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PRmSES STAGE STARS TO GIVE MATINEE [RES 4lj CPNTS ^'1
TO SWELLEMPTY STOCKING FUND ---- UL " 13 * 1
I wo beautifully dressed dolls ready for some empty stockings.
Fai dies Will Be Created by It
for Sound Business Expan
sion, He Says in Report.
\ SHI NOTON, Dec $.—Tha pend-
irrency reform measure now
re Congress Is indorsed as a bul
wark against financial panics by Sec-
r p!,iv\ >f the Treasury W. a. McAdoo
in is first annual report to Con-
gresf. submitted to-day.
The people of this country are to
b« congratulated upon the early pros-
p*ct of sound legislation on this vi
ta' \ mportant subject," says Secre-
tary McAdoo. ‘‘Should Congress
the fundamentals of this pend
ing measure, it Is believed that per
manent protection will be provided
against recurring financial crises and
that adequate facilities will be cre
ated for that legitimate and sound
expansion of credits so vital to the
prosperity of our great and growing
country.”
A certain business hesitancy aris
ing from tariff and monetary legis-
aHnn before the special session of.
..V 71A n t All Cft.-n
the
: areas was to be expected, says
Ferretary McAdoo But, he declares,
there are evidences of a ‘‘propaganda
of pessimism” which produced a con
dition of extreme nervousness and
tension.
Expects Credit Balance in 1915.
Despite the fact that customs will
be reduced from $318,891,395.86 for
1913 to the estimated sum of $249,-
(h'i.OOO in 1915. through tariff revision.
Secretary McAdoo says that there will
be plenty of money to run the Gov
ernment. and it Is estimated that
there will be a credit balance next
year and in 1915.
The report, which covers the fiscal j
par ended June 30, 1913, estimates!
••at. whereas the reduction in tariff
'•venues may be more than $69,000.-
i the estimated receipts from cor-
\ at ions and individuals under the
in nme tax clause of the Underwood ;
! ■■ ff law will be about $105,000,000.
Tne recommendations of Secretary !
'!■ \don are few. Among them are
the following:
That the Secretary of the Treas-
ntingent fund be Increased
■ Ji'.ni $:M.000 to $50,000.
it four new revenue cutters be i
iHired by the Government.
T it tiie expense of maintaining!
■ ■ itrols in the North Atlantic
o to warn liners of icebergs be
; i • led and safe lanes charted or!
■ steamship companies pay the j
f maintaining such patrols.
Would Add to Naval Reserve.
.! the life-saving service and the
’ ie '-utter service be consolidat-
1 tit" a coast guard service which
• Id be a sort of naval reserve in
time of war.
Tl '• total national debt June 30 was
b:'.116.204,913.66. The total receipts,
h ■ lading postal, for the fiscal year of
re $1.01 4,1 ‘M .605.49, against re- i
ipts of $992,249,1480.40 for 1912, the,
increase In receipts being $21,882,-
375.09.
Tiie total disbursements for 1913.
fr. hiding postal, were $1,010,812,449.78,
against disbursements of $965,273,-
*77 4 i n 1912, an Increase of $45,-
638,771.24.
During the year $41,741,258.03 was
f pent on the Panama Canal. Under
’e head of “Cash In Treasury June
the report gives the following
statistics:
Reserve fund of gold coin’and bul
lion. $150,000,000.
Trust funds. $1,578,157,189
General funds, $157,844,703.92.
Tolley Is Elected
Sewanee Captain
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Dec. 3 —
Quarterback Dee Tolley was to-day
fleeted captain of the 1914 football
^ even of the University of the South.
C ASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Well, the Christmas Editor has a
real treat to announce to-day for
friends of the Empty Stocking Fund
and for those who should be friends.
The biggest, most dazzling, most
entertaining and highest priced (but
not to you) star matinee ever held
In Atlanta is going to be put on at
the Atlanta Theater Friday, Decern
ber 12, for the benefit of the young
sters whose belief in Santa Claus
needs your help to save it from being
| badly shattered.
i Now, jot the date down before you
forget it.
