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CHRISTMAS GIFT
CONTEST ENDED;
JUDGES AT WORK
By MARY LEA DAVIS.
Well. Thursday marks the end of
the Christmas gift suggestion con
test. No letters received after this
day will be considered. I hope to an
nounce the su< < essful writers not
later than Saturday
I have received hundreds upon hun
dreds of letters and I have read even-
one of them v* ith pleasure and inter
est. Lack of space prevented the
publication of all received.
If the readers of The Georgian have
read the communications that \ver**
printed I am sure thpy secured a
good many >eally excellent Ideas con
cerning the vexing problem of pres
ent aelectlon.
The simple question which I pro
pounded at the outset was: \N hat s
the best Christmas gift for a husband
to give his wife, and what is the best
for a wife to give her husband
I was greatlv interested in the way
manv of my readers answered the
question. I fear that not a few had
rather broad ideas concerning the
matter, and I am certain that if they
carrv out their plana as outlined to
me in thoir letters -husband (or wife,
as the caw* mav be) will have the
grandest Christmas ever experienced.
b . V. „ 1 t » ,. r*u rt>.
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Here are some of the letters re-
reived:
FOR REAL COMFORT.
Miss Mary I.ea Davis
My husband's business requires
him to work very haril and stuml
on hi* feet ft groat deal. He Is
rerv tired at night I am going
to (rive him ft loun(r!n<? robe and
a pair of house slippers for his
comfort and Christmas present
.MRS. C. K
Atlanta. Cr*.
WORK BOX OF TOOLS.
Miss Mary laut Davis:
My husband has skill 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 1 shall give him
a large box tilled with useful
tools. MRS. J. R. H.
Conyers. Ga.
FOR A HUSBAND.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
1 am going to get one dozen
MOVING
PICTURE
SHOWS
THE MONTGOMERY
Friday.
"I Hear Them Calling Me," a
Solly animal drama that will ln-
tereet young and old alike.
The Hawaiian Trio la still pleat
Ing the crowds.
ALAMO NO 1.
Friday.
“The Stigma.” a two reel Ee
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’a Llnet," an
Edison drama that wll hold you.
"Banty Tim,” a Lubln 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 falls to see It
there wlil be an opportunity
missed.
The Steinway Four.
the: elite
Friday.
“The Dread Inheritance/* a
great feature Universal with J.
Warren Kerrigan In the title role
Thl# picture should be seen by
every person In Atlanta.
ALCAZAR THEATER
To-day.
"An Hour Before Dawn " This
treat play by the Famous Players
s a fee... e detect ve story that
ias few if any equals. It Is a real
eature.
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, one ti* an’ ;* stickpin and
present them In a pretty collar
box mad* from a plain collar
box covered in velvet.
MILS H. C. T.
Waycro##, Ga.
A 10 POUND BOY.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
I think the moat appreciated
an! glorious Christmas gift to
my husband would be a fine ten-
pound bouncing baby boy. That
would be acceptable by us both.
MRS. R. A. S.
Newnan, Ga.
TOOTH BRUSH AND PASTE.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
of all the many useful gifts
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 purities
the breath and adds to good
health. MRS. W. S. H.
Atlanta, Ga.
SUIT OF CLOTHES.
Miss 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.
MRS. M M
Ijawrenceville. Ga.
A PAIR OF GLOVES.
Miss Mary I*ea Davis:
A nice pair of gloves will please
husband as a Christmas gift.
MRS. W. E. H.
Atlanta, G4L
him
A BABY GIFT.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
To one I love—and love
still—
The best and useful gift—su
perb—
No price too great to make his
heart thrill —
Is a real, live, laughing baby
girl. MRS. R. S.
Marietta. Ga
SECRET ORDER PIN.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
My suggestion for husband's
Christmas gift would be a secret
order pin or ring suitable to the
wearer, of whatever order to
to home. Rut m*»#t of all I think
most men love their lodges next
to come. Rut 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. R. 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.
MRS. 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.
MRS. R K
Atlanta, Ga.
A SUBSCRIPTION.
Miss Mary I/ea Davis:
I shall give my wife a life
time subscription to The Georgian
and Sunday American, with a re
newal for i>osterity. J. L. B.
Talbot ton, Ga.
A PAIR OF SHOES.
Miss Mary Ia*a Davis:
The best present I can give my
husband for Christmas is a pair
of shoes of standard make.
WaycroBs, Ga. MRS. D. F.
GIVE HIM HIS WAY.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
Give him his way.
MRS. E E.
