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—— - “* r TTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. >28 \o publ no» ’ll 81 J 14 i 31 IT 1 e Fui 40 U y|/ -fr i i / fjj III p 1 f An event of Wednesday afternoon which Interest* society is the polo 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 repre senting the Atlanta Polo (hub will meet that of the Seventeenth Infan try. the game to be referoeed by Colo nel M. E. Carthew-Yorstoun. The army team has a group of pretty girls as sponsors; these being Misses Mvrt Hancock. Tommie Hancock, Aline Fielder, Lyria Nash, I-ouise liradhurv, Mary Carl Hurst, Iteble Willdns. F.lise Brown and Virginia Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. W. .1 Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs Frank Winecoff and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freeman, of Oreenville. Oa.. to chaperone the party of young women. Many well-known people are Inter ested In the Introduction of polo l.n Atlanta’s social and sporting world. Officially connected with the game of Wednesday afternoon are; Robert Maddox, timer; Wllmer Moore, scor er; Clark Howell and James R. Cray, goal judges f>r. J. A. MeLeay 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 for the week A pleasant event of recent date was the box party given at the Forsvth hv Mrs. Fred Williams in honor of her guests. Those present were Mrs W S. Thompson. Mrs, J. N. McDonald. Mrs. Park Trammell Miss Emma Trammell, Mrs. Joe Johnson. Miss Laulle llyer and Mrs P. H. Winter. To Miss McJunkin. A theater party on Monday evening at the Forsyth was in honor of Miss Rebekiih McJunkin, of Dallas, Tex., the guest of MiMf**s Helen and Anni«* Spencer. The party included Miss McJunkin, Misses Spencer, Mr Harold N Gooledge, Mr. H G Walker and Mr W. Vaughn Crowley. W. C. T. U. Meeting. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will meet Thursday afternoon at 3:30 oVMck in the Sunday school mom of Trinity Church. Miss Ryder Hostess. Miss Martha Pvrier entertained the members <>f 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 j present were Misses Helen Thorn. Mary Lucy Turner. Annie Lou Pag- gett, Gladys Dunson, Edith Dunson. Elizabeth Dunson. Dorothy Robbins, of Birmingham. and Margaret Brans- , ford, of Nashville, the guests of Mrs. J IV B Allan; Mrs, Ernest Durham and Mrs. Julian I’rade. Suffragists’ Meeting. The Atlanta l*iual 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. Sp-ncer 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 Cobbie Vaughan. Nancy Prince, Mar} 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 Hunnicutt. Edith and Antoinette Kirkpatrick. Katherine Richardson, Ruth Northen, Adrienne Battey. Edith Dunson. Francos Clarke and Penelope Clarke. Miss Dillon Hostess. Miss Dorothy Dillon entertained at an afternoon reception fr«*ni f> to 7 o’clock Wednesday for her guest. Miss Dorothy Browne, of New York. The house was artistically deco- I rated with bright garden flowers. About 50 guests were present. U. D. C. Scholarship. The Atlanta Chapter, T T . D f\. an-' nounces. through the chairman, Mrs T. T. Stevens, two valuable scholar-j ships to be given for the coming school year. These include a schol arship in Mins Wood berry’s School for Girls, a full four-year collegiate course, including languages: also a scholarship in Miss Hanna's School I for Gir’s, 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. • atlons should be made at once to Mrs. T. T. Stevens. No. 450 Luckte street; phone Ivy 324. Philathea Social. The College Park Baptist Phlla- thea Class was delightfully enter- 1 tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs T. L, Camp on Thursday evening. July 31. There also were present several Baraea boys and others. Games were j played, refreshments served, and the evening was thoroughh enjoved b> all. Members of the Philathea class- present were Misses Ophelia West. Lottie Dewel, Mattie ' imp. Daisy Wilhelt. Anne Lamar. Pauline Trim- I ble. Hazel Foley, Ethel Martin, Neali Liv*»oak. Klva Crenshaw. Hettie | Cochran. Mrs. Carl Cook and Mrs. T L. Camp. Othbrs present were Miss I Margaret Terry, the Rev. A. F. O’Kel- lev, Messrs. T. L. Camp, John Hale, Looney Liveoak. Frank Longino, John Jackson, Bernard Smith and Thomas Camp. For Miss Hazen. Tuesday evening Messrs. Tyler Waller and Prince Webster gave a swimming party at East Lnkc for Miss Mildred Hazen. of Orange, N. J., Who is the guest of Miss Mignon Mc Carty. Miss Vlrglnlus Hitt chaper oned the party. Among the guests were Misses Mil dred Hazen, Mignon McCarty, Helen Woolfork. guest of Mrs. Hitt; Nancy Prince, Pnssle May Otlley, Nell Prince. Emma Kate Amorous. Messrs Tyler Waller. Prince Webster, Moul trie Hitt. Gurrv Moon. George Mr- Garty, Archie Gilbert Stout and R. C. C Black. Miss Helen Jones entertained at tea 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 basket of gay colored flowers. Miss Jones received her guests wearing yellow crepe with the little coat effect of charmeuse with a blouse of shadow lace. Miss Buckner, who Is visiting Miss Jones, was gowned in mustard-colored crepe with a wide girdle of purple satin. Twelve n^rls were guests on this Informal occasion. Surprise Party. Mrs. George Adair gave a surprise party for her son. Perry Adair, Tues day evening at their home in Druid Hills in celebration of his fifteenth birthday. The house was 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 Murphey, Ann Patterson, Irene King. Mildred Dobbs, P^lizaheth Millard, Margaret Whitman, Quill Orme. Jr., Junius Millard, George Eckford, Earle Eekford. 