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CHRISTMAS GIFT
CONTEST ENDED;
JUDGES AT WORK
By MARY LEA DAVIS
Well, Thursdas niHrks ihe end of
the Christmas Rift sURRestlon eon-
teat. No letters received after this
dav will he considered 1 hope to an
nounce the successful writers not
later than Saturday
I have received hundreds upon hun
dreds of letters and I have read every
one of them with pleasure am: in!f * r ~
rat. Lack of spa'** prevented tne
publication <»f all received
If the readers of The Georgian have
read the communications that wor**
printed 1 am nure they *e< ur- 1 a
good many >eallv excellent idea* *
<eming the vexing problem of pre
ent selection.
The «lmple question which I P r< >*
I>ounded at the outset was ******
the best Christmas gift for ;» husbnn
to give hi« wife, and what Is the )**■
for a wife to give her husband
I was greatly Interested In the v>a\
many of my readers answered the
<4 u eat Ion I fear that not a few nai
ra t her broad ideas concerning tne
matter, and 1 am certain that If they
carry out their plans as outlined to
me In their letters -husband (or wire,
<ut the caae may be) will have the
grandest Christmas ever experienced.
Here are some of the letters re
ceived :
FOR REAL COMFORT.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
My husband's business renuires
him to work very hard and stand
on his feet a great deal. He Is
eerv tired at night 1 am going
to give him a lounging robe and
a pair of house slippers for his
comfort and Christmas present
MRS. C. E
Atlanta, Ga.
WORK BOX OF TOOLS.
Mins Mary Lea Davis
My husband has aklll and Is
handy around the house If any
thing from the waterworks to the
sewing machine should by chance
refuse to work, he Is eager to
master the situation, and truly
delights In it, so I shall give him
a large box Riled with useful
tools MRfi J, R. H
Conyers, Ga.
FOR A HUSBAND.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
I am going to get one dozen
MOVING
PICTURE
SHOWS
THE MONTGOMERY
Friday.
“I Hear Them Calling Me,” a
Sellg animal drama that will In-
terest young and old alike.
The Hawaiian Trio la still pleas
ing the crowds.
ALAMO NO 1.
Friday.
“The Stigma,” a two-reel Es
sanay drama that Is filled with
heart-throbs Francis Buckman
appears In the leading roe.
EDDIE CLARKE is still there.
ALAMO NO. 2
Friday.
“Within the Enemy’s Lines,” an
Edison drama that wll hold you.
“Banty Tim," a Lubin drama
filled with Interest.
The Monarch Comedy Four.
VAUDETTE
Friday.
“Jack and the Beanstalk.” a two-
reel Thanhauser that will delight
the little folks. It is a real feature,
ana if your child fails to see it
there will be an opportunity
missed.
The Stelnway Four.
THE ELITE
F riday.
“The Dread Inheritance.” a
great feature Universal with J.
Warren Kerrigan In the title role
Thi* picture should be seen by
every person In Atlanta.
ALCAZAfe THEATER
Today.
An Hour Before Dawn.” This
great play by the Famous Players
is a female detective story that
has ?ew if any equals. It is a real
feature.
SAVOY THEATER
To-day.
The Were Wolf,” a Bison fea
ture of life in the West that will
delight you. You can’t afford to
miss this picture.
collars, on» tic and a stickpin and
preant them in > pretty collar
box made front a plain collar
box covered in velvet
MRS. H C. T.
Waycrow. On
A 10 POUND BOY.
m Hary Lea 1 »*\ I *
I think the ncHi appreciated
anil glorious Christmas gift to
rm husband would be a fine ten-
pound bouncing babj boy. That
would be acceptable by us both.
MRS R. A S
Newnan, Ga.
TOOTH BRUSH AND PASTE.
MIap Mary Lea Da via
Of all the many useful gift*
from a wife to a husband I would
suggest a nice tooth brush and
a tube of tooth paste. It is not
only useful as to cleaning and
preserving the teeth, but purifies
:h* breath and adds to good
health. MBS. W. 8. H.
Atlanta, Ga.
SUIT OF CLOTHES.
Mins Mary Lea Davis:
I should think that the most
useful Christmas gift that a wife
could give to her husband would
be a nice suit of clothes
MBS. M M.
Ijawrenceville, Ga.
A PAIR OF GLOVES.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
A nice pair of gloves will please
husband as a Christmas gift.
MBS. W K H
Atlanta, Ga.
A BABY GIFT.
Miss Mary Lea Davis.
To one I love—and love him
still—
The best and useful gift—su
perb—
No price too great to make his
heart thrill
Is a real, live, laughing baby
girl. MBS. 8. S
Marietta, Ga.
