The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-23

New Fork. Oct. 2--(speciaL) )-I havo been over in Pennsylvania to address mass meeting at williamsport. was there on Saturday night and after the meeting I took sleeper for Philadel- phia, arriving there for breakfast Sum- day morning. It was . beautifully clear day and decided to grafify long-cherished wish to go through the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. On looking at the morning paper. found I could supplement this choice by hearing either the French expounder of Quiet Life." Rev. Mir. Wagner. or Justice Brewer conduct religious ser vices before the student body of the University of Pennsylvania was not strongly attracted by. this last function: If for no other reason. had so often heard the Justice sermonize through the medium of dissenting opinions delivered from the bench at Washington. My. mind was being gradually suffused with silently predis- posing influences driving me to hear the the academy. when chAnced to recol- lect there was one of the finest private collections of paintings In Philadelphia to be seen anywhere in this country. wonder how many of the readers of The Advertiser ever heard of John e. Johnson. lawyer of Philadelphia. MT. Johnson is good Illustration of the fact that a lawyer may rise to the Highest rank in his profession and un- to be heard of through the country at large. Yet Mir. Johnson stands at the very head of the bar of the United States and almost without a question has larger income than any other lawyer in the United States He is so overwhelmed with big cases from all parts of the country. that he does not neGd, and Niere can be no impropriety in my giving him. this little blast from my horn.
 I had met Mir. Johnson a number of times in Washington, and I concluded instantly that recalled his rich pos sessions in pictures. to try his door and learn for myself. if could win the privilege of an entrance. just what he had. I have friend. who calls me Pine, as a nickname. This is nis playful abbreviation of Pine Level" in Beat 13, Montgomery County, and if Bill Denson Is in the chair. may add. State of Alabama, where had the good fortune to be born. I wear my desig- nation proudly and in all matters of criticism men. politics. books, or art, I, uniformly with e cheerful fdiocy if not effrontery insist upon judging the matter from the Pkpe Level standpoint. I boldly make of the place Q touchstone of excellence. How does 1t look to Pine LsveI?Is 1t good from the Pine Level standpoint; then ell right. Is 1t mean or bad or poor from tho same standpoint. then London. nor Paris, nor Boston may overrule the quiet South ern village in Beat IS.
 So down Broