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u A : ; i . . / .at £ V ^ • -I i luh.s and around the hotel lob- imp Atlantaru lor t r los It *f*ems tha havp turned »i they have hail But— There i** mill For as we i year's voyagin strewn stream now the land Nothin# ' Land will he flighted at the For syth Theater next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock sharp The “land" will he a groat free conreri for the bencht of The Gvor- gian-American Empty Stocking l and. rite id y< down the request- ’ life we approach f “Somethin# for and it will be sighted by s-»m< <»f the Jolliest tars in Atlanta's musical cli ent ocal rnu nd VOL I'S ns there are In <! to-come and hear ever given In AU, musicians will Ik* ugh, for an Atlant is many like everything the hist there is And although the benefit of Fund anil some that will add money that ia Sunt a Claus t e finest c on i' -a. Mortt of Atlanta prod- ts guarantee i musician is Atlanta he's concert Is for Ktnpty Stocking •thing may turn up i few dollars to the icing raised to bring homes of the poor CHRISTMAS little hoys and Kiris of Atlanta -the main idea is that it will not cost you a cent to come and hear the good music and mingle with the crowds, i Every seal In the house will he free. There will lie nobody at the door to take up a ticket, and there will be nobody there to charge you a dime for a reserved seat I’shers will Vie there to show you t SHOPPING i'«n tie mad your friends for 1914. by lending id magazine Good Fellow No. 2" appeared early Tuesday morning His letter and hi* dollar were awaiting the Christmas Editor when he got down to work. “Here’s mihe," he wrote. “Now' let the other hoys come along with theirs I'm not going home for Christmas, but I'm going to have a good Christmas be« huh- some kid will he playing around with a little red engine or some little girl will he crooning over a doll a nd 1 bought It ’’ It’s Fine for That Grouch. Now. there are without doubt hun- dreds of men who are developing that grom h the greatest grouch of them all that comes when they learn they can riot go homo for t'hrlstmAs. They think they’re going to have a had <’hristmas. with nothing hut a hotel dinner md a show to make up for the laugiher and Jove of the home. Ami they probably will unless they're “Good Fellows" Being a good fellow Is the best re< |p»> on the market right now for that grouch. 8eno your dollar to the Christmas Editor and wake up Christmas Da\ with Joy In jour heart, eat your hotel dinner or hoarding house dinner In peace and comfort, and go to the show In the afternoon and have a good time for you can do it if you have the knowledge that you’ve helped some little boy or girl. Incidontally, the Christmas Editor s&Us all who are dressing dolls to return them to The Georgian office, No. 20 East Alabama street, as soon as they can. The dolls must be boxed and prepared for dutribution, and there are only a few day* left till Christmas. And if you haven’t dressed a doll ye«—there are still a few more that the Christmas Editor will be glad to let you have. CURRENT OPINION a vital, up-to-date review .of the events of the month in all parts of the world, will mako an excellent gift for any gen tleman 13.00 a year; $2.50 if ordered with «>me other magazine. CURRENT OPINION With Amer $3 65 With Delineator With Everybody's With American Boy With McClure's With Metropolitan ••• With Collier's ... With World's Work . Each magazine can he to different addresses if <!<• sired, and we ,w ill announce your gift from'this office if requested Our new catalog is full of attractive clubs Phone or write for a copy. 3.65 3.75 3.35 3.65 3.65 4.25 4.35 sent BEVIL Subscription Ajj icy Equitable Building. Main 2841-J. Atlanta, Georgia. | the best seats in the house and the ! doors win be open an hour before the performance starts- and they w'ill | not have anything to sell. Young Leon MoConville. 12 years j old, who does things with the cor- ! net that stamp him as one of the ; coming musicians of the country, will ! play anything from grand opera to j ragtime. And the way that little hoy I can play those old favorites like “Coinin' Through the Rye" and “Auld i Lang Syne” with all the triple trlm- | mirig well, you’ll have to hear him to know how he does It. And then ihere’ll he Tv C. Barber .and Fred Wedemeyer and Jake Matthlessen. At- | lanta's most famous band leaders. They'll have musicians with them from i he American Federation of La bor. which accepted the invitation to play for the poor kiddies of Atlanta ; so quickly they'll always have a soft spot in the heart of the Christmas ; Editor. | And that’s not one-third of the list, hut the others are Just as good. So you rim see that it is a dead j open and shut proposition that this < oneert is going to he the best en- | tertalnment that the Christmas Edi tor has yet arranged. And a word must he said for the hoys who are responding most loy ally to tin* appeal of the “Good Fel low" in Monday’s Georgian, who ask- ! i-d