It’s going to be the greatest the
atrical event in Atlanta’s history.
Stage stars known on two continents
will give—as stage folk always do
when they hear the call of the needy
—of their time and talent to avert the
tragedy of the empty stocking.
Local Players, Too.
There will be men and women of
the "legitimate,” vvhose salaries are
not much lower than the President's;
stars of variety that have to pay an
income tax almost every week: and—
in addition—local talent that will open
your eyes to the cleverness of some
of the folks you know.
The program’s being made up now.
Its details will be announced soon,
an( j_ as one of the Empty Stocking
Fund kids might say—It sure is going
to be a whopper.
In the meantime:
Down on Whitehall street is a win
dow filled with toys and dolls, and
the hundreds of other things m-
blematlc of Christmas, that Ji the
hearts of boys and girls wttli joy.
Some of the toys and dolls are me-
chanical and are in motion, and all
through the day Juvenile Atlanta—
and adult Atlanta, too—clusters be
fore the window.
A woman and a little boy scarcely
6 years old stopped in front of the
window Wednesday morning. The
woman was clothed plainly. She had
no furs about her neck; she made
shift to protect herself from the chill
air by buttoning her worn jacket
close to her throat. Her ungloved
hands had never felt the warm fur of
a muff.
The child, in a thin red Buster
Brown suit, shivered. His shoes were
overrun at the heels, and they were
so large they flapped curiously as he
walked. He wore no gloves, and he
kept his little hands warm by thrust
ing them into the front of his jacket.
Others There, Well Clad.
The mother and her child stopped
in front of the window. Little girls
and boys enveloped in furs stood
there, excitedly telling their mothers,
warmly and stylishly clad, just what
they wanted old Santa Claus to bring
them—and the mothers smilingly
promised "to speak to Santa about
it.”
The poor little boy with the worn
shoes and the thin clothes gazed at
the toys with every line of his little
face reflecting joy. He watched with
fascinated eyes the mad whirlings of
a red and green mechanical fire en
gine and a long, red engine and train
of cars.
His mother watched, too. and the
sadness In her eyes deepened. She
gripped the little hand tighter.
The little boy raised his shining
eyes.
"Mama, can I have a fire engine for
Christmas 7”
She stroked the little head.
"I—I—I’m afraid not, dear."
Papa, Buy Me a Bradley Train
We sell only the guaranteed kind. If you find an imperfection, the part
will be replaced.
-- LET US SHOW YOU ■■■■■-
How these trains run. Our salesforce take a special delight in our trains, be
cause they can deliver good train service.
Sets, to wind $ *’ 5 ° U P
Electric Sets $ 4 ’ 50 U P
BRADLEY'S F Tt!,T 29 So. Broad St.
AWWWWWWW Relax in the New Rest Room- Third FloorWW
. RICH & BROS. CO. t
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Government Inspector Conducts r*
Investigation of Increased Cost ,jj
of Cold Storage Products.
E SS* fold storage eggs are sell
ing tor 45 cents in Atlanta Wednes
day.
The price
j may take a
asked about
themselves.
In the meantime .1 I, Baley. lo
head or the Department nf Justice,
is continuing his investigation in the
price of eggs ami Into who it. hold
ing them In Atlanta. Baley is acting
under orders from the Attorney Gen
eral and his report will be made to
Washington.
There is one tiling which Is easy
tn see; eggs are being sold at whola-
sale and retail for uniform prices and
it Is evident that there Is little or
no competition In that respect.
The retail dealers say they are sell.
1 ng fresh country eggs, but Die
perts on hen products say there arj
very few, If any, honeat-to-goodness
fresh eggs on Ihe market at this lime
of the year.
As in every other cltv In tlie fnlted
States, at the present time there Is
a shortage nf eggs nn the Atlanta
market.
