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YULETIDE GAYETIES WITH
WASHINGTON’S SOCIAL SET
Tahe the Place of General Entertaining Until
After the Holidays.
Washington. Dec. 24.—Yuletide fes
tivities of a family nature engrossed
Washington this week. ,to the exclu
sion of general entertaining. The sea
son of “Peace on earth, good will to
men” pertains especially to the home
circle, and all over the land families
are gathering to enjoy it together. The
President and Mrs. Roosevelt omit
ted their usual mid-week dinner party
and musicale and will do no
more formal entertaining until after
Christmas. Miss Alice Roosevelt has
been spending a few days in Boston
with her grandmother, and went to
New York for the coming-out party
of her cousin, Miss Robinson, which
took place at the St. Regis Thursday
evening. She is now at home.
There will be no Christmas tree in
the White House, the Roosevelt cus
tom of exchanging gifts being to pile
them upon the library table for distri
bution upon Christmas morning, the
honored head of the house enacting
the role of Santa Claus, assisted by
the youngest boy. Christmas gifts to
the President and his family have been
arriving by every train from all parts
of the country, and express wagons
have been rattling up to the White
House door and discharging their mer
ry freight.
Fairbanks* nimo.
Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks are hap
py in a reunited family this week. Sev
eral days ago they were joined by two
of their four sons, Richard and Rob
ert, who are senior and freshman, re
spectively, at Yale. Frederick Fair
banks came from Indianapolis, where
he is now reading law, and will remain
with, his parents through the holiday
week. Their only daughter, Mrs. Tim
mons, whose husband, Ensign Tim
mons, has been ordered to the Kear
sarge, will spend the winter here.
The Vice President-elect and his very
amiable wife opened their seasons' en
tertaining last week by a dinner com
pany of twenty-four, at which the
Speaker of the House was the guest
of honor. They gave another dinner
party on Monday, and will continue
them at weekly intervals.
Mrs Fairbanks, who has been twice
called out of town during the past few
weeks, has not yet resumed her week
ly receptions, but will do so on Jan. 29.
As everybody knows, she has been
president of the National Society of
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution for two terms, but will retire
from that office in April. The Daugh
ters now number upwards of 40,000,
with chapters in every state in the
Union, and is the largest and wealthi
est womans’ organization in the world:
and the credit of much of its increased
growth and popularity is universally
ascribed to Mrs. Fairbanks' firm yet
gentle regime.
Mi** Morton’* Debut.
Miss Pauline Morton, daughter of
the Secretary of the Navy, and the
only debutante in the cabinet circle,
was formally presented to society
last week, when she and her mother
received the very cordial greetings of
hundreds of friends, they have made
during their short residence in Wash
ington. The crowds that filled the
house and blocked the streets with
their carriages, made the receiving
hours from 4 to 7, far too short. The
first drawing room, where Mrs. and
Miss Morton stood, was decorated with
quantities of American Beauty roses,
and in the large music room beyond
was arranged a multitude of bouquets
and baskets of orchids, violets, lilies,
roses and other choicest products of
the greenhouse. Cards attached to
these floral offerings represented not
only the entire administration circle
and Washington society generally, but
many Chicago and Western friends of
the family, as well as still more dis
tant admirers of the debutante and her
parents. Miss Morton wore a charm
ing gown of soft white liberty satin,
the round skirt trimmed with three
deep ruffles each embroidered in white
silk, the bodice and elbow sleeves
also richly embroidered. She carried
a cluster of orchids, and lilies of the
valley. Mrs. Morton, who looks but
little older than her daughter was be
comingly gowned in white lace over
white taffeta. In the big dining room,
which was abloom with pink roses.
Miss Cannon poured . chocolate and
Miss Williams tea, the former wearing
lißht blue crepe de chine, with garni
ture of Duchess lace, the other lady
gowned in Irish lace over white silk.
Win n Drill in nt Gathering.
