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TI1K ATLANTA < i IliUKUlAN AND N KWH. MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT A- _AT FREE CONCERT FOR XMAS FUND UPHELDBVU.S. Below is shown tin; Monarch Comedy (Quartet, of the Alifmo No. .1, on th( , ’'|>rograni at the Forsyth Sunday. Above is a group of dolls dressed for Atlanta poor children. IBS 30 CENTS II POUND Tnst now t .e all-absorbing question is. “What 13 that Christmas dinnerf going to cost?” The little unpleasantness down in .Mexico. President Wilson's controver sies with his critics and all such things will have to be dropped from consideration until the dinner Is j bought, prepared and consumed. Well, here’s a little grain of com fort for the Head of the Family, who comes Into some degree of im- ortance once every year when 'hristmas presents and Christmas rt'nners are to be purchased—the cost ,.f the dinner has not jumped out of reach in the twelve months that have elapsed since the last Christmas buy ing was done. • in the authority of a leading gro- er on Peachtree street, prices may average just the tiniest shade above nose o f last year, or—and this will he music to many years—they may be just a wee bit lower. But there won’t be much change either way. A few foodstuffs have gone up. Others have gone down. Dinner 50 or 60 Cents. Rut to get down to figures: This grocer said Saturday that if the din ner was being prepared for one of those Christmas gatherings where eight, ten or a dozen persons are clustered about a big table it ought not to cost more than 50 or 60 cents a plate. That estimate included a first-class urkev with “trimmings” and a menu 'hat would be a delight to the family in the brownstone mansion as well as to the more humble laborer in his ottage. As every housewife knows, 'here is a difference in butter, in anried goods, a very distinctive dif ference in eggs, dependent upon their age, and in practically everything else me buys to eat. But one must have the best in a Christmas dinner, and that is what the estimate of the Peachtree grocer supposes. If it is a small family that par takes of the dinner it will cost more per person. For example, if a dinner of the same sort is prepared for p family of three or four as that which •ost 50 to 60 cents for eight or ten. the cost will be very close to $1 a plate. Xmas Dinner Bears Burden. Now. don’t go to making the men glum with the thought that their ' hristmas dinner is going to cost them a small fortune.” cautioned the grocer, with an eagle eye to business. The trouble is.” he continued, and not without a show' of logic, “that people are always told what their ^hristmas dinner is going to cost them and it is forgotten that many of the provisions that they buy are not used up in preparing the Christ mas dinner and help out in the meals that follow'. Yet the Christmas din ner has to take the blame for the whole expense. You buy a peck of potatoes. The whole peck is charged up against the Christmas dinner, when, as a matter of fact, only a part of the potatoes are used. And w’ho ever heard of a turkey being entirely devoured at the first onslaught? Why, many a turkey has not said its farewell until nearly a week after Christmas when it has taken its thin departure in the form of soup.” Mr. Grocer was called from his philosophizings on the persistence of the turk by a demand for more fig ures. How much of a financial set back. for instance, is the purchase of a turkey going to give the before- mentioned Head of the Family? Best Turkeys 30 Cents. Turkeys, the answer came, are around 30 cents a pound, killed and dressed. These turkeys at 30 cents are select, the aristocrats of the flocks. You will be able to get some for less, but they w ill not be so good. Turkeys were right plentiful around Thanksgiving and the prices were not high. They were throwing them away in New York—100.000 of them—on account of the warm weather. There are not so many of them now', but thero is no danger that the prices will soar. And oranges haven’t been so low' for years. They are running 10 and 15 cents less a dozen than last year. They can be bought for 15 rents a dozen at many places in Atlanta. From this price they range up to 50 cents for the finest Indian