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THF ATLANTA GEOKUJAN AND NEWS.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS 1
POURING IN AS END
OF CONTEST NEARS
Administration Likely to Back
Move to Take Over Telephone
and Telegraph Companies.
WASHINGTON, De<-. Vi. Pont-
master General Burleson to-day
strongly intimated that the adminis
tration would give its support to the
proposition of Government ownership
of telephone and telegraph compa
nies. Mr. Burleson said that his own
mind was open on the subject, and
added:
“I have taken up the matter with •
President Wilson and he also has an I
open mind. There will be no hasty
action. Lut I believe we will arrive j
at a conclusion on this subject that
will meet the people’s approval.
Investigating in Europe.
"1 shall have somethin^ to sav on
the. question in my annual report,”
he said. “We are carrying on an in
vestigation of Government ownership
of these facilities in European na
tions. When we begin to think of
taking over for ourselves property
valued at from $100,000,000 to $300,-
000,000, we see how gigantic the proj
ect is and we must make haste slow -
ly. I desire to do the work in such a
way that it will meet with the ap
proval of those in charge on Capitol
Hill. Everybody's right must be pro
tected.”
While no definite program for the
purchase of the various telegraph and
telephone lines ha been formulated
as yet, a preliminary survey is being
made and indications point to consid
erable congressional support under
the leadership of Representative Da
vid J. Lewis, of Maryland, for the
project.
Three Senators Out for Plan.
Three Senators, two Democrats and
one Republican, came out to-day in
favor of Government ownership of
telegraph lines. They gave expres
sion to the following view’s:
Senator Simmons, Chairman of the
Finance Committee—“1 think the
project entirely feasible. However,
do not expect a bill bringing about
Government ownership of telegraph
ompanies at this session of Con
gress. ”
Senator Johnson, of Maine (Demo-
rat)—“The proposition has my in-
orsement It would be bad judg
ment for the Government to start
ompeting lines.”
Senator Jones' -of Washington, (Re
publican)—'The mails are handled
►satisfactorily: why could not the tele
graph lines be handled by the Gov
ernment?”
Seeks Daughter as
White Slavery Victim
LEXINGTON KY. Dee. 12.—Led
by a clew through a letter mailed
on a train near Lexington. John Ne
ville, of Marion, Ohio, accompanied
by a United States “white slave”
agent, arrived here to-day searching
for his 18-year-old daughter Eunice,
who disappeared November 14. Ne
ville believes she is a victim of
“white slavers." The letter said she
was working in a big department
store, but none here has heard of
her.
If not found here the father says
he will continue the search all over
the country.
English Tongue Best
For Opera, Says Diva
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.—“English
is the real language for song,” said
Maggie Teyte, prima donna, the guest
of honor at ladies’ day at the National
Press Club.
"They tell you that foreign languages
are musical and that English is incapa
ble in highly musical expression.
“Nothing couid be further from the
truth. If the American and English
singers trill only study their own lan
guage they will bo surprised at its flex
ibility and power.”
By MARY LEA DAVIS
It's now only a few days until
Christmas. If you haven't selected
that present for your husband, it’s
about time you were thinking about
if. Also, if you are a married man. it
behooves you to select a gift for your
wi fe.
Hundreds and hundreds of readers
of The Georgian are interested In the
present-giving question. I know, be
cause I have read all the letters on
the subject which have come to my
desk I am trying to print as many
of these letters as possible because
lots of them contain excellent sug
gestions which may be of use to YOU.
If you haven’t written a letter, read
the following filter and let us have
the benefit of your idea:
HERE IS MY OFFER.
To thr irifc who write* the best
.short letter telling what i* thr
most useful gift for a husband, one
S/0 gold piece.
Thne awards of $5 each will
be given the wives whose tetters
are adjudged the next best.
Also. I will award the same
prizes to husbands who write brief
tetters outlining the most appro
priate, gift for a husband to give
his wife. For the husband*s letter
that is adjudged the best the writer
will receive a $10 gold piece. Hus
bands who write the three next best
letters will receive, each, a $5 gold
piece for their thoroughness.
