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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. AFFAIR BRIGHT AND GAY I IN TEA-DANCE FOR POOR CHILDREN At the top is Miss Clifford West, while below, from left lo right, are Miss Helen Thorn and Miss Emily Csssin. IS DID TO W r-ti the ecstatic tango sounds forth from the instruments of the piedmont Hotel’s girl orchestra Mon- afternoon, the strains will bear a significance. N - 0W t would be hard to convince a prent many serious-minded per sons that there is any significance to ango music at any time. It is one 0 f : ;,p necessary evils, say they piously. put let there be no quarrel at this ., me Remember that Monday af ternoon's Tango Tea at the Piedmont re a!!v = f ands for something, being a benefit for the Rmpty Stocking Fund of The Georgian and Sunday Ameri can. It r eai!' stands, then, for Christmas ■harity and for an appeal to the heart? and purses of fortunate people whose rhristmases are always hap- pv. It will be a bright, gay, happy occasion, forecasting in a way, it is hoped. *he brightness and the hap piness that it will help bring into the lives of hoys and girls and tired wo men who would have no Christmas at a ' if it were not for Atlanta’s bounty. Admission to this affair will be $1. That entitles one to the dancing floor • r ugh out the afternoon. However, it -c a Tango Tea, you know, and one must not overlook the latter feature. A small charge will he made for the tea to ail who care for a cup. Very naturally, any enterprise to help swell The Rmpty Stocking Fund this year should bp a bright and gay thing, because Atlanta is giving in a big-hearted, generous, unreserved manner. Hearia Nearer Surface. Somehow, hearts seem nearer the surface this year than ever before, and the giving 1s general and ready. There must be something in the very’ atmosphere of this Christmas time that awakens a poignant sympathy and understanding. Just like the sympathy and under standing f hat prompted a certain etter to the Christmas Editor the other day. It bore a flve-dollar bill. The mon- ey was pinned to a single sheet of paper, on which a few words were written. There was a story in those word*, a big story, and the Christ mas Editor, reading them, under stood. "In memory of a little boy,” were the words. ”T wish I could make it five hundred.” Tenderness had prompted that let- “r and that fift. The giver no doubt felt that the boys and girls whom the money would help were very near and dear to him. He visualized all boy? and girls, their dreams and hopes and desires and ideals, in the mage of one little boy Avho had gone. And so every one of you ha9 n your mind's eye at least one little hoy or girl, one with baby hands probably, or one who is larger and given to romping and yelling and torn trousers. Every one of you can Jove ail of childhood through your love for this one child. It ought to be easy. then, for you to the need that lies behind th° appeal the Christmas Editor is mak- n 8 to you. Ir ought to he easy for you to give toward the cause of the Rmpty Stocking. It ought to be a glad and loving duty. Recause your boy or your girl might nave been among those who will wake up to the tragedy of an empty stock ing and a gloomy Christmas. And Society to Tango To-day for Charity The Tango Tea, for the benefit of the Rmpty Stocking Fund, will he held in the ballroom of the Piedmont Hotel Monday afternoon from 4:30 to 7 o’clock. The price of admission will he $1 with a email additional charge for tea. Every cent realized from the af fair will be used to purchase a merry Christmas for the poor of Atlanta. Society will he well represented. giving to those children who really are about to be bereaved of a chil- hood’s dream, you are giving to your own. and in the name of your own. Child Disappointment Tragedy. There are few Man disappointments and Woman disappointments quite so keen or quite so bitter as the Child f • B - F- STOCKTON plumbing M s - '’"YOU STREET ■OTM PHONES 161 Tango Tea at the Piedmont is drawing big throng of Atlanta's prettiest society girls. Castara 1(H), Charles Cantn*ll 105. Behest 105. Graxelle 105 FOCRTH --Selling; purse $400; mile and 20 yards; tlm-e year <>1<1h and up: lUirtworth 107. i’ardner 109, Counterpart 105, L. M. Adair 102, Chemulpo 103 FIFTH Selling, purse $400, 5V6 fur longs; four-year-olds and