River or anges. Perfectly good Florida or anges—and except for their size they are as good as the Indian River—are selling for 30 and 35 cents a dozen. Cranberries Plentiful. Cranberries have established them selves in a place at the Christmas feast almost as honorary as that of the turkey itself. They are plentiful and may be purchased at 15 cents a quart. Irish potatoes are 40 cents a peck, higher than last year, and the sweet potatoes bring 30 to 35 cents a peck Celery, selling last year for 12 1-2 cents a stalk, is two and a half cents lower this (’hristmas. Lettuce is 10 cents a head. Good bananas may be bought for 20 cets a dozen, and grapes at 25 cents a pound—about the same as in 1012. Apples average 10 cents a peck higher, selling at 50 and 60 cents for the good ones and 50 cents for wind falls and culls. Many Christmas candies are cheap er because of the lower price of su gar. One grocer was selling sugar Friday at 19 pounds for 97 cents. Flour is cheaper at 70 to 90 cents a sack, (’anneil asparagus, one of the fav'orites in the canned goods line, is much cheaper than formerly. Once asparagus was 40 cents a can. Last year it was 35. This (’hristmas it mav be bought for 25 cents. Nuts and raisins are slightly high er. ow'ing to drouth in some sections of the country and unseasonable rains in others. Of course, there are other things that will find a place on the Christmas dinner table, but it is not an easy matter offhand to approxi mate their cost for the one meal. Cof fee is one of them. The best coffee is selling at 35 cents a pound on an average. Shriners’ Ball To Be Chi Phi Alumni to Noteworthy Evont; Hold Its Largest Good Music Planned Banquet Saturday Railroad Now Liable for Ten Mil lion Dollars in Excess Fares Collected. KANSAS CITY. MO.. Deo. 20.—IV- titions for injunctions to prevent Mis souri from enforcing the 2-cen; rail road passenger rate and maximum freight rate laws were dismissed n- day by Judge McPherson, of low *, acting under instructions of the Pnlted States Supreme Court. Toe decision is a sweeping victory for the State in its battle for enforcement of the Jaws. The measures were oppos 'd by thirteen railroads. On account of the decision thou sands of hippers and travelers on the railroads of Missouri may sue to recover excess rates and fares charged since the two laws were passed. Pui!v $10,000,000 will be involved if all w oo are entitled to sue bring action. Judge McPherson refused to issue an order compelling suits to recover excess charges to be lik'd in the Fcder.l Court. King George to Keep Up Pacing Stables Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. Dec. 20. The King has intimated to Lord Marcus Beresford, who has control of tlie royal racing stud, and to his trainer. Richard Mar tin. that he proposes to continue an active connection with the turf for at least another twelve months, thought the amount His Majesty won during the flat racing season just ended, between $20,000 and $25,000. lias by no means sufficed to cover the expenses of his training establish ment. Mistrial Is Result In Stock Fraud Case GREENSBORO. Dec. 20 The case of D. K. Moorefleld. charged with cheating and swindling by selling worthless stock in the Gray Car Door, of Atlanta, resulted in a mistrial in the City Court here. The prosecutor. J. II. Bowles, a prominent planter, of Greene Coun ty, alleges that Moorefleld sold him $1,500 stock and traded the ifbtes to tile Bank of Colbert, (la. The stock in the company is alleged to be worthless. Frantic Over Parents' Death, Rachel Wurn Battles Atlanta Policemen, Driven temporarily insane by t.ho sudden death of her father and moth, er. Rachel Leah Wurn, a handsome German woman, r.bout 30 years old, was held at police headquarters Sat urday, after she had terrorized pas sengers on a Seaboard Air Line train and at the old Cnion Station late Friday afternoon. An investigation by the Jewish Re lief Association revealed that site waa on route to Birmingham to the home of her brother-in-law, M. Slaughter. •Mr. Slaughter was telegraphed >) by Chief Beavers Friday night, and came to Atlanta Saturday to take charge of the woman. She was violent during the night, and came to Atlanta Saturday to take charge of the woman. She