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SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, 0A„ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1913. 4 A HEARST'S 55 CENTS COST OP 1 Youngsters in ‘Play’ Wedding Q|)(|['5 VOUNG +•+ +•+ ^ +•+ +•*?* Society Sees Novel ‘Ceremony’ +•*!* ^•*i* +•+ ‘Nuptials’ Dolls’ Congress Event Miss Keller Lauds Edison +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Writes of Work for Blind .s. This Will Be Average Price for Each Member of Family Next Thursday, SUPPLIES MUCH CHEAPER Turkeys, Celery and Fruit Prices Drop, but White Potatoes Have Advanced. Mr. Heatlofafamilj. well throughout the universe for culationa. Saturday night known a feu figures which Adeline Winston, a charming bridesmaid, is shown above. Below, from left to right, are Billy Hoisted, Sarah Peel Tilt and Rankin Manley. institution around 30 r>mewhat t*nfh per pound. ♦*hper than last compiled regarding that his Christmas dinner. Generally speaking. Mr. 11 can treat his flock to a pretty good dinner at 55 cents per plate, according to his figures. And, tie adds on the side, the remnants of that meal can he used for at least two others to fol low. with a few small garnishments Here Is what tlie makings of a Christmas dinner disintegrated are selling f« Turkey which is year’s price Cranberries are 15 cents a pound. Irish potatoes are 40 cents a peck, a raise over the preceding Christmas time. Sweets are 30 cents. Celery, selling last year for 12 1-2 cents a stalk, is priced at 10 cents. Lettuce is 10 cents a head. Oranges haven't been so low in many years They are running 10 and 15 cents less u dozen now than last season. Some are selling tor 15 cents; others, and good ones, for 30 cents. Good bananas may lie bought for 20 cents a dozen; grapes at 25 cents a pound; apples at an average of 55 ents. which Is 10 cents higher than .isf year. Christmas candies are cheaper this 'ear. because of the low price of su gar. Nuts and raisins are slightly higher, owing to drouth and unsea sonable rains. Sugar may be bought at the rate of nineteen pounds for a? cents; flour Is cheaper at 70 to 90 cents a sack; can ned a-1>. n agio is much cheaper than formerly, selling at 25 cents. CHAPPED SKINS NEED Government Experts’ Eyes Opened to Possibilities of Increase in Yield Per Acre. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The vie- it to Washington of a small army of bo> and girl agricultural club winners l as opened the eyes of experts of the Uepanment of Agriculture to what • an be lone in the way of increasing the yield of corn per acre The four prize winners and their leeords are: Walker Lee Dunson, of Alabama, 232.7 bushels on an acre, at a cost of 19.9 cents per bushel; .1 Ray Cameron, of North Carolina, 190.4 bushels, at 33.29 cents; Edward ,i Wellborn, of Georgia 181.72 bush el at 30 cents, and .1 Jones Folk, of Mississippi, 214.9 bushels, at 21.4 cents. ‘Teachers’ Pets’ Are SoughtAmong Cadets WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. If there are any “teachers’ pets’’ at West Point Senator chamberlain, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, Intends to discover the fact Favor itism in that institute, in which the Government educates young men for the army, has been charged. Tin resolution offered by Mr. Oham- berlain instructs his committee to conduct an investigation. The Sen ator announced to the Senate that several complaints had been made to him. Thanks “Wizard” Who Promised Invention to Enable Blind to Read Any Book. Continued From Page 1. said l^ook for them and you will And them.” The talk was a sort of rhapsodv on love and its influence. Miss Keller said she owes all she has achieved to Its force. She answered questions by persons In the audience with a qulek- n**hs of epigram and a grace of speech that awoke great applause Mrs. Mary, her teacher, talked for nearly an hour, telling of the work required to teach her the things she has learned. The talk preceded Miss Keller’s, and so plainly aroused an interest that the entrance of Mrs. Macy’s wonderful pupil was dramatic. After Miss Keller’s talk she was crowned with a wreath of laurel by the Laughters of the Confederacy and hilled In speeches by Miss Mildred Rutherford, of Athens, and Mrs. C. Helen Plains as “the Daughter of the, South.” Mrs. McCarthy placed a wreath on the head of Mrs Macy. An enthusiastic reception followed the exercises, hundreds crowding to the edge of the stage to shake Miss Kel ler’s hands. An appealing element in the au dience was a large party of deaf mutes, before whom an instructor stood, busily tranimrltting to them the address of Mrs. Macy and of Miss Keller, as fast as the words were spoken. Miss Keller talked to them by means of the well-known sign alphabet "A Merry Christmas to you.” she waved. A Joke on Carnegie. Mrs. Macy, Miss Keller's teacher, told of a joke the latter turned on Andrew Carnegie. “Helen had almost a set-to with Mr. Carnegie the other day on a train near Pittsburg,” she said. “Mr. Car negie is a warm friend of hers, but he doesn’t care much for suffrage ideas—that is. militancy. He and Helen had had quite a warm little argument, and at last he said; “ ‘Now, see here; you’re my little girl, aren’t you? Well, little girl, if 1 hear of your preaching any more of this sort of thing I’ll take you „ A ^ cO d CUTICURA. SOAP Clutioura Soup and Ointment aold throughout the world. 