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Banquet at Winecoff 600 GIRLS TO WRITE ON
k bout forty newspaper men are plan- CHILD-WELFARE SHOW
About forty newspaper men are plan
ning to attend the dinner next Monday
night at the Hotel Winecoff, at which
Frank Harrell, manager and lessee, Is
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to be host.
The dinner Is to begin at 11 o’clock,
and It Is to be an entirely Informal
function. . If there is a toastmaster, he
will be nominated ami elected viva voce,
or in a similarly unofficial manner, and
it' there are toasts—the affirmative sldr
of which question is a reasonably safe
bet-they will be in response to Infor
mal. congenial and even personal propo
sitions.
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Rains Cease and
Waco Are Able to
Refugees in
Return to
Stork and Cupid
Cunning Plotters
DALLAS, TEXAS. De« 5 Al
though flood conditions had improved
In the northern section of central
Texas, the riood center had moved
southward to-day and lives and
property" were menaced between
Hearne and Richmond. The heavy
tains had ceased.
In East Waco to-day residents re
turning. to their homes reported that
hundreds of dollars' worth of goods
had been stolen.
The total number- drowned during
the flood was reported to be 28 It
is believed, however, there are other
victims unreporteq from the isolated
sections.
ATLANTA MAY GET PLANT.
DALTON. Dec. 5.—Dalton. Atlanta,
Chattanooga or Marietta will get the
big central granite plant to be built b>
a company of retail marble ami granite
dealers of the country being organized
by H. P. Colvard, a marble man of this
I city.
Their Homes.
Many a New Home Will Have
Little Sunbeam to Brighten It.
MISS IDA-RI SS
MISS MARY WALKER.
; he caravan of refugees from Chi-
mahua rode into Presidio to-day
vith tragic stories of hardship and
iistre.ss. They said that the main
ily of the fugitives would reach the
■ .tier late this afternoon. The fleo-
Federal soldiers seized whole
Crn lies along the way as hostages to
nt any attack by 'the (**on.«titu-
iuiialists.
:-'i>r more than a week the refugees,
■nidierg and civilians (men. women
ind children) have plodded over the
SO miles of Mexican desert and
maintain land lying between Chihu.i-
uia and the border.
Exhausted men and children, foot-
> .re and worn out by hardships and
ark of water and food, were left by
he wayside to die slowly of thirst
nd hunger.
Treasure Left in Flight.
Some of the rich members of the
leeing army—for there are a number
• f wealthy Mexicorr families among
he refugees—were compelled by
General Meifcado’s soldiers to kill
leir horses and mules for food. Even
he pack animals carrying a treasure
n bullion and plate owned by the
r. rrazas and other rich Mexican farn-
s were slain for food.
Straggling bands of soldiers flanked
caravan and acted as advance and
ear guard to prevent any attack by
When the flight started, many >f
h** wanderers threw away arms, pr >-
ions a nd clothing in pa nic. When
h<> mountain country was struck,
weather became very cold and
-ure added to the ditress of the
Hgitives.
U. S. to Aid Refugees.
Examples of noble sacrifice among
civilians were common. Fathers
and mothers discarded ' their own
clothing that their children might be
warm.
The United States military and
civil authorities are co-operating to
c^ire for the hungry arid penniless
refugees. An emergency camp has
been established by Captain Going,
of Troop E, Fifteenth United States
Cavalry.
Throughout the night a number «*f
Mexican residents of Ojinaga crossed
the border of Presidio because of re
ports that Constitutionalists were ad
vancing upon the town to attack the
Federal soldiers.
Whisky Blamed for
His Turning Burglar
AUGUSTA, Dec. 5.—H. B. CJouflchius,
( a machinist of No. 302 Pine street, and
i formerly a highly esteemed citizen of
this city, is in jail hero charged with
burglary. It is alleged that he broke
| into the residence of H. L. Yeazey, bat
tering the door down, and was attempt
ing to get off with some articles when
i Veaxev caught him and turned him
j over to the police. -
Whisky is said to have been the oause
| of GoutchiuS' downfall.
Eats 30 Strychnine
Tablets for Candy
FORSYTH. Dec. 5.—Robert Meek,
i 'he 2%-year-old son of Vergil Meek,
I of Forsyth, is in a precarious condition
, as a result of strychnine poisoning. The
little boy, finding a box of pink tab
lets and thinking they were candy, ate
I :;0 of them. He was soon seized with
violent convulsions.
Antidotes were administered and it
is thought the child’s life will be saved.
