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Mr*. Mary Lambard, Aged 102 Year*, and Her Daughter, Grand daughter and Great Granddaughter. . $1.50 $1.00. OFFICE OF ST. NICHOLAS Messrs. Daniel's Shoe Store, City. Gentlemen: ... Time in its rapid 'flight has brought us to .yule-time again. It '.has ever been my custom to remember the loved"'ones • on Christmas with an appropriate gift. Past experi ence teaches no gift more useful or acceptable than Nice Footwear— a compliment alike to the good- < sense of the giver' and the good taste of the recipientT Knowing, as I do, your reputation for ‘ ‘old- time honesty'' in duality, and 1 i ’ styles -Just from the cradle of fashion, I trust you'll pardon.me for asking your assistance in mak ing my selections from your valu able stock. Thanking you in advance and awaiting'your kind reply, I am Yours very truly, Dic-F. ST. NICHOLAS. $4.00 OFFICE OF DANIEL’S SHOE STORE Dear Santa Claus: Answering your kind favor of recent date we beg to advise you that we are ever ready and willing to assist you in making your se lections. Our stock was never larg- .er, quality better, styles as. beau tiful as they are varied. Graceful conceptions in Patent Leathers, Gun Metal, Kid, arid Felt. Assuring you of our best ef forts to please, and hoping to be favored With ^n early call, we are yours with a large and courteous corps of salesmen to please. t Very cordially, DANIEL'S SHOE STORE. Dic-M. $6.00 $5.00 We Are Ready to Help Santa Claus to Select a gift for Dear Mother, Tired Father, Faithful Wife, Late Husband, Promis ing Son, Accomplished Daughter, and All the Little Folks. EXCLUSIVE ATLANTA SELLERS OF STACY, ADAMS & CO.’S MEN’S FINE SHOES >^"***^*8!a*— s If Out of City, Order By Mail. $4.00 WAR TIME CHRISTMASES AMONG THE CONFEDERATES AS TOLD BY GEN. C. A. EVANS General Clement A. Evans, whose brilliant and devoted service on the field of battle for the Confederacy dur ing the four years of the Civil War are too well known to Georgian readers to need elaboration here, gives some in teresting reminiscences of the Christ mas seasons spent by the soldiers dur ing that period. Now. in tlie fullness of his honorable but vl-orous old age, devoted to his state's service as one of the prison commissioners, General Evans speaks of those stirring days with ever-in creasing tenderness.* His story of how the soldier lads spent the Christmas days camped on the field of battle will prove of great Interest. He says: “I enjoyed as a soldier the four Christmas seasons of the Confederate war in the Immediate presence of the enemy without being engaged In bat tle or even in a skirmish. You ask, Did the Confederate soldiers observe and enjoy the Christmas season? Of course they did. Their enjoyment was • mainly not boisterous, and there was not much giving of gifts and not any revelry anil riotous living. But the irrepressible spirit of the young Con- federate soldier sought and found pleasure under very unfavorable cir cumstances. And sd It was during all the snmvs that covered the ground and while the cutting winds raided the tl* Ids, these spirited soldier boys kept up the Christmas holidays. In fact, there,,was not a battle •ought Christmas day during the en- GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS the dAy the music of the bands floated through the air in a fraternal mingling of melodies. Christmas etfe and Christ mas morn came alike to the hundred over 2,500 battles and skir mishes are named in the list of fights, out there were only about a doxen minor skirmishes on Christmas day and n*»t »nc battle. I am sure that the J thousand soldiers whose thoughts. turn- brave sectional foes had enough ed to thanks for life spared and to the feasts and other Christmas times at home. "General Lee wrote to hls wife on this Christmas day expressing the feel tng of hls army as well as of his owi great heart. He recalled the goodness of Divine Providence, referred with Just pride to the recent battle and closed with the remark: 'My heart bleeds at the death of any one of our gallant men.’ "Thus the two armies * were con fronted in quarters for the winter, one having abundance gathered from all the world, while the other husbanded Its resources, strengthened its patriot ism ami increased its trust in Divine Providence through religious observ ance, by almost every member of the army from its youngest private to the noble Christian soldier who had led and encouraged them by hls example. "I may also mention that my person al enjoyment of the Christmas of 1862 was increased by the visit to our army at Fredericksburg at that time of my eldest son* then about two months old, who was promptly enlisted "for the- war” In Co. K, Thirty-first Georgia In fantry, and was under fire in the first battle of the early spring, behaving very gallantly considering that he was not aware of any danger. The adjutant general of my brigade. ' flghting and were willing to let the amr'ris sing their song of peace when- Christinas morning broke upon earth. . memory of the -Christmas of * 88 ~ is specially vivid because It came *’ y ."'