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REFORM ACTS ARE
IN HMDS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
Streets. Smoke, and Dirt Is-i
sues Are Up wor Action at
Meeting Today.
Three important reform measures I
reach council for final action this
ifteraoon.
The special committee of ten will
nake Its recommendations for reforms
n the construction department, urging
that council assume the authority to
approve all appointments of Chief of
construction Clayton in that office. He
nov appoints all his subordinates with
out any limitations.
Councilman Charles W. Smith, the
chairman of the committee, says he
thinks Captain Clayton should be re
tired on a pension.
Councilman Smith will introduce an
ordinance abolishing the smoke board
Action on this ordinance may be post
poned, however, because no smoke in-|
,pector has been elected to succeed In
spector Paul McMichael, who resigned.
The job pays $2,400 a year.
Woodward Asks Delay.
It is said that Mayor-elect James G.
Woodward is exerting his Influence to
have the election of an inspector post
poned until he takes his seat on Janu
ary 1 The members of the commission
have not been able to agree on a man.
r’ouncilman Smith says he is willing to
delay urging the adoption of his ordi
nance until an adjourned meeting of
ounctl Thursday, but no longer.
Councilman Orville Hall will intro
duce a new dirt ordinance similar to
the one which was repealed at the in
stigation of Aiderman James W. Mad
dox. an excavation contractor.
The ordinance will prohibit the spill
mg of dirt on the stress. After he had
been fined several times in the record
er’s court because his wagons spilled
dirt Aiderman Maddox got busy and
had the original ordinance repealed.
Since then so much dirt has been
spilled on the streets around excava
tion work that the sanitary department
« unable to keep the streets clean.
Hurt Probably Will Get Permit.
Joel Hurt’s application for a permit
ro iay electric wire conduits under
Edgewood avenue and Exchange place
also will be presented with the favor
able ecommendation of the streets
committee
No further objections to this permit
are expected from the Georgia Railway
and Power Company. When Mr. Hurt
first made his application, officials ot
the power company protested lh.it the
lly could not legally grant such a’ |ier- |
nit. M•. Hurt then declared he would j
get . f anchise and build a competitive :
>we. plant.
\i th. second meeting of the com
it. t company made no further j
.. j< 1- u.-. If the permit is grant', :
! I will confine his distributioi ■
• c i. power to his own building
i ti-. Edgewood avenue section he i
i-\ (loping.
SUIT TO CANCEL BIG
STOCK ISSUE OF HOOP
COMPANY IS HEARD
After a court tight of more than two
years, P. L. Mynahan, a minority I
stockholder in the Atlanta Steel Hoop I
Company. brought his action to cancel
he company’s $200,000 stock issue to a
jury in first division of superior court
today.
Mynahan, who owns some $15,000
worth of common stock in the steel
company, asserts that he has a contract
which sets forth that no stock is to be
preferred over his. When the company,
two years ago, sought to issue $200,000
in preferred stock he went into superior
court and obtained an injunction from
Judge Bell.
Before the court acted some of the i
new issue had been floated and the ,
company appealed the case to supreme
court. Recently' the court sustained (
Judge Bell and Mynahan asked for a
cancellation of the stock. 1
Smith, Hastings & Smith are repre- 1
renting Mynahan, and Payne & Jones ,
the steel company.
RAIL BOARD LIKELY
TO FIX CAR SCHEDULE
ON PONCE DE LEON
Unless residents of” Ponce DeLeon ,
|venue, who have been fighting to get
i creased service for their section,
ome to terms with the Georgia Rail- (
'•n and Power Company before Jan
! iry 9, the railroad commission on that ’
■ • will attempt to adjust the situa
tion.
Chairman Murphey Candler, of the
I
ommission, notified E. W. Martin, of
citizens committee, today that the
<■< t car company had agreed to in
litute a fifteen-minute service on the
•'■nee DeLeon line as a compromise
’ ith the citizens on the ten-minute
service demanded. The present sched
ule on the Ponce DeLeon avenue Is 1
twenty minutes.
Doctor’s Home and
Office Robbed
A burglar entered the office and resi
,!,nce of Dr. Simon Katzann, 177 Gil
u.-r street, last night and obtained $43
n cash and a gold-filled watch and
i«in. Detectives are working upon a
lager print clew found on the ledge of
” window through which the burglar
ntered.
I’he watch was in a coat left by Dr.