Among the guests were nearly all
her father’s associates in the cabinet,
the Supreme Court, and the diplomatic
circle—gray haired men and elderly
women, the Chinese minister and his
young daughter both in the quaint
robes of the Flowery Land, nearly
the entire Senate and House, as well
as all the younger set in smart so
ciety.
Following the reception about sixty
of the younger guests, men and wom
en, remained to an 8 o’clock supper
which was served at small tables;
and after the supper came a dance.
Miss Morton is a very pretty girl,
with a round, laughing face, pink and
white complexion, and light fluffy hair.
She was a good student in school days
and has traveled more than most girls
at her age, both in this country and
abroad.
One can hardly believe that hand
some Mrs. Morton has a married
daughter, Mrs. William G/ Potter,
whose husband is a mining engineer
at present, living in Mexico. In an
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other year the Secretary and Mrs.
Morton can celebrate their silver wed
ding.
Mrs. Morton dresses with elegance
and exquisite taste. She and her hus
band have long been most hospitable
in their Chicago home, and are earry
ing on the same habit in Washington.
Besides the regular receptions and
numerous teas, luncheons and other
entertainments, they are giving a ser
j ies of weekly dinners, each of about
twenty covers. At the first of these
dinners Speaker Cannon and his
daughter were the guests of honor
and the new pink rose. “Killarney,”
was profusely used in the decorating,
for the first time in-Washington. At
present the Mortons have as house
guests, Mrs. J. R. Moran of Chicago,
an aunt of Mrs. Morton, who will be
joined by Mr. Moran and their son
Lowell for Christmas. Miss Hobson,
of Boston, is another guest for the
holidays.
\V lutt a White House Invitation
Means.
-An invitation from the White House,
you know, is equivalent to a command
and supersedes all previous engage
ments. An example of this rule of royal
courts and rather inconsistent with
our vaunted “Republican simplicity,”
was observed last week. In the round
of handsome entertainments which have
been given in honor of the new Secre
tary of the Navy and his wife was an
elegant and costly dinner to be given
by a leader in resident society. Mag
nificent preparations were made, the
guests bidden two weeks in advance,
and the floral decorations ordered—
when, at literally the eleventh hour,
the invitations had to be recalled be
cause Mr. and Mrs. Morton were ask
ed informally to dine at the White
House on the evening of the dinner,
and afterwards to accompany Mrs.
Roosevelt to the opera.
The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire,
his sister, Lady Howard, and her
traveling companion, Miss Hughes, are
coming over from New York to spend
Christmas at the Leiter home—the mar
riage of the Earl and Miss Leitei* to
take place two days later. Mr. Lionel
Guest and Mr. Ivan Hay have ar
rived from England to attend the
wedding. Mr. Guest is a son of Lord
Wimborne, and a brother to the young
Englishman who was best man to his
cousin, the Duke of Marlborough, when
he married Consuelo Vanderbilt. Mr.
Hay is the youngest son of the Earl
of Errol, a very young dukelet, being
under twenty years of age.
Tlie Xeivlni!ds-Yon Breilon Engnge
meut.
The engagement of Miss Francis
Newlands, youngest daughter of the
Senator from Nevada, to Lieut. Leopold
von Bredon, of the German army, will
add another to the long list of Ameri
can women to be found in every capital
of Europe. It also takes another large
fortune to foreign soil. Lieut. Bredon
was formally attached to the German
legation here, but is now an officer of
the Cuirassier Regiment of the Guards,
stationed in Berlin. Miss Newlands
made her debut some three or four
years ago after completing a course
in the Columbian University in this
city, and enjoying exceptional advan
tages of education and travel abroad.
She is a brilliant conversationalist, and
like her sister, Mrs. William B. John
son of this city, has inherited a large
fortune from her late mother, who was
Miss Sharon, of California. The mar
riage of Miss Edith Newlands to Mr.
