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iidLE ATLANTA (iLOUirlAN FRIDAY, LLCLJiiiLli «, BMi. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN JOHN TCMflE GKAVIS. Uit$r. F. 1. StElY. Publisher. Published Every Afternoon (Except figndey) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY, At 3 Writ Alabama St.. Atlanta. On. Subicription Rates. nree aiootne iy Carrier. Per Week 1P smltli &'jrhonip*>e. adtertlatne f rep resentative* (or tII. territory outside of Georgia. Office Trllione PM*. j a&fS&t&SSttrS&BS i wwvse Atlanta MOL lea (1b. •Igned. though icauon *u him to A09 words In i. It Is Imperative that they he I. as an evidence of good faith, i the names will be withheld If •e THE GKOROIAX print* no unclean or objectionable advertising. Neither does It print whisky or any Honor ada. owue Ita waterworks. Other cltlee do this and got caa as low na 60 centa. with a profit to the city. Thta should he clone at once. The Georgina be lieve* that If atrect railway* can bo operated successfully hy European cities, as they are. there Is no good reason why they cannot bo to operated here. But we do not believe tbla can he done now, and It may be some years before we arc ready for ao big an un dertaking. HtJI) Atlanta should set Ilf fact in tbit direction NOW. The Last Rally of the Polioy Holders. The noon hour of December the }8th li the last day on which ImllotH can be received In Now York to CX‘ L proas the choices of the policy holder, for the officers and director# In the New York Life anil' Mutual insurj r ancc companies, whoso campaign for ■ Election la now In progress. Up to thin time about 40 per cent of the policy holders In those com panies, have voted. ' The International Policy Holders] Committee has without funds, except thoso furnished by Itsolf, inn do a dill ■ gent and laudable personal canvass of the policy holders, and on the other hand the insurance companies r it Is alleged, have converted and or- gatftxM ‘over 20.000 agents and other emplayees to a vast campaign com mltteo for the. ticket nccoptnblo to the present management of these great companies. With such men as Richard Olney, George Gray, Russell Conwell, Charles Kmory Smith, Henjamin Tracy, the governors of six states, twenty con freumcn, members of the house of lords' snd parliament, and many other , inen of largo business affairs that constitute the policy holders' committee. It la Impossible to Im agine that this Itofty could be animat ed by any selfish or ulterior motive or anything beyond the best Interests of the Individual policy holders In those great companies.. These men are working to reorgan lzo these great and potential com- linnlea under the beat possible men and the wisest possible methods for Tim welfare of the stockholders In the future. It becomes then a matter of very great consideration to llie stock holders that each Individual holder of stock should cast a ballot before the 18th of December. The Charleston News ami Courier in commenting upon this election Is rF'sponalble for the statement that liollcy holders who have given their promise to the agents of the New York Life, and the New York Mutual Life Insurance Companies, have the right under the law to recall tholr proxies and to vote whatever ticket they prefer. If they have only given tholr proxies and not voted tholr ticket they can yet vote In tholr own immc If they choose, for any ticket which their Judgment may prefer. - The matter Is one of extraordinary importance and every individual pol icy bolder should realize It and oast bis Intelligent ballot for the host man according to his choice. THE TREASON CP THOSE WHO OPPOSE MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. What an abject reflection, upon popular government is that which makes the first and principal argument of those who oppose the doctrine of municipal ownership. Whatever the varied forms In which their objections run, tbs gist and fundamental-ref their protests always revolve around the proposition that the government cannot manage public utilities without graft, without political corruption, without the formation of political machines, and tHat It cannot do so effectively at any time. Behind this stands the argument expressed and Implied that private corporations can and do accomplish these things. This argument Is In Itself a reflection upon popular government in the country In which wo live. It is an aspersion upon the capacity of the people to rule. It Is a mild form of treason to the form of government under which we live. The best refutation of this argument may perhaps be found In the demoli tion of its second proposition, that private corporations can conduct and control public utilities perfectly where the government will fall to do so. And, to answer this argument, one has only to cite the facts of the presr cut day. Olio has only to call attention to the picture of the meat trusts reeking with barbaric cruellies and corruption In the