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T* i ini rrrninTTB ^ m/ituum jxrvrr r; W £5. CHRISTMAS GIFT CONTEST ENDED; JUDGES AT WORK By MARY LEA DAVIS. Well, Thuredav mark* the end of the Christmas gift mggesllon con test No letters received efter this day will he considered I hope to an nounce the successful writers not later than Saturday I have received hundreds upon hun dreds of letters end 1 have read every one of them with pleasure and Inter est. Ijick of space prevented the publication of all received. Tf the readers of The Georgian have read the communications that were printed I am sure they secured a Stood many teally excellent Ideas con cerning the vexing problem of pres ent selection. The simple question which T pro pounded at the outset was. What the best Christmas gift for a husband to give his wife, and what is the best for a wife to give her husband'.’ 1 was greatly Interested In the wav- man v of mv readers answered the question I fear that not a few had rather bread Ideas concerning the matter, and 1 am certain that If they carry out their plana ns outlined to me In their letters husband (or wife, ns the case rnav hel 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 requires him to work very hard and stand on his feet a great doal. He la »erv tired at night. I am going to give him a lounging robe and a pair of house slippers for his comfort and Christmas present MRP C. R Atlanta, Oft. WORK BOX OF TOOLS. Miss Mary Lea Davis: My husband has skill and 1s 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 filled with useful tool* MRS. J. R. H. Conyers, fla FOR A HUSBAND. Miss Mary Lea Davis: I am going to get one dozen moving PICTURE SHOWS THE MONTGOMERY Friday. "1 Hear Them Calling Me," * Sellg animal drama that will in terest young and old alike. The Hawaiian Trio la still pleas Ing the crowds. ALAMO NO 1. F riday. “The Stigma.” a two reel •anay drama that Is filled with heart-throbs. Francis Buckman appears In the leading roe. EDDIE CLARKE Is stlli there. ALAMO NO. 2 Friday. “Within the Enemy's Lines.” 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." s two- reel Thanhauser that will delight the little folks.. It Is a real feature, and If your child falls to see It there will 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 Thle plctqre should be seen by every person In Atlanta. ALCAZAR THEATER To*day. “An Hour Before Dawn.” This great play by the Famous Players Is a female detective story that has few 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. THE GEM VACUUM CLEANER A REAL XMAS GIFT Eliminate$ the U»e of Broom, Duet-Pan and All the Drudgery of Houeekeeping No Cleaner does better work; ©7 r A none gives longer service «M.9U Phone call will bring demonstrator. The Ozias National Selling: Corporation 605-607 Empire Life Building Phone Ivy 8239 collar*, on** tie nn<! a stickpin and present th»*rn in a pretty collar box made from ;• plain collar box covered in velvet. MRS H. C T. Wayeroa*, On. A 10 POUND BOY. Miss Mary Lea Davis: I think the nv -t appreciated and glorious f’hriHlmas gift to mv husband would be a fine ten- pound bouncing baby boy. That would be acceptable by us both. MRS. R. A. H Newnan, Ga. TOOTH BRUSH AND PASTE. Mina 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 purifies the breath and adds to good health. MRS. W. H. H. Atlanta, On. SUIT OF CLOTHES. Miss Mary Lea Davis: I should think that tbo most useful Christman gift that a wife rould give to her husband would be a nice suit of clothes. MRS. M. M I*awrencevllle. Or. A PAIR OF GLOVES. Miss Mary Lea Davis: A nice pair of gloves will please husband as a Christmas gift. MRS. W. K. LI. Atlanta, Ga. A BABY GIFT. Miss Mary Lea Davis: To one I love—and love him still— The b**st and useful gift—su perb— No price too great to make his heart thrill— Is a real, live, laughing baby girl. MRS. S. S. Marietta, Ga SECRET ORDER PIN. Miss Mary Leri 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 most of all I think most men love their lodges next to come. Rut most of all I think that good old-fashioned dinner, with turkey and cranberry sauce, with something to make him feel younger, with his wife find 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 ^Avhom and where. and last of all to be very carefel 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 Pavla: 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 Lea Pa vis: I shall give my wife a life time subscription to The Georgian' and Sunday American, with a re newal for posterity. J. I*' B. Talbot ton. Ga. A PAIR OF SHOES. Miss Mary Lea Davis: The best present I can give my husband for Christmas is a pair of shoes of standard make. Way cross, Ga. MRS. D. F. A LOUNGING ROBE. Miss Mary Lea Davis: As a gift from wife to husband I suggest a nice lounging robe made by your own hands, and easy slippers. MRS. D. E. Cordele, Ga. GIVE HIM HIS WAY. Miss Mary Lea Davis: Give him bis way. MRS K. E. Trwlnton, Ga. 