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TBK ATLANTA (lEOIHUAN AND NEWS. 3 1TBITM0 it WHICH? it Dissatisfaction With Business Conditions Exists, but There Is Little Revolutionary Spirit. By B. C. FORBES. “If | thought the great body of the American people were as bitter, as hostile to business as many of our legislators I would give up and re tire,” said one of the country’s fore most men of affairs, a man who has built up an important industry, a di rector in corporations of the first magnitude and the possessor of a large fortune. * * • * “Do you think the people are as discontented and antagonistic to cap ital as is often represented—as ugly a6 Vice President Marshall says they are?” I was asked. * * • What do YOU think? Are they? Is It a case of empty vessels making most noise? Or are the majority of American citizens deeply disgusted with the present order of things? Are they on the verge of revolt, as the Vice President alleges? Is widespread revolutionary sentiment cooped up in the average citizen’s breast? Is un rest in the United States worse than in other lands? Or is all our fretting and fidgeting, our mania for reform and regulation, our striving after in novations merely part of a world wide movement toward a fuller meas ure of democracy? * * • These are questions not easy of dogmatic answer. The Hearst publi cations reach a greater number of Americans than the publications of any other concern in tne country, and experience has taught me that they somehow come nearer the heart-beats of the people than any other publica tions of which I have any knowledge. The readers Have a flattering habit of 1 speaking their minds, of voicing ap proval or disapproval of articles, of taking the writers into their confi dence, so to speak. In this way one ; ® able to feel the pulse of the people. * * * Hundreds—thousands—of letters , come to the business news department —not only from the East, but from the Middle West, the Far West and the South, as what is here written is printed in Hearst newspapers cover ing virtually the whole Union. Judg ing by this mass of correspondence from men and women in all ranks of life, there IS a good deal of discon tent, of dissatisfaction with existing conditions, of bitterness against cor porations, of determination to compel reforms in many directions. * * * But of revolutionary, anarchistic sentiment there is extremely little trace. * * * Speaking broadly, a great section of the population have the conviction that most ultra-rich capitalists have done things they ought not to have done, and by the doing of which they have taken unfair advantage of the people at large. * * * Let me give extracts from some letters received within the last week or two. * * < C. H. Burnham, 131 State Street, Boston, writes: On the strength of the interview given out by Jacob H. Schiff just be fore Mr. Harriman died—declaring Mr. Harriman was practically a well man—I bought Union Pacific, as at that time I believed Mr. Schiff, and it cost me a good many hundred dol lars. What do you think when Major Higginson comes out in an interview and says there is nothing the matter with the New Haven Railroad? What is the answer, after reading ' what is going on before Commission- j er Prouty? * * * From Cornina, N. Y., “A Rail- reader on the Erie.” criticising my articles on railroad subjects, writes: Railroad managers and owners ar * nothing more or less than straight un : and down thieves, robbing the publH. ! They never tell how much they make. Rut anybody who becomes a railroad manager becomes a millionaire in a 1 few years. They find fault about giv ing a few cents extra in wages to their men. But such as President Baer, the head of the coal trust, pays $100,000 for a private car. When such things as this are done it only makes you appear ridiculous in the articles you publish in favor of railroad rob bers. * * * It is not my intention to-day to dis cuss the reasonableness or unreason ableness of hostility to corporations and capitalists, but only to indicate what the temper of a large section of the public real! - is. The subject will be worth considering again. / NEWS ITEM—The Democratic majority of the Senate, in causes, has made a determined attack on the seductive influence of golf and baseball. A promise was exacted from members that hereafter enough members will be present in the Senate to main tain a quorum. More than an hour was spent one day in a futile effort to get enough Senators to transact business at an executive session. Strong Lead Will be Gained Over Your Rivals by Enter ing Competition Early. Anyone can nominate a contestant for the pony outfits which the Greor- gian and American will give away as prizes. This has been exruained before, but many people still ask. so it may he well to state it again. All that is neoeawiry Is to s*end in a nomination blank. Parents, uncles, aunts, friends, or even the contestant may make the nomination, and the result is the same—the name is listed, and 1.000 votes are credited to the name. The call for books, used to make a record of subscriptions and votes and to furnish a receipt to the sub scribers. shows that all are making an early start. One employee of the Georgian and American finds the dis tribution of these books to callers takes a good deal of his time. So the contest is well under way. The ponies, too, are here. The beet ponies in the Tennessee bluegrass section—twelve