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TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. HIST PAPERS FORGE NAVAL M Secretary Daniels to Win Recruits by Making Warships Train ing Schools. ■ By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES W ashington, M»y 29.—The Hear.-! paper*. In advance of other American newspapers, exposed the fact that the American navy nas not much more than half- manned. The Hearst papers made the state ment. later eo emphatically confirmed, that not a battleship in the great Hudson River display of last October could have gone out to sea to fight without a shortage of from three to five officers and a shortage of from 18ft to 300 men There newspapers developed the fact that few men were enlisting In the navy and gave the cause for this in the fact that our navy offered so few Inducements and attractions for American youths to enlist In that branch of our country's service. The Hearst papers are now able to give the first exclusive Information that these unfavorable conditions arc to be changed. Information comes from the Navv Department that Secretary Daniels has caught the progressive movement urged so long In these newspapers and Is going to make the American navy s more attractive and a more profit able place for the American youth who Is willing to serve his counlry and does not desire altogether to forget himself. Ships as Naval Schools. The Secretary of the Navy plans that hereafter every battleship and war vessel shall be a naval school— an industrial school—a school of the sciences and Incidentally of the arts. When the Secretary's plans are com pleted there will go out from Annapo lis with every naval vessel a corps of trained Instructors to teach the Mllors 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 ills service, If he has will and intelli gence, with an educational equipment for a profession by which he can sus- lain himself in the world The three-year enlisted man of the navy who will avail himself of these new and admirable advantages can come out a skilled engineer, a navi gator. a machinist or any one of a half-dozen skilled professions that point the way to success in life. Lewis Nixon has said that Annap olis Is the best engineering school 1n the country and its graduates ns teachers ought in do great things for the American sailors In three diligent y«»rs. More Frequent Cruises. The Secretary plans more frequent cruises lo foreign ports, so that the education of travel and observation may be added tp a sailor’s opportu nities on shipboard. And last, but not least, the new Heeretary of the Navy expresses the Intention with all lito influence and authority to Insist upon the recog- | nltion of the Individuality and man hood of individual seamen. An Amer ican sailor Is promised that here after he shall be regarded, not only as a fighting machine, bul ns a man and treated as one. This last Is In line with the re cent movement so ably pressed In the navy by men like I'nptatn Ben son and Commander White and othef vigorous and progressive officers ol the service. The result of this new and ad mirable policy will be to fill half- empty llets of the navy and to make It. not a place for young men to hury themselves for three years ami come out unfit to make a living, bul 10 be educated in mind, body amt spirit by the finest of teachers, and come out In three years as all-round men. equipped In health and courage and manliness and with a practical profession In life. School for Desortors. Secretary Daniels further Intends to reform the system of punishment for desertions by sending young desert ers, first to prison and afterward to the place of reform, but to send each of them first to that notable school at Port Royal. S. C. where they will be built up In character and patriot ism and an understanding of a citi zen's and a soldier's duty, and If they are docile and receptive to reinstate them in the navy without a prison term. These are wholesome reforms, and Secretary Daniels is to be congratu lated upon the good sense he has manifested In adopting them. Save money NOW on Furniture at High’s. i Everybody “Kodaks.” You're missing a bunch of fun If you don't make snap-shots. The price is no obstacle. Brownies, U to $13. Kodaks, $5 to JS.S. Send for catalog and new finishing price list. A. K. Hawke* Co., Kodak Dept., 14 Whitehall. , Hear Dr. Stuart on George R. L o p Sided Folks,” Baptist Taberna cle, Friday, May 30. Ad- mission 25c. ite City Park Now Open First Day’s Record in Big Player- T 1 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 how 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. MY CLUB PLAN SAVES $334.50 $650.00 Player- Piano 78.oo asr QA ftrt 2-year Conserv- OU.UU atory Course 4 |-ft Selected .DU Bench 12 Rolls ot Selected Music 10.50 $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 derstand. They have everything that one has which costs a thousand dollars. 1 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 exchange 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. Piano Club Here Are My Club Features: \ Saving of A 25c rebate on all weekly payments J. $161.50 VP made before due •J One year’s trial *7 No md (exchange privilege) A interest -c A ten year guarantee «A two-year conservatory course v with each piano 17 (regular price $80) /m A Free Life ft A free music M Insurance Feature t/ exchange library ^ Terms of payment $2.50 per week *■ ft A selected bench to match U (monthly payments may be arranged) lV 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 f* .' - ■ ■■ *'- ^ A ' , m jyf 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 $10.50. I have installed a great library of 5,000 rolls, and members may exchange their music as often as desir able. Many have told me that the cost of Player Music has prevented them from buy ing Player-Pianos in the past. My free li brary removes that objection. Sheet music is being replaced to-day just as the Player-Piano is superseding the ordinary piano. That the Player-Piano may make those who do not un derstand music as proficient as those who do, all my vocal Player Music has the words printed on the roll. Anybody can play. And anybody with a voice may sing. A vocal in structor is constantly before the one operating the Player-Piano. Every direction is given. The result is that the novice can render a song as well as the professional. I have devoted weeks of study to this great co-operative plan. I wanted to offer something which had' never before been offered to lovers of music in the South. I know that I have done so. 1 » » Notice to All Owners of Player-Pianos During our Player Club Mem bership Campaign, we will ex- J,en$—without charge—our ex change privilege to any one purchasing 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 yon 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 you 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 oan not play can produce music on the Player equal to yours, For Out-of-Town Customers Fill Out Coupon and Mail WEATHERHOLT PIANO CO., Atlanta, Ga. j Gentlemen: Enclosed please find $10.00 membership 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 Address WEATHERHOLT PIANO COMPANY U 72 North Broad Street THE SOUTH’S FOREMOST PIANO HOUSE” Weatherholt Building Atlanta, Georgia