Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, May 24, 1907, Image 9

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All the Time Not a Mere Novelty for Pleasure and Fun The Victor)is a musical instrument .^ike a piano. More than a piano; it is* an orchestra if you want it; band if you want itjjpiano if you want it; voice if you! want it, and it plays itself. It brings* the talent of the great singers, players, orchestras, entertainers of every sort right to your home. You could* not get the originals even fora single fperformance for less than $100,- 000 if you get them at all. You can get them with the Victor whenever you want them and as long as you want them for a few 1 dollars payable by the week. Come. ' Get one. PHILLIPS & CREW CO. 37-39 Peachtree Street. THE SHONTS* 8UMMER PLANS. Mrs. Shonts, Whose health has not been of the best dftrlng the past winter, says The Washington Post, accompa nied by the Misses Shonts, soiled yes terday for Europe, going direct to Peril, whero Mrs. SIMMs hopes to re gain her health at the hands of one of the great French specialists. Al though an almost constant sufferer during during the winter, Mrs. Shonts and her daughters enjoyed a wide K arlty in social circles, the girls particularly interesting and un affected young women. Having spent tho greater part of their lives abroad, they are both ac complished linguists, this special gift winning them great popularity among the foreign contingent In Washington. A generous hospitality marked their residence, one of tho smartest enter tainments of tho particularly gay sea* ion being tho cotillion given by Mrs. Bhonts for her daughters during the holidays. Dinners and luncheons, with many jay little after-the-theater suppers, marked the course of the winter, while their Friday afternoons at home, when not Infrequently a musical program of merit was an additional attraction, were always events of considerable •oclal importance. Mr. Shonts' resignation from tho chairmanship of the Isthmian Canal Commlsslonand his taking up a busi ness enreer at New York will re move the family permanently from Washington, although both Mrs. Shonts and her daughters expect to make fre quent visits to the city during the so cial season. If present plans are followed. Sirs. Bhonts and her daughters, after spend ing some time at Paris, will go over to London for the season, all being partic ularly interested In the International Horse Show. Late In August the trav eler* will rejoin Mr. Shonts at New York, the girls expecting to spend some time with friends at Newport and Tux edo. Early In December Mr. and Mrs. Bhonts expect to take a house In New York for tho winter. DRINK A BOTTLE EVERY- tZrs WHERE DC GOVERNOR TERRELL’8 DINNER FOR MR. PEABODY. Governor Joseph Terrell entertained at on elegant dinner party Wednesday evening in compliment to his guest, Mr. Charles Peabody, of New York. The table was decorated with aweet peas and the place carda were water color designs in sweet peas. Governor Terrell's guests were Mr. Peabody, Colonel Robert J. Lowry, Mr. S. B.' Brown, of Albany; Judge HamiL ton McWhorter, of Athens; Mr. Clark Howell, Jr„ Hon. John M. Slaton, Mr. F. B. Gordon, of Columbus; Mr. Martin Amorous, Mr. Allgood Holmes and Mr. R. F. Maddox DECATUR BRIDGE CLUB. Mrs. H. R. Jewett and Miss Mabel Jewett will entertain the Decatur Bridge Club Friday afternoon. to mrsTcarter. Mrs. Robert Toy will give a bridge party Friday afternoon In compliment to Mrs. Robeson Carter. IN HONOR MISS TAYLOR. Miss Virginia Shropshire will enter tain at hearts Friday afternoon In hon or of Mlse Taylor, of Kansas, the guost of Miss Rae Schleslnger, GRADUATING CLASS OF PRATHER HOME 8CHOOL. Tho following young ladles const!' tnte the graduating class of the Prather Home School and will receive their di plomas Thursday night at the Grand Opera House: Misses Florrie Back, Fanneal Davies, Sophie Morganstern, Annie Mungcr Mueller, Valerie Bak and Alma Mackey, of Valdosta. LEWI8-WOLCOTT. Wednesday evening at 7:45 o’clock at the First Presbyterian church. Miss Bertha Lucinda Lewis and Mr. James Walter Wolcott were quietly married by Rev. Dr. Llngle, The ceremony was witnessed by a number of the close friends of the young people. MISS KISER'8 PARTY. Miss Luclle Kiser entertained a few friends at cards Thursday morning In honor of Mias Lorena White's guest. Miss Gertrude McNelly. birthday" PARTY. Mias Ludle Spear entertained a few of her little friends at a lawn party on Wednesday, the