Irwin ton. Ga.
THE GEM VACUUM CLEANER
A REAL XMAS GIFT
Eliminate* the U»e of Broom, Duet - Pan and
All the Drudgery of Houtakaaping
No Cleaner does better work;
none gives longer service....
$7.50
Phone call will bring demonstrator.
The Ozia* National Selling Corporation
805-607 Empire Life Building
Phone Ivy 8239
ADDRESS DOCTORS II IS HUE BILES
Society Vaudeville,
Given for Charity,
Scores Big Success
For the first tim* since the con
vention opened an Atlanta surgeon
will occupy a prominent place on the
program of the Thursday afternoon
session of the Southern Surgical and
Gynecological Association, whl h
closes a three-day session at the
Georgian Terrace Thursday.
Dr. William Perrin Nb olson, one of
th< most noted surgeon* In the South
and a leader in Atlanta medical eir-
cles, will read a paper on "Catgut as a
Skin Suture," Illustrating it with th■:
details of several suceessful opera
tions which he has performed.
Others who are on the program fey
the closing session are Drs. Gre.-n
Baughman, of Richmond, Va,; Ma -k
Rogers, of Birmingham; Raymond C
Turck, of Jacksonville, Y r P. Blair,
of St. Louis; C. E Caldwell, of Cin
cinnati; R. Winslow, of Baltimore,
and E P. Hogan, of Baltimore.
A paper by Dr. R. C. Coffey, of
Portland, Oreg., on "Pancreatic Sur
gery,” was one of the feature# of the
morning session, and precipitated an
interesting discussion.
Other papers read and discussed
Thursday morning were “Congenital
Pyloric Stenosis,” by D. James F.
Mitchell, of Washington; Excision
of the Clavicle and First Rib, With
Report of Case,” by Dr. R. K. Fort,
of Nashville, and "Clinical and Ex
perimental Work* to Determine a Safe,
Easy and Certain Method of Exclud
ing the Pylorus."
Most of the surgeons probably will
leave for their homes late ThurjKJay
afternoon, although many will remain
until Friday morning.
For the first time In three .weks
the Fulton County Grand Jury M a
session Thursday morning and re
turned fifteen true bills. They ' ov-
rred minor charges, with the excep
tion of true bills for robbery against
A. F. Akins and Ed Brown, charged
with robbing B. L. Hill of ‘*n No
vember 27.
The expectation that Solicitor Dor
sey would take the locker > lub sit
uation proved r'oundless. Mr. Dor
sey said he had no intention at this
time of taking up the charges that a
number of clubs are violating the pro
hibition law. It is regarded as likely
that the charges will be laid before
the new Grand Jury which will he or
ganized the first of the year.
The present Grand Jury will meet
again Monday in its last session. The
session called for Friday by Special
Solicitor John V. Smith to investigate
the charge of murder against Mrs.
Mary Belle Crawford in connection
w ith the death of her husband, Joshua
B. Crawford, four years ago, has been
postponed at the request of Attorney
j. S. James, who represents the 48
heirs in the famous case.
The delay was occasioned by the
illness of two of the star witnesses
for the prosecution. This investiga
tion will be left for the new Grand
Jury to handle.
Men Will Stop Work
While Funeral Is Held
ForN.C.&St.L.Head
Express Firms Must
File Rate Directories
At 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon
every piece of machinery and every
man on th<* N&*hvllle, Chattanooga
and St. Ivouis Railway will cease work
for five minutes, while the funeral of
John YV r . Thomas, Jr., the late presi
dent of the road, 4s held in Nashville.
For two days the locomotives in
use on the system will be draped in
black, while the stations and offices
of the company will be in mourning
30 days.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Express
companies were ordered by the Inter
state Commerce Commission to-day
to file in each one of the State capi
tals and in 101 principal cities in the
United States a full directory of their
rates and charges on all kinds of ex
press matter.
In other cities, towns and express
offices an abridged rate book must
be kept.
Italy to Apologize to
U.S. Girl Held as Spy
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec. 18.—The Foreign of
fice to-day took charge of the espion
age case involving Miss Dorothy Mac-
Vane, an American girl, and an in
vestigation into the activity of the
military authorities at Taranto and
Brindisi was begun.
As a result it is expected that a full
apology will be made to Miss Mac-
Vane.
Born a Slave, Negress
Now Votes in Oregon
ALBANY, OREG.. Dec, 18 Bom a
slave, Amanda Johnson not only has
enjoyed freedom for sixty years, but on
her eightieth birthday berame a duly
qualified voter with &U the rights of
citizenship.