Katzann in his office at 11 o'clock Sun- .
■ . y night, and the money was taken
'"m the doctor's trousers pocket in Ills
'rd room. The burglar left eighteen
■ ents in cash in the pocket from which
- took the $43.
Perfect One-Year-Old Child Pound in Atlanta
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Little Harold Fagan Weighs
21 Pounds and His Height
Is 21 Inches.
Here is the perfect one-year-old child.
The picture and the measurements tel!
the story. This is, physically speaking,
the Ideal infant of twelve months.
Not only do its own folks think it is
the perfect youngster, that is only
natural, but this is the baby picked out
by Professor F. B. Magee from al! the
babies of Atlanta as the child whose
measurements approach most nearly
those of the perfect child.
And be it known that Professor Ma
gee, now the Muldoon of Atlanta, be
fore he went into the rebuilding of men,
made a specialty of building boys, and
his years In V»• A - and similar
work qualify him ns an expert.
Finding the perfect child of one year
old was no easy task. Professor Magee
gave more than a month to the search,
examining babies from the waterworks
to Lakewood Heights and from Ridge
wood to Anderson avenue, before he hit
upon Harold Fagan, of 120 Greenwich
street. When he did his search ab
ruptly ended, for this lad. in the opinion
of Professor Magee, is the ideal child of
one year.
Fills All Requirements.
A study of the measurements dem
onstrates that this child Is virtually the
average weight for a one-year-old baby
—2l pounds. In height it is about two
inches above the average. Its chest
measurement is one-fifth of an inch
more than the average child. Accord
ing to the famous authority on babies,
Dr. Emmett Holt, the average one
year-old baby is 21 pounds In weight,
29 inches In height and has a chest
measurement of IS inches and a head
circumference of IS Inches.
The Fagan youngster reached its
present state of physical perfection by
"merely growing." It is no product of
any advanced school of physical devel
opment. But Probs- • Mage. be
lieves. and has demonstrated with his
own children, that much can be dom to
improve the pliy.-ival development >f
ex eii an infant b> systematic ex. el. o,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.MONDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1912.
: MEASUREMENTS OF I
S LITTLE HAROLD FAGAN :
• Weight 21 pounds •
• Height 31 inches •
• Girth of neck 6 inches •
• <’hest 1R.2 inches •
• Right fore arm 5.7 inches •
• Right upper arm. down. .5.6 inches •
• Right upper arm. up.. ..5.7 inches •
• Left fore arm 5.6 Inches •
• Left upper arm, down ..5.4 inches •
• Left upper arm, up .. ..5.7 inches •
• Right thigli 9 indies •
• Right calf 7.4 inches •
• Left thigh 5.9 inches •
• Left calf 7.2 Inches •
beginning when it is a month or two
Old.
Heim ate the Magee rules for devel
oping children:
I. Twice a day infants should he un
dressed down to two or three garment
and allowed to kick and roll.
B' the time a child is a month old!
chow it to take hold of tout fingers!
and pull it off the pillow. By three!
months you will bo able to pull the i
baby up to a sitting posture this wtr
Never Jerk the Baby.
3. At three or four months allow the
baby to sit upright in your hand. By
balancing it will strengthen the mus
cles of its back. You can easily steady
it so that no harm can come.
4. Take the baby, while lying on its
back, and lift up its feet and legs—first,
a little, and then gradually more and
more, allowing Jhe weight to rest on
the neck and head.
5. Dist the baby first by one arm,
then by the other, then by one leg and
then the other. This strengthens the
muscles and joints. So long as you lift
steadily no harm will he done.
fi. Don’t jerk In lifting the baby it:
these various exercises do ft steadily.
There should be no jerking. If there
isn’t the baby will b‘ benefited.
7. Don’t put too many clothes or too
long clothes on an Infant. The legs of
an infant shouid have a Chance to more
without ‘‘-ing htiiiip. red by ;i lot of]
foolish c'otlies.
‘ s ,\f-, [,,, p,.. f,. u months let the
’ t.nby s eep outdoor.-.
if you patents with small children
BRITAIN MOURNS
INITH AMERICA
FORM
Warm Tribute Paid to Dead
Ambassador in Parliament.
Widow Prostrated.
LONDON. Dec. 16.—The British na
tion today united in paving tribute to
tile memory of Whitelaw Reid, Ameri
can ambassador to the court of St.
James, who dii'd at Dorchester house
yesterday of bronchial trouble and
asthma.
