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SKIP LADDERS
Loeb Overruled—Suffragists Get
Permission to Board Liners
From Revenue Cutters.
When skirt« are »!it, anti winds ufe
brisk.
And seas grow mad and madder,
A perfect lady should not risk
Ascending: cutter's ladder.
But when the seas are ladylike,
Go up. with our protection;
We’ll smite the man with marllnspike
Who looks in your direction!
Ho! pipe the ship news men below!
Their lot grows sad and sadder —
And douse the naughty searchlight'*
glow
A lady climbs the ladder!
—Musing* of Malone
NEW YORK, Dec. 20. — Not more
than a dozen year:- ago women, most
ly reporters, boarded liners down the
bay with impunity, in skirts that were
not of the present filmy, narrow and
clinging sort. Collector Loeb'* ad
ministration put a stop to the nauti
cal ambition of the fairer sex which,
however, refused to stop its demand
to be treated as the unskirted male
Collector Mltchel in the brief pe
riod of his rule at the custom house
turned down the ladles' petition on
i he same ground that Collectoi Loeb
ha* given It was that there was
peril to the ladder climber wearing
skirts modern, an< ient or otherwise.
A committee of suffragists called
on Collector Malone yesterday to try
their luck and went away smiling,
with the assurance that the Collector
had no objection to issuing pfifinl *
to women to board steamships off
Quarantine from cutter?, provided
the steamship companies had no ob- (
lection
Steamship Men Assent.
There were representatives of .nix
lines, the Cunard, Hamburg-Ameri
can. Holland-America, American,
French and North German Lloyd, at
the conference. The committee of
suffragists consisted of Mrs. Nora
Hatch de Forest. Mrs. Norman de
R. Whitehouse, Mrs. Mabel Potter
Daggett and Mrs. Frances Maule
BJorkman.
The steamship men said in effect
that the average woman did not know
how to climb a ladder. Whereupon
the suffragists remarked that the av
erage woman was not under consid
eration: that* the average woman
did not know how to ride n horse, gel
off a street car or climb mountains,
ns two great women had done to tho
confusion of the men mountain
t limbers. Also the average man was
nt« great shakes at a lot of things in
which women excelled.
Now. What to Wear?
The steamship men seemed Im
pressed with the arguments of the
woftion and evinced .1 disposition to
look upon the boarding permits »»*■
ladies who could climb ladders with
just as much favor as upon those of
the j hip news reporters.
Tin* suffragists asked ihc Collector
bow be would advise hoarders under
the new dispensaiton to dress to inet f
with the approval of the steamship
companies. This rather confused Che
* 'olleotor. He asked not to be drawn
into that part of tlie proposition, as ns
did not desire to pose as a fashion
expert on the “Modes for Ladies
Hoarding Steamships from Revenue
< ’utters."
He Wears Same Shoes
For Thirty-six Years
GARY. Dec. HO. The high ooait of
•hoes does not trouble Conrad Faby&n,
of Kast Gary. Thirty-six years ago he
purchased a pair of shoes which he has
worn continuously ever since
Conrad brought the shoes to a cob
bler for the sixth tesoliug lie expects
to wear them at bast four years more.
T ALliKI
!T I5ARNKS Jo.-
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•Hi'il and Knox
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tiers in tin*
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flimit lire liuainess)
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MINERAL BLUEE
GIRLS’ SCHOOL
Old Notion That Enlisted Man Can i
1 Not Save Disproved by State
ment of Opportunities.
A future that glows as brightlv as
lan Oliver Optic story of the poor;
I boy’s success is painted in an attra< |
j live prospectus scattered broadcast •
1 by the local recruiting station of the |
| United Slates airm last week.
Substantial advantages, far exceed
ing those which most careers offer to
; the average citizen, are outlined. Phy
sical and mental betterment is prom
ised. the opportunity for study under
i practical and accomplished Instruc
tors, the chance of promotion, the
power to save money, and the pros-
I pect of retirement on a considerable
income at the end of 30 years’ ser-
j vice.
The local station is the central of
fice for recruiting in Georgia and
Alabama. In charge of Lieutenant. J.