Charles Johnson took place in April.
1903, and was followed three months
later by that of Miss Janet Newlands
to Dr. William B. Johnson, the two
bridegrooms being brothers.
Coalite** CanHinl’n Entertainment*.
The Countess Cassini! who has not
been mingling much in society since
her return to Washington late in the
autumn, gave her first entertainment
last week in the form of a small tea,
to introduce the wife of the new Sec
retary of the Netherlands legation,
Baroness Van Tuyell. The young Rus
sian Countess has adopted semi-mourn
ing in deference to the reverses of wtar
suffered by her country. In the street
she is generally seen dressed entirely in
black from top to toe. Yesterday, how
ever, the sombre garb was somewhat
lightened by gray furs over her long
black coat and a single long white
plume in her large black poke bon
net.
The Grant* at Governor’* Inland.
Gen. and Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant
have concluded their Washington visit,
and are already settled on Governor’s
Island—one of the social landmarks of
New York. They are to entertain Mrs.
Grant’s sister, Mrs. Potter Palmer,
during the holidays. Mr. Palmer has
t’aken a house in London for the com
ing season, where she will have as her
guests the Prince and Princess Can
tacuzine —the latter formaliy Miss Julia
Grant. The Cantacuzines, who make
their home in Paris during a part of
t'ach year, are now the parents of two
handsome children—a boy born a year
after their marriage and a baby
daughter.
Mrs. Lee, wife of Representative
elect Gordan Lee, of Georgia, who has
been quite ill since her arrival in Wash
ington. is convalescent, to the Joy of
her friends.
—Baron Von Riedel, who has just
resigned the portfolio of Minister of
Finance In the Bavarian government,
has held it for twenty-seven years,
which is thought to be without pre
cedent. He is now in his 73d year and
retires for that reason only. He has
forty-seven years of government serv
ice behind him.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. DECEMBER 25. 1004
DORCHESTER.
(Continued from Opposite Page.)
Christmas for Valdosta to visit rela
tives.
Mr. Abial Winn is spending Christ
mas with his mother, Mrs. A. F. Winn.
The Christmas tree given for the
teachers and scholars of the Dorches
ter Presbyterian Sunday-school was a
great success. With the assistance and
management of Maj. W. J. Waite, a
beautiful and appropriate programme
was rendered. Miss Annie M. Mallard
presided at the organ.
Mr. C. L. Maxwell spent a day at
Mr. W. M. Stevens’ this week.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Ga., Dec. 24.—A recep
tion was given last evening by Mr.
Pembroke Pope in honor of the “Bowl
ing Club.” Besides the regular mem
bers of this social organization, there
were present several of the young
ladies who are at home from college
for the holidays.
Miss Mary Fortson arrived Tuesday
from Athens, where she h'as been at
tending Lucy Cobb. Miss Fortson will
spend a week at home and will then
leave for a visit to Savannah, as the
guest of Miss Charlton.
Miss Camilla McWhorter returned to
her home in Athens Wednesday, after
a very pleasant visit' to Miss S!ira
Vickers.
Among the young ladies who are
home from college to spend the Christ
mas holidays are: Miss Mary Fort
son, Helen Barkesdale and Emma Ir
vin. from Lucy Cobb: Misses Mary
Dillard, Maude Hill and Eliz’abeth For
rester, from Agnes Scott, and Miss
Judith Lyndon, Alma Hollenshead, Em;
ma Wootten and Katie Samuels from
Converse College.
Mrs. Willingham Wood, of Colum
bus, is expected Monday, to visit the
family of Judge and Mrs. W. H.
Toombs for several days.
Miss Annie Belle McAllister left yes
terday for Gainesville, Fla., to spend
the Christmas holidays with relatives
and friends.
STATESBORO.
Statesboro, Ga.. Dec. 24.—Mr. M. L.
Dixon of Savannah is visiting friends
and relatives in the county this week.