In parliament ibis evening Premier
Asquith eulogized Mr. Reid mid an
nounced that the admiralty had offered
the United States government the serv
ices of a warship to convey the remains
to New York.
“Mr. Reid was so close to us that
the English people had come to look
upon him as a kinsman." declared the
premier.
A. J. Balfour, forth. opposition, fol
lowed Premier Asquith and spoke on
behalf of the Unionist party. He in
dorsed all the sentiments expressed by
Mr. Asquith.
"We Englishmen offer to all Ameri
cans our deep and heartfelt sympathy',
for America has sustained a great loss
in tlie death of Mr. Reid." declared Mr.
Balfour.
Messages By Hundreds.
While hundreds of telegrams and
notes of condolence poured into Dor
chester house today ftorn all parts of
the world, expressing regret for the
death of the ambassador, prepara
tions were made for the funeral
senices here and in New York. In
terment will likely be made in the cem
etery at Sleepy Hollow, N. Y.
Mrs. Reid is prostrated and is under
care of the family physician, Sir
Thomas Barlow, private physician to
King George, who was in consultation
over Mr. Reid and volunteered his serv
ices to the family today.
Official recognition by the Britisii
government of Mr. Reid's death was
not given until today on account of the
absence of Sir Edward Grey, the Brit
ish foreign minister, and Premier As
quith from the city yesterday. The
American embassy was draped in
mourning today and the flag was placed
at half-mast. The same badge of
mourning was in evidence throughout
international diplomatic circles in Lon
don.
Mrs. Reid insisted tliat her husband's
body should be taken to America at the
earliest opportunity, even urging that it
be shipped before her son, Ogden Mills
Reid, who sailed from New York Sun
day. could arrive. She is expected to
change her mind, however, when she
has recovered from’the shock of her
husband's death.
A memorial service will be held fol
the late ambassador in Westminster
Abbey Friday, the dean of the chapter
having expiessed the wish that such
services be conducted. It is believed
that the suggestion for a funeral serv
ice in the historic abbey came direct
from King Geoige.
Physicians Puzzled.
Physicians who attended the late am
bassador were puzzled at the sudden
;i-ruiination of Mr. Reid's illness. They
were taken by surprise for up to Fri
day the doctors assured members of
the Reid family that the stricken man
would pull through.
However, the combined attack of
bronchial trouble and asthma, coupled
with Mr. Reid's advanced years, proved
too much.
Mr. Reid was 76 years old and had
represented the United States at the
court of St. James for afven years. His
diplomatic career would have ended
March 4 with the incoming of the Dem
ocratic administration at Washington,
but this fact did not disturb Mr. Reid,
for he had frequently of late told his
friends that he wished to withdraw
from public life to devote himself to
the compilation of his memoirs.
Tig- foremost physicians in Great
Britain, headed by Sir Thomas Barlow,
King George's ductor, and Sir William
Oslir, attended the stricken diplomat,
rendering every relief known to science.
A wireless telegram sent to the liner
Kron Prinzessen (,'ecelia, upon which
Ogden Mills Reid sailed from New
York, apprised the son of his father's
death.
Death Not Anticipated.
That Mr. Reid did not anticipate th,
nearness of his end was shown by' the
fact that up to -4 hours of his death
the business of the embassy passed
through his hands and received his sig
nature.
Mr. Reid's body lay at Dorchester
house todav while a sieady stream of
persons: representing various grades of
officialdom called and left expressions
of sympathy for Mrs. Reid. Many im
posing floral tributes were received.
The business of the American em
bassy today Is in charge of Irwin
Laughlin, of the embassy staff. Official
messages between the embassy and the
state department at Washington were
signed by Mr. Laughlin.
There was considerable speculation in
official circles over the possible succes
sor of Mr. Reid during the remaining
months of the Republican administra
follow this system you may develop an
ideal child. Maybe you have already
developed one. How about YOUR
child'.’ Is It physically "ijeal'.’” Are
its meusursments as good us those of
Harold Fagan'.’ Does it stack up as
well In a picture?
It was Impossible foi Plol'essor Ma
gee to see all the babies in Atlanta.
Possibly 1"’ missed ope more neat!'-
pc lei I tnaii the one he selected. I’ r
haps that b.ibv i- on ym know. Pos
sibly win >t i- you own.
