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SECOND SECTION. The Atlanta Georgian. SECOND SECTION. VOL. 1.' NO. 203. ATLANTA, GA., , DECEMBER 1906. PRTOF. >n Atlanta TWO cents, at: On Train* KIVB CENTS. HIS GIFTS PLUS HIS COMFORT Don’t put us down as soothsayers-.- But if you are in the habit of giving ornamental and fancy things to the “man” at Christmas, he’ll be more delighted this year if you put him in closer touch with comfort. Men have a high appreciation of their own ease and comfort. Bath Robes, Smoking Jackets and Lounging Robes are practical. WtiStn Chian THE LOUNGING ROBES AND DRESSING GOWNS. Lounging Robes, made of wool blan kets; fancy figured affairs 10.00 to 17.50 Same styles in cotton 3.50 and 5.00 Dressing Gowns in two-faced goods; solid colors with plaid back and in silk Matelaise 10.00 to 22.50 SMOKING JACKETS. Smoking Jackets in solid colors, with fancy plaid backs, the plaid showing on collar, cuffs and pocket 5.00 to 12.50 Velvets and Matelaise, in Tuxedo style 18.00 SLIPPERS. Men’s House Slippers in all the new designs of leather and felt ...1.50 to 3.50 Boys’ Slippers in leather and felt 1.25 and 1.50 Dress Shoes Boyden dress shoes, button, patent leather with dull top, plain or-tip toe 7.00 MEN’S HALF HOSE. Men’s Socks in fancies ... .25c and 50c Men’s Silk Socks .1.00 to 3.00 AND THE TIES. The sort of ties you’ll be proud to give. The sort of ties he’ll be proud to wear. Ties with a price range from 50c to $5. Each tie in an artistic holiday box. Four-in-hands, French or folded. GLOVES. Men’s Gloves for dress or service. Walking Gloves; Gloves for driving and automobiling. Dress Gloves .1.00 to 2.50 Walking Gloves 1.50 and 2.00 Auto GloVcs 2.50 to 3.50 Lined Gloves 1.00 to 6.00 . HANDKERCHIEFS. Linens 15c to 75c Silks .50c to 1.25 Linen Initial 25c and 50c Silk Initials .50c Fancy Colored Handkerchiefs ... .50c MUFFLERS. Silk Mufflers; plain and fancy 1.00 to 3.00 SUSPENDERS. Silk Suspenders in individual boxes 1.00 to 5.00 Men*s Suits $15 to $40 Men’s Overcoats $15 to $5G And the Boys’ and Childrens Depart ment as rich in gifts for the Little Folks LUCIAN L. KNIGHT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND THE JEWS T HE inriebtednesti of human society to the Hebrew race In by no means restricted to the creedal doctrines of the revealed religion. If the sheer trnth must be told In Oath, this Inventory alone Is sufficient to ex haust the assets and to mortgage the affections of the whole civilized world for all time to come. Moreover, it makes the Gentile debtor to the Irael- Ite for larger supplies of richer manna than the Israelite himself ever gathered In the wilderness. Rut the history of ancient Palestine contains only the first Installment of the obligation. Resides autographing, transcribing and preserving the sacred Scriptures under divine - Inspiration, furnishing the theater for the Blbllcul drama, and supplying the ancestral homesteads from which Judaism. Chris- Runlty and Mohammedanism have ♦•merged, the Jews have galvanized the secular activities of all the four conti- hent.x, set the puce for human progress m all the diversified arts and Indus tries and multiplied the achievements of Joseph, the Hebrew, upon an hun dred Egyptian thrones. $ Whenever an extravagant statement is made or an Ignorant opinion Is en tertained, It Is only necessary to ad dress the custodian of the records. In the primal command of-the old Penta teuch: "Let there be light." To es tablish the truth of the proposition laid down there files Into the court room a host of dignified witnesses, each of whom represents a sphere of activity whoso belt Is an equator. The world of politics presents Henjumln Dis raeli, the earl of Beaconsfleld. The world of finance names Baron de Roths, child. The world of literature cites Israel Zangwlll. The world of music chants Mendelssohn. The world of philanthropy proclaims Montcffore and Hlrsch. But some one may demur that the names above mentioned are exceptional and do not lay the world under any tribute to the race at large. The fact Is admitted, but not the Inference. Shakespeare and Milton and Homer and Napoleon and Galileo and Newton and Raphael and Washington were also exceptions, but exceptions which portrayed the genius of nations and embodied the spirit of epoch*. However/ If the canvass Is too large It is only necessary to localize the urea of discussion. The law grounds furnish quite as good a field for tho study of Hebrew character as the tops of the mountains; but the change of venue may be prefaced with the statement that Jews are seldom found In dead communities. Dike the arteries of the human body, they move toward the vita! t enters. They are In no wise to be Identified with the Insects which multiply In putrefaction and fatten upon decay; and, If they are to be classed among the Insects at all, they must be assigned to the coral builders which labor neither In stagnant pools nor In noisome eddies, but which, down In the ocean solitudes, lay secure beams and lift substantial fabrics amid the very fountains of the troubled deep. It is the surest sign of wholesome life In uny community that It can boast of at least one typical descend ant of the thrifty Jacob. He registers the existence of the quickening pulse. But he comes to make the money which his presence