Send pour letters addressed to
MARY LEA DAVIS.
Editorial Department. The At
lanta Georgian.
Here are some letters just received:
VACCUM CLEANER.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
After thinking for weeks what
would be a useful present for my
wife I have just deciedd to make
her a present of a Vacuum Cleaner.
Atlanta. D. C L.
HIS GIFT TO HER.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
Of all the gifts my wife gets on
Christmas, she says this is the one
she most appreciates: We have
been married a quarter of a cen
tury and I have never yet failed to
tell her on Christmas morning how
much lipved-her arid how dear and
necessary she Is to me. And I taffe
the opportunity to mention the par
ticular ways she I as pleased me
the past year, and if she has saved
me any money by good manage
ment -and she always has —it is In
her stocking with my other gifts to
her. And that is what l will do
again this year.
SOUTHERN MAN.
Menlo, Ga.
DANK ACCOUNT FOR WIFE.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
I should be happy to present my
wife with a bank account to which
there were no “strings tied." I
have often thought how unpleasant
it must be for a wife to have to
ask her husband for a dollar every
time she wanted to gratify any lit
tle personal desires. I think equal
rights (as far as money matters are
concerned) should exist in all per
fect homes—and to this end I am
working. C. D.
Dublin, Ga.
JUST WHAT HE WANTED.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
In my mind's eye, the following
scene is brought before me. which
illustrates my idea of useful gift
giving:
Frances, our small daughter, is
standing by the bed Christmas
mornteig. shaking Daddy and say-
ing^'^jjjre. Qltfay, .Sana Tau^-b'iag
you <lls.' Daddy opens his sleepy
eyes and sees in her tiny hands two
small packages. He Investigates:
Mon-'gram cuff button*. He smile*
He has been wearing odds and ends
since Mamma sent his perfectly
good i\oes to the laundry and they
never came back. Daddy laughs
and unfolds a large, black, silky
square. "Oh,” he says, “that muf
fi?r l needed a month ago so badly
to sling my arm when I nearly lost
two fingers," and he grins. I am
watching out of the corner of my
eye and I am happy because l know
they are just what he wanted.
MRS. F. T. K
Atlanta, Ga.
FOR WIFE’S COMFORT.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
1 was married at the age of 18
and have had twenty-five years of
married life. The first Christmas
gift I made to my wife was a gold
watch, which she still cherishes.
My experience in making gifts to
my wife and observing the gifts of
other men to their wives has con
vinced me that the most appro
priate gifts for a wife are some
thing to make the home more com
fortable and lighten the duties of
housekeeping and housekeeping. In
this line I would include a gas
range, aluminum cooking utensils,
kitchen cabinet, fine table linen,
table silver, cut glass articles for
the table or a nice coffee percolator.
Add to any one or more of the fore
going articles some silk hosiery,
gloves or toilet articles, a nice box
1 was talking, one
day, with the driver
of a giant locomotive that
help^s draw the “Wolver
ine” from New York to
Chicago.
His face was tsnned from expos
ure to the rushing winds that
swept pastthe window ofhiscab.
Sooty streaks showed under his
clear eyes, but in them w as the
twinkle of the joy of living. And
as he smiled, clean, white, even
teeth gleamed between his lips.
He smiled because he was happy
inhiswork—and hissmileand his
clean, beautiful teeth were pretty
good evidence of a clean life.
When Railroads and Police De
partments. Armies and Navies
of many Nations demand that ap
plicants shall have good, sound
teeth, it is convincing proof
that you should take care of
your teeth.
People who use Colgate's Rib
bon Dental Cream find that core
of the teeth is not only a profitable
habit, but a very pleasant one.
