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i This Is a Good Time To Enter Timid boy and girl contestants are asking us, every day, if it is too late to enter this contest for free Shetland pony outfits. Our answer is that now is the right time. The “too late” period will be here before we realize it, though, and every boy and girl who wants to compete for one of these splendid outfits is urged to send in a nomination blank bv to-day’s mail. Secretary Daniels j Chuck Connor, King In Georgia Sunday Of Chinatown, Dies M RS. JOHN S CLARKE enter tained very Informally at te^ at her home on .Peachtree Saturday afternoon in honor of Mips Helen Rowland, of Savannah, who 1* the guest of Mrs. O. Clifton Drew, Jr. Fifteen >oung married women were guest* of the occasion. Mrs Oiarke was assisted in entertaining by h*r daughter, Mrs. A. D. Adair. Jr. Garden flowers decorated the house throughout. The. tea table hail as ts centerpiece a tall silver vase of I aul Neyron roses. All the minor details were carried out in pink Mrs. Clarke wore a beautiful lin gerie gown, elaborately trimmed in lac*. Registered Nurse*' Meeting. The Atlanta Registered Nurses Club will hold a special meeting Grady Hospital Tuesday afternoon. Msv 13. at 3:30 o’clock Ail the registered nurses are urged to be present to vote on an amend ment to an article in the constitution and by-laws. Parties for Miss Barnes. Miss Gwendolyn Barnes, of Union- town Pa . arrived Saturday afternoon to visit Miss Alioe Vandiver, and will be tendered a series of .parlies. Saturday evening Miss Nina Gentry entertains for Miaa Barnes at the dinner dance at the Piedmont Driv ing flub. Sunday evening Miss \ an diver gives an informal supper party, and next week she will give a larg° dinner party for Miss Barnes The following week Miss Vandiver will give a large afternoon bridge for her. Mrs. John J. Woodslde, Jr., will alvo entertain for her For Miss Fisher, of Charleston. Mr. W. V. Zimmer entertained a large number of guests Saturday af ternoon at an old-fashioned barbe rnie at his farm, Kimballyille. The company was invited at 2 o clock. 1 lie barbecue wa* arranged In honor of Miss Marie Fisher, of Charleston. Dance at East Lika. An informal subscription dance will be given at the Fast Lake club house Saturday evening A number of young people will be present. Report of Home for Incurable*. At the annual meeting of the ladies' hoard of the Home for Incurables, held May 6 at the Carnegie Library, a splendid report ’was made of the > ear's work. Seventy-one patients have been cared for during the past year, and 19 new members have joined, making a total membership of 139 Mrs Floyd McRae, president, presided. Mrs. Frank Holland, treas urer. presented a report showing the receipts and expenditures for the year, with a balance on hand May 1 of $1,383.83. Mrs. Whlteford Russell, recording secretary', presented a re port of the year's work, and gave a detailed account of the great amount of good being done by this institu tion. Mr*. Newman Entertain* Club. Mrs. William T. Newman enter tained the Kvery Saturday History Class Saturday morning, the meeting being followed by luncheon. Halcyon Club Danoe. The members of the Halcyon Club will give a dance Wednesday evening at tLoir club house in Decatur. Mies Louise King leaves next week to visit relatives in Baltimore. Mias Antoinete Kirkpatrick has re covered from her recent illness. Miss Lotta Pinckney Thomas, of Columbia. S, C. f is visiting Mrs. T J. FarreB Mr \A N. Gachet. of West Point, is convalescent at St. Joseph's Infirmary after < severe illness Mr. and Mrs. George K King have returned from a ten days’ stay at their summer home at Clayton. Ga. Miss \nita Peeples, who returned home from \sheville last week, is quite 111 al her home oh Piedmont Av enue Mr. and Mrs. c. D. Peavy and little daughter, Elizabeth. of Macon, are guest* of M and Mrs. Ira D. Greene in West End. Mr. Dan Carey left Friday for Uvakje. Texas, where ha will be married on May 15 to Mi vs Helen Hare. Mrs. Giies Van Cleave, of Louisville, who has been visiting her brother and sister. Dr. and Mrs Everard Richardson, returned home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Woodslde have taken possession of their sum mer home, ‘The Bosche,” on Peach tree Road, where they will remain until fall Mrs. Robert Howard Lyons and iit- tle daughter. Virginia, of Baltimore, returned home to-da> after an ex tended visit .» Mrs. Lyons' parents, Mr. and Mrs. George E. King. Mrs. Allen Miles, of Charleston, will remain with Mrs. Albert Spalding through next