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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. HEM PAPERS FORCE NAVAL Secretary Daniels to Win Recruits by Making Warships Train- <, ing Schools. 8/ JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES. W ASHINGTON. M»> 29. The HearM raper*. In advance »f other American newspapers, exposed the fact that the American navy was not much more than half- manned. The Hearst papers made the state ment, later so emphatically confirmed, that not s battleship in the xreit Hudson Rivet display of last October rooM have gone out to sea to fight without a shortage of from three to five officers and a shortage front 150 to JO* nven Tbene ne\vapa|iers developed ( lhe fact that few men were enlisting in the navy and gave the vause for this tn the fact that our navy offered so few inducements and tit tractions "for American youths to enlist ih.tbct branch of our country’s service. The Hearst papers are now able to giv# the first exclusive 'information that thes* unfavorable conditions are io be changed. Information comer Jroir '-he .Vuvv Department that Secretary Daniels has caught the progressive movement urged so long in these newspapers and is going to make the American navy a more attractive and a more profit able place for the Americun youth *vho is willing to serve hit country snd does not desire altogether to forget himself. Ships as Naval Schools. The Secretary of the Na\\ plans that hereafter every battleship and war vessel shall he a naval school— an industrial school—a school of the sciences and incidentally of the art?. When the Secretary’s plans are com pleted there will go out* from Annapov lid with every naval vessel a corps of trained instructors to teach the sailors and enlisted men This corps of instructors will be reinforced by the educated officers of each ship. A battleship will hereafter be no idle place even in peace, and the en listed man who binds himself to three years in the service of his country's navy can emerge at the end of bis service, if he has will and intelli gence. with an educational equipment for a profession by which he can sus tain himself in the world. The three-year enlisted tnnn of the nsvv who will avail himself of these nsv and admirable advantages can come out a skilled engineer, a navi gator. a machinist or any one of a half-dozen skilled profession* that point the way to success tn life Lewie Nixon has sab! that Annap olis is the best engineering school In the country and its’ graduates as teMchers ought to do great things for the American sailors In three diligent ysars. More Frequent Cruises. The Secritiry plana more frequent cruises to foreign port ft. no that the education of travel and observation may be added to a sailor's opportu nities on shipboard And last, but not least, the new Secretary of the Navy expresses the intention with all bis Influence and authority to insist upon the recog nition of the Individuality and man hood of individual seamen. An Amer ican railor is promised that here, after he shall be regarded, not only as % fighting machine, but as a mail and treated as one. This last is in line with the re cent movement so ably pressed in the navy by men like Captain Ben son and Communder \\ hlte and other vigorous and progressive officers of the service. The result of this new and ad mirable policy will be to nil half- empty lifts of the navy and toriuHke it. not a place for young men to bury themselves for three years and come out unfit to make a living , but to be educated in mind.' body and spirit bv the finest of teachers, and come out In three years as all-royt#! men. equipped in health and courage and manliness and with a practical profession in life. School for Desorters. 8. reiary Daniel* fuiThlif ’irilenR*io reform the system of punifhjuent for desertions by sending young desert ers. first to prison and afterward to the plate of reform, but to send each <>f them first to that notable school at Port Royal. 8 QV* here thev will he bulll up In character and patriot- ’«m and an understanding of a ( It), and a soldier's duty . and If fhev are docile and reoeptlv.- to reinstate them In the navy without a nri« term. , These are wholesome reforms and Secretary Daniel* is to be eonaratu iated upon the good sens, he has manifested in adopting- them. Save money NOW on Furniture at High’s. Everybody “Kodaks.” You're missing a bunch of fun If you don't make snapshots. The price is no obstacle. Brownie- *1 to $12. Kodaks, $5 to Jt;.\.