The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-07
THE PASS PEND
HAS BEEN MUCH IN EVIDENCE AT
 ST. LOUIS.
All Sorts of Propositions Presenteo t' Fair Management and Conces- sionarfes to secure Free
 Admission.

Examples of the work and energy or the pass fiend were never oetter eA emplified than in the present Worids 5 Faid, and more particularly in the d'i- ferent applications made to the con cessionaries. says The St. Louis aiooe- Democrat. In the course Of conVer- sation with MT. E Sherman Dahoy VI the Boer War he was induced to snow some of the remarkable letters ne has received and the various applications made for passes
 How is this for starter?
 Blue Mound, Kansas, Aug. Sth' o4- The Manager of the Boer War. The Fair at St. Louis. Dear Sir-Henry Hawkins from here saw your show last week an he says it is grate he liked Crongke best though he didn't like IS hat but he Is to be exkused Ter that as he says he was farmer. My woman says if he Is farmer he knows we IS and as no money so we thot weeed write an dask you fer to passes as we will come to the fair sure soon. Yours respecterfully, J. B..
 A letter of that class speaks TOT it- self and displays an appreciation or General Conje that the writer evident ly valued highly. Letters of this Kind are not only confined to the poorer classes, however, as the following will prove:
 Dearborn Street. Chicago. September 5, 1904. To the Manager of the Boer War: Dear Sir-I trust that you will allow my request for a season pass to your attraction. There is no reason that my request should be granded CD nA ha ,r of any courtesies at your hands. How ever. am a collector of passes of all descriptions, and. should you favor me thus far I will promise to do all in my power to send people to your ex- hibition, as I have been informed on good authority 1t is well deserving of public patronage. l have the honor to remain, sir. yours, etc., J. NJ. C. -
 There would not be anything very remarkable to this letter except for the fact that a similar letter was written to every other show on The Pike, or presumably so. as a number have been questioned and in some cases the privil- ege was granted and used on numerous occasions within the last week
 For absolute nerve the following de- serves tablet in the hall of fame:
 Laclede avenue, St. Louis, Mo--Man- oSCt Ol DUCT war SIT nave charge of a large rooming house and we handle over fifty Worlds Fair guests every week. They all ask me which IS the best show to see, and I generally say the Boer war. However, so that ttere can be no question in my mind please send me season pass at once, so that I can tell them all about you, Yours faithfully, Miss R. N
 T am sorry to say said Mir Donby, that some of the representatives of the smaller newspapers that apply for passes are absolutely jokes. We get so used to handling them, however. (about five hundred daily), that we can soon sift out the wheat from the chaff. !"
 The following dialogue is an uninter- rupted daily performances:
 Male individual, about forty, dark suit. very dusty boots and trouser bot tcms, a tired looki on his face, is seen approaching, followed by a female in- dividual more tired looking, three small children hanging to her skirts. three larger children carrying Ralston lunch boxes and a bunch of Agricultu- ral building souvenirs. Male approach es holding in his hand a bunch of Ex- position press passes. goes to every window and at last Is turned over to MT. Franklin of the press department.
 Male Individual Good day. You honor the press? (Mark the honor. } l have my wife and six children.
 MT. Franklin. What paper sir. please?
 M. l. hands over passes, saying the "Mudtown Intelligencer," with an air of distinction that would be a credit to William Randolph Hearst
 Mir. F. what position do you hold on this paper, sir?
 NJ I. Correspondent (which means that the editor couldn't come himself so made the male individual, whose oc- cupation is sowing oats. his correspond ent hence the aforesaid pride).
 MT F. Very sorry, sir, but we can on- ly extend the courtesy to one on ac. count of your paper. You will please have to buy tickets for the balance.
 Wife buts in. Dear me! Never heard of such a thing. Insulting the press The idea! Young man, you ought to be ashamed to talk so rudely to the press. Do you know what this paper can do to you?
 MT. F. Very sorry, madam, but that is our rule.
 'I don't believe it. want to see the manager. Where's the manager? Me walking all the way up this hill with press tckets and" (gets more excited)
 you wait till we get back: we'll tell all about you in our paper"
 Husband makes a move to buy tick cts. Wife again butts in. Charlie don't youse spend a cent here after the shameful way they've treated you Let's go"
 Then they go outside to another en- trance, purchase tickets and enjoy the performance, the only regrettable part being that they were unable to show the management the powers of the presuad of the Midtown Intelligencer which. upon investigation, is found to be q small village.
 Such is life, and its phases are hu- morous.
 There are dealers who would sell Sorosis Shoes if we would lower the quality so that they could make more profit. The fact that we refuse to dc