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/A 1 1 JJ.X * ’ I. »» O. 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- 3* 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 * - - — — — ■ - - -- — ■ ■ — - - — Call, Phone or Write Xmas Tree Department Phone Atlanta sooo 20 East Alabama St.---Open Evenings