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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
SHINE SECRET! ALL-STAR SHOW ADDS GOOD SUM TO XMAS FUND
Dolls dressed
by society
women bring
Comparing Assets of East an
South, Banker Declares Much
Is Wasted Here.
Noted English Financier
Lack of Confidence by Li
Has Hurt Conditions.
Pathfinder on Coast-to-Coast
Tour Reports Millions Voted
for Better Roads.
“The latest banking reports,*’ said
W. L. Peel, president of the American
National Bank, “show that the State
of Massachusetts has 880 millions of
dollars in savings deposits. Georgia
has eighteen millions.”
And from that text Colonel Peel
made a little sermon.
He talked less from the standpoint
of a banker than that of a kindly,
thoughtful man who has seen much
of life.
“Of course, that’s an evidence of
New England thrift,” Colonel Peel
said. “And yet I suspect the staid
New Englanders are saying the same
thing we are saying down here—that
all the tendency of the age is to
spend, and spend, and then spend
some more.
“I have observed the way most
modern parents train their children;
or, perhaps, I had better say, the
way they do not train them. To the
average child of to-day a penny, or a
nickel, or a quarter, is merely some
thing which it can take to a store and
exchange for a whim of the moment
—candy, oranges, a toy.
Parents Set No Example.
“There is little or no regard for
saving raught the children, even when
the parents are hard put to it to sup
port themselves—and they are set
ting no example of saving, for with
every increase of income there is a
proportionate or an excessive increase
of expense.
“And I have seen these children
growing Into young men, and the
young men going to work—and the
habit is exactly the s?me. A dollar—
ten dollars—fifty dollars—means the
equivalent of a certain amount of
pleasure or recreation. They live up
to their salaries. Some of them live
beyond. They continue working for a
living, because they do not save
enough to engage in any business of
their own. 1
“And what is the future? It is
something hard to contemplate and
harder still to endure. I wonder they
never seem to think of it.
“I will say frankly, I do not see
anything more alarming and more
distresisng in all our modem ways
and mode of life than this same ex
travagance.”
Then Colonel Peel spoke a little of
his own experience.
$200 and Suit First Year.
“It wasn't so much fun at first,” he
said. “The first year I worked I got
$200 and a suit of clothes. I saved
nearly every cent of the $200, and I
was very careful of the clothes. I was
living at home, and that enabled me
to save the money.
“When I came to Atlanta in 1876 I
was married and my family was
started. 1 was getting $3,000 a year,
and there is an old account book in
the vault over there that shows my
total expenditures for the first year to
he not more than $700, including rent.
It didn’t take very long for me Jo
save enough to buy my Peachtree
street home. I guess it’s w'orth $100,-
000 to-day.”
Colonel Peel laughed a little as he
told about a coachman he had years
ago.
“I got that fellow’ to start a savings
account, and pretty soon he had
enough money to carry him to Wash
ington, where he got a good job. Now
he’s a real estate operator in New
York, and owns his own home, and is
well off.
“It Isn't so much earning as sav
ing that does it,” Mr. Peel concluded.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Railroads o\
the United States are primarily to
blame for depressed business condi
tions, in the opinion of Sir George
Paish, of London, editor of
The Statist, and one of the best
known financiers of England. He is
here to study business conditions with
a view to protecting business securi
ties.
“By their lack of confidence In the
future and uncertainty with regard
to labor conditions and Income the
American railroads have greatly pro
moted business depression,” he said.
“They have cut down their orders
for steel rails, thereby causing steel
mills to curtail their product. Brit
ish investors are heavily Interested In
American railway securities and we
do not want another perod like that
In the *90’s, when many roads default
ed interest for a long time.
"I have no apprehensions tor the
future. The business depression Is
general throughout the world, being
felt in South America as well as In
Europe."
Bronzed by his 8,000-mile auto trip
across the country and back again,
E. L. Ferguson, pathfinder foT the
All-Southern Transcontinental High
way, told Saturday of the success that
had attended his remarkable tour over
the roads of the South.
He was well rested from the rigors
of the road, although he had been In
Atlanta only overnight, having arrived
here Friday. He left Atlanta August
18 on his Journey to the Western
coast.
“The trip accomplished tar more
than I expected,” said Mr. Ferguson,
“and it accomplished It in ‘Jig’ time.
Some of the benefits of the trip which
are already apparent 1 had not antic
ipated for months.
"Of course, the real purpose of the j
spectacular journey, which was un
dertaken at the instance of the papers I
of Mr. Hearst and other publications i
in the South, was to blaze a highway I
from Atlanta to the Far Western
coast. This has been done.
Nearly Half Improved.
