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Til K ATLAA1A UbUKUlAA AM) NEWS. SOMETHINGS HE 5 IBS 30 CENTS I POUND MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT A-PLENTY 2 AT FREE CONCERT FOR XMAS FUND Below is shown the Monarch Comedy Quartet, of the Alamo No. .!, on the program at the Forsyth Sunday. Above is a group of dolls dressed for Atlanta poor children. Just now* the all-absorbing: question Is. "What is that Christmas dinner? 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 portance once every year when t hristmas presents and Christmas dinners are to he 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. On the authority of a leading gro- er on Peachtree street, prices may average just the tiniest shade abov those of last year, or—and this win be music to many years—they may be just a wee bit low’er. 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 f lustered about a big table it ought not to cost more than 50 or 60 cents a plate. That estimate included a first-class turkey with “trimmings” and a menu that would be a delight to the family in the brownstone mansion as well as to the more humble laborer in his cottage. As every housewife knows, there is a difference In butter, in c.nnned goods, a very distinctive dif ference in eggs, dependent upon their age, and in practically everything else one buys to eat. Rut one must have ’he best in a Christmas dinner, and ♦hat 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 a 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 ihem 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 Christmas 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 tiie blame for the whole expense. 7ou buy a peck of potatoes. The " hole peck is charged up against the ♦ 'hristmas dinner, when, as a matter of fact, only a. part of the potatoes are used. And who 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 will not be so good. Turkeys were right plentiful around Thanksgiving and the prices w’ere 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 thorc 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 cents 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 thev are as good as the Indian River—are selling for 30 and 35 cents a dozen. Cranberries Plentiful. ♦ 'ranberries 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 peel;, 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 Christmas. Lettuce is 10 cents a head. Good bananas may be bought for 20 rets 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. Canned asparagus, one of the favorites in the canned goods line, is much cheaper than formerly. Once asparagus was 40 rents a can. Last year it was 35. This Christmas it mav be bought for 25 cents. Nuts and raisins are slightly high er. owing 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 Noteworthy Event; Railroad Nov* Liable for Ten Mil lion Dollars in Excess Fares Collected. KANSAS CITY, MO., Dei'. 20.—FV- titions for Injunctions to prevent Mis souri from enforcing the 2-cent rail road passenger rate and maximum freight rate laws were dismissed day by Judge .McPherson, of Iowa, acting under instructions of the I'nited States Supreme Court. Tiu: decision is a sweeping victory for the State in its battle for enforcement of the laws. The measures were opposed by thirteen railroads. <)n account of the decision thou sands of hippers and travelers oa the railioads of Missouri may sue to recover excess rates and fares charged since the two laws were passed. Fui'v $10,000,000 will be involved if all who are entitled to sue bring action. Judge McPherson refused to issue an order compelling suits to recover excess charges to be filed in the Federal Court. King George to Keep Up Racing Stables Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec. 20.—The King has intimated to Lord Marcus Beresford, who has control of the 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 fiat racing season Just ended. Viet ween $20,000 and $25,000, has by no means sufficed to cover the expenses of his training establish ment. Mistrial Is Result In Stock Fraud Case Chi Phi Alumni to Hold Its Largest Good Music Planned j Banquet Saturday As the first step in a brilliant series pf entertainments, the Shriners’ ball, given in Taft Hall at the Audito rium January 15, 1914, by the Yaarab Patrol Association, is planned as one *>!’ the most important occasions of Its kind in Atlanta's history. The ball is for the .Shriners. and special arrangements have been made fur in advance of the event. Con tracts have been made with two or chestras to furnish an unbroken mu- ^iyal program, and a special scheme o f decorations is now being worked "Ut 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—rand as a social* f vent the ball should be one long re membered. What promises to be the largest and most successful annual banquet in the history of the Chi 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. Georgian Killed by Officers in Alabama BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 20.