Misses Lessie Brannen, Agnes
Blackburn, Allie Olliff, Eva Olliff,
Birdie May Sample are all back from
college to spend the holidays with
parents and friends.
Cards are out for the marriage of
Mr. Clayton DeLoach to Mrs. Nora
Beasley to take place Dec. 28 at the
home of Mrs. Beasley on College
street.
Frank and George Groover are at
home for the holidays and will return
to college the first week of January.
Mr. Homer Lee returned from At
lanta Thursday and will spend the
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Lee on East Main street.
Claude C. Lee of Stamford, Conn.,
is visiting his mother Mrs. J. W. Wil
son on North Main street.
Mr. J. S. Kenan leaves to-day for
his horn, Brunswick, where he will
spend Xmas.
Prof, and Mrs. F. D. Seckinger are
visiting friends and relatives in Guy
ton during the holidays.
Miss Ethel Price returned to her
home in Atlanta Friday and will
spend Xmas at home.
Mrs. Dr. J. O. Strickland of Pem
broke is spending the holidays with
her parents in East Statesboro.
FITZGERALD.
Fitzgerald, Ga., Dec. 24.—Among the
young people who are home for the
holidays are the Misses Erie Killings
worth and Effie Day, from Athens, and
Mr. George Hayde from the Atlanta
Business College.
Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Russell of At
lanta are spending the holiday season
with friends here.
Mr. Albert Hatcher of Alliance, 0.,
is spending the winter here.
Mr. J. O. Sheppard Is home from a
visit to North Georgia.
Mrs. Frank Dunn has returned to
her home In Shellman after a pleasant
visit to her sister, Mrs. J. L. McCarty.
Mrs. J. L. Pittman entertained Miss
Odessa Beckham of Abbeville the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Meakin will
have as their guests during the holi
days Mrs. Meakin’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Strother, of Walhalla, S. C.
Judge Paulk and wife and. Mrs. W.
F. Paulk spent part of this week in
Macon.
Mr. and Mrs. Covin of Hogansville
will spend Christmas with their daugh
ter, Mrs. E. K. Farmer, at her beau
tiful home on Roanoke Drive.
Mrs. E. J. Dorminy will have as her
guests next week her sisters, the
Misses Campbell.
Mrs. A. B. Cook will spend the holi
days with friends and relatives at
Milledgeville.
Mrs. J. E. Turner is entertaining her
sister, Miss Dorminy, this week.
Mrs. E. T. James is visiting friends
In Macon.
Mr. Paul Price of Birmingham, Ala.,
is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Price.
BROOKLET.
Brooklet, Ga., Dec. 24.—The Etude
Music Club, under the direction of Mrs.
P. B. Lewis, gave an enjoyable re
cital last evening in the parlors of Mrs.
Morgan. The special feature was the
singing by little Miss Mamie Morgan
of "The Foolish Little Maiden.”
Miss Belle Poer, who has been vis
iting Mrs. B. E. Procter, returned to
her home in West Point, Ga., Fri
day.
Mr. Willie Cromley came home from
the Tech Thursday to spend the holi
days.
Miss Rosalie Corson of Richmond.
Va., will be the guest of Mrs. B. E.
Procter until after the holidays.
Mr. J. B. Grumpier Is at home from
the Georgia Military College for the
holidays.
Miss Mattie Cromley of Savannah
is visiting her father, Mr. J. C. Crom
ley.
The Sunday-school of the Methodist
Church will give a Christmas enter
tainment at the church Sunday night.
Mrs. J. W. Robertson and two daugh
ters of Guyton are visiting Mrs. J. N.
Shea rouse.
Miss Louise Hlater of Thomaavllle Is
visiting her brother, Walter Hlater.
Mrs. J. H. Iteldt of Savannah is the
guest of Mrs. W. O. Hlater.
OCILLA.