«8t nd for catalog and new finishing pri, . list. A. K. Hawkes Co., Kodak Dept.. 14 Whitehall. Hear Dr. George R. | Stuart on “Lop Sided Folks,” Baptist Tabema cle, Friday, May 30. Ad^ l mission 25c. White City .Park Now Open First Day’s Record in Big Player- 'T' HAT the interest in the gigantic Weather-., holt Player Piano Club is widespread, was demonstrated yesterday when the mem bership books were opened. When the store closed for the night, 46 members had been en rolled. At this rate the 400 memberships will be taken before the time limit expires. I am not surprised at this record, for I knew the music-loving public would realize just hpw remarkable my club offer was. People are re alizing that the day of the ordinary piano is rapidly drawing to a close, and that the day of the Player Piano is at hand. And when I made it possible to secure a $650 Player Piano for $488.50 on terms of $10.00 down and $2.50 per week, there was a rush to enroll in my great co-operative club. The club membership is limited to 400 members. I will save each member $334.50. Because of the great purchasing power of the 400 club members, I can offer a magnificent $650 Player-Piano along with $173 worth of club features for $488.50, on terms of $10.00 down and $2.50 per week. In addition to this there is my Free Life Insurance Feature and the Music Exchange Privilege. Piano Club Here Are My Club Features: *1 Saving of X $161.50 ft*. A 25c rebate on all weekly payments \Jf made before due *9 One year’s trial md (exchange privilege) 7 No m interest ■C A ten year guarantee with each piano Ik A two-year conservatory course 17 (regular price $80) Aj A Free Life Tt Insurance Feature (1A free music t/ exchange library ^ Terms of payment $2.50 per week (monthly payments may be arranged) ■ il ^ se ^ ectec ^ bench to match JLV player and 12 rolls of music All accompany in writing the sale of every Club Player Piano Regular Price $650.00; Club Price $488.50 Club Terms: $10 Down, $2.50 Per Week Y Free Music Exchange Library alone makes the Weatherholt Player-Piano Club attractive. This means that every club member may secure $10.50 worth of Player Music every day if desired. Each member se cures free with the player twelve rolls of se lected music worth $10.50. I have installed a great library of 5,000 rolls, and members may exchange their music as often as desir able. Many have told me that the cost of Player Music has prevented them from buy ing Player-Pianos in the past. My free li brary removes that objection. Sheet music is being replaced to-day just as the Player-Piano is superseding the ordinary piano. That the Player Piano may make those who do not un derstand music as proficient as those who do, all my vocal Player Music has the words printed on the roll. Anybody can play. And anybody with a voice may sing. A vocal in structor is constantly before the one operating the Player-Piano. Every direction is given. The result is that the novice can render a song as well as the professional. I have devoted weeks of study to this great co-operative plan. I wanted to offer something which had never before been offered to lovers of music in the South. I know that I have done so. MY CLUB PLAN SAVES $650.00 Plano’ 78.00 Interest Saved M rt A 2-year Conserv- ■ UU atory Course Selected ■ Oil Bench 4 n cn 12 Ro11 * °* I UaVV Selected IVlusic $823.00 488.50 CLUB PRICE $334.50 SAVING T HIS picture shows one of my demon strators adjusting a roll of music in a Club Player-Piano. There is nothing about these instruments difficult to un f derjptand- They foyd everything that one ,has?jwhich costs iiUbouwfnd dollars. I think so much of these Club Player-Pianos that I GUARANTEE THEM FOR TEN YEARS. Every one of these players is equipped with a double accoustic sound ing. board which produces the quality of tone found in a grand piano. Our Club Piano Regular Price . . $375.00 Club Price $267.50 Terms; $5 Cash, $1.25 Per Week CONDITIONS No interest, one year s trial and exohange privilege 15c rebate on payments made before due, free life insurance feature, ten-year guarantee. All of which accompany in writing the sale of every Club Piano. Notice to All Owners of Player-Pianos During our Player Club Mem bership Campaign, we will ex tend—without charge—our ex change privilege to any one pftuchasing 12 rolls of Player Music from us. This gives the purchaser free access to our 5,000-roll library. I WANT everybody interested in good music to visit our store. I want you to hear some good music—anything you like, from the classics to the latest rag time. Examine these Club Player-Pianos closely and see how easily you can play anything y 0 u like, and play as well as an expert pianist. If you CAN play on the piano, you have two instruments in one— a Piano and a Player-Piano. You may use the piano and those members of your family who can not play can produce music on the Player equal to yours. For Out-af-Town Customers Fill Out Coupon and Mail WEATHERHOLT PIANO CO., Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: Enclosed please find $10.00 membex-ship fee (first cash pay ment), for which ship to my address your Club Player-Piano at once, includ- ing bench, scarf, 12 rolls of music and free delivery, with the understanding I can pay balance in $10.00 monthly pay- ments. . Name ; t ri •' ‘ > . * y i Address i WEATHERHOLT PIANO COMPANY 72 North Broad Street “THE SOUTH’S FOREMOST PIANO HOUSE” Weatherholt Building Atlanta, Georgia