occasion being In cele bration of her seventh birthday. The little hostess received her guests In a white frock, trimmed with lace. Games were enjoyed and during the afternoon delicious refreshments were served. Personal Mention ) Miss Marie Sage, of Wheeling, W. Vo.. Is In the city, the guest of Mrs. S. J. Sage. The friends of Miss Emmie Baker will regret to learn that she Is 111 at her home on Peachtree street. Among those entertaining for Miss Lottie Austin will be Mrs. Carleton Miller and Mrs. and Miss Parks. Mr. and Mrs. 81ms Bray are the guests of relatives, at Eufaula. Ala. Mrs. Vautxler, of Mississippi, la the guest for a few days of Dr. and Mrs. M. j. Lunquest, at their home, on Juniper street. . Mrs. George G. Retd, Is the guest of Miss Merle Whitaker, at Milledgevllle. Mr. R. N. Lamar, of Milledgevllle, will attend the meeting of the educa tional committee on Friday. Mrs. J. P. Brooke, of Alpharetta, Is .the guest of Atlanta friends. Mrs. W. H. DeVoe, of Brunswick, the attractive guest of her sister, Mrs. F. y. H. Akers, is being delightfully enter tained In an Informal way. Mrs. G. W. D. Horber, of Commerce, Annual Mestihg of Georgia Mothers Cengrsss The second annual meeting of the Georgia Congress of Mothers began Its- sessions Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock In the Sunday, school rooms of tho First Methodist church. Mrw. Robert Zahner, state president, presided. On the platform with Mrs. Zahnor were: Mrs. William King, vMce president from Georgia of tho National Congress of Mothers; Mrs. Julia O’Keefe Nelson, secretary of tho Georgia Congress of Mothers; Mrs. A. McD. Wilson; Mrs. William H. Fel* ton, of Cartersvllle. and Mrs. Edward H. Dorsey, of Athens. The regular program was as follows: Prayer—Rev. C. T. A. Pise. Greetings—Mrs. A. McD. Wilson. Response—Mrs. Edward H. Dorsey. Report from Inman Park child study class, No. 1* Appointment of committees. "Healthy Homes”—Mrs. W. P, Pattlllo. Informal discussion. Address, “The Commercial Value of an Educated Child to the State"— Mrs. W. H. Felton, Cartersvllle. / The annual reports indicated an ever increasing'Interest In the prlncl- pies advocated by the Congress of Mothers, and a flteady growth In the organization. The speeches were of exceptional Interest, and evidenced a’ close and Intimate knowledge of the needs of the child in the various phases of physical and mental development. The Interesting addresses of Mrs. Felton and Mrs. Pattlllo were received with the most, cordial indorse ment and keenest appreciation.* » The greetings from the Atlanta Woman's Club, voiced by Mrs. A. McD. Wilson, and the response by Mrs. E. H. Dorsey, of Athens, were especially enjoyable features of the afternoon. Wednesday night the excellent program was as followsi # Prayer—Rev. Dr. French. "Religious Training in the Home"—Mrs. William King. "Value of Muslo in Child Training" (by request)—Mrs. Victor A. Moore: Address, "Children In the Church”—Rev. Dr. French. "Spiritual Life of the Child”—Mrs. Edward T. Brown. Benediction. These exercises occurred In the auditorium of the church, which was filled with an audience fully alive to the child problem. Rev. .Dr. French, Mrs. William King, Mrs. Victor A. Moore and Mrs. Edward Brown spoke with eloquent earnestness upon the various subject assigned them, and were accorded the most sympathetic interest by their hearers. Dr. French’s appeal for a removal of the Sunday school from church basements to brighter and more attractive environment met with the thorough approval of his audience. To many persons in hearty sympathy with Sunday schools, the memories of childhood carry them back to gray, cheerless, unattractive basement rooms, where Sunday school exercises were wont to bo held. One of the greatest needs of modern churches is better, sunnier and more attractive rooms for Sunday school work. Thursday's program Is as follows: 3>30 P. M. Prayer—Rev. C. 1L Langston. I "Tuberculosis, What Is Being Done For"—Dr. Klme. "Tuberculosis. itB Prevention and Arrest"—Dr. Wesley Taylor. ' Talk from Chairman of Household Economics—Mrs. Burton Smith. "Spiritual Nature of a Child"—Mrs. Edward T. Brown. "Need of Playgrounds for City Children"—Mr. J. C. Logan. ' "A Gllmpso of tho Life of the Orient"—Mrs. Mary Hicks Shaw. 8 P. M. Prayer—Dr. Shlppen. "Compulsory Education"—Mr. F. L. Seely, Dr. Shlppen and Mrs. Ellen Forster. "Talk from a Klndergartner”—Miss Willett Allen. "Neglect Cause of Contagion"—Dr. George S. Tlgner. Report of