1 iberal sample of ea« h mailed free, with 32-p. book Address "( utlrura " l»epi 240. Boetou •Mr*Men who shave and shampoo with Cutlcum Soap will nod It heat for skin and aculp. LETTER OF THANKS TO THOMAS EDISON BY HELEN KELLER Dear Mr. Edison: Thi* Is the first opportunity I have had in the rush of our jour- ! neylngs to thank you tor the won derful afternoon that Mrs. Macy and I spent with you last Sunday. How my heart beats and glows as I recall those three happy hours In your beautiful home! I had read with greedy fingers all that I could find about you, and I loved you because of your entire consecration to the service of your fellow-men. But I never dreamed that I should see you or have you speak kind worda into my hand! Those words I shall keep safe in a phonograph, that neither time nor earthly accident can reach. In my soul they shall ever vibrate, a precious, inspiring memory. Miss Keller was writing this letter whelp the picture which ap- ) pears on page 1 was made of hsr ; at the machine. was makin a record, and they were so interested that their heads kept bumping. and neither of them thought of apologizing. Has^Faith in Edison. "Helen could feel the vibration from the disc, and even catch some of the words, and how* she did treas ure up all that wonderful man told her in the three hours they were to gether! She read the words from his lips, just as you’ve seen her do when I am speaking. I really don’t know which thought the oth„ the more wonderful. It was a sort of mutual admiration society.” In another place The Georgian re produces a part of what Miss Keller thought of her visit with Mr. Edison, typed with beautiful accuracy on her own light little typewriter, which she always carries with her. "I begged Mr. Edison to invent something that would enable the blind to read all kinds of books,’’ Miss Keller said. ‘‘They are taught to read the raised-lettsr books now. but there are so few of them—and there is so much to be read! And he said he would try to do it—and I know what that means. He will succeed. That man can do anything!” Mrs. Kate Adams Keller, Miss Kel ler’s mother, will remain in Atlanta with her daughter and Mrs. Macy as long as they are here. They expect to leave Monday morning to fill oth er engagements. “And don’t forget to tell your pa per how glad I am to do a little to help fill the empty stockings,” was Miss Keller's farewell. Typewriters rented 4 mos., $5 up. Am. Wtg. Mch. Co. properly across my knee and spank you! ’ “And what was it you told him?” Mrs. Macy asked Miss Keller. “I told him if he spanked me every time I talked suffrage I’d be black and blue in two days,” Miss Keller said eagerly. “And then I told him I w*as going straight to Pittsburg, and I was going to talk revolution there. And I did, too!” She was writing to Thomas A. Edison Saturday afternoon to thank him for a “wonderful visit” she had had at his home in Orange, N. J., the Sunday before. Mrs. Macy said it was the greatest experience of her life, watching the two together. “There they were,” Mrs. Maqy sand, “their heads bent over a new' kind of phonograph on which Mr. Edison RINGS—RINGS For Him or Her a ring is a gift that al ways is appropriate and appreciated. Onr cut-price sale of Xmas jewelry continues for the next three days. Don’t fail to see our value§ at “give-away” prices. DURHAM JEWELRY CO. 20 EDGEWOOD AVENUE Let Us “Mere Men ’ Consider a Moment the Kind of Candy We Will Give This Christmas Cuticura Soap and Cuti- cura Ointment keep the skin clear, soft and beau tiful under all conditions | Bridegroom, Aged Ten, and B of outdoor exposure in- ^' ve ' Bravely Vow All cidental to winter sports. the VowSi Just tor jthe sake of argument we will suppose that we are all “mere men,'' busy with this, that and the othei thing and that we have not all the time in the world to give over to the selection of Christmas gifts; also that there is someone on our list for whom “a box of candy is the most appropriate remembrance. Also that we have given “a box of candy’’ before—and that we ordered it just that wav—"a box of candy;’ as if “a box of candy were a standardized article costing so much a pound. Doubtless, we have all done something like this at one time or another. Let’s see if we were right—let’s see if we are going to do the same thing this year. All of us are not. The reason is we are going to know more about Whit man's eandv. Tofsay it is the best is hut to state a fact, but why is it best? We wish we could put before you all the skill, the “know how,” the spotless cleanliness, the absolutely purest ingredients that go into the making of every piece of Whitman’s candy. Some say that the Whitman people are cranks—that they over-do things, that some of their methods are too strict. They will insist that it is not necessary to keep a huge factory down to the chilly temperature of 60 degrees, winter and summer. But Whitmans do. They will say they can depend on the importers for their cocoa flaus. But Whitman’s know they