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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1001.
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THE 8WORD OF LEE.
From forth Ite scabbard pnra and bright
Flatbed the iword of Lee!
Far in the front of the deadly light,
High e'er the breve In the cause of the right,
Its stainless sheen like a btacon's light
Led u> to victory.
Out of Ite ecabbtrd where full long
It slumbered peacefully,
Roused from Its rest by the betUe’e song,
Shielding the feeble, emltlng the atrong,
Onardlag the right, avenging the wrong,
Oleemed the sword of Lee.
Forth from lta acabbard high In air
Beneath Virginia's iky,
And they who saw It gleaming than,
And knew who bora It, knalt to swear
That where that sword lod they wonld dare
To follow and to tUs.
Out of Its acabbard!— never hand
Waved sword from stain ao free,
Nor purer sword lad hravar hand,
Nor braver band for a brighter land,
Nor brighter land had a cane* ao grand.
Nor canes a chief like. Las.
From forth Its acabbard! How wa prayed
That sword might victor ho—
And whan our trinmph was. delayed.
And many a heart grew sore afraid;
Wa etUl hoped on while gleamed the blade
Of noble Robert Lee. f
From forth Its ecabhtrdl All In vs|n.
Bright Hashed the sword of Lee.
'Tis shrouded now In lta eheeth again;
It eleepi the aletp of onr noble slain,
Defeated, yet without a stain,
Proudly and peacefully.
—FATHER RYAN.
Nolo; If yon hart any apaelal favorite
sm< ng lha standard rlaaales or any scrap
hook gem which yon wish to have published,
send 11 to the Literary Editor. •
Are We going' to have another Pan-
nma scandal?
Kmperor Pu Yl acorns to be Issuing
quite a number of edicts between
bottles.
Refore turning on the water for the
Mr canal It may be necessary to tnrn
on the light.
“Santa Claus Has Come to Stay!”
Some of the sober realists are saying that Santa Claus must go!
The reason assigned for this declaration of war upon the merry old
patron saint Is that he Is only a myth—a fraud—a humbug.
And such an Illusion—It Is urged—Is wholly out of place In this twen
tieth century of the Christian era. • ,
Great Caesar’s ghost!
It this Is the daty argument which the realists can And—then let the
Jolly old gentleman crack his whip and speed his reindeer.
For, Mr. Realist, you have slept over your rights. The plea which
you make has long since been barred by the statute of limitations!
Santa Claus may be only a myth—born of the Imagination of our Teu
tonic ancestors In the Germsn forest But we love him. He Is child
hood's friend. He Is bound to us by the tenderest and sweetest memo
ries of the Long Ago; and this fever-tossed old world Is racked with too
many rending heart-aches—with too many grim realities—for its to relin
quish willingly this dear old myth.
But Is he altogether a myth?
He embodies the generous and Joyous spirit of the Christmas season
—he typifies the Wise Men of the Bast who brought gold and frankin
cense and myrrh to the manggr-cradle of the Child-King—he Idealises the
divine Impulse of benevolence, which Is the heart and core and center of
the Christian creed.
Avaunt, Mr. Realist!
Who has Santa Claus ever harmed? Show us one tear which he has . very punctilious al-out the respect due him
caused, and we will drive It out of court with ten thousand peal* of laugh
ter—we will take you to countless humble hearth-stones all over this
land, made warmer and brighter and happier by his annual visits—we
will kindle for you In every key and in every tongue under heaven the
blithesome carols of little children.
Sooner or later tbo beautiful Illusions vanish. Why bid them hasten,
then, to leave us—whea cares will rout them soon enough? . They melt
like rainbows—they dissolve like mlste—they fold like morning glories If
we barely touch them. Why drive the mltpge from the sultry desert?
Why banish the dreams from the night?
Before we go forth to battle, let us flrst distinguish between our
friends and our enemies. If we must dispel the Illusions, let us dispel the
Illusions that harm ns—the ones that leave us only the bitter dregs In the
cup—the ones that parley with us In a double sense—
“That speak the word of promise To our ear
And break It to our hope.”
" But let us ding to the Illusions that are Innocent—to the Illusions
that keep us In touch with childhood days—to the Illusions that open a
rift In the clouds for the light to break thru—to the Illusions that are
so muqh needed In this work-a-day old world "to make the nauseous
draughts of life go down." - - v
Ella Wheeler Wllcos sounded the (toy-note when she wrote:
“Laugh and the world laughs with you;
Weep and you weep alone,
For this noble old earth
Must borrow her mirth;
She has troubles enough of her own."
