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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 ! ,-mi the* >t! eh os. Sure y t! e | 1 both JM* it! t. ■■ oiuiniont 1 n th s gif'. O„0 ilt.j, A . MRS A. ). s. 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 rvr 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. 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? / A