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Good Taste Is Displayed by the Young Women at High School, These Attractive Snapshots Show
PRINCIPAL DEFENDS HER GIRLS AGAINST CHARGE OF “OVERDRESSING”
Miss Mira Scott. Miss Ruth Z. Herbig. Miss Emma Lowry Freeman. ~ Miss Elizabeth Smith. Miss Ethleen Stewart. Miss Louise Mellichamp.
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IRIBIITETOGHIEE
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Many From Nearby Cities Help
to Celebrate Visit of the
National President.
The annual visit of F. R. Salis
bury. of .Minneapolis, president of
tne National Association of Credit Men,
at-I the quniterly meeting of the local
association was made the occasion for
a gathering of prominent members of
th;- organization from several cities ,
near by today,
Montgomery, Birmingham, Nashville
and Savannah were represented at the
luncheon at 1 o’clock today at the Cap
ital city club, which was given to the
visitors by the officers and directors of
tl'" Atlanta Credit Men’.- association.
This afternoon the visitors and num.
•>'.s of the local men will be taken for
an automobile ride around the city,
which will end at the home of Herbert |
K. choate in Ansley Park, where an tn- I
formal reception will be held. Mr.
' hoate, who is treasurer of the .1. K.
”rr Shoe Company, is president of the
Atlanta association, which is made up
exclusively of wholesale men.
Tonight at 7:30 o’clock the associa
tion will hold its meeting and banquet
at the Piedmont Driving club. The oc
casion will be entirely informal and all
of the 150 Atlanta members will be
given a chance to meet their national
president.
Ihe national organization numbers
more than 16,000 in membership and is
represented in all of the more iinpor
’ itit cities where it is looked upon as
one of the strongest trade bodies in the
world.
>ts headquarters in Atlant.i are In
•he Rhodes building, with E. L. Rhodes
■ s secretary and treasurer.
Rrotn Atlanta. President Salisbury
vill go direct to New York to attend
meeting of the national directors,
unless he Is prevailed upon to pay a
'i-it to Savannali en route.
Representing other cities in the as
iatlon today are C. J. Beam, pr<si
' *nt of the Montgomery association;
■' 'ey ,|. Winter. F. (1. Salter and A
H Stern, of Montgomerv; J. 1., Mr
" otter, of Nashville; <’war Kulman. I
"1 -Savannah, and J. C. Slutter, of Blr- i
111 hgliain. I
Miss Jessie Mu 3 e
Frowns on the Idea of
Ull i for in s- -- W ants the
Students To Be “Just
All anta ns , Not
Branded as High
School Girls-—Not
Painted and Pow-
dered to Excess.
“Atlanta high school girls are not
overdressed, neither are they painted
and powdered to excess," according to
.Miss Jessie Muse, principal of the
Girls High school, today. Miss Muse
was quick to defend her 663 students
against the charge of immodest dress
ing made so often recently against
young women seen in the "Peachtree
Parade,” which has so long been a
famous feature of Atlanta life.
"There are very' few of our girls who
ever come to school in anything but
proper dress,” continued Miss Muse.
"Yes, sometimes one of the teachers
notices a girl whose collar is turned in
too far or whose clothes are cut in a
fashion too clinging for good taste, and
sometimes there is one wearing too
much powder or a touch of artificial
color. But whenever this occurs the
teacher speaks to the girl quietly and
privately and that girl doesn’t offend
again. We try to impress her with
good reasons why she should be more
careful, yet not in away to hurt her
feelings. , And I’ve always found that
this sufficed."
Opposes Uniforms.
The proposal that high school girls
wear cap and gown nr some other dis
tinctive uniform does not appeal to the
principal.
"We want our students to appear on
the streets just as Atlantans, not
branded as high school girls," said
Miss Muse. "College boys are often
guilty of improprieties on the street
and in public places because they feel
that everybody recognizes them as a
party of collegians and will laugh at
escapades which would be frowned
upon if indulged in by Individuals. If
we dress our girls in a distinctive uni
form, they might have the same ten
demy to larking that college students
often have.”
Colonel Walter R. Daley, president of
th'- board of education, was quoted last
-pting as favoring a uniform for high
school girla His reason was not so
I much the reported tendency toward
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1912.
Negroes Pine for “de Land ob Plenty---Africa
ASK GOVERNOR’S HELP
From out the mass of mail coming
into the executive offices this morning
Governor Brow n found one he set aside
• I for future consideration.
I Frankly, the governor does not know
I exactly how to answer it, there is so
I much of the unconsciously' humorous
and pathetic about it.
It is from an ignorant negress, who
signs herself Pauleane Brinson, and ft
is a petition for aid and assistance in
getting from Georgia to Africa, where
■ the woman believes peace and plenty
I await her coming.
, The letter reads as follows:
! Faceville, Ga., Decatur County. •
. Sept, the 10, 1912.
, Mr. Broon, Gover.
i rite you A few Lines on busi
nes, as some of us -are askin for
. help we kneed.
Some of us wants to Get to Afri
ca, and we are not able to. That
, is our home, and we asks Thqt you
aid us in Getting there.
We cannot hardly live here, and
. we wants to go home. We are
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paint and powder and bad taste in
dress, but the constantly increasing
I cost of clothes worn to school by the
I wealthier girls and their less fortunate
■ companions who struggled to keep up
appearances. It was noticed last year
that high school students were wearing
such expensive and ornate costumes
‘ that poorer girls could not keep the
pace set by the leading set, and it was
reported at that time that several girls
had left the school rather than face the
alternative of straining their parents’
i pocketbook or feeling conspicuous in
reasonably priced clothing.