Down, down with th.e Robespierre who would sentence this dear old
myth to the guillotine!
8uch an act of ruthless violence and of mean Ingratltudfe would start
& revolution wider and deeper and fiercer than ever reddened the lilies
of France!
Rut the head of old Santa Claus Is In no danger.
If It were, we could belt the globe with the prayers of little children,
pleading for his life to be spared; and, If necessary, tnero would reach
forth an arm from the clouds to stay the uplifted knife!
So, Mr. Realist, In accents which ring with tho Voices of little chil
dren all over the globe and from tho beginning of time, we give you this
final and emphatic answer—steeped In the breath of the Christmas pines:
"Santa Claus has eome to stay!"
'isfjys
Prayer of Old Scotch Canadian.
'O Lord, we approach Thee thla mowin'
In the attitude o’ prayer, and likewise o'
complaint When we cam' tae tbt lan’ o'
Canady we M pec ted tae fln* a lau floorin'
wl’ milk and boney, but Instead o' that we
foun’ a Ian’ peopled wl’ ungodly Irish. O
Lord, In Thy great mercy, drive them tae
die uttermost pelrte of Canady? mak* them
hewers o' wood and drawers o’ water; gle
them nae emoluments; gle them nae place
o' abode; ne’r mak' them magistrates or
rulers among Tby people.
*‘But, It ye bae any favors to bestow, or
any gufd Ian’ tae gle awn’, gle It tae Thlne^
aln, Thy peculiar people, the Scots. Mak’
them members o’ parliament an’ magis
trates an’ rulers among Thy people.^AAn'
as for the Irish, tak’ them by the heels and
shak’ them ower the mouth o’ hell, but
dlnna let them fa’ In. and a’ the glory aball
be Thine. Amen.’’—Success Magazine.
Commissioner Allen's Visitors.
When Commissioner Allen bad charge of
the patent office In Washington bo wee
Around the Clock
Speaker Cannon broke only two
ravel* In calling congress to order on
Monday last
Perhaps the African Jungle Is one
of the few places where Teddy
wouldn’t like to be lionised.
How will the sportsman In the
white house be able to resist the call
of the wild until March 4 next?
The bold aeronauts who are navi
gating the upper ether will hardly be
able to keep up with the price of eggs.
Some of us are still reading the
l resident's message. At the rate of
one column per day we hope to finish
the contract by Christmas.
Statistics show that Englishmen eat
nnntmlly between 10,000 and 40,000
tortoises. Perhmpa this explains way
they seldom see a Joke until next
morning.
Mr. Root Is the prince of diplomats.
He straddles one of the live issues by
. adroitly declaring that If a majority of
the fair sex want the ballot they will
get It without fall.
Ambassador Bryce says that he still
commits to memory both Virgil and
Homer. But the average atatesman
of the present time commits them both'
to the waste basket
According to late dispatches, a spin-
r.ter worth fltty millions of dollars has
recently died In New York at the age
of n. We are pulled to know why
roc impecunious owners of foreign
titles permitted this last rote of sum
mer to pine on the stem.
Sir Wilfrid Laurler, who has en
joyed continuous pow£r for twelve
years In Canada, has recently re
newed his grip for another term of
office upon the governmental reins.
The prime minister Is one of the Men-
d. rest men In the Dominion; and this
physical frailty gives the point to an
amusing anecdote. On one occasion a
member of the Conservative party,
who was built on the ample pattern
of Jack Existed, was maladroit enough
to charge Sir Wilfrid with having fat
tened at the expense of the Canadian
exchequer. Whereupon tho unruffled
statefinan calmly turned to his col-
leag \f and - .Id: "I will leave It to the
M mls ' which of us best answer* to the
Remember the Boys’ Club.
The mass meeting at the Gfand Opera House on Sunday afternoon
>t 1 o'clock In the Interests of the Boys' Club of Atlanta deserves to be
well attended. •' •
And for two reasons—
In the flrst place, the cause Is one which appeals to the practical phi
lanthropy of all who are Interested In the welfare of Atlanta's lx>y»—
not so much of the boys who have good homes and golden opportunities
as of the boys who are dally exposed to the perils of life on the streets.
t The second reason consists In the excellent program which has been
arranged. Among the speakers will be Governor Smith, Hahbl Marx,
Father Gunn, W. S. Wltbam and J. K. Orr. The addresses will be brief
and the exercises throughout will be full of Interest.
