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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. —— " 1— // W‘<' '•ac.- - &| ■" % *• Ralk? &%?•'*' / *' ftu - i F<ll -->■ WSi -.I Js I |L a ; Jill' : W xjHb *' ib • R ■’- i •' i< r JXffln.- ■'- -m w i • i '■ X? ‘ If * ' s y9ft X ' x wfex f MMBL v irtfih M r ’ iHMttin ; I.' MW x ; JMm MB . t /-ijk i * Bwrff tyf <* L ky c-■ / i I 1 Jto a r Ml Fw ij ; W \ «i e ®B ‘ <M| | w-Ji- 3 W vr 1- .JloMg JW|» i \ H • W/» v . -Jw o Wil : wn® I VI 'J- hellr iHv W IE il l w »rL.k A > ■ •<■' -A i y-y*--Wjwofw • WF ■ -hr ijj&j; ijfx. • "£• '» f t 3* 9 z jggg|%r MINHItP j fei«fc: ' i :'4WKOSHffI S£i# • f» 8 'I iff sWI S I wB ■ ■•.W’wSgiferw B,? w d» ’fa.s ’Hfc \ ■A\ e . - A. ; ' Mak I s? 4 . 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They, with the remainder of the hundred teachers to have charge of the county's 44 schools, will meet at superintendent’s office in the 1 hrower building Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock for the final general in * uc-.on Addresses will be delivered then by Miss c. s Parrish, state supervisor; 'liss Mary Gray, daughter of Dr. B. D. {•"ay. secretary df the Southern mis sion board of the Baptist church, and. ■Miss Anna Campbell, principal of the Bakewood Heights school. donkeys balk, robbers DESERT THEM IN YARD New YORK. Sept. 13. —Dewey and Katherine, 25 and 30-year-old donkeys, f 'ib d burglars who led them from their nails by balking, Mrs. John Fay, their' owner, found them placidly standing in the front yard. WHOLE POLICE FORCE AT TARGET DRILL WOUNDED BRONXVILLE. N. Y., Sept. 13.—Tar -1 piaeticing. <’harh s Van Buren, chief ’ l"'lit < and <’iiarle< Ambrose, his pnly •“'• shot each <>th«‘i. Van Buren \va *’ in the abdomen. Ambrose lost a «- ■ r Military Ball October 10 To Be a Gala Event OLDGUARDTO ENTERTAIN A brilliant reception which will bring together many of the most prominent military men in the country is being arranged b.\ the Old G’lStrd of Atlanta for the evening of October 10, at the Auditorium-Armory. The occasion will be the first anniver sary of the unveiling of the peace monu ment at Piedmont park, and th.e gather ing in Atalnta of hundreds of prominent men in the crack military companies of tile North and East. More than 3,000 invitations will be sent out and the names of those who are to receive them are being worked otlt.from lists sent in by members of the Old Guard to Dr. E. ,1. Spratling. captain adjutant. About 1,000 of these invita tions. which will be handsome and in the nature of a souvenir, will be sent to Atlantans, and the remainder will go to prominent military men and their wives who last year came to Atlanta to take part in the unveiling exercises. invited to act as"" chaperones at the dance which will follow the reception will be sixteen of Atlanta's leading women. Their names have not been announced. A Unique Organization. The organization of the Old Guard is unique in itself, composed as it is of-100 of the most prominent men in Atlanta who have been identified with military affairs, and commanded by Major John F. Burke, who in the early seventies Ted the old Gate City Guard on its reconcil iation trip through the principal cities of the East. A number of the present membership is made up of survivors -of | that famous company, which made Itself the most famous military company in America, and whlch'has been given credit for accomplishing more toward renewing a fraternal spirit between North and South than any other organization. The. program for the occasion is for a reception early in the evening, which is to be followed by a parade of the Old Guard in their splendid full dress uni form. which will be worn for the first time before the public. At the reception they will appear In their fatigue uni forms, and these will be discarded for the paradfe. ‘ Following the parade will come the dance of the evening, when the most bril liant gorgeous military and social spectacle ever witnessed in Atlanta will l>e seen. The occasion will be a mingling of the old Atlanta and tire new. and tire sigiit of the city's handsomest matrons and most winsome debutantes gliding over the floor on the arms of tlie brilliantly garbed soldiers will be gorgeous and beautiful. Students to do Guard Duty. I For the dance and to play at intervals during the reception a band of thirty pieces has been engaged and tile ample floor of Taft hall will b<- prepared espe cialb Students of the Georgia Military acad emy at College Park feel that