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< < \ * \ / f h ^ * v- ■ * r-.ri tii'iwW—PI THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. An event of Wednesday afternoon Margaret. Terry, the Rev. A F. 0*Kei- whlch Interests society is the polo ) ley. Mesprs. T. L. Gamp. John Hale, match to be played on the parade ground at Fort McPherson As this is the first polo match played in Atlanta everyone is antici pating great sport. A team re-pre senting the Atlanta Polo Club will meet that of the Seventeenth Infan try, the game to be refereeed by Colo nel M. E. Carthew-Yonftoun. The army team has a group of pretty girls ns sponsors; these being Mjrrt Hancock. Tommie Aline Fielder. Lyda Nash. Louis- Bradbury, Mary Uarl Hurst. Reble Wilkins. Flise Brown and Virginia Hoffman. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Jenkins. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wlneeoff and Mr and Mrs. Frank Freeman, of Greenville. C,n . 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 \vofld. Officiallv connected with the game '/ Wednesday afte-rnoon are*: Robert Maddox, timer; YVllmer Moore or; Clark Howell and James R. Gray goal Judges. Dr. J. A. McLeay has been active in arranging for the poll match. Wife of Governor Trammell Here. Mrs. Park Trammell, wife of Gov ernor Trammell of Florida, and h«*r sister. Mian Einmti Trammell, .are- guests of Mrs. Fred Williams for the week \ pleasant event of rece nt datn was the box pnrt> given at the Forsyth bv Mrs. Fred Williams in honor of her guests. Those present were Mrs W S. Thompson. Mrs. J. X. McDonald. Mrs. Park Trammell. Miss F.mma Trammell, Mrs. Joe Johnson. Miss Luulie Hyer and Mrs. P. H. Winter Looney Liveoak. Frank Longino, John Jackson, Bernard Smith and Thomas Camp. For Miss Hazen. Tuesday evening Messrs. Tyler Waller and Prince Webster gave swimming party at Host Lake for Miss Mildred Hazen, of Orange. N. J., Miss<- uho is the guest of Miss Mignon Mc- H an cock. rar1y *Miss Virginlus Hitt chaper oned the party. Among the guests were Misses Mil dred Hazen. Mignon McCarty, Helen Woolfork. guest of Mrs. Hitt; Najicy Prince. PaSsie May Ottley, Nell Prine-e, Emma Kate Amorous. Messrs Tyler Waller. Prince -Webster. Moul trie Hitt, Furry Moon. George Mc Carty, Archie I,ee, Gilbert Stout and R. (\ C. Black. Miss Helen Jones entertained at tea at the Piedmont Club Wednesday aft ernoon in compliment to Miss Mildred J ] Hazen. Tea wus served on the ter race, and the table had as its decora tion a rustic basket of gay colored flojvers. Miss Jones received her guests wearing yellow crepe with the little coat effect of eharmeuse with a bloui of shadow lace. Miss Buckner, who Is visiting Mis* 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 Sunday, ! July 20. Mr. and Mrs Dabney are with Mr j and Mrs. B. A. Fussell in Inman Park. For Mrs. Block. Colonel «nd Mrs. Robert Lowry en tertained at dinner at the Piedmont Club Tuesday evening in compliment to Mrs. Bates Block, whose birthday it w'as. It also was tjie birthday of Mr. L. H. Beck, one of the guests, and appropriate toasts were proposed to ea ch. 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 thejr 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 dowering plants. Sixteen guests were invited. For Mrs. Salmon's Guest*. Mrs. Charles Salmon entertained at i Informal luncheon at the Hotel Ansley in honor of her guests. Miss Agnes Vining. of Savannah, and Miss Pearl Vining, of Covington, Ga An other affair on Wednesday afternoon was a porch party given by Miss An nie Furgerson in honor of Mrs. Sal- mon'fl guests. PERSONAL Surprise Party. Mrs. George Adair gave n surprise | party for her son, Perry Adair, Tues day evening at their home in Druid mi Hills in celebration of his fifteenth To Miss McJunkin. birthday. A theater party on Monday p jen ng The house was decorated with gar- at the Forsyth was in honor of Mis* | den flow< . r8 and after a buffet sup per dancing was enjoyed. Among the guests were Misses An Spencer; The party_ 'nj iiHun^^iss ^ , ?a(ov Madeline Cullough. Julia Murphey. Ann Patterson. Irene King. Mildred Dobbs, Elizabeth Millard. Margaret Whitman. Quill O'rme, Jr.. of Miss Rebekeh McJunkin. of Dallas. Tex j the guest of Mi.