get the best cocoa beans, because they go across seas themselves to select them. Some makers will say that the best fruit flavors are not absolutely necessary. But Whitman’s think they are. Some makers do not think it necessary to use only selected nuts. And yet Whitmans do. Explain it by saying that Whitmans are an old Quaker establishment, if you will. But then look at the packages—it would seem that Whitmans were a Parisian candy shop. Better to explain it that Whitmans are seekers after the best, whether it be the candy or the package. Their packages! But we see the packages and how novel, charming and different they are; how distinc tive. We recognize their gift possibilities when we re member that first impressions are lasting impressions. So Whitmans at Christmas time give us their superb candies—in mahogany jewel chests—in hand-painted opera and sewing bags—in rich reddish brown Japanese wickers—in satin-lined, ribbon-wrapped Christmas bas kets. Give ‘ ‘ a box of candy ” this year! He will give Whit man ’s who once sees and knows Whitman’s! And now the Cone Service to add to the Whitmans quality. We see to it that it is absolutely fresh, that it will be delivered in Atlanta within the hour you name, or that it shall he mailed or expressed to reach her on the day. So Xmas Gifts For Men If a store told me, through its advertise iiients. that it could save me money on the things I had to buy for Xmas that its store service was par excellence—that its stock of goods was exceptionally complete that its business was conducted according to the [strictest principles of integrity in all its deal ings—I’d put that store to the test, and if they did as they claimed to do, I’d say— “Me for Jack Webb’s.” Neckwear SOc to $2.00 Scarf Pint 50c to $1.50 Cuff Links SOc to $1.50 Notaseme Hosiery, box of 4 $! .00 Box of 2 $1.00, Silk JACK WEBB 2J Marietta Street and Rankin Manley, arm-in-arm. faced tin* parson. Rankin was a bit shaky about the knees, a fact which redounds greatly to the credit of the young lady, for Rankin is 10 years old. and Sarah, the bride, is only 5. Hut the woman, they do say, is always the calmer of the two at the fateful wedding moment, so the wed ding of Sarah l’eel Tilt, granddaugh ter of Mrs. W. L. Peel, and Rankin Manley Saturday* afternoon merely ran true to form. If it had been a grown-up wed ding. a really and truly affair, it could not have been more exact in (Very detail. There was a bride in veil and train, bridesmaids in lace, a minister in stole, a wedding march, ami a formal ceremony. The only difference was that the guests laugh ed instead of cried, and the bride demurely refused to let the bride groom kiss her. Performed at Woodbine. li was a pla\ wedding, performed at Woodbine, the home of Colonel and Mrs. Peel, on Peachtree road, and was the event of the afternoon’s pro gram for the Congress of Dolls of the P A. R. The Daughters had plan no* i to make the midget wedding an elabo rate affair, and were successful. The bride and her tiny bridesmaids might have been dolls themselves, for all the lace and fluffiness about their silk-and-ribbon costumes. The bride- groom apd his retinue of grooms men were garbed in elaborate rai ment as well. Billy Halstead, the 9-year-old cler gyman. wore a purple robe and white lace stole, and was very fatherly and patronizing as he pronounced the words of the ceremony, a special ceremony written by Mrs. W. D. El lis, as follows; “My dear, will you take This very small sake To have and to hold forever? To love with your heart Till death do you part, or cruel fate dissever?” They both announced that they would. Real Wedding March. The wedding part> formed upstairs and mar, bed in due ceremony down to the ballroom, and on to the draw ing room, where the altar was stet. The bridesmaids, all little girls, were Mary Goddard. Helen Calloway. Doughty Manley. Margaret Moore and Frances Stewart, and the grooms men were Joseph High Williams. Lindsey Hopkins. T B. Felder. Ed ward Winston, Henry DeGive and Barry Grant. XMAS RATES Reduced over N., C. & St. L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R. Apply any Agent. “Pink of Perfection” Package \ Chocolates or Confections. In pound, two-pound and five-pound boxes, at $1.00 a pound. “Sampler” Package One-pound or two-pound, at $1.00 a pound. Milk Chocolates, Assorted 20-ounce packages, at $1.00. “Fussy” Package Chocolates in half-pound, one, two, three and five-pound packages, at $1.00 a pound. “1842” Bitter Sweets Pound and half-pound packages, at 80 cents a pound. Art Round Boxes Two-pound, $2.50; three-pound, $3.50; five-pound, $5.50. “Fine” Chocolates or Confec tions. Half-pound, one, two, three or five-pound, at 60 cents a pound. Old-Time Favorites Eleven sorts of candy, 60 cents. “Super Extra” Chocolates or Confections Half-pound, one, two, three or five-pound, at 80 cents a pound. Round Boxes, two, three and five- pound, at 80 cents a pound. “Super Extra Honey” White Nougat Half-pound, 50 cents. If you, “mere man, ” live out of Atlantq, inclose two, three, five dollars or so with your card and we will parcel post one of these beautiful boxes to her. Cone 9 s “A Good Drug Store” 60 Whitehall and Kimball House Block