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JERYLL-HYOE COMEDY
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HIS WIFE WINS.
A Story in Two Parts
CHAPTER I. !
Mrs. Buttin was one of those sof
voiced, smiling women who could
geant trouble where it was not, and
whete i was could scent it double.
She began every sentence wit
“l.isten” and ended it with “See?” and
A Neglected Cold Oiten
Afiects the Lungs
Mans A I A 1
Al . i ¥
has been neg I , %
persi King i - I
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fecte I | ma A ‘
eent the u giug mianes
Investigute "
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od ough and expectora 1
had u high ! My 8 ‘i ared Lung
I ’ ¢ I glven
Live o ‘ \ ‘ foine "
not €xg { g br. B B M
Cart) he 3§ g 3 1 Adte
Aty whit I K with exce 4 1
hia galned 1t iR I &
1 pive e e e .
Eckman's Alterative
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\bove ahbrevia nore on reque
Fokman's Alterat A ecn | ma
Throat and Lung Affections, Hror Son
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i habit-forming drugs. el Ja
Drug Riores and pcling KR, W
e Lekman lLabora Phitadeiphin, §
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seeking relief from the illnesses
caused by defective action of the or
gans of digestion. Most serious sick
nesses get their start in troubles of
the stomach, liver; bowels — troubles
quickly, safely, surely relieved by
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Biscuit oc
Fresh, Crisp, Clean
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_ Money-Saving Gardens
Lots of talk the past few vears about the
high cost of living, and that high cost is a real
problem, and still with us, A good well-planted.
well-tended home garvden, even small ones, such
as the back of a city lot atfords, is a real money
saver, cutting down store or market bills amaz
mgly.
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Health-Saving Gardens
There's a health-saving side to the home
varden also, Our | (.].I.- as a whole eat too hittle
vegetable food. Lack of proper amounts of veg
ctables moour diet means clogeed Up svstems,
and a constant **helow par™ feeling,
Vegetables of the Kind vou ke, tresh and
crisp from the home garden, will tone vou up and
Keep vou toned up through the scason, saving
vour healih, eutting down the doetor’s and drue
olst s hill,
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saving, health-saving gardens for Spring and
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Phone 2508,
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i 6 West Mitchell Street
l\'.sc»- iltogether a very disagreeable
ittle person
| “Why, listen. honey,” she said as
]\!.u took Kugenie in her arms,
| “What's the matter? What's Hector
| been doing to vou? Tell me every
thing. U'm right here to take care of
yOU, «Bee
I “You'li excuse me. Buitin’= saji
Hector, hastily: “but I've got to get to
my office, Reen spending all morning
in a fumily row, Got called down for
something | never did nor dreamed
Lof. You know what I mean. You've
‘gut one, ton. Good-hve "
And hefore Mrs. Buttin or €
mother-in-law ¢.uld summon words
Lo express her wrath he was away
“l always suspected Hector was not
aquite right in hiz mind,” sald Mrs.
Buttin. “Listen., does he talk that
wav about women all the time?”
“He does-—and worze,” said Mme,
Duvalion,
“Ligten. Will. vou go for a Itle
gtroll in the art gailery. See” | want
to talk in private.”
Auttin obediently strolled,
CHAPTER 11.
He came back to the drawing room
Just as the iid was presenting a
card to Kugenie Borisart, Kugeaie
1 d it in a bewlldered tone:
“Mr, Jnlius Cornafllac—wno wishes
to see his double, of which he has
heard =0 much.”
The women stood speechless for a
moment. Mrs, Butiin was the first to
break the silence, “Listen, honay,"
she said; “let him come In; see?”