up Rye Straw III, Amerlcus 110, Amoret 113, Flying Yankee 117. Rerkely 103, Then Cook 107, Camel 110, Judge Monvk 107, Cagnant 107% Concurrati 110. Torn Hol land 107. Premier 107. Excluded: I^ady Etna and Hearthstone. SIXTH Selling; purse -f !00; 1 1-16 miles; three-year-olds ami up: Tay- puy 105. Merry Lad 112. Michael Angelo 107. Reno 101. Over the Sands 101, Pierre Dumas 105, Kiel 101, L. M. Eckert 113. $100,000 to BoomU.S, Trade Among Latins WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Cam paigning In the interests of the Amer ican exporter to South America will he included in the program of Secre tary Redfteld next year, lie has Included an item of $100,000 in his budget to be used in sending advance agents to South and Central America to prepare the way for American goods. disappointment of a gloomy Christ mas. That you know. Rut why all this sermonizing? At lanta knows all this as well as do*'s the Christmas Editor. Maybe Atlan ta resents his proclaiming these things so loudly. Rut he can not help being sincere and earnest about this thing. Nobody could. Girls and women come with a glad smile <>n their faces to get some of the Christ mas dolls that they may tak^ hoir. ■ and dress for the poor children s Christmas. It would be impossible Stem-Bloch “Standard An Overcoat for the busy business man. If there is an Overcoat made that appeals to business men—that large class of men who must he well dressed, but who do not care for even the slightest extreme—it is the Stein-Bloch “Standard.” Absolutely correct in style and at the same time very conservative— The Stein-Bloch “Standard” may he had in many materials and colors—either medium or heavy weight. $25. $27.50. $30. $35 up to $50 PARKS -CHAMBERS-HARDWICK 37-39 Peachtree COMPANY Atlanta, Ga. to meet and greet these willing work ers, these people who so plainly un derstand the meaning of this Empty Stocking Fund, without wanting to shake their hands and "God bless" them. * * * Oh. It is an appealing cause, and the Christmas Editor has a task that becomes really wonderful to him at times. * * * But about the dolls. There are many of them left at The Georgian office They will be given to persons in Atlanta who will volunteer to dress them. Thus arrayed, they will be returned to the Christmas Editor, who will see to their distribution among children to whom Santa Claui probably will bring i.o dolls. Here are to-day’s new contributors to the Empty Stocking Fund: Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Morris $10.00 Asa G. Candler 10.00 W. L.. Peel 10.00 | J. K. Ottley 5.00 ; Dr. W J. Blalock 2.00 | E. C. Peters 5.00 ' Cash 25 Insect Quarantine Saves State Fortune Strict quarantine against plant in sects and disease in Georgia has saved millions of dollars in this State, ac cording to the report of the Georgia State Board of Entomology. Hundreds of thousands more might have been saved had the quarantine laws been enacted In time to keep out such pests as the San Jose scale. In a bulletin the department states that native enemies to vegetation have steadily grown worse with Improved ag griculture and i! Is the duty of the .State to assist in minimizing the power of these pests to destroy. ROAD’S FINE STANDS. WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.—A fine of $2,000 Imposed upon the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad for alleged violation of the commod ities clause of the interstate com merce act was affirmed by the Su preme Court of the United States to-day. Preacher Declares Way cross Just as Bad as—You Know WAYCROSS, Dec. 1.—That Way- cross was the worst place this side of hell in certain respects was the statement made by Dr. W P. Price, at the First Baptist Church last night in one of the most sensational sermons ever heard in Waycross. He discussed the present political campaign, and warned voters that if a certain candidate was elected Mayor. Waycross would he opened up. He asked union men why they wanted soft drinks on Sunday when they favored an eight-hour day and rest on the Sabbath. At a meeting for men only In the city Y. M. C. A.. Dr. Price, insinuat ed that women members of church choirs were leading lives they would not have their husbands know about. Citizens are highly indignant over the minister’s statements, and in may be called upon to retract. New Cold Storage Bill