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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS,
MiSS BAIN TO TEACH GEORGIAN
READERS NEW POPULAR DANCES
Theo. Sutro Din*»d in Leipsig.
Meeting Asks Reichstag to
Consent to Exhibit.
Special Cable to The Georgian.
REIPSIG, Dec. 17.—A large meet
ing: was held here to-day, attended
by prominent manufacturers, mer
chants, public officials and men ct
learning, who discussed the question
of German participation In the San
Francisco Exposition. Theodore Su
tro. editor of Hearst » New York Ger
man Journal, was guest of honor, and
made a speech, which was received
with much enthusiasm,
A lively debate followed. In which
the private counselor of the Imperial
court, Dr. Karl S. Ramprecht, and
Professor Dr. Herman Paapche, first
vice president of the Reichstag, took
part. Nearly all the speakers eevere-
h criticised the attitude of the Ger
man Ministers, and resolutions were
passed asking the Reichstag not to
retreat, hut to give Its consent to -in
official participation when the mat: -r
comes up in the January session.
The meeting was followed by a din
ner in honor of Mr. Sutro, given by
Professor Dr. Ramprecht and Impe
rial Counselor Hof rat Weber, where
enthusiastic cheering was aroused by
the reading of a dispatch from Tim
New York Journal announcing that
this paper would publish a special
Washington edition, In which Con
gress and the American publishers
would be asked to exhibit at the Reip-
sig Exhibition of Graphic Arts next
y ea r
Mrs, Pankhurst, Ill
From Hunger Strike,
Wins Release Again
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
liONDON, Dec. 17.—Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst. who was rearrested last
Saturday under the “cat and mouse"
law, was released from Holloway Jail
to-day.
The famous militant lender had re
fused to take any nourishment since
she was Incarcerated. She was in a
state of collapse when the Horne Of
fice ordered her release
Mrs Pankhurst is still serving the
three years’ sentence imposed on her
last April for inciting suffragettes to
dynamite Chancellor David Rloyd-
George s home
Senator Bailey to
Retire From Track
FI TO QUIT
ROriSVIRRE, KY . T>c 17. For
mer I'nlted States Senator Joseph W.
<•( Texas, has sold for $'40,000
his Fatrland Stock farm of 400 n<rr*.
near Rexlngton. which he bought a few
>ears ago
He will retire from the trotting horse
business
MOVING
PICTURE
shows
THE MONTGOMERY
Thursday.
Three first run feature*.
"Lee's Hawaiian Trio.”
ALAMO NO 1.
"A Son of His Father,’’ epecla
In two parts.
"Until the Sea," Sellg dram*.
ALAMO NO. 2
Thursday. *
"Just Across the Street,** featur
ing Marlon Leonard.
"A Leaf In the Storm," In three
reels
VAUDETTE
Thursday.
"The Curse," two-reel Oomlrto,
a wonderful Puritan picture of In
tense Interest.
THE ELITE
• Thursday.
•‘Out of His Class " Frontier.
"The White Squaw." two-reel
Western play.
"A Pair of Bears/' Joker-comedy
ALCAZAR THEATER
To-day.
"Bewitched Matches." Universal
(comic).
•‘When Cupid Won," Universal
(drama).
SAVOY THEATER
To-day.
"In His Own Blood,’* two-reel
Umyersa*.
c&)
Miss Donna
Bain and her
dancing part
ner, Donald
Crane, giving
demonstration
of "The
Skating
Glide, ’' which
has captivated
Society.
O#
At Request of Secretary Daniels,
Admiral Will Resign to Save
Punishment.
WASHINGTON. Dec 17 To save
themselves from being demoted or
from loss of numbers in rank, it is ex
pected Brigadier General FYank McIn
tyre, U. S. A.; Major General James
B. Aleshire. T T . S. A., and Rear Ad
miral Thomas B. Howard. U. S. N..
will resign from the Military Order of
the Carabao.