“Show him in, Jane,” breathed Fu.
genie, 3
And, smiling. confident, though po
litely embarrassed, there strodle
straight into the firé of those ques
tioning eves AMr. Hector Borisart in
hix role and garb of Julius Cornaillace,
His new peirsonality breathed from
his gorgeous =uit, from his perfumed
hair, even from his too-golden
mounted walking stick, He 00
proached Mrs. Buttin with an appei..
ing smile,
“Mrs. Borisart, 1 apologize iov
this 5 :
“Oh, listen,” she exclaimed, quite
disarmed: "1 am not Mrs, Borisart,
Taal taan . et
“Your pardon, madame.” He turned
to face the ha!f hopelul, half doubting
eves f his vife
“Might 1 ask to see Mr. Borisart? |
have been mistaken for him from one
end of Paris to the other. 1 under
stand he is of Amerlc: . birth, but
that he is my perfect duplicate--or,
rather, | am hig—--"
“Mr. Borisart (s not at home;
won't you sit dowa " invited Mime
Duvallon in a voice that rumbled like
w threatening voleano,
“Thank yvou--<so kind of you to re
ceive me, It's all been 80 very amus
ing-—amusing, 1 sayv--but &t times
very seriou . he chuckled veminis
centlv, “Do vou know a young wom
an of my —er—acquaintance became
very angry with me at one time be
cause she saw Mr., Borisart in a mo
tor car with Mrs, Borisart. 1 had a
terrible time explaining.”
Fugenis stoad, trembling before the
visitor. She could not speak,
“I hope Mr. Borisart has had no
such unpleasant expariences through
my innocent fault,” the visitor rip
pled on. ~
“Oh=no-—-o,"” sald KEugenle
“Only a few,” said Mme, Duvallon.
“Ah, indeed. 1 regret that he is not
here” We could exchange some in
teresting ex e
He was interrupted by the sound of
IL"“ bhell,
| General Leonidas Wool, Miss Zen
| obie Wool; why It's the General!”
Lexclaimed Mme, Duvallon. “How de
| lightful:* e
I Something very like a groan es
jeaped the lips of M. Cornaillac.
| “Zenobie—here!"” he panted under
| it breath, But he held his ground.
| lie saw Zenobie, his pretty music
Ilr-.-u ier, enter onu the arm of her
{ staiely uncle, the General He saw
| the General greet his mother-in-law,
| Mme. Duvallon, with the cordiality of
un old friend; and, as a last guillo-
Immdrm. fn the reign of terror, he
{ saw Zenohie sufdenly clasped in the
| arms of Mrs, Buttin,
I “liasten,” exclaimed Mrs, Buttin to
I!Im others, “It's Zenobie Wool who
| went to college with me, See?”
| Hector could not see, but he lis
[tened: and In a moment he had to
I!“"" the introaduction,
Zenobie uttered a little cry of de
light
‘Why, Julius! isn't this charming?
Ima, thig is M. Cornaillac, my fiance,
[ #hie sald to Mrs, Buttin,
i “In-—-desd!"
| And under the gyes of his wife and
his mother-in-law, Hector was intro
duced ta the General as Zenohie's fu
ture snouse,
{ CHAPTER 111,
{ Anost fainting from the strain of
P his predicament he found himself al
last alone in the library with Mr,
f Buttin, The others had gone to the
art eallery
i Overcome by a =ufden impulse of
| sheor terror, Hector bolted for the
{ door. His only thought was to get
Lout of that housee-his house—and
hide torever. He might have done it,
| for Buttin made no opposition; but
Lin the doorway Hector's foot caught
i the rug and he flogpped to the floor,
He tried to get up and go on, but
e flopped again., His left leg was
| useiess, He could only hop to the
sofa and &t down wincing with pain,
| “Buttin,” he cried, “Buttin, I'm lost.
I'm onot Cornalilac: I'm Borisart; and
I've got wives present and futiue un
!-u,-g one roof. Buttin, save me.”
[ "Whskiexn | doT"
' “(30 to Paradlise street—No, 246--
get my regular clothes and come back
| liere like the devil on wings. First
I"“' that screen around the sofa; 1
can’t budge: I think I'm killed.”
I “No, you've got a dislocated pa
ilvllu"‘ said Buttin, examining the leg,
“Never mind that; get my clothes
fqui-"k,"
j Buttin*dashed away. Mrs. Buttin,
Mme. Duvallon and Mrs, Borisart
came into the library.
“Do you believe a word of that
story?” demanded Mme Duvallon,
“Oh, 1 can’t doubt Hector,” said
Fugenie. “He was always so devoted
te hig stgves”
“He was always a furtive-eyed ras
cal.” said Mme. Duvallon,
“Listen, there's something queer
ahout it, anvway,” declared Mrs. But
tin. “I never did believe Hector could
speak a word of truth, of course, but
I didn’t think he had bwmains enough
to be two men at once.”