advertises; and, without LUCIAN L. KNIGHT. Invoking any particular favor, he opens his work shop on the corner, and soon begins to flourish like the hillside ce dars of his own forest of Lebanon. In the hardest of times he ban money to lend, If not to burn; and before ho Is ready to execute his will he owns tho grocery store, the nysat market, the grog shop, the planing mill, the news paper, the hotel and the bank. But the larger towns and cities serve better the purposes of Illustration. In all the thorough-going centers the Jews are found In great multiples. They ure money makers to such an extent that tho rollcall of the whole Hebrew population can be made from the tax books. They may be shrewd In driv ing bargains, but they are open-handed In sustaining public charities, In en couraging liberal arts,- In cultivating pure morals and In patronizing whole some entertainments. The reason why others do not compete with the Jews In matters of trade may be due less to Instincts than to Ideas. Besides bearing considerably more than an average share of the burdens of government. It la an' unvarnished statement of fact that no race of peo ple on the globe are voluntarily more liberal than the Jews In autiptyrtl&f in stitutions of which they an* northern- selves the Immtdl Is by no means contribute eKher or to CJhrlstHin ch orphans now their upon the pUbHc, Instances. Tf ?hey beneffclarlen." It wm‘ them' to hospitals ther their wards rarest l Ornate* as and for the Jails ^ asylums, little business for the courts and little scandal for .the .newspapers. The women of Israel are proverbially chaste. They keep their households in order, their children In obedience and their husbands In respect. Tl\e ob servance of the Mbtfalc ‘IStfr has given the Jews remarkable Immunity from bodily ailments and afflictions. They usually enjoy good health, cheerful spirits, hearty appetites and long lives. Rascals are sometimes found among the Jews. But "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" are not more numer ous than the errant waifs which have wandered from other* folds. The Jew Is not perfect; but neither was Adam who lived before Abraham and who bequeathed the Inheritance of original sin to the entire output of his loins, without any clause of reversion or en- tallment In favor of the twelve tribes. And while the Jewa make no pretense of’following the Nazarene, they at Lust respect Him as a propltet and a teach- * or;* and many of them are practically- better Christians than those of blatant prayers .and .broad phylacteries whose false dlsclpleshlp Is worse than nomi nal, and* whoso* deceitful Ups, even while framing«the accents which profess the, faith, are printing the kisses which he-' tray, the Master. Whether tested by the carpenter's; tape-line or the chemist’s retort, tha< claims of the Hebrew race to arlsto-. cratlc distinction must be universally* *a1lbw>d.’ The tables of descent upon which tho Jews rely for proof of re-j mote antiquity reach back to the tn-i b!e» of stone which bore the Decalogue., Beside such an ancient scroll tho mostj patrician document which the OentUel can boast becomes almost plebeian. 'I^io New Englander Is satisfied if he can trace his forefathers back to tho May flower at Plymouth Rock; but tho Jew, In looking for ancestors on shipboar.J, respects neither the Western heml- (Centinusd on Page 3, First 8sction{ - f SCHOQL8 AND COLLEGES. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGER 8CHOOL8 AND COLLEGES. 8CH00L8 AND COLLEGES. 8CH00LS AND COLLEGES. 8CHOOL8 AND COLLEQE8. 8CH00L8 AND COLLEGES. The South’s Leading Military College-Pre paratory Home School. Spring Term Opens Jaeuary 7. Two able, willing young men may work their way through school. GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY, College Park (8 Miles from Atlanta). Geonria. COL. J. C. WOODWARD, A. M., Proprietor. Is Educating 100 Boys to Be Clean, Honest, Successful Men. Motto: Every Opportunity for Every Boy, Under Personal Supervision. Hall and The Ann.x. Limited to 80 boarding pupils with ten experienced, highly qualified teachers who live in the school, each teacher having under personal supervision during study at night about ten.pupils. Refined, ‘•nkured, home-life, with President’s family and teachers. Thorough preparation for any college, technical school, government academy or business life. Liberal curriculum of regular college preparatory, courses, bookkeeping, stenography, typewriting, manual training, violin and piano music, military. Special attention given to correct physical development through j-egular military drills, gymnasium work and wholesome athletics. Ideal social and spiritual environment in College Park, Atlanta’s most cultured and beautiful residence suburb. City educational advantages in lectures and churches under esc ort of teachers. Delightful climate and perfect health. Sixteen acres of the most beautiful campus, drill grounds, tennis courts and athletic fields in the South. Elegant and expensive equipment of five com- modious new buildings, modem ehemieal and physical laboratories, sanitary sewerage, electric lights, delightful private baths. Food supply best afforded by Atlanta markets, fresh rich butter and milk from school’s herd of Jerseys. Colleges accept our graduates on certificate. NOT A VACANCY LAST YEAR.