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 Cheaves, of Monte zuma; Zaretta Estes, of Decatur, and Mary Wolcott, of Boston, Ga. Tuesday evening Mrs. Haves 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 Belie Mauck will give an Informal evening party for them Thursday. Wheeler - Dabney. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Avery 1 Wheeler announce the marriage of ' their daughter. Margaret Ann, to Mr. ; Morde Jefferson Dabney on Sunday, ! July 20. Mr. and Mrs. Dabney are with Mr i and Mrs. B. A Fuswell in Inman Bark. For Mrs. Block. Colonel and Mrs. Robert Lowrv en tertained at dinner at the Piedmont Club Tuesday evening in compliment to Mrs. Bates Block, .whose birthday it was. It also was the birthday of Mr. L. H. Beck, 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. WilHam L. Peel gave a dinner Tuesdav evening at their home, “Woodbine.” The guests were seated at a lone 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. Gharle.m Salmon entertained at an Informal luncheon at the Hotel Ansley in honor of her guests. Miss Agnes VJnlng, of Savannah, and Miss Pearl Vlning, 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’s guests PERSONAL Mr. J. R. Buck left Sunday evening for a six weeks* visit to frlen relatives In Jacksonville Mr. Ben Spearman is at Wrights- ville 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 Bonne.v and children have returned from High lands. N. C. Mr. J. H. Burk, 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. 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 Wilby, re turned home Monday. Miss India Young, of Quitman, who has been the guest of Miss Margaret Murphey, is vIHting Miss Ruth Reed before returning home. Miss Mary Murray, of Huntsville, Ala., is the ’gir*st 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 er Mrs. F. J. Hargrove, at Brown- wood. Miss Mattie Lou and Willie Rich ardson. France* and Annie Smith and Mllflri-d I.,.rrls aro (fiiasts r.f MNs Zadie Stewart's house party In Zebu- Ion. M - Grace Mam k has returned to Atlanta. after spending the week-end with Miss Susie Kollock at her coun try home, Woodlands, near < larkes- viile, Ga. Miss Irene Bennett entertained at a luncheon Wednesday In honor of Miss Marie Beatle of New York, and Miss Minnie Farnbrough. of Boston. gue*tv of Miss Marie Norris. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bentley Harte, whose wedding took place in Waynes- ville, N. C . July 13. 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. Andrews and Miss Mary Andrews have returned to Atlanta after a camping trip at Pine Moun tain Springs. Miss Sadye Andrews Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Virgil Adams, In Knoxville, Tenn. Miss Effle V. Walker Is at the Ritz-Carlton. the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Brown Mr. Brown is president of the Mexicaai National Bail wav*. 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 PHIL A DELPHI A, Aug. a.—-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 ball 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. ATLANTA IS 1STH CITY III U. 5. 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- fnng 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 1311, 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 Hugh McKee declared Wednesday that the large increase in the amount of mat! handled in the Atlanta postoffice was the subject of favorable comment In Washington among deportment officials. During the past year more than 50,000,000 letters, not Including news papers and periodicals were stamped or canceled In the Atlanta postoffice 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 chance 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 committee of The Em pi re Life Insurance Company were held here yesterday and to-day to decide on plans and specifications for the new 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. Lorick, 11. H. Stafford and C. E. Whitney, Au gusta. CHILD DIES IN VINEGAR. PARIS, ILL.. Aug. 6.