“T wonder where he went,” said his
mother-in-law,
“I wonder,” groaned Hector * to
himself behind the screen.
Mrs, Ruttin and Mme, Duvallon
I\wm out and Kugenie sank into a
chair by the table.
Robin, the poet, entered from his
private den where the miracles of
rhyme (hat advertised Borisart's
sloves were concocted,
“Madame,” he said, “wonld vou like
to have me read you my latest effort
\ a simple, unpretentious little thing,
but -
| “No, Robin, 1 am too tired for
poetry to-day.”
“Madame! You spurn me always,
l.\l;uiumv‘. Do vou not see how vou
| crush the heart within me by your
| pldness? Have you not known that
1 was always in love with vou—that
I have enslaved my muse to sordid
There was a sound from behind the
screen that made Robin arise hastily
lfrum his suppliant knees. Mrs. Bori
sart did not hear the noise, for she
was fleeing from the room.
The screen fell over and Hector,
forgetting his bad leg, made one lunge
at his advertising poet. He caught
him by the collar, thrust him at
| arm’s length, let him go and Kkicked
| him with all his strength,
i As ‘Robin shot through the dour
Hector fell to the floor. He had
Kicked with the bad leg. But he knew
he must get back to the sofa, and he
scrambled up. To his amazement he
' found he could walk perfectly well,
I.”l“ patella had been jerked back into
| place by the kick.
I CHAPTER V.
‘ Ruttin came back breathless
“I've got ‘em,” he said, proud!y.
{ “But T had to go through water and
'll:unv to get ‘em Your house 's
;Inn‘nml down, but 1 got your ciothes.”
i "My house is burned down? Say, is
[there any other little thing that can
| happen to e this pleasant after
{ noon "
I "Pat on Your clathes
j “But look at 'em; thy're burned (o
| shreds."
“*But they're YOUR clothes, anv
fway., Whisht! under the tdble with
"yvou. Dress under there.”
! Hector obeyxed. In ten minutes he
B e e e R e L b L i Lt Ll i L L e S S e
'.EASGAHETS" F|X
Sluggish Bowels Cause Gases,
Indigestion and Food
Fermentation.
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eans a sorde d stoma which
\ he regulated until vou re
1 ¢ e CAINE 1t ist vour stom
\ Your stomach is as good
Fry d'ascarets they mmediately
s ML emove the sou
Lo i and fermenting food and
i Aive { t excess b t fv'l'.l‘
v ArEy 1 ' onstipa
i was Mt te ind poison from the
nir o stoma trouble is
i \ cascaret to-Nnig W
i Hhy morning a 0
) 1 any drug store w
) e ioh swee liver and
W . ' for months In
¢ ¢ o their tile i
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ADVERTISEMENT
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
I,cppe'aro-vl arrayed in a'frock suit that
iwas slit and singed and sooted from
collar to heel. He surveyed himself
sadly. Buttin tried to be cheerful,
| “But they're YOURS, you know,”
he said,
The ladies returned
“Oh, Hector,” exclaimed Kugenie,
“you here?"
“Yes, my dear.” replied HP!?H_L
“what's left of me.” He displayed hig
(w-y'rmml suit, /
“Heavens! What has happened?”
| *1 vas passing through Paradise
| street when 1 noticed fire There
| were several little ildren-—six or
eight of them, | believe—crying “oc
| help from the upper windgows, | nat-
I:nml!) went in and carried them out.”
| ‘listen; he isn’'t burned on his fa‘e
{or hands: see?”’ remarked Mrg Butt
in
“And what may these be?" inquired
M.ae, Duvallon, drawing from under
ithe table the suit of glittering gar
| mente that had of late adorned M.
"'mr‘:sivl:na"
Mr. Buttin fled from the Toom.
Hero though he was, he could nnt
bear the =ight of Hector begging [or
| meycy on his knees.