week, and will be ten dered several informal parties. Among those to entertain are Mrs. Bun Wy lie and Mrs. Peter Erwin. Mr. Kirby Ellis, who has spent the past five years studying voice in France and Germany, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles H Sheldon. Sr., for a few days. Mr. Ellis will sing th" offertory at Trinity Church Sunday evening. Savannah to Honor Head of Navy Department Upon Arrival - From Port Royal. SAVANNAH, GA.. May* 10-Gor- I geous flags and pennants of nil na tions will float from the spars and halyards of every vessel in the Sa vannah harbor to-morrow afternoon, upon the occasion of the visit to Sa vannah of Secretary of the Navy Jo sephus Daniels, of North Carolina, concluding his first official tour of the naval stations on the South At lantic and Gulf roasts. Secretary Daniels l* expected to ar rive between 6 and 7 o'clock. The torpedo boat destroyer on which he will make the trip from Port Royal, S C.. will dock at the foot of Bull Street The trip from Port Royal will bo made through Callaboga Sound. Owing to the uncertainty of a Jour- r.ey by water, it is not known pre cisely when the Secretary will ar rive. Farmer Dies in Fire HeSets; WomenSaved Scheme to Cremate Family Fails When Neighbors Extinguish Burning House. PITTSBURG, May 10.—Jacob D* wait, an aged and well-to-do farmer, of South Fayette township, It Is be lieved, burned himself to death dur ing the early morning hours, but a scheme to cremate alive his wife and 18-year-old daughter failed, when a Are in dry fence rails piled again* 1 the house was extinguished Dewalt evidently crawled into a hay mow beside his barn during the night and set It afire. The flames spread to the barn, causing the death of two horses and two cows. The charred body was found, the head, arms and legs .burned off, lying against the side of the building. According to Dew-alt’s daughter and neighbors, Dewalt had frequently! threatened to kill the entire family. ‘DecliningMorals Due to Immodest Dress' Clergyman Likens Women’s Gowns to Trousers With Only * One Leg. ALTOONA, PA.. May 10. The im modest fashions were blamed for the I declining moral standards In Amert a by Rev. J. II, Keller, a Lutheran min ister, of Phlllinsburg, Pa., speaking before Northeast Synod of the Luth eran Church. He said: “If .women want to wear trouser.-?, why do they not wear them with both legs. Instead of trying to stick both feet in.to,xme leg. “With the immodest dress of the average girl of to-day it requires :» great deal of nerve for the minister to look the ladies unblushingly in the face and give them a warm ban I- tthake at the door of the church.” Bride He Purchased Rifles His Pockets Father of Wife Leaves Vicinity Be cause of Feeling Aroused by Ex posure in Pennsylvania City. — — i BUTLER. PA May 10. The charge of larceny presented by Joseph Elies, of the West End, against his wife, a bridfe of a few days, brought tndight to-day the allegation that her father,! Joseph Solomon, had sold her to Elies. Solomon has left' the community because of the intense feeling aroused. Elies alleges his bride went through his pockets the other night and pur loined $243. $300,000 GARAGE FIRES LAID TO AUTO-MANIAC (’Mb AGO, May 10. Forty auto mobiles were burned and the lives ,<f scores imperiled when lire destroyed the American Motor Livery (’ornpi ny s garage early to-day. Sixty electric automobiles were de stroyed in a garage lire here yester day. The police believe a mania 1 ' w ith a particular aversion to automo biles is responsible for the tires. The loss in both tires is $500,000, WOMAN, 60, SEEKS DIVORCE WHEN HUBBY, 26, DESERIS SOUTH BEND. IMV, May I" Mrs. Anna Beezy, aged 60, to-day was seeking a divorce from Roy Beeay. aged 26. The divorce complaint was filed after Mrs. Reezy tailed in an at tempt to have her youthful husband brought back to South Rend on a charge of wife desertion. The Breezv« were married tv.o years ago. Picturesque Bowery Figure Famoua as Tourist Guide Through New York’s East Side. NEW YORK, May 10.