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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. An Fvent of Wednesday afternoon Margaret Terry, the Rev A. F. O’Kel- whleh interests society is the polo I ley, Mepsre. T L. Gamp, John Hale, match to be played on the parade Uoonay Llveoak Frank Uongino, John ground at Fort McPherson. Jackson, Bernard Smith and Thomas As this is the first polo match Tamp. played in Atlanta everyone Is nnticl- j pating great sport. A team repre- for M|1# Hszsn rA' n fha , t h o f A th , r^v^;n«h U i , „f^ Tu„d.y tvcnln, M.-x.r, TV,or try. the game to be refereeed by Colo- Waller and Prince Webster gave a nel M. E. Carthew-Yorstoun. The ; swimming party at East Lake for army team has a group of pretty girls \t!ss Mildred Hazen, of Orange, N. J., as sponsors; thus** being Misses | u ho j, the guest of Miss Mlgnon Mc- Tommie Hancock Mvrt Hancock. Aline Fielder, Lyda Nash. Louise Bradbury, Mary (’arl Hurst. Reble Wilkins. Elise Brown and Virginia Hoffman. Mr. and Mrs W- J. Jenkins. Mr. and Mrs. Frank WinecofT and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freeman, of Greenville, Oa.. to chaperone the party of young women. Many well-known people are inter ested in the introduction of polo in Atlanta's social and sporting world. Official!v connected with the game ' ? Wednesday afternoon are: Robert Maddox, timer. YVilmer Moore, scot er; Clark Howell and James U. Gray, goal Judges. Hr. J. A. McLeay has been active in arranging for the polo match. Wife of Governor Trammell Here. Mrs. Park Trammell, wife of Gov ernor Trammell of Florida, and her sister. Miss Emma Trammell, are guests of Mrs. Fred Williams f<>r the week A pleasant event of recent date was the box party given at the Forsyth by Mrs. Fred Williams in honor of her guests. Those present were Mrs W S Thompson. Mrs. J. . p . N. McDonald. Mrs. Park Trammell Surprise Party. Miss Emma Trammell, Mrs. Joe j Mrs. George Adair gave a surprise Johnson, Mias Laulie Hyer and Mrs. j p ar ty f w r per son, Perry Adair, Tues- Carty. Miss Vlrglnlua Hitt chaper oned the party. Among the guests were Misses Mil dred Hazen, Mlgnon McOgrty, Helen Woolfork. guest of Mrs. Hitt; Nancy Prince. Passie May Ottley. Nell Prince. Emma Knte Amorous. Messrs Tyler Waller, Prince AVebaiar, Moul trie Hitt. Curry Moon. George Mc Carty, Archie I*ee, Gilbert Stout anil U. C. C. Black. Miss Helen Jones entertained at ten at the Piedmont Club Wednesday aft ernoon in compliment to Miss Mildred Hazen. Tea was served on the ter race, and the table had as its decora tion a rustic brisket of gay colored flowers. Miss Jones received her guests wearing yellow crepe with the little coat effect of charmeuse w ith a blouse of rhadow lace. Miss Buckner, who 1* visiting Miss Jones, was gowned in mustard-colored crepe with a wide girdle of purple satin. Twelve girls were guests on this Informal occasion. their daughter, Margaret Ann, to Mr. Morde Jefferson Dabney on Hunday, July 20. Mr and Mrs Dabney sre with Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Fussell in Inman Park. For Mr». Block. Colonel and Mrs Robert Lowry en tertained nt dinner at the Piedmont Club Tuesday evening in compliment to Mrs. Rates Block, whose birthday If was. It also was tjie birthday of Mr. L. H. Reck, one of the guests, and appropriate toasts were proposed to each. The table had as Its centerpiece a basket of pink roses, and all the minor details were In pink. Colonel and Mrs. Peel Entertain. Colonel and Mrs. William L. Peel gave a dinner Tuesday evening at their home, "Woodbine.” The guests were seated at a long table on the terrace of the garden un der a pergola hung with lanterns and Decorated with growing vines, and the garden itself was fragrant with many flowering plants. Sixteen guests were invited. For Mrs