All Atlanta Camps
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- ofW.o.W.Combined
With a view of creating more en
| thusiasm among the members and to
| hring to a higher state of efficienny
;:I;'- work of the degree teams, all
~\I anta lodges of the Modern Wooo-
Im:-n of the World have combined int»
one camp, to ' called the Greater
I.\ll.mm Degree (Camp.
|+ Meetings will be held monthly, at
which time degree teams from the
| different lodges will drill. 'The next
meeting will not be held until May 29,
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Tech Students Save
Sick Man From Fire
ick Man From F
The condition of \W. M. Camp, m'l
No. 90 West North avenue, was re
ported Friday as unchanged. Mr.
Camp was rescued from his In:rnin':l
home on his sick bed by Tech stu
dents Thursday. I
His residence was destroved, the
I‘uw being estimated at $B.OOO, Ar.
(Camp is superintendent of the Atlan
jl;i division of the Pullman Company. |
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iKlrkwood Roads to
~ Cost Over $35,000
, —
' The paving of the principal streets of
Kirkwood, according to Mayor R, F, Gil
liam, “will cost more than the $25,000
' bonds voted. This includes the cost of
the proposed macadamizing of DeKalb
Ihnuin\‘zn'li.
Mayor Gilliam has just come back
Ifijmn Birmingham, where he went by
direction of City Council to examine
the roads around that ciuy.
| TRIED TO STEAL LIQUOR.
CORDELE, March 20.—While at
llr-mpling to steal a case of liquor
| which had been placefl in the base
- ment of a building ‘7) the business
Is(‘t'lmn‘ two negroes were captured by
| the police. :
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Mother's Advice
To Her Daughter
A Real Live Doll to Fondle Is Woman's
Greatest Happiness,
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One of the most important malters
about which women concern themse ves
= the future status asg a grandmothel
\na she is wisdom itself who knows o
or learns of that famous remedy, Moth
er's I'riend I'his is an external appl
a n for e abdominal muscles an«
WEASTS It certainiy has a wonderful
nthuence allays a fean banishes ali
pan S 4 most grateful encouragement
o the young, expectant mother, and per
nits her to go through the period happ
n mind, free in body and thus destined
o anticipate woman's greatest happi
ness a 8 nature intended she should
I'he action of Mother's [Friend makes
e muscies free pliant and responsive
» expansio 18 all strain and ter
S upon he erves and gaments ]
avoided, and n place of a period of
fiscomfor ind consequent dread, it is a
season of caim repose and joyf ex
pectation
Mhere is 1 nausea ( norning s
eSB, no muscles (w ng, none of that
Oons S a ! " U N nat wom
e f e M ers | q 1 el one
¢ greates blessing o wild b
devised
w had of ant « geist at $31.00 a bottle
and is sure to prove of inestimable va
e not on pon the m »r. but upon
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to Bradfield Regulator ¢ 32 lLamar
Bldg \tla 4 G a [ bo« t
e D ! ers
Matinee and
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W. A. BRADY PRESENTS
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BEAUTY onwy
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TUES. MAT,
Seats Now on Sale.
NEIL O’'BRIEN
d his
Aneriian MINSTRELS
Nights 25¢ to $1.50: Mat. 25¢ to §
At
Wednesday and Thursday
MATINEE THURSDAY
Triumphant return of the greatest
show on earth.
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Ziegfeld Follies
Ask any of the 4967 persons who
saw the massive entertainment two
days last week. All agreed Atianta
had never seen such a show
Seats on Sale Saturday
1.000 persons were turned away Fri
aday Be wise and don’t get caught
without seats,
GET IN LINE AT 9 A M.
Prices 50c, 75¢, $l. $1.50 and $2.
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‘Woodward's Enemies Sound
- Chief of Construction at Meet- |
i ing Talking Charter Reform.
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Polit ans I'rida Were ‘«mnllh.‘.l
| whether Captain R M. Claytson, At-
III:IIII < chief of construction for more 2
than 30 vears, would be a candidate ‘!
| for Mayor in the November .rimunru:
in opposition to Mayor Woéodward
| At a meeting of the charter amend- |
Imflr.' committee Thursday it was ap
- parent that Woodward's enemies in
- Council were booming the captain for
the office Although Captain Clayton |
Il»“'i\‘wl to commit himself definitely,
his remarks indicated that he might
i n
The ba started rolling during a
digcussion ol a proposed change. in |
the charter whereby the chief of con
glhruction would bhe elected by Ihe
General Council instead of the people ‘
Captain (layton repeated his nl'-‘--v-‘
mination to retire next vear at the|
expiration of his present term He |
said he would devote his time to pri
vale enterprises as consuliipg engi- |
neer ]
Alderman Maddox urged the u.:wl
taln either to run for the office again |
or to enter the race for Mavor ‘
Charter Fight Predicted.