These officers were requested by
Secretary of War Garrison to explain
the events of the Carabao banquet
last Thursday night a-s the ranking
officers of the order. Admiral How
ard has been requested by Secretary
of the Navy Daniels not to accept the
presidency of the order to which he
has been elected It is certain that
Admiral Howard will send In his res
ignation as an officer In the society,
and it Is understood he aiso will sever
his connection entirely. The request
coming from Secretary Daniels la re
garded by Rear Admiral Howard as
an order from his superior officer and
one with which he must comply or be
prepared to accept punishment in the
form of reduction In his grade.
Generals Aleshire and McIntyre
have not been "requested" by Secre
tary Garrison to resign from the or
der. and. will not do so until it is
made evident that such action would
be pleasing to the Secretary.
Dr. Hilaries M. Heller, secretary of
the order, stated to-day that thus far
he had not received any resignations
from either army or navy officials who
are members of the order. He inti
mated strongly, however, that he be
lieves some may be received because
of the hostile altitude taken by Pres
ident Wilson and members of the Cab
inet against the order's burlesque of
Thursday.
Georgia to War on
Weevil Next Month
Pretty Atlanta Girl Enlists to
Write Lessons for Beginners.
Bars Turkey Trot.
Miss Donna Bain, beautiful Atlan
ta girl who has returned to her na
tive* city to teach Atlanta society
how to dance, after speruling several
years In New York and Europe, will
tell the readers of The Georgian how
to dance tho modern damn s that have
invaded the ballrooms of the social
elect.
Beginning Thursday afternoon Miss
Bain will write for The Georgian an
article on a different dance each day.
giving instructions as minute as are
necessary for the beginner for danc
ing the popular dances of the day.
She will write of the hesitation
waltz, the tango, the Maxixe, tin- one-
step. and nil of the others- with the
exception of the turkey trot. She
bars that strange freak from her
repertoire, charactprizing it as out
landish and a product of the slums of
San Francisco.
Miss Bain's articles will be illus
trated with poses l.»y herself and Don
ald Crane, her dancing partner, in
the different positions of the dance.
Miss Bain’s ability to teach dancing
is unquestioned. She lias spent the
past six or eight years studying un
der the best dancing masters of
Europe and America, and lias in her
repertoire a number of beautiful clas
sical anil interpretative dances as
well as the ballroom dances.
With Mr. Crane she is demonstrat
ing' her dances at the Piedmont Driv
ing Club, and her classes tire largely
attended by society folk, who wel
come the opportunity to learn the
tango and the hesitation and the oth
ers from a real mistress of the dance.
Footpad Beats and
Robs Atlanta Man
BIRMINGHAM. Dec. 17.— R. C.
Bradbury, of Atlanta, a traveling
man. has a bruised head this morn
ing as a result of being he'd up, beat
en and robbed by a negro last ntgV.
on Second avenue and Twenty-sixth
street near the Terminal Station.
Bradbury was robbed of a watch
and $10.
REBEKAH BAZAAR.
Piedmont Rebekah lauige will hold
a bazaar at Nos. 92-94 North Foi-
pvth street on December is, 19 and
20. Many useful handmade articles
suitably for Christmas presents wiil
be on | ale.
Judge Sentences
Preacher to Six
Months on Roads
ROME, Dec. 17 "I wish 1 could say
to you like the Bible of old, *Go and
sin no more,’ but is my duty to give
you a severe sentence, and you must
serve six months on the chain gang
without the alternative of a tine," said
Judge John H. Reece, in Floyd City
I’ourt to-day. in passing sentence upon
the Rev. James A. Thacker, congrega
tional Methodist minister found guilty
yesterday of improper conduct with
Miss Emma Hughes, a pretty young
women. 25 years old, who came here
recently from Cincinnati.
Thacker received the verdict without
emotion, and was taken to jail, where
he will remain until he can give $301
bond, pending the hearing of a motion
for a new trial, which his attorneys
tiled to-day.
Schoolboy Fatally
Shot by Companion
CHATTANOOGA. Dec. 17. James
Cate, 14-year-old son of John Cate,
of Tasso. Tenn., was accidentally shot
and fatally wounded while he was on
his way to school with Oviat Raw-
son.
