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JEKYLL-HYDE COMEDY I
JTEST W PHOTO LIS
JRES STORSEC LY
HIS WIFE WINS.
A Story in Two Parts
CHAPTER |
Mrs. Bullin was one of those sof
voiced, smiling women who could
scent trouble where it wag not, and
where it was could scent it doubie,
She began every sentence with
*Ldsten” and ended it with “See?’ and
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A Neglected Cold Oiten
o o
| Afiects the Lungs
Many serious cases of Throat or Lung Trouble
ean be direct!y (raced to a 4 cough or void which
has been neglecied. If yvou notice that a cough
Y persists in eclinglng te you, lake warning i
¢ you neglect trying to stop this supposed trivial
) trouble the throat and lungs later become af
fected. Tn many cases Kckman's Alterative has
# heeri the means of bLringing permanent relief
1 tigate this case
J nvu gale s Case
{ X ““Baratoga. N. ¥
C o CGentlemey For five or #ix vears 1 was
© wottbled with gough and expectoration. 1 alsn
had a high feter. My case was deciared Lung
. Trouble Ly my physician 1 was glven (ol
Liver 011, Creosote and other medicines, ali
without benefit Ar Christmas time, 1906, 1 was
not expecied 10 Jlve Calling Ir R H. M
Carthy, he advised the use of Fekman's Alter
Ative, which 1 took with excellent results. |
have gained in weight 1 go out in all weat!
erg aud have had no cough o 1 cold whatever
» T give these facia to eucourage others to use
Eckman's Alterative.”’
: (Affidasit) JAS. W. KANALY
{Above abbreviated. more on reguest )
Eckman's Alterative has heen proven by many
years' test to Le most efficacious for severe
Throat and Lung Affectlons, Bronchitis, Bron
chilal Asthma, Stubborn Colds and in upbotid
ing ihe aysiein. Conielis o baivulies, poisons
or hablt-forming drugs Rold by all Jacobs'
Drug Stores and other leading druggisis. Write
the Fckman Laboratory, JFhiladeiphia, Pa., for
{ woklet telling of recoveries and additional evi
fence
Don’t Put Off
seeking relief from the illnesses
caused by defective afton of the or
gans of digestion. Most serious sick
nesses get their start in troubles of
the stomach, liver, howels - troubles
guickly, safely, surely relieved by
BEECHAM'S
Sold everrwhere. In boxes. 10c.. 25e¢.
Dainty and delicate
Kennesaw
s 3
Biscuit Sc
Fresh, Crisp, Clean
.
Money-Saving Gardens
Lots of talk the past few veéars about the
high cost of living, and that hieh cost is a real
probleni, and still with us. A good well-planted,
well-tended home carden, even small ones, such
as the back of a city lot affords, 18 a real money
saver, cutting down store or market bills amaz
mgelv,
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Health-Saving Gardens
There's a health-savinge side to the home
garden also. Our people as a whole eat too little
vegetable food, Lack of proper amounts of veg
ctables 1 owr diet means clogged up svstems,
and a constant “*helow par™ teeling
\Vegetables of the kind vou like, fresh and
erisp from the home garden, will tone vou up and
kKedp vou toned up through the season, saving
vour healvh, entting down the doctor’s and druge
eist’s bill.
.
Hastings 1914 Catalogue
will help von in planing tor one of these money
saving, health-saving gardens for Spring and
Nt <. 100 pages, handsomely illustrated
and Lot cover to cover, of carden and tarm
mmformation [t's free. Lither call at onr store.
write or telephone and we will send it promptly
Bell Phones Man 3962, Main 2068. Atlanta
Phone 250 K,
.
H. G. Hastings & Co.
16 West Mitchell Street
I“M altogether a very disagreeable
Hitle person,
“Why, listen, honey,” she said as
she toolk Kugenie in her arms,
{ "What's the matter? What's Hector
peen doing to yvou? Tell me every
thing, I'm right here to take care of
you, Hee?"
“You'll excuse me, Buttin,’ said
Hector, hastily; “but I've got 1o gel 1o
my bifice, Been «pending all morning
in a family row, Got called down for
something | never did nor dreamed
lof. You know what I mean. You've
got one, ton, Good-bve "
I And before Mrs, Buttin® or uis
| mother-in-law could summon words
to express her wrath he was away.
l “I always sugpected Hector was n it
quite tight in his mind,” sald Mrs
Buttin. “lListen, does he talk that
wav about women all the time?”
| “He does—and worse,” said Mme,
| Duvallon, |
|- “Tisten, Will: von go for s little
gtroil in the art gailery. See? 1 want
to talk in private.” I
Ruttin obediently strolled. j
’ CHAPTER 11. I
He came back to the drawing room
L Just as the aid was presenting a
card to Kugenle Borisart, HKugeaie
v d it in a bewildered tohe:
“Mr, Julius Cornaillac—who wishes
to see his double, of which he has
heard so much.”
