The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01

grownups. The child spends bis penny
or nickel at the fruit stand, or the con-
fectioner's or bakers, where. more Of
ten than not, the wares are adulter-
ated. open to dust from the street or
stuffy apartments. The mother takes
the edge from her dinner appetite by
mid-afternoon CONNECTIONS and Ices ana
teas. At the table wholesome substan-
tials are passed by for toothsome des-
serts; because stomachs have been al
ready overtaxed and taste Is the only
incentive to eating. The result ~
dyspepsia and its train of Ills. or. II
nothing so apparent ensues, nerve and
brain force are weakened. The COOL
old rule, three meals day and no
between meals" of orthodox mothers
who are now grandmothers, carried In
to effect today would set many dis
ordered household right and revolu-
tionize the disposition of many man.
woman and child.-Pitssbarg Dispatch,
DECLINE OF MOURNING.
An exchange says: The recent state
ment that many people nowadays have
such a dislike of mourning that they
frequently go abroad Immediately after
funeral in order to avoid the neces-
sity for wearing 1t may be true OF only
small section of society, but there
Is little doubt that mourning Is by no
means so generally worn as in days
gone by. This, of course, Is only In
accord with the tendency of the age
1t is a good many years since we got
rid of the long Grape hatbands which
men and even small boys wore on their
heads on the occasions of funerals. and
year by year since then the trend Of
things has been in the direction of less
and less display Of the panoply of grief.
HeH
WEDDING IN MODERN STYLE.
Life.
The modern bridegroom led the mod
ern bride to the altar. The modern
clergyman was waiting for them with
his modern wedding ceremony.
will YOU" he said to the BRIDE
groom, take this divorced woman to be
your social wife, to have and to hold
until you are both tired of each other"
II will" said the groom. with the
understanding that she Is not to kick
up a row no matter who I bring home
with me, and that she turns over all
her available cash to help me out VI
my scrapes."
And will YOU" said the clergyman
to the woman, take this man to be
your companion in misery for so long
| as you think best?"
IT WILL said the woman. IF I don't
have to nurse him when he Is sick oil
take breakfast with him."
us there anyone" said the clergy
man. who objects?"
| mo one" said the spokesman for tho
congregation. 1--WE are all very glad
of 1t. 1t makes gossip. and the mere
fact that we are here will enable us 10
have our names in the papers. Let
the ceremony proceed"
| There" said the clergyman, Il pro-
nounce you man and wife. Send me a
check or cash by registered mail, give
your names and a description of your
presents to the society reporters. and
when you want a divorce, here's the
card of the best lawyer in the busi'
| ness"
PLAYS WITH ROYAL NAMES.
In this de=.ovrat,c country 1t is sur
prising to note how many plays have
royal titles. To oblige she press agent.
who points this out. The Shepherd
King" might be mentioned first Then
there are THE Proud Prince" In the
Palace Of the King" The Crown Prin-
cess" More Than Queen" The Prince
of Pilsen," "A Prince of Kensinngton.'
THE Princess Chic The Sultan OF
Sulu," and Alexander the Great"
Among those of borrowed majesty
are "A Royal Slave" The King of De-
tectives," king of the Desert" AN
African King,""A Railroad King The
Sleepy King" "Cfeen Of the II nway.
"a Prince in Tatters," THE (Jnarch
Minstrels," Near the Throne" and
"The Power Behind the Throne" And
still, while we already have THE Sena-
tor" there is yet to re produced play
called The President" although we
have The Dictator"
MICROBE OF OLD AGE.
In a lecture on "Old Age" delivered
by DR.. Menchnikoff, the speaker express
ed the opinion that senility was pro-
duced by certain physiological states
which cause the beneficent species OF
microbes called "macrophages" to In
crease too rapidly. Then In their TURF
they become injurious.
These parasites flourish in the large
| intestine, which mammals possess
whereas in birds 1t is almost entirely
lacking The result was shown In the
I person of the doctors own dog. which
i was deere pit at eighteen. while the doc
tors parrot, aged seventy, appeared tt
, the audience hale and lively
ut stands to prove" says the doctor
, that senility is an festious disease
and It should be possible to treat i
4 like other maladies-to cure 1t or pre-
vent it."
The hope WAS expressed by DIR. Men
chnikcff that a serum would shortly b.
discovered to counterfeit the "macro
phages" and prolong human life; mean
time, says The Figaro. he recommended
the consumption of curdled milk.-Par