OcllJa. Ga.. Dee. 24 —Mr. T. M. Psulk
of this place, and Miss Rachael Whld
don were married Wednesday at the
home of the brides parents st Syca
more Miss Whlddon Is one of Worth
county's accomplished daughter*. Mr.
Paulk is a young man of sterling busi
ness integrity.
Mieses Deter WH'OS of Wesleyan.
Albo Mar ton and Lilian Ward of Mon
rue. sad Kdna Goethe of Asdrsw Fe
male are among the <rmeg* girts who
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BELMONT AND M’DONALD
FIGHTING FOR CONTROL OF
RIGHTS FOR MORE SUBWAYS.
Novel Proposition NVliloli. If Cnrrlfil
Out. Will Give tlie City Fonr Sy*-
tein* of Subway, One I!elo,v the
Other—Augntt Helmont, tlie Mo*f
Talked of Man in New York .lu*f
Now—Why a Ra pid Tran*it >1 aII in
New York 1* Necessarily a Fiiblle
Character.
New York, Dec. 24. —1 tls pretty safe
to say that, since he mixed up in New
York’s rapid transit affairs, no man
has been more steadily In the public
eye than August Belmont, who, by rea
son of his election, a few days ago, as
president of the National Civic Fed
eration, to succeed the late Senator
Hanna, has'been brought prominently
to the country's attention for the sec
ond time this year. The first time, as
everybody knows, was when he nom
inated Judge Parker In St. Louis last
summer, and later had a great deal
to do with the conduct of the Dem
ocratic side of the campaign.
Up to the time that he decided to
back financially John B. McDonald,
who had taken the contract for the
Subway without exactly knowing
where he was to secure the millions
necessary to dig it, Mr. Belmont was
chiefly known to New Yorkers as the
successor to the elder August's bank
ing and horse-racing interests. Finan
cial New York knew that he was the
controlling power in the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad system; the rest
of New York knew him as the leading
supporter of horse-racing on the vari
ous tracks about the city. Therefore,
however, much Wall street respected
Mr. Belmont's financial ability, to the
tens of thousands of New Yorkers who
earn their living outside of stocks, he
was “Augy Belmont, the racing man,”
and when the racing season ended his
name appeared only at long intervals
in the newspapers, and the public
seemed to know him no more. In fact,
up to the time that he backed Mr. Mc-
Donald, each of his brothers—O. H.
P. and Perry—was continually more in
the limelight than August.
New Yorker*' Great Problem.
But August's entrance Into the rapid
transit field changed the former status
of things completedly and Instantly.
There Is no other problem In which
New Yorkers are so vitally interested
as that of getting to and fro from
office and home. It Is their pet enig
ma. They discuss It day In and (fay
out, at the office, in the home, on the
streets, in civic gatherings, at social
gatherings, on outings—wherever and
whenever two or more New Yorkers
get together. The craze over the “Pig
in Clover” puzzle some years ago was
nothing compared to the ever-present
craze of New Yorkers to get the cor
rect solution of the “Fifteen Minutes
to Harlem" puzzle. So, when August
Belmont dame to the fore as Mr.
McDonald’s good financial fairy, he
at once took the center of the stage
and has just about kept it ever since.
Probably he had to sidestep a little
when Mrs. Chadwick came to the
fore—many a banker In Ohio and
Pittsburg Is now wishing he had side
stepped. literally. when she came
around—but not for long. New Yorkers
soon tire of Mrs. Chadwick, soon for
get about fights over United States
senatorshlps, forget the favorite of
this day or that, but they cannot now
and probably never will be 'able to
forget the rapid transit problem. They
have always had It with them; they
have it with them now In a more acute
stage than ever before, and here Is
found the reason why August Bel
mont has been uninterruptedly before
the city since the ushering In of the
century.
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J whch he has recently taken a lead
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Yorkers can't help talking and
thinking and speculation about
him.
Subway's Trouble*.