The women stood speechless for a
moment, Mrs, Buttin was the first to
break the silence. “Listen, honeg,”
she said; “let him come in; see?” '
. “Show him in, Jane” breathed Wu
genie. ' |
. And, smiling. confident, though po
[Hn-'_\ embarrasged, there strode
straight into the fire of those ques
tioning eves Mr. Hector Borisart in
his role and garb of Julius Cornaillac,
His new personality breathed from
his gorgeous =uit, from his perfumed
hair, even from his too-golden
mounted walking stick. He an-
I proached Mrs, Buttin with an appea- |
ing smile. |
~ “Mrs. Borisart, 1 apologlze ior|
thig——" |
“Oh, listen,” she exclaimed, qu‘.te‘
disarmed: “I am not Mrs. Borisart.
Tiunt s she: see?”’
“Your pardon, madame.” He turned
io face the haif hopeful, nalf doubting
eyes f his vife.
“Might | ask to see Mr. Borisart? 1|
have been mistaken for him from one
end of Paris to the other. 1 under
stand be is of Americ: . birth, but
that he is my perfect Quplicate--or,
rather, | am his 0 |
“Mr. Borisart is not at home;
won't you sit down?’ invited Mnfe. |
Duvallon in a veice that rumbled like
# threatening volcano.
“Thank vou—soo kind of yvou to re
ceive me, [U's all been so very amus- |
ing—amusing, 1 say+-hut ut IIII?(‘.‘l'
very serion " he chuckled reminis
cently. "Do you know a young wom- |
an of my-—er—acqguaintance 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.” I
Fugenie stoad, trembling hefore the |
vigitor. She could not speak. ]
“I hope Mr., Borisart has had no
such unpleasant exveriences through |
my innocent fault,” the visitor rlp-‘
pled on, |
“Oh-—no-—a," said Kugenle, |
“Only a few,” said Mme, Duvallon.
“Ah, indeed. T legret that he is not
here.” We could exchange some In
teresting ex——"
He was'interrupted by the sound of
ILIw bell,
. "General l.eonidas Wool; Miss Zen
obie Wool; why it's the General!”
exclaimed Mme, Duvallon. “How de
lightful!™
~ Something very llke a groan es
caped the lips of M. Cornaillac,
~ Zenobie—here!” he panted under
4% breath, But he held his ground.
He saw Zenobie, his pretiy musle
teacher, enter on the arm of her
«taiely uncle, the General. lle saw
tha General greet his mother-in-law,
Mme. Duvallon, with the cordiality of
un old friend; and, as a last guillo
tine-dron in the reign of terror, he
saw Zenohie snqdenly clasped in the
arms of Mrs., Buttin,
- “Listen,” exclaimed Mrs, Buttin to
‘!l.r‘ others, “It's Zenobie Wool wlho
went to college with me, See?”
~ Hector could not s=ee, bu! he lis
tened: and in a moment he had to
face the introduction,
~ Zenoble uttered a little cry of de-
Hgnt,
‘Why, Julius! isn’t this charming?
Imia, this iz M. Cornaillac, my fiance,”
elie said to Mre, Buttin,
“In-~deed!”
~ And under the aeyes of his wife and
his mother-in-law, Hector was intro
duced to the General as Zenobie's fu-
Lure spouse,
_CHAPTER Ili.
Almosgt fainting from the strain of
his predicament he found himself at
last alone in the library with Mr,
Buitin. 'The others had gone to the
art gallery,
< Overcome by a sudden impulse of
shiwer terror, Hecior boited for the
Cdoor. His only thought was (o gei
ont of that house—his house—and
hide torev:r. He might have done it,
for Buttin made no opposition: but
in the doorway Hector's foot caught
in the rug and he flopped to the floor.
He tried to get up and go on, but
he flopped again. His left leg was
useless, He could only hop to the
sofa and sit down wincing with pain,
“Butting” he cried, “Buttin, I'm logt.
I'm not Cornaillac; I'nf Borisart; and
I've got \\'i::(,q present and future un
der one rodf Buttin, save me."” -
“What can I do?” .
“(3o to Paradise street—No. 246--
get my regular clothes and come back
here like the devil on wings. First
put that screen around the sofa; 1
can't budge; 1 think I'm killed.”