they have been placed several ranks above any mili- THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1912. tary school in this section by being chosen to do guard duty on that night They will . don their full dress, uniforms for the oc- I casion. Among those who are working to make | the occasion a success are Major Burke. Lieutenant Thomas C. Erwin, chairman ; of the invitation committee, and Dr. E. .1. Spratling. of the invitation committee. An alphabetical list of the members of the Old Guard follows: Walter P. An- i drews. H. M. Ashe. W. W. Austell. F M. Akers, C. L. Anderson. A IL Bancker, C. P. Bidwell. Charles P. Byrd, lieu-,' tenant; H. L. Bleckley, C. A. Bowen, Frank Berry. M L. Brittain. W C. Ben nett, 11. C. Beet man, A. S. Byers. Paul Burkert. F. L Bergstrom. F. M. Byrne, . W M. Camp. Peter F. Clarke, lieutenant: B. I.ee Crew. Dan Carey. W. B. Cum mings, .1. D. Cloudman, ft. H. Comer, F. J. Cooledge, captain: E. C. Callaway, E. L. Connally, W. M. Crumley, A. P. Coles. B. B. Crew. A. H. Davis, lieutenant; George Donovan. W. D. Ellis, G. F. Eu banks, Julian Field, J. S. Floyd. Floyd Fenn. Thomas Fleming, John E. Freeman. ,C. .1 Gavan. C. P. Goree. Phil Green. Louis Gholstin, W. A Graham. Fl. 11. Hirsch, Eugene’ Hardeman. H. P. Hall, George M. Hope, C. .1. Haden. J. T. Holle man. W. E. Hancock. .1. .1. Hastings, W. A. Haygood. W. L.JJancock, S. K. Johns ton. Joe Jacobs. Bolling II Jones, quar termaster-captain; H. W. Johnstone. Han son Jones. V. H. Kriegshaber, W. T. Kuhns. Thomas H. Morgan, W V. Mc- Millan. Samuel Meyer, Jr.. G. H. Morrow. IJ. A McCord. J. W. Murrell. E. W. Mar lin. Walter McElreath, G. M. Napier, cap tain; John S. Owens. F .1. Paxon, F. T. Ridge. J. D. Rhodes, W W Reid. H N. Randolph. Macon Sharp, W. M. Stevenson, F. C. Smilie. Charles A. Smith, H. L. Schlesinger. J. A. Shields, H. F. Scott, Edward Schaefer. C. C. Thomas, M. L. Thrower. S. B Turman. Samuel Tate, E. L Wight. J. .1. Woodside, H. 1,. Wiggs, A. McD. Wilson. W. O. Wilson. A. M. Weems. W. S Witham, A J. West and W. Woods White. • THIEF IN FASHIONABLE DISTRICT OF AUGUSTA TAKES ONLY MONEY AUGUSTA, GA., Sept. 13 : —An epi demic of robberies prevails in Greene street, one of the most fashionable res idence streets in the city. A thief en ters residences, by windows most often, and takes only money. He leaves jew elry and silverware. Among the homes robbed within the past few days were those of Dr. Charles W. Crane. Mrs. <’. W. Hickman. Major W. H Crane and A. F. c’romee. In ont; instance the thief took all the money from a man's trousers pockets and left his watch. Mi s s Jessie Muse Frowns on the Idea of Unif or m s—- Wants the Students To Be “Just Atlantans,” Not Branded as H i g h S c h oo 1 Girls-—Not Painted and Pow dered to Excess. » "Atlanta high school girls are not I 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 tile "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 propet 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 or 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 dency to larking that college students often have." Colonel Walter R. Daley, president of the board of education, was quoted last spring as favoring a uniform for high school girls. His reason was not so much the reported tendencj toward MACON BOOSTERS GIVEN OVATION ON RETURNING HOME MACON, GA. Sept. 13—When Ma icon's first trade train returned las: I night from a trip through npiddle and .south Georgia the 100 merchants who | made the trip were accorded an enthii sjqstic welcome home bv several hun- I died citizens. They were met at the depot with a i bahd and escorted in a street parade to the cornel' of Cherry and Third streets, wheie an experience meeting was held, some of the merchants addressing tile crowd and telling what benefits had been achieved by the "booster train." 1 Forty towns were visited on the tour ■ CALLS HER SON THIEF TO SAVE HIM FROM FRIENDS NEWARK. N. J, Sept 13.