The Subway was thrown open to
the public in the middle of October;
of course. Mr. Belmont, as present
of the operating company, had to take
a leading part In the celebration. A
week or ten days later a lot of New
Yorkers began sniffing suspiciously
of the Subway air and declaring it
detrimental to health: Mr. Belmont's
name was bandied about right and
left. Then followed divers analyses
of the air, some official, more unoffi
cial, and with the publication of each
and every one out cropped the name
of August Belmont.
Then. Just as the public was tiring
somewhat of discussing Mr. Belmont
in relation to the air ho has In his
great ditch, up popped the now fa
mous advertising sign controversy,
and Mr. Belmont was heartily abused
for harboring microbe-breeding places
In the Subway and destroying the
artistic beauty of the stations. The
controversy is still on.
In the meantime the public Is busily
engaged In discussing the reasons for
Mr. McDonald’s regisution from the
directorate of Mr. Belmont’s Subway
Construction Company, bis alliance
with Mr. Belmont’s rapid transit op
ponent, the Metropolitan system, and
the probability of a gladiatorial battle
between Mr. Belmont and Mr. Mc-
Donald for future subway favors from
old Father Knickerbocker. In fact,
the preliminary skirmish In now on,
and all New York is watching eagerly
and eagerly awaiting the decision of
the umpire—the Rapid Transit Com
mission—as to which shall it be—Bel
mont or McDonald?
Mr. Belmont has certainly grown
wonderfully in municipal affairs since
the days when he was chiefly known
to the public via the newspapers as
the exponent of rabbit coursing on
Lang Island and was standing trial
therefor, charged with cruelty to ani
mals.
New Y’orker* Want More Tnnnel*.
There is no doubt that great as has
been Mr. Belmont's share In the at
tempt to solve the rapid transit puzzle,
a goodly portion of New Yorkers
would be delighted to see the tunnels
which will certainly be constructed in
the near future, driven by the interests
represented in the person of Mr. Mc-
Donald. This attitude is due largely to
three reasons.
First, that of competition. It is
argued that it would bode the city no
good to have all Its underground pas
sages between business and home con
trolled by one company. "Create
competition,” is the cry, “even though
we do i't by getting the company
which has a monopoly of the surface
lines to take hold of the prospective
tunnels.”
Second, transfers. The Metropoli
tan has explicitly promised that It will
transfer all passengers, free of charge,
from any tunnels that it may be au
thorized to drive to its surface lines,
and vice versa. There is no transfer
system between the present Subway
and the Elevated lines, both under the
control of Mr. Belmont's Interbor
ough Company.
Third, the personality of the two
men who are opposed to each other.
However Justly or unjustly, Mr. Bel
mont is looked upon by a large class
of people as being exceedingly cold,
callous to public opinion, and In pos
session of the haughty attitude that Is
assumed by many men, who, like hiin
self are born to inherit their father's
millions. Personally, I do not fully
agree with these critics. Mr. Bel
mont's endeavors to Improve the serv
ice on the Elevated railroads would
seem to prove that he has some re
gard for public opinion.
McDonald'* Personality.
„,° n - th , e oth f r hand, no one disputes
the fact, and every one seems to b*
aware of It. that Mr. McDonald has a
personality that takes with the public
He Is affable, exceedingly democratic
has the dry wit of a true Irishman, Is
modest to a degree, and diplomatic.
Moreover, he Is one of the common
people; he Inherited only the brawn
that made him a good wleffi,. r of the
pick In his early days; and he Is not
ashamed to recall the years when his
riches consisted simply of good health
and unbounded ambition to make
something of himself. When he broke
ground for the Subway In front of
City Hall, he remarked to the stalely
commissioners and leading citizens
about him, as he swung the pick with
the dexterity of an expert over his
shoulder: "Gentlemen, to the manner
born!"
