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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1001. ATLANTA GEORGIAN LAND NETS) . SEELY, PublUher. , . DAVIDSON. Associate FubUlhtr. Published Every Afternoon (Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. *1 23 West Alabama St., Atlanta. (7*. Subscription Rates: nn. Tour 84.M "it Monihs ».»> Three Months 1-26 Oo* Month. « Rj- Carrier. Per Welt » TeiepbonesTonneoltnc si! department*. T.onjt distance terminal*. ffmltb A nod-1, advertising represen tative* far all territory ootslds of Oronrtt. chleaeo Office Trthnne TtnlMln* New York Office Brunswick Ride. St. T-onls Office—Third National Bank Bid*. If yon hero any trouble getting The Ocordan end Newa. telephone the cir culation department and bare It promptly remedied. Both phones 8000. Pnh.rrther* deetrlns The Oeorirlan an! Nows dteconflnncd must notify this office on the date of expiration: otherwise. It will be continued at the r-unlar nutmcrlptlnn rates nntll notice to stop la received. In orderlos a chanse of address, f icaae sire the old ns well ae the new oddresa. It la desirable thst all commnnlcs- ftone Intended fnr pnbllcatlnn lo The fieorelan and Nesre be limited to >00 words In lenrtb. It Is Imps ratify that Iher be aimed, ae an rrldence of sood faith. Rejected manuscripts will mot h~ returned unless stamps are cent for the purpose. The Oeorslen end Newe prime no tnrleen nr objectionable adrertlslng. 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