West; to the coal trust's cruel mid extortionate demands upon a freezing people, and to the loo trust equally remorseless In Its unwarranted reach In the torrid sum mer after the hard earned dollars of the poor. One has only to recall the Insurance scundals In which money Is appropriated and prostituted to politi cal partisanship In the bunds of trusted officials; and as a crowning evidence of failure one has only to point to the American railway system, reeling and staggering under the weight of a public patronage which has been long anil slowly growing, and whose culmination ought to have found any prudent IxHly of executives prepared and equipped to meet it. The argument against municipal' ownership that the government Is Inca pable of managing these public utilities, lias In Itgelf a species of treason to our system of government and an attack upon the Democratic party. The wholq government Is founded upon the democratic Idea. Democracy means the rule of the iieople, and democracy In - Its existence and In its spirit ImplleB not only the right but the capacity of the people to rule them selves. Therefore to attack tho capacity of the people to rule themselves or to govern commodities nud utilities of individual life, Is an aoporalon upon tho government and a weakness of faith In democratic Institutions. It la In fact a usurpation of the authority of government for private mono|x>lles to assumo' direction of these great public utilities. If popular government has been In any sense a failure In this country li Is purely and simply because Its functions have been so greatly Usurped hy private raonoiiolists In the control and direction of tho great public utilities which belong to the people. And |ho best way to restore the government lo Its democratic form and purpose and lo perfect its functions Is to put Into tho hands ot the people through their chosen ngents and officials the control and direction of those general Interests and those great public utilities and commodities which wrap so closely nround the |>cople‘s lives, happiness and prosperity. In point of fact the people under favorable conditions have never failed lo demonstrate their capacity to manage qnd control the Interests which were nearest lo them. If at any time there has been a failure or a weaken ing along these linos, it has only needed the stir and quickening of the pub lic conscii-nco and the public Interest by the public press to arouse tholr representatives to u full nnd capable discharge of their duties. Tliehe Is one shining And Irrefutable evidence of the people's capacity to manage these affairs which answers completely and nlways and every where the skeptical, doubtful and hypocritical apprehension of tbo monopo lists who profit by private control. Tho distribution of letters and packages and newspapers through the mall la the postoffleo department Is one of the greatest and most vital utilities that concern the life of any people. And yet the faot stands out crystal clear that this great public utility of the ninll service as managed hy the government Is today the most perfect, the most blameless, tho least criticised, and hy all odds the most economically conducted department of the American government. Uncle Sam's malls are all right. Thoro is not In tho wldo world n Iwtter system or a more i>erfect department of governmental or of Individual control of a public utility than this. And If the government la this great Interest can cdntrol nnd direct so perfectly the-workings of a^rqat public interest. It Is an unanswerable argu ment to prove that It can do so In every other Instance In which tho responsi bility Is laid ti|xm its representatives. . Tho posteffice department Is tho one Insurmountable argument of logic and of fnct which confronts and confounds the opiiononls of municipal nnd govern- montaj ownership. , Moreover, all human development is progressive. Whatever Is ltn|>erfect In ourselves and In our government today makes the problem for tho future to correct and to solve. The defects of our government ami of our system arc tho chief cohconi of statesmen; publicists, the press, tho pulpit, tho bar and tho represantattves of the people nro all engaged In perfecting popular govern ment and bringing. It .to Its high estato of completeness everywhere. Municipal ownership Is only one of the many problems which enlist tho Judgment attd patriotism of the future. Americans, Republicans, Democrats, believers In popular nud representa tive government cannot lie faithful to the Ideals nnd to the spirit of our Institu tions If they fail to fall In lino with the plan of putting all of our public utilities nud commodities Into the control of tho |>eoplo through the public reii- reaentatlves, whom It Is their duty to uppluud when right, to correct, when wrong, and to regulate at all times by tlielr ballots and by their brains. from a county of prejudice to a county of Impartial consideration. This, too, at present Is