^es Helen and Annie Spencer. The party Included Mis* McJunkin. Misses Spencer. Mr Harold i N. Cooledge, Mr. H. G Walker and | Mr \V. 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 Rvder entertained the members of her bridge <*lub ahd sev- | eral other guests Wednesday morn ing at her home on West Peachtree The house was decorated in pink i Killarney roses and ferns. Those present were Misses Helen Thorn. Mary Lucy Turner. Annie Lou Pug- 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 .1:30 p. m. in the assembly ball 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 Vaughan. Nancy Prince, Mary Helen Moody. Ruth | Akin and Winnie McKinnon. <»f Brunswick; Sarah Rawson. Mary Hines. Virginia Lipscomb. Mary Mur ray. of Alabama, tin* guest of Mrs. Henry Bernard Scott; Ruth Stallings, ' Margaret Hawkins Annie Lee Me- j Kenzie, Emma Kate Amorous. Aimee Hunnicutt. Edith and Antoinette Kirkpatrick. Katherine Richardson. Ruth Northen. Adrienne Battey, Edith Dunson, Frances Clarke and . Penelope Clarke. Miss Dillon Hostess. Miss Dorothy Dillon entertained nt an afternoon reception from 5 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. Mr* T. T. Stevens, two valuable scholar ships to be given for the renting j-ct^ol 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 cations should be made at once to Mrs. T. T. Stevens. No 150 Luckie street; phono Ivy 324. Philathea Social. The College Park Baptist Phila thea (’lass was delightfully enter tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T L. ( amp on Thursday evening. July 31. There also were present several Baraoa boys and others. Games were played, refreshments served, and the evening was thoroughly enjoved b> all Members of the Philathea class present were Misses Ophelia West. Lottie Dewel, Mattie Gamp, Daisy Wilbeit, Anne Lamar. Pauline Trim ble. Hazel Foley. Ethel Martin, Nealie Liveoak. Elva Grenshaw. Hettle Cochran. Mrs Carl Cook and Mrs T J. Gamp, others present were Miss Junius Millard, George Eckford, Earle Eckford, Thomas Hull, Lynn Adams and Perry Day. For House Party Guests. Mrs. Robert Hayes is 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 Mary Wolcott, of Boston. Oa. Tuesday evening Mrs. Hayes gave an al fresco party in compliment to her guests. Miss AUine Perryman will enter tain at bridge Friday evening for the visitors and Miss Willie Belle Maifck will give an informal evening party for them Thursday. Mr. J. ft. Buck left Sunday evening for a si%-weeks’ visit to friends and relatives in Jacksonville. Mr. Ben .Spearman is at Wrights- ville Beach. He will go to New York and Atlantic Glty before re turning home. Mr. and Mrs James S Harrison and little daughter. Frances, have re turned from Franklin Spring*. Mr. and Mrs. George Bonney and children have returned from High lands. N. C. Mr. J. S. Buck, 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 thf Misses Adams, at No. 51 West Baker street. Mr. and Mrs. A. D Adair and Mrs. Samuel 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 Bransford. 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 Wilb.v, re turned home Monday. Mi.«s Indtn Young of Quitman, who has been the guest of Miss Margaret Murphey, Is visiting Miss Ruth Reed before returning home. Miss Mary Murray, of Huntsville. Ala., is the guest of her aunt. Mrs. Henry Bernard Scott. Miss Murray will remain in Atlanta until fall. Mrs. Omar Elder has returned to Atlanta, after a visit to her moth- Mrs. F. J. Hargrove, at Brown- wood. Miss Mattie Lou and Willie Rich ardson. Frances and Annie Smith and Mildred Harris are guests of Miss Zadie Stewart’s house party in Zebu- Ion. Mien Grace Mauck has returned to Atlanta, after spending the week-end with Miss Susie Kollock at her coun try home, Woodlands." near Clarkea- vlile, Ga. Miss Trene Bennett entertained at a luncheon Wednesday in honor of Miss Marie Reatie. of New York, and Miss Minnie Fambrough. of Boston, guests of Miss Marie Norris. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bentley Harte, whose wedding took place in Waynes- vilb-. X. C , July IP. are at home with Judge and Mrs. Sibley, at t nion 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 Andrews and Miss Mary Andrew* have returned to Atlanta after « ramping trip at Pine Moun tain Springs. Miss Sadly© Andrews is visiting her sister, Mrs. Virgil Adams, in Knoxville, Tenn. Miss Effle V. Walker is at the Rltz-Carlton. the guest of yir. 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. HIT IN II. 5. IN PIEEL POST 300 Factory Women Gamble on Baseball PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3.—Three hundred women gamblers, 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. 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 Wu 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 1011. but did not go to his post on account of the revolution. Remarkable Increase in Volume of Mail Here Arouses Favorable Comment in Washington. Postmaster Hush McKee declared Wednesday that the larse increase In the amount of mail handled In the Atlanta postoffice was the subject of favorable comment In Washington among department officials. During the past year more than 50,000,000 letters, not including news papers and 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. The Atlanta office ranks sixteenth in the number of parcel post packages han dled in the United States. “Here in the postoffice we have a chhnce to keep close tab on Atlanta's activity and correspondence, and 1 will say that the growth in mail 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 commttiee of The Em- pire Life Insurance Company were held here yesterday and to-day to decide on plans and specifications for the now building upon which wonk 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. Lori ok, H. H. Stafford and C. E. Whitney, Au gusta. Drugs and Tobacco ZION CITY. ILL., Aug. 6—A city free from beer, whisky, drugs and tobacco was planned to-day by Wil bur Glenn Voliva, successor of John Alexander Dowle as the head of Zion City. 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- ited the use of the streets after the passage 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. Beware, Poseurs, of ‘Soul Photos' FrenchWaut 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 possessions in the Wesi Indies are too far south of the regu lar Panama route, says the commis sion, and shippers will rather coal in Porto Rico or Cuba. Lieutenant Hallier, representing the Minister of Marine, recommends, however, the establishment of a navt* station at Fort DePraoce, Martinique. The House Committee on Military Affairs put its members on record Wednesday morning a» upholding the present military’ laws of the State, 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 19kfl, 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 MQltary Affairs Committee, stated that he will endeavor to ge< the members of his committee together Wednesday after noon for a reopening of the AlugusU investigation. He stated tha* both aides 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 ent. Mr. Spence several times has ex pressed his opinion that a legislative investigation of the Augusta trouble is useless. Are Your Clothes 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 consist* 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 aboiT every man and woman which co«*sr up the real self, and these thing* overshadow "all else in photographs." 