“No, vou've got a dislocated pa
teila,” said Buttin, examining+the leg.
“Never mind that; get my clothes
quicl:,”
Buttin dashed away. Mrs. Buttln,
Mme, Duvallon and Mrs, Borisart
came into the library,
“Do you belleve a word of that
story?” demanded Mme Duvallon.
. “Oh, T can’'t doupt Hector,” sald
FEugenie. “He was always so devoted
to his stoves.”
“He was always a furtive-eyed ras
cal,” sald Mme., Duvallon, /
“Listen, there's something queer
about it, anyway,” declared Mrs. But
tin. I never did believe Hector could
speak a word of truth, of course, but
I didn’t think he had brains enough
to be two men at once”’
“I wonder where he went,” said hls
mother-in-law.
“l wonder,” groaned Hector to
himself behind the screen.
Mrs. Buttin and Mme, Duvallon
went out and Kugenie sank into a
chair by the table, '
Robin, the poet, entered from his
private den where the miracies of
rhyme that advertised Borisart's
sloves were concocted.
“Madame,” he said, “would yvou like
to have me read you my latest effort
a sitaple, unpretentious little thing,
but o .
“No, Robin, 1 am too_ tired for
poetry to-tay."” y
“Madame! You spurn sme always.
Madame! Do you not see how you
crush the heart within me by your
coldness? Have you not known that
I was always in love with yvou--that
I have enslaved my muse to sordid
There was a sound from behind the
screen that made Robin arise hastily
from 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 'ength, let him go and Kicked
him with all his strength,
As Robin shot through the door
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 wall,
The patella had been jerked back into
place by the kick,
| CHAPTER V.
‘ Buttlu came back breathless
. “I've got 'em,” he said, proudty.
I"Ih:x I had to go through water and
| flame to get ’‘em. Your house ‘s
ihm‘nml down, but I got yvour clothes.”
| “My house is burned down? Say, is
[ there any other little thing that can
happen to me this pleasant after
noon "’
I Put on vour clothes”
“But look a: 'em; thy're burned 10
| shreds.”
“But thev're YOUR clothes, an
way. Whisht! under the table with
vou, Dress under there”
'\ Hector obeyed. In ten minutes he
..BASEAHETS.' le :
N ~ o
Sluggish Bowels Cause Gases,
Indigestion and Food |
Fermentation, |
(i i nt box now :
.‘ ¢ { »(1‘ H“:,;I:
ry NAUSE aloating after
Iting i ne and s eadache
neat 1 rdered stomach which
e regulated unt you re
" e cause it isn't vour stoms
fa Your stomach is as good'
Fry Cascarets, hey mmediaiel
s Ha ctove Lhe sour
. I and ferme ng fw.u\x and
\ “ ;‘ 1 \ -!I“ ) nv?lw .‘;v‘l'l
ed was natter and poison from the
We s hen ) stomach tre e is
1 \ AscCaret Q- night will
dig hy mérning —a 1o
¢ ox from any tHrag store w
) r 3 “ sweet, liver i
vels regulay w months D
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A\DVERTISEMENT
Freshly painted houses advertise a town Let's prepare for the
Shriners’ Convention. Phone us for estimates
FRIDDELL BROTHERS, The House of Quality, 107 N. Pryor SL
THIS ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
| appeared arrayed in a frock suit that
jwas =lit and*singed and =ooted from
collar to heel, He surveyed himse!f
¢adly, Buttin tried to be cheerful.
“But they're YOURS, you know,”
he said.
The ladies returned, :
“Oh, Hector,” exclaimed Fugenie,
“you here?"”
“Yes, my dear.” replied Hector,
“what's left of me,” He displaved his
cerrated®suit.
! “Heavens! What has happened?”
{ “l vas passing through P‘!r;’nj‘w
‘sn.-m‘ when I nroticed fire There
| were geveral little - hildren—six or
eight of them, 1 belleve—crying of
help from the upper windows. 1 nat
j urally went in and carried them out.”
| “Listen; he isn't burned on his face
| or hands; see?’ remarked Mrs. Butl
in
“And what may these he?” inquirel
| Miae, Duvallon, drawing from under
ithe table the suit of glittering gar
| ments that had-of latc adorned "M.
| Cornaiilac.”
Mr. Buttin fled from the Toom.
| Hero though he was, he could nnt
bear the sight of Hector bezging for
mercy on his knees, .
All Atlanta Camps
.
- OfW.O.W. Combined
"
| With a view of creating more en
| thusiasm among tne members and to
llninL: te a higher state of efficiency
Illw work of the degreeqdeams, all
{ Atlanta lodges of the Modern Wooao
| men of the World have combined int)
lone camp, to called the Greater
1.-\'I:lnI;t Degree (‘amp.