a privilege enjoyed only by the'criminal and not by the state. In point ot tact under our present laws every advantage within the scope of tho law is given to the criminal. The opportunities are hla, the balances of advantage are all with the criminal, and the state, which represents society and good men and good women. Is af a total inequality with the vilest criminal In the matter of securing even and Inexorable Justice. The coming Sabbath Is given over to the ministers ot Atlanta. It Is the pulpit's day and the press has no desire either to anticipate the voice of the pulpit or to dictate Ita utterances. But we do make bold to say that If our Christian ministers in their well-meaning efforts to advance the civilization of the times, would do a wise thing, they wilt not fall to agitate for these reforms which will ex pedite the processes of the law and establish the state upon'a basis of equality with the criminal In the trial of capital offenses. All of which is respectfully submitted to the preacber-publlclsts who will occupy the center of the stage In the morning hour of the coming dabbath day. MR. HEARST CAN DO WITHOUT THEM. The statement la made from New York that Messrs. Norman E. Mack and Chairman Connors, of the Democratic state committee, have turned their backs upon William* R. Hearat and will henceforward oppose him in New York politics. - This Information Is neither Important nor especially Interesting. It has been the custom of these men and of other men of their type always to deny a defeated candidate whenever he la for a moment under the ban of the ballot, and to rally with servile promptness to his banner whenever his cause seems to be once more In the ascendant. Messrs. Mack and Connors were cot willing supporters of Hearst In the last campaign, but were whipped trembling Into llne,oeblhd his can didacy because It furnished their political organization the only possible hope of escaping third place In the state campaign and of being deprived of the patronago which belonged to the second party In New York politics. Men llko Messrs Mack and Connora are given to remembering no obli gations and to forgetting all benefits, both to themselves and to their party. An Illustration In part of the policy which these men purBue was given in tho Urj-an reception In New York during the last week of August. Either by appointment or by assumption, in charge of this reception, these gen tlemen went to work nnd appointed on the committee to wejeonie Mr. Bryan, many men throughout the country who had been either his treasona ble friends or his malignant enemies, and In many cases omitted those who had been the loyal and unflinching adherents of the great Commoner of Ne braska. In many Instances these omissions were so flagrant that public opinion demanded a correction and the substitution of Mr. Bryan's friends Instead of his enemies. Jn the case of tho editor of . The Georgian himself this omission was perpetrated until the editor In full realization of his consistent and loyal friendship fob Mr. Bryan did not hestttate, both by word of pen and through the Ups of a friend, to protest against the un gracious and Illogical selection of the committee. It may be said, however, to the credit of these gentlemen that In this instance they promptly corrected these mistakes when called to their at tention, and illustrated the fact that their choice was one of Ignorance rather than malicious disregard of the proprieties and amenities of political affairs. Whenever Air. Hearst needs the support of Messrs. Mack and Connors in New York, he is likely to he In possession of the power which will enable him easily to secure It. And If he should see lit to go into the race without their cordial sup port it Is quite likely that his success will not be materially affected by tho defection of either of them. NTO HEARTS OF The very Interesting announcement made that Rev. Crawford Jackson. chair man of the Georgia Juvenile Reformatory committee, will In* married to Mlaa Cora B. Coi. of Greensboro, N. C„ on Thursday, December, at 4:30 o’clock In the afternoon Id tho parlor of the Weat Market Street Methodist church. Greensboro. _ ^ Mlaa Cox la the daughter of Rer. and Mr*. J. 8. Cox. of Greenaboro, and. like Mr. Jnckaon, la deeply Intereated In the juvenile reformatory work. It was while visiting Greenaboro on thla work that Mr. Jackson met Mlaa Cox, and the romance be- I fan. Tbe affair soon ripened Into genuine ove. nnd la now followed by the announce- of tho approaching wedding. -..