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POORHOUSE HEM
ID BE RETIRED
jwr i
Sweeping Changes in Manage
ment and Conduct of Institu
tion Planned by Board.
As the result of an investigation re
cently conducted by the alms anti juve
nile committee ot the I'ulton county
commission, a complete reorganization
of the affairs and management of the
county almshouse will be undertaken by
the board after January 1
Dr. O. <>. Vanning, who for years has
been at the head of the Fulton poor
house, will be retired, according to cur
rent information, and a practical farm
er and his wife will be pul in charge
of the Institutior,.
While the commissioners have not
worked out all the plans for the change
at the almshouse, four members of the
board, including W. Tom Winn, the
newly elected commissioner, are in fa
vor of sweeping reforms in poorhouse
administration.
Board Convinced Matron Needed.
Dr. Vanning was placed in charge of
tiie almshouse as a doctor, but numer
ous complaints coming to the commis- |
Sion and its committee have convinced I
the members of the board that a ma
tron is needed there. It is for this rea
son. the commissioners assert. Vanning
fs to be removed and a man and his
wife put in charge. It is the commis
sion’s plan to have the woman act as
matron.
Commissioner Shelby Smith, chair
rpan of the alms and juvenile commit
tee, who is slated for chairman of the
board after January 1, said positively
that the charges made this fall against
Fanning accusing him of drunkenness
and incompetency had not been sus
tained.
Dr. Fanning's administration, he said,
had been satisfactory In every respect
except in the handling of women in
mates, Mr. Smith said.
Solid For Reorganization.
"It has got to a point where it is
necessary to have a woman at the alms
house. For this reason, the board lias
agreed on a plan of putting a practical
farmer and his wife in charge and de
tailing a county physician to treat sick
inmates.”
As far as can be learned, this is the
only change in county administration
contemplated by the new board which
has taken definite shape.
According to Commissioner Smith,
the commission Is as one on the pro
posed change.
WIFE CATCHES HER
HUBBY WITH PRETTY
ACTRESS; FUR FLIES
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—When the
wife of Joseph Thomas, an auctioneer
38 years old, met her husband walking
early today with a pretty actress, she
started something. Before Thomas
realized what had happened he found
himself the center of flying muffs, puffs
and hair.
The two women wrestled and scratch
ed and pounded each other, while
Thomas danced in and out of the fracas
trying to stop them. He might as well
have tried to brush back the scurrying
waves with a toy broom. It took stal
wart Patrolman Sheehan, who had
heard the noise, to stop it. He took
the women to the night court, while
Thomas. crestfallen and nervous,
brought up the rear. The women's
tongues were as accomplished as their
fists when it came to making a noise.
When both were arraigned Thomas
played a doubly hand and procured a
lawyer for each. They were found
guilty of fighting, but discharged with
a reprimand.
REJECTED MAN SETS
OFF BOMB IN HOME
OF GIRL: HE’S DYING
KLAMATH FALLS. OREG . Dec. 27.
George Gowan lies at the point of death
today, with his face torn away and
■suffering from other injuries.
Rendered desperate because of re
peated refusal of Adeline Beck, aged
seventeen, to marry him, Gowan, who
is aged 85 and a prominent citizen
here, walked into the Beck home early
today and. under the pretense of get
ting a drink of water, went Into the
kitchen, where he touched off a dyna
mite bomb. Apparently his intention
was to destroy the house and the fam
ily consisting of seven persons. The
Berks, however, miraculously escaped
with slight injuries, but Gowan was
fatally hint.
NEGRO CAPTURED SAYS HE
SLEW A MAN IN GEORGIA
WASHINGTON. Dec 37 -Ben Turner, a
negro laborer. Is under arrest here toda^y.
and according to tl.e police he admitted
Tip Is wanted in Atlanta, where he mur
dered a man named Saunders nine years
ago. Turner declared he shot the man
n serf defense. Turner says he was In
his bunk when Saunders appeared and
piade an effort to attack him with a
knife and be shot bin In the eh. st w ith a
revolver, leaving there at "tier after the
shooting Turner declares he came North
and has Worked from place to place, end
ng with Ida capture In Rockville. MU.. a
country village not far from this city
MASQUERADE BALL AT FORT.