of them—have been purchased by an expert delegated to the task by the Georgian Rnd Ameri can. Early Start Counts. Remember that an early start counts for much. A big lead over your friends and acquaintances before they are approached by the other boys and girls. Wouldn’t you be disappointed to have your best friend fay: “Why, I’ve subscHbed to the Geor gian and American for a year and have given the subscription to George. I would have been glad to help you, but I didn’t know you were in the race, and George asked me first." Think what a disappointment that would he. The only way to avoid such dis concerting replies is to he the early bird yourself. An early start, too. gives you ex perience of a useful sort ahead of the other contestants, and the result will be that when you have become an adept at securing subscriptions, your rivals will be floundering around for a start. So. by all means, if you have not entered the race for one of the twelve pony outfits by now, send in your nomination blank right away, if you have entered, be sure to gel tile necessary book at once, and get bus> . POLICEMAN DENIES E Repairing of Dolls Quite a Business. “Dolls Repaired (Quickly and Cheap ly.” That sign prominently displayed at a point on Peachtree Street, by which thousands of people pass daily, is one likely to attract the attention of little folks—girls, of course—whose dollies are in need of such necessaries as eyes, hair, hands and feet. “You’d be surprised.” said the old gentleman who answers when anyone makes inquiry concerning the sign, “the number of dolls that we repair every day. My whole family is en gaged fn the business, ft is a queer thing about child nature, but gir4*» — the little ones, you know—become so attached to their dolls that when thev wear out the children are almost in consolable. They like a new doll, of course, but nothing can take the place of the old one in their childish affec tions: That’s where our business comes in. We take the old doll, put new feet and hands on it, insert an eye if one la needed and, in fact, ilx Miss Dollie up so that she looks like a new one. But to its little mother’ it Is still the same old Polly Hopkins, or Busan or Mary,tis the case may be. It really does my heart good to seeHhe little folks when their mothers bring them to inv place to get the rejuve nated dollie. They eo into raptures over the made-over toy, and their outbursts are evidences of genuine affection. ’Mother-love,’ I suppose y >u newspaper fellows call it.” Kirk Declares Statement That He Made Raided House His Headquarters Is False. i Recent Reports Show Hundreds | Suffer With Kidney Troubles and Don’t Know It. There are scores of nervous, tired, run-down people throughout the city suffering with pains in the back and sides, dizzy spells, weaknesses of the bladder (fre quently causing annoyance at night), who fail to realize the se riousness of their troubles until such conditions as chronic rheumatism, bladder troubles, dropsy, diabetes r even Bright’s disease result. All this is due to weak, inactive kidneys. The kidneys are the fll- terers of the blood, and no one can be well and healthy unless the kid neys work properly. It is even more important than that the bow els move regularly. If you sufTer with such symp toms don’t neglect yourself anoth er day and run the risk of serious complications. Secure an original package of the new discovery. Croxone, which costs but a trifle, and commence Its use ut once. When you have taken a few doses, you will be surprised how differ ently you will feel. Croxone cures the worst cases of kidney, bladder trouble, and rheu matism, because It removes the ! cause, rt cleans out the kidneys, and makes them filter out all the poisonous waste matter and uric acid that lodge in the Joints and muscles. causing rheumatism; soothes and heals the bladder, and quickly relieves you of all your misery. You will find Croxone different from all other remedies. It mat ters not how old you are or how long you have suffered, it is so pre pared that It is practically impos sible to take it into the human sys tem without results. An original package of Crox one costs but a trifle, and all drug gists are authorized to return the purchase price if it fails to give the desired results the very first time you use it. How Window Dressers Keep Track of Pins. “I’ll bet.” said one of two men who had paused before the display window of a Whitehall Street department store while the window dresser was at work "that it was a woman who in vented the thing that chap has fas tened to his ieft arm.” His attention having been called io It. the other man took a squint at the object. It was a pincushion about three inches square fastened to a wide elastic band—like a garter—- which was passed around the arm just above the elbow. The cushion v\,is filled with all sorts of pins—small ones and large ones; some plain and some black. As ho worked, arranging pieces .f cloth here and there to give the d - sired fold effect, the dresser had occa sion to ubc countless pins. They were always right at his hand. “When 1 was a young man " re marked one of the onlookers, "I used to dress windows and l carried h mouthful of pins all the time. The danger of swallowing them, however, was great, and I never cared mu h for the job. This fellow has the prob lem solved, but if he’s married, 1*11 bet bis wife invented it. No mere man would ever think of