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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 •vlth I EEI! Medicated Cigarettes—CIgur and 1 bo'Drug Stores 5c. 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.