SECRET ORDER PIN.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
My suggestion for husband's
Christmas gift would he a secret
order pin or ring suitable to the
wearer, of whatever order to
to home. But most of all I think
most men love their lodges next
to come. But most of all 1 think
that good old-fashioned dinner,
with turkey and cranberry sauce,
with something to make him feel
younger, with his wife and moth
er, would be better than any oth
er. MRS. N. B. C.
Southport, Fla.
A SHAVING MIRROR.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
Since It has been a long dis
puted question as to which is the
mightiest, the pen or the sword, I
would suggest that a fountain pen
would be a very useful gift to a
husband, with this admonition
attached: When to write, to
whom and where, and last
of all to be very careful
about what he signs. Other use
ful gifts are a shaving mirror
and a few shoe strings.
MBS. M. M.
Atlanta, Ga.
SHAVING OUTFIT. *
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
A nice gift for my husband, and
one that will also be a good be
ginning in economy, would be a
shaving stand with mirror, mug
and brush, also a good razor.
MBS. B. K
Atlanta, Ga.
A SUBSCRIPTION.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
1 shall give my wife a life
time subscription to The Georgian
and Sunday American, with a re
newal for posterity. J. L B.
Talbot ton, Ga.
A PAIR OF SHOES.
Miss Mary l-ea Davis:
The best present 1 can give my
husband for Christmas is a pair
of shoes of standard make.
Way cross, Ga. MBS. D. F.
A LOUNGING ROBE.
Miss Mary Lea Davis.
As a gift from wife to husband
1 suggest a nice lounging robe
made by your own hands, and
easy slippers. MBS. D. E.
Cordele, Ga.
GIVE HIM HIS WAY.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
Give him his way.
MRS. E. E.
irwinton. Oft.
A KITCHEN CABINET.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The most useful present a hus
band can give his wife Is a kitch
en cabinet and nice bed linen.
Quitman, Ga O. M. A
PAID-UP SUBSCRIPTION.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
Every husband wants a paper
each day in the year It Is not
only a pleasure, but essential to
his existence. It Is a wife's pleas
ure for her husband to read ele
vating literature. It follows that
the most appropriate gift to a
husband would be a paid-up sub
scription to The Georgian, ac
cording to her ability—for a year,
or. better still, for a lifetime.
Albany. Ga. MBS. E. K.. JB
OVERCOAT AND GLOVES.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
I think the most useful present
a wife could give her husband is a
nice warm overcoat and a pair
of gloves. MBS. O. M, A.
Quitman. Ga.
A WATCH CHARM.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
What could be a more appro-
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THE GEM VACUUM CLEANER
A REAL XMAS GIFT ,
Eliminates the Vse of Broom, Dust-Pan and
All the Drudgery of Housekeeping
No Cleaner does better work;
none gives longer service
Phone call will bring demonstrator.
The Ozias National Selling Corporation
SOS-607 Empire Life Building
Phone Ivy 8239
$7.50
priate gift that a wife could give
her husband than the $10 gold-
piece offered by The Georgian
made into a watch charm and
kept as a gift to be proud of In
the years to come as a testimonial
of that g/»*at leper's generosity
in Its readers In the year 1913?
It would be a gift that would be
valuable and sentimental at the
U me time MBS B. E. C
Suvannan, Ga.
SOMETHING HE NEEDS.
Miss Mary I>*a Davis:
Jf we give our husbands se
rious loving thought day after
day we learn his taste and his
necessities (and d practical man
generally appreciates something
he needs and can use), and he
can not but see how we have
let his interest be our interest
throughout the year Instead of
waiting until Christmas and hav
ing our brain thoroughly racked
on account of our thought of him,
aid then maybe buy whaf some
other woman bought her hus
band. I enjoy making the money
which I intend spending for this
gift, then present it with all love, .
feeling that, if possible, it will
be appreciated ail the more.
MBS. B. L, C.
Reynolds, Ga.
A CAMERA FOR HIM.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
I think a nice present would be
a kodak, which I know my hus
band would appreciate, for there
Is nothing he likes better than
taking a stroll taking pictures on
a pretty day, and I hope Christ
mas will be a pretty day for
him and I to to make some pic
tures of ourselves and baby boy.
MRS. D. H. M.
Tallahassee, Fla.
A USEFUL ARTICLE.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The best Christmas gift from a
wife to hubby is some simple, in
expensive yet useful article one
that costs the wife loving labor.
Anything made with her own
hands is more appreciated than
anything else. A little cover for
sheets of tissue paper fo be hung
near the dresser for him to use
when shaving is what I plan.