—“Chuck” Connor, known from coast to coast hh King of Chinatown, died to-day in the Hudson Street Hospital. Connor’s real name was George Washington Connor and he was one of the movt picturesque characters the Bowery ever produced. For sev eral years Connor made a living by acting as guide lor parties of tourists and h!s route lay through carefully staged “opium dens” ahd saloons fre quented by “bad men.” Connor’s name frequently appeared In the newspapers, and his interviews given in the lingo of the East Hid', featured many a Sunday supplement. His age was uncertain. Home said he was 50, w’hile others said he was 60. He died of heart disease. Burglar Gets Money And Trousers, Too Piedmont Avenue Resident, With Pistol, Vainly Chases Intruder in Early Morning Hours. M. F. Sullivan, of 422 Piedmont Avenue, has a Justifiable grouch against the burglar fraternity to-day. One played him the trick of not only taking his money, but fleeing with h.s trousers as well. It was 4 o'clock this morning when Mrs. Sullivan, awakened by a noise, I arose and discoveerd a. negro calmly i ifling her husband’s trousers. The burglar had taken them from the bed room Into the hall. Mrs. Sullivan screamed and Mr. Sullivan jumped ■ out of bed and pursued the negro with ; a pistol. The burglar Jumped through an open window in the front of the house. He was in such a hurry that he failed to drop the trousers, which contained $15. nr EEP THE BALANCE UP. It has been truthfully said that any disturbance of the even balance of health causes serious trouble. No body can be too careful to keep this balance up. When people begin to lose appetite, or to get tired easily, the least imprudence brings on sick ness, weakness, or debility. The sys tem needs a tonic, craves It, and should not be denied It, and the best tonic of which wc have any knowl edge Is Hood’s Sarsaparilla. What this medicine has done in keeping healthy people healthy, In keeping up the even balance of health, gives it the same distinction as a preventive that it enjoys as a cure. Its early use has illustrated the wisdom of the old saying that a stitch in time saves nine 'lake Hood’s for appetite, strength and endurance NO WASTE If vour ooal burns to a fine ash. with no clinkers or rocks left in the grate, you are burning good coal. Use our standard coal and you will be pleased at results. It’s use saves money, time and worry 2 and I make 4 We have a yard near you and guarantee prompt da livery Randal! Bros. PETF.RS BUILDING. MAIN OFFICE. YARDS Marietta street and North Avenue, both phones 376, South Boulevard and Georgia railroad. Bell phone 538. Atlanta 303; McDaniel street and Southern railroad. Bell Main 354. Atlanta 321; 64 Krogg street I tell Ivy 4165. Atlanta. ,06; 152 South Pryor street, both phones 936. TOBACCO HABIT ,XrJ I prove your health, yrotcnq your life. v o more •icmftch trouble, no rout brrath. no heart weak Dess Kefatn manly vigor. calm nerve*, clear eyes and ■uperlor mental strength Whether you oh*w or smoke pipe, cigarettes, cigar*, get my Interesting Tobacco Book. Worth it* weight In gold Malted foe. £. J. WOODS, 634 Sixth Ava..74«M New York. N Y CHICHESTER S PILLS TIIK KIAUi.xi, BUANO. a White City Park Now Open years known as Be*.t. S*f«t.*Al waCsRettabto SOIDBV DRUGGISTS EVERYWHFR5 Every Woman Is Interested and should know about the wonderful Marvel Wkirligg Sprat Douche New York Dental Offices 28'4 and 32V 2 PEACHTREE STREET Over the Bonita Theater and Zakas' Bakery f ro!d Crowns . ^rsdge Work . All Other Work at Reasonable Prices. A sir rotjvdrtigglst for It, If he cannot sup* Fly the MARVEL, accept no other, bat send stamp for book Manrel C«„ 44 {. tii H., *.T, For Sale VAUDEVILLE THEATER For colored patrons, seating capacity 1,000 B^g money-maker Cleared more than $10,000 last year. Owner must sell quick on account of had health. For full particulars call DIXIE 1 HEA 1 ER, 127 Decatur St. i PERSONALS i . - - WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO OWN THIS OUTFIT? And wouldn't your enjoyment from its use be doubled if your own efforts had earned it for you? Certainly! And this delight is ahead for the winners in this great contest. Why not send your nomination blank to-day, and make an effort to be among the winners? This Nomination Blank Starts You With A Thousand Votes ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooeooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo J nominate, as a candidate in The Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Outfit Contest: Name Address Nominated by Address GOOD FOR 1.000 VOTES Only one nomination blank can be voted for any contestant. Subscription blanks and printed instructions for the use of contestants are now ready. Sent anywhere on request. To-day's Vote Coupons appear on Page Two of this newspaper—Ask your friends to save the Vote Coupons for you. They will be found in The Georgian every week day and in every issue of Hearst’s Sunday American. Address all inquiries, nomination blanks, vote coupons, etc., to PONY CONTEST EDITOR Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian 20 East Alabama St. ATLANTA, GA.