Spirit of Democracy.
"I believe uniforms would be a good
i thing for the girls," said Colonel Da
ley at that time. "If the right to a
I choice of dress is being abused by ex
; travagance an order by the board of
education requiring the wearing of
I plain and simple uniforms might heal
i a lot of heartaches. And I have no
ticed In girls' schools where uniforms
I are worn a spirit of democracy which
’ could not exist where a rivalry In cos
tume is permitted.”
Mrs. John D. Pickett, chairman of
> the board of lady visitors, said, when
this topic was under discussion, that
t she would welcome any movement to
ward simple girlish dresses for school
i girls. She said she was well aware of
> the tendency toward extravagance in
I dltbjt
: poor, and need to go w'here we can
; live cheap.
, Plese rite and let me no. We
wants to go in jenery.
Write me as soon as you get this.
We wants to go to Africa.
Respecfuly,
PAULEANE BRINSON (col)
The governor is not at all sure that
it would be right and proper to dis
illusion the woman, even if there were
anything doing in the w ay of transpor
-1 tation to Africa around the executiv<
1 departments.
Whether, after all, it would be worth
while to shatter that African dream—
that is what puzzles, even though it
does not impress as profoundly- impor
tant.
The governor left for his home in
Marietta early this morning, and the
Brinson letter went over until Monday
as unfinished business.
MACON BOOSTERS
GIVENOVATION ON
RETURNING HOME
MACON, GA, Sept. 13.—When Ma
'con’s first trade train returned lasi
night from a tilp through middle and
south Georgia the 100 merchants who
made the trip were accorded an enthu
siastic welcome home by several hun
dred citizens.
They were met at the depot with a
band and escorted in a street parade to
the corner of Cherry and Third streels,
where an experience meeting was held,
some of the merchants addressing the
crowd and telling what benefits had
been achieved by the “booster train.”
Forty towns were visited on the tour.
GEORGIA COTTON MILLS
PAY BIGGER DIVIDENDS
LA GRANGE. GA, Sept. 1.3 A 2 per
Cent increase In annual dividends was
declared by' officers and directors of
the Elm City Cotton Mills at their an
nual meeting, held here, and the Man
chester Cotton Mills decided to pay its
first dividend of 3 per cent, beginning
October 1. Large surpluses were turned
over by these mills and the Unity Spin
ning and Unity Cotton Mills Dlvi
’ (lends in ajj. these mills will be paid
i beginning October 1. orth era wire
elected by each mill.
HIGH DUG GIRLS
FRAUD. SHE ®
Widow Is Suing Manager for
SSOO- Miss Leahy Hurt in
Fifty-Foot Plunge.
Mrs. Alice Cumbie, a widow living at
1 73 Nelson street, is giving Robert M
Brown, manager of a “girls’ high diver”
show, a lively time in the courts in an
effort to recover SSOO, of which sum she
says she was swindled b> Brown
1 Brown was tried before Justice Rid
ley yesterday afternoon on a warrant
charging him with larceny after trust,
on which he was brought back from Cin
cinnati a few days ago by Detective
George Bullard, but was released, the jus
tice holding that the offense, if any had
been committed, did not come under this
head. Mrs Cumbie then immediately
swore out another warrant against
' Brown before Justice Girardeau, charging
him with obtaining money under false
pretenses. The “high diver’’ was again
arrested on this second warrant, after
enjoying but a few moments of liberty,
and again placed in police station. He
i will be given his second hearing this
afternoon.
Mrs. Cumbie says she was induced to
finance the “girls’ high diver” show, and
that she has never seen anj- profits nor
been able to get back her money. Brown
says he was not given time to make
' any money, as Mrs. Cumbie had him ar
rested just as soon as he opened his
first show in Cincinnati.
When Brown* left here he was accom
panied by his wife, Mrs. Blanche Brown,
and Miss Nora Leahy, of New York, who
did some stunts at Piedmont park. They
remained in Cincinnati when Brown was
brought here.
Miss Leahy, whom Atlantans remember
for her startling aquatic feats at Pied
mont park this summer, is lying in a
Cincinanti hospital as the result of a 50-
foot dive at a public resort in that city.
She is said to be the only support of |
aged parents.
DONKEYS BALK, ROBBERS
DESERT THEM IN YARD
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NEW YORK. Sept. 13.—Dewey and
I Katherine, 25 and 30-year-old donkeys,
foiled burglars who led them from their
stalls by balking.
I Mrs, John Fay, their owner, found
■ ’hen. placidly standing in Hie Ifonl
yard. _ I
CALLS HER SON THIEF TO
SAVE HIM FROM FRIENDS
NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 13—Mrs.
Michael Stacevlcz is in jail charged
with perjury, because, to save her son
from bad companions, she charged him
with theft. Overcome by remorse, she
admitted the charge was false.
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WHOLE POLICE FORCE AT
TARGET DRILL WOUNDED
BRONXVILLE. N. Y„ Sept. 13.—Tar
get practicing, Charles Vtin Buren, chief
of police, and Charles Ambrose, his only
officer, shot each other. Van Buren was
hit in the abdomen. Ambrose lost a
finger.
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