How about it'.' T o G'.o'gian is in
tereated
Children Enter Into Spirit of Christmas Fund Campaign
SHARE TOYS WITH POOR TOTS
CONTRIBUTIONS
The contributions to date follow:
Gus Edwards' Girls and Boys. ..$127.91
W. R. Hearst 100.00
J. M. Slaton 25.00
F. J. Paxon 25.00
R. F. Maddox 25.00
Forrest Adair 25.00
J. W. English 25.00
John E. Murphy 25.00
W. T. Gentry 25.00
Gaorge Adair 25.00
Joel Hurt 25.00
W. H. Glenn 25.00
E. H. Inman 25.00
A friend \ 25.00
Harold S. Holmes 25.00
J. B. Cleveland 25.00
Mrs. J. B. Whitehead 25.00
George M. McKenzie 25.00
Lindsey Hopkins 25.00
H. C. Worthen . 15.00
Scherer Lunch 10.00
W. L. Peel 10.00
James Lynch 10.00
John W. Grant ... 10.00
Henry Durand 10.00
Mrs. J. M. Slaton 10.00
Mrs. E. L. Connally 10.00
Oscar Elsas 10.00
Charles C. Jones 10.00
Carlos Mason 10.00
A. G. Rhodes & Son 10.00
Mrs. Joseph M. Brown 10.00
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kiser ... 10.00
Morris Brandon 10.00
Ira Steiner 10.00
R. J. Guinn 5.00
E. P. Ansley 5.00
E. C. Peters 5.00
M. L. Thrower 5.00
S. B. Turman 5.00
Mrs. Robert Maddox 5.00
I. H. Oppenheim 5.00
Joseph A. Willingham 5.00
Mrs. J. M. High 5.00
Mrs. George McKenzie 5.00
Mrs. P. H. Alston 5.00
M. H. Wilensky 5.00
A friend 5.0 c
J. K. Ottley 5.00
J. S. Akers 5.00
Clifford L. Anderson 5.00
Dr. E. G. Ballenger 5.00
Chief J. L. Beavers 5.00
Marion Jackson 5.00
A friend 5.00
Dr. George Brown 5.00
J. P. Allen 5.00
Robert L. Cooney 5.00
Reuben R. Arnold 5.00
NEED Ml GIRLS
TO HID RED CROSS
While the eGorgfa campaign originally
contemplated the sale of 1,500,000 Red
Gross seals this niunth, State Chairman
Kendall Weisiger already has placed
throughout the state a total of 1,600,000
and has 200,000 more reserve. Agen
cies have been established in every city
of 1,500 inhabitants or more and splendid
reports are coming in.
The record for individual sales of Red
Cross seals in Atlanta to date is held by
Mrs. T. B. Eelder, who, in one morning,
sold $75 worth, 7,500 seals, chiefly in the
Equitable building. In the aftcinoon of
the same doy she and Mrs. W. C. .Jarna
gin completed the sale of an even SIOO
worth.
The young women who entered the con
test Saturday, did not get a fair chance
at it, but have determined to make a
day’s record this week which will be lhe
big week of Red Cross seal work.
The public schools sent for 5,000 more
seals Monday, making a total of 155,000
they have taken.
. Mrs E. G. Hodgson, chairman of the
Atlanta committee, is anxious to get all
the volunteers possible for lhe work this
week. Christmas day is only nine day.:
off. and the bulk of the Atlanta Red Cross
seal work must be completed this week.
Any young woman willing to help in the
work for a day. or even a few hours, are
lequested to cal! Mrs. Hodgson at tele
phone Ivy 801.
tion at Washington. ’l’he name mofft
prominently mentioned was that of
John Hays Hammond, who was one of
the American envoys to the coronation
of King George. He is well known
here and is said to be very acceptable
to the English government.
It was reported this afternoon that
the admiralty would place a British
, warship at the disposal of the Reid
family to transport the remains of the
late diplomat to New York.
Taft Decides Not to
Fili Reid’s Place
«
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. - President
Taft announced today after a confer
ence with S<TH'tary of State Knox
that In* had decided not to till the va
cancy caused by the death of Ambas
sador Reid in London.
Speculation had been rife to wlm
would be named to till the office until
March 4. and of the names nn-ntiorn-d
(hat of John Hays Hammond \as giv
en first plate, others mentioned were
• \-Vice President Fairbanks. Seth
Low, former mayor of N« •* York, and
William B. McKinley, Tuft’s manager
in the recent campaign.