Baley Tuesday afternoon visited
half a dnsen produce dealers and in
terviewed the managers. JurI what
he learned is not known, as Ills re
port must go to Washington before
it can be made public, fie continued
his investigation to-day and will he
at work for two or three days more
It will he finished.
There Is a difference In opinion
among the egg dealers In Atlanta. A
reporter who talked with several
found that some of the dealers be
lieved that prices'were being held up
by the Northern markets, while oth
ers believed that the shortage nn the
markets was due to the fact that few'
eggs had been put In cold storage last
spring.
:J Cancellation Sale: New and j
Distinguished $25 to $30 Suits ii
$14.751
French President
th
cm
A maker’s orders of
suits that were caneelJed
nime to us at about half
of what we would have
paid earlier in the seasou.
We could doubtless sell many of these suits at their
usual price of .$20 to $30 and dispose of the rest of
at the end of January at $14.75. But NO!—
we’ll pass the price advantage on to yoru
right now when the suits will do you the
most good.
To this lot of suits we have added the
broken lines of other suits that xvere worth
from $23.50 to $30—we couldn’t get full
price for them when suits just as good were
selling for $14.75. Tn all. then, there are 148
suits whose prices earlier in the season
would have been $23.50, $25, $27.50 and $30,
to sell Thursday for just $14.75.
In the 14 8 Suit sYou Will Find
about every wanted style and material.
There are satiny broadcloths, sturdy serges,
classv cheviots, fashionable velours, thonew
failles, beautiful houcles and smart suitings.
Short and medium cutaway coats, plain or
draped skirts. Coats are silk or satin lined.
Plenty of the staple black and blues with a
sprinkling of novelties and other colors.
Choice, $14.75.
Here Are the New Silk Petticoats
Klosflt petticoats with mesaaline or
Jersey tope and accordion pleated
flounce, #4.95.
Satin striped silk messaline petti
coats bestrewn with Hovers. $9 50.
Plain messaline petticoats, $2.98.
Seeks New Cabinet : 85c to $1.50 Irish Laces
49c
‘‘Won’t Santa Claus bring It to me,
mama, if you ask him to?”
“I hope so, honey; but I don’t
know,” the mother said, chokingly.
The little boy began to cry, softly
“I never did see Santa Claus,
mama,” he sobbed; "I never had any
thing to play with. I want a fire en
gine.”
And then they went away, the
mother holding the little boy close, as
though she feared that he, too, would
be taken from her as all the joy and
happiness of childhood had been taken
from him The child sobbed, and the
mother winked hard to keep back the
tears
And all he wants is a little red and
green fire engine. It’ll cost maybe a
quarter, maybe a half dollar
And he can’t have it!
Have you ever stopped to think. Mr,
•Atlanta Man, that there are hun
dreds of such children in Atlanta—
hundreds who want nothing but a
cheap little red and green fire en
gine? And can't have it, because all
the money the father makes must go
for the bare necessities of life?
It’s Up to You.
And after you begin to think about
It, after you get the thought of these
poor little children in your mind —
what kind of a Christmas is YOURS
going to be if you don’t do something
for them—something to bring the
light to their eyes and Joy to thel*
souls?
Watch your own children play
around the house to-night -and then
ask yourself how you’d feel if you
had tc tell THEM that Santa Claus
wasn't coming this year.
Of course, you don’t HAVE to heir
the poor little children. You CAN
keep your dollar or your five dollars
and buy yourself a new necktie or a
new shirt; but
Which had you rather have?
A new’ shirt or the knowledge that
yoti had saved a little heart from the
greatest of childish sorrows, and the
knowledge that a grateful mother is
Including you In her prayers to the
Almighty ?
It Is up to YOU to make a choice.