IE SALTS IF TOUR BECK BURTS
SKIS DRUGS TKGITT THE KIONE'S
Prizes Offered for Best Essays by
Pupils—Elaborate Program
for Exhibit Friday.
Six hundred Atlanta school girls
are busy Friday arranging their
notes on the Child Welfare exhibit
and Public Health exhibit which they
visited Thursday as guests of the
show, and preparing to write essays
on the features of the exhibit that
made the greatest impression upon
them.
Walter H. Rich, of the firm of M.
Rich & Brothers Company, has of
fered $25 in prizes for the best writ
ten essay, by high school girls and
girls from the seventh and eighth
grades. It is hardly probable that
the essays will be completed and the
awards made before the holidays.
The interest 'which the school au
thorities are taking in the exhibit is
gratifying to the committee in charge
of the show, and it is expected that
the visit of the High School and grade
school girls will be of great benefit
to them. The girls were in charge
of Miss Jessie Muse, principal of the
High School, and were shown every
department and feature of the ex
hibit.
Boys to Visit Show.
The school boys of the city also
will be shown through the show. The
pupils of the four high schools of the
city are to be guests of the show Mon
day, and on a later day the boys of
the seventh and eighth grades will be
there.
In addition to the panels that form
the greater portion of the show, an
excellent program has been arranged
for each day by Miss Emily Coye,
who. together with Miss Ellen C.
Babbitt, superintended the setting up
of the show- and are in charge of its
operation.
Lectures are given daily by promi
nent physicians and others, and in the
basement are educational moving pic- i
ture show's that are attracting much |
attention. Classe sof little girls and i
boys from various Atlanta orphan- j
ages and schools are shown at their
work in the various departments of I
the exhibit.
Friday's program promises to be
one of the most interesting of the
show. From 10 to 12 o’clock the kin
dergarten class from the School * for
the Deaf and the classes In basketry
and sewing from the Home for the
Friendless w r ere the principal attrac
tions. and at noon Colonel VV. R. Da
ley. head of the Board of Education,
spoke on the benefits that schoolboys
and girls can derive from the ex
hibit.
Story Tellers To Be There.
At 2 o’clock Friday afternoon pu
pils from the Hapeville Orphans'
Home will give an exhibition drill,
and at 2:30 the first of the day’s mov
ing pictures will be shown.
At 3 o’clock story tellers from the
Carnegie Library will entertain the
little folks, and at 3:30 a public school
music class will give a program under
the direction of Miss Harralson. A
model class from the Normal School
w T ill have their exercises and game at
4 o’clock, and from then until 8
o'clock moving pictures will be the
feature. At 8 the Camp Fire Girls
will give “Ecenes from Hiawatha.’’
The regular kindergarten classes,
with a demonstration by the home-
makers’ class, will occupy the morn
ing hours on Saturday, and in the
afternoon two addresses of unusual
interest will be heard Dr. Claude
Smith will speak on “How to Select
Your Milk,” and Mrs. Spiker. presi
dent of the Drama League, will tell
the story of the “Blue Bird.’’
There Is usually a certain tUgre of tire ail in
every woman's mind as to the probable pain, dis
tress and danger of child-birth. But, thanks to a
most remarkable remedy known as Mother’s Friend,
all fear is banished and the period Is one of un
bounded, joyful anticipation.
Mother’s Friend is used externally It Is a
must penetrating application, makes the muscles of
the stomach and abdomen pliant so they expand
easily and naturally without pain, without distress
and with none of that peculiar nausea, nervousness
and other symptoms that tend to weaken the pros
pectlre mothers. Thus Cupid and the stork are held
up to veneration, they are rated as cunning plot
ters to herald the coming of a little sunbeam to
gladden the hearts and brighten the homes of a
host of happy families
There are thousands of women who have used
Mother’s Friend, and thus know from experience
'hat It Is one of our greatest contributions to
healthy, happy motherhood. It Is sold by all drug
gists at $1.01) per bottle, and Is especially recom
mended as a preventive of caking breasts and all
other such distresses.
Write to Bradfleld Regulator Co.. 131 l.aniar
Itldg.. Atlanta. Ga.. for their very valuable book
to expectant mothers. Get a bottle of Mother's
Friend to-day.
Buster Brown
Camera $2.00
A perfect machine—satisfaction guaran
teed. Size picture 2E*jt4^. Leather cov
ered; all rnetal part* highly polished. Ivoadu
in daylight. 6 or 12 pictures on afllm. Mail
ed on receipt of price. Send for catalog G.