Before House WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Repre sentative McKellar rrf Tennessee has introduced a new cold-storage bill in the House. It provides that eggs may not be kept in cold-stor age for more than three months, and sets limits of time for meats and other food products. Dealers who violate the law will be subject to fines and Imprisonment. Appointee Formerly Vice Presi dent of Line, and Familiar With Its Details. NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Fairfax Harrison, president of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, was to-day elected president of the Southern Railway to succeed the late President w \\ Finley, fie wa« chosen at a special meeting of the Board of Directors in this city. •Mr. Harrison was also elected head of the Mobile and Ohio, the Ala bama Great Southern Railway and the Virginia and Southwestern Rail way companies in place of Mr. Fin ley. Harrison's election had been gen erally forecast. He is well acquainted with the problems confronting the road and an optimistic believer in the future of the South. Confidential friends say he has ambitious plans for expansion of the road. The appoint ment to the presidency becomes ef fective to-morrow. Francis Burion Harrison. New York Congressman, recently appoint ed to bo Governor of the Philippines, is his brother. Finley’s successor Is a Virginian by birth. His father was secretary to Jefferson Davis during the days of the Confederacy. 44 Years Old and Yale Man. Mr. Harrison was bom In 1860 and was graduated from Yale with the A B degree in 1800, and from Co- ! ambia with the A. M. degree in 1801. He was admitted to the bar in New York.in 1802 and continued the prac tice of law In this city until 1896 when he entered the services of the Southern Railway In the legal depart ment as solicitor. In 1903 he was made assistant to the president, and 1906 became vice president, which position he held until 1910. when he resigned on being elected president of the Chicago. Indianapolis and Louisville. However, he continued as a director of the Southern Railway, sf that his service with the pa lent com pany i is been uninterrupted. Finley’s Trusted Adviser. Mr. Harrison was one of Mr. Fin ley’s closest and most trusted advi sers and is thoroughly in sympathy with . the, policies which made Mr. j Finley’s administration so suet ess- i ful, both for the Southern Railway I and the territory served by its lines. I ThoughVMr Harrison entered the 1 sendee of the Southern In the legal I department, his experience mas not ; been confined to that branch of thej service. He has given much study to financial, traffic ami operating j problems and is intimately acquaint- I ed with conditions on the Southern | Railway and throughout the section which it traverses. ENTRIES AT JUAREZ. FIRST- Selling, 2 year olds. 5*2 fur longs: xAugustus ifeinze 08, xAve !'8. xBurba?a Lane 98, Old Botch 103. George '03. Little Bit 103. Irish Ann 103. Attica '03. xArt Rick 104. Fool o’Fortune 106. lliuma Bam 106, Ceos 109. My Bui nv I'll Ada Kennedy 110, Hinnta 110. SECOND -Selling. 3 year olds and up. ; 5 1 ■; furlongs: xGeorge Kartne 102, xDoc j Allen 103. John Lorin 103. The Fad 108. j J<>e Woods 108. Frazzle 108. Milt Jones 108 Concarne 108. Frank Wooden 108. j Lee Harrison If 108. Ca’ethumplan 108. Billy My or 108. Bon Ton 108, Compton 111 Silver Grain 111 THIRD .Sailing, 3 year olds and up mile and Sixteenth: xTopland 105. Kaneiul Hall 103, Zinkand 107 xMarie Coghill V)7. xlrsula Emma 107. Jim (’altera ta 108. Wishing Ring 108. Robert 10/., Little Merchant 108, Curlicue 108. orbed Lad 111. FOURTH Handicap, all ages, six fur longs: Orb 90, Henry Walhank 98. Sir Fretful 98. Vested Rights 100. Dorothy Dean 107, Zlm 10JI, U See It 110, Pan zareta 124. FIFTH Purse. 2 year olds. 5 furlongs: Kisland 108. Baltomore 105, Renwar 105. Cash Girl 105. Aunt Elsie 105. Rodondo 108. May 1/ 112. C. K. Davis 112. Scar- j let Oaks 112. During 115. Boh Hens ley 115. Sl.Vi H Selling. 3 year olds and up. j 5'. furlongs: x Forge 101. xEyewhlte 103. Mazurka 103. xlessarn 103. Bashful B< Palatabh L06 zH erpea 1 '*7 1 Reda 108. Miss Sly 108. Chilton Trance | 108. Binocular 108. Evran 108. Annual I Interest 108. L’ncle Jimmie Grav 111, Sir I Alveseot 112 x Apprentice allowance claimed w ea i 1 er clear; track fast AT CHARLESTON. FIRST Selling; purse $300; 5 furlongs, j for 1 wo - yea r - old s Relic Terre 105. Man- I s*>n 108. Roger Gordon 105. Rastantel 102 | j Transformation 103, Colfax 10.5. Run- 1 away 100, High Class 102, Single Rav 105.