It Is the design of this mass meeting to set forth the alms, the needs
and tho actual rosulfs of the Boys’ Club of Atlanta; and one of the im
pressive features of the occasion will be the presence of the boys them
selves, fo.ur hundred strong. \
Lepers in the Philippines.
Perhaps In no one respect can the wholesome effect of the new san
itary regulations which have been put Into operation in the Philippine
Islands bo seen to better advantage than In the leper colony on the
Island of Kulton.
At the time of the American occupation of the archipelago In 1898 the
number of lepers on the Islands, In conservative figures, was little short
of 4,000.
, But the most astounding disclosure In connection with this foul
disease was the fact that the Spaniards appeared to have made no effort to
eradicate It from the Island.
The first step of the American officials toward the correction of this
evil waa to colonise the lepers; and, for this purpose, the Island of Kulion
was selected.
This little Island Is fourteen miles long by eight miles wide, and Is
located about one hundred mllea from Manila—a distance sufficiently re
mote from the highways of commerce to avoid the possibility of conta-'
glon. •
It may seem harsh to one who does not stop to reflect upon tho
very grave Importance of protecting the centers of population, that the
members of the leper's household are also banished to this island; but
the leprous and the non-leprous residents are kept In separate quartets
and the utmost vigilance Is observed In the granting of permits to visit
the Infected camps.'
On account of the malignant character of the disease It Is slow in
yielding to scientific treatment; but wonderful progress has been made
not oaly In the cure of many of tj)o leprous natives, Imt also in the gen
eral purification of the archipelago.
and hi. position, and demanded full tribute
from ererylxMljr.
One dujr, a. be wna sitting at bl« desk,
two men came In wltbont knocking or
announcement and without, removing tbelr
bats
Alien looked up and Impaled tbe Intru
ders jrltb bis glittering eye. "Hentlemeu,"
he aald aeverely, “who are vlsllora td
thla office to aee me are always announced
and always remove tbelr bat..
"Hub," replied oue of tbe men, “we ain't
vl.ltou, and we don't give a boot alxnit
seeing you. We came In to fix the steuni
pipe.."—Saturday Evening Post.
An Excellent Sign.
"I can't umlerataud how you tell tbe age
of a borne by lokolng at his teeth," said
tbe city girl.
"I can't tell. Jl.t exnctly," replied tbe old
farmer. “But If he til false teeth 1 know
b. alb't no cult.”
Sura of Hi. Ground,
I. a mere formality, ■ know, this
asking for your daughter's hand; but
thought It would be plea.lug to you If It
were observed."
Mary's papa stiffened.
“And may I Inquire,” he naked, "who
suggested that asklug my content to Mary',
band In marrlnge waa a more formality)"
' You may, air," replied tint young man
simply. "It was Mary's rnotber.”—Philadel
phia Inquirer.
THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL.
What a beautiful world this Is just
now. ' How the ahop windows glow
with light. The children fairly dance
with Juy os they go about taking In the
nights, and their pennies, nickels and
dimes, saved now for many weeks,
burn great holes In their tiny pockets.
One boy would ao much like to buy
that pretty book for slater, but he alao
sees a game which he thinks ho better
buy for himself, since Saint Nick may
lorget to bring It. However, when
mother tells him It Is so much better
to think of others than of self he de
cides to take the book and carries It
proudly boms to hide away until Christ
mas sve.
The holiday throng Is a very joyous
one. Who could be sad amid such
bright and happy little men und maid
ens? No one seems to mind tho crowd
und the exclamations of delight and
surprise that break forth now'and
again somehow reach Into the farthest
corner of the heaviest heart and make
It merry, too.
But the giving and receiving of
earthly gifts Is not all. O, fathers! O,
mothers! Fall not to teach your chil
dren the true meaning ^pf Christmas.
Do not be content to leiiVe this to the
Sunday school teacher or to the preach
er. It Is the parents’ sacred duty to
emphasise to every child whdt the
Christ child's coming means to each
one. Let the little people have their
fun. The# would be prematurely old If
they-could not. Let them have their
tree, their Santa Claus, their trumpet
and their drum, but let It not end here.
