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GIFT SUGGESTIONS
POURING IN AS END
OF CONTEST NEARS
Administration Likely to Back
Move to Take Over Telephone
aid Telegraph Companies,
WASHINGTON, Ueo. 12.—Pos(-
master General Burleson to-day
trone’Iy intimated that the ndminis-
. ration would give Its support to the
proposition of Government ownership
»f telephone and telegraph compa
nies, Mr. Burleson said that his own
mini was open on the subject, and
added:
*1 have taken up tiie matter with
President Wilson and he also has an
open mind. There will be no hasty
notion, but T believe we will arrive
at & conclusion on this subject that
a ill meet the people’s approval.
Investigating in Europe,
shall have something to say on
the question in my annual report,"
he ^aid. "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
called at from $100,000,000 to $300.-
000000, we see how gigantic the proj
ect is and we must make haste slow-
y. I desire to do the work in such a
way that it will meet with the ap
proval of those in charge on Capitol
0m. 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
mido and indications point to consid-
**i*ble congressional support under
tte leadership of Representative Da-
vii J. Lewis, of Maryland, for the
pioject.
Three Senator* Out for Plan.
Three Senators, two Democrats and
oie Republican, came out to-day ir?
favor of Government ownership of
idegraph lines. They gave expres
sion to the following views:
Senator Simmons, Chairman of the
Finance Committee—"I think the
pioject entirely feasible. However, ;
d<j not expect a bill bringing about
Government ownership of telegraph
companies at this session of Con-
giess."
Senator Johnson, of Maine (Demo-
< int)—"The proposition has my in
dorsement. it would be bad judg
ment for the Government to start
■ dnpeting lines."
Senator Jones, of Washington, (Re
publican)—"The mails are handled
satisfactorily; why could not the tele-
gjaph lines be handled by the Gov
ernment?"
Seeks Daughter as
White Slavery Victim
LEXINGTON, KY., Dec. 12.—Led
i>J a clew through a letter mailed
'•na train near Lexington, John Ne-
vi|e, of Marion, Ohio, accompanied
by a United States "white slave"
agi»nt, 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
lie will continue the search all over
the couitry.
By MARY LEA DAVIS
Jt’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
it. Also, If you are a married man, it
behooves you to select a gift for your
wife.
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, j am trying to print as many
of these letters as possible because
lots of them contain excellent sug
gestions which rhay be of use to YOU.
I If you haven’t written a letter, read
| the following offer ahd let us have
the benefit of your idea:
HERE IS MY OFFER
To the wife who writes the best
short letter telling what is the
most useful gift for a husband, one
$10 gold piece.
Three awards of -$o each will
be given' the wires whose letters
are adjudged the next best.
Also, I will award the same
prizes to husbands who write brief
letters 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
tetters uHll receive, each, a So gold
piece for their thoroughness.
SetuI your letters addressed to
1IARY LEA DAVIS.
Editorial Department, The At
lanta Georgian.
Here are some letters just received:
VACCUM CLEANER.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
After thinking tor 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 l*ea Davis:
Uf all the gifts my wife geis 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 I loved her and how dear and
necessary she is to me. And I take
the opportunity to mention the 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 I will do
again this year.
SOUTHERN MAN
Menlo, Ga.
BANK ACCOUNT FOR WIFE.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
T 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 gTatify 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 I>ea 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 Christinas
morning, shaking Daddy and say
ing: " ’Kre, Daddy, Sana Taus b’ing
you diff." Daddy opens his sleepy
eyes ami sees in her tiny hands two
small packages. lie investigates;
Monogram cuff buttons lie smiles
He has been wearing eddy and ends
since Mamma sent bis perfectly
good noes to the laundr;. ahe- they
never cam** back. Daddy laughs
and unfolds a large, black, silk.'
square. "Oh," he says, "that muf
fler r needed a month ago so badly
to sling my arm when l nearly lost
two finger*," and he grins. ] am
watching out of the rormv of my
eye arid I am happy because l know
they are just what be wanted.