“Do you know that fplly 45 per cent
of the road over which my (automobile
passed on Its trip from Atlanta to tne
Pacific Cdast had been Improved or
had had some work done on It by the
time we reached it on the return
trip? In many of the counties whore
the road had not received any atten
tion in the interval money had been
voted for the needed improvements
and work was to begin within a shout
time. I can say, without exaggera
tion, that the return trip was fully
100 per cent more comfortable than
the journey West as a result of the
sentiment that the cross-country tour
had stirred up.
“More than $7,250,000 in bonds for
road Improvement was voted in the
counties through which I passed.
Much of this will be expended on the
long strip of roadway reaching from
Atlanta to the *-oa»t, since the coun
ties appreciate the fact that tills is
the bond which unites them with the
districts East and West.
Mass Meetings Held.
"I would have made the round-trip
three weeks sooner had It not been
for the receptions and mass meetings
and things of that sort that held me
back on the way. Everyone was '-n-
terested. Homo of the time I had as
many as 60 cars going along with me
as an escort. They listened to the
project as I outlined It on my way to
California, and, if they had not al
ready begun the improvements in the
interval, they arranged meetings
when I reached there on my way ba<*k
and voted the money.’’
Mr. Ferguson, leaving Atlanta Au
gust 18, reached New Orleans August
30, Houston September 9, Dallas Sep
tember 20, El Paso October 4, Yuma
October 10 and San Diego October
12. From there he went northward
several hundred miles, remaining in
California about two weeks, and then
starting on his return trip.
He will be in Atlanta tH . eral days
and then will return to his home near
Boston.
If Little Stomach Is Sour, Liver
Torpid and Bowels Clogged.
Otvs “California Syrup of Figs** at
one©—a teaspoonful to-day often saves
a sick child to-morrow.
If your little one Is out-of-sorts,
half-sick, Isn’t resting, eating and act
ing naturally—look. Mother! see if
tongue Is coated. This Is a sure sign
that Its little stomach, liver and bow
els are clogged with waste. When
cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad or has stomach ache, diar
rhoea, sore throat, full of cold, give a
teaspoonful of “California Syrup of
Figs,’’ and In a few hours all the con
stipated poison, undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out of its little
bowels without griping, and you have a
well, playful child again,
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless “fruit laxative,’’ because
It never fails to cleanse the little one’s
liver and bowels and sweeten the
stomach, and they dearly love its pleas
ant taste. Full directions for babies,
children of all ages and for grown-ups
printed on each bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrup*. Ask
your druggist for a F»0-cent bottle of
^‘California Syrup of Figs;” then see
that it Is made by the “California Fig
Syrup Company.” Don’t be fooled!—
Advt.
Wreck Victim Gets
Verdict of $22,500
Against Ga. R, R
!. Graves in Eloquent Spee
Stirs Audience at the Atlanta
Theater.
Attorneys in railroad circles were
discussing Saturday one of the larg
est verdicts for injuries ever granted
against the Georgia Railroad. It was
for $22,500, awarded to J. E. Helton,
of Augusta, as a result of injuries re
ceived In a head-on collision near
Decatur April 18, 1912.
Mr. Helton claimed damages for
severe burns and injuries that caused
him to undergo three operations.
Eight physicians were called to tes
tify concerning the injuries.
The trial was hard-fought and re
quired two days in the DeKalb Coun
ty Superior Court. The plaintiff was
represented by E. R. Hill, of Augusta;
Westmoreland Brothers, of Atlanta
and P. C. O’Gorman and Wallace D.
Pierce, of Augusta. John E. Can
dler, of Atlanta, and Bryan Cum
mins:, of Augusta, represented the
road.
The Empty Stocking Fund is sev
eral hundred dollars larger Saturday
as a result of the benefit show at the
Atlanta Theater.
It was one of the finest combinations
of talent ever assembled in Atlanta.
The audience thought so, and dis
played its feelings by demanding nu
merous encores.
Above all the spirit that w r as im
pressed will cause other plans for the
Empty Stocking Fund to succeed,
and Atlanta will have a happier
Christmas.
If all the people of means in At
lanta had heard one feature on that
bill there would be no want and suf
fering in the city this Christmas.
Eloquent John Temple Craves
struck the best note of the Atlanta
spirit when he introduced Forrest
Adair in a doll auction that proved
to be inimitable. His expression of
the spirit back of the Empty Stock
ing Fund will long be remembered.
Bidding Was Exiting.
It developed exciting bidding for
the dolls, and the four so beautifully
dressed by Mrs. Wilmer L. Moore,
Mrs. George M. McKenzie, Mrs. Wil
liam A. Speer and Mrs. Joseph
Rhodes brought $37.