Teach them to give as well as to re
ceive, and better still, teach them to re
ceive with glad hearts the greatest
gift of all.
MARY HOLDEN WILLINGHAM.
Atlanta, December 8, 1908.
But It Was Just
An Idle Dream.
“I had a frightful experience a few
nights ago.” remarked a well-known
physician recently to a party of his
friends.
“Frightful experience?" they cho
rused. “Tell us about It.”
"Well,” began the doctor, "It waa this
way: I suppose It must have been about
midnight when I suddenly realized
there was something moving In the
room. By tho moonlight streaming In
thru the window I could plainly dis-
gngulsh the figure of a man.
“Slowly and cautiously my hand
moved toward the revolver under my
pillow. The Intruder detected the
movement and as he darted to tho side
of my bed the moonlight flashed for an
Instant upon the glittering edge of a
knife.
"‘Make another move like that,’ he
hissed, os he poised the knife ever my
throat, 'and out goes your light!'
"I groaned. That awful knife looked
like a guillotine.
'What do you want? Money?* I
asked.
“ 'No," came the response thru
clenched teeth. ‘I am making a collec
tlon of human ears and 1 want one of
yours.’ .
“I realized I had a mad man to deal
with and my brood froze. That awful
knife was still suspended dangerously
near my heart, but, determined to take
one more chance, or die, my hand again
crept toward the revolver.
“Juat as I touched the weapon my
wife punched me vigorously In the side.
" 'Turn over, John,' she said. 'You’re
on your back.’” H. D. W.
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
AND
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 12.—The fol-
lowing orders have been Issued:
Army Orders.
Captain Melville S. Jarvis, Fourth
Infantry, from Washington to Newport
News.
Captain Paul A. Wolf, Fourth Infan
try, to Fort Leavenworth: Captain Quy
G. Palmer, Thirteenth Infantry, from
general hospital, Fort Bayard, to Whip
ple Barracks.
Navy Orders.
Lieutenant A. Andrews, from New
York yard to charge of the recruiting
station, Dallas, Texas. Lieutenant w.
Smith, from-charge recruiting station,
Dallas, to the Maine; Paymaster D.
Potter, to New York yard.
Ensign T. G. Ellyson, from command
of the Villa Lobos to command the
Shark.
Movements of Veeeela.
The cruiser Prairie and the collier
Sterling have arrived at Hampton
Roads; the collier Saturn at Mare Is
land; the cruiser Birmingham at Bos
ton. and tho tug Powhatan at New
York navy yard.
The gunboat Caatlne and the sub
marine Cuttlefish have- sailed from
Philadelphia‘for Ndrfolk; the eruleers
M eet Virginia, Colorado. Maryland and
Pennsylvania from La Union for Pan
ama; the cruisers Tennessss, California,
South Dakota and Washington from
Amapals for Panama.
A VIEW OF "DUNDREARY."
Editor The Georgian, City:
Dear Sir—Did you see "Lord, I'm
Done Weary?" Yee, I sure did, and
how I do wish I had my 82 back! No
wonder Booth killed Abraham Lin
coln. It waa enough to drive any one
to desperation, but I am confident that
It was not an assassination of Abraham
Lincoln that night at Ford's Thsatsr,
but Booth killed him In self-defense, for
I am very confident that Abraham Lin
coln was - making at him with all hie
power and might for being on the stage
with such a play. Yee. I saw "Lord,
I'm Done Weary." I was "silly ass"
enough to go—was ‘‘silly ass” enough
to go. Youn truly.
J. D. ATKISSON.
Atlanta, Dec. 11.
THIS WEEK IN COTTON
By JOSEPH’ B. LIVELY.
The census bureau of the department of agriculture. In Its report of
cotton ginned up to December 1, Issued on Tuesday, December 8, gives the
amount at 11,010,000 bales. These flgures were about as expected, and con
sequently change the prevailing bearish sentiment. As a result prices sold
off and closed at the lowest points of the day.
On- Wednesday. December 9, the government Issued its estlmats of the
crop, placing the yield at 12,920,000, 500-pound bales, excluding llnters and
repacks. These flgures wsre less than had been generally expected, and
prices closed Arm at the highest point of the day, It to 18 points.
