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iministration Likely to Back
Move to Take Over Telephone
and Telegraph Companies.
GIFT SUGGESTIONS
POURING'IN AS END
OF CONTEST NEARS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Post
master General Burleson to-day
strongly Intimated that the adminis
tration would give its support to the
proposition of Government ownership
• f 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
ipen mind. There will be no hasty I
action, but I believe we will arrive
at a conclusion on this subject that
will meet the people’s approval. /
Investigating in Europe.
“I shall have something to say on
the question In my annual report,” I
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 a.nd we must make haste ^low
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
moted.”
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 views:
Senator Simmons, Chairman of ths
Finance Committee—"I think the
project entirely feasible. However, ;
do not expect a bill bringing about
Government ownership of telegraph
nmpanies at this session of Con-
cress.”
Senator Johnson, of Maine (Demo-
• at)—-“The proposition has my in-
’orsement. It would be bad judg
ment for the Government to start
• mipeting lines.”
Senator Jones, of Washington, (Re-
ahliean)—“The mails are handled
> itisfactorily; why could not the tele-
raph lines be handled by the Gov*
< I’nment?”
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
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. 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 offer and let us have
the benefit of your idea:
HERE IS MY OFFER.
7’o the wife who write* the best
short letter telling what is the
most useful gift for a husband, one
$10 gold piece.
Three awards of $5 each will
be given the wives 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
letters will receive, each, a $5 gold
piece for their thoroughness.
Send your 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.
you dip.” Paddy opens his sleepy
eyes ami sees in her tiny hands two
small packages. He investigates:
Monogram cuff buttons. He smiles,
lie has been w'carlng odds and ends
since Mamma sent his perfectly
good rioes to the laundry and, they
never came back. Daddy laughs
and unfolds a large, black, s^lky
square. “Oh,” he says, “that muf
fler I needed a month ago so badly
to sling my arm when 1 nearly lost
two fingers,’’ and he grins. I am
W'atching out of the corner of my
eye and I am happy because I know'
they are just w T hat he wanted.
MRS. Y. T. K.
Atlanta, Ga.
FOR WIFE’S COMFORT.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
I was married at the age of 18
and have had twenty-five years of
married life. The first Christmas
gift I ma/le 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 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
Atlanta.
D. C. L.
Seeks Daughter as
White Slavery Victim
LEXINGTON, ICY., Dec. 12.--Led !
by a clew’ through a letter mailed j
on a train near Lexington. John Ne- !
vilje, of Marion. Ohio, accompanied J
by a United States “white slave”
ogent, 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 Tej'te, prlma 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- j
ble in highly musical expression.
“Nothing could be further from the
truth. Tf the American and English
singers will only study their own lan- J
guage they will be surprised at its flex •
Ibillty and power.”
HIS GIFT TO HER.
Miss Mary l^ea 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
tel! 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:
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 m.v 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
morning, shaking Daddy and say
ing: “ ’Ere, Daddy, Sana Taus b’ing
1 was talking, one
day, with the driver
of a giant locomotive that
helps draw the Wolver
ine* 1 from New York to
Chicago.
His face was tanned from expos
ure to the rushing winds that
swept past the window of hiscab.
Sooty streaks showed under his
clear eyes, but in them was 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
in his work—and hissmileandhis
clean.Iieautiful 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
pour teeth.
People who use Colgate’s Rib
bon Dental Cream find that care
oftheteeth isnotonlya profitable
habit, but a very pleasant one.
\bu too
should use
COLGATE'S
RIBBON DUUBt 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
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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 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 woVk 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-
The Ozias National
Selling Corporation
605-607 EMPIRE LIFE BLDG.
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 best Santa
C’laua that ever lived. A. C
Atlanta. Ga.
HER SELECTIONS.
Miss Mary Ima Davis:
Wives, the majority, are depend
ent on their husbands to settle the
bills. When selecting my husband's
present 1 keep in mind this fact, and
try to get something he could not
Ntod the same aa i. I give hm
m itched handkerchiefs. pajamas,
bathrobes, collars and laundry hugs
J make these. MRS. K. G. A.
Atlanta, Ga.
QUILT AND RUG.
Miss Mary T>*a Davis:
1 think a nice present would he 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 beside h!s bed.
And a pound cake and layer cake
made of parched peanuts ground
and stirred in the hatter or spread
between the layers with icing
McDonough, »ia. MRS. E. R. G.
A WARM OVERCOAT.
Miss Mary I.ea Davis:
As the husband is exposed to all
the had weather in going to and re
turning from his dally work to
provide for the family. I think the
most useful present will he- 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:
T 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
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 1 used
to when we were sweethearts, for
you know “the gift without the
giver is bare," and she remembers
it yet as “the best present I ever
gave her ’ W. J. HRADIfKY.
Valdosta. Ga.
HOMEMADE HASSOCK.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The most appreciated and least
expensive gift I ever gave my hus
band was a homemade liaVsook. I
got a box 10 by 12 by 16 inches, one
roll cotton, box brass-headed tucks
and set castors ami 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 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 hairpins,
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
in 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 , 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 I 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 hare. 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
coxy home ami a wife to meet him
with a smile and a kiss after a hard
day's work for every dtfy in 1314.
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
lust beginning to fall in love with
her and If you know of anything she
would clearly love to have, he It sil
ver or gold, he 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, brightly
burning on the a'tar of a wife's de-
votion and the dove of peace to a I
ways hover around him Then some
little present that will he useful and
that he will enjoy. MRS. J K. B.
Stllesboro, Ga.
PAJAMAS.
Miss Mary Leu Davis.
The Christmas box which T shall
place at my husband's breakfast
jUate the morning of December 25
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’ltshed
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
with the stitches, fcurely there is
both use and sentiment in this gift.
Opelika, Ala. MRS. A. D. S.
FOR THE WOMAN.
Miss Mary Ima Davit:
1 think any man can pleate his
wife Christmas by giving her some
thing that beautifies her person:
nice clothes, toilet articles, or that
which will beautify her home, nice
furniture, silverware, china, pic
tures. Just let him remember her
taste in such matters. W. R.
Atlanta, Ga. *
A HAPPY HOME.
Miss Mary I^ea 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 City, Ga.
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.
Soott’s Emulsion check* tuch decline. It* pure cod
liver oil i» nature’s grandest medicinal food while
its hypophoaphites act a* a building tonic.
It refreshes the body, puts vigor in the
blood, strengthens the lung*, upbuilds
the nerves and invigorates the whole
system.
If you work indoor,, Scott’s Emulsion
aft cr mooU unit provunt much ncknoMO I
and loro of tim«, and oftmn thwart, J
tuborcaiooh—ft build, up and hold,
up your utrangth.
Shun Alcoholic Substitute* Mid
INSIST on SCOTT’S.
1S-124 AT ANY DRUG STORE.
BUY YOUR
CHRISTMAS OUTFIT
$17.50
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
any cash store.
$5.M 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
fine chance to dress up and everyone should
take advantage of these liberal offers.
Men’s Over coals
$15.00
I’Or $15.00 we arc 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 you?
Men’s Suils
$19.05
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?
UNITED C
REDIT
LOTHING
OMPANY
28 WEST MITCHELL STREET
$14.95
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$19.95