Resolutions Committee—Mrs. Hamilton Douglas, chairman. Benediction. HIGH’S HIGH’S HIGH’S Miss Ethel Everhart was one of the accomplished young women who grad uated Wednesday as a member of the library training class. Her sister. Miss Elfrld Everhart, graduated from tho library school a year ago and has been doing excellent work during the past year at Carnegie library. Both young ladles are daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Everhart, of this city. A charming incident of yesterday was the bridge whist luncheon at which Mrs. James E. Hickey entertained four teen friends. Three tables were ar. ranged for the bridge game and the first prize, a pair of silk stockings, was won by Miss Olivia Arrington, and the second, a lace handkerchief, was won by Mrs. Hubert Dent.—Montgomery Journal. . • Miss Amelia Strauss has returned from New York. 1 Mr. B. J. Elseman ts In Baltimore.' Mrs. Henry Collier has returned from Amerlcus. Mrs. R. B. Ridley, Jr, will leave next week to visit her parents. In LaGrango. Miss Marguerite Forbes, of Mont clair, N. Is again visiting Mrs. Molse DeLeon. Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott will leave Thursday evening for Savannah, where they will make their home. 8UPREME COURT OF GEORGIA. Chattahoochee Circuit. 4. Argument concluded. 7. Andrews Company et at. vs. Na tlonal Bank of Columbus, from Milsco gee. Argued. I. W. F. Christian v«. Knight ft Co from Marlon. Argued. #. G. 8. Baldwin vs. Seaboard Air Line railway, from Chattahoochee. Ar- gued. 10. Central of Georgia Railway Com pany Vi. Martha Hunter, from Taylor. Argued. Golfera at Piedmont. The Piedmont Hotel has been select, ed as the headquarters for the Southern Golf Association, which will hold a tournament In Atlanta from June tAo June 8, Inclusive. Already reservations have been made for a large number of enthusiasts who are expected to ar rive In Atlanta on Sunday. The asso ciation consists of thirty-two clubs and there will be about 150 members In Atlanta attending the tournament. BEG. US. PAT. OfF. SUMMER UNDERWEAR conforms to Nature's fun damental law that air u life. ■POROSKNIT* is 'knit porous 1 or air-open, innu merable tinv perforation* in the fabric .keep the air circulating. •Let your b< breathe.* Don't wear cloaely knit underwear. •POROS- KNIT 1 cools and cleanses, ( ab sorbs perspiration, does not retain odor or dampness. 50 Cent* a Garment Ask your dealer and look for the label ■POROS- KNIT* on every garment, ft is a mark of meaning. No garment genuine without it Write for booklet and samples of fabric. CHALMERS KNITTING CO. AT THE THEATERS N A Runaway Match.” ''A Runaway Matcb," tbs scintillating, effervescent comedy with music, being presented this week at the Casino, Is scoring a well-earned success. Bob Harty, Johnny Johnson, Miss I.uey Monroe and others of the clever cast ore giving a good account of them selves. The comedy Is a bright and laughable affair and keeps tho audience amused during tho three acts. Some very clever specialties are Introduced by Harty and Johnson, William Kent, Lucy Monroe and the three comedy girls. Next Week at Casino. The Bijou favorites. Little Chip and Mary Marble, assisted by the Bijou Maidens, will present the merry musi cal farco, "Nancy Hanks," next week at tho Casino. It was first announced that this attraction would open tho Casino, but through a mistake In tho booking their date was postponed ono week. The many friends and admirers of Little Chip and Mary Marble are looking forwnrcV with pleasurable an ticipation to tho coming of the favor ites Monday night nnd tho Casino will hardly bo largo enough to accommo date those who will want to welcome them back to Atlanta. SKIRT SALE IS CONTINUED Greatest Garment Values Ever Offered Here’s just one lot from a Great Stock of Skirts. Brand New $6.50 to $7.50 Brown, At QC Gray and Navy Skirts, New Models This group consists of brand new Panama Skirts in fashionable browns, navy blue, gray and black, in the very latest plaitings; with graceful hang and flare, etc. Every garment is a strictly man-tailored model—Skirts that sell -regularly for $5.98, $6.50, $6.98 and $7.50, They are * beyond question the snappiest lot of Skirts ever offered Atlanta women. ‘ Choice Tomorrow for $4.95 .v Great Values in Fine Voile Skirts at $7.95, $9.75, $15.00 and Up. J. M. HIGH CO. * Burr Csruth at Grand, Mr. Burr Caruth, one of tho members of the George Fawcett Company which will open an engagement at the Grand opera house on May 17. has