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I’ll I 4 ; A 1 IjAIN IA uii\fUvu;\A l\ I'j 4\ CV 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 \ 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 /A> I Vv jr vr mm VCr} $19.95