MRS. F. Y. K
Atlanta, Gn.
FOR WIFE'S COMFORT
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
r was married at the age of 1S
p.nd have had twenty-five years or
married life. The firs: Christmas
gift 1 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 homekeeping. In
this line 1 would Include e css
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
English Tongue Best
For Opera, Says Diva
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—“English
is thi real language for song," said
.Vlagge Teyte. prima donna, the guest
of h<fior at ladies’ day at the National
Pres/ Club.
"’0iey tell you that foreign languages
are musical and that English is incapa
ble h highly musical expression.
"Nothing couid he further from the i
truri. If the American and English j
sinfers will only study their own lan- ,
gulge they will be surprised at its flex- *
ibilty and power."
I was talking, one
day, with the driver
of a giant locomotive that
helps draw the "Wolver
ine” from New York to
Chicago.
Hi* face vm tanned from expo*,
ure to the rushing winds that
swept past the window of hiseab.
Sooty streaks showed under his
clear eyes, but in them was the
twinkle of the joy of living. And
us he smiled, clean, white, even
teeth gle.imed between flis lips.
He smiled because he was happy
in his work—andhisamileand his
< lean.liesutifulteethwerepretty
good evidence of a clean life.
When Railroads and Police De
partments, Armies and Navies
of many Nations demand thatan-
plicants shall have good, sound
teeth, it is convincing proof
that you should take care of
yovr teeth.
People who ii«e Colgate's Rib
bon Dental Cream find that care
of the teeth is not only a profitable
habit, but a very pleasant one.
You too
should use
COLGATE'S
RIBBON DENTAL 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
VOULD
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 a menace to the housewife.
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 call will bring our demon
strator.
The Ozias National
Selling Corporation
005-607 EMPIRE LIFE BLDG.
Bell Phone Ivy 8239
ATLANTA, GA.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS.
■ candy with a love* letter In it.
mid I’ll wager that >our wife will
t .ink that you are tint best * s
CD up that ever lived. A. <
Atluina, Ga.
HER SELECTIONS.
\i.s-- Mary Lea Davis:
Wives, the majority, are depend
ent on their husbands to settle the
bills. When selecting my husband’s
present I keen in mind this fa< \ and
try to get something he could not
ts> lect the same us I. 1 give hem
stitched handkerchiefs pajamas,
bathrobes, collars ami laundry bags
1 make these. MRS. K. G. A.
Atlanta, Ga.
QUILT AND RUG.
-Miss Mary Lea Davis:
T 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
lilm a rug to put beside IPs bed.
And a pound rake an' layer ct-.ke
made of parched peanuts ground
:tnd stirred in the hatter <: spread
between the layers with icing
McDonough, Ga. MRS. K. IL G.
A WARM OVERCOAT.
Mis- Mary I^ea Dpvis:
As the husband is exp-.sed i<> ail
the bad weather in going to and re
turning from his dall> work
provide for the family. I think tlm
most useful present will be a good
overcoat, raincoat., pair of rubbers
and a good pair of gloves.
Atlanta. Ga. MRS. L. K.
HIS EES' r 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 he a financial sacrifice. One
Christmar when "things were all
wrong' with us financially T bought
my wife a few flowers and a box of
candy ui:d gave it to lor like i used
to when w« wore sweethearts, for
you know "the gif; without the
giver is bar*-." an I she remembers
tL yet as "the best present 1 ever
gave her \Y. .1 BRADLKY.
Valdosta Ga.
HOMEMADE HASSOCK.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The most appreciated and least
expensive gift I ever gave my hus
band whs a homemade hassock. I
got a box 10 by 12 by 16 inches, one
roll cotton, box brass-headed tacks
ami set castors and used Home old
plush 1 had; cretonne will do. After
il was covered, using cotton for a
padding for the top l put on ’he
castors. By using two hinges the
top may he. made ns a lid. and stool
used to . keep bedroom slippers,
•hoes. etc., in. MRS. G. K.
Waycross, Ga.