—The body W. B. Edwards, of Reynolds, Ga., who was killed by officers at Irondale, mar here, is being held pending in structions from his parents. Coroner Spain announced to-day that he would thoroughly investigate the kill ing. Hdwards and a companion are sa’d to have been on an outgoing freight train when Special Agent Scarlett, o“ the Southern Railway, and Town Marshal Torrough started after negro f ar thieves. The negro ran and Ed wards, becoming frightened, also took to thght, getting in line with bullets intended for the negroes. 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 the Metropolitan Trust Company of New York, trustee of the mortgage securi g the company’s bond issue. The direct cause of the receivership w as the failure of the company to oay the interest on the bo:.d indebtedne.,* last July. Atlanta Girl Held By Mobile Police MOBILE, Dec. 20.—Mrs. J F. Raw- > er, 15 years old. giving her home ai Atlanta, where she says her mother besides, and her maiden name as Mav Williams, is held in the city jail her -, i Harry M. Davis, aged 24. giving 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 fi"in Pensacola. Western Electric Salesmen to Meet SUICIDE IS BURIED. OREENSOBOR. Dee 20. " llliam Dentry, a prominent citizen of l point, who committed suicide a^t^nis vas buried to-day 1 ome, »int. at Union $5—OPERA GLASSES—$5 Pearl Opera Glasses of exceptional due for this reason of ike year— Xmas Gilt for an> member of amil.. 42 N. I’load. J*-o. E i" ue Sons. Advt. During the week commencing Jan uary 26 about 100 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 ir. 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. Dec. 20.—S. E. Stew art. said to b* a wealthy merchant f Hartsell, Ala. is held here by th" po- Ikt on telegraphic communt i**n from Birmit ham that he is wanted there for passing had cN<l.s. Stev- art denies the 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, hut the Christmas Editor has done enough figuring to be 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.” and 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 tjiey were working for the 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 the 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 was 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 Christmas 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 the musical talent of Atlanta into a carefully ar ranged prog Pam promises on this* oc casion a veritable feast 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 a r d dispense with the 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. Shuberl) — • *. K. Barber director. Lee’s Hawaiian Trio in Musical Echoes from the Pacific Isles. Duet. Fruciflx LI. Faure >—Cornet, and trombone by Barber and Cox ('ornct solo. SelectedMaster Leon M< Uopville x Overture. P'ledos (Massenet) .1. IV J M i • • ’ i- «en director i The Steinway (Quartet, from the Vaudette Theater. Angelus (Massenet)—J. P. Mat- Lhiessen, director. Overture, Selected—Fred Wede- meyer. director. Monarch Harmony Four, from Al amo Theater. Selection (Selected)—Fred Wede- meyer, director. The above program could 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 op' ned promptly at 2 o'clock. Everybody is invited to walk in. No seats are reserved. First come, first sen ed. 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 Wedomeyer. There will be the best quartets in the movies, those from the Vaudette and the Alamo Theaters. Master f.eon McConville, who will play a cornet solo, has been pro nounced by experts the boy wonder • f the South. At the age of 12 years he has 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. Rememocr, there arc only five days left in whi< i to do this. The remain ing days will pass like lightning. Get out your checkbook right no* and write out a check for the Empty Stocking Fund. Make it payable to the Christmas Editor, .and mail it to 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, ff everybody *n Atlanta gives something, the amounts w ill not mat ter. This is a duty you should not neg lect. Do it now. Here are the latest additions to the fund: Miss 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 1.00 J. M. Elliott, life-term prisoner 1.00 McCurdy Held Mayor Of Stone Mountain Phil McCurdy, elected Mayor Stone Mountain at the recent nmnk - ' election, has been officially J- dared the victor over Dr Wells the contest the latter made to pr- vent McCurdy from taking office. Dr. Wells declared McCurdy w. elected* by illegal votes. Qrdina George, in Decatur, found that aft the illegal votes were thrown out ti McCurdy ticket had a majority tight. 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 w as brought here from Florence, where it wgs recovered, in a special railway coach, guarded by Director Poggi. of the Ufflzl Art Gal lery. in Florence, several carabineers and detectives. Upon the arrival of the 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 Publu Instruction. Dr. Credaro hurried to the French Embassy, where the paint ing was given to AT. Barrere, the French Ambassador. PARIS, Dec. 20. A committee of persons connected with the Louvre to-dav raised a fund of $5,000 as a reward for Senor Gerf. the Florentine art dealer, through whose efforts the famous painting, “Mona Lisa,” was recovered. ‘THE MAGISTRATE’ S BIG BOUSE Stabbed by Man He Says Wronged Sister Suffering from stab wounds in the head and body inflicted by a man whom he charges with having wrong ed his sister, J. R. Cash, 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 boy's sister, Izora Cash, 18, witnessed the battle in the parlors and on the front porch of the Cash home, wnere Jones was calling on the girl. 