E. H. CONE, lac., 2 Stores, Atlaata.
Salts Harmless to Flush Kidneys
and Neutralize Uric Acid, Thus
Ending Bladder Trouble.
Uien your kidneys hurt and your
feels sore, don't get scared ami
1 • ■ i to load your stomach with a lot
■ igs that excite the kidneys and ir-
• the entire urinary tract. Keep
' kidneys clean like you keep your
■'•Is clean, by flushing them with a
' harmless salts which removes the
urinous waste and stimulates
ni to their normal activity. The
''tion of the kidneys is to filter the
In twenty-four hours they strain
it 500 grains of acid and waste, so
ai: readily understand the vita) im-
lance of keeping the kidneys active.
Drink lots of water—you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharmacist
about 4 ounces of Jad Salts; take a ta
blespoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast each morning for a few day*
and your kidneys will act fine. This fa
mous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
Iithia. and has been used for generations
to clean and stimulate clogged kidneys;
also to neutralize the acids in urine so
it no longer is a source of Irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; can riot in
jure: makes a delightful effervescent
iithia water drink which every one
should take now and then to keep their
kidneys clean and active. Try this, also
keep up the water drinking, and no
doubt you will wonder what became of
your kidney trouble and backache.—
Advf.
THE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
CARDS
FOR CHRISTMAS GREETING
si ">ukl express one’s individual taste in as great a degree as a eor-
'lial personal greeting. This is only accomplished by a Specially
kngraved Card bearing the sentiment of good will and the sender’s
lame or autograph.
Our samples show the newest ideas. Order now.
J. P. Stevens Engraving Co., 47 Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
Entertaining Play at Bijou.
One of the most successful weeks of
thf* season is being played by the Jew
ell Kelley Company with “Nobody's
Claim,” voted by patrons of the Bijou
as one of the most entertaining plays
of the company's extensive repertoire
Much is expected from next week's
play, an English melodrama from the
pen of Henry Jackson, entitled “Over
the Sea.”
Lyric Play Pleases.
"The White Slave” will be seen at
three more performances at the Lyric,
including the usual matinee Saturday
afternoon. A most successful week has
been recorded this week at the Lyric,
and as long as this old play of the
South is so cleverly portrayed, it Is
sure to be well received by theatergoers
of this city.
Elephants Draw Big-
Miss Orford and her elephants are at
tracting capacity gatherings to the For
syth daily, assisted by six other clever
acts. Not that this is in any way un
usual, for the Forsyth is always crowd
ed. and always has a good entertain
ment. These elephants, two huge beasts
and a smaller, perform all sorts of won
derful stunts, from standing on their
heads and other acrobatic feats to dan
cing in an elephantic way, one of them
standing high on his hindlegs and hold
Miss Orford high in the air with his
trunk, tossing her to and fro as he
“pirouettes” around, which gives one a
really thrilling sensation Next week
the wonderful Yvette, eccentric violin
ist. late of the Follies Berger© of Paris,
will topline the bill The surrounding
acts have been selected with the great
est of care es to qualitv and merit.
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Sunday’s American
It alone is worth the price of the paper, contain
ing as it does the continuation of Frederic Ar
nold Rummer’s story,
“A Song of Sixpence
There are other features to this issue in abun
dance, including:
What the Appendix Was Made For.
Why We Should All Walk Like Farmers.
Odd New Facts About Sleep.
Why Dirty Cities Are Bad for the Eyes.
A Way to Make the Deaf Hear.
Buster will continue his humorous career,
though he is on the last page of the Magazine
Section, so as to not crowd the comic doings of
Their Only Child.
Jimmy and His Father.
Montmorency and Happy
and
Nemo in the Land of Dreams.
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Can One Man Startle the
Whole World by the
Weirdness of His Suicide?
That’s what Gabriele D’Annunzio, the noted Italian poet and
dramatist, promises to do, now that lie has grown weary of all
human emotions, and Paris fears he will follow the example of
the Greek philosopher who hurled himself into the boiling cra
ter of Aetna. The complete story of this eccentric character’s
most eccentric plot will be told in
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Next Sunday’s American
With it will be a more cheerful page dealing with what the
stars foretell for
Two of the Most Interesting People in the
Universe, Vincent Astor and His Bride
And continuing on the whole scale of human emotions comes
another installment of the most extraordinary human docu
ment ever written,
The Story of My Life by
Evelyn Thaw
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