that all the hoys break away from i the club stuff for one day and send ! the money they’ll save to the Christ- J mas Fund. The “Good Fellow" was ! talking to the men who make, fairly good and really good salaries, but who a re stranded in Atlanta without any home ties and with no place to find i the congeniality man desires except at ‘Wildcat’ Insurance Hit in $450,000 Suits The 138 policy-holders of the Amerl- ■ an Life and Annuity Company are to he sued by Insurance Commissioner \Y A. Wright for the total indebtedness of the defunct concern, which amounts to $450,000, Out of th’e assets the sum of $276 has been set aside for the cost of service of the suits. Most of the de fendants reside outside of Fulton County. Attorney Burton Smith is handling the prosecution, and he declares that each policy-holder fs responsible fur the entire amount of the indebtedness »f Cf.o 000. “The outcome <>f these suits will serve to rid Georgia of wildcat in surance companies,'' said Mr. Smith. Firm Under Fire to Expend Indebtedness NEW YOFfcK % Dec. 16 The Asset* Realization Comjmryv. whose* securities on the Stock Exchange have been under severe pressure, announced to-day it hud prepared the necessary legal papers to provide an extension of its indebted ness Practically all holders of obligations against the company have agreed to the extension and no difficulty is expected The concern Invests in th** holdings of defunct corporations. NEW SCHOOL OFFICIAL. DALTON, Dec 16 Dennis B. Barrett has been elected to the city school board to succeed II. L. Smith, resigned, also being made secretary and treasurer. has a Pullman to rim of tlvat worlcf won o'er, the Grant/ Canyon of Arizona, California offers those who love the sea a winter of delight. T on can fish for tuna, and cruise in a motor boat, or try surf-bathing. Superb resort hotels provide luxurious enter tainment. On your way to California see the Grand Can yon oi Arizona, a mile deep and painted like a sunset. The California Limited i- an all-steel Pullman train, exclusively for tint-class travel. Runs daily between Chicago, Kansas City, Los An geles, San Diego, Oakland and San Francisco, with Pullman f r Grand Canyon Fred Har vey dining-car meals are served Four other Santa Fe trains to California. Three run daily; these carry standard Pullmans, tourist sleepers and chai r cars; ail classes of tickets honored. The Santa Fe de-Luxe, between Chicago, Kansas City and Los Ange les runs once a week in winter America’s finest train—‘ extra fast, extra fine, extra fare.” The only railroad under one management through to California; double-tracked half way, safety block-signals “all the way.” Jno. P Carter. Sou Pass. Aft., 24 N. Pryor St.. Atlanta, Ga. Phone, Main 542. Remember ;he Panama Expositions at San Francisco and San Diego in 1915 ,4) “ / -rtWRW'.a. . ,^.1 _ It,* irr „ ■ ■ _ ^ I ^. A A. AJ.T\i.S l A VJ J .WJ 1VJI J Ai^ IX l j M O. 5— CHRISTMAS GIFT LETTERS MUST BE Ing, and in most cases I think that this desire is for something under the head of necessities. So I try to find out what it is that my wife most wants, and come as near to getting that for her as is possible. Atlanta, Ga. L G. C. IN BY THURSDAY By MARY LEA DAVIS All letters to he considered in this contest must he in my hands by Thursday None will he read after that date. The names of those who wrote “best" letters will he published as soon as possible after Thursday For several days the men have been writing to tell what they think is the best Christmas present a husband can give his wife. Home of the sugges tions an trerj good too It would seem that many of the married men readers of The Georgian have solved the gift-giving problem to their own satisfaction. Letters received from w'ornen read ers in the last few days show that the writers have been giving the sub ject of present-giving serious thought. They are answering the question splendidly. This was the offer I made; To the wife who writea the brut | short letter telling what in the ] most useful gift for a husband, one I $10 gold piece. Three awards of $5 eaeh will be given the ?rites whose tetters A HAND BAG. Miss Mary Lea Davis: To my mind, one of the best presents a man can give his wife Fhristma.s is a leather hand bag. It will last indefinitely, remind her of him every time she uses it, and he always of service to her. W T. P. JR. Wade. Fla. FOR A HUSBAND. Miss Mary Lea Davis: A check, large or small, to pay on the home, a card of pearl col lar buttons, a silk tie. tucked shirt, both the wife made, and The Georgian to read on his re turn home from work for a year, all paid for with the wife's earn ings during the year by doing some light work, with a card thanking him for his love and care during the year, would he a nice surprise Christmas present for her husband, with happy lit tle children, on Christmas morn. MRS. J. L. D Columbus. C»*. A VACUUM CLEANER. Mias Mary I^ea Davis. It should always he a hus band’s desire to lighten his wife's I heard a