The estimate was made public In New York at 1 p. m. The market
Immediately developed strength and activity, and for the remaining two
hours of the session there was apparently little opposition to the advance,
shorts being best buyers. WaJl-sL was also a heavy buyer, and the South
was lined up on the buying side. The bears made a brave fight, and In
the late session Increased their lines considerably in the last hour, but
prices would not down, the close being firm at about top prices, 12 to IS
points higher' than Tuesday's closing figures.-
r K prominent Liverpool firm cabled Wednesday morning: "Bureau ex
pected to be about 13,250,000 bales. Think present prices safe, even if
market should go temporally lower. Have favorable opinion of market In
the long run."
A favorable opinion of the prices current on bureau day caused uneas
iness among the shorts. They feared the effect the estimate, on an expected
crop of 13 1-4 million bales, and tho eharp advance that followed lta pub
lication would have on the foreign markets, and In order to prevent a full
response by the English market, sent very bearish cables to that center
Wednesday night. Including the estimate. The result was all that could be
desired by tho shorts. Liverpool refused to fully meet the American ad
vance, and sentiment Immediately turned bearish and prices at the close
of the week were at the lowest (joint.
The report follows:
-The Imles ginned, counting round bales ns
hnlf links, and active ginneries hr states,
are as follows:
Gin-
STATES. Dee. 1. Nev. 14. nerles.
Alabama 1,171.404 l.OS.ISS 3.120
Arkansas mitt M7.248 2,073
Florida 8M77 60.4XS 251
Georgia 1,736,737 1,566,866 4,381
Kansas. Kentucky
. anil New Mexico. 1.874 1,155 6
fijaa*aSKpr.",'.'.'.'.'."l,$i7]20l l.ookJM l'%a
Missouri 45,750 38,173 70
Norm Carolina 654,002 450,861 2,681
Oklahoma 432,on 331,333 *72
South Carolina ....1,062,647 941.050 2,114
Tenneaseo 272,172 241771 625
Texaa 3,200,221 2,374.451 4,901
Virginia 8,773 6,663 93
Totala 11,010,864 9.630,563 5L922
Following la the week's range:
December
January
March
May
July /
August
October 8.64
Tbe pstlmatad production In 600-poun/
gross weight bales, by atatea, la na followa
STATES—
m
1907.
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
2aaS-".-..
gM' 1 .'. v.::::
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina ..
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
1.273.000
1.009.000
61,000
M$88
<19,000
<40,000
1.119.000
140,000
1.917.000
IMg
1,216,004
796.000
64.000
1,166.000
712.000
1AM,ooo
40.000
404,010
916.000
1,081.000
296.000
9,690,000
14.000
Totals
12.070,000
11,678,000
l*otal Commercial Crop
(Hesters)
11.572.000
Closing. Last Last
High.
Low.
bid.
week.
year.
.. 9.19
8.85
8.85
9.13
11.63
.. 8.81
8.42
8.49
8.74
10.93
.. 8.83
8.61
8.55
8.77
11.10
.. 8.89
8.68
8.62
8.81
11.14
.. 8.83
8.64
8.61
8.77
11.09
.. 8.70
8.60
8.40
8.67
10.94
8.37
8.42
8.61
Spot cotton continued to decltqe during the week, Liverpool losing 11
Engllah points. New York loet 25 points, while New Orleans closes the week
l-16c lower.
Comparisons with last week and last year follow:
Liverpool ...
New York ...
New Orleans.
This Last Last
week. week. year.
.. 4.85 4.97 6.38
.. 9.10 9.35 12.10
.8 3-4 813-16 11 7-8
• WEEK-END STATI8TIC8.
Week-end statistics compared with two previous yeare follow:
1008. 1907. 1906.
Into sight week 557.481 476,336 574,243
Since September 1... 7.300.915 5,560,414 6,642,641
Total visible supply 4,900,508 4,170,147 4.728,490
Of which, American 4,152,608 2,200,271 2,848.499
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here record! each day
soma economic fact In reference to
the onward progress of tha South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY
‘ Preparatlona are being mode by the Albnny, On., municipal autboritlra to carry
forward tho work In aerernl depnrtmentn which wna held up by the recent contest
over the city's latest lasuc of immlrliuil Imnde. The enpreme court's decision has
re morel the last olistnclc to their anlr, which was held up for nearly a 1 year.
Among the principal Improvement* of the new year will he the building of n new
city hall. The present structiiro wilt In ..II probability lie remodeled and greatly en
larged. More paving la to lie done, a new street la to be opened np, the waterworks
system la lo lie extended and other Improvements made before the middle of the
coming year.