was violent during the night, but had been quieted by morning. After a conference with Mr. Slaugh ter she apparently was rational. Tried to Leap From Train. Miss Worm became insane when ti e train was a few miles out of At lanta, and created a panic among the passengers. She leaped into the aisle, sr reaming and tear ing at her hair and clot ning. Members of the I rain crew tried to quiet Her and she fought them. With two of the railroad men clinging to her* and several passengers trying to help them, the woman made a leap for a window and tried to plunge from the train. She broke the glass of the window with her hands, but was prevented from jumping. Railroad men finally calmed her, and then telegraphed ahead to the At lanta police to meet the train. Pa trolmen Milam and Palmer went to tin* station and had a hard time quiet ing the woman. Panic in Station. The station was crowded and a panic ensued when the woman start ed to scream and battle with the po licemen. She wa;s finally overpow ered and taken to headquarters, where she was unable to give her name. The investigation by the Jewish Relief Association showed that she had left Germany a short time ago and come to New York. x Just before she started on rlie trip her father died, and soon after she landed at Ellis Island she received word that her mother was dead. It is thought her mind became un balanced from grief. As ihe first step in a brilliant series of entertainments, the Shriners’ ball, given in Taft Hall at the Audito rium January 15, 1914, by the Yaarab Patrol Association, is planned as one • •f the most important occasions of its kind in Atlanta’s history. The ball is for the Shriners, and special arrangements have been made far in advance of the event. Con tracts have been made with two or chestras to furnish an unbroken mu sical program, and a special scheme of decorations is now being worked "tit by one of Atlanta’s best-known decorators. Members of the Yaarab Patrol, in full uniform, will serve the refresh ments—simply one detail of the elab orate preparations—and as a social ovent the ball should be one long re membered. Georgian Killed by Officers in Alabama BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 20.—The body W. B. Edwards, of Reynolds, Ga., v 'ho was killed by officers at lrondale. near here, is being' held pending in - struetions from his parents. Coroner Spain announced to-day that he would thoroughly investigate the kill ing. Edwards and a companion are said to have been on an outgoing freight train when Special Agent Scarlett, of tin* Southern Railway, and Town Marshal Torrough started after negro ' ar thieves. The negro ran and Ed wards, becoming frightened, also took flight, getting in line with bullet9 intended for the negroes. Atlanta Girl Held By Mobile Police MOBILE, Dec. 20.—Mrs. J. F. Raw- - -r. 15 years old, giving her home a* Atlanta, where she says her mother resides, and her maiden name as Mav Williams, is held in the city jail her . itii Harry M. Davis, aged 24. giving j Birmingham as his home, as a sus picious character. Federal officers are. investigating | whether or not Davis violated the white slave” act by bringing the girl from Pensacola. SUICIDE IS BURIED. GREENSOBOR. Dec. 20.—William Gentry, a prominent citizen of Union f'oint, who committed suicide at ‘ 11S sine, was buried to-day at l nion Point. $5—OPERA GLASSES—$5 Fear! Opera Glasses of exceptional 11 no for this ?eason of the year Xma< Gift for an> member of ‘ family. u N. Broad. Jno. I * oore & Sons.—Advt. What promises to be the largest and most successful annual banquet in the history of the (’hi Phi Alumni Association of Atlanta will be held at the Georgian Terrace Saturday even ing. General Peter W. Meldrim, of Sa vannah: Chancellor David Barrow, of the University of Georgia; Judge Ham ilton McWhorter, of Athens, and General Herbert Clay, of Marietta, are among the out-of-town alumni who will be present. Covers for more than 100 have been planned. Governor Slaton and Bob McWhor ter, the star football back of the Uni versity of Georgia team, will be guests of honor. Dixie Road Placed In Receiver’s Hands MOBILE, Dec. 20.