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NAY, SAYS JOEL, WHEN THE MOTORMEN ASK FOR AN INCREASE OF PAY. The Plea of Enormous Additional Expense in Putting up Some New Engines and Dynamos, for Exposition Travel, Punctured By An Expert- In all of their numerous official state ments to the public, Mr. Hurt and his associates in the management of the Con solidated Street Car Company have strangely omitted to mention the fact that something over a month ago their em ployees petitioned for an audience to dis cuss the question of wages. This information was not obtained from any of the directors of the Consoli dated, but it is vouched for by all of the motermen and conductors of the system. As the story goes, about twenty of the oldest employees of the company met at the request of all of the men employed by the Consolidated and drafted a respectful petition for an audience. They did not ask for a raise, but merely for an oppor tunity to talk the matter over. The men are now paid twelve cents an hour, and they have all been given to understand that the shifts will hereafter be ten hours each in order to break in the extra help which will be needed dur ing the three months of the fair. Pres. Hurt, so the men say, made short work of the document. He sent back word declining the audience on the ground that an increase of wages was utterly out of the question, and hence it would be futile to discuss the point. The reasons advanced in this connection were about on the same line as the argument for 10-cent fares—namely, the enormous increase in expense in preparing for the Exposition. One of the points which has been especially insisted on in this connection is the purchase of additional dynamos to increase the electric plant and furnish more power to haul the enormous crowds. A prominent electrician of Atlanta, in conversation with The Looking Glass this week, let in a flood of light on this subject. “Although not generally known,” he said, “it is nevertheless a fact, that the larger portion of the current used for propelling the Consolidated cars is not even now generated by their own plant, but is bought from the Georgia Electric Company. All of the cars on the south side of the city draw their motive power from this latter source, and when the Company’s plant breaks down, as is not infrequently the the case, the entire sys tem is run from the Georgia Company’s power house. “Therefore, the improvements on which Mr. Hurt has laid so much stress, I mean the new engines and dynamos, are far from being merely for Exposition pur poses, but are enlarged facilities that the plant has needed since its erection. The saving in money over what is now being paid the Georgia Electric Company for current used, would more than justify the expense of installing the new machinery outside of the prospective increase in traffic. As a flat business proposition, it would stand to reason that if the Georgia Company are making money from their dealings with the Consolidated, as they undoubtly are, it would certainly pay the street car people to increase their own plant, and pay for its cost with the rental previously paid the other Company. “As far as the dynamos and engines are concerned, the plea that they are merely for temporary accommodations is silly and preposterous. It is a thousand to one that after the Exposition, Mr. Hurt will not take out the new machinery and return to purchasing his power from the Electric Light Co.” A COMPARISON. Other Laundries, one shirt, ten washing. Troy Laundry, one shirt, forty washing. Same price per washing at all. Moral: Have your washing done by the Troy Laundry, cor. Forsyth and Wal ton sts., and save 75 per cent in money and gain treble wear from shirt. A WELL DRESSED MAN. Dress, its fit, its finish, its fabric, its style are what go to mold public opinion, and a favorable first impression is inval uable to all men, therefore careful atten tion should be paid to detail, it is what ■- - . -- • - ■ ■ 1 r P MISS LUZY-GARTRELL McCASLAN. The Atlanta vocalist who will make her debut on the stage during Exposition. differentuates the well dressed from the man that is expensively clothed. A. H. Cooper, the tailor, keeps these points always in view, and when you wear one of his suits (which cost vastly less than those of other tailors) you are alwavs sure of having everything just right. His rooms are at N. Broad St. THOSE SCHOOL SHOES. Expressions of praise on all sides: “Most elegant,” “Substantial and cheap,” “Lovely,” “Best I’ve ever seen,” and numerous others of like nature, are what