A* the result of opening np the new- Davla-el. a whole tier of block* will be
brought Into lb* city on Its western aide.
The People'* Electric and Ite Company, at Montgomery, Ala., previously re
ferred to, baa formally organized by elecllag A. G. Forties president, II. F. Cren
shaw secretary and C. E. While treasurer and general manager. The capital stock
la Inu.OOO. Tbe company bus na lta nucleus the plant and franchises of the West
business. II la understood that the company will make Improvements and eaten-
StOUB.
The Called Hints* Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company baa received an order
for 15,000 tons of cast iron pipe from Cob*. The order will l>* equally divided. It
I* stated, between the company's plant* at Anntalon, Ala., and Bessemer, Ala.
Tbe Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company bs* begun work on 11*280,000
condenser nt Ironnton, amt other ezteuatve, Bnproveuienrs are In contemplation In
tbe uear future.
The work of conatrncting the new- power plant of Ibe Oconee lllvcr Mills at Mil-
ledgerllle. Hu., In now under way.
Distributed as follows:
Held In Great Britain and continental Europe
In Egypt
In India
In the United States
World’s spinners' takings:
For the week
Since September 1 .
Distributed as follows:
Northern mills and Canada
Southern eplnnen i
Foreign spinners...
Exports for the week
Total since September 1
1908.
..2.564,000
.. 248,000
.. 200,000
..1,887,000
1908.
.. 396,000
..4,127,000
1307. 1806.
2.225.000 2,206,000
209.000 304.000
220.000 358.000
1.616.000 1,970.000
1907.
348.000
2,404,000
1808.
..1,177,000
.. 781,000
..2.170,000 l.OSOjOOO
.. 386.110 214,826
..2.727,415 2,888,714
1207.
602,000
822,000
1306.
412,000
3,710,000
1906.
896.000
134.000
1,981,000
A prominent Wall-it. operator, In dlecuealng the government estimate,
*ays:
"The government estimate of 12,900,000 Is In bales of 600 pounds. Mak
ing the necessary weight adjuatment to reduce It to commercial bales, we
have an Indicated crop, according to the United States government, of
12,666,000 baiei.
"Last year the department of agriculture overestimated .the crop, ac
cording to the census, by practically 600,000 bales. It may be possible
they have done the same thing this year, but taking the government fig
ures at their face, we have an Indicated commercial crop of 12,666,000 hales.
"Spinners' takings of American cotton, If.the flgures of the past few
weeks are any criterion, may run to 11,500,000, or possibly 14,000,000 bales.
Two years ago the world's spinners took 12,600,000 bales of American cot
ton and a crop of 12,500,000 bales was marketed at an average price for the
•eoson of 111-4 cents.
"Those who are disposed to cell cotton short on the estimate of the ag
ricultural department Just published may do ao, but I regard It as an ex
ceedingly hazardous speculation. If tho world really believed that the
agricultural department la right, cotton would advance from one to two
cents a pound forthwith, and It Is quite poeslble that the next ginning re
port or an early falling off In the movement may lead to a very decided re-
vtslop In current aentlment with regard to the size of tho crop.”
Christmas G1
asses
Surprise your father oc mother ivith a nice pair of
glasses. Let us explain how.
A. K. HAWKES CO.
14 Whitehall St
125 Peachtree St.
CHATTER AT THE THEATER.
Editor The Georgian. City:
Dear Sir—I have watched with con
tinued Interest the various reform
movements The Georgian has under
taken and carried to successful ends,
but "lest you forget," t desire to call
your attention to an evil that has long
been associated with Atlanta In the
minds of non-reeldente.
If The Georgian will i undertake a
movement to teach tome of the ladles
of Atlanta that tbe theater, during the
progress of the ploy, la not the piece for
K tty goealp and talk, I am sure It will
appreciated by those,of us who lire
out of the city and rarely have an op
portunity to go to the theater.
I was unfortunate enough last night
to alt behind three ladles who were,
during a major portion of the time,
discussing the articles of dress of ladles
In tbe boxes and In consequence there
Was very little of the play I heard.
Atlanta l» n great city, the greatest In
the South, end by tar too great for auch
ae this, and you are tbe one wbo can
put an end to It.
Please give It your attention.
Very truly.
C. A. 9. ,
Of Carterevllle, Go.
Atlanta, Dec. n.
HENPECKO, THE MONK