I’heic will be a masquerade ball at
the gymnasium at Fort McPherson to
night. Prizes will be awarded foi the
bi st costumed participant. Music will
b<- tuinished by the Seventeenth Intan
try band.
Here’s Ideal 9-Months-Old Miss WAo Weighs 23 Pounds
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PROBERS FAIL TO
'BURN UP'WO
New York Police Commissioner,
on Stand, Gives Investigators
as Good as They Send.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 27. —The display
of fireworks expected w hen Police Com
missioner Rhinelander Waldo appeared
before the aldermanic graft investigat
ing committee, failed to materialize to- '
day when he took the stand in answer
to a subpena.
Commissioner Waldo calmly told the
committee “where they got off,” and j
they took his information in the same ,
manner in which he gave it. He said ,
he had no objection to an Investiga- <
tion of the police records, provided it ,
was made In pn orderly manner. "But,”
he added, "you can not start in and
tear them to pieces promiscuously and
we not know whether you put them
back.”
This hint that the commissioner was
afraid of larceny was ignored.
When asked if lie were willing to
let the committee or counsel investigate
the records, he said:
“If you want to go in and tear the
file to pieces, you wHI have to have,
an order from the court to do it."
Waldo testified after investigators
and denied the charge of the commit
tee that the bureau of municipal re
search had been hampered in their
work.
"We have no record that we want to
conceal," he said, and then reiterated
his declaration that he was perfectly’
willing to submit to an orderly exam
ination.
Policeman John J. Skelly, who was
charged before tire committee with hav
ing accepted SSO from Mrs. Mary Goode
in return for police protection for her
fiat, was on the point of a mistrial to
day when the woman admitted that no
body had ever witnessed a graft pay
’ inent made by her to tiie policeman.
Il was stated that Emory Buckner,
counsel for the aldermanic committee,
. would be called as a witness at tiie
trial. When tiie trial was resumed be-
I fore Deputy Police Commissioner
! Walsh, at police headquarters, Mrs.
Goode was called as first witness.
Louis J. Grant, attorney for Skelly,
tried hard to make the woman confess
her right name and reveal her past his
tory but failed. Trial Commissioner
, Walsh failed to rule on the obligation
I of the woman to answer such ques
tions
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i BOY OF 16 SHOOTS HIS
SWEETHEART AND SELF
1 MILBURY. MASS.. Dec. 27.—Charles
‘ Adams, 16 years old. today shot his
1 sweetheart. Miss Clare LeMay, and then
killed himself
The shooting occurred just inside the
gate of the Cordis mil's, where botli
w ere employed. After shooting the girl
1 Adams went to tiie spinning room and
’ shot himself
The police say Adams had been
I i razed by jealousy when his foui teen
’ year-old sweetheart insisted on receiv
ing the attention of other young men.
Adams used a double-barrelled shot
gun.
1 WINDOW LEAPS FROM FIRE
1 KILL TWO AND INJURE SIX
1 LOS tMiri.rs. CAI*., Dae 87 Two
, persons were burned to death and six
, were injured by jumping from windows
todav. when tire burned a business block
I in North Main street.
t \ number of persons were in the upper
( looms and their escape way cut off by the
, flames Firemen carried a number of
persona down the ladders and some of
‘ the firemen hail narrow escapes.
l | SUMMIT. GA., BANK CHARTERED.
Th> secretary of state today issued a
charter to the Bank of Summit, in |
Emanuel county, to be capitalized at I
t SJj.OOu.
FAMILY TROUBLE TOO MUCH
I NEW YORK. Dee 27. Rather than
face his wife In domestic relations cotft-t.
Joseph Tlivark. a cigarmaker, bunged
himself
iUE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 27, 1912.
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F rances Hackman, full of health and vigor and strength.
Little Frances Hackman Is
Wonderfully Well Developed
for Tot of Her Age.