that pincushion affair." The Story of Two Boys * And What They Have Done. * “I was* reading In Tha Georgian tha other day," said the doetor. “when my attention was attracted by an article concerning some bequests made, to education by Mrs. G. P. Dodd. In stantly I remembered two young fel lows who used to live in Atlanta aud with whom I attended the Boys’ High School. They were Phil and Karl Ackerman, sons of Mrs. Fannie Ack erman, who was a sister of Mrs. Dod i, and to whom Mrs. Dodd left a be quest. The Ackerman boys lived with their uncle on Whitehall Street be tween Cooper and Windsor. Both were real geniuses, and both were en amored of the stage—not as actors, mind you. but as managers and pro ducers. In the basement of the Dodd home they had fitted up a scenic stu dio and there in 1891 they built the scenery for ‘Xonia, or the Fairy Queen,’ a spectacular play which they presented at Concordia Hall, then on Marietta Street. “The cast was made up of local young folks and the play was put on In admirable style. There was no end of trick scenery, all designed, built and painted by the Ackerman boys. Phil played the part of an Irishman, Karl was a ‘demon’ and- the port of i clown was played by Cliff Saul, broth er of Milt Saul, who is publicity man age.- for the Georgia Railway and Pow er Company. Another member of Policeman James Kirk, a member of Chief Beavers “vice squad," Fri day morning emphatically denied the charges of improper conduct made against him by Mrs. N. P. Powell, Mrs. Lena Bernard and Mrs. John Bryant, whom Kirk, with a squad of police, arrested last week on a charge of running a disorderly house at 95 Spring Street. “The charges have no foundation." he said. “1 went to Mrs. Powell and her husband. and told them if they didn’t get 'rid of the women they had staying there 'and shut up their plade, we would arrest them. P.oth the wom an and Powell told me they would make the women leave and quit run ning the kind of a. house that Chief Beavers has ordered out of the city. We watched the place for several nights, and saw from five to fifteen men going in and out of the place every night. “When we saw that they continued lo run the house we raided them. There were four men there at the time, but they escaped by jumping out of the windows. The women have been held to the Grand Jury. “The statement that I made the place my headquarters 1s a falsehood, pure and simple. Mrs. Powell. rMs. Bernard and Mrs. Bryant are known to the police. They have been ar rested numerous times.” The hearing of the injunction which Mrs. oPwell, through her at torneys. Gober & aJokson, got from Judge Bell to restrain the police from evicting her, will be held Saturday morning. Buyer of Eggs Must Declare Intentions That Is, If He Wants to Complain ! at the Failure of Table THE PLAY THIS WEEK FEATURE BILL AT FORSYTH. I There will be Just four more per- i formances of the Keith vaudeville acts', that ;ire at the Forsyth this week. One | of ihe four will be to-day’s matinee I which is already heavily sold, another ; will be the Saturday matinee for which there Is a large sale and the remaining j performances are Friday and Saturday nights. The headliner this week is (Jus Ktl- wards’ Kiri Kabaret, one of the most original ideas in mtHlern vaudeville. The | act is crowded with all of the Ed wards new song hits. Another feature : Is pretty Belle Story, the entertainingl vocalist. Miss Story possesses a remark- ' able voice. The comedy act of VVil- j liams, Thompson and Copeland is a ' scream. The whole bill pleases. For next week the headline act will J be Paul Dickey, the star football player of the Pniverslty of Michigan, who will , appear with a company of five people who will offer “The Pome Back," a story founded on college life. Another star act will r>e the Apollo Trio, native Kalians, who will pose as living bronze : statues SOCIETY NIGHT AT THE ATLANTA. ! Miss Billy Long and the members of her company hav<< made a big hit this J week in "The Girl From Out Yonder." which is at the Atlanta To-night will . be special Society Night in honor of j Miss AgneH Tinsley Harrison and a packed house is expected to greet the I company A 2i> cent matinee will be [ played to-morrow and the present bill j offered for the last time to-morrow I night. Next week the company will present, j “Are You a Mason7" which Ih a roar ing farce comedy. Owing to the dc- ! maml for matinee seats an extra matl- j riee has been added for Monday after , noon and in the future three matinees will be given each week. “Are You a ! Mason?" has a thousand laughs ami its I presentation will serve to Introduce twoj new members of the company to the i public both highly experienced. Miss j Harrison has an important role also. the company was Henry Franklin, now a staid Atlanta business man, an officer of a big hardware concern Artistlealy, ‘Xonia’ was a success. I am not certain about its financial suc cess. “Soon after this Mrs Ackerman ani her wins removed to New York, ani the boys evidently kept in touch with things theatrical, because ‘Bob’ Good man. another Atlanta boy who has risen to heights in stage affairs, to d me not long ago that Phil and Karl Ackerman are the owners of one of the largest Secnlc studios in Brook lyn.” ENGRAVING J00 Calling Cards, Including Plate, $1.75. Church Programs, Kngag* mem \; uouneements, Initial Stationery. 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