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8 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. [ TO 01CUPID SQUARE DEAL Mayor Lends Support to Friends of Romance—City Spooning Reservation Urged. New hope for the spooners wae found Friday In the attitude of a group of Councilmen who have deter mined that kissing shall not be ta booed in Atlanta. Reluctant a* they are to interfere with the affairs of the Police Commission, the appeals of Cupid for a fair chance has found listening: ear*, and dally conferences are being: held in a certain office in the Grant Building over plans to re verse the police policy on spooning. Ordinarily Council would not have the authority to Interfere with the af fairs of the Police Commission, but just now canvasses are being made for next year’s elections to the Po lice Commission. Every Commis sioner has his ear to the ground. As Council is to do the electing, the will of Council is supreme in matters of police policy, for the present, at least Open Kissing Season Expected. Some of the regular attendants at these dally conferences are Alderman J W. Maddox, Councilman Albert Thomson, Councilman Claude C. Ma son and Councilman Claude L. Ash- le.v. Impatiently they are waiting for the action of the Police Commission at the special meeting Wednesday night, when the kissing and spooning situation will be considered thorough ly. Authoritative reports have It that the Polica Commission will declare for a more liberal policy. It must not be overlooked that in all this complex fight Mayor Wood ward and the Council are thoroughly agreed for the first time since he be gan his administration. Mayor Woodward 1s In full sympathy with this movement of the Councilmen. He took the initiative himself the other day and called Police Chief Beavers to his office to protest against the warfare of the police against Cupid’s victims. Mayor Aids Cupids' Friends. He did not have much luck in his efforts to get Chief Beavers to lot up. according to reports of that se cret conference that have leaked out, so he has thrown his support to the Councilmen who are working through the Police Commission. Alderman Arthur H VanDyke has (Onif out holder than the rest. The Eighth Ward Alderman would con vert the little plot on Forsyth street that adjoins the City Hall into a pub lic kissing park "We must not kill romance in At lanta.” declared Alderman VanDyke. “That’s what we are about to do. That property belongs to the city and does not seem to he serving any purpose. Council should grant an appropriation to make it into a public kissing park. We could even allow the policemen to use it.” Gently Clean Your Liver, Stom ach and Clogged Bowels While You Sleep. Get a 10-cent box. Take a Caacarot to-night to cleanse your Liver, Rtomach and Bowels, and you Will surely feel great by morning. You men und women who have headache, coat ed tongue, can’t sleep, are bilious, nervous, upset, bothered with a kick, gassy, disordered stomach, or have backache and feel all worn out. Are you keeping your bowels clean with Casoareta -or merely forcing a passageway every few days with Halts, cathartic pills or castor oil? Cascarets Immediately cleanse and regulate the stomach, remove the sour, undigested and ferment ing food and foul gasvs; take the excess bile from the liver and car ry off the constipated waste matter and poison from the intestines und bdwels. Remember, a Cascaret to-night will straighten you out by morn ing A lA-cent box from your druggist means healthy bowel ac tion; a clear head and cheerful ness for months. Don’t forget the children. Dramatic Notes By TARLETON COLLIER. Dreamy Strauss music, produced by an orchestra whose so> business !s fo play Strauss music, should make notable the performance rrf “The Mer ry Countess,” which opens at the At lanta Theater to-night. There will be "The Blue Danube," for Instance. But the music, If the chief, is not the only charm that is promised In dications In the shape of criticism.-! that have come in the course of this same tour are that there are actors and singers of ability in the. cast, and a wardrobe that is spectacular. A cast of pretentious promise has been assembled by Manager Rork. A truthful tone has been sought by the Importation of native actor* In some parts the scene of the operetta be ing laid In a fashionable Austrian re sort. TJie principal parts are tak».n by actors and singers whose mime* are well known. Mabel Baker is the prima donna, and others of the com pany are Carl Haydn, Charles Udell, Jack Henderson and Dale Winter. As one attractive feature, clever dancing is promised. The week’s offering at the Forsyth continue* to attract audiences that each night fill the house. A popular note seeme to have been struck by the bill. The tango and ttndtey trot, as danced by Inez Patterson and Frank Hale, naturally hsve an appeal, being an expression of the mode. The danc ing act and the act of Lydia Barry are the headliners of the Mil. A really convincing performance, it Is said, Is that of Rstha Williams, w T ho at the Lyric next week in ”A Man’s (fame,” will play the part of a disso lute, unscrupulous wife. The play i» one with a true realism and with a story of re.al emotions. It will be at the Lyric all next week. “The Call of the Heart” is this week’s offering at the Lyric Theater. The play is built about the interest ing subject of heredity, and, although without a technical scientific basis, it has something of application here in the day of eugenics snd reform of moral standards. The story of the play la that of an unhappy life of a wholesome American girl who is forced into marriage with an English nobleman of degenerate house. A matinee will be given Saturday. The Jewe” Kelley Company will prolong its engagement at the Bijou Theater through the next week, of fering a sensational melodrama, "The Man of Mystery,” by Mark Swan, who has written some of the most vivid thrillers. It