-a Cox la a member of the Hoclety ot Friend*, or a “Quaker.” nud the paator of her church, aided by a Methodlat mlniater. will perform the ceremony. Immediately f tfter their marriage they will come to At- anta to reside, and on the crenlue of De cember 28 a reception will be held at the a recen r» Jaeki eon In College Park. SEABOARD TO ISSUE $18,011,000 OF BONDS Part of Money Received Prom Sale To Be Used in Development. I GOSSIP Depcar la dapper cnoiyth tu suggest his belief that he has been forgotten. It Is Just as well to keep Cap Joy- ner busy. When left without employ ment he la perfectly wretched as a loafer. There Is nothing truer than the proposition that reaction Is equal to action. Note the pendulum swing of public sentiment In the case of the Rawlins brothers. * The president is undoubtedly the I - ad of his cabinet household. There are some great* men In that political group- Root and. Taft at least are giants, and to dominate such a cabinet lifts Roosevelt up pretty near to the i i-toric level of Lincoln, who was not overshadowed liy Charles Sumner and l l.ad Stevens, and Seward. THE PREACHERS’ OPPORTUNITY NEXT SUNDAY. It Is announced by ex-Governor Northeu, president of tho Business Men's Gospel Union, that on the coming Sunday every pulpit In the city of Atlanta will thunder an appeal for the supremacy of the Ins- nnd the establish ment of order In our Southern civilization. Tho Georgian will await with great Interest and expectaucy the nature and the form of these expressions. It is In the ;>ower of the pulpit, ns an agency of civilization, to do something (much In fact) toward tho creation of public-opinion along whole some and effective lines. If these npiienls which the ministers of the city ate to make on Sab bath morning shall take a comprehensive and n comprehending line, they may accomplish much good nnd istlnt public opinion to n direction In which It can lie brought to bear upon a wholesome and necessary reform of our criminal law. The menace In most public discussions with general participants Is the danger of overdoing things. It apiiears to The Georgian that the necessity Is past for any very ex tended comment upon lynch luw. or tt|ion the events of the last two months. I’ttbllc opinion along this line Ims settled Into a very well recog nized channel, and It Is pretty well established that we are to have no more lynelilngs in the state, at least for a long iwriod of experiment. It is also very much to Ik> ho|ied that If the pulpit shall give Its time to the dis cussion of lynch law, It will, not fnil lo give even more time to the denuncia tion of the crime which has always produced lynch law. Beyond this phase of the question there Is room both In the press nnd the pulpit for the creation of a wholesome nud essential spirit of re form In tht criminal laws of onr country. A wise and incorruptible Jurist of this city said on yesterday to tho editor of The Georgln'n that we are al most in a state of niiarehy In some of our relations to law and order In this country. This same gentleman made the astonishing statement that no man worth $5,000 had been hung for murder or for any other capital crime within the present generation, and ho went on to pay that the financial ca- imcity to hire legal talent- of the highest order was equivalent almost to a guarantee of escape from the commission of murder and the other capital of fenses in the cotie. What this country needs Is a Reneral amusement In favor of the main tenance of law ami order and a vindication of the majesty of our statutes against criminals rich aud poor. There are two things which an aroused public opinion can help mightily to establish into a reform of our criminal law. First of these it should lie made possible for the slate to ask for a new trial In cases where the law .and the evidence have been violated by Juries and wln-re. unusual conditions have prejudiced the verdict of the panel In the box. At tbe present time It Is only the criminal who can ask for a now trial, and If he la turned loose under any condition or pretext or wave of prejudice, he Is exempt from any further trial to the esd of time. The state should have nn equal right. * There should lie further than this, a reform of the criminal law by which the state as well ns the criminal can have the privilege of changing the location of a trial and of removing the hearing of a criminal offense w THE ENGINES By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. (Copyright. 1906, by American-Journal-Examiner.) HEX wo read In tong, or story, of the herocH crowned with glory, Who have fought In famous battles of the past, We are prone to sit d^wn sighing, for the heroism dying From the world of men with whom our lot Is cast. And we sorrow for our Nation, cursed with soft degeneration Aa It follows down the path the Romans trod. _ When no mighty purpose thrills it, when but lust for riches tills It, It has lost the great creative spark of God. 'Twos but yesterday one doubted men had courage still, and flouted At unselfishness, “Mint vague, unmeaning word;’’ Then there came a sound like thunder and the doubter saw his blunder. 