Mr. McDonald, In the great contest
that Is now on for underground New
York seems to have the best of It as
far as the good will of the public Is
concerned, in personality and In trans
fers. Then, too, everybody knows
that he is the man who dug the pres
ent Subway—did the actual work on it
—and he was made aware of the fact
on the opening day that everybody
knew it, when he got the lion's share
of the public applause, thereby uncon
sciously causing some of his colleagues’
hearts to burn.
It remains to be seen whether Mr.
Belmont can overcome this rather
formidable handicap by the induce
ments, in the shape of remuneration
to the city, that he is undoubtedly pre
paring to offer in return for under
ground franchise plums.
Art Society’* Plan.
So many subway propositions and
recommendations are continually be
ing made by this construction com
pany and that civic organization that
it is difficult to give every one equal
prominence with another. Hence, it
happened that when the Municipal Art
Society, the other day, made its rec
ommendations to the Rapid Transit
Commission they received but little
attention In public print. This was
unfortunate, as the recommendations
are among the most novel yet made,
and, while seemingly converging on
the proposterous to the uninitiated In
metropolitan rapid transit affairs,
foreshadow a state that experts de
clare will come in some shape sooner
or later.
The society, after petitioning that
no more franchises for subways be
ECKSTEIN’S
TO (H R NUMEROUS FRIENDS AND PATRONS WE EX
TEND OUR REST WISHES FOR
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
This Store Remains Closed All Day Monday.
TUESDAY MORNING our sale begins.
WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS IN EACH AND EV
ERY DEPARTMENT. ALL RROKKN LOTS OF EVERY KIND
WK CLOSE OUT AT BARGAIN PRICES, AND WE MEAN TO
UTILIZE THIS WEEK'S SALE TO CLOSE OUT ALL ODDS
AND ENDS THAT HAVE ACCUMULATED DURING OUR
HOLIDAY RUSH. . , .ajG.
REMNANTS.
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SILKS, HLACK GOODS, COLORED DRESS GOODS, FLAN
NELS, LININGS, WHITE GOODS, LINENS. FLANNELETTES,
EIDERDOWN, PERCALES, GINGHAMS, PRINTS, PLEACH
ED SHIRTINGS AND SHEETINGS. ANY AND EVERY
REMNANT IN THE HOUSE AT YOUR OWN PRICE.
OUR READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT OFFERS SUCH
LOW PRICES THAT *;
A 25 Per Cent. Discount
AS OFFERED IN SOME STORES, SINKS INTO INSIGNIFI
CANCE, IN COMPARING VALUES.
Ladies’ Tailor-made Suits,
Skirts, Coats and Waists,
SILK PETTICOATS, BATINE PETTICOATS, CHILDREN’S
COATS, INFANTS’CLOAKS, SILK CAPS, MUSLIN UNDER
WEAR, WOOL UNDERWEAR, LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S
SWEATERS, ALL OF THAT STRICTLY FIRST - CLASS
QUALITY THAT WE ARE NOTED FOR SELLING.
A SPECIAL CUT IN PRICE THIS WEEK IN ALL OUR
HOUSE FURNISHINGS, PLANKETS, COM FORT A B L E 8,
RUGS, ART SQUARES, PORTIERES, TABLE COVERS, ALSO
LACE AND FRILLED CURTAINS.
I
OT’R PRICES THIS WEEK
WILL SURPRISE AND PLEASE YOU.
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO.
13 and 15 Broughton Street, West.
granted until a plan, looking toward
co-ordination among all present and
future systems, Is definitely decided
upon, makes these suggestions:
All north and south highways should
be set aside for subways immediate
ly below the street level, such as the
present one.
Right under these subways, at a
forty-foot level, construct transverse
subways and moving sidewalks, and
a subway arcade as a sidewalk.
Below the sidewalks place the
Pennsylvania tunnel, and the other
great transverse tunnels that will un
doubtedly be built by the railroads,
and used by them as means of getting
Into and nut of the city. These tun
nels should be sixty feet under
ground.