—Mrs Michael Staceviez is in jail chargerl , with perjury, because, to save her son from bad companions, she charged him witli theft. Overcome by remorse, she admitted the charge was false i —— paint and powder and bad taste In I dress, but the constantly increasing > cost of clothes worn to school by the I wealthier girls and their less fortunate ■ companions who struggled to keep up I appearances. It was noticed last year I that high school students were wearing i such expensive and ornate costumes ■ that poorer girls could not keep the pace set hy 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’ pocketbook or feeling conspicuous in reasonably priced clothing. Spirit of Democracy. "I believe uniforms would be a good thing for tire girls," said Colonel Da ley at that time. "If the right to a choice of dress isjieing abused by ex travagance an order by the board of education requiring the wearing of plain and simple uniforms 'might heal a lot of heartaches. And I have no ticed in girls' schools where uniforms 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 !' she would welcome any movement to ward simple girlish dresses for school i girl«. she said she was veil aware of > th, tendencj toward extravagance in 1 <lle.-s. BROTHER HUNTED AS SLAYER OF WRESTLER; BODY UNDER COUCH WAI,DEN, N Y„ Sept. 13.—The New York police have been asked to arrest William Grace in connection with the murder of hi- brother. "Jack" Grace, \\r« stling champiot) of New England, whose body was found in the rooms of tile Waiden Social club. "Jack” Grace capie here last Satur day from Boston to meet an actress. Chief ot Police Ronk, with w hom Grace talked shortly after his arrival, said he had a large sum of money. The nufr dered man’s pockets were titled when found. Grace's brother, Philip, was married here Wednesday and the absence of "Jack" Grace led to a search. The wrestfer's skull had bet n crushed and th, body hidden beneath a couch. "MURDER CAR" NOW USED AS A RUBBERNECK WAGON" NF'.W YORK, Sept. 13. —T4te notorie ty gained by automobile No. 41,313. the gray touring car used for the murder er.- of Herman Rosenthal, lias been cap italized and the automobile is now being used as a sightseeing machinX. This act has been brought to the at tention of the police by the arrest of tlie driver, Frederick Halloran, for vio lating certain traffic regulations. Halloran told tlie police that lie had recently bought tht car from Louis Llbbey, who owned it at the time the murder was committed. BODY Is"IDENTIFiED~BY MONEY ORDER TO WIFE ST. I,GUIS, Sept, 13.—-A money or der for $102.34, which he hail purchased to send bis wife in Austria, was tlie means used to identify Powet Orklsz, a Wood River laborer, who was killed Monday night near that village by a <’.. P. and St. 1,, freight train. OUtisz was struck as he walked along f the trucks and thrown into a ditch. I Tile train, it is said, did not stop. The money order was found in a pocket of ; his coat. ' 2 ROYAL WEDDINGS FOR GEORGE TRJBE GYPSIES 1 CLEVELAND Sept. 13.—Two royal w eddings united Prince Stephen George. 17 years old, and Lena Joseph, 13 J ears 1 old, and Dina Georg, , IS rears old. f cousin of Princess Rosie, and Joe Jo ' seph. 20 years old, all of the George tribe of gypsies. "MOVIES" ■ mONCEBMS Expert Who Cleaned Up New Orleans to Give'Sanitation Lecture Here. z Dr. Oscar Dowling, who has a coun trywide reputation as the man who really cleaned up New Orleans, will ap pear at the Auditorium Tuesday to give Atlantans a motion picture demonstra tion of the dangers of dirt. He will give added impetus to a clean-up cam paign now being waged here. Dr Dowlings demonstration is ac complished with reels showing "The Pesky Fly," "801 l the Water,” "Sum mer Bailies,” "The Red Seal" and "The Commonwealth." In addition, to ths motion pictures, Dr. Dowling lllus i ates his plea, for better sanitation with numerous stereopticon views. The moving pictures are free to everybody As president of the Louisiana state board of health. Dr. DowMng created a furore hy closing up the famous French market in the Crescent City and mak ing some of the most noted of the French restaurants turn over a new leaf. He originated the idea of the “Health Train" and toured Louisiana on a general cleaning campaign. Dr. Dowling’s first appearance in At lanta and the demonstration scheduled for Tuesday night was arranged by Dr. L. B. Clarke, president of the Fulton I County Medical association. Mr. and ■ Mrs Charles J. Haden co>-operated with L Dr, Clarke in getting Dr, Dowling. Mrs. I Haden is president of the Federation of t Women’s Clubs and Mr. Haden Is chairman of the sanitation committee , of the Atlanta Cliamber of Commerce. Dr. Dowling's demonstration will be absolutely free. The motion pictures ■ will be used to illustrate his lecture on "National Health." . BRIDE CHARGES CRUELTY; ’ WOULD RETURN LICENSE i ■ CLEVELAND, Sept. 13.—"1 don't want this license any more. I’m going to leave Alex." Mis. Buso told a li cense clerk. They were mirried a month igo.. A warrant charging cruelty was issued tor Alex. 3