Alderman Thomson declared t at |
the people were dissatisfied with!
some features of the city gu'.vrnmeni.i
TELEPHONE ACHIEVEMENTS
In no line of human endeavor has the inventive
brain of the scientist contributed more to the world’s
progress than by the creation of the art of telephony,
of which the Bell System is the embodiment.
When the telephone was born, nothing analogous
to telephone service as we now know it existed.
There was no tradition to guide, no experience to
follow.
The system, the apparatus, the methods—an en
tire new art had to be created. The art of electrical
engineering did not exist. The Bell pioneers, recog
nizing that success depended upon the highest engi
neering and technical skill, at onice organized an ex
perimental and research department, which is now
directed by a staff of over 550 engineers and scien
tists, including former professors, post-graduate
students, scientific investigators—the graduates of
over 70 universities,
From its foundation the company has,continu
ously developed the art. New improvements in tele
phones, switchboards, lines, cables, have followed one
another with remarkable rapidity._
While each successive type of apparatus to the
superficial observer suggested similarity, each step in
the evolution marked a decided improvement. These
changes, this evolution, have not only been continu
ous, but are continuing. Substantially all of the plant
now in use, including telephones, switchboards,
cables and wires, has been constructed, renewed or
reconstructed in the past 10 years.
Particularly in switchboards have the changes
been so radical that installations costing in the ag
gregate millions have frequently been discarded after
only a few years of use.
Since 1877 there have been introduced 53 types
and styles of receivers and 73 types and styles of
transmitters. Of the 12,000,000 telephone receivers
and transmitters owned by the Bell Company Jan
uary 1, 1914, none were in use prior to 1902, while
the average age is less than five years. -
Within 10 years we have expended for construc
tion and reconstruction an amount more than equal
to the present book value of our entire plant.
Long-distance and underground transmission was
the most formidable scientific problem confronting
the telephone experts.
The retarding effect of the earth on the telephone
current often impaired conversation through one
mile underground as much as through 100 miles
overhead. Overhead conversation had its distinet
limitations.
No possible improvement in the telephone trans
mitter could of itself solve these difficulties.
The solution was only found in the cumulative
effect of improvements, great and small, in tele
phone, transmitter, line, cable, switchboard, and
every other piece of apparatus or plant required in
the transmission of speech.
While the limit of commercial overhead talking
had increased from strictly local to over 1,000 miles
as early as 1893, it was not until 1805 that conversa
and, referring to the recent charter
fight, said the people would try again
'to get charter refcrms unless the
present syvstem of government was
cleaned up. He contended that At
lanta’s chief of construction should
receive a salary of at least $6,000,
because the position is one of the
most important in the State,
Alderman Maddox then announced
he would support Captain Clayton if
he woula enter the race for Mayor.
Councilman Jesse B, Lee was in fa
var of creating a position known as
consulting engineer, and thought the
captain should have it.
Captain Clayton announced appre
ciation of his friends' interest, but
said he was not considering running
again for the office of chief of con
struction. He believed all admlnis
trative officers should be elected hy
Council, and that the Counci! should
be reduced in membership, and that
each member be paid a salary.
Women Wanted on Boards,
Atderman Kelley was opposed to
the people electing anyone excepl
General Council imembers, whom he
thought extremely competent to look
after such work. No action was
taken on the question.
Among other proposals to cnange
the charter was a proposition wiiere
by women wouid officiate on the
bcards of education, fite and police,
as well as on the park and library
boards.
Councilman Claude Ashley repre
sented the Women's - Federation of
C'lubs of AtlAnta. He said he be
lieved the mdthers of Atlanta were
vastly more interested in the depart
ments with which their children had
to do than the men. No action was
taken, but the committee decided to
hold a spm-jal session Wednesday,
when women desiring such a change
in the charter will he asked to at
tend.