—W. F. Owen has been appointed -receiver for the New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Company by United States District Judge H. T. Toulmin, upon application of th£ Metropolitan Trust Company of New York, trustee of thi mortgage securi g the company’s bond issue. The direct cause of the receivership was the failure of the company to pay the interest on the bo..d indebtedne . * last July. Western Electric Salesmen to Meet During the week commencing Jan uary 26 about luO salesmen of the Western Electric Company will hold their annual convention here. The men will come here from all parts of the South. The convention will meet here through the efforts of the Convention Bureau of the Atlanta chamber of Commerce, of which Fred Houser is secretary. $40 Minimum Wage A Month for Women PORTLAND, OREG.. Dec. 20.—Under a ruling by the State Welfare Commis sion women workers in offices are lim ited to 51 hours’ toil a week and their month's wage must not be less than $40. HELD FOR CHECK FRAUDS. MEMPHIS, Del’. 20.—S. E. Stew art, said to be a wealthy merchant f Ha'rtsell, Ala., is held here by the po lice on telegraphic i ommunication rrnm Firniii ham that tie is wanted there for pas in* bad rK-i-ks. Ste art denies tile accusation. Atlanta's Leading Musicians Will Play—Tech Show and Dance Fill Many Empty Stockings. The Empty Stocking fund is larger by a substantial sum Saturday as the result of the dance at Segadlo’s Hall on East Pine street and the an nual play of the Tech Dramatic So ciety at the Grand Theater Friday night. All of the proceeds of the dance went to the fund, and one-fourth of the money taken in at the theater. Exact figures are not yet available but the Christmas Editor has done enough figuring to hr* assured that there will be enough money added to the fund through these events to take care of many of Atlanta’s poor chil dren. Both events rank with the most enjoyable of the season. The Tech boys never have presented a better performance than “The Magistrate,” ar.d Atlantans have rarely patronized a Tech show in larger numbers than they did at the Grand Friday night. And the boys had worked hard to get the people interested’ in their show, for they were working for tlie little boys and girls as well as for the glory of Tech. And the knowl edge that some of the proceeds of the show would show Santa Claus the way to many Atlanta homes which otherwise would be dark and cheer less Christmas morning, gave their acting a swing and dash that raised the performance high above the aver age amateur production. Miss Moseley Directs Dance. And then after the show there was the dance at Segadlo’s, under the per sonal direction of Miss Moseley. The affair began at 8:30, and several hun dred people were on the floor before die doors had been open half an hour. The great rush, however, came af ter the show, when scores of parties that had seen the Tech performance, and incidentally aided the Empty Stocking fund, came to the dance hall for another hour or two of pleasure. it \ias a fine night for everybody —those who like to dance, those who like a good show, and the children. And now there Is just one more thing that the (’hristmas Editor has planned for the benefit of the Empty Stocking fund. It’s that free concert at the For syth Theater Sunday afternoon. Which is going to be one of the most elaborate musical events of the sea son. An amalgamation of tlie musical talent of Atlanta into a carefully ar ranged progparn promises on this oc casion a veritable t'east of entertain ment. Not alone has the event been planned to please lovers of good mu sic. but novelties have been inter jected which are calculated to lend variety and dispense with tlie monot ony usually attendant upon musicals. Good Program Arranged. Here is the program. Look it over and see if it is not the best FREE concert offered here: Overture. Rosamunde (F. Shubert) —(E. Barber director. Lee’s Hawaiian Trio in Musical Echoes from the Pacific isles. Duet. Crucifix (J. Faure>—Cornet and trombone by Barber and < ’-ox Cornet solo. Selected—Master Leon MeConville. Overture. PhecJes (Massenet) J I’. MatjbipHsen. director The Steinway Quartet, from the Vaudette Theater. Angelus (Massenet)—J. P. Mat- Ihiessen, director. Overture. Selected—Fred Wede- meyer, director. Monarch Harmony Four, from Al amo