been on the etage for a period extend ing over eighteen years, and during that time, among others, has been un der the management of such well- known peoplo as Charles Frohman, William A. Brady, Louis Morrison nnd Madame Rhea, playing a varied line of parts from light comedy to char acter heavy. In all of which his work was natural and most convincing. Dur. Ing the season Just passed he played Joe Weatherby, tho deputy sheriff, in "Tho One Woman,* and he made tho part stand out os clean-cut cameo. Pastime Theater. With the week drawing to a close, the Interest In the vaudeville bill as presented at the Pastime theater on Peachtree street continues unabated. Kitty's Letter” Is ono of the hits of the week. A. Cortes Brown. In his black face monologue Is holding his own as "top liner," though Harold Rainey, the Atlanta boy, f« running him a close race for this honor, Johnny Mitchell In hts specialty and Tommy Wilkins In his Illustrated songs are both making good and rounding out the bill In a neat manner. Amuse U Theater, For Friday and Saturday, Manager Robins, of the Amuse U theater, on the Viaduct place, has selected a pro gram with especial view to pleasing the ladlee and children who form so large a portion of hie clientele. For these two days ths bill will Include "La Lole Fuller, the Graceful Dancer." "Two Mlechlevous Boys 1 ' end a "Phial of Poleon.” The first shows this grace ful French dancer in a series of ehad- ow and skirt dances, the' hit of two continents. Ths Twin Thester. At the Twin theater for Friday and Saturday those dims which were ad-' vertlied for Wednesday and Thursday, but which were not put on those days, will be shown. The flrst ob these Is that famous athletic evetit, "Ski Com petition at St. Morlts." / This shows those hardy mountain athletes rushing down the mountain side on skis and leaping Into the air from a snow-en crusted rise end landing safely 100 feet away. The second Is a famous English dim and Is entitled "Three H’a'porth of Licks.” Tho third will be “A Square Deal." St. Nicholas Auditorium, For pleasure and health-gtvlng ex ercise, following a long siege at sit ting, there Is nothing better than a brisk skate around a roller skating rink. With the opening of the baseball park Friday, there will be renewed in terest In this health-giving pastime "across the way." There will be skat ing sessions at the rink following earl) game. Music , Is furnished for the Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mati nees, and also for each night session. After tho large orchestrion which has been ordered from Paris orrlvos, and Is set up, there will be muslo at each of the threo dally cessions. Instead of each evening and three afternoons a week, as Is now ths case. FIRST GUN-PLAYS IN BOISE, IDAHO, SINCETRIAL BEGAN A Deputy Sheriff Strikes Down Printer In Argument. Bolee, Idaho, May 22.—Deputy Sheriff and Personal Body Ouard General Bulkley Welle Indulged In the first gun play since the Haywood trial began. During a dispute over the Haywood case with a printer on the street, the sheriff drew hie gun and knocked the printer unconscious. The authorities notified the sheriff he would be run out of town If he Indulged in further lights. Jack Simpkins, a missing member of the quartette of officials of the West ern Federation of Miners, accused of FORTUNE TELLER FAILED TO RE AD HER 6 WN FUT URE It Mrs. Rosa Small were half the fortune teller she says she Is, she would havo folded her tent llko the well- known Arab and stolen away before the Jack turned from the bottom. For the NNs certainly did run wrong for her this week. Mrs. Rosa ts French, so she says, and certainly she ought to know. She was dealing out all sorts of good luck to the negroes in a Central avenue resort, and predicting anything from fried chick en to a government Job, according to the price. But she overlooked a bet If she had done a solitaire stunt last Tuesday nnd searched the cards for her own fortuml, she would have Been ap proaching In the distance a small blonds man, who was destined to cross her path. If she had peeked a bit further beyond the veil of myt* tery sho would havo seen Joiige Brlles a-settln' on his bench, while in the background loomed tho gntee of the city stockade. But what's the use! She knows all these things now, from th*, inside. For Mrs. Small was haled before thsr recorder and lined 875.75 or thirty days, it being held that In telling fortunes without a license she wee cutting In on , the city's revenues. Fortune