The boys had a rifle and were
shooting at objects along the road,
when in some unexplained way Cate
was shot through the head.
United Cigar Firm
To Improve Corner
Extensive alterations in The prop- j
erty at* the corner of Auburn avenue
and Peachtree street will be ma le !
January 1 by the United Cigar Store- |
Company, which has just closed u|
renewal of its lease with the Grant
Investment Company.
Besides the store on the corner 1
several others will be opened in the
building to from on Auburn avenue
^Neck Out of Place,
Girl Saved by Doctor
EWING, •NEBR . Dec. 17.-While
While being assisted downstairs she
etollapsed. A physician relieved her by
putting her neck bacK in position,
dressing. Miss Lena Gafferty suddenly
turned her head Her Jaw cracked and
her ni-d was thrown out of joint.
Scientific war on the boll weevil was
planned at a conference In State Agri
cultural Commissioner Price's office
Tuesday. It was decided that January
should be "boll weevil month" and that
the fight should be concentrated along
the southwestern border of Georgia.
Those present were Commissioner
Price. C. D. McKinney, secretary of the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce. Dr. A.
M. Soule, president of the State Cham
ber of Commerce; Professor E. C. Bran
son, of the State Normal; J. Phil Camp
bell. leader of the Georgia Corn Club
movement; E. Lee Worsham, State En
tomologist, and Marvin V. Calvin, sec
retary of the State Agricultural So
ciety.
Battleship Vermont
Is Entirely Disabled
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—The- battle
ship Vermont, which was crippled last
week by the breaking of a shaft while
the vessel was returning from the Medi
terranean cruise, has been disabled and
is being towed to Norfolk, Va., by the
Delaware.
It was found that the repairs could
not be completely made except at the
Navy Yard and the dreadnought was
taken In tow.
Diphtheria and Rats
Imperil 1,300 Insane
PROVIDENCE, Dec. 17.—Diptherla is
epidemic- at the State Insane Hospital
at Cranata. Twenty patients are in
the pesthouse.
The institution is so overrun with
rats that the lives of its 1.3(10 inmates
are endangered, according to reveia*
tions made here.
WITH HIM IN MIND
you ought to buy your
holiday gifts in a men’s
shop, where men’s likes
and dislikes are stud
ied and known. We
GUARANTEE that he
will be satisfied. Neck
wear that pleases at
popular prices.
50c to $2.00.
Wilson Sees Callers; For Men
Grippe Attack Past |
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.—President
Wilson has practically recovered from
his recent attack of the grippe and to
day was able to take up his work again. J
James Speyer, a New York banker I
was the first caller of the day. Rater I
rate cases with him.
. 12 WHITEHALL STREET.
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Co.
The Most Important Announcement
This Store for To-morrow Is
in
A Sale of Suits, Dresses,
Furs and Coats at
1-2
AND
LESS
A Sale unprecedented in the history of our store, this early in
the season.
Suits at Half and Less
Dresses at Half and Less
Coats at Half and Less
Furs at Half and Less
A great number of these are fresh from the makers, and full of the
mostwdvanced style ideas. Welcome arrivals for the coming holiday festivi
ties.
Thrice welcome—the opportunity for buying at the prices we have put
upon them for to-morrow.
But---
The pricing alone suffices to tell you that the occasion is a most unusual one
and that you want to be “among those present” as soon as possible after 8 o’clock
to-morrow morning.
For Instance:
$25 and $30 Suits at $15
Every Suit over $35 at Exactly
Half-Price (excepting Wooltex)
$40 to $65 Wooltex Suits
at $25
$17.50 to $30 Dresses at $10
$20 and $22.50 Coats at $10
$25 Coats at $12.50
FURS—Narobia Lvnx and
Narobia Kit—Beautiful Neck
pieces and Muffs—
$10.00 Pieces at $5.00
$15.00 Pieces at $7.50
$20.00 Pieces at ... .$10.00
$25.00 Pieces at ... .$12.50
Pretty Linens for the
Home Where You Are
a Welcome Guest
When pondering over a gift, for a Woman,
if she is a housekeeper just remember she can
never have too many linens.