young mother talking to her little son about his teeth—tell ing him howimportant it is that the teeth be kept clean. “If you want to he a big. strong boy,” she said, “and then a big, strong man. you must have good teeth. Ami to keep your teeth sound you must remember now, while you are a little boy, to brush them twice every day.” The young mother told me that the youngster liked the taste of Ribbon Dental Cream and that this had helped her in inducing him to form the im portant daily habit Of eourse, she talked with him about it now and then to impress on him the great advantage to his health and comfort that comes with this daily care. “Then twice a year.” she added, “I have the dentist look him over." \bu too should use COLGATE’S RIBBON DENTBC CREAM r arc adjudged the next best. Also, / will award the same prizes to husbands who write brief letters outlining th» 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. 1/us bands who write the three next best letters will receive, ear h. a $5 gold piece for their thoroughness. Send your letters addressed to MANY LEA DAVIS, Editorial Department, The At lanta Georgian. Here are acme of the letters re ceived : A BANK ACCOUNT. Mia.< Mary Lea Davis: A few years after our marriage my husband was called to New York on special business and could not be with me for the holidays. Christ mas morning I received a special delivery letter from him, contain ing a cheek for $100 We were in very moderate circumstances and I fully appreciated the sacrifice such a generous gift meant to him. I determined to make it a blessing to both of us. and next day I put it in bank to draw interest. Having a bank account is an Incentive to save and I soon found myself mak ing edge cuts to save nickels and pennies, and added dolars every now and then to my bank account My husband gave me money on several anniversaries of our marriage and on my birthdays These were not large amounts, but I hurried them to bank. Five years later we moved Into our own little home and It was furnished with my bank account. Furnishing our home this way gave us such pleasure that to the couple in moderate circumstances I ad vise the gift of a hank book to wife from the husband, even if It can Onl> stand for a' small amount “Large trees from little acorns grow." MRS. N. H. Union, S C. PEN AND PAPER. Miss Mary I**a Davis. I would suggest that a fountain pen and a box of the very best sta tlonerv would be a very suitable Christmas present for hubby, also on® that would be useful and a con stant reminder of the giver. Lancaster, 8. 0. MRS. L. H. labor, even is she endeavors to make his home cheerful. A vacuum cleaner of a good grade would make the best Christmas present Nowadays there are vacuum cleaners on the market which are of good construction, yet reasonable in price L. E. A. FOR A WIFE. Miss Mary Lea Davis: According to my notion, the gift for Christmas must convey the Christinas spirit, and while it may be utilitarian, yet I think it sohiild convey that spirit, be some thing that will gratify what the giver knows to be an urgent long- SUPPLY OF LITHIA WATER. Miss Mary Lea Davis: One month’s supply of lithia water w'ill he more appreciated by him. as I do expect to be able to procure it for him. MRS. FRED H. Atlanta, Ga. A PAIR OF GLASSES. Miss Mary Lea Davis I think the best present a xyife could give her husband would he love and best wishes and make a vow on that holy day to keep them. I also think a pair of glasses would be nice for those that need them. MRS. J. B. S. Barnesville, Ga. A WATCH CHAIN. Miss Mary Lea Davis: We are going to give daddy a watch chain for his Christmas, made of an old gold chain inter linked with our little girl’s curls, the cost of which will he but a unit to its intrinsic value and use M AND B. Atlanta, Ga. A READING LAMP. Miss Mary T>ea Davis: I have solved my Christmas problem by giving my husband books fine of the most useful and the one he enjoys every night is a reading lamp. I could not give him anything that he would appreciate more. Hoping this will help someone as it has me, I remain, MRS. B. W. Palmetto, Ga. SPIRIT OF THE GIFT. Miss Mary Lea Davis: Christmas giving is both memo rial and practical. Memorial of the Great Gift which made the llrst Christmas day one of joy and life, and practical because it offers the opportunity to give. Surely of ail the graces giving is the greatest. Giving lifts us out of self and places us closer to our fellow. Likewise, it is good to receive a gift anil the response reaches out like ripples on placid water and touches other hearts with its bless ings. For a wife from a husband 1 can see nothing so suitable to ex press the sentiment or spirit of the occasion as a gift Bible or Testa inent, and likewise should the wife give her husband the same dear Book. It is not so much the gift, however, as It Is the spirit of the gift. G. L. Tucker, Ga. GIFTS OF LOVE. Miss Mary Lea Davis: We are apt to place entirely too great an emphasis upon what money