'Twns the passing of the Engines that we heard! For.they broke upon our quiet *.;1th a mad and reckless riot, Aud they shattered all tho silence Into sound. How the engines hissed and spattered, how the flying horses clattered, As their iron hoofs sped by us with a bound! And the men with knightly bearing, on to smoke and battle faring, Heemed Ilka heroes of an age of war and strife. For they boldly courted danger, aiding foe and friend, nnd stranger. With tho courage *tlmt outweighs the love of life. Facing flame nnd falling ember, not a man paused to remember Home, and wife, and little children, left behind. Rushing In through smoke and cinder, not one selfish fear could hinder Or drive duty from the throne room of hi * mind. There was some one yonder calling; and though mighty beams were falling And the smoke was like a raging devil’s breath. Still without one moment's waiting, or a second's hesitating, On they leaped, nnd wrenched a human life from death! “Nay, true courage has not vanished, nor has Time nil heroes ban ished," Spake the doubter, with concession at the last. "In this dally scone of Duty lies unselfishness and beauty.’* And he *jnod with head uncovered as they passed. Baltimore. Md„ Dec. 7.—Holder/* ot the stock and voting trust certificates of the Seaboard Air Line railway have received notification of the plan of the company to issue $18,000,000 of 5 per cent bonds. The bonds are to be se cured by a* mortgage or deed of trust, and collateral trust agreement cohering the property of the dbmpany and such securities ns the directors may deem advisable, and are to be due onr Febru ary 1, 1937. It Is proposed to use the bonds In paying off the three-yeays fives due next Alai ch nnrl taking up the notes of the company, ns well as to provide for future development of the property. A meeting of the stock and voting trust certificate holders has been called for January 10, 1907, to voto on the plan. It Is projKhsed to Issue early next year $7,300,000 of the bonds and the holders of the stock and voting trust Certifi cates of the .Seaboard Air Line are to lmve the right of subscribing to the new Issue at 90 and Interest to the ex tent of 12 per cent of their holdings. IMMIGRATION NEEDS CONCERTED ACTION Colonel .V. F. Thompson, of Chattanooga, called upon Secretary Cooper, cft the cham ber' of commerce, Tuesday, to discuss tho recent Immigration meeting held In the 1'ledmont. with a view toward getting ideas and necking to aecure the co-open» flow of tho local organisation. rolonet Thompson Is editor of The Trades man, nnd Is thoroughly acquainted with thla subject. He la of the opinion that concertlve-action Is absolutely essential to success. lie attended ft meeting of the ex ecutive committee of tho Southern Immigra tion mid Industrial Association, nt which time the policy was adopted to eliminate friction wherever possible. DR. HUBBARD TALKS TO HIGH SCHOOL BOYS Dr. Wllllnm G. Hubbard, vice-president of the Amcrlciin Peace Society, delivered very Interesting nud Instructive address to the studeuta of the Hoys' High School Thursday morning. Dr. Hubbard's subject was "Arbitration Rather Tlunt War as a Means of Settling Disputes ot Nations," and. although ho had ontend with the deafening roar of the heavy rain falling outside, lie was given the closest Attention. v Dr. Hubbard Is a minister of splendid ability and a speaker of great force. Ho was a college elaaatnate of Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks. Resides his connec tion with the peace society. Dr. Hubbard Is genera! Mipcrliitendcnt of the American Unllwny Literary Union for the suppression of pernicious literature. Tue studeuta of the High School elected Dr. Hubbard an honorary member of their debating society. NATURE’S BAROMETER. Is peculiarly sensitive to atmospheric eondl- l$e .iously. the twigs mu'l leaves per form curious movements, each of which has Its definite meteorological significance. By the nh! of these movements the expert chii prognosticate tho weather with remark able iits-uracy. It Is nssorted that weather forecasts can lx; made from two to seven days ahead of raiu or fog, the area , „ Jays ahead. Hitch a plant would be n bo<tu Iii every home. No household would be complete without one. Every one would be a meteorological expert, aud the government’s weather bureau would " useless. . to know when to wear a raincoat or to carry an um brella, and not have to depend on the va« gnrlcs of the professional forecasters. The weather bureau reports are often ns confus ing as n cryptogram. Here is a sample weather report: "Rain or snow, fair or colder, with rising or falling barometer; light southeasterly winds or heavy -prevail ing winds from the northwetf, followed by a warm spell or xero temperature.’’ To the uninitiated auch n report Is misleading. The more one studies It the less one knows. It Is confusing as n lawyer’s brief with Its Interminable and Intolerable partlee of tlie j first part and parties of the second part. Its wherefore* and Its therefore* and Itsj dejKiru'tit# and Its aforesaid*. The barotne-' ter plant, however, will drive the profes sional foreeaater out of business and life will become more tolerable for the ordi nary mnu who »ltuply wants to he weather- wise enough to know when to wear goloshes and carrv nn umbrella against the rain. The barometer plant will give him the desired Information.