A. Oaloogly, it has been operated un
der a vigorous policy of exploitation
by which, in two years, the periodical
number of recruits has advanced sev
eral hundred per cent.
Last week's prospectus offered to
recruits the opportunity to save $10
a month out of their pay, the money
to be cared for by the Government,
with *1 pei' cent interest offered. Oth
er attractive features are six months'
pay to dependents in event of death,
opportunity for travel and for study
it common ichool and in technical
trade subjects, free nursing in sick
ness, life pension in event of injury,
easy promotion, even to the high
est stations, retirement after 30 years
on three-fourths pay plus $15.75 a
month in the case of a first sergeant
nearly $70 a month—or admission
after 20 years to an attractive shel
tering home.
Mountain Children Bright and Apt
Pupils—More Funds Needed,
Says Mrs. LaZarus.
3 Young Men to Open
New Furniture Store
J. Albert Barnes. Joe M. Ford and
Knox Barnes Will Become
Partners.
Another new firm enters into At
lanta’s business world. This time it
ts a furniture store to be known as
Barnes Bros. A Ford, and is located
at No. 23 Fast Hunter street.
The personnel of the new firm is
composed of J. Albert Barnes. L. Knox
Barnes and Joe M. Ford. All three
of these young men have been prom
inent In Atlanta’s furniture world for
more than ten years, having been
conencted with the Oscar Barnes
Company for years, until that firm
was merged with the Sterehi Bros. &
Barnes <’0., something over a year
ago, when they entered into the em
ploy of that firm.
During the years the> have been
connected with the furniture busi
ness they have marie a great many
friends who will be glad t«» hear M
their going into business for them
selves and who wish them every suc
cess in the world. The now store will
carry a complete line of household
furnishings, furniture, carpets and
rugs
Florida Oranges in
Pittsburg Cent Each
PITTSBURG, Dec. 20.—The high
cost of living was given something of
a jolt here when commission mer-
( hunts in the produce yards complet
ed the sale of 25 carloads of Florida
(•ranges at 90 cents a '-rate, about 1
cent fur each of the 1.500.000 oranges
in the shipment. The yards were
fgirly choked with fruit, and it was
necessity to dispose of t lie oranges to
prevent them from spoiling.
In tpe same market and at the
same time the first Florida straw
berries were selling at; 75 cents a
quart.
300 Years of Life
Seen for Women
Mom \ spent for foreign mission*
■ ouhl b • devoted to greater usefulness
hoc it home, says a sincere appeal
for recognition of he educational
; of t e Georgia mountain girls
that is embodied in the armual re
port of Mrs. Edward VV. LaZarus, of
Atlanta, president of the Southern
Mountain Fducationai Association.
Mrs. LaZaivs tells of the* struggles
that have attended the association’s
efforts t<» establish the Mineral Bluff
Industri j I School, of the success that
has com*, and of the needs that still
exist.
'We hope to make this institution
a harbor for worthy, needy, ambi
tious mountain girls, struggling in a
*ea of inrntal darkness,’’ she says in
the report "They are bright, but un-
awaken‘d, with the purest Anglo-
Saxon blood coursing in their veins,
but so long hidden away among the
Appalachian spurs that they are too
ignorant, because of poverty and non
communication, oven to appreciate the
the gru ideur of their surroundings."
She tel’s of appalling conditions of
life, resulting from their lack of
training and generations of intellec
tual blindness.
"Improvidence,” she savs, *'is one of
tleir degenerating characteristics.
Many of the women do their cooking,
whit h '.onsists mainly of half raw
<orn bread and inferior pork, under
leaking roofs, with dirt floors, often
wading in mud and slush. Insanitary
surroundings, unwholesome food, lit
tle prot .*ction from the elements, these
people are acute sufferers and easy*
victims to illness.’
•The growth of the Mineral Bluff
School frem an experimental institu
tion with an attendance of seven to a
prosperous establishment with 25
qirls and two buddings, she recounts.
One of the needs is $1,300 to pay for
a new class building recently erected.
Harvard Lecturer
In New Haven's Pay
Prof. Wyman, of Harvard. Says He
Was "Consulting Counsel.”