will do at Christmas. Give yourself, your love, the tender touch that was hers in courting days. (Jive love* gifts, encourage ment. sympathy. Tell her she Is all the world to you. A. WIFE. Cuthbert, Ga. ONLY ONE "Bromo Quinine**that in Laxative firomo Qninim Cures a Cold in 1 Day, Grip in 2 Days on box 25c The Undermuslin Section Overflows With Delectable Gifts for Women Not the staid, prosaic garments which the word undermus- .But the indescribable, “precious,” lins suggest. My, no feminine things ttiat women “.just adore.” Prettily fashioned from soft, clinging crepes, and lavishly adorned with laces, rosettes and ribbon hows, and all such as make for delightfully dainty gift creations. So in your round of Christmas shopping to-morrow, or any day, stop off at the Third Floor and see these exquisite garments, just waiting for you to choose them, to he tucked into pretty boxes and go to delight the heart of a friend. Any One of These Is Sure of Welcome: PINK AND BLUE COMBINATIONS of fine, soft, cotton crepe, the yoke is formed of very dainty Van Dyke-point lace, beading run with ribbon; the drawers are prettily trimmed with lace bands and edge; the most fascinating garments, priced at $3.50 Suit. ‘■TEDDY BEAR” COMBINATIONS of soft seco silk- plain or figured; beautifully trimmed and priced at $2.50 each. OTHER TEDDY BEAR ' COMBINATIONS, made of soft nainsook, trimmed with pretty laces and ribbons; $1.00 each. DRAWERS—Knickerbocker or straight-leg style, all so charmingly fashioned, and so many to select from. These are particularly “gifty,” and are priced at $1.00 pair. DAINTY, WHITE LINGERIE PETTICOATS, straight line, with scalloped flounces, some embroidery, others with lace trimming. They are adorably fashioned and are only $1.00 each. PARTICULARLY PRETTY GIFT CORSET COVERS, new styles and a most pleasing assortment to select from, are priced at 50c and $1.00 each. ADORABLE NIGHT GOWNS—ideal for gifts—are made of pink or blue seco silk, some chemise style with nar row embroidery beading, ribbon run; others are empire style with yoke formed of lace bands, finished with pretty- lace edge. These are $1.00 eaeh. Lovely $3.50 Gowns Are Priced at $2.98 Exquisitely dainty are these Gowns; some have yoke and kimono sleeves formed entirely of sheer, shadow lace, wide bands of ribbon and artistic bows and rosettes as a charm ing finish. There are at least a dozen styles to select from. Boudoir Caps and Camisoles Perhaps these have not occurred to you. They are dainty, pretty affairs that every woman likes. Boudoir Caps are here in various fascinating styles and at all prices—50c, 75c, $1.00 to $10. Camisoles (corset covers) prettily fashioned of laces or of crepe de chine and ribbons; $2.00 and up. Did You Get This Offer? For a short time only- we are offering a Wizard Triangle Pol ish Mop and a quart can of Wiz ard Polish—all for $1.50. Reg ular combination price $2.50. You save $1 by acting NOW. Wizard Triangle Pol ish Mop ‘ The Mop That Gets-in-the Corners” is the mop with the truly scientific principle. Its triangle shape makes the clean ing of corners just as easy and effective as the cleaning of the center of t^e floor. The Wizard Polish with which MOP is treated adds a luster and richness to your floors with out leaving them oily or slippery. Handle reaches everywhere. No stooping, kneeling or back ache. Wizard Polish is more than a furniture polish. Restores the beauty to finest fin ishes as you dust with it. Cheap enough to use on floors. No shaking. No sediment to mar. Downstairs Section. Comfort for Children Bath Robes Blanket and eiderdown Robes in pretty, rich, warm colors—light and dark shades, plain or figured effects; till fresh and new. At several prices —from $2 to $7.50. A Certain Group of Good Bath Robes at Half Price Oozy garments for little folks to snuggle into at night and morning to keep off the chill. There are Beacon blanket Robes and eiderdown Robes, an assortment of colors. These Robes arc soiled—they are thoroughly washable and hence highly desirable when they may be had at half price. 1 QO For Children’s $2.50 and $2. 75 Sweaters All-Wool Coat Sweaters, reds, grays, brown and navy, they have sailor collar of contrasting color; jaunty, pretty garments; 6 to 12-vear sizes. Pajamas That Would Make a Small Boy Happy They are made of warm, fleecy outing flannel with nursery designs particularly- pleasing to a small boy. Priced at $1.00 suit. Beaded Bags Half Price Every beaded bag in stock to be sold at exactly- half price. Bags that were $3.00 to $12.50, now $1.50 to $6.25. Sale of Fitted Sewing Baskets $1.00 Sewing Baskets, 75c. $1.50 Sewing Baskets, $1.00. $2.25 Sewing Baskets, $1.50. $4.00 Sewing Baskets, $2.75. $5.00 Sewing Baskets, $3.50. Sale of Baskets HALF PRICE In the China Department, Downstairs Section. Fruit, Sandwich and Flower Baskets: $1.50 Baskets, 75c. $2.00 Baskets, $1.00. $2.50 Baskets. $1.25. $3.00 Baskets, $1.50. And all higher priced baskets exactly half what they are marked. mr