'Bankers Will Out,' Judge Tells Convict PONTIAC, MICH.. Dec. 20.—In sen tencing Ralph E. Josaman. former cash ier of the E. Josaman State Bank, of Ciarkston, to serve from seven to twenty years in State prison for embezzling over $100,000. the court told him not to worry, as no Michigan prison could hold a convicted banker long. Tech Boys and Society Girls Help Empty Stocking Fund in Play and Dance. The Tech Dramatic Club's presen tation of “The Magistrate” at t'ris 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. Ir was a real college night at the Grand. The pit was filled with stu dents and popular girls of the younger set. A more responsive audience has seldom been seen, for they watched more closely than usual actors whom they really knew. And in the climaxes they were bound to applaud the strange gestures and speeches of their friends. One-quarter of the box office re ceipts of the play goes to The Geor gian’s Empty Stocking Fund. Af’ei the play actors and ail went to Se gadlo’s, where Miss L. V. Moseley was giving a very successful b« efit dan • for the Empty Stocking 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’clock I Saturday night in the chapter house of the Georgia Tech Chapter, No. 322 Williams street. There are about 150 Kappa Sigmas living in and near Atlanta, and .it one time the alumni association was a strong ard popular organization. There will be short talks by promi nent members of the fraternity, and refreshments will be served. GREENSBORO. Dec. 20.—The case of D. E. Moorefield. 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. H. Bowles, a prominent planter, of Greene Coun ty, alleges that Moorefield sold him $1,500 stock and traded the notes to tha Bank of Colbert, Ga. The stock in the company is alleged to be worthless. Paymaster of Wilson Yacht Loses His Place 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 Wilson, chair woman of the Washington "Spugs. ed a plan that might "alter the whole iri a public statement to-day suggest- Christmas spirit ail 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. Frantic Over Parents’ Death, Rachel Wurn Battles Atlanta Policemen. Driven temporarily Insane by tho sudden death of her father and moth er, Rachel Leah Wurn, a handsome German woman, about 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 Union Station laid Friday afternoon. An investigation by the Jewish Re lief Association revealed that she wa« en route to Birmingham to the home of her brother-in-law, M. Slaughter. Mr. Slaughter was telegraphed to 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 Wurm became insane when the train was a few miles out of At lanta. and created a. panic among the passengers. She leaped into the aisle, screaming and tearing at her hair and clothing. Members of the train 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 the 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 was 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 bad left Germany a short time ago and come to New York. Just before she started on the 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. Christmas Play Is Presented on Train BINGHAMTON, N. Y., 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 I lie “Ideal” Waterman pen; gold, silver and plain. Let their pen talesman help you make your selection. Jnu- L. Moore & Sons.—Advt. 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. YOU CAN HAVE IT REPAIRED JUST LIKE NEW AT A VERY MODERATE COST The Georgian’s Repair Directory gives all the principal places whtrs an article can be repaired, and should be ^reserved in svyy home as a guide. Christmas Spectacles. Solid gold frames, in a beautiful I gift case. The greatest of all S. P. I r. G. gifts. Th - correct lenses fitted after the holidays without extra charge. A, K. Hawkes <’o., opticians, 14 Whitehall street.—Advt. GEORGIAN TO RUN HOTEL. HAMLET. N Dec. 20.—II. I’ I Auston. former l> of Conyers. Ga.. h.n succeeded G I. Lank as manager of (the Terminal Hotel. H- is also ono 'of the own*,. r laundry anti « 1 Town Commissioner. 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. Cages from 50c up. J. c. MrMII LAN. JR.. SEE!) CO. 23 S. Broad St Main 940 THE PIPE HOSPITAL For all kinds of Pipe Repairing TUMLIN BROS 50 NORTH BROAD 87. All. MAKES OF TYPEWRITERS Repaired and Re- Built. Prompt ser vice. Thorough work. Reasonable charges. American Writing (Machine Co. Phone Main 2526. 43 N. Pryor St. These Ads Bring Results. See Ad Man or Call Main 100. All Kinds of FURNACES Repaired. The Only Place to Get MONCRIEP FURNACES Repaired.. Prompt Attention. MONCRIEF FURNACE CO. Phones Main 285; Atlanta 2877. 139 South P'-vor Street. SCISSORS AND KNiVFS OF ALL HINOS SHARPENED BY EXPERTS MATTHEWS & LIVELY 21 E. Alabama St. Phons, 311 ATLANTA, GA. STOVES of All Kinds REPAIRED THE ATLANTA STOVE SUPPLY CO. HH N. Forsyth St. Phone Ivy 1240 Stove Supplier of Every Kind