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: Measurements of :
: Model Baby Girl:
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• Height 28 inches •
• Weight 23 pounds •
• Neck 9 inches •
• Chest 19 inches •
• Upper right arm, d0wn.6.25 inches •
• Upper right arm. up . . 7 inches •
• Upper left arm. down.. 6.25 inches •
• Upper left arm, up ... 7 inches •
• Right forearm 6 inches •
• Left forearm 6 inches •
• Right thigh 13.5 inches »
• Left thigh 13.5 inches •
• Right calf i.. 8 inches ®
• Left calf 8 inches •
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And now for the perfect girl baby.
Here is a mighty tine nine-months
old baby girl found by' The Georgian’s
export in Atlanta. Her name is Fiances
Hackman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard B. Hackman, of 142 Glennwood
avenue. A glance at her measurements
will show that her development so fat
has been all that any fond parent could
wish.
And. by the way. the accompanying
picture was not taken as little Frances
was in the act of turning a handspring
Instead, the pose illustrates exercis
recommended by Piofessor McGhee,
The Georgian's expert Judge of stiong
physical children.
One of the initial developments of a
child most desired Is the development
of the arms and legs. Little Frances,
being already the possessor of this de
velopment, kindly and smilingly con
sented to pose for the camera man in
this position, illustrating Proses.-or Mc-
Ghee's rule for mothers.
In the way of development this little
miss has been busy about every day of
her first nine months on earth. The
scales show, for Instance, that she has
taken well to nourishment, without any
ill effects from indigestion. She. tips
the scales at 23 pounds, dressed as you
see her in the photograph.
Little Frances Is the first "perfect
Atlanta baby girl" whose picture and
measurements have appeared in The
Georgian.
If you think you know a tine, healthy
little girl who beats this one. teh phon ■
or send her name to The Georgian.
OLSAN COMPANY GIVES
DINNER TO EMPLOYEES
Employees of the Olsan Company,
successors to the McConnell Shoe and
Clothing Company, of Decatur and Pry -
or street, were given a Christmas din
ner Wednesday evening at Durand's
case by the management of the com
pany .
Twenty-six men and women attend
ed the dinner. Phil Wolfe presided as
toastmaster, and J. Olsan. secretaiy
and treasurer of the firm, talked of the
business interests of Atlanta and the
development and futur. plans of the
Olsan Company.
32.887 WEDDING PERMITS
i ISSUED IN CHICAGO IN 1912
CHICAGO. Dec. 27. Tie wedd ng Il
ia nse clerk here has so far thi- year
issued 32.557 licenses, an in. lease of
3.374 over 1911
.SPANISH QUARTET TO GIVE
BENEFIT CONCERT TONIGHT
A treat for those muslciillv mclinul
promised tonight at Cable hall, when the
Spanish quartet will giv. . b, netit e j
cert. All the members of t| ,s organi
zation are expert musicians a' . their
work has received very lavorabl. criti
cism. Senor M Tovar, a well known
must, ian. is taking a prominent part it.
the arrange!’.elite, and will be one of tm.
• xpert® In the perfermmiv.
PARCELS POST
TO BE POM
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Many Shippers and Jobbers
Prepare to Try New System
at the Start.
The plan of operation of the par
cels post service in Atlanta was adopt
ed this morning at an informal council
held at the postoffice, at which were
present Postmaster H. L. McKee, 1. G.
Hurt, superintendent of mails,‘and R. E.
Barry, assistant postmaster. the three
who will direct the new department.
The plan adopted is simple. The
three executives will await develop
ments and will be governed by circum
stances. Beyond that they will do lit
tle at present except to put every em
ployee of the mail service to the task
of studying the parcels post regula
’ tions.
The studying is not a matter of form.
Every worker must, familiarize himself
with the rules, declares Superintendent
Halt, and examinations will be held,
two days before the new system be
comes the vogue, to ascertain the fit
ness of the employees.
Shippers Ready for System.
If experience is to be the guide of*
tlie postoffiee-officials, they should be
hardened veterans In parcels post serv
ice soon after the new system goes into
effect. Jobbers and manufacturers and
shifters of Atlanta, many 'of whom.
Postmaster McKee said this morning,
have been seeking information relative
’ to zones and rates, and have promised
to try out the ne-w system at the start.
A representative of the American Fer
tilizer Company broke in upon the
council this morning with the informa
tion that he would have 1.000 packages
for the new department on the first day.