Denies Biased Lectures.
BgSToX, Dec. 20. —That Professor
Bruce Wyman, <f the Harvard Law
School, drew $8^3 a month from th*»
New Yolk, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad find delivered lectures favor
able to the road, without telling his
hearers that he was a paid employee,
was brought out in an investigation
by the public service committee ot
large suns paid to legislators and
new spapei men by the road.
Pr ofessor Wyman said he was "con
sulting counsel” lor the loatj in 1912
and 1913 and aided Governor Foss in
framing the public utilities bill, de
signed to give the State better con
trol of 1 fie railroad situation.
"My onscience is clear,” said Pro
fessor Wyman ”1 challenge^ any
body to show any change in my pub
lic utterances, before or after my
connection with the New Haven
load.”
To Light Falls at
Peace Celebration
NIAGARA FALLS, X. V., De,. 20.—
The illumination of Niagara Falls
will be one of tile features of the
pene i “lebratlon. if the bill whlcn
will be introduced by Awsemblyman-
elert John J. Williams, of the Second
Niagara District, in the next Legisla
ture is adopted
The >>111 will call for an appropria
tion of funds for the illumination of
the falls as part of the peace celebra
tion A mass meeting will be held
here next month for perfecting the
plans for the celebration and Vice
• 'resident Marshall b' expected to be
the principal speaker of the evening.
KIPLING TELLS
Terrence of the ‘‘Black Tyrone”
Is Dead. Says Author, Who
Proves Genial Host.
Son, I’m Proud of You. Rehearsal Follows
Ts Mother’s Greeting - Festival Concert
New York Central's Newly Elected ; Chorus in Important Meeting Mon
President Visits Parent day Night—Free Xmas Concert
Aged 85. to Draw Crowds.
CLEVELAND, Dec. JO.— "Son, I
am proud of you; 1 knew you haJ
it in you."
This was tHe benediction pro
nounced on Alfred H. Smith, of New
York, newly-elected president oX the
New York Central lines, by his 85-
year-old mother, Mr?. Charlotte
Smith, when the won paid her a sur
prise visit at her honje here to-day.
Plea of Clergyman
Prevents Lawsuit
• s I I RGLOX. M,*.. Drc. 20. One of
tlic most tinuK.ial court procedures , ver
recorded In this section of Missouri
occurred in the Court of Justice Wil
liam lluletl. when (lie suit of Roberts
Bros & Green vs. Henry Bryson and
Henr\ Nevins was taken front a Jury
already impaneled ami placed In the
hands of arbitrators, following an Im-
Pi> sinned plea by Rev. Ezra Herndon,
alio said such settlements as lawsuits
Mtre tri direct opposition to the word of
God.
Upon the vote of the jurors and all
•'resent to the effect that the. believed
the Bliile ar.il lavored arbitrators, tiie
court vas dismissed and (he mailer
settled by two men chosen from (hose
present.
Baby First Learns
To Walk on Boat
DOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 Probably
no person ever acquired "sealegs' ear
lier than did little Thomas Carter, the
young son of Chief Engineer W. W.
Farter and Mrs. Carter, of the Atlantic
and Pacific Steamship Company's
steamer Se.nta Catalina, which docked
at Los Angeles harbor yesterday.
Young Carter is just 18 months old
While the vessel was rolling and pitch
ing in storms on both the Atlantic and
the Pacific, young Carter was rolling
and pitching, too. But he mastered his
first lesson in life’s difficulties wonder
fully and to the surprise of both his
parents and the crew, was able to walk
all about the vessel before land was
touched.
Elopers May Lie
About Their Age
ST. CLAIRSVILLE. OHIO, Dec. 20 —
Elopers may come here and lie with
impunity to get marriage licenses from
Probat^ .fudge Nichols. This city long
has be#i a Gretna Green.
"We have decided in the future to
leave the prosecutions to tlie contract
ing parties." Judge Nichols said, ‘ft
has been our experience that whenever
a prosecution Is started or suggested
the patrons have begged with tears to
let the matter drop."