Theater. v Selection (Selected)—Fred Wede- ineyer, director. The above program toukl not be produced on any stage other than for charity at less than $2 a seat. It is offered free. The doors of the Forsyth Theater will be opened promptly at 2 oVlo k. Everybody is invited .to walk in. No seats are reserved. First come, first served. Movie Quartet on Bill. You will hear the three great band masters who have made Atlanta fa mous in the musical world — Barber, Matthiessen and Wedemeyer There will be the best quartets in the movies, those from the Vaudette and the Alamo Theaters. Master Leon McConville, who will play a cornet solo, has been pro nounced by experts the boy wonder cf the South. At the age of 12 years m lias accomplished a marvelous degree of proficiency. And Lee’s Hawaiian Trio will throw its Oriental musical charm about you. By the way. have you contributed to this Empty Stocking Fund yet Have you sent in your check or your cash to go toward buying presents for the poor'.’ Only Five Days More. Remember, there are only five days left in which to do this. The remain ing days will pass like lightning. Get out your checkbook right no\i and write out a check for the Empty Stocking Fund. Make it payable to the Christmas Editor, and mail it u him at No. 20 East Alabama street. Or, if you are in that vicinity of town, drop in and leave it for him. It doesn’t matter how much you give. If everybody n Atlanta gives something, the amounts will not mat ter. This is a duty you should not neg lect. Do it now. Here are the latest additions to the fund: Mies Moseley’s dance 83.00 J. K. Orr $15.00 Boy Scouts. Troop No. 1, Wes ley Memorial Church .... 5.00 T. L. Harris 100 A Good Fellow 1 00 A Lady Friend 100 J, M. Elliott, life-term prisoner 1.00 McCurdy Held Mayor Of Stone Mountain Phil McCurdy, elected Mayor «*f Stone Mountain at the recent muni -~ 1 election, has been officially ■ 1 •*- dared tin* victor over Dr. Wells in tiie contest the latter made to pre vent McCurdy from taking office. Dr. Wells declared McCurdy w.;.. elected by illegal votes. Ordinary George, in Decatur, found that aft".’ the illegal votes were thrown out th • McCurdy ticket had a majority <•; j eight. Stolen 'Mona Lisa’ Formally Restored By Italy to France Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROME, Dec. 20.—Leonardo DaVin- ci's masterpiece, "LaGioconda,” also known as “Mona Lisa,” which was stolen from the Louvre in Paris, was formally restored to France to-day. .The painting was brought here from Florence, where it was recovered, it: a special railway coach, guarded by Direc tor Poggi, of the Uffizi Art Gal lery, in Florence, several carabineers and detectives. Upon the arrival of ihe train* Dr. Poggi, carrying the precious picture under his arm and flanked on all sides by detectives, went to the office of Professor Credaro, Minister of Public Instruction. Dr. Credaro hurried to the French Embassy, where t he* paint - ing was given to M. Barrete, the French Ambassador. PARIS, Dec 20.- A committee of persons connected with the Louvre to-day raised a fund of $5,000 as a reward for Senor Get I, the Florentine art dealer, through whose efforts the famous painting, “Mona L/isa.” was recovered. Stabbed by Man He Says Wronged Sister Suffering from stab wounds in the head and body * inflicted by a man w hom he charges with having wrong ed his sister. J. R. (’ash, of No. 127 Jefferson street, will be tried in Po lice Court on charges of disorderly conduct. The man who did the cut ting, who Cash, says is Norman Jones, of No. 121 Jefferson street, is sought by the police. The bojVs sister, Izora ('ash, 18, witnessed the battle in the parlors and on the front porch of the (’ash home, where Jones was calling on the girl. 'Bankers Will Out,' Judge Tells Convict PONTIAC, MICH., Dec. 20. In sen tencing Ralph E. Joss man. former cash ier of the E. Jossman State Bank, of Clarkston, to serve from seven to twenty years in Stale prison for embezzling over $100,000. the court told him not to as no Michigan prison could hold long. 