Lastly, eighty feet below street
level drive the fourth layer of tun
nels and use them for express service
exclusively. The society is thoughtful
enough to suggest that these partic
ular tubes should be provided with
elavator entrances.
If any scheme approaching the rec
ommendations of the Municipal Art
Society are ever carried out, the city
will have six layers of transportation
facilities, so to speak—four under
ground, one on the surface, and one
overhead —perhaps two overhead, for
there Is much talk again of double
decking the Elevated.
Truly, New York’s rapid transit
puzzle Is its leading one. and the* men
who are trying to solve It, either
from civic pride or selfish motives,
are Just about the most constantly
talked of gentlemen on the Island.
Duane.
THE CHILDREN ONAPAN.
Ada L. A. Murcutt In the Pilgrim.
Schools exist throughout the country
and many children walk miles to avail
themselves of this opportunity of re
ceiving an education. They have plenty
of fun and amusement during their
dally walk to and from school. The
boys may be seen playing their own
special games Buch as flying a queer
concern called a kite or spinning a still
queerer thing they call a top.
The little girls while away the time
playing bean hags or some other inno
cent game indulged In by little mald
•n*
All the Japanese are nature-worship
ers. Indeed, they become such through
the teachings of their national religion.
The country children have a magnifi
cent opportunity for studying nature
for they are surrounded by one beauti
ful. natural garden. Numerous tem
ples and shrines dot the choicest spots
and to the*e the country schoolmaster
takes his little flock. He Is always
"guide, philosopher nd friend" on
these excursions and usually tells hla
eager listeners some story about the
particular god whose shrine they are
visiting.
The children behave In a most seem
ly manner during the recital and rever
ently prostrate themselves before the
deity and perforin their act of wor
ship. Then there Is a general scamper
to an adjoining lotus pond or to feed
the asrre-d carp that disport themselves
in the miniature liver within the tem
ple g found*.
There Is a succession of beautiful
blossom* and flowers throughout the
whole year *u<b as the theory and
plum biuesowa. wisteria, tots* and j
JERRY GEORGE'S
New Restaurant.
Sil|tcrb and Delicious Menu
served from 12 to 8 anil from 6
to o’clock. I Tice 35 cents.
Ladles’ tinil Gentlemen's Din
ing Room up-stairs. Parties
of from 8 to 40 served prompt
ly.
Christmas Candy
Tlie largest and finest
stock In the city.
Fancy Baskets and Boxes
Filled with the nicest candy.
Our 5-lb. French Mixture
sl.oo—For Xmas Gifts.
In our restaurant one can al
ways find Game, El*h and Oys
ter*. Lobsters, fresh and line,
are a specialty. Try our restau
rant till* Christmas day.
New Lamps
For Old Ones
Tills Is tlie season of the year
when hiiglit lights contribute
greatly to the enjoyment of the
evenings around tlie fireside. In
order that our patrons may derive
the greatest benefit from the use
of electric lights It Is necessary
that care should be taken to re
place any burned out or smoky
bulbs with new ones. We furnish
free renewals of burned out or
smoky lamps returned unbroken to
our office In the Citizens Bank
building, Drayton and Bryan sta.
Savannah Electric Cos.
TELEPHONES 300.
rhrysitnthemum. The country chil
dren love them and often In season the
tiny boy* and girl* may bo seen at
day-dawn standing around a lotus
pond waiting for the beautiful tlower#
to unfold their glorious petals.
There are numerous household duties
to be performed by the ehltdren of
both sexes who live on a farm. The
mother Is such a burden-bearer that
•he often And* it Impossible to do ail
the work that falls to her lot.
Moreover, In order that her girls
may mehe useful wives, they must be
trained to work and endure hardship
m when a t-hlld Is quit* young aha Is
taught to sew, timid th* baby a>.d work
In the Held.
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