Is a detective play, with the story based on the principle of hypnotism. This week the Jewell I-^lley players are producing "My IHxle Girl," a drama of the Kentucky mountains. Atlanta Likely to Get Bankers’ Convention Local officials see no reason why At lanta will not get the 1914 convention of the Ametican Rankers’ Association. Fred K Farnsworth, general secretary of the association, will arrive in Atlanta Monday to oonfer with managers of lo cal hotels In an effort to obtain 2,000 rooms for the 3.000 members and dele gates who will attend the convention. "Atlanta will be able to accommodate 30,000 Hhrinera,” said Fred Houser, of the convention bureau, “and It’s aertaln we can take care of 3.000 bankers." The hotel men will give Mr. Fams- Atlantan Goes After 1914 Road Congress Wylie West, manager of the Atlanta branch of the Firestone Tire an ( i Rub ber Company, has been elected by the Atlanta Automobile and Accessory As sociation a delegate to the third American Road Congress, which meets in Detroit September 20 to October 4 His instructions are "Bring the 1914 convention home with you." The Atlanta 'Chamber of Commerce and the Atlanta Convention Bureau are also thinking of sending representatives to the congress. City Trains Rats As Food Inspectors CINCINNATI, Sept. 12.—The refuge farm here will breed white rats which will be used by the Health Depart ment as food detectives. The rats will be allowed to feed on foodstuffs which the department sus pects are unfit for human beings to eat. 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NO, I rffL • paint, Tuan au 1 V— () fj DON'T Too SO AN MY GI*L WIT' A WET CLOTH I Jr On “Wide Open” Platform He Runs Away From Cooper and Judge Meeks. NASHVILLE, TENN, Sept. 12.— Hilary E. Ho who, preaent Mayor of this city, will be returned to office in the first election held under the new commission form of government by an estimated majority of 560 votes over his two opponents, Cooper and Meeks, after one of the bitterest and most sensational mayoralty cam paigns ever witnessed in Nashville. Howse 'was elected on a platform promising not to disturb the present wide-open condition. Howse worked with a wonderful organization and completely snowed under the law enforcement candidate, Cooper, who ran second, and who was Just as far ahead of Circuit Judge Meeks, who was practically forced into the race by friends of ex- Govemor Malcolm R. Patterson, fol lowing the latter's alleged “framed" arrest a short time ago In a disorder ly housa A remarkable boldness was mani fested by both Meeks and Howse In bidding for the saloon vote, Criminal Judge Nell threatening to close every saloon in the city unless his candi date, Meeks, was elected. The saloon element Ignored this threat and threw Its support to Howse, who had made a threat similar to that of Nell. Both Meeks and Cooper are claim ing wholesale frauds and declare they will contest the election. Women workers were prominent at the polls and numerous prayer meet ings were held throughout the city during the dav In the interest of Cooper. Despite such intense bitterness as lias been manifested during the cam paign, the election was remarkable for its quietness, only a few minor difaculties being reported. PREDICTS ERA OF I Ifnois Democratic Leader, in At lanta on Visit, Gratified by Tariff Reform. Mississippi’s Richest Planter Weds Nurse MEMPHIS, Sept. 12.—Love at first sight three weeks ago led to the mar riage here Friday In the Peabody Hotel of M. C. Gatlin, of Walls, Miss., reputed to be the wealthiest planter In that State, and Miss Bettie Yerger, a trained nurse of Greenville, Miss. They met in August through letters written by Mrs. John Rtansell, cousin of the bride and a friend of Gatlin. Sanitary Troughs For Horses Urged CLEVELAND, Sept. 1,—Ullrich Richter, a contractor, ha* aaked that sanitary drinking cups be provided for horse* to prevent poisoning by drinking from stagnant water troughs. The new drinking caps will be ar ranged so that the water will run through them with such force as to keep them clean. U. S. Outclassed in Motor Boat Races Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. COWB8, ENG.. Rept. 12.—The Eng lish motor boat Maple Leaf IV was the betting favorite for the deciding race to-day in the competitions for the international motor boat trophy In Osborne Bay. It wa* conceded that the United States did not have a chance to win back the cup. Declaring Democracy is gaining strength throughout the country and that all that is needed now Is re adjustment following tariff reform. Charles Boeschenstein, Democratic National committeeman from Illinois, who is a visitor n Atlanta, Frday pre dicted a time of great prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. Boeschenstein arrived in Atlanta Thursday, following a trip to Gainesville, where they placed their daughter In Brenau College. Mr. Boeschenstein speaks with au thority on the national political situa tion. as he is recognized as a keen political student. In recognition of his services politically in Illinois he probably will be the party's candidate for United States Senator in next year's direct election* to fin the va cancy to be created by the close of the term of the Republican Senator, Sherman. Mr. Boescbenstrln scouted the idea of a panic a* a result of the enact ment of Democratic tariff. The Dem ocratic party in Illinois, he declared, Is stronger than it was last year, which is Indicative of continued Dem ocratic success throughout the coun try. Mr. Boeschenstein was delighted with Atlanta, and expressed great surprise at what he termed the re markable development of highways In Georgia, as well as elsewhere in the South. The only weak point in the'convict system, he says, is lack of co-ordina tion. Mr. Boeschenstein wag the guest of Clark Howell and Governor Slaton Thursday. Who says Romance is dead? 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