\bu too
should use
COLGATE’S
RIBBON DEtttPC CREAM
AIR RIFLES
The Daisy is the best 75c to $2.50
BRADLEY’S
FOUR FLOORS OF TOYS
29 SOUTH BROAD STREET
THE GEM VACUUM CLEANER
OUR
SUGGESTION
FORA
USEFUL
XMAS
GIFT
/OULD
BE A
GEM
VACUUM
CLEANER
OR
SWEEPER
We are getting to the point where the
broom, the dust pan, the dust cloth and
the apron are ;i menace to the housewife. 1
Why use these “germ scatterers’’ when a
vacuum cleaner will do the work better,
cheaper, quicker, safer and easier?
Now then—
The time is at hand when vacuum clean
ers are being made to sell at a price within
the reach of every housewife.
Our hand-power vacuum cleaner will
do the work as well and last as long as
any cleaner on the market at any price.
OUR PRICE $7.50.
A telephone rail will bring our demon
strator.
The Ozias National
Selling Corporation
605-607 EMPIRE LIFE BLDC.
Bell Phone Ivy 8239
ATLANTA, GA.
of candy with a love letter in it,
and I’ll wager that your wife will
think that you are the beat Santa
Claus that ever lived. A. C.
Atlanta, Ga
HER SELECTIONS.
Miss Mary I-ea Davis:
Wives, the majority . ar£ depend
ent on their husbands to settle the
Dills. When selecting my husband's
present I keep in mind this fact, and
try to get something he could not
select the same as I I give hem
stitched handkerchiefs. pajamas,
bathrobes, collars and laundry bags.
I make these MRS. R. O. A
Atlanta, Ga.
QUILT AND RUG.
Miss Mary I^ea Davis:
l think a nice present would be a
quilt made of old woolen cloths past
wearing, cut them Into squares and
stitch them down to an old blanket,
and take the waste pieces and make
him a rug to put Dtlide his be 1.
And a pound cake and layer cake
made of parched peanuts ground
and stirred in the batter or spread
between the layers with icing
McDonough Ga. MRS. E. R. G.
A WARM OVERCOAT.
Miss Mary ;>a Davis.
As the husband is exposed to all
the bad weather In going to and re
turning fron his daily work to
provide for the family, I think the
most useful present will be a good
overcoat, raincoat, pair of rubbers
and a good pair of gloves.
Atlanta Ga. MRS. L. E.
HIS BEST GIFT TO HER.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
I think it depends entirely up< n
the taste of the party concerned and
upon the amount you have to spend.
No gift from a husband to his wife
should be a financial sacrifice. One
Christmas when "things were all
wrong with us financially I bought
my wife a few flowers and a box of
candy and gave It to her like I used
to when we were sweethearts, for
you know “the gift without the
giver ’* bare.' and she remember*
it yet as “the best present 1 ever
gave her ’ W .1 BRADLEY.
Valdosta. Ga
HOMEMADE HASSOCK.
Miss Mary Le a Davis:
The most appreciated and least
expensive gift I ever gave my hus
band was a homemade hassock I
got a box 10 by 12 by 16 inches, one
roll cotton, box brass-headed tacks
and set castors and used some old
Plush 1 had. cretonne will do. After
it was covered, using cotton for a
padding for the top, I put on the
castors. By using two hinges the
top may he made as a lid. and stool
used to keep bedroom slippers,
shoes, etc., in. MRS. G. E.
Waycross, Ga.
GOLD HAIRPINS.
Miss Mary Lea Davis
My Christmas gift to my wife will
consist of two dozen gold hairpin*,
two gold hatpins, studded with one
diamond and twelve pearls each, a
gold comb and a hair brush, the
hack of which is a mirror wreathed
fn gold, studded with 36 small dia
monds After mature reflection I
concluded this gift was the most
suitable, most appreciated and most
useful to any woman and It com
pletely absorbs the nature of a
Christmas gift restricted to femi
ninity
My gift is based upon the fact
that woman’s hair is her “glory."
Waresboro, Ga R. B. t Jr.
A USEFUL GIFT.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
I have not decided just what I
will give my husband for a Christ
mas present. I can't give him any
thing exp naive, although I would
like to 1 shall give him something
useful. Whatever gift we are able
to give let us give ourselves with
it, “For the gift without the giver
Is bare MRS M E.