Salmon’s Guests. Mrs. Charley Salmon entertained at an Informal luncheon at the Hotel Ansley In honor of her guests. Miss Agnes Vinlng, of Savannah, and Miss Pearl Vinlng. of Covington, Ga. An other affair on Wednesday afternoon wa# a porch party given by Miss An nie Furgerson in honor of Mrs. Sal mon’* guests. P. H. Winter. To Miss McJunkin. A theater party on Monday evening at the Forsyth was in honor of Miss Rebakah McJunkin. of Dallas. Tex., the guest of Mhwes Helen and Annie Spencer. The P^rtN im ‘j * . n iw nau*«, maunimi V UIUIUHII, uuua McJunkin. Misses Spencer, Mi. Harold , Mnrph# . y> Ann Patterson. Irene King. N. Coo!edge, Mr H n ' .Mildred Dobbs, Elizabeth Millard. Margaret Whitman, Quill Orme, Jr., j Junius Millard. George FJokford, Earle Eckford, Thomas Hull, Lynn Adam* ami Perry Day. day evening at their homo in Druid Hills in celebration of his fifteenth birthday. The house w r as decorated with gar den flowers and after a buffet sup per dancing was enjoyed. Among the guests were Misses An nie Bates, Madeline Cullough. Julia Mr W. Vaughn Crowley. W. C. T. U. Meeting. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will meet Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the Sunday school room of Trinity Church. Miss Ryder Hostess. Miss Martha Ryder entertained the members of her bridge club and sev eral *other guests Wednesday morn ing at her home on West Peachtree. The house was decorated in pink Killarney roses and ferns. Those present were Misses Helen Thorn, Mary Lucy Turner. Annie Lou Bag gett. Gladys Dunson. Edith Dunson. Elizabeth Dunson. Dorothy Robbins, of Birmingham, and Margaret Brans- ford, of Nashville, the guests oi Mrs. J. P. B. Allan; Mrs. Ernest Durham and Mrs. Julian Prade. Suffragists’ Meeting. The Atlanta Equal Suffrage Asso ciation met Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. in the assembly hall of Carnegie Li brary. A program of unusual inter est had been arranged. For Miss Harrison. Mrs Spencer Atkinson will enter tain at bridge Thursday afternoon for her niece. Miss Mary Virginia Har rison. of Brunswick, who will be her guest several weeks Invited to meet Miss Harrison are Misses Cobble V’a ugh an. Nancy Prince. Mary Helen Moody. Ruth Akin and Winnie McKinnon, of Brunswick; Sarah Rawson. Mary Hines. Virginia Lipscomb. Mary Mur ray. of Alabama, the guest of Mrs Henry Bernard Scott; Ruth Stallings. Margaret Hawkins. Annie Lee Mc Kenzie. Emma Kate Amorous. Aimee Hunnirutt. Edith and Antoinette Kirkpatrick. Katherine Richardson, Ruth Northen, Adrienne Battey. Edith Dunson. Frances Clarke and Penelope Clarke. Miss Dillon Hostess. Miss Dorothy Dillon entertained at an afternoon reception from f> to 7 o’clock Wednesday for her guest. Miss Dorothy Browne, of New York. The house was artistically deco rated with bright garden flowers. About 50 guests were present U. D. C. Scholarship. The Atlanta Chapter, V. D. C.. an nounces, through the chairman. Mrs T. T Stevens two Valuable scholar ships to be given for the corning •cl^jol year. These include a schol arship in Miss NVoodberry’s School for Girls, a full four-year collegiate course, including languages, also a scholarship In Miss Hanna's School for Girls, this to be either in the pri mary or academic departments. Ap plicants for these scholarships must be descendants of Confederate veter ans and in every way worthy. Appli. ration* should be made at once to Mrs. T. T. Stevens. No. 450 Luckle street; phone Ivy 324. Philathea Social. The College Park Baptist Phila- thea Class was delightfully enter tained at the home of Mr. anti Mrs. T. L. c'amp on Thursday evening. July 31. There also were present several Baraca boys and others. Games were played, refreshments served, and the evening was thoroughly enjoved b> all. Members of the present were Misses Lottie Dewel, Mattie Wilhelt, Anne Lamar. 