I is a critical period—weakened
throats, delicate bronchial
tubes and unsound lungs often
follow; sometimes impaired
sight or hearing.
But if SCOTTS EMULSION
taken promptly and regularly
after the fever subsides it
quickly and effectually re
stores appetite, strength and
flesh.
Marion Cobb Bryan and Florence
Jackson Bryan, Jr 5.00
i Charles J. Haden 5.00
Howard Pattillo 5.00
J. K. Ottley 5.00
1 Daniel W. Rountree 5.00
J. K. Orr 5.00
Charles C. Thorn s.ud
W. E. Chapin 5.00
C. E. Sciple 5.00
Spencer Wallace Boyd .. ..x ... 5.00
J. B. Hockaday 5.00
James G. Woodward 5.00
Thomas C. Biggs (Velie Motor
Company) 5.00
Charles A. Smith 5.00
George S. Obear 5.00
Robert T. Small 5.00
C. E. Marshall 5,00
C. D. Bidwell . 5.00
Willis Ragan 5.00
Arnold Broyles ... 5.00
B. Lee Crew 5.00
Shelby Smith 2.50
Eugene R. Black 2.00
Dr. T. B. Hinman 2.00
Mrs. W. S. Elkin 2.00
Olive and Frances Marion 2.00
Anonymous 2.00
A friend 2.00
R. S. Wessels 2.00
A Friend 2.50
In Memory of a Boy 2.00
I M. B. Young 2.00
I Mrs. Bolling Jones 1.00
i H. H, Cabaniss 1.00
I Helen Lucile Dickson 1.00
I Meyer Regenstein 1.00
1 Mrs. A. E. Thornton 1.00
I Hortense Adams, Jr 1.00
Albert S. Adams 1.00
I Constance Adams 1.00
I A Friend 1.00
i Miss Lucile LaHatte 1.00
l Mary S. Connally 1.00
I Margaret Massengale 1.00
I A Friend 1.00
i Miss Crush 1.00
i A Friend 1.00
Ormond Massengale ... 1.00
St. Elmo Massengale, Jr 1.00
I Friend E 1,00
l Julia Lowry Meador I.OG
A friend 1.00
1 Judge Broyles 1,00
i Merryman Cross .25
I
I Total $1,092.66
D. N. McCullough, box Indian River or-
I anges.
Bell Bros., barrel of apples.
mESSINEENN
WSTERYGADGHT
’ CORDELE, GA.. Dee. 16.—S. R. H
' Roberts, charged with perjury in Hie
‘ disappearance case of Augustus J.
j Fenn, the former wealthy Cordele lum
berman. has been rearrested at Baln
, bridge. Sheriff J. H. Emanuel, of De
-1 eatur county, will receive a SIOO re
ward offered for the apprehension of
I Roberts by the Southern States Life
Insurance Company of Atlanta
• Roberts was arrested shorH.i after
, I’enn was discovered at New * cleans
‘ at the instance of the Southern States
, Company, which, with the Greensboro
Life and Annuity Company, was being'
sued by Fenn’s wife for the recovery of
’ insurance on his life.
Roberts was released from the Crisp
county jail shortly after his arrest, un
. der bond of SI,OOO. He failed to appear
, when his case was called at the las:
term of the superior court and the bond
• was forfeited.
‘ 'he insurance company then offt red
‘ the reward.
i Judge \\ . F. George has now as-
■ sessed his bond at s;>,Otio. it is doubt
, ful it hi- can n.i-ke bond before th<
February term of the court for which
the case lias been .s'-t.
Deputy Sheriff Youngblood, of Cri.-o
county, has gone to Bainbridge forth
■ prisoner and will arrive with him to
’ bight. Nothing has been heard here of
i the whereabouts of J. s. Land, whos
i arrest the Southern States lias also
■ sought on a similar ehhrge.
, ST. JOHNS CHURCH TO
GIVE CHRISTMAS TREE
A Christmas tree will be given Fri
day night, December 27, at the Sf.
Johns Methodist church by tin- Epworth
league. Nothing costing more than 10
cents will lie put upon the tree, the
Idea being to have only a cheerful
gathering of children.
Positive
Diamond Security
Our large business, purchasing as much or more than job
bers, enables us to buy diamonds direct from the larger cutters
of the world in original lots, and we therefore save you all of
the middlemen’s profits that the average jeweler must charge.