—Failing head foremost into an S-ga!lon Jar of vine gar, Lester David, aged 2 years, son of George David, a farmer. was drowned before his mother could res cue him. Voliva in Power at Zion City Bars Rum, 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 Dowie 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- lted 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 fpr using tobacco. No drug store will be permitted within the city limits after the adop tion of the ordinance. FrenchWant Trading Base North of Canal Special Cable to The Atlanta 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 Gu^daloupe or Martinique. These French possessions 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 nava' station at Fort DeFrance, Martinique. The House Committee on Military Affairs put its members on record Wednesday morning as upholding the present m41itary 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 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 of his 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 Gnerai 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. Beware, Poseurs, of ‘Soul Photos' ST. LOUIS. Aug. 6.—"With the de. velopment of soul photography,'" that 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 about every man and woman which cover up the real self, and these things overshadow all else In photographs.' After Shaving AIR-FLOAT Talcum nv moves the shiny redness and gives that smooth, natural, wholesome effect that men covet. TALCUM PUFF CO. M 1 ners and Manufacturer* Bush Terminal Building Brooklyn, N. Y. Talcum Potrder Bankrupt Town Has To Let 'Skeeters Nip 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 Clothes STODDARDIZED A Wag on for a Phone Call. We pay Charges (one way) on Out-of-Town Orders of $2 or more. O _ j J J 126 Peachtree Street Stoddard Bell Phone, Ivy 43 Atlanta Phone 43 Cleaner and Dyer Dixie's Greatest Dry The New Euphoria $475 FREE * 5 °° c ~ or,h of ic 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. FjibU Pinna fimpany GEORGE W. WILKINS. Pr*.U«nt 82-84 N. BROAD ST. Remodel i ng Sal A ie Women’s Summer Dresses an d Suits EXCURSION A comprehensive sweep of the east ern half of the United States and nearly 1.000 miles of Canada. A 5,000-mile circle tour visiting Cincin- tULti, 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 6teamers eighteen days for only 1 $S8A5. The phenomenal rates of- f» red and the high-class features pro vided are the realization of ten years continued success in this line of work. Special trains leave Atlanta, Birmingham. Chattanooga and Knox ville Saturday, August 16. Liberal stopover at any point en route. Four i steamer trips on exclusive ships. Par ty nearly filled. Room for 50 more. Send $5 deposit for choice reserva tion This ad will not appear again. Address J. F. McFarland, agent. Box 1 1624, Atlanta, Ga. Advt. | and Girls’ Dresses SA CRIFICED! W E ARE going to REMODEL our entire READY-TO-WEAR Department—and we must, therefore. QUICKLY reduce the stock, so as to make way for the crews of carpenters, decorators and other workmen! For the aforesaid reason, we shall SACRIFICE prices, entirely regardless of cost, on all Women’s Summer Dresses and Tailored Suits—on Women’s Coats—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, ^*5 Q now Every Crepe, Voile and Lingerie Dress in the house, formerly $7.50 to $12, now $4.35 i the house, $9.75 Every Voile and Crepe Dress in the house, formerly $18 to $25, now Every Voile and Crepe Dress in the house, formerly $27.50 to $40, S* H A “7 J” now $14.75 Women’s Suits Wool, Silk and Linen Every Wool or Silk Suit in the house, formerly $18.00 to $40.00, 7r Every Linen Suit in the house, formerly $7.50 to $12.50, O ftr now Women’s Auto Coats Every Linen Auto Coat in the ^ “73?" house, formerly $6 to $8.50, now. .4)0. I 0 Women’s Coats Wool and Silk Everv Woman's Coat in the house, formerly $6.75 $12.00 to $15.00, now Everv Woman’s Coat in the house, formerly $18.00 to $20.00, 7 (? Everv Woman’s Coat in the house, formerly SC.".®: 00 ' $14.75 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. This is a splendid opportunity to lay in a supply of SCHOOL DRESSES! Every Gill’s Dress in the house, formerly $1.50 to|$2.50, now ... Every Girl’s Dress iu the house, £4 < formerly $2.75 to $4*50, now. . . J I ■ i J Every Girl’s Dress in the house, formerly $5 and $6, now 69c $1.95 No Approvals No Returns No Exchanges FROHSIN’S Atlanta’s Busy Store Fifty Whitehall Street Southern Suit & 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==== Only About 200 Left! We naturally expect a rush for these dresses to morrow. ----- • These are the better grades, for whieh 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. CHOICE $1.50 Just enough for a few hours’ morrow. ----- brisk selling to- All Ratine and Linen Dresses FINAL DISPOSAL of every Ratine and Linen Dress in stock, that sold at $12.50 to $19.50. Sea son's PEST grades - - - - elegant dresses in all the latest styles and shades, in one remarkable group to morrow.— CHOICE $4.95 Remarkable Reductions For To-morrow $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