[ n after the great battle of Fred- -ru ksburg, December 13, and was cele- ornted „n the ground where the Army m Northern Virginia had Just won a grt.u victory. Burnside, who had sue- .f tl McClellan, attempted at once another "On to Richmond” by the short ‘‘ml although he had rapidly 8*2*?* V 8 ^Plendld armies upon Staf- o' r ' ! flights, on the north side of the > t,a £ nnnock Hver, commanding Fred- i rick#burg, he found the sagacious Lee ' fronting him on the south side. Un- h!L rov f r of the 12th, and the fo K next morning, Burnside’s 'y/wsted the river and the dear th? nf the disclosed them in bat- ar .u ay * The l»ue had Joined all 1,10 lines and at the close of the had Burnside so thor- nnMh /V* to f °rce a retreat to the 225, This battle was simply Sjjnificent from my point of view. ‘ Northam •••I* lx a Colonel Ned Lawton, an officer of rare merit whom . I loved as a brother, was mortally comforted”’ themselvW^tvith w7nte? wounded by my side In the midst of Sorters«. pSwictaSor* battle and the ^'rthorn soldiers fought with a I , “ ,‘' s ' worthy of our American man- in,) the Southern soldiers In both rn-p and attack won yet greater brew..'' shlne "«ind their traditional [mtonej 11 "’** ov * r the two arm ' es thrVw th 1° .EE****^ the’ camp-fires |-the £ red £^* b ?.JJ t ^ferred * to was I weatherman however,. refuses ti^be an the if lights against the common!young „ recruit referred. io wusi _ - 'r "ty In full vtnr by night, and during named In hU honor. accessory In this forecast. WET CHRISTMAS ON DOPE SHEET SAY THE FIGURES Mathematicians May Look at the Past Record and Do Their Figuring. FOUR GENERATIONS LIVING; DEATH NEVER TOUCHED DIRECT LINE OFTHIS FAMILY It la a little bit early for the weather man to predict what weather condition* will prevail Chrlatmas, but It It possible that some Idea can be gained from the weather that Santa Claus has brought In the past, of the kind that will arrive with the Christmas of 1908. The data at the lotal weather bureau goes back Just twenty-eight years, amt fourteen of those twenty-eight Christ mases were wet ones. Just an eve'n break. Rain fell on Christmas day of the years 1879, 1880, 1881, 1888, 1881, 1884, 1890, 1891, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1908, 1904. The other* wore fair. This even break of wet and fair Christmas days was shown only onco before with in tile twenty-eight years, and that was during 1897. Within the history of the local weather people and Its data, both of. llclal and otherwise, Atlanta has never experienced a Christman day with snow on the side. Only once, on Christmas day of 1899, did snow fall, and then It was only a trace. Snow fell two days after the Christmas of 1804. The following llgures show tempera ture on every Christmas day for the past 88 years: Year. '1878... 1879.. . 1880.. . 1881... 1888.. . 1881... 1884.. . 1885.. . 1888.. . 1887 1888... 1889.. . 1890.. . 1891.. . 1892.. . 1891.. . 1894.. . 1895.. . . 1896.. . 1897.. . 1898.. . 1899.. . , 1900.. . , 1901.. ., 1908.. . . 1903.. . 1904.. . . 1905.. . . 1906.. . . High. Low. Mean. . 34 19 28 If the same ratio holds goed Christ mas day for 1(98 will be a wet one. The This Is the picture of a remarkable Woman and members of a still more re markable family. Four generations there are represented In title picture, and the head of the family, who la seated at the extreme right, has the distinction of being 102 years of age, and at the same time hale and hearty. She Is Mrs. Mary Lombard, of Au gusta, and she was born In the county Longford, Ireland, In 1804. Next to her Is her daughter, Mrs. Annie F, Reynolds, also of Augusta, and bora in Ireland 81 years ago. Next Is Mrs. Reynolds' daughter, Mrs. Nellie F. Hogan, of At lanta. and .the little girl is Mrs. Hogan's 18-year-old daughter, Annie May Ho gan. Not only la Mrs. Lombard of a re markable age, but she can also say that her family Is marked with the time characteristic. There has never been a death In this family In a direct tine up to the preaent time. Mrs. Lombard, the great-grand mother of the' little girl, came to this country fifty years ago from Ireland, and she Is blessed with exceptionally fine health. Mrs. Hogan, the granddaughter of Mrs. Lombard, Is an Atlantan and re side* atlnirian Park. In Mrs. Lombard's Immediate family there are four sisters and two sons, all living, while In the family .of Mrs. Reynolds, her daughter, there were born and are now living four daugh ters and three sons. The sons are all well-known Atlantans, and arc In the tobacco business, Joe, Dick and Em mett. In the four generations of this family IF EVERYBODY HAD A HOLIDAY;* BUT IF THEY DID SOME OF US WOULD HAVE A BUM CHRISTMAS there have been six children* seven grandchildren and one great-grand child. Fatting Fad*. From The New York Tribune. It Is'said by some phyalciana that a good deal of the Insomnia, extreme thlnneas and* general debility from which Americans suffer Is due tfl the various fasting fads. Here a man goes without breakfast, there a woman makes