When these large lots are received from the cutters, each
stone is graded and classed with exacting care, and marked in
plain figures with weight ana grade and price at once the low
est.
A child, therefore, can buy a diamond from us as securely
as an expert might.
Every solitaire diamond we sell has our guarantee of a full
price exchange value on any larger diamond at any time; that
we will buy back at any time within a year at just what you pay
for it, less 10 per cent, and a loan value of 60 per cent at bank
ers’ rate of interest.
For those who do not care to pay for a diamond all at once,
we offer a most attractive partial payment plan which is care
fully explained in Our Diamond Book
There is nothing to be done to reduce the cost of diamonds
or to assure their value that we do not offer.
We will be glad to send you our beautiful Catalogue No. 26
upon request.
HARRY L. DIX, inc. •
Diamond Merchants and Manufacturing Jewelers
208-9-10 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
More Money Needed to Reach
All of Atlanta’s Unfortunate
Kiddies.
I
By Evelyn Wren
Marjorie is a little next door neigh*
I bor of mine, and for weeks her chatter
j lias been of Santa Claus and what he
might bring her. Marjorie's father isn’t
I a rich man, but he has a comfortable
I income, and there are lots of uncles and
I aunts who play Santa to Marjorie every
* Christmas, so sue is sure to find her
I stocking full and running over.
I She tame running to me this morn
, ing bubbling over with excitement.
I "Say, Miss Evelyn,” she shouted,
J "mamma has been reading about you
I and the Empty Stocking Fund. And
I she asked me whether I’d rather have
i her spend ill her Christinas money on
I i something for me or give it to some
l poor little boys and girls. Mamma say*
! Santa Claus Is certain to bring me a
I whole lot of things, anyway.”
Marjorie Willing to Share.
1 'What did you say about ft, Mnr
! jorie?” I asked. The yellow curls bobbed
I up and down emphatically.
"Why, I told her to buy something
1 for the poor children," returned Marjo
-1 rie. "Os course, I wouldn't want not to
have any Christmas at all, but I'll have
plenty. And mamma says she can find
lots of pretty toys besides the money
1 she was going to spend on me. There's
' an express wagon I’m tired of that's
just as good as new, and a red coat
that I’ve outgrown and it hasn't a spot
1 on it. She is going to send them to you
1 for the children's fund. And she says
' will you take them?”
"Why, of course, we'll take them and
be glad to, Marjorie, I replied. "Not
that we want any broken, wornout,
thrown-away toys not tit for use, but
' we'll acct pt anything that's nice enough
to send real Christmas happiness to a
boy or girl and not hurt their feelings
by looking second-handed."
Worthy Example For Others.
And Marjorie’s example in giving up
a siiare of her own Christmas gifts for
the sake of others is a plan which
might well be adopted by a thousand
little girls and boys among the well-to
do of Atlanta. The Georgian wouldn't
lor the world take all of one child's
Christmas presents to give another.
That would not be fair.
But surely the mother who plane to
spend $5 on her little girl might give a
dollar of It to the Empty Stocking Fund
and give her little daughter just as
■ much happiness with the other four.
I believe that if the mothers would put
the proposal before the children the lit
tle folks would vote in favor of sharing
with the poor.
And there are many things needed in
these homes of the poor besides candy
and toys for Christmas morning. The
Christmas Editor has gone over the list
made up after careful investigation,
and there are many homes where a pair
of new shoes lit to wear to school would
1 mean as much to a little girl as a pony
I and cart would mean to a Peachtree
I child.
Many Need Clothing.
There are children who need warm
wraps, ami children whose clothing is
so worn and soiled that they are
i ashamed io go to school at all.
The Empty Stocking Fund was meant,
primarily to furnish toys end good
things fm th. children, not to relieve
more s. rious needs which other organ
izations might look after.
But the Christmas Editor has discov
ered so many eases where a pair of
shoes or a warm coat would be a god
send that he will supply just as many
of thew as he can. It all depends upon
how many dollars are in the treasury
this week.
There are manj’, many children to
supply, and the fund is not yet large
enough to meet demands upon it.
ELOPED WITH GRAVE
DIGGER: HYPNOTIZED
PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 16.—Mrs.
Ami'' Oliver, who . loped from her home
In Bristol, Pa., with G. \V. Birehet, i»
grave digger, who deserted her here,
-ays het action was due to the hypnotic
influence Birehet had over her.
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