'Pauline Trim ble. Hazel Foley, Ethel Martin, Net lie Llveoak. Elvu Crenshaw. Mettle Cochran. Mrs. Carl Cook and Mrs T L. Camp. Others present were Miss For House Party Guests. Mrs. Robert Hayes la entertaining a house party at her home In Cle burne avenue. The party includes Misses Gladys Tappan, of White Plains; Mattie (’heaves, of Monte zuma; Zaretta Estes, of Decatur, and Mar> Wolcott* of Boston* Ga. Tuesday evening Mrs. Hayes gave an al fresco party in compliment to her guests. Miss Alline Perryman will enter tain at bridge Friday evening for the visitors and Miss Willie Belle Mauck will give an Informal evening party for them Thursday. W heoler- Dsbney. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Avery Wheeler announce the marriage of The New Euphona ftPhllathea class R \Ophelia West, :le\Camp, Daisy nr. Pauline Trim- Player= Piano F I) UP $25.00 worth of l-' music rolls, also bench and scarf. Easy Terras if Wanted This new Euphona combines two instruments for the price of one—a superb piano for hand playing and the most improved durable Player- Piano known. Easiest of operation. fitble piano pompom] GEORGE W. WILKINS. Pr..li«nt 82 84 N. BROAD ST. EXCURSION PERSONAL Mr. J. S. Buck left Sunday evening far a slg-weeks' visit to friends and relatives In Jacksonville. Mr. Ben Bpearman Is at Wrights- vllle Beach. He will go to New York and Atlantic City before re turning home Mr. and Mrs. James S. Harrison and little daughter, Frances, have re turned from Franklin Springs. Mr. and Mrs. George Bonney and children have returned from High lands, N. C. Mr. J. S. Ruck, of Atlanta, spent Saturday and Sunday in Corinth, Ga., visiting Miss Una Clark. Mr. and Mrs C. B. Howard will leave Atlanta next week for High lands, N. C., to spend several weeks. ,Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Austin are visit ing the Misses Adams, at No. 51 West Baker street. Mr. and Mrs. A. D Adair and Mrs. flamuel Lumpkin will leave Atlanta Thursday for Scotland for a. long visit. Mrs. W. M. Busha left Monday for Savannah, where she will take the boat for New York. Before returning, she will visit Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. West, who have been traveling in Canada and Cali fornia. are now at the Grand Canyon, in Arizona. Miss Margaret Hrnnsford, of Nash ville, who is being charmingly enter tained as the guest of Mrs. J. P. B. Allan, will return home Thursday. Mrs. James T. Childs, of Augusta, who has spent the past month with her mother. Mrs. Fannie Wilbv, re turned home Monday. Miss Indhi Young, of Quitman, who has been the guest of Miss Margaret Murphey, is virtting Miss Ruth Reed I before returning home. Miss Mary Murray, of Huntsville. Ala , Is the guest of her aunt. Mrs. Henry Bernard Scott. Miss Murray I will remain In Atlanta until fall. Mrs. Omar Elder has returned to Atlanta, after a visit to tier moth er, Mrs. F. J. Hargrove, at Brown- wood. Miss Mattie IjOU and Willie Rich ardson, Frances and Annie Smith and Mildred Harris are guests of Mi«s Zadle Stewart’s house party In Zebu- Ion. Grace Mauck has returned to Atlanta, after spending the week-end with Misfe Susie Kollock at her coun try home, Woodlands '' near Clarke*- vllle, Gn. Miss Irfnr Bennett entertained at a luncheon Wednesdav In honor of Miss Marie Ben Me. of New York, and Mias Minnie Fambrough, of Boston, gueat•» of Miss Marie Norris. Mr. and Mrs Henry Bentley Harte, whose wedding took place in Waynes- ville, N. C.. July 15*. are at home with Judge and Mrs. Sibley, at Union Point, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ham and family motored from Greenville. Miss., and are visiting in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Ham are former residents of Atlanta. Mrs J. H. Andrew's and Miss Mary Andrews have returned to Atlanta after a ramping trip at Pine Moun tain Springs. Miss Sad ye Andrews Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Virgil Adam*, in Knoxville, Tenn. Miss Effie V. Walker Is at the Rltz-carlton. the guest of Mr. and Mrs E. W. Brown Mr. Brown Is president of the Mexican National Railways. Miss Walker will return the latter part of the week, when Mr. and Mrs. Brown will sail for Eu rope. 300 Factory Women Gamble on Baseball PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3.