Meetings will be held monthly, ar
{ which time degree teams from tle]
| different lodges will drill. The next
immaung will not be held until May f!SI‘I‘
I Sick Man F ire
- Sick Man From F
| The condition of W. M. Camp, of
| No. 40 West North avenue, was re-|
| ported ¥Friday as unchanged. .\Ir.I
I C'amp was rescued from his Imrninf;"
{ home on his sick bed by Tech Fln-I
| dents Thursday. '
Hig residence was destroyed, tiwl
loss being estimated at $B,OOO. .\lr.l
i";nnp is superintendent of the Atlan
{ta division of the Pullman Companj. I
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Kirkwood Roads to
I .
- Cost Over $35,000
| .
I The paving of the principal streets of
' Kirkwood, :urrlrrdin& to Mayor R, F. Gil
lam, will cost more than inhe SZS,{N_H)
bonds voted. 'This includes the cost of
{ the proposed macadamizing of DeKalb
l bouievard
Mayor Gilliam has just come back
In;'-m Birmingham, where he went by
direction of City Counecil to examine
the roads around that city.
I TRIED TO STEAL LIQUOR.
| CORDELE, March 20.—While at
tempting to steal a case of lquor
which had been placed in the base
|nwnt of a building in the business
section, two negroes were captured by
Ilhn police,
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Mother's Advice
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To Her Daughter
A Real Live Doll to Fondle Is Woman's
Greatest Happiness,
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One of the most important matters
about which women concern themselves
is their future status as a grandmother.
\nd she Is wisdom itself who knows of
or learns of that famous remedy, Moth
er's Friend 'nis is an externa! appli
ation for the abdominal musclies and
breasts 1 eritainly has a& wonderful
influence, allays all fear, banishes alt
pain s 4 most grateful encouragement
0 the young, expectant mother, and per
nits her to go through the period happy
n mind, free in body and thus destined
to anticipate woman's greatest happi
ness as nature intended she should
I'he action of Mother's Friend makes
he muscles free, pliant and responsive
0 expansio Thus all strain and ten
sion upon the nerves and ligaments is
avoided, and, In place of a period of
discomfort and consequent dread, it is a
season of caim repose and joyful ex
pectation
There is no nausea, no morning sick
ness, 1o Iscles twild &. none of that
onstar Id knowi O Many wom
an, hence Mother's Friend is really one
of the greatest blessings at could be
devised
I'his sy did and certaln remedy car
be had « any « Iggist at £l.OO a bottle,
and is sure to prove of inestimable va
e, not or ipon the mother, but upon
e nheait and future of the vild. Write
o Bradfield Regulator « 132 Lama:
Bldg \tlanta, Ga., fort eir book )
2pectant mothers
Matinee and
FORS YTH Wi -t
W. A, BRADY PRESENTS
vir SKIN DEEP
BEAUTY onur §
FROSINI—-CANTWELL &WALKER
T. P, JACKSON AND OTHERS;,
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ATLANTA MON. & TUES
TUES. MAT,
Seats Now on Sale.
NEIL O'BRIEN
d his
and s MINSTRELS
Nights 25¢ to $1.50; Mat, 25c to §
el B L
Wednesday and Thursday
MATINEE THURSDAY
Tr-un)nh.nnt 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 Atlanta
had never seen such a show
Seats on Sale Saturday
000 persons were turned away Fri
day Be wise and don’'t get caught
without seats
GET IN LINE AT 9 AL M.
Prices 50c, 75c, s'. $1.50 and $2
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‘Woodward's Enemies Sound
| Chief of Construction at Meet
| ing Talking Charter Reform.
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Polit ns [Friday were wondering
:v.hr-lhf'r Captain R. M. Clayton, At
lanta’s chief of construction for more
| than 30 years, would be a candidate
Efnl‘ Mayor in the November primaries
{ in opposition to Mayvor Woodward
I At a meeting of the charter amend
| ment committee Thursday it was ap
ijrdh"nt that Woodward's enemies in
’l ouncil were booming III"‘ captain for
the office. Although Captain Clayton
refused to commit himself definitely,
his remarks indicated that he might
| run, 5
| The hall started roiling during a
I‘l:.‘»f ussion o' a proposed change in
| the charter whereby the chief of con
lvmn tlon would be elected by the
General Counci] instead of the people,
| Captain Clayton repeated his deter-
Immmmn to retire next year at the
expiration of his present term He
}s.ml he would devote his time to pri
vate enterprises as consuliing engi
| neer,
I Alderman Maddox urged the cap-
I tain either to run for the office again
or to enter the race for Mayvor
| Charter Fight Predicted.