a point of going hungry to bed Another systematically omits a raenl at noonday, .and so It goes. Where peo ple arc constitutionally below pur and in a position where they can only hope to maintain a fair degree of ef ficiency by keeping up their vitality, such "stunts” are of questionable vir tue. Sturdy, full-blooded people, with Iron nerves and digestions that can negotiate nails, may try starving them selves with impunity, perhaps. Thin, anaemic* nervous people, on the other hand* generally need all the food they can eat and all the blood they can make. If such people would eat before going to bed they would generally see an - Increase In vigor, for the reason thu while the wear and tear of the body were susj>eiided digestion and as similation would still be going on. In other words* the body would be making more tissue than It destroyed; hence an Increase In blood* weight and In health. At least that's the way one physician explained things to a woman of the pale, thin type who applied to him "all run down.” Did yon ever stop to tltluk what Christ runs would be If everybody had n holiday ? Did It ever ocenr to you n* you reclined In an easy chitlr before a eheerfnl lire with the kids frolicking si tout on it Christians morning with nil their new tops, that some thing might he different If everybody could remain at home like you aud enjoy the dny? * Well, It wounl Imj different. Suppose the rnllroud hands took a holi day on Christmas. How would your wife's mother get to see you on thnt day mid spend the day with yon mid fuss because the kids were allowed to snlly forth with their new toys and run chances of getting cold? If these people had holidays, the trains wouldn't be able t«> bring home the ub- Meut htisfmnd to hls family that was count ing the minutes until he arrived. Suppose the troll conductors decided . dny like other folks. _ _■ a nice shape, wouldn't fliey? Von might sny ns you alt III front of thnt tire thnt you'd take a cab. Well, the nibbles have Just as much right to rt, holiday at the mo* turmoil. So If yon didn't own nn nutomoblls and DO YOU FEEL CHARITABLE.? . THERE ARE LOIS OF FOLKS ’ yOU CAN MAKE HAPPy Associated Charities Can Aid You in Judgment. Do you reel like scattering happiness In an Atlanta home, where Christmas will not be looked forward to with any partleular degree of Joy? In the language of the time, do you feet like flowing yourself and helping the poor to feel as good as you will feel? Now, of course, a man feels better If he drops a quarter In. the hat of a panhandler whining on the sidewalk.. He thinks he has done a charitable act and feel* better for It. Rut he hasn't. Pnnhandler* are not the kind of peo ple to help. There are others who are really needy—people who wouldn't for the world go out and shout their pov erty from the housetops. They have too much pride. But there is one place where such needy people are known. And It Is here that several Atlanta people who are charitably Inclined have sought Information during the past few day*. They have found what they were look, tng for, and so. nn Christmas morning, several Atlanta'families will know how it feels to be happy. This place Is the office of the Asso ciated Charities. Secretary Logan, of that organisation, probably knows the records of more Atlanta people In need of help than any other man in the city. He knows the fakir* and the grafters and he know* those who are actually In need. But In nine cases out of ten these really needy people wouldn’t (tell anybody else. They know Secretary Logan Is not going to advertise their poverty to the world. The Associated Charities. Tho Associated Charities has made no plans for making the poor happy ,,n Christmas by giving away food, cloth ing and' things* for the little ones, but j at the same time they remember that I needy people exist in Atlanta, and Sec- I retury Logan Rets In touch with peo ple who, he knows, would Ilk* to give these needy people a lift. Many of these people have already called upon him for Information along I this line, and have secured names >f people whom they would like to make happy. And they have made thelf plans for scattering happiness. Some churches, too, have asked for Infor- , ■nation along this line, and It has glad ly been furnished. It Is better to held the. really deserving than to spend | money on faktrs and grafters wl would smile and comment afterwards on how many suckers there are in the world. • - But the list/of needy Is not all fur nished yet. There are others down on that list who need and would appre ciate help on Christmas day. Some there are to whom clothes and shoes would be acceptable and who* woald be made happy t>y saeh gifts. Others there are who would think a chanee to get a job would be an ex cellent Christmas present, and eldl others who would like to harp a meal. If you have been prosperous during the year and feel like making others happy. Secretary Li gsn would be gl id to furnish names of families where your presents would make a cf home filled with happiness. And it would take such a litti.