Take two pieces of silk or satin,
one a dark and one a light shade,
each of them to be about sixteen
inches long and six inches wide.
Turn edges under and neatly
briar stitch all around— the out
side will be the darker. But be
fore they are put together work
his initials near one end of the
dark piece and about five or six
inches from the other end of
same piece work a small bunch
of daisies and under it these
words: ‘‘Save the dimes.” After
they are briar stitched together,
work some eyelets near the cen
ter to run ribbon through to hold
the paper. (Jet about 75 sheets
of nice tissue paper (half white
and half blue) seven and a half
Inches long and six inches wide,
and fasten them in cover with
pretty little ribbon, tying a fluf
fy bow, leave a loop five or six
inches to hang by. When these
sheets are used you can replace
them, and they are so handy. ’
MBS. M. H.
Anniston, Ala.
FOR TIRED FEET.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
As my husband works hard and
is on his feet a great deal dur
ing the day, 1 think the most sen
sible present l could give him
would be a pair of crocheted bed
room slippers to rest his tired
and aching feet at nights. And
also a real nice Christmas dinner
and a kind and loving wife.
MRS. P. L. S.
Hazlehurst, Ga.
A SET OF FURS.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
My Idea of a gift to a wife is
to give her something that is ser
viceable, at the same time some
thing that she wants-—a real nice
set of furs—-and an abundant
supply of table linen I think
would be very appreciated.
JOE S.
Atlanta, Ga.
PLANNED FOR HIM.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
My husband's birthday comes
on Christmas day, and because of
the activities and merrymaking
of the Yuletide season the occa
sion scarcely ever is one of im
portance. Sometimes it Is over
looked aJltogether. This year my
Christmas dinner shall he in the
form of a birthday dinner for
him. with all the things he likes
best to eat. I shall invite those
GIFT SPECTACLES
For father and mother. Solid gold,
In a beautiful irift case. A K.
Hawk es Co., Opticians, 14 Whltehnl’.
among his relatives whom he
likea most, and make It a sur
prise to both him nd them. Dur
ing the past year I have made «
note of each small article for
vhich I have heard him v,.<h
and 1 Shall wrap each in a small
package and fill a sock with
them Ho will realize that 1 have
..-iven care, thought and tine "
making Christmas pleasant for
him. and will appreciate It »
cordingly MRS. T. M. O
Atlanta. Oa.
BOX OF HANDKERCHIEFS
Miss Mary Lata Davis:
I think the most useful v in
for the husband is something we
know they need. A nice bo' or
handkerchiefs, cuff links, glow's,
ties or shirts, or something they
can use every day. Hut if we
give them presents let it he be
cause we love and appre> mte
them, and not Just for tie sake
of saying. "I gave my husband a
nice Christmas present."
MRS. E. B.
East Point, Ga.
WATCH AND FOB
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
Presents should always he given
In proportion to means As a
gift for husband would suggest
a watch and fob or chain Such
a gift is useful, and nothing will
so often remind Jiim of the don
or. Would always accompany
gift for 1 my husband with appro
priate bit of verse carrying note
of affection. MRS. M. S.
Thomson, Ga.
SILVERWARE.
Miss Mary l.ea Davis
I would suggest a set of table
silverware. I think that would
be a very useful and appropriate
present for a man to give his
wife. T. C. B.
College Park, Ga.
LABOR-SAVING DEVICE.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The most useful gift for a wife
would be a "labor-saving device,'
which would reduce her work at
home. YV. V..
Atlanta, Ga.
HER WAY.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The best gift from husband to
Government
Ownership
of Phone
Lines
is admittedly NOT the
best method of hand
ling the situation in the
United States.
Competition admit
tedly IS the best
method.
The appeal for gov
ernment owner ship
comes from communi
ties which have suffer
ed from the elimination
of competition.
Atlanta, more fortu
nate than other cities,
is enjoying healthy
competition with the
low rates and good
service it brings.
ATLANTA
TELEPHONE
&
TELEGRAPH
COMPANY
wife is to give her her way.
Menlo, Ga. W. S. S
SURPRISE MONEY.
Miss Mary Lea Davis
Surprise money, wived through
"•onomy, together with a sincere
manifestation of appreciation
that your husband is spared to
you, is the most suitable gift (
think a wife can give.
Butler, Ga. MRS. E. G
A HUNTING COAT.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
My husband Is very fond of
hunting, and as his coat i» wear
ing out, I have decided to pur
chase four yards of brown duck,
rip up the old coat, which 1
shall use for a pattern, and make
a new one having larger pock
ets for game. This will cost 45
cents, includinr buttons, as the
ones on tne wornout coat will be
used. Next a package of dia-
■ ATLANTA'S BUSV
FORSYTH
EDWIN STEPHENS,'
Assisted by Tina Mar
shall.