| Alderman Thomson declared that
‘\‘lw people were dissatisfied with
| soime features of the city government,
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 once organized an ex
perimental and research department, which is now
directed by a staff of over 650 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
nary 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 distinct
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 1905 that conversa
and, referring to the recent charter
fight, said the people would try again
to get charter referms uniess the
present system of government was
clecned 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
vor of creating a position known as
consuiting engineer, and thought the
captain shiould have it. i
Captain (Ylayton announced appre
jation «of his friends' interest, but
#aid he was not considering running
again for the office of chief of con
struction. He believed all adminis
trative officers should be elected by
(‘founcil, and that the Council should
11.-rA reduced in membership, and that
:emvh member be paid a salary.
! Women Wanted on Boards.
I Alderman Kelley was opposed to
‘flu- people electing anyone excepl
General Coupeil merabers, whom he
' thought extremely competent to look
I::r!er such’ work. No _ action was
|l.~f\rn on the question,
I Among other proposals to change
the charter was a proposition where
by women would officiate on the
' boardes of education, fire and police,
' as well as on the park and library
' boards.
. Councilman Claude Ashley repre
' sented the Women's Federation of
(‘lubs of Atianta. He said he be
lieved the mothers of Atlanta were
vastly more interested in the depart
'ments with which their children had
'to do than the men. No action was
Imlwn. but the committee decided to
hold a special sessign Wednesday,
lmzen women desiring such a change
in the charter will be asked to at-
I tend.
, Welfare Board Boomed. -
. Among the women present at
Thursday’s meeting were Mrs. John
II). Pickett and Mrs. Victor S, Krieg
' shaber. .
Secrztary 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 suggestion was that the members
he appointed by General Council and
that their terms be from one to five
l years.
Hotel Manager Is
Held as Gambler
J. D. Flynn, manager of the Mad
ison Hotel, has been bound over to
the Superior Court to answer to the
charges of running a disorderly and
gambling house. He was arrested in
a raid made upon the hotel.
A. 8. Jenkins and G. A. Jackso
who, it is charged, were in a poker
game at the time of the raid, were
bound over on the charge of vagran
cy. Bail was fixed at $2OO for each ot
the three men.
ATLANTA MACCOBEE SPEAKS.
COLUMBUS, March 20.—The Knights
of Maccabees held an “nportant meet
ing last night when Sir Knight J. ¢
Bertram, of Atlanta, addressed the
Knights, and eight new members were
reteived.
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l=.| INDOOR WORK z//
.\\ REDUCES STRENGTH "/, ! |
N because confining duties, lack of fresh air and l
sunskine gradually weaken even a strong
constitution, and the enfeebled system readily E :
) accepts sickness and disease. W
| Seott’s Emulsion checks such decline. lts pure cod f
| || o@ liver oil is nature’s grandest meadicinal food while [ e
L its hypophosphites act as a building tonic. SII
/Efi\‘ It refreshes the body, puts vigor in the _ e I‘J
\'7’ ‘}" ¥ blood, strengthens the lungs, upbuilds fhe? /s
i .'l\( the nerves and invigorates the whole =™ —
TN 7 system. S
/ g 7,‘ B\ Ifyouworkindoors, Scott's Emulsion 4 )}?\’»’
. ‘\?‘J A after meals will prevent much sickness { 4 ‘9 B
) A i} and loss of time, and often thwarts , ‘\\\
Iy N tuberculosis—it bailde up and holds J§ i ‘l\“\ ¢
SR / f\ up your strength. ,MV,/I W \\\fl
ré /R Ry ¢ Shun Alcoholic Substitutes and /fi 4\ \ \c.‘;\'\'
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 conversation 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 local 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 ac 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.
Ch THEO. N. VAIL, President,
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Ad Men to Hear How
- ‘Movie' G Work
| ovie' zame YYOrKS
Af the next weekly meeting of the
Jocal 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 Thursdal 1. T. Moore, secre
tary of the Atlanta Freight Bureau,
spoke on Atlanta as a great com
| mercial center, Mr. Moore explained
| how the city had attracted energetic
seople, and with increasing zeal had
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forced freight rates remarkably low,
PASTOR'S HUNDRED DINNER.
ren-minute taliks will feature the pro
| gram Thursday night at a bhanquet by
| the Pastor's Hundred, at the Jackson
Hill Baptist Church. Judge Pendleton,
{ Dr. J. F. Purser, W. W. Gaines and
| others will speak.