—-Three hundred women gambler/*, working In mills and spending their money on baseball pools, have been counted by Detective Charles Lee, head of the vice squad here. Harry Reed has been held in bail by Magistrate Cow ard, having been charged with op erating a pool. Lee says 1,800 persons gambled on ball games In Reed’s place each week, most of whom were women. The chances cost 25 cents each. m i u. s. in China Picks Cornell Grad to Replace Wu Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PEKIN, CHINA, Aug 6.—The gov ernment, according to latest Informa tion, intends to appoint Alfred Sze, a Cornell graduate, as Minister to Wash ington. It planned to make \Vu Ting- fang Ambassador, but the American Government did not agree to raise the status of the legation here and this necessitated the nomination of a Ju nior. Mr. Sze was nominated Minister to Washington In 1911. but did not go to his post on account of the revolution. Remarkable Increase in Volume of Mail Here Arouses Favorable Comment in Washington. Pontmaiter Hn*h M< Kee declared Wednesday that the lar*e Increase In the amount of mull handled in the Atlanta poetnfftce was the subject of favorable comment Hi Washington among department officials. During the past year more than 50,000,000 letters, not including news papers oivt periodicals were stamped or canceled In the Atlanta postofflee This Is an Increase over the pre vious year of about 15,000,000 letters. Showing the progressive spirit of Atlanta merchants In taking advan tage of the new parcel post, Mr. Mc Kee said: "We are handling more than 7,000 parcel post packages per day, which is more than are handled In Louisville, Indianapolis and other cities twice the size of Atlanta. Th Atlanta office ranks sixteenth in the number of parcel post packages han dled in the United States. “Here In the postofflee we have a chance to keep close tab on Atlanta’s activity and correspondence, and 1 will sav that the growth in mall busi ness since I came into office has been marvelous, and scarcely seems believ able when you compare the books of previous years with the fiscal year just ended." Empire Life Plans 20-Story Building AUGUSTA, Aug. 6.—Meetings of the building committee of The Em pile Life Insurance Company were held here yesterday and to-day to decide on plans and specifications for the now building upon which work will start here on October 1. It is understood the building will be twen ty stories. The members of the committee are W W. Reid, Atlanta; M. P. Pope, Washington, and H. C, Loriok, H. H Stafford and C. E. Whitneys Au gusta. CHILD DIES IN VINEGAR. PARIS, ILL,. Aug. «.—Falling head foremost into an 8-gallon jar of vine gar, Lester David, aged 2 years, son of George David, a farmer, wa drowned before his mother could res cue him. Voliva in Power at Zion City Bars Rum, Drugs and Tobacco ZION CITY, ILL., Auk. 6—.A city free from beer, whisky, drugs and tobacco was planned to-day by Wil bur Glenn Voliva, successor of John Alexander Dowl? as the head of Zion Jity. Voliva’s followers dominate the City Council. Counting the women voters of the city, his forces can re elect its own city officers at the next election. Beer wagons passing through the streets of Zion City will be prohibih- lted the use of the streets after the paasage of an