- ! SECOND Selling. purse $400. 6>i furb ces. thrre-ycar-nl/ta: Chilton King < 111. Robert Rranley 114. Bernatte 109. 1 I Turkey in the Straw 109, Gerrard 111. ' Discovery 111, Willis 114. Prospect 111, [ Captain Jinks 106 THIRD -Selling; purse $300; 5 fur- > longs; two-vear-olds: Trademark 112, ' Bulgur 112. Flatbush 100. Ifudas Broth I er 105, Otranto 108. Lost Fortune 112, , R E L A X in the New Rest Room—3d Floor )Mj£. '? M. RICH & BROS. CO. f A Waist Clearaway | at Halved Prices This is the Clearaway which women generally expect in January, after inventory- We fnove the event up a month to avoid invoicing these broken lines and odd lots. The advantage is all yours—after-inventory-Jan- uary prices and an extra month’s wear. Several hundred waists in all, but only a few of this and a few of that. Late comers, therefore, will not find all sizes in each style. Plenty of styles and sizes, however, at the beginning of sale. Choose f rom— $2.50 to $15 Lingerie Waists. $1.25 to $7.50. New styles in shirt waists and blouses: Lingeries and a few crepes. High and round necks and a few with Hat col iars. $2 to $3.50 White Shirts. $1 to $1.75. $1.25 and $1.50 Shirts, 79c—medium and light weight linen; plain and pleated bosom. New styles, all sizes. $5.95 to $13.50 Blouses. $2.98 to $6.75. ('(insist of laee and chiffon and colored silks in fashionable models. $0.50 to $15 White Crepe de Chine Blouses, $3.25-to $7.50. $5.95 White Jap Silk Shirts and Waists, $2.98. $5 to $7.50 Black Jap Silk Waists, $2-50 to $3.75. $5 to $0.50 Silk Shirts. $2.50 to $3.25 Consist- of striped habutai silks and plain pongees One lot of Odd Waists, in black and col ored messalines; were $0.50; at One lot of Odd Waists and Blouses, in white lin geries; good styles; were $2.50 to $5; now at I 79c lite 1 iii-1 $1.95: (Ready at 8:15 a. m.—Second Floor) DIZZY, HEADAGHY, J Our coals will please you. Call us. * CARROLL & HUNTER. Gently Cleanse Your Liver and Sluggish Bowels While You Sleep. Gf-t a 10-cent box. Sick headache, biliousness, dizziness, coated Fugue, foul taste and foul breath always trace them to torpid liver, delayed, fermenting food in the bowels or sour, gassy stomach. poisonous matter clogged in the in testines instead <.f being cast out of the syst'-m. is re-absorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue it causes conges tion and that dull, throbbing, sicken ing headache. Dascarets immediately cleanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poisons in the bowels. A Cascaret tonight will surely straighten you out by morning. They work while you sleep -a 10-cent box from your druggist means your head clear, stomach sweet ami your liver and bowels regular for months.—Advl. S A Sale of New Coats at I Prices to Bid You Pause - -. . — ________ - Lucky the woman who has not yet bought her winter coat. For right now—at the very start of the winter season—she can choose from the smart est New York styles and get $15 to $20 Coats at $10 $25 to $35 Coats at $19.75 $35 to $45 Coats at $25 L* By reason of the continued warm weather in the North, coat makers have had poor business. Ac- cumulated stocks, cancellations and the waning •J season caused them to unload at very low prices. ■ 5 Our buyer’s special New York trip, therefore, X was well timed. We’ve plunged in coats up to our ears. Here X they are for you to choose at will, in color, material and «5 styie, at | $19.75; values to $35 $25; values to $45 2 3 there are wonderfully rich coats—shagpry friezes: soft, kinky bolides; luxurious zibMines; handsome velours in cords anti stripes; the smart chinchillas; rough pile cheviots; swagger Scotch JJ* 3 coatings right off the heather, and others and others. All are lined throughout with guaranteed satin. Some are fur-trimmed; others 3* have rich velvet or plush collars and cuffs. Black, blue, brown, gray and Copenhagen are the leading colors. 5^ $15 to $20 Coats at $10 2g are of chinchillas, velours, heavy cords and zibelines. Some 5* are plain; some are in the swagger strips. Sleeves alone are satin X lined. (Ira.v, brown, bit: yarn! mixtures. All sizes. -U \^WaWMWIWJl M. RICH & BROS. CO.