If YOU value a shirt or a necktie
more than you value that warm feel
ing, that indescribable exhilaration of
soul that follows a good deed—then
keep your money and spend It as you
see fit
But If YOU had rather bring peace
and happiness to a home; If YOU had
rather awake Christmas morning
knowing that through YOU some lit
tle boy or girl is romping and shout
ing in the acme of earthly happiness
—then write out a check or put some
money in an envelope and mall It to
the Christmas Editor of The Ameri
can and Georgian
It will be applied to the Empty
Stocking Fund and the little boys I
will get their fire engines and the lit- I
tie girls will get their dolls.
Here are the latest additions to the |
Christmas fund, Including the amount
raised by the Tango Tea:
Tango Tea $141.00
B. M. Grant 15.00
A. L. Belle isle
C. 8. King
Mrs. Susan Lanier Johnson . . .
Dorothy and Jim, Jr.
Fred Lisle Jacobs
Thornwell Jacobs
Harold Williams ,
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Dec. 3. President Poincare
to-day conferred with the presidents
of the Senate and Chamber of Depu
ties on the selection of a Premier to
form a new Cabinet to succeed the
Barthou ministry which resigned last
night when the government’s propo
sition to exempt the new $200,000,000
loan from taxation was voted down
in the Chamber.
Four men were prominently men
tioned as successors to Premier Bar
thou They were M Briand. M. Del-
cksse, Paul Deschanel and Paul Du-
puy. M. Gaillaux, former Premier,
led the opposition, supported by So
cialists under M. Jaures.
Hand-marie Irish crochet, laces for a somewhat
different trimming for collnrs, shirtwaists, negligees and
children’s garments. Edges only, chiefly In 2-inch widths.
$1.25 to $1.50 Allover Laces 95c
aces for boudoir caps and blouses.
CLARENCE ANGIER GOES
WITH NEW YORK LIFE
Mr. Clarence Angler, long known
very much loved, and greatly re
spected in the life insurance business,
has been appointed special represen
tative of this company. He will have
Ills office at 403-410 Empire Building
It is not necessary for me to say
that any business with which Mr. An
gier is connected will be handled In
the same way as lias everything he
has done up to this lime. This com
pany cordially recommends Mr. An
gier to all classes of Insurers, blit
most especially to those whose busi
ness is large enough to make business
protection desirable. Mr. Angler w
make a specialty of this feature of
our business.
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
R. L. COONEY.
Inspector of Agencies at I*erge
(Advt.)
CLOTHING
Men&Women
Just as good—as reli
able—as stylish Clothing,
Hats and Shoes as you
can find anywhere.
Don’t Hesitate
We will gladly charge
anything you buy—you arc
entitled to credit without
red tape here.
And remember, we guar
antee everything we sell.
Buying for 100 stores means
low pricoa for you. You are
always welcome.
Men’s Overcoats $10 to $22
Women's Coats $12 to $32
Lovely Sets of Furs, Milli
nery, Etc., $1.00 a week.
—-40-inch shadow allover
(’ream and ecru.
$1.00 Spangled Crystal Nets 69c
Diaphanous nets, crystal bestrewn, gleaming like dewdrops
In the sun. In high vogue for blouses and the prevailing soft draper
ies. Broken color line breaks the prht*. Blue, lavender aud yellow
45 inches.
Laces Worth to 30c at 10c
A clean-up of broken linos in Val laces, edges and insertions,
many of them in matched sets, 1 1-2 to 2 1-2 Inehes wide. Hound and
diamond thread meshes, eharmlng for doll dresses, boudoir eaps and
other trimmings. Formerly 15c, 20c, 25c and 80c a yard, choice 10c.
New Camesole Laces 29c
—An importer's clean-up lot, shown to-morrow for the first
time. to 18 inches wide. Beading at top and bottom, in high
favor for corset covers.
Diamond Mesh Net 15c
The less than half price is accounted for by the fact that the
Importer had only cream and ecru left. 27 Inches wide. For blouse*
ami all sorts of underdraperies.
