The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-23
Per.onaI and Pertinent.

Did you go out election nlShtF
 That is what everybody asks every body else.
 Everybody went out just while"
 From the crowd and the crush all New York must have gone out just a while and-met.
 Of course there was the usual stretched canvass on which the nov ing pictures. portraits of the candi- dates and figures from the States were thrown to the view of the crowd
 There was very little of what might be called real election excitement. Only once there was a small cheering when President Roosevelts picture was shown.
 People looked with equal intent at the figures of the returns and at the moving pictures of bees making hon ey thrown upon The Journals sheet of canvas.
 There was a lot of footing of horns. Long tin horns were sold by hundreds from wagons and push-carts.
 Street peddlers hawked all sorts of noisy toys. whistles. squeaking bal looms. little rattles rung with cranks. They talk of the abandon ans gayle ty of Southern crowds never saw a more determinedly gay crowd than that which lined the streets of New York. As I nave said they ! didn't seem to care what they were gay about. saw several staid married couples arm in arm pushing their way through the crowd and blowing both on long tin horns. Two middle aged gentlemen had whis- ties which they blew at intervals of | their quiet talk with each other. La dies of uncertain age turned the cranks of rattles quite seriously.
 Much of the fun was ready made. Just had to pay few cents and there 1t was to nand.
 Troops of young men pushing their way through the crowd blowing tin horns as they went wore paper bands on their hats: 'T told you so!' printed thereon in two Inch long letters. One boy wore a placard on his coat lappel with "Delighted..' fancifully penned thereon.
 As he passed through the crowd. a smiling, /nornblowlng young girl on his arm. someone in the crowd read aloud: "Delighted'.' Yes" returned the boy aren't you?" I wonder how many times he said those words that evening.
 When the groups of boys began pushing through the crowd 1t was ierce. it was rash to be in the crowd if two forces met, one pushing either way. In one such crush the cry was raised: Take care of the old people," Look out for teh children" It would have been death or maiming for life to lose footing in that crush. Some few were wise enough to break the currents swell by breaking across in- to hotel In the comparative quiet of the corridor of the hotel lay a young girl who had tainted from the crush. Restoratives were being ap- piled and after some moments faith full work she was brought to life. A Southern young man was telling me of his experience one election night. He had just come to New York. Had met only one young man. Only saw him in the oflce. But mean Ing to miss no fun he went out and bought a tin horn and "just went 1 about blowing 1t all by my Lonesome" I" as he put it. Ran by accident on the l one boy he knew and-they weren't l Lonesome any more. They took in ev- cry park where crowds and pictures were and no two horns were noisier than those of the two Southern boys. | A Story by a New Orleans Girl. A love-story of unusual quality. in the opinion of its publishers. has just been issued by J. B. Lippincott Com pany. with the title, An Angel by | Brevet.' The author is Miss Helen Pitkin. of New Orleans who is widely known throughout the South by her writings and her social activities. Her book is love-story of New Orleans of today and blends the lazy charm, the passion and the superstitious strain which characterizes Creole society, with the picturesque setting of aristo- cratic life of her own city.
 l pr. s. Weir Mitchell, the author of New Samaria," has been spending the larger part of his summer at Bar Harbor which has been a favorite place with him for number of years The sales of New Samaria"-which has just been issued-indicate a grow ing appetite for the sincere and care ful studies of life represented by pr l Mitcnells work. and his publishers Will go to press again with the story In order to supply the immediate de, mand.
 Public interest Ia stimulated afrest