is heard regarding those school shoes sold by the Bloodworth Shoe Co ,of 14 White hall street. Send your child to us, we will fit it as carefully as we would you; also come yourself, we can suit you. We have Gasoline, Kerosene, Naptha line, Benzine, Coaline, Parafine and Ner vine. Johnson & Brotherton, 40 S. Broad St. Callon M. A. Toote at 144 Marietta. The Stock Exchange Saloon keeps the best. The Looking Glass NO SASSIETY CIRCUS. THE LADIES WOULDN’T WEAR TIGHTS OR PEDDLE RED LEMONADE. So the Scheme Was Reluctantly Abandoned-Atlanta Not Quite Rapid Enough For an Enterprise That Made a Big Hit in Sister Cities Up North. Death notices are always sad. In the very nature of the thing it could not be otherwise, and it is one of the depressing features of journalism, that these melan choly souvenirs of mortality must inevit ably claim a place amidst the bright and cheerful chronicle of the passing show. It is the painful duty of The Looking Glass, today, to announce a demise that will carry wide spread grief and lamenta- tion to the fairest flowers of our own 400. The sassiety circus is no more. It is dead, defunct, non est, kerflumixed and aus ke-spielt. It has emulated the grace ful woodbine and ascended the spout. Indeed, this tender little protege of Atlanta’s charmed and charming circle may be said to have died a-borning. Ten days ago grave fears were enter tained that it would never survive the cold, cold frost which it encountered from a heartless and inappreciative public, and this week it gasped its last gasp, rolled up its little eyes and kicked the bucket. No coroner’s jury was summoned to investigate the sombre mystery of its taking off, or to discover whether there were powder burns in its back hair. The fact is, it died of neglect. The debonair financier who was to have acted as ring master, countermanded his order for an eighteen-foot whip and sent in his resig nation, just after he saw his picture in The Looking Glass of week-before- last. He realized by his counterfeit pre sentment that his presence would destroy the vraisonblance of a circus and give the affair the complexion of a beauty show, so he begged to be declined, and many of the more timid amateurs followed in the wake of his deflection. From that time on it became evident that the circus was doomed. The original intenrion was to have a bevy of pretty girls dressed as vivandieres, who would sell the red lemonade and peddle prize packages among the audience. They were relied upon as one of the main attractions of the show, but when the 400 was polled for volunteers nobody res ponded. “Good gracious!” exclaimed one debutante, holding up her hands in holy horror, “Mercy on us ! Why, I wouldn’t make such a guy of myself if the whole exposition went to smash !” This was the prevalent sentiment. In Chicago, Buffalo, Los Angelos, Detroit, and other places, society ladies not only acted as “peanut butchers” but put on tights and helped along the ring per formance. No such devotion was dis cernable in Atlanta, and while everybody admitted that it was a splendid idea, and ought to win a lot of money, nobody was willing to jump through a hoop or ride a bare-back horse. The consequence was that the performance was restricted actually to male performers, which, all hands conceded, would not do at all. Such was the result of a final meeting this week of those interested in the project, and by common consent the circus was allowed to flicker out. Thus ends the most spectacular of the exposition schemes. SENSIBLE LAD, THIS. Small boy—Mama take me to Miss Cogswell’s. Indulgent Mama—What for, son ? S. B.—l want my finger nails barbe cued. I.M. —You mean manacured, dear. You may go, for Miss Cogswell does the best work in the city. DON’T BE WOOZY but join the Atlanta Dressing Club, and always look neat, tidy. 7% N. Broad St. OSTRICH FEATHERS, Cleaned, Curled and Dyed. Hats Dyed and Re-shaped. Latest styles in Millinery. Mrs. B. C. Frye, 116 Marietta st. Sweet Water Park Hotel, Lithia Springs, Ga., $lO to S2O per week. Shortest distance. Less railroad fare. Hungry man, in a hurry Swift waiter, no flurry, Good food, small bill audeaux, Man satisfied at Vignaux. Respess Co. Copper etchers, 2 S. Broad. Cass We place on sale to-day our entire stock of Ladies’ Finest Vici Kid Hand Sewed, Patent Leather Trimmed Oxford Ties that have sold freely all the Season at $2.00 to $3.00. Last Call, $1.50 a Pair. 160 Men’s Finest black and brown Derbys. Dunlap and Importei English makes—worth $4.00. Last Call, 98e Each. TAYLOR & GALPHIN, 238 AND 240 MARIETTA ST. 5