'IHE MAGISTRATE’ Paymaster of Wilson i . Yacht Loses His Place Christmas Play Is _ Presented on Train Tech Boys and Society Girls Help| Empty Stocking Fund in Play and Dance. worry, a convicted banker The Tech Dramatic Club’s presen tation of “The Magistrate” at tiie Grand Opera House Friday night proved a big success. It was even reported Saturday that some members of the cast were considering taking up the drama as a life work. The play was a most creditable ef fort, as many friends of Miss Carolyn Cobb, the coach, told her. It was a real college night at ‘.he Grand. The pit was filled with stu dents and popular girls of the young- r set. A more responsive audience ins seldom been seen, for they watched more closely than usual actors whom they really knew. And in the climax?:; they were bound to applaud the strange gestures and speeches of their friends. One-quarter «,f the box office re ceipts of the play goes t<* The Geor gian's Empty Stocking Fund. Af*et the play actors and all went to S - Radio's, where Mist ».. \\ Moseley was givjng a very successful be eflt dance for the Empty Sta king Fund. Kappa Sigma Alumni Meet to Reorganize The local alumni chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity is to be r organized at a meeting at 8 o’d.j-k Saturday night in the chapter hou.c* of the Georgia Tech Chapter, No. 322 Williams street. There are about 150 Kappa Sigmas living in and, near Atlanta, and at Iumiii association was '•opular organization, short talks by promi- of the fraternity, and refreshments will be served. WASHINGTON, Dec 20. Passed Assistant Paymaster Edward Little, U. S. N., on duty *for the last three years with the President’s yacht May flower, “is no longer in the service of the navy.” Secretary Daniels said he did not care to comment on the case. Miss Wilson Offers Advice to 'Spugs’ WASHINGTON. Dec 20 Miss Margaret Woodrow Wijson. chair woman of tin* Washington "Spugs.” ed a plan that might “alter the whole In a public statement to-day suggest.- Christmas spirit all over this mighty and prosperous land.” She suggested that each "Spug" “find some one destitute, deserving person and give him or her a happy Christmas,” and furnished addresses BINGHAMTON, X. V.. Dec. 20. A theatrical performance of “A Christ mas Angel” was presented in the club car of a moving Lackawanna train. XMAS PENS. Jno. L. Moore & Sons have the “Ideal" Waterman pen; gold, silver arid plain Let their pen salesman help you make your selection. Jno. L. Moore A* Sons.—Advt. BROKERS 301 Peters Bldg JEWELERS A Money ^ v to I.oa n. Phone Main 22R STRICTLY PRIVATE. DR. LINCOLN M’CONNELL to lecture on “COLORED FOLKS” at the BAPTIST TABERNACLE Monday, Decem ber 22. Special music by Tabernacle choir. A treat you can’t afford to miss. Reserved seats $1.00. one time the a strong ar.d There will be nent member.' Christmas Spectacles. Solid gold frames, in a beautiful gift case Th* greatest of all S. P. IJ. G. gifts. The correct lenses fit ted after the holidays without ex Mm charge A. K. Jiawkes Co., opticians, 14 Whitehall street.- Advt. YOU CAN HAVE IT R KPA!RED JUST LIKE NEW AT A VERY MODERATE COST The Georgian’s Repair Directory gives all the principal place# where bo article can be repaired, and should bo i-rrserved ir every home as a guide. THE PIPE HOSPITAL For all kinds of Pipe Repairing TUIWL1N BROS. 50 NORTH BROAD S7. GEORGIAN TO RUN HOTEL. ! HAMLET. X Dec. 20. II. I* i Auston, formerly of Conyers. Ga., 1: » I succeeded (!. L. Lank as manager •»! j the Terminal Hotel. He is also on* I of the owners of a laundry and i I Town < ‘omniX. inner. A CHEERFUL XMAS Is there anything so cheerful for a Xmas gift as a Singing Bird? We have a number of guaranteed Singing Canaries at $2.75. C'agps from 50c up. j. c. McMillan, jr.. seed co. 23 S. Broad St Main 940 ALL MAKES OF TYPEWRITERS Repaired and Re- Built. Prompt ser vice. Thorough work. Reasonable charges. American Writing Machine Co. Phone Main 2525. 48 N. Pryor St. These Ads Bring Results. See Ad Man or Call Main 100. Afl Kinds of FURNACES Repaired. The Only Place to Get MONCRfEP FURNACES Repaired. Prompt Attention. MONCRIEF FURNACE CO, Phones Main 285; Atlanta 2877. 139 South P**vor Street. SCISSORS m KNIVFS • ■IIIWWWl*'fes CF ALL KINDS SHARPENED BY EXPERTS MATTHEWS & LIVELY 21 E. Alabama St. Phones 311 ATLANTA, GA. STOVES of Ail Kinds REPAIRED THE ATLANTA STOVE SUPPLY CO. 101 N. Forsyth St. Phone Lv.v 1240. Stovn Supplies of Every