The adoption of woman suffrage in
Oregon last fall paved the way. She
registered as a Republican.
Cardinal Gibbons
Appears in New Hat
BALTIMORE, Dec. 18 -Cardinal Gib
bons has attracted much attention the
last few days because when he goes for
his dally walk he wears s black beaver
Italian Episcopal hat with an outside
l>and of red ribbon.
Free Lunch Precedes
Sermon of Minister
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.
CINCINNATI, Pec. 18. -To mako the
church as attractive to the needy as
the saloon, the Rev. A N. Kelly pro
vides a free lunch at his chur.ch every |
evening from 7:30 to 8:30 o'clock.
Soup, coffee, sandwiches and cakes
are served The sermon follows.
ATLANTA
TELEPHONE
&
TELEGRAPH
COMPANY
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. MRS. I>. E
Cordele, Ga.
GIFT SPECTACLES
For father anti mother. Solid gold
in a beautiful gift came. A. K
Hawke# Co., Opticians, 14 Whitehall.
They are still talking around town
Thursday afternoon about the society
vaudeville, which was presented at
the Atlanta Theater YY'ednesday night
for the benefit of the Home for the
Blind. The entertainment set a mark
which future amateur shows will find
hard to surpass, every number being
finished and deserving of the enthu
siastic* applause it received.
There was perhaps no one number
on th** bill that stood out pre-emi
nent they were all good and greatly
enjoyed by th** large audience. Hail
and Dill, In "Harmony and Fun,”
opened the bill, with a better opening
act than usually is seen at profea-
ATLANTA’S BUSY
FORSYTH
ThTaTer—
Dally Mat. 2:30
Evenings at 8 30
EDWIN STEPHENS,
Assisted by Tina Mar
shall.
Florenze Tempest.
Car Eugene Troupe.
Nel| McKinley.
Kaufman Bros,
and others.
Make Reser
vations Now
for Xmas Week
aional housos. The chorus first ap
peared in Charles Carter Brush's mu
sical sketch, "Camping at Silver
Lake," and was enthusiastically re
ceived. .Miss Myrtle Evans had a
splendid dancing and singing act, and
Miss Hazel Massa's singing was one
of the features of the show. The
other acts were two sketches, a tab
loid musical comedy and a quartet.
While the work of all the partici
pants was good, that of Misses Marie
Brady, Mildred Sault, Bonnie Kate
Maftin and Geraldine Vlgnaux, and
Messrs Samuel S. Swilling, J. H.
Nicholson and J. H Bucknell was
perhaps the best. The quartet was
composed of S. J. Phillips. Charles
Finney, Merrill Osborne and Tom
Callahan.
Auto Race Driver's
Son Killed by Wagon
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 18.—Ray
Harroun, aged 10 years, son of the
famous automobile race driver of the
same name, died this morning at St.
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. _Q all cry 25c.
this ■ v a ■ c next
WfcEK 1— ■ •%. 1 WEEK
Dainty
The Greatest
n EMMA
Hunt in «
Laughing Suc
cess of the Age
In “THE
GIRL FROM
“HAPPY
OUT YONDER.”
HOOLIGAN.’’
* is-
tained by being run down by a n.
partment store delivery wagon.
ATLANTA Ton, ' ht ; V s '*
mat. Sat.
Ye Fascinating
and Tuneful
“T” 11 The Girl "Dreams
Mats, 25c tn $1, To-night 50c to $1.50
MON., TUES., WED., Matin"
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. ra. Can remain in
car until 7:30 a. m.
A KITCHEN CABINET.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
The most useful present a hue
band can give hi# wife is a kitch
en cabinet and nice bed linen.
Quitman,*< > * m. a
PAID-UP SUBSCRIPTION.
Miss Mary Lea Davis:
EJvery husband wants a paper
each day in the year. It 1b 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 llfotime.
Albany. Ga. MRS. E. K . JR
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. MRS. O. M A
Quitman. Ga.
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
Hears!s Sunday American
and Atlanta Georgian
Free Xmas 7 ree 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 .$
With 600 boxes of candy ,
600 oranges.
Second tree
With 500 boxes of candy ;
500 oranges.
Third tree
With 400 boxes of candy ;
400 oranges.
Fourth tree
With 300 boxes of candy j
300 oranges.
Is Your Church in the Lead?
Why Not?
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
■ear
Below Is the Standing of the Enterprising Churches of
Attanta in the Free Christmas Tree Contest
EACH SUBSCRIPTION COUNTS
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