Florenze Tempest.
Car Eugene Troupe.
Nel| McKinley.
Kaufman Bros,
and others.
Theater.
Daily Mai. 2:30
Ereninfs at 8 30
Make Reset-
vations Now
for Xmas Week
mond dye will be used to dye
brown a white vest .he has worn
several seasons. On the front of
this I will stitch shell pockets,
using brow n straps left from the
coat. This present will cost 10
cents I am also crocheting a
pair of bedroom slippers for h's
tired feet, at the cost of about 60
cents; making $1.15 for three
presents. MRS. F.
Devereux. Ga.
A SIMPLE PRESENT.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The best gift for a husband
will be a happy, smiling face to
greet him on Christmas morning.
Make the day a jolly one, with
the privilege of smoking any
where in the house, and have
some friends for dinner. Just
give any stmple present appropri
ate to one's means—anything
from a tie to an automobile will
do. If it expresses love and ap
preciation, "hubby" will be
pleased. MRS. G. F. G.
Vidalia, Ga.
CONTESTS RIVAL'S ELECTION.
DALTON. Dec. 18.—The right of
THE ELLERY BAND
AUDITORIUM
Grand Farewell Concert
To-night
Coronation March From
“The Prophet”
“Traviata” Selections
Finale from
“La Gioconda”
POPULAR PRICES
General Admission 50c, Gallery 25c.
.veek LYRIC SS&
Dainty
O EMMA A
»urvi in **
In “THE
GIRL FROM
OUT YONDER.”
The Greatest
Laughing Suc
cess of the Age
“HAPPY
HOOLIGAN.”
Councilman-elect Will McNally to tak,
his seat as a member of City Cornin'
is being contested by John Wills hta
opponent, in the recent primary here '
ATLANTA Tonl C.sl s,t
Ye Fascinating
and Tuneful
The Girl * Dreams
To-night 50c to $1.50
Company
of
60
Mats. 25c to $1
MON., TUES. V WED., Ratinee Wednasday
SEATS NOW SELLING
A Real Musical Comedy,
The Quaker Girl
With VICTOR MORLEY
Nights 25c to $2. Matinee 25c to $1.50
LOCAL SLEEPING
CAR TO
CHATTANOOGA.
Via Southern Railway, leaving
Atlanta Terminal Station daily
at 8:20 p. m. Can remain in
car until 7.30 a. m.
SANTA CLAUS KNOWS
that a bicycle gives a boy or girl more pleasure than
all of his other presents COMBINED.
ELCO BICYCLES
are Santa’s favorite, because they are the STRONG
EST and EASIEST-RUNNING Boys’ and Girls’
Bicycles made.
ELYEA-AUSTELL CO.
35 North Pryor Street.
2 Days-REM A IN-2 Days
OF
Hearst’s Sunday American
and Atlanta Georgian
Free Xmas Tree Contest
Below Is the Standing of the Enterprising Churches of
Attanta in the Free Christmas Tree Contest
Subscriptions Verified Up to Noon Tuesday
SPECIAL
PRIZES
For Scholars
DOLLS
BOOKS
BIBLES
WATCHES
Roller Skates
Cooper Street Baptist Church ....
38,000
Payne Memorial Church
. . 34,000
Oakland City Baptist Church ...
. 1,000
East Point Baptist Church . . ..
. . 1,000
Asbury M. E
. 46,000
Moore Memorial Presbyterian ..
.. 3,000
East Atlanta M. E
. . 1,000
Ponders Avenue Baptist Church..
. . 32,000
Tabernacle Church “Cubs” .. ..
. . 40,000
English Avenue M. E. Church ..
. .20,000
Jefferson Street M. E. Church .. ..
40,000
East Atlanta Baptist Church ....
. 34,000
College Park Christian Church ..
. .42,000
St. Luke’s First M. E. Church ..
. . 40,000
Hapeville Baptist Church
. 14,000
Mt. Vernon
. . 14,000
East Side M. E
. 4,000
THE PRIZES
First tree . $100
With 600 boxes of candy and
600 oranges.
Second tree
.$75
With 500 boxes of candy and
500 oranges.
Third tree $50
With 400 boxes of candy and
400 oranges.
Fourth tree $25
With 300 boxes of candy and
300 oranges.
Is Your Church in the Lead?
Why Not ?
EACH SUBSCRIPTION COUNTS
2,000 VOTES
See ThatYour Sunday Schoollsin the Lead Saturday Night
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Call, Phone or Write Xmas Tree Department
Phone Atlanta sooo 20 East Alabama St.---Open Evenings