A. B. Steel bought one. Mr. Adair
himself outbid the entire audience on
another. Mrs. Carrie Rosser took
another and the buyer of the fourth
wishes his name withhold.
The spirit with which the high-
salaried artists entered Into the af
fair was inspiring.
The bill opened with an overture
by the Atlanta Theater Orchestra.
Then followed Ellery’s Royal Italian
Band that is playing at the Audito
rium under/the auspices of the Atlan
ta Music Festival Association. That
start assured the success of the show,
and it was strengthened by solos by
Thomas Wallace, tenor, and Bayne
Young, baritone.
The hand played the overture from
Wagner’s “Tannhauser” and the solos
were Clay’s •“I’ll Sing Thee Songs of
Araby” and “Dio Possinte” from Gou
nod’s "Faust” b ^
Boy Scouts Pleasing.
Next came the Australian Bov
Scouts from the bi” at the Forsyth
Theater. The act was signally appro
priate for a Christmas benefit, for well
as they acted the boys were not much
beyond the age of hanging up stock
ings themselves.
Auriema, the *ensatio.i of the
“movie” theaters, came next. He did
well, indeed, and in a lettar to The
Georgian showed what u Pleasure it
was for him to appear at the matinee
“I think the Idea of a Christmas
benefit for such a universal charity as
that which will fill otherwise em jtv
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Paul Armstrong's
Wife Gets Divorce
Forrest Adair,
Empty Stock
ing Fund
Auctioneer,
buys handsome
one himself.
Pretty array of
dolls dressed
for Christmas
Fund, and
child who will
get one of them.
Woman Badly Burned
In Pursuit of Mouse
$15 Gold
Dust Plates *VI
$8 Set C &
off Teeth HP
•Crown and ^
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NEW YORK, Deo. 13.—Mrs. Bella
Abell Armstrong, wife of Paul Arm
strong, the playwright, has been award
ed a final decree of divorce by Justice
Lehman. She received $7,500 annual
alimony and the custody of her three
children.
WHY NOT GIVE
Father, mother or grandma a pair of
Kryptok Bifocal Glasses for Xmas?
John L. Moore & Sons make them.
Come in and let us explain their ad
vantages. 42 North Broad street.—
Advt.
Forsyth Theater, and B. Lee Smith
announced the numbers.
There are still a score or two of
dolls for kindly folks to dress. Just
call at The Georgian office and don’t
forget also that subscription list is
wide open for any and all contribu
tions. Here are the latest to help:
Atlanta Nest of Owls, No. 1190. .$ 5.00
B. F, Stockton 5.00
Augusta Cohen, Marietta 25
Charles Gray Bethea, Greens
boro 50
John L. Jones, Fairburn 10
stockings is a beautiful Idea and one
for which The Georgian can not be
too highly commended,” his letter
said in part.
Lackaye and Miss Coghlan.
As fine a treat as lovers of dra
matic ability of the first order could
wish to hear were the numbers of
Wilton Lackaye and Rose Coghlan,
stars of “Fine Feathers.” The real
Lackaye and the real Coghlan gave
monologues that revealed art that
would bring them praise in any play.
Mr. Lackaye recited "King Rob
ert.” Miss Coghlan recited from Ste
phen Phillips’ “Ulysses” and the
“Charge of the Light Brigade.”
House and Francis, the best acro
bats in the Atlanta Athletic Club, did
a great tumbling act.
Then came the doll auction.
The close of the bill was the charm
ing act of Yvette, that wonderful lit
tle violinist who plays, dances and
sings all at the same time. To make
her act even better J. P. Matthiesen
brought his orchestra over from the
Forsyth Theater, where Yvette is
playing this week.
Thanks for Managers.
After she had responded to encore
after encore, Yvette came out and
stopped the orchestra with the re
mark that she was going to make a
speech.
“If you have enjoyed my act as
well as I have enjoyed playing for the
poor children I am glad indeed,” she
said.
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The recital at he Tabernacle by the
Riheldaffer-Gailey Company Friday
night was greeted by a large audi
ence, while the program was one of
unusual merit.
Mrs. Grace Hall Riheldaffer, as the
soloist; Miss Grace Dennison Gall v,
violinist, and Miss Ruby Askew. ;>l-
anisi, formed a pleasing combination.
which brought a*XLer encore.
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Too much appreciation can not be |
expressed for the co-operation of !
Hugh Cardoza, manager of Jake I
Wells’ theaters in Atlanta, who man
aged the show, and Homer George,
manager of the Atlanta Theater. |
The stage direction was in the able ]
charge of Frank biandaxd* of the j