The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-16
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 organized in this ely next week is an exS pression of this awakened consciousness. The first task to which t will address It- self will be the establishment of non sectarian municipa, chEvsy. Th.c neserv, ing poor should beJzhelpsdc iwiseiy and promptly. Impostufe shosit be unmask. ed. The merchants must be .reneveo oI the constant mendicahcy, not only on tne part of the ticket sellers who. in the name of Sweet Charity" make the lifs or the small merchant burden. compehine him under penalty of ioss aof trade 10 patronize every entertainmeni ane e'ess 'show' of every descrtpfl9nJ under tne
 But organizi; ( the philsnthropic forces of the city is che feast bensht that a Civic Federation is pledged to confer. man more is required than the flourish. ment of the body, than appeasement of hunger that gnaws at the Vitais; Such benevolence is the least of all social func- means the maximuri o3 action influenced by the social conscience. Man has other requirements for his manhood than a rag to cover his nudity. than shelter to keep out the dripping rain. The home of man must be the home of joy. Art poetry and music are the appoiated messengers or this joy. He who founds an art institute or builds a library or estabiishes con cert for the poor. or purchases the pant
  where the masses can drink in its insplra- ton is much more of @ bensfac&or than he who provides the. means wherewith to buy shoes. He whose panne is forever linked with the creation of an agency for the better, nobler. broader views or hfe, for the cultivation of thought and the discovery of truth, does moee for his kind than he who eivss a. bed to hos pitai. Hospitals are necessary. They serve a minority. Art serves all. While the hos pital can only relieve the physical want, art serves the spiritual need, bringing joy and therefore energy and life into the hearts of thousands S' 7 oar g.
 Is there need for arnCivict Federation" in Montgomery? Montsemerysh-As we honor her let us not insult her With empty compliment.As we be1ieve fn her future let us not smirch 1t by even "a phrase or indiscriminate applause, minimizing in fiation. 9rS 70 '''=t
 The chief interest in any city Is archi- tectural. The buildings of Athens even in their ruins are the wonder of the world expresses A building whfth does not ap- peal to the intelligence, which evokes no thought is merely pile of stones, a body without a soul. There are very few build ings in Montgomery which meet, the ar tistic test. Very few compel thought save thoughts of what might have been.
 In Athens the temple crowned Acropo- lis still raises it's summit toward Heaven like magnificent altar consecrated to
 
 of two thousand years the broken columns of the Parthenon at its top stand out in delicate relief against the sky, like. strings of an abandoned harp which even the to melody In Montgomery we must daily refresh ourselves with the broken col umns of the Metropolitan" Hotel and the Kyle House. s b7CRrpso.J the "Propylaea,'' a majestic gateway of Pentellic marble which cost the Athen- ians two and a half millions of dollars. l know of no gateway in Montgomery that cost anything like that sum. only know that at the gateway of our cerne- tery. where lie the hoD0Fed dead, there are the public dumps Nc need for archi- tectural advancement in Montgomery? Speak, ye ema sculated approaches 10 Five Points, our local Acropolis. Speak, Q pes tilential squalor of Cypress Pond Speak. ye classic shades of Bogdehofnme.
 But the Athenians not only encouraged architecture, sculpture, too, they crown ed with the laurel wreath. Phidias until 1t was considered a calamity in the ancient world to die without having seen the colossal Zeus in the great Temple of Olympia. ] have never heard the opin- ion expressed that 1t is ascalahity to die without having seen tho Inonument in Montgomery's Fountain Square
 Athens was not only Pre-eminent in architecture and sculptpEe but alse in mu- SIC. N6XL IO lle EdTtutuUUr HIO0d tilD Odeum the great han in which 4nusical contests were instituted. And the Greeks had a special fund called 'Theorfcon' from which the poor citisens were sup piled at the expense of the State with the price of admission to the theatre. In Montgomery, If popular concerts of a higher nature were given. hosts of per- sons would not go. even iL supplied with tickets from the public futnA For despite Shakespeares dictum- ooncerning those who "are not mov'd by the concord of sweet sounds" classical music here must obtrude itself with considerable and cau- tious reserve.
 The dominion in the concert room of Dixie and "There'll be 6 Hot Time" is still very vibrant and penetrating re- ality.
 The Civic Federatien,l, would make of she spresd ot Giy sEt S es msn learn to desuise filth BF6oins will not clean the streets until -onr people become an art loving people. Filth is want of harmony-moral and spiritual harmony the highlands of art. Beautify~ the city and you make it better The crusade against the dives will be much more eff fective when the streets are clean, and the facades of our habitations display something of the spirit which made Ath- ems immortal-the spirit of heautYaserving utility, but not crushed under the, ponder ous weight of the requirements of indus ", cynic selhshness.
 But we shall not heRntifye Montgomery by denunciation. We. shall not redeem it | by the pessimistic spirit which wraps its ! garment around it and turn it's back upon l 1t. There are burning with zeal and en- | thusiasm and high purpose of sacrifice | in this city today multitudes of men and | women. They are of different political association. They must forget that. They are of different cFeeds and nationalities | They must forget that, And if having | reached the point where we can find | seven or ten men whom we all trusted and believed in q could mention hun | Now, then, tell us what you want us tc | do, where you want us to stand, what re | lation you want our party or our church 1 to bear to social betterment of Montgom cry. We trust your judgment We vii l follow your lead" Then the work is done | Pericles in his wonderful funeral ora
 ton upon the soldiers who had fallen ir | the Persian wars-a speech which is per | haps the noblest surviving monument tC 1 Athenian glory-said: An Athenian citi
 zen does not neglect the State because | he takes care of his own household. WV | regard the man who takes no Interest 1T | public affairs not as a harmless, but a. | a useless character; and if but few o | us are originators, we are all sound judge! | of a policy. The great impedimeRt to ac
 tion in our opinion is not discussion bu | the want of that knowledge which is tht result of discussion preparatory to action l For we have a peculiar way of thinking | before we act, and Of acting, too; where as, other men are courageous from ignor l ance, but hesitate upon. reflection"
 Something of this interest in public af
 fairs the Civic Federation would foste | and stimulate in this city. If in addition l to esta blishring the non-sectarian munici | pal charity, which is already assured, f