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thi: ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND N EWS. GIFT SUGGESTIONS POURING IN AS END OF CONTEST NEARS Administration Likely to Back Move to Take Over Telephone and Telegraph Companies, WASHINGTON, Dev, 12.—Post- 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: “1 have taken up the matter with# President Wilson and he also has an open mind. There will be no hasty I action, but T believe we will arrive J ai a conclusion on this subject that will meet the people’s approval. Investigating in Europe. "1 shall have something to say on I the question in my annual report.” i he said. “We are carrying on an in- * vestigation of Government ownership j of these facilities in European na- I lions. 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- j ect is and we must make haste slow- i lv. I desire to do the work in such a ! way that it will meet with the ap- | proval of those in charge on Capitol j Hill. Everybody’s right must be pro- , lected.” While no definite program for the j 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 .T. 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 views: Senator Simmons. Chairman of the Finance Committee—“? think the project entirely feasible. However, : do not expect a bill bringing about Government ownership of telegraph companies at this session of Con gress.” Senator Johnson, of Maine (Demo crat)—“The proposition has my in dorsement. It would be bad judg ment for the Government to start : competing 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., Dec. 12.—Led b by a clew through a letter mailed j [on a train near Lexington, John Ne- Iville, of Marion. Ohio, accompanied | by a United States “white slave” ! agent, arrived here to-day searching J ? for his 18-year-cdd 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 j store, but none here has heard of her. If not found here the father says | he will continue the search all over ! the country. By MARY LEA DAVIS It's now only a few day? until Christmas. If you haven’t selected that present for your husband, it's about time you were thinking about it. Also, if you are a married man. it behooves you to select a gift for y our wife. Hundreds and hundreds of readers of The Georgian are interested in the present-giving question. 1 know’, be cause I have read all the letters on the subject which have come to my desk. 1 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 tlie following offer and let us have the benefit of your idea: HERE IS MY OFFER To the tcife who writes the best short letter telling what is the most useful gift for a husband, one $10 gold pieee. Three awards of each will be given the wives whose letters are adjudged the next best. Also. ] will award the same prizes to husbands who write brief letters outlining the most appro priate gift for >■ 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 irho write the three next best letters will receive, each, a $o gold piece for their thoroughness. Fend gour letters addressed to v MAR V LEA DAVIS. Editorial Department. The At lanta Georgian. Here are some letters just received: VACCUM CLEANER. Miss Mary T>»a. 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 Christinas, 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 f loved her and how dear arud necessary she is to me. And I take the opportunity to mention ihe par ticular ways she has 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 1 will do again this year. SOUTHERN MAN. Menlo, Ga. BANK ACCOUNT FOR WIFE. Miss Mary Gea Davis: 1 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 persona! desires. T think equal rights (a? 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 I>»a Davie; Tn my mind's eye. the following scene is brought before me. which illustrate* my idea of useful gift- giving: Frances, our small daughter, is standing by the bed Christmas morning, shaking Daddy and say ing: “ ’Ere, Daddy, Sana Taus b’ing you din.'' Daddy opens his sleepy eyes and sees In her tiny hands two small package®. lie investigates: Monogram cuff buttons. He smiles. He has been wearing odds and ends since Mamma sent his perfectly good noes to the laundry and they never came back. Da<kl\ laughs ana unfolds a large, black, silky square “Oh,” he says, "that muf fler 1 reeded a month ago so badly to sling my arm when I nearly lest two fingers." and he grins. I am watching out of the corner of my eye ard I am happ> because I know they are just what he wanted. MRS. F. T. K. Atlanta, Ga. FOR WIFE’S COMFORT. Alisa Mary Lea Davis: [ was married at the p.c>‘ 8 and have had twenty-five 'ears 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 homeke°ping. In this line I would Include a gas ♦ ange. aluminum cooking utensils, kitchen cabinet, fine tabl* linen, iab!o 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 of candy with a love letter In it. and I’ll wager that your wife will think that you are the best Santa Claus that ever lived. V. C Atlanta, Ga. HER SELECTIONS. Miss Mar> l>ea Davis Wlvcc, the majority, are depend ent on their husbands to settle the bills. 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. 1 give hem stitched handkerchiefs, pajamas, bathrobes, collars and luundr.s bag* J make these. MRS. E. G. A Atlanta, Ga. GUILT AND RUG. Miss Mary I>*a Davis: I think a nice pre.st nt would be ,t quilt made of old woolen cloths pas: 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 beside his bed. 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. K. R. G A WARM OVERCOAT. Miss Vary Lea Davis: As the husband Is exposed t*> all the bad weather in going to and re luming from his <lail> work :•> provide for the family. [ 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 upon 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 « • cundv and gaw it to her like i used to when we w«*re sweethearts, for you know “the gift without the gl\cr Is bare.” and she remembers it vet as “the best present I ever gave her.’ \\ BRADLEY. Valdosta. Ga. HOMEMADE HASSOCK. Miss Mary Lea Davis: The most appreciated ;inu least expensive gift I ever gave my hus band w as* a homemade hassock. I got a box 10 by 12 bv iti inches, one roll cotton, box brass-headed taeks and set castors and used some old plush I 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 be made as a lid, and stool used to keep bedroom slippers, shoes, etc., in MRS. O. E. Waycross, Ga. GOLD HAIRPINS. Miss Mary Lea Davis: My Christmas gift to m\ wife will consist of two dozen gold hairpins. Mwo gyld hatpins, studded with one diamond and twelve pearls each, a gold comb and a Lair brush, the ► back of which is a mirror wreathed in gold, studded with 86 small dia monds After mature reflection l 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 "glon " YYaresboro, Gw. R. lb. 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 expensive, although f would like to. i 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 Whit® Stone. Ga. A COZY HOME Miss Mary l^ea Davis: 1 think the best Christmas gift for hubby Is The Georgian, a nice cozy home and a wife to meet him with a smile and a kiss after u hard day’s work for every day in 1M1 Gainesville, Ga. MRS 1). T MAKE HER HAPPY. Miss Mary I>»a Davis The beat suggestion I can g've ia to make your wife the happiest she lias ever been during married life. Make her feel as if you were just beginning to fall in love with her and if you know of anything she would dearly love to have, be It Hi 1 - ver or gold, be it ever so small, just so it appeals to her. that will make her have a happy Yuletlde. .t. ir. K. LOVE FROM A WIFE. Miss Mary Lea Davis 1 shall give my husband the sane* «>ld gift, but always new to him. It is the candle <>f love, brightly burning on the altar 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. .1 I*. B. Slilesboro, Ga. PAJAMAS. Miss Mary Lea Davis: The Christmas box whu h 1 si,all place *tt my husband’s breakfast plato the morning of December A. will contain two pairs of pretty out ing pajamas that I have made fur him with great care. The collars, cuffs arid pockets are embellished with my handiwork and the pockets are marked with his initial. 1 will inclose a card of Christmas grj»ei - ing, telling of the love served in I with th® st t lies. Surely t! 1 both us® an 1 sent intent in tit s K: f 1. Opf lika, A ia. MILS. A. FOR THE WOMAN. 1 M iss Mary Ia?a Davit: 1 t link a fly man ran plea s** hi* I w 1 tv Jliristn ias by Riving her some- I thinK that beautifies Iter p erpon; nice loth®* toilet articles, 0 r that 1 whirl will »*autifv her home , nice fund ure, i lver ware, china pic- Just let him remember her *a.Mn in such matter*. AY. R. Atlanta, Ga. A HAPPY HOME Miss Mary Lea Davis: I am going to give my husband as happy a home as I can make for him and have his meals on time, and a kind and loving heart. MRS. B. C. Mountain Cits. Ga. INDOOR WORK REDUCES STRENGTH l because confining duties, lack of fresh air and sunsf.ine gradually weaken even a strong constitution, and the enfesbled system readily accepts sickness and disease. Scott ’$ Emulsion checks such decline. Its pure eod 'iver oil is natur- s grandest msdicinal food while its hypophosphites act as a building tome. It refreshes the body, puts vigor in the blood, strengthens the lungs, upbuilds the nerves and invigorates the vrhole system. If you u>orlt intben. Scott's Emulsion after meals will prevent much «clln«u j and loes of time, and often thwarts 1 tuberculosis—it builds up and holds ap your strength. Shun Alcoholic Substitute* and INSIST on SCOTT’S, y* !Vi:4 AT any DRUG STOftg. 1 was talking, one day, with the driver of a giant locomotive that helps draw the Wolver ine” from New York to Chicago. Hi* flic* was tanned from expos ure to the rushing winds that swept past the window of his cab. Sooty streaks showed under his clear eyes, but in them was the twinkle of the joy of living. And as lie smiled, clean, white, even teeth gleamed between his lips. He smiled because he was happy in Ms work—and hissmileand his clean, beautiful teeth were pretty good evidence of a clean life, When Railroads and Police De partments, Annies 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 TLb- bon Dental Cream find that rare of the teeth is not only a profitable liahil, but a very pleasant one. Ybu too should use COLGATE'S RIBBON DEtTOK. CREftfl English Tongue Best For Opera, Says Diva W ASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—“English j is the real language for song.” said | Maggie Teyte. prima donna, the guest j of honor at ladies' day at the National Press Club. “They tell you that foreign languages j 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 will only study their own lan- J guago they will be surprised at its fl.-x- - ibility and power.” AIR The Daisy is the best 75c to $2.50 BRADLEY’S FOUR FLOORS OF TOYS 29 SOUTH BROAD STREET OUR SUGGESTION FORA USEFUL XMAS GIFT WOULD BE A GEM VACUUM CLEANER OR SWEEPER THE GEM VACUUM CLEANER BUY YOUR ISTMAS HERE LADIES’ SUITS AND COATS AT We are getting to the point where the broom, the dust pan, the dust cloth and the apron are a menace to the housewife. Wl iv use these “germ seatterers” 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 call will bring our demon strator. The Ozias National Selling Corporation 605-607 EMPIRE LIFE BLDG. Bril Phonr Ivy 8239 ATLANTA. GA Men’s Overcoats $15.00 Fur $15.00 we are offering you in Overcoats what you usually^ have been paying $20.00 for, and many num bers to select from. Why go cold when such opportuni ties are held out to von ■{ Men’s Suits $19.95 All Suits up to $25.00 now being offered for $19.95, for tin* Christmas buyer. These come in all shades and weaves. Don’t fail to get ,ne—they arc going. Others are taking advantage of these prices. Why not you ! UNITED C REDIT LOTHING OMPANY 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$17.50. Think of it. suits in every shade and material, in all the latest designs, are being offered to you at such ridiculously low prices, and you only need $5.00 to get one, then the balance at $1.00 per week! These prices won’t be found at any cash store. $5.00 DOWN LADIES’ COATS Reduced nearly one-half; Coats up to $22.50 now being offered for $14.95. A great many others as cheap as$io and $12.50. A fine chance to dress up and everyone should take advantage of these liberal offers. $19.95 28 WEST MITCHELL STREET