White Stone, Ga
A COZY HOME
Miss Mary Lea Davis.
I think the best Christmas gift
for hubby is The Georgian, a nice
cosy home and a wife to meet him
with a smile and a kiss after a hard
day'* work for every day In 1814.
... ~ MRS. “ “
Gainesville. Ga
D. T.
MAKE HER HAPPY.
Miss Mary I^ea Davis:
The best suggestion l can give
is to make your wife the happies*
she has ever been during, marrie-
life. Make her feel as If you were
lust beginning to fall in love with
her and If you know of anything she
would dearly love to have, be it sil
ver or gold, be it ever so small,
just so it appeals to her. that will
make her have a happy Yuletlde
J H K.
LOVE FROM A WIFE.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
I shall give my husband the same
old gift, but always new to him
It Is the candle of love brig 1 tt)
burning on the aitar of a wife's de
votion and the dove of peace to al
ways hover around him Then some
little present that will be useful and
that he will enjoy MRS. J F. B
Stllesboro, Ga.
PAJAMAS
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The Christmas box which I shall
place at my husband's breakfast
plate the morning of December 25
will contain two pairs of pretty out
ing pajamas that I have made foi
him wtth great care The collars,
cuffs and pockets are embe'lishcd
with my handiwork and the pockets
are marked with his Initial 1 will
inclose a card of Christmas greet
ing. telling of the love served in
ffl!
bml i
M
use and sentiment in i
lika, Ala. MRS. A
FOR THE nA/OMAN
Man Lea Davis
1 think an> man can
wife Christmas b\ giving
thing that beautifies I
ni<-e clothe* toil**t article
which will beautify her I
furniture, silverware
.lust let him renumber her
n such matters. \V. R.
it a, Ga.
A HAPPY HOME.
dai-y Lea ,Davis:
4 ■ S to. give my husband
h e as I can .make for
' i 1 n- his meals on time,
in- v*ng heapt.
M.RS B C
INDOOR WORK
REDUCES STRENGTH
because confining duties, lack of fresh air and
sunshine gradually weaken even a strong
constitution, and the enfeebled system readily
accepts sickness and disease.
Saott's Emulsion chet: * such decline. Us pure cod
-i liver oil is natur-'s grandest medicinal food while
it# hypophosphites art as a budding tonic.
1r It refreshes the bodv. puis vigor m the
blood, strengthens the lungs, upbuilds
the nerves and invigoialc? the whole
system
If you u-ork irtdovrt, Scott 's Ena'sion
after meals unit prevent much t kne**
and Iota of time, and alien tl\u>art»
tuberculosi*—it build* ap and hold*
up your atrength.
Shun Alcoholic Substitutes and
INSIST on SCOTT’S.
U-124 AT ANY DRUG STORE*
BUY YOUR
CHRISTMAS
HERE
LADIES’ SUITS AND COATS
PRICES NEVER BEFORE HEARD OF
From now until Xmas we are offering
every Ladies’ suit in the house priced as
high as $35.00 for$i 7.50. Think of it, ^uits in
every shade and material, in all the latest
designs, are being offered to you at such
ridiculously low prices, and you only need
$5.0010 get one, then the balance at Si.00
per week! These prices won’t be found at
any cash store.
$5.06 DOWN
LADIES’ COATS
Reduced nearly one-half; Coats up to $22.50
now being offered for $14.95. A great
many others as cheap asSio and Si2.50. A
fine chance to dress up and everyone should
take advantage of these liberal offers.
Men’s Overcoats
tfir aa
Men’s Soils
u :
tPleKUU
For $15.00 wo are offering
you in Overcoats what you
usually have been paving
$20.00 for. and many num
bers to select from. Why go
cold when such opportuni
ties are held out to you ?
V A €/ • e* w
All Suits up to $25.00 now
being offered for $19.95, for
the Christmas buyer. These
come in all shades and
weaves. Don’t fail to get
one—they are going. Others
are taking advantage of
these prices. Why not you !
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