felt
Justified In rcleliratlng tho Christmas boll
flays according to your religious belief,
wouldn’t you feel like chucking the wholu t
. thing overboard and discarding all kinds of
, celebration?
Well, that Is tbe kind of proposition tli*
I Greek, far from his beloved Athens, Is up
■ against In Atlanta, aud, as to that matter,
•any wctlon of the world In which tlm':
, ('hrlstinns holidays happen to find litm. For
I the orthodox Greek approaches the sacred •
• holidays not like the modern American— ,
i with much* Jollification, shooting of fin -
■ crackers, loud snd bibulous conversation
'and other extarnnl evidences of phjAatl
and mental exhilaration—^but with due prep-
1 nratlnn for the proper celebration of Mho
moat memorable event In the hlntory of
man.
In addition to strict adherence to tbfc rub*
that lie shall not cat any mrnt of any. nnl*
nrnl which walks iiimui the enrth or flies lu
the nil dnrlng forty flays preceding Christ-
tuns, the Greek on Christmas dny must
take the holy communion, and If there N
anything In his life that should not be there
he must coufess It to the priest and be
cleansed.
Thirteen Days Late.
The Grecian Christmas, according to the
Gregorian calendar, comes exactly thirteen
days after the tiny celebrated by the Ameri
can people, nr on January 7.
At 12 o’clock on the nlgnt of the day pre
ceding the Grechin Christmas nil tho proplo
are expected to assemble at tho church***,
where religions services are conducted l»v
the priests until the hour of 6 o'clock In
the morning. After five hours of religious
worship they return to their homes pre-
pared to celebrate ths dny In proper style.
Tho celebration of Christmas dny among
the Greeks, both In America, and In their
native land, differs little from the ceb bni
tlon In which the American Indulges. Thera
Is na exchange of presents, considerable
feasting after tbe long fast of forty days,
nnd a general abandonment to tho oppor
tunity of having a good time. The Greek
recognises no Hants Claus, although the lit
tle children are given presents ID
tlon to the ability fo the parent
j>ropor-
bouse in New
1 IJ* 1
** k- — a ~ ^
i the loo)k In Mrs. Herooge’s
•Tnever knew what the Christmas spirit
employees with about as much affection ns ra, ! n " l t “H Hcroo **»
the Bussinn for tbe official at the othe-' And be J UBt flow*®-
dire off tbe bridge that way. and I’ll coma dentlal building.
(very pleasant office, but Bcrooge’c work
PILES CURED IN 8 TO 14 DAYS. cYc’o3S , ’miSa™ rt " ,,IJ ^ ,D ' 5
PAZO OINTMENT la guaranteed to I ——
cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleed* I It waa a couple of days before Christmas
lng or Protruding Pile# In • to 14 dava. that Hcroogc underwent, his sodden and
or money refunded. 50c. marvelous change. I don’t koow Just what
. j altera Scrooges’ characters, but I think this
Scrooge had had a couple of unaccustomed
cocktails und a small l*oy, begging u *
the thin disguise of selling postals,
mlnd*-<l him that It wss near (’bristu
"Bless ray soul." exclaimed Hcroogt
glow of benevolence slightly tinged
uli-.hoL "Bless my soul, so It Is.” A
OPERA GLASSES.
mond. and,
Just did a_ _
from poodle pupa to touring
the office. It’s the worst condi
worst conducted In town.
Mis r
eft
a bit afraid of the, old man and I think
‘ JH(R99It fltw*
any
him
for ns much as they can. I expect to a
a nu arnun or inc oiu man aim
he’s robbing him. Hcrooge’a basin
elate doesn't call him "Old Gran
more, but "Easy Mark." and t h«*>
bankruptcy
day.
”, , A PLEASANT SMOKER
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Greek Colony In Atlanta *| 0
"We have no celebration whatever on
that day," o^ld Teter Louis, a Greek who
has made hla home In Atlantn for several
years. "My people celebrate Christmas
thirteen daya after the Americans, nnd
while we may give presents fo our Ameri
can friends on that day, it means nothing
to us na a race.
"On our Christmas day wo nlao give pres
ents to each other and spend the day in vie
It Ing our friends. In Atlantn Christmas
does not mean much to tbe Geek because
the community la not large enough, it Is
customary for us to clo*» up our places of
business and have a good time, but hero w»
can not do It because there nro not enough
of us.* In the old country they have very
good tlmoo,"
The Greeks In Atlnnta, however, will
carry ont their nccuatometl religious pro
gram, tbe directions tor which they receive
from Pope Joachim, h*»ad of the Grecian
orthodox church, located at Constantinople.
As Is characteristic of most foreign races.
New Year’s day la tho greater holiday
among tbe Greeks, the New Year begin
ning seven days after their Christmas, lu
the old country It Is characterised by much
hilarity and both old and young alike give
themselves to pleasure.
"Nobody works on that day/* said Peter
I.ouls, "but everybody takes a day off sod
has a good time. It la a superstldee
among the old people that If you work on
New Year’s flay you will have to work
•very day In the year, an.i «.> uobody work*.
On that day tbe children are given prsaenta
aud*each family makes a big cske In which
pieces of'silver ara placed. The one who
gets tbe piece of stiver Is considered lucky
and he will hate good fortune during the
year."
A Fortunate Texan.
Mr. E. W. Ooodloe, of 107 St. Louto
I street. Dallas, Tex., says: "In the past
! yaXr a have become acquainted with
nr. ttff> New Life Pills, and no laxa
tive X ever before tried so effectually
<!i>pos.-« "f iii.U mi and biliousness."
They don't grind nor gripe. 2(c, at aU
drug stores.