GOLD HAIRPINS.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
My Christmas gift to my wife w ill
consist of two dozen gold hairpins,
two gold hatpins, studded with one
diamond and twelve pearls each, a
gold comb and a hair brush, the
back of which is a mirror wreathed
in gold, studded with 36 small dia
monds After mature reflection r
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 Py B., .Ir.
A USEFUL GIFT.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
1 have not decided just what I
will give my husband for a Christ
mas present. I can’t give him anj -
thing expensive, although I would
like to, 1 shall give him something
useful. Whatever gift we are able
to give let us give otusoives with
it. "For the gift without the giver
is lure. .MRS M K
While Stone, Ga
A COZY HOME
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
I 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 a hard
day’s work for every day in 1911.
Gainesville, Ga. MRS. D. T
MAKE HER HAPPY.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The best suggestion I can give
is to make your wife the happiest
she has ever been during married
life. Make her feel as if you were
,iust beginning to fall in love with
her and if you know of anything she
would dearly love to have, he it sh
yer or gold, be It ever so small,
just so it appeals to her. Unit will
make her have a happy Yuletide.
J. H. i\.
LOVE FROM A WIFE.
Alias Mary Lea Davis
I shall give my husband the same
old gift, bur always new to him.
It is the candle of love, brightly
burning on the altar of a wile’s <ie
votion and the dove of peace to al
ways hover around him. Then some
little present that will he useful and
that he will enjoy. MRS. ,T. V. B.
gtllesboro, Ga.
PAJAMAS.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The Christmas box winch l shall
place at my husband's breakfast
plate the morning of December 2.">
will contain two pairs of pretty out
ing pajamas that I have made for
him with great care. The collars,
cuffs and pockets are embe’lished
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
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the* >t!
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FOR
THE WOM
AN.
Ml**
Mary
Lea Davis:
T U
ink ;u
,\ man call
plea
se his
wife <
’hristm
as b\ giving
her
some-
thin*
t ilk I
beautifies i
er 1
erson;
nice <
lot lit*f».
toilet artlcl
0'\ 1
r thsil
w hieh
\v il| 1
eautify her
homo
. nice
! f umit
ure. s
liver ware,
Ulna
. pic-
hist let him remember her
taste In such matters. TV. R.
\tlanta, Ga.
— y to
A H APPY HOME.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
i am going to give my husband
os hupp, a home as I can make for
him ami have his meals on time,
and a kind and loving heart.
MRS B. C.
-Mountain City, Ga.
V v
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INDOOR WORK
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because confining duties, lack of fresh air and
sunshine gradually weaken even a strong
constitution, and the enfeebled system readily
accepts sickness and disease.
Scott’s Emulsion checks such decline. its pure cod
liver oil is nature’s grandest medicinal food while
itE hypophosphites act as a building tonic.
It refreshes the body, puts vigor in the
blood, strengthens the lungs, upbuilds
the nerves and invigorates the whole
system.
If you work imdoort. Scott's Emulsiea
aft.r inmaU wdl prevent much eichnmee I
mu/ tju of time, and often thwart» J
titberwatoei*—it build, up and hold,
p your etrength.
Shun Aleohollo Substitute,, and
INSIST on SCOTT'S.
H24 AT ANY DRUG STONt.
BUY YOUR
CHRISTMAS OUTFIT
HERE
LADIES’ SUITS AND COATS AT
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
anv 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 $10 and $12.50. A
line chance to dress up and everyone should
take advantage of these liberal offers.
$14.95
gm®
$19.95
Men’s Overcoats
$15.00
Em- $15.00 we are offering
you in Overcoats wliat you
usually have keen paying
$20.00 for, and many’ num
bers to select from. Why go
cold when such opportuni
ties arc held out to von?
Men’s Suits
$19.95
Suits up t<
5.00 now
being offered for $19.95, tor
the Christmas buyer. These
eome in all shades and
weaves. Don’t fail to get
me-—they are going. Others
are taking advantage of
those prices. Why not you?
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