Here Are Some Gift
Linens at Special Prices
Table Damask Specials.
Extra fine, Irish Satin Damask, full bleach
ed, also a genuine silver bleached, in full as
sortment of choice patterns; 72 inches wide;
$1.00 yard.
50c Towels at 39c Each.
Very fine quality bird’s-eye huck Towels,
hemstitched hems with effective design and
space for monogram.
Madeira Scarfs are lower priced—they
have scalloped edges and are prettily em
broidered in eyelet designs. Note this pric
ing for to-morrow:
$.289 Scarfs at $2.35—18x45 inch
size.
$3.00 Scarfs at $2.50—18x45 inch
size.
$3.00 Scarfs at $2.50—18x36-inch
size.
Regular $2, $2.50, $3, $3.50 Scarfs,
at $1.85, $2.15, $2.50, $2.95.
Battenberg Bureau Scarfs, 20x54-inch
size; priced here regularly at $2.00 and $2.25,
for this sale at $1.50 each.
There Is Always a Warm
Welcome for Eiderdown Quilts
To-morrow You May Buy
$6.00 Down-filled Quilts at $4.95—size
6x7 feet.
Other Down Quilts with beautiful covers,
fancy designs, with heavy floral border; size
6x7 feet, priced at $8.50 each.
Christmas Hose in
Gift Boxes
One can never make a mis
take in sending Hose as a gift.
Here are some especially
pleasing kinds boxed prettily
and just ready to go.
FOR WOMEN:
"Gordon” black Silk Hose, heavy,
good quality; one pair in box; $1.50 box.
Boxes with one pair black Silk Hose;
lisle top and sole; $1.00 box.
Boxes containing three pairs "Gordon”
• #
Hose—medium weight cotton ; double hem
top, high spliced heel; $1.00 box.
"Bound Ticket” Hose—six pairs in
box—black silk lisle; $1.50 box.
THESE FOR MEN:
Boxes containing one pair black Sill
Half Hose; $1.00 box.
Boxes with two pairs "Gordon” Silk
Half Hose ; $1.00 box.
Other boxes containing three pairs
"Gordon” Silk Hose; $1.00 box.
"Round Ticket” Hose for men—four
pairs in box; black or assorted colors;
$1.00 box.
Just Full of Good Gift Suggestions---
The Downstairs Section
Here Are a Few
Specials for To
morrow
A large assortment of
andkerchiefs for wo-
en and children at 5c
Pretty Petticoats
at 98c
Sateen top with a prettily
fashioned flounce of messa-
line; various popular colors;
green, blues, black, cerfse,
etc.
50c Is the Price of New
Outing Gowns for
Women
Garments o f
value, well made,
heavy outing.
splendid
of good,
7 l-2c Yard for 10c
Outing Flannels
Light, dainty colors
sleeping garments.
for
This Special News
from the Doll Store
. To-morrow you may
buy large, beautiful,
jointed Dolls—22 inches
high—with pretty, curly
wigs that can be comb,
ed; eyes that sleep—real
eyelashes, lifelike ex
pression ; blogdes and
brunettes; they have on
pretty slippers and
stockings — and are
priced at 98c each.
$2.00 Dolls at $1.50
24 inch size; fine,
jointed Dolls, very life
like — blondes, b r u
nettes.
Men s Gift Ties—
One in Box for 25c
Silk four-in-hand Ties in
an assortment of pleasing
colors. Each Tie in a gift
box—25c each.
Children’s Sleeping
garments at 25c. Made
of good outing flannel
—2 to 6-year sizes.
Sheets and Pillow
Cases
42x36 inch Pillow
Cases at 10c each,
Thursday.
• 72x90-inch sheets,
with seam in center,
at 30c each. Excellent
value at this price.