ordinance Voliva was preparing to-day. The ordinance will give city au thorities the right to go into a man’s own home and arrest him for using tobacco. No drug store will be permitted within the city limits after the adop tion of the ordinance. A comprehensive sweep of the east ern half of the United States and nearly 1.000 miles of Canada. A 6,000-mile circle tour visiting Cincin nati. Detroit. Buffalo, Niagara Falls Toronto, Thousand Islands. Montreal. Boston, New York. Philadelphia. At lantic City. Washington, Baltimore and Savannah, including all expenses (except a few meals), transportation, standard Pullman, all meals en route, best hotels, stateroom and meals on steamer^ eighteen days for only i $88.85. The phenomenal rates of- j fered and the high-clasa features pro vided are the realization of ten years f continued success in this line of I work. Special trains leave Atlanta, i Birmingham. Chattanooga and Knox- I ville Saturday, August 16. Liberal j stopover at any point en route Four j i steamer trips on exclusive ships. Par- j j ty nearly filled. Room for 50 more. ; Sand fa deposit for choice reservn- j i (ion. This ad will not appear again. I i Address J. F. McFarland, agent. Box | 1 1624, Atlanta, Ga- Advt. j 4 r Remodeii ng Sal le Women’s Summer Dresses an d Suits and Girls’ Dresses >/ SA CRB nCEL FrenchWant Trading Base North of Canal Special Cable to The Atfanta Georgian. PARIS, Aug. 6.—The commission sent by the French Government to study the effect upon French com merce of the opening of the Panama Canal reports unfavorably upon the establishment of a commercial base either on Guadaloupe or Martinique. These French possesions in the West Indies are too far south of the regu lar Panama route, says the commis sion, and shippers will rather coal Id Porto Rico or Cuba. Lieutenant Hallier, representing the) Minister of Marine, recommends,: however, the establishment of a nav*L station at Fort DeFrance, Martinique. E LAWS IS OPPOSED The House Committee on Military Affairs put its members on record Wednesday morning a* upholding the present military laws of the Htat*. which give the militia supreme au thority during riots and other dis turbances, when it reported unfavor ably the bills introduced by Mr. Slade of Muscogee. Mr. Slade’s bills re pealed the act of 1912, and re-estab lished the act of 1910, making the militia subservient to the civil au thorities. Mr. Slade, dissatisfied with the ac tion of the committee, served notice that he will ask the unanimous con sent of the House that his bills be placed on the calendar for considera tion. Chairman Spence, of the Military Affairs Committee, stated that he will endeavor to get the members og hia committee together Wednesday after noon for a reopening of the Augusta Investigation. He stated that both sides of the trouble will be heard. Several witnesses from Augusta have been requested to attend the meeting and Adjutant Gneral Nash and sev eral militia officers also will be pres- Beware, Poseurs, of ‘Soul Photos’ ent. Mr. Spence several times has ex pressed his opinion that a legislative Investigation of the Augusta trouble Is useless. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 6.—“With the de velopment of ‘soul photography,’” the latest addition to the picture maker’s are, says Miss Emma Gerhard, “the modern photographer will vie with the old masters in producing pictures that will live forever. ‘‘It is wholly a matter of art,” said Miss Gerhard. “It consists of bring ing out in the subject what is really In him or her, not in making an arti ficial reproduction of his features and clothes. “Every human being is constantly posing. There are a thousand and one little superficial things abcujt every man and woman which cow; up the real self, and these things overshadow all else In