2L©4j After Shaving AIR-FLOAT Talcum f moves the shiny rednest, and gives that smooth natural, wholesome effect that men covet. talcum rurr cc. Minersaiul ManTlfauUnere Bush Terminal BulWing Brooklyn, N. T. TafcumPowder Bankrupt Town Has To Let 'Skeeters Nip HACKETTSTOWN, N. J., Aug. 6 Tnvaded by a swarm of mosquitoes, this town is too poor to fight them. The Board of Health asked the I Council for $1,000 to fight the pests, and the Council replied that it could not make the appropriation. STODDARDIZED Stoddard A Wagon for a Phone Call. We pay Charges (one way) on Out-of-Town Orders of $2 or more. 126 Peachtree Street Bell Phone, Ivy 43 Atlanta Phone 43 Cleaner and Dyer Dixie's Greatest Dry Southern Suit & Skirt Co.—Atlanta, New York—Southern Suit & Skirt Co. CHILD DIES IN VINEGAR. PARIS, ILL.. Aug. 6.—Falling head foremost into an S-gallon Jar of vine gar, Lester David, aged 2 years, son of George David, a farmer, was drowned before his mother could res cue him. . Wheeler- Dabney. Mr and Mrs. Wheeler unnoum Alexander Avery e the marriage of The New Euphona PSayer= Piano $475 K U li V $25.00 worth of * music rolls, also bench and scarf. Easy Terms if Wanted This now Euphona combines two instruments for the price of one—a superb piano lot" hand playing and the most improved durable Player- Piano known. Easiest of operation. foible Piana flampang GEORGE W WILKINS. Pre.idenl 82 84 N. BROAD ST. EXCURSION A comprehensive aweep of the east- ] 888.85. The phenomenal rates of- ern half of the United States and ; fered and th e high-clan*features pro- ; vided are the realization of ten years i>f continued success in this line of 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 j and Savannah, including all expenses (except a few- meab» transportation., fctand., d p'dlin;-.* all rru-als en r«» - i amers eighteen days for only 1 work Special trains leave Atlanta. Birmingham. Chattanooga and Knox ville Saturday, August 16 Liberal ropover at any point en route Four .-•teamer trips on exclusive ships. Par ty nearly filled. Room for 50 more. Send $ • deposit for choice reserva tion This ad will not appear again. Address J. F McFarland, agent. Box 1624, Atlanta, Ga. Advt. Catch an Early Car Tomorrow Morning and Get First Choice of All $3.95 to $5.00 Remodelin g Sale Tub Dfesses at $i >5 (| Women’s Summer Dresses and Suits and Girls’ Dresses SA CRIFICED! aa W' our entire READY-TO-WEAR Department—and we must, reduce the stock, so as to make way for the crews of carpenters, E ARE jjoirifr to REMODE therefore. QUICKI7Y decorators and other workmen! For the aforesaid reason, we shall SACRIFICE prices, entirely regardless of cost, on omen s Summer Dresses and Tailored Suit* on Women ’s Coats- all Bathing Suits—and (•iris’ Dresses, as scheduled below. Sale starts to-morrow morning at 8 o’clock. While They Last====0nly About 200 Left! CHOICE Women’s Dresses Dress in the house, $2.95 llh’ess in the Every Linen and Ratint formerly $5 to $10, Every Crepv 1 . Voile and Lingerie house, formerly $7.50 to $12, HOW . Every Voile and Crepe Dress in formerly $18 to $25, now Evprv Voile and Crepe Dress in formerly $27.50 to $40, now 4 S4.95 the house, $9.75 the house, Women’s Coats Wool and Silk in the house, formerly $6.75 in the house, formerly $9.75 in the house, formerly $14.75 Every Wonjan’s Coat $12.00 to $15.00, now Every Woman’s Coat $18.00 to $20.0(1, now We naturally expert 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 Every Woman’s Coat $25.00 to $35.00, now Girls’ Dresses Women’s Suits Wool, Silk and Linen Every Wool or Silk Suit in the house, formerh $18.00 to $40.00, ‘3 "ye 55 Every Linen Suit in the house, formerly $7.50 to $12.50, CO C5U now Women’s Auto Coats Every Linen Auto Coat in the "73™ house, formerly $6 to $8.50, now. . i No Approvals No Returns assortment includes sizes from 6 to 16 Materials of these dresses are Ging- ,incus, Percales and Lawns— COLORS. This is a splendid lay in a supply of SCHOOL Thi years. hams, Madras, in WHITE anr opportunity to DRESSES'l 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. . . . Every Girl’s Dress in the house, formerly $5 and $6, now ... 69c $1.19 $1.95 No Exchanges Atlanta’s Busy Store FROHSIN’S Fifty Whitehall Street 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 A p par cl'Store”—43-45 Whitehall Street