$3 to $6 Venise Allover Laces at SI.95
Fashionable all-over Venise laces for yokes, waists and
blouses. Bewitching patterns In cream, white and ecru. Chiefly 20-
tnch widths, though a few patterns run to 45 Inches.
(Main Floor, Right.)
29c
29c
50c Initial
Stationery
—A splendid quality nf high-
grade linen finish stationery
with Old English Initial em
bossed In gold. 24 correspond
ence cards or 24 sheet* of pa
per with envelopes to box.
50c Cretonne
Cabinet at
—A convenient cabinet for the
dresser. 6x« Inches Cretonne
covered, contains two drawers,
oval shaped. Pretty and prac
tical, A catch-all for a score
and one articles.
$2.50 Leather Sew
ing Baskets $1.49
—The bottom is of wicker;
the top of genuine leather;
finished in dark green or red.
Fitted inside with bodkin,
scissors and various threads.
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J $35 Oriental Rugs $25
J No Finer Gift in Santa’s Pack
The mail who presents his home
with an Oriental rug paves the way
for his own pleasure. In this instance,
moreover, he pleases his purse. For we have
grouped some fifty (50) or more fine Ori
ental rugs formerly selling at $30, $35 and
$37.50, and offer choice at $26. Handsome
rugs, each one perfect. Average size is about
3:6x6:6. (Rug*—Third Floor.)
j 75c and $1 Scissors OQ
Z in Holly Boxes at . . OJ/C
* An importer’s reserve stock—each pair of
J scissors on an appropriate Xmas card packed
■j in a neat holly box. Scissors have steel eut-
JJ ting blades, with handles of burnished gold.
2 Choose from
* —4 to fl-lnch cutting scissors ry rt
" 4 and 4 1 '-’ inch embroidery scissor* 'Sw4/’»
» values «5c, 75c and $1. Choice
(Main Floor, Center)
Fancy Linens
Would Please
Her Who
Keeps
House
A winnowing out of odd lots prior to inven
tory brings these bargains in the nick of time
for Xmas gifts.
QC for $6 to $7.50 Linens—Real
'r^'vkl Madeira scarfs In buffet, bureau
and sideboard sizes. Madeira work, mind you. Who
does not admire the bewitching flnwerlet and spray
designs?
tl QQ for $2.50 to $3.50 Linens—
V Fancy Oluny centers and scarfs In
various sizes and fine German embroidered pieces
in colored designs. (Main Floor, Center.)
$6.50 Wool Blankets
A Gift for a Rainy Day <1*0 QQ
$5 All-Silk Umbrellas
Dailies’ pure silk umbrellas that will shed
rain like a duck's back. Ebony or mission
handles beautified with gold or silver. A
sensible solution to the Xmas problem.
TheMENTER CO.
71 12 Whitehall SI,
Upstairs
Atlanta, - Georgia
$1 Silk Stockings
Pure thread silk stockings; full CQ
fashioned and well finished, l isle feet^JJy^
and garter tops. At about half price,
because they are “seconds.” They show little hurts,
which will never do any particular harm. All
sizes, black only. (Main Floor, Right)
MMMMMMMM M. RICH & BROS. CO.
Because of the new tariff, the mill
will make certain changes in this
blanket next year, so they closed
out the stock at a 20 per cent dis
count. The concession passed on to you
brings these heavy $6.50 all-wool blankets at
$<>. Choice of all white or fancy plaids. Big,
roomy fellow’s, full 11-4 size or 63x80 inches.
(Main Floor, Right.)
All of Our 50c
Pleatings at 25c
Pleating and mchings are such pretty
fluffy ruflfy things that they take up a world
of room. Because we just can’t spare this
space, all our 50c ruchings and pleatings
must go at 25c. Variously of shadow’ laces,
nets and rnalines. Black, white and combi
nations in colors. 1 1-2 to 4 inches tvide. 25c.
(Main Floor, Right)
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