photographs/' After Shaving AIR-FLOAT Talcum re- •CX moves the shiny rednesu •nd gives that smooth, natural, wholesome effect that men covet. TALCUM FUFF CO, Ulnars end Manufacturers Bush Terminal Building Brooklyn, N. Y. /7/r-7&a?) TalcumPowder Bankrupt Town Has To Let ’SkeetersNip HACKETTSTOWN, N. J., Aug. 6 j Invaded by a swarm of mosquitoes, ! this town is too poor to fight them. The Board of Health asked the Council for $1,000 to fight the pests, and the Council replied that it could not make the appropriation. Are Your Cloth es STODDARDIZED Stoddard A Wagon for n I'hone Call. We pay Charges (one way) on Out-of-Town Orders of *2 or more. 126 Peachtree Street Bel 1 Phone, Ivy 43 D,x,e 8 Greatest Dry Atlanta Phone 43 Cleaner and Dyer we must, carpenters, W K ARE going to REMODEL our entire READY-TO-WEAR Department—and therefore. QUICKLY reduce the stock, so as to make way for the crews of decorators and other workmen! For the aforesaid reason, we shall SACRIFICE prices, entirely regardless of cost, on all Women’s Summer Dresses and Titilored Suits—on Women’s Costs-—all Bathing Suits—and all Girls' Dresses, as scheduled below. Sale starts to-morrow morning at 8 o’clock. Women’s Dresses Every Linen and Ratine Dress in the house, formerly $5 to $10, tfjO Every Crepe, Voile and Lingerie Dress in the house, formerly $7.50 to $12, g* £ now Every Voile and Crepe Dress in the house, formerly $18 to $25,. 7SZ Every Voile and Crepe Dress in the house, formerly $27.50 to $10,- now $14.75 Women’s Coats Wool and Silk Every Woman’s Coat in the house, formerly $12.00 to $15.00, now Every Woman's Coat in the house, formerly $18.00 to $20.00, now $6.75 se. formerly $9.75 Women’s Suits Wool, Silk and Linen Every Wool or Bilk Suit in the house, formerly $18.00 to $40.00, •Jjr now i J Every Linen Suit in the house, formerly $7.50 to $12.50, A now Women’s Auto Coats $3.75 Every Linen Auto Coat in the house, formerly $6 to $8.50, now. . Every Woman’s Coat in the house, formerly $25.00 to $35.00, Y 5 Girls’ Dresses This assortment includes sizes from 6 to 16 years. Materials of these dresses are Ging hams. Madras, Linens, Percales and Lawns— in WHITE and COLORS. Tins is a splendid opportunity to lay in a supply of SCHOOL DRESSES! Every Girl’s Dress in the house, formerly $1.50 to $2.50, now .... Every Girl’s Dress in the house, formerly $2.75 to $4.50, now EverV Girl’s Dross in the house, formerly $5 and $6, now 69c $1.19 $1.95 No Approvals No Returns No Exchanges FROHSIN’S Atlanta’s Busy Store Fifty Whitehall Street Southern Suit 6• Skirt Co.~Atlanta, New York—Southern Suit & Skirt Co. Catch an Early Car Tomorrow Morning and Get First Choice of All $3.95 to $5.00 Tub Dresses at $1.50 While They Last====0nly About 200 Left! CHOICE Wo naturally expect a rush for these dresses to morrow. These are the better grades, for which the mate rials or making alone would cost you more than the Expansion Sale price. Think of buying beautiful Ratine, Linen, Striped Voile, White Lingerie, French Ginghams, Dimity and Pique Dresses, actually worth from $3.95 to $5.00, at such a RIDICULOUSLY LITTLE PRICE. Just enough for a few hours’ brisk selling to morrow. - , All Ratine and Linen Dresses CHOICE FINAL DISPOSAL of every Ratine and Linen Dress in stock, that sold at $12.50 to $19.50. - - - Sea son's BEST grades - - - - elegant dresses in all the latest styles and shades, in one remarkable group to morrow. - Remarkable Reductions For Tomorrow $25 to $35 Lingerie Dresses, choice . . . $12.50 $19.50 to $22.50 Lingerie Dresses . . . $ 9.85 $12.50 to $19.50 Ratine and Linen Suits $ 6.95 $6 Ratine Novelty Cutaway Coats . ... $ 2.95 $10 to $12.50 Ladies’ Motor Coats . . . $ 5.45 $5 Ladies' Motor Coats $ 1.48 Southern Suit& SkirtCo. "Atlanta's Exclusive Women's Apparel Store”—43-45 Whitehall Street