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 tlie 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. MRS. E. K., JR. OVERCOAT AND GLOVES. Miss Mary Lea Davis: I think the most useful present s wife could give her husband is a nice warm overcoat and a pair of gloves. MRS. O M. A Quitman, Ga. i ADDRESS DOCTORS III IS TORE BILLS For the first time nine* 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, which closes a three-day session at tha Georgian Terrace Thursday. Dr. William Perrin Nicolaon, one of the most noted surgeons in the South and a leader in Atlanta medical cir- < les, will read a paper on “Catgut as a Skin Suture,” Illustrating It with the j detail* of several successful opera tions which he has performed. tubers who are on the program f<y the closing session are Drs. Green Baughman, of Richmond. Va.; Mack Rogers, of Birmingham; Raymond C. rui k, of Jacksonville. V P niair, of St. Louis, C. B. Caldwell, of Cin cinnati. R Winslow, of Baltimore, and K P. Hogan, of Baltimore. A paper by Dr. R. C. Coffey, of Portland, Dreg., on “Pancreatic Sur gery," was one of the features of the morning session, and precipitated an interesting discussion. Other papers read and discussed Thursda morning were "Congenital Pyloric Stenosis,” by D. James F. Mitchell of Washington; "Fxclarton of the Clavicle and First Rib, With Report of Case," by Dr. R. E. Fort, of Nashville, and “Clinical and Ex- [ rlrnental Work to Determine a Safe, Effsy and Certain Method of Exclud ing the Pylorus," Most of the surgeons probably will leave for their homes late Thursday afternoon, although many will remain until Friday morning Men Will Stop Work While Funeral Is Held iForN.C.&St.L.Head At 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon every piece of machinery and every man on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. T/Ouls Railway will ceaae work for five minutes, while the funeral of John W. Thomas. Jr., the late presi dent of the road, Is 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. Italy to Apologize to U. S. Girl Held as Spy Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROM K, 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 Maj- Vane. FVvr th« first thm« In three weeks the Pulton County Grand Jury held *■ session Thursdey morning and re turned fifteen true bills. They cov ered minor charge*, -with the excep tion of true bill* for robbery aval net A. F. Akins and Ed Brown, charged with robbing B. L. Hill of $5 on No vember 27. The expectation that Solicitor Dor sey would take up the locker club sit uation proved groundless. Mr. Dor sey said he haxl 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 be 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 Y. Smith to investigate the charge of murder against Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford 1n connection with the death of her husband. Joshua B. Crawford, four years ago, has been postponed at the request of Attorney j H. 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. Express Firms Must File Rate Directories WASHINGTON. Dec. 1Express 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. Society Vaudeville, Given for Charity, Scores Big Success They »,r* still talking around town Thursday afternoon about the society vaudeville, which was presented at the Atlanta Theater Wednesday night for the benefit of the Home for the Blind. The entertainment set a mark which future amateur show* 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 the bill that, stood out pre-emi nent—they were all good and greatly enjoyed by the large audience Hall and Dill In "Harmony and Fun,” opened the bill, with a better opening act than usually Is seen at profes ~~At L A N t a ’5~ fe U SV FORSYTH EDWIN STEPHENS, Assisted by Tina Mar shall. Florenze Tempest. Car Eugene Troupe. Nei| McKinley. Kaufman Bros, and others. theater. Oaily Mat. 2:10 Evenings at 8:30 Make Reser vations Now (or Xmas Week si opal houses. The chorus first ap peared in Charles i arter 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 Mane Bradv, Mildred Sault, Bonnie Kate Maftin and Gerald*ie Yignaux, and Messrs. Samuel S. Swilling, .T. H. Nicholson and J. H. Bucknrll was perhaps the best. The quartet was composed of S. J. Phillips. Charles Kinney, Merrill Osborne and Toni 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 ELIERV BAND AUDITORIUM Grand Farewell Concert To-night Coronation March From “The Prophet” “Traviata” Selections Finale from “La Gioconda” POPULAR PRICES ^Genera^Admh»t|or^Oc^GaMery^25c. this a v n R NCXT WEEK 1— « rv E L WEEK « Dainty n EMMA r Bun tin « In "THE girl FROM OUT YONDER." The Greatest Laughing Suc cess of the Age “HAPPY HOOLIGAN.” Vincent's Hospital from Injuries talncd by being run down by a partment store delivery wagon ATLANTA It Ye Fascinating and Tuneful 11 The Girl" Dreams Mats. 25c to $1. To-night SOo te Company of 60 MON., TUES., WED., Khlne. | SEATS NOW SELLINC A Real Musical Comedy, The Quaker Girl With VICTOR MORLEY Nights 25c to $2, Matinee 25c to *i. 5 n -k- LOCAL SLEEPING CAR TO CHATTANOOGA. Via Southern Railway, leaving Atlanta Terminal Station daily at 8:20 p. m. Can remain ip car until 7:30 a. m. Born a Slave, Negress Now Votes in Oregon ALBANY. OREO., Dec 18 Bom a glnve, Amanda Johnson not only has enjoyed freedom for sixty years, hut on her eightieth birthday became a duly qualified voter with all the rights of citizenship. The adoption of woman suffrage 1n Oregon lust 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 bis dally walk he wears a black beaver Italian Episcopal hat with an outside band of red ribbon. Free Lunch Precedes Sermon of Minister CINCINNATI, Doc 18.-To make the church as attractive 1o the needy as the saloon, the Rev. A. N. Kelly pro vides a free lunch at his church every evening from 7:30 to 8:30 o'clock. Soup, coffee, sandwiches and cakes • re served The sermon follows. GIFT SPECTACLES For father and mother. Solid gold. In a beautiful gift case. A. K. Hawkes Co., Opticians, 14 Whitehall. 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 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 AIN~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 As bury 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 • NT'-. 1 * ' • $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 ThatY our Sunday Schoollsin the Lead Saturday Night Call, Phone or Write Xmas Tree Department Phone Atlanta 8000 20 East Alabama St.---Open Evenings