—Rochester Poat-Kxpreas. BITTING BULL USES PHONE. company. also. He put down the instrument finally nud fur hours was even more gloomy than usual, nt Inst beginning to talk to himself, something very rare for the Indhtn. Asked 'If ho was dissatisfied With Ids neconintoda- lions or If there was anything they could do for him, be broke forth at hist: "No, I’ui finished. It’s all right when the «* h, *e man’s plaything talks '« language, but when it li red man’s tongue It Is believed In the ___ oldent Is fairly well known, that this talk over the telephone between the two Indians hail n considerable Influence In shortening the Indian tram.—Ilouafon Herald. CHALLENGE TO DUTY. To the Editor of The Georgian: I call your Attention as a citizen to the fearful need of paint on some of our bridges and viaducts. I«ook at Peters street viaduct. After the paint cornea off Iron and steel decay worse than wood does. Air. Editor, what Is the use In erecting these structures If our council hasn’t got enough fore thought to keep them thoroughly paint ed? This neglect seems strong*. TAX-PAYER. EXCELLENT REPORT IS SHOWN FOR YEAR Iii a report of the Central Juvenile Protectory, recently made, tjie'auditing committee states that Treasurer W. It. Hammond -has a balance of $40u oil hand. The total receipts from Febru ary 1, 1906, lo November 30, 1906, amounted to $4,961. Over f*0 cities were visited during the year hy the Rev. Crawford Jackson, in the interest fit the establishment of a juvenile re formatory. .TOE GLENN LEAVES AFTER IIIS ACQUITTAL Attorneys of Joe Glenn, the negro who was tried for alleged criminal as sault on Airs. J. X. Camp, have not heard from the negro since a short time after the trial, nnd are making a search for him. Glenn was given a ticket to Columbia. Ala., Just after his acquittal nnd a tecoiutnenUatlon to a farmer nt that place. He has never presented the recommendation and his thereabout* Is unknown. "Ye*. my son." "How much ‘dough’ doe* It take to make ft bank rollV*—Yonkers Statesman. "John. I'm afraid our Jitmuie Is asso ciating with bad boys." "Why so?’’ Hike] tbe father. w him spit twice through uting all ary pie*. Mr. Jubb—Well, I d n* don't die in the version of the Sitting Bull telephone atory. Hitting Bull had be»*n captured by the United State* troop* and waa held in close i M**iger. confinement. Ho also was another obstrep erous Indian held In confinement at a post "Officer, it 1* about lOu miles away. The officer In charge man waa so drunk when you . of Kitting Bull had been chasing tbe In-: np that he could not tell hi* own name, ilhius for two month* snd was wonderingj Is that no?" what he would do with the captlre. In an' "It Is not. sir. He told me that hi* tu Inspired moment he decided to arrange] was Xorvsl, sir, and be also Informed ... an Interview between the two Indian* over | that his father U lu the sb«vp basilic** lu tbe tel#phone. After the necessary ringing the tlrur ‘ *’ * '* *“ up Sitting llfill was asked If Ur cared to Journal. THIS DATE IN HISTORY. By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER. Nen- York; D,c. ■ 7.—We have . had man and superman.' now why not the super-auto? Anyhow, J’ve discovered it ai the automobile ahow In Grand Central palace. Not only the Llmoulnoe and the touring can at’the show come in for attention, but close inspection is given the commercial motor vehicles. In this class Is the real monster of the ahow, a MOO-pound American truck, oper ated by a four-cylinder gasoline engine of 35-horse power. Solid rubber -7-Inch tires envelop wheels 118 inches between centers. The truck Is of the sectional side stake type, with platform 12 feet by 5 feet. Change speed gear Is of the planetarv type and the drive Is by heavy side chains. There Is a suggestion of the locomotive In the design of the operat. Ing levers and the running board. William B. Leeds, who purchased Rough Point, Newport, from Mr. anti Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbilt for about $509,000, has arranged to Improve tiie place extensively. No matter how women elsewhere may favor the round skirt that doe# not touch the pavement, many fashiona ble dames In Washington stick to the form of garment that makes a street sweeper's Job a sinecure. Almost all the tailor gownv seen In Washington since congress convened have trains. Mrs. Metcalf, one of the most charm ingly gowned women In the city, has a brown velvet gown trimmed In gold thread, w ith a long coat Opening over a waistcoat of white lace. Mrs. Taft wears balck cloth of a similar cut, with a soft silk bodice. Mrs. McDonald McLain, president general of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution, Is Tn Washington for special board meetings. General nnd Mrs. John C. Black have Issued invitations for