Welfare Board Boomed.
Among the women present at
Thursday's meeting were Mrs. John
D. PicKett and Mrs. Victor S. Krieg
shaber.
Secratary Logan, of the Associated
("harities. proposed that instead of
the city warden being elected by the
people, the Council create a board of
public welfare with five members,
His snggestion was that the members
be appointed by General Council and
that their terms be from one to five
vears,
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'Hotel Manager Is I
I Held as Gambler
e I
J. D. Flynn, manager of the Mad- |
ison Hotel, has been bound over hin}
the Superior Court to answer to the|
charges of running a disorderly and |
gambling house. He was arrested xn’
!fl raid made upon the hotel -
X B denicing and O A .lavlwmw.!
who, it is charged, were in 3 poker |
game at the time of the raid, were:
bound over on the charge of vagrap- |
cy. Bail wa« fixed at $3OO for each -:l'i
the three men, ,
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ATLANTA MACCOBEE SPEAKS.
COLUMBUS, March 20.—The Knights
Im’ Maccabees held an important meehl
iing last night when Sir Knight J. C.
| Bertram, of Atlanta, addressed the
| Knights, and eight new members were
| received. I
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tion could be had over long-distance circuits of
which as much as 20 miles was in underground
cables. By 1906 underground talking distance had
increased to 90 miles. By 1912 it was possible to talk
underground from New York to Washington.
It was then that the construction of underground
conduits from Boston to Washington was determined
upon—not that it was expected to get a through
underground talk between those places, but in case
of storm or blizzard, to utilize intermediate sections
in connection with the overhead.
Our persistent study and incessant experimenta
tion have produced results more remarkable still.
We have perfected cables, apparatus and meth
ods that have overcome obstacles heretofore re
garded as insuperable both to long-distance over
head and underground conversation.
Underground convérsation is now possible be
tween Boston and Washington, four times the length
of the longest European underground line. This en
abled the Bell System in the recent great storm, so
destructive on land and sea, to maintain communica
tion for the public between all the principal points
on the Atlantic seaboard.
Telephone communication is established between
New York and Denver, is potentially possible be
tween all points in the United States, and by 1915
will be an accomplished fact between New York and
San Francisco.
In our use of methods or apparatus, we are com
mitted to no one system. We own, control or have
the right to use inventions necessary to operate any
system recognized or accepted as the most efficient.
The Bell System must always recognize and in its
selection must always be governed by the necessities
of a national service, with its complex requirements,
which is infinitely more exacting than local or lim
ited service. "
These achievements represent vast expenditures
of money and immense concentration of effort which
have been justified by results of immeasurable bene
fit to the public. No focal company unaided could
bear the financial or scientific burden of this work.
Such results are possible only through a centralized
general staff, avoiding wasteful duplication of effort,
working out problems common to all, for the benefit
of all.
The pioneers of the Bell System recognized that
telephone service, as they saw it, was in the broadest
sense a public utility; that upon them rested a public
obligation to give the best possible service at the
most reasonable rates consistent with risk, invest
ment and the continued improvement and mainte
nance of the property.
Without this expenditure of millions and concen
tration of effort, the telephone art az it exists could
not have been developed.
What we have done in working out these great
problems in the past should be accepted as a guar.
antee of what we will do in the future.
e THEO. N. VAIL, President.
Ad Men to Hear How
‘Movie’ Game Work
ovie ame YVOrKS
At the next weekly meeting of the
local Ad Men's Club Julian Roytz,
well known moving picture syndi
cate manager, will talk on the
“Moving Picture Business.” His talk
will be illustrated with films show
ing how “movies” are made.
At the weekly luncheon of the Ad
Club Thursday, Il T. Moore, secre
tary of the Atlanta Freight Bureau,
spoke on Atlanta ag a great com
mercial center. Mr. Moore explained
how the city had attracted efiergetic
people, and with increasing zeal had
forced freight rates remarkably low.
PASTOR'S HUNDRED DINNER.
Ten-minute talks will feature the pro
gram Thursday night at a banquet by
the Pastor's Flundred, at the Jackson
Hill Baptist Church. Judge Pendleton,
Dr. J; F. Purser, W. W. Gaines and
others will speak,