telling '■ hadn't been profitable in the season of! 1907, and the soothsayer could not cross the judge's hand with anything like the i eum demanded. So now she la In the 1 stockade and her little daughter Is in | the Home for the Friendless until howl mother Is free again. Harry Small, th*« husband of the wlso woman, was die* missed by the recorder. SMOKERS WAN7 TO SMOKE ON OPEN CARS ONCE MORE "If you want to keep that dream plpo lit. You'll have to go way back and sit. For the three last seats are always kept for smokers." That's the tune they used to hum on the murder of Governor Stounenberg, Is the care, and that'e the tune the wnr expected to surrender to the Idaho au thorities before the defense begins a presentation of Its case, DUNBAR. Dr. R. It Baskin visited Macon Mon day. Mr. Jim Hill, of Frot Valley, spent Sunday at homo. Mrs. F. M. Longley, of Aberdeen, Miss., Is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. W, A. Dunbar. Mrs. C. K. Watsonfl of Welleton, was the guest of her parents. Rev. and Mrs. Sam Hill. Sunday. Mrs. B. S. Hollemnn Is spending sev eral days In Macon. Miss Bailie Buckner, of Macon, was the guest of Miss Lilia Dorsett Sun a Rev. Sam Hill spent several days In Atlanta last week. Misses Rosa and Thelma Dickson, of Macon, returned home Sunday from a visit to Mrs. J. W. Aultman. Mrs. R. E. Dunbar and children are visiting Mrs. R. F. Smlsson at Fort Valley. They will spend a while at Mlama Springs before returning home. After a most successful term, (he Dunbsr school closes Friday of this week. SICK HEADACHE Dyspesla relieved. Constipation avoided. Dowels regulated, no pain, no griping. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOS*, shlpers of My Lady Nicotine would like to hear again. For during the past year the last seats, and even the plat form, have been forbidden to the burn ers of Incense. Rut the smokers have risen In their might and will ask for relief. Petitions are being circulated In every cigar store GOING EAST, NORTH OR WEST —THE— Big Four Route affords the Traveler the quickest and moat comfortable service from Cincinnati to New York and Boston 7 Trains Dally Cincinnati lo Cleveland 6 Trains Dally Cincinnati to Toledo and Detroit 1 Trains Dally Cincinnati to Chicago 4 Trains Dally Cincinnati! to St. Louis 4 Trains Dally Through sleepers on night trains. Parlor Car* and Dining Cars that sat isfy on day trains. Ask for tickets via BIO FOUR ROUTE. E. E. SMITH. T. P. A., Atlanta, Go. . L. MITCHELL, O. R A.. Chatta- ,,., a pmas nooga, Tenn. all pm OB. jj j jujEjjf, 0 . p. ^ Cincinnati, O, In Atlanta calling upon the magnates oil the trolley cars to open their hearts to, ths appeal and their rear scats to smokers. The smokers want the Inst seats or the platform on open cars. They say they just can't enjoy a trolley, ride without a smoke, that there's no use trying, they cen't do It. They. threaten to boycott the cam nnd walk both ways, by jlmlny: And thoy think thsy'H be favored by the company to' the extent of a rear seat or two on the open cars, or at least ths right to bang on ths platform with the fragrant Ha vanas or odorous coffin tacks. “But what's the use," asked one pes simist, "even It they give us the rear seats? The first Woman on the car will climb Into those seats If she possibly; can, and then make a face at the smok ers. There's no place for a mere man In this world." LOWNDES COUNTY JOINS IMMIGRATION MOVEMENTS Special to The Georgian. Valdosta, Ga., May 72.—John A.'Bet- Jenian, chairman of the Georgia Immi gration Association, addressed a mass meeting of citizens here today on ths work being done bythe association to wards securing Immigration for Geor gia. He said tnat the peoples of North ern Europe, Germans, Swedes, Nor wegians. etc., were by far the most de sirable Immigrants, anti explained the methods by which the association ex pected to distribute them through tho state. At the conclusion of Mr. Betje man's address ths I-owndss County Im migration Association was organized, with many leading farmer* and hust- men forming the committees. LOCAL OPTION CAMPAIGN IN PROGRESS AT VALDOSTA. Valdosta, Go., Slay C3 -The early date set for the local option election In this county Insures a short, and, tt Is believed, spirited campaign. The election will be held on Monday, June 24, on a petition than l.JuO voters, of the ordinary I* The prohibition!* strong organised stood that the at also preparing to I palgn. igned b) id th .racial coil under- ts are i cam-