the marriage of their daughter, Miss Helen Black, and Captain Stephen Abbott, U. 8. A., De cember 27. Going away, dragging a figurative kite s tall composed of the Initial letters of the various societies to which he belongs and the degrees he ‘possesses. Count Victor Glclschen, lieutenant col onel In tho British army, will leave a large gap In Washington. Count Victor was at the forefront of eligible bachelors. He Is barely 10. nnd Is good looking. He Is a cousin of tile kaiser and King ICdward waa hie god father. Ho found himself In danger ot breaking down under the strain of so cial festivities and so he asked to he relieved of his duties In Washington. A reasonable compensation for the discomfort of seasickness Is reckoned by Mrs. Rlwka Hclietn, of Omaha, Nebr., at $1,060. She has sued the North Ger man Lloyd Steamship Company for that amount, alleging that the ship In which she was brought from Bremen to New York a year ago behaved ■<> badly that she was made seasick and has not been well since. Mrs. Sehrln’s petition alleges that her husband engaged passage for he# on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Urossc, paying $61.25 for transportation from Bremen to St. Louiq. The steamship compan', however, failed, to get notice to her at her homo In Russia In time for her to reach the ship before It sailed. 8!i" waa given pussage on the Chemnitz, a much slower and Inferior ship. So far as known, Margaret Si. Bill ings, daughter of Captain W. L. How ard. of New Haven, will be the only American woman present at tho Ber lin court on January 18. It Is possllbt . however, that Grace McMillan Jarvis, grand-daughter of Senator McMillan, will be presented. She Is now the guest in Berlin of Baroness Von Ket- teller, widow of the German dlplomst who was killed by the Boxers In Di king. \ in reference to presentations, It may be mentioned for tho first tlfne that Ambassador Tower last January was overruled by the state department re garding the presentation of «3thi‘l daughter of H. Wlnthrop Barnes, of New York. Mr. Barnes applied to Mr. Tower In the ordinary way to secure a presentation. Mr. Tower refuocd on the ground that he did . not know Mr. Barnes or any thing about him. Mr. Baines then wrote Indignantly to the stato depart ment and urged his case so successful ly that the department ordered Mr. Tower to make the presentation and It was done. It was noticed that Miss Barnes was never Invited to any subsequent couti functions, it Is .almost the Invariable custom to extend such Invitations to young ladles who have been presented at court. It Is understood that .Mr. Barnes Is now on the warpath In Amer ica, to obtain redress for the wrong which ho believes was done him nnd his daughter. Surely there will be a rush of women to hear Anatole France, when he lec tures In Washington on the Invitation of the Alliance Francalse. That de sire to hear him will be based not so much on tho fdet that lie Is one,of the most charmingly graceful and Imagi native of modern French writers as on the I'li'cumstnncc that he will talk on such Interesting topics as "IIow to Dress Well," "The Kthlcs of Fine Ap parel,” "Feminine Dress, tdodem and Ancient" and 'The, Culture of Dress. ' Women who are Interested In the lec ture are working to make It a success. Among them are Mme. Jussuroad. nife of the French ambassador; Mrs. Roose velt, Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Dewey. GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM. DECEMBER 7. 1777— BattL* of CbNtlBt Hit!, l’a. 1915— Ex^utlon of Afarslinl NVjr. 1839—General Hir Ualvm lloury lluller lH»rn. 1S67—Resolution of JuilMarjr <‘ommlttre to ttnp^arli ITrsl«l«’iit Johnson voted down In the house—102 to 57. 1875— Hteamahlp Deutschland wrecked on the Galloper Hands: fifty lives loaf. 1891—lAi*py. Mfe murdere, electrocuted at Netherlands over caused severance A/t diplomatic rela tion*. 1»2-Ex-Hpeaker Thomas • B. Reed died. Korn October 18. 1835. ljsq-It.nl lirwik lu mnrfcft ruusc#) |$artlj i,j ntracks «hi Auialgauuted Copper lir Thomas W. I.aw*o*i, a Boston stock broker. New York. Dec. 7.—Here are some of the visitors in New Y’ork today: ATLANTA-A. S. Redding. Mrs. C. Row* n, J. I!. Ilrowue. l\ W. fox nml YV. T. Gentry. ✓ IN WASHINGTON. WuHhlngton. Doc. 7.—^Visitors here today Include: GEORGIA—Edward H. Barnes. Atlanta: John t’oaU, Coltnnhn*; oawell It. Ere, i Maurice Walton. A. Blackshear. U. E. Al len. William M. Dunbar, E. F. Y’erderj* August^. A THEORY. i By Ella Anglin Verne.) Let tbe growling moan of winds tbit blow Enrage the troubled spirit; It Is Choir dying breath. The greatest and the smallest of the "ebb and flow"— That hnre one spark of merit— Are all averse to Death. J. Lee Barnes. J. I-ee Barnes, manager of the Ara gon hotel, ha* been appointed vice (rrestdent for Georgia of tbe Hotel Men’* Mutual Benefit ANsoclatlon; .* He U one of the beat-known hotel men of the South and the honor conferred upon him is a signal one.