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Obituary—
Terrence Mulvaney, late of Her Ma
jesty, Queen Vietorier’s "Black Ty
rone," y ‘‘corp'ril wanst” and a "first-
class fightin’ man" always, is dead.
He said his nearest relative was
Dinah Shadd, and his closest friends
(though he held them in their places
Jo the end) were “Little Ofthris"
and "Learoyd and "Mister Rudyard
Kipling sor."
This is the sad news brought back
by Irvin Cobb from England the
other day.
The death of Mulvaney. deathless
hero of “Soldiers Three.” was sol
emnly announced to Mr. Cobb by Mr.
Kipling himself—at luncheon.
“To the best of my knowledge—the
best of my memory, would bo bettor -
Mulvaney is dead," said the wizard
of India's .romance. “Last I saw of
him he was superintending a gang of
coclies on a cut in India. He was a
bit seedy and down-at-heel. If he
has not already passed away he soon
will, and Dinah Shadd will bury him."
Mr. Cobb bald he found Kipling not
at all the uppish Britisher that some
have pictured him to be. He "winked
back the same as us” to Mr. Cobb.
The writer drew a striking pen pic
ture of Mr. Kipling at home.
"We arrived a bit early," he said,
"and Mr. and Mrs. Kipling were out,
but had left word they would be back
directly. We strolled in the garden,
awaiting them. We had not gone far
from the house when we heard a
shout and saw a man jump over the
hedge and run toward us. Ife% wel
comed us as Mulvaney probably wel
comed him—when he brought a pint
of beer as the price of a story. He
seemed to be in appearance a sort of
combination of Theodore Roosevelt,
William Travers Jerome and Bob Da
vis. He has quick feltnity of move
ment, the rapid thrust and parry in
conversation and a very definite way
of stating a conviction."
He talked to Cobb of war and Peter
Finley Dunne. "One of the greatest
writers In America," he. said of
Dunne. "A dull mathematical prob
lem," he said of war.
SIXTY. HE GOES BAREFOOT.
URBANA. OHIO, Dec. 20.—Going j
barefooted in December is unusual, but
this is done by George Pence. 60. of
Concord township. Pence goes bare
footed most of the time, unless the |
weather is extremely cold, and believes j
that it is healthful.
'
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Reduced ever N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.
j Apply any A gent.
Boa Constrictor Left
In Paris Subway Car
Special Cable to The American.
BARIS. Dec. 20.—On the arrival of a
subway train at the Opera Station the
emgloyees found under the seal of a
car a large boa constrictor, whicli had
been fnrtMtten by a passenger. There
was a general stampede until a police
man killed tiie snake with a club.
The Atlanta Music F«*tival Cho
rus, which is planning a big frea
Christmas concert for Sunday after
noon, December 28. will hold a re
hearsal with the pipe organ at the
Auditorium-Armory Monday evening
at 8 o'clock sharp. Vice President
George W. Wilkins, of the Music Fes
tival Association, is arging all mem
bers of the chorus to be present, since
the rehearsal la the most Important
one of the year.
Herr de Cortez YYolffungen, former
ly in charge of the Grand OpeTa Cho
rus at Washington. D. C„ is training
the Atlanta chorus. The concert will
be open to the public. Last year's
was attended by over 6,000 people.
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American woman would just .case her
heartbreaking chase after heauiy anti
give » little more attention to hu*
health, she. together with her progen}',
ought to live to lie .".'10 .'ears old.
At least, this is the firm belief of j
Mine. Charlotte DcGotrere Davenport,
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Nu Absentees in 7
Months of School
KKLSu, WASH . Dev. €0. The lit
lie town of Ostrander ha« a public ||
school winch hiMdK tiie record for the
best attendance and punctuality for
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Five months during last year with
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Tarts, Blues, Pinks
Y'oil'll lie delighted when you see our attractive range <•!'
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Your brother, husband, son or father will In* delighted
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Night Shirts, too in Outing,
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M uslin, 50c to $1.50.
GIFTS OF FINE SHIRTS
Many are buying our fine Man
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cause there's nothing men love so
much as plenty of nice shirts.
Manhattans, colored or white,
all styles, from $1.50 to $3.50.
See our window display to-da\
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