The parcels post, after all, is our
old friend “fourth class mail matter."
without change. ’ And yet, fourth class
matter, having been put in a new en
vironment. must be regarded through
the light of new and absolute rules, and
Postmaster H. L. McKee has a number
of absolute and mandatory "doji'ts''
which he would impress on the Atlanta
public.
"Regular postage stamps, such as
have always been used, are of no value
to send parcels post matter." he said.
“Parcels post stamps are distinctive,
nri.i can be used for nothing else;
neither can postage stamps, good for
. first, second and third class matter, be
1 used for parcels post service."
The stamps for the new service will
be oblong in shape, an inch by an inch
and a half in dimension.
Goes Into Effect Wednesday.
Parcels more than four ounces in
weight, the postmaster explained, will
be subject to tile parcels post rate for a
pound which varies from five cents to
twelve cents, according to the zone into
which it is to be shipped, and the dis
tance of that zone from Atlanta. Elev
en pounds Is the maximum limit of
. weight.
Parcels of less than four ounces
weight are subject to tile parcels post
rate of one cent an ounce.
i The one admonition which the post
il master S.lid would be made necessary
■'is tli.it the name and address of the
I sender be plainly written on every
J package. Failure to observe thi,- max
'; result In ntm■ d< livery of the panel.
The new system will be put in op
eration January 1. and packages mai'ed
under its provisions on that day will be
di-pati Ir-d. One clerk for <evmiil days
Ims be’n engaged in working out rela
tive zone charges, and the relative lo
cation. from Atlanta as a center, ot
evei x P .-totlicc in the United Slates
MAGID RETURNS HOME.
Louis B Magid has just leturned
al’ier a Hire, w. k-' ton ..f the |'. ISL
MSPM
51.158 IN FINES
Twenty-Eight Pistol Toters Are
Given the Limit and Held to
Fir’lton Grand Jury.
Violators of the Christmas peace this
year were more prosperous than the
much longer list of offenders in 1911.
As-a result, a total of $1,169.50 was col- '
Iccteii in fines at the two sessions of tiie
recorder’s court yesterday.
The total number of cases disposed
of yesterday was 194, which is less by
more than 100, compared with the pre
ceding year. Yet the fines collected the
day after Christmas. 1911. amounted to
only $999.25.
The population of the stockade was
not as materially increased yesterday
as it was on December 26, 1911. That,
too. goes to show that the year 1912
was exceedingly prosperous for the
chronic Christmas offenders, as well as
the wiser, more conservative -and more
dignified business man who spent a
quiet Christmas.
Judge Broyles gave the pistol, toters
everything that was coming to them
yesterday. Twenty-eight of these cele
braters,' mostly negroes, were handed a
fine of $100.75 each, on the charge of
discharging firearms within the city
limits, and held all of them to the grand
jury under bond of S2OO each.
This morning the cell rooms at po
lice headquarters were no more than
ordinarily filled with prisoners, and the
court had time to hear and discuss all
details of cases.
CHAMBER MO VES TO
RAISE SIO,OOO FUND TO
SECURE CONVENTIONS
Looking to the accumulation of a
fund of SIO,OOO, with which to finance a
convention bureau for Atlanta, a com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
will meet this afternoon, at the call of
Wilmer Moore, president. The project
has been aired before and work toward
raising the fund has been successful to
a fair degree, one-half the amount be
ing subscribed. Other affairs interven
ing. however, the work was laid aside
to be taken up today.
The proposition of a convention bu
reau is one of the policies publicly out
lined by the present administrative of
ficers of the Chamber of Commerce. It
involves the selection of an agent, who
shall place Atlanta's bids before organ
izations worth while. Traveling ex
penses. literature and incidentals, it is
estimated, require the outlay of money,
and the Chamber of Commerce has de
cided that SIO,OOO pledged each year for
two years, would be necessary to in
sure the establishment of the bureau.
It ist jhe dream of lhe committee to
make) Atlanta a city of national con
ventions.
NORWEGIAN BARK SINKS
WITH ALL HANDS ABOARD
Gl,’i\fpoßT. MISS., Dec. 27.—The Nor
wegian, bark Stern, bound from Gulfport
to Rio Janeiro, Brazil, has gone down at
sea with all hands on board. News of
the loss of the Stern, which was long
overdue, was received here today.
ACCUSED OF KILLING
DAUGHTER
CURLEW, WASH., Dec. 27.—That he
poisoned his own child to prevent her
starving to death when the food in his
home became exhausted, is the charge
against Edward Stoddard, a homesteader
on l.oreda creek. A score of men are
searching for him.
“Correct Clothes for Men”
Benjamin Clothes
Are a Little Better
I here is a fit, a snap and
a dash about Benjamin
Clothes not found in other
makes; a distinctive feature
of up-to-dateness that estab
lishes style and beauty, and
they cost no more than
other clothes.
Benjamin Clothes are a
real asset to the business man.
See For Yourself
CARLTON
36 Whitehall Street
CYCLIST INJURED BY
AUTO TRUCK IS NEAR
DEATH; DRIVER HELD
J. P. Tittlebaum, of 67 Kelly street,
threading his way through the traffic
jam at Decatur and Pratt streets yes
terday afternoon, was struck by uu au
tomobile truck and ptobably will die.
The truck was driven by G. W.
Brooks, a negro chauffeur in the em
ploy of the L. W. Rogers Company.
Ho was arrested, and a charge of sus
picion was docketed against him.
Tittlebaum lias not regained con
sciousness. find at Grady hospital, his
condition is regarded as extremely se
rious.
Driving his machine slowly through
the tangle, the negro chauffeur, accord
ing to his own statement, steered sharp
ly toward the curbing of the street.
As he did. the wheel of tiie automobile
struck the pedal of Tittlebaum's bicy
cle, which had been moving alongside.
Tittlebaum was thrown under the
wheels of the truck, and was dragged
several feet. Several eyewitnesses con
firm the statement of Brooks.
RECEIVER IS ASKED
FOR CARROLLTON, GA.,
LIVESTOCK COMPANY
Companion suit to the bankruptcy
proceedings against Bass &• Heard, of
Rome, Ga., which are believed to in
volve $1,000,000, was fi'',.-i i n fp e United
States court of the -7" tnern district
today, asking that J. C. Bass and J. L.
Bass, of Carrollton, be adjudged*bank
rupt. Judge Newman will hear the
petition Satui day morning.
J. C. Bass and J. L. Bass, according
to the petition,-are associated under a
firm name of J. C. Bass & Co., dealers
in live stock. The petitioners, S. J.
Boykin & Son, Lee Burnham and 1.. Z.
Barrett, claim that the firm of J. C.
Bass & Co., .owes debts of more than
$50,000. and that J. L. Bass is involved
in the Rome failure, being a member of
the Rome firm.
TRIO GIVEN UP FOR
LOST IN GULF FOUND
SAFE IN OPEN BOAT
MOBILE. ALA.. Dec. 27.—Williim
Wheeler and John and Elsie Barnes, .‘f
a prominent family of the winter fam
ily at Coden, who disappeared from
their homes last Friday and yesterday
were given up as lost, were found to
day floating in the Gulf of Mexico in
an open boat.
They were nearly starved and were
in a serious condition from drinking
salt water. On Christmas day they
landed on a barren island and caught,
a fish and some crabs which they ate.
GENERAL DOMINGO DIAZ
AGE OF 71
NEW YORK. Dec. 27.—General Domingo
Diaz, widely known in Central American
politics as a soldier and. patriot, died here
of double pneumonia. General Diaz'
arrived in New York a few ago from'
Paris, where he had been living with his,
wife, his daughter and her husband. Gen
eral Juan Jiminez. He was on his way to
Panama. The general was 71 years old..
Before the secession of Panama from Co
lombia he led a liberal faction in Panama
and later an armed uprising against Co
lombia. General Diaz subsequently was
appointed minister to France. Belgium
and Italy for the new republic of Panama.
J. Wesley Bennett.
•1. Wesley Bennett died earlv this morn
ing at his residence on the Howell Mill
road. The funearl will be held tomorrow
morning at 10 o’clock from the North At
lanta Baptist church, anti the interment
will be in Hollywood cemetery. Mr. Ben
nett is survived by his wife and several
brothers and children.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kate Bigby.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kate Bigby. 58 years
of age. died at a private sanitarium
this morning at 6 o'clock, following.a
stroke of apoplexy. The body was taken
to Patterson's undertaking establish
ment.
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Recruits Due in 1914 Enrolled
and All Able Men Up to 60
Called to Colors.
SOFIA, Dec. 27.—Ominous signs ar*
visible here that Bulgaria is preparing t»
resume war with Turkey. The war mln
isten has called up the recruits due to l»
enrolled in 1914 and has summoned an
able-bodied men up to the age of 60
• join the colors. This indicates the gov
ernment is preparing for a collapse of the
peace negotiations.
Cholera Raging
In Bulgar Army
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 27.-Ch o ler»
is causing terrible havoc among the Bui
' garian troops encamped along the Chat
alja defenses of Constantinople, accord"
ing to General Guichoff. chief of the
Russian forces. An epidemic of typhoid
is also raging in the Bulgarian camp
according to reports received by him to
i day from his agents at Chatalja state.
Twenty-five thousand soldiers have
been attacked by the cholera and typhoid
since the contagion reached the Bulga
rian lines from the Turkish camps, ant"
tiie death rate is heavy.
Every possible effort is being made t<
; stop tiie spread of the disease, the great
t est cholera experts . in Europe havln;
. been engaged by Czar Ferdinand and « en
to the front to fight the epidemics ant
direct the sanitation of the camps.
Turks Flocking
Back to Asia
WASHINGTON, Dee. 27.—N0 matte)
what the outcome of the Balkan war
nearly half a million Turks will haw
' emigrated to Asia Minor before peace i«
established, according to a letter from
L W. W. Peet, received at Red Cross
■ headquarters today.
The Red Cross agent, after acknowl
i edging the receipt of SIB,OOO sent froir
. Washington forth? relief of Turkish
soldiers, said that 200,000 Turks already
! had crossed the Bosphorus and as many
more probably would emigrate withit
, the next month.
Reports From
Janina Conflict
...
LONDON, Dec. 27.—Conflicting report?
as to. the situation at Janina, where
Greeks and Turks have been fighting foi
, three days, differ today.
j The Exchange Telegraph Company re
»■ reived a dispatch from Constantinople
/ stating that newspapers in the Turkish
[’ •capital' {announce a* Greek defeat
? ’4; The Central News'Agency has been no
tified by its Rome 'Correspondent that the
> tribunal announces the fall of Janina is
, imminent..
THE ATLANTA TO g^ fi GHT
SATURDAY MATINEE AND NIGHT
IDA ST. LEON
In a New Comedy Drama.
“FINISHING FANNY”
Nights, 25c to'*l.so. Mat., 25c to sl.
SEATS ON SALE TODAY.
2 Days 2—December 31, January 1.
Matinees Both Days.
MIZZI HAJOS
In the Artistic Operetta,
The Spring Maid
Prices: Orchestra. $2 and $1.50; Bal
cony. 50c. 75c, SI.OO
grand ;K mli
DINKELSPIEL’S CHRISTMAS
BY GEORGE V. HOBART
Empire Comedy Four —Lew Hawkins
Miis Robbie Gordone and Others.
Torsyth
Little Emma Bunting
And FORSYTH PLAYERS
“The Little Gray Lady."
SPECIAL XMAS MATINEE
LYRIC N WEEK. I
Matinees. Tues., Thurs.. Sat.
Special Matinee New Years Day.
W. A. BRADY Ltd., Presents
The Funniest Play in the English
Language,
BABY MINE
With Walter Jones in His Original Ro l *
CONCERT
BY
Cornell University
Glee. Banjo and Mandolin Clubs.
WESLEY MEMORIAL HALL.
DECEMBER 28th.
SEAT SALE
CABLE PIANO COMPANY.
Prices. $1.50, SI.OO.
50c Seats On Sale Friday Morning. _
GRIFFITH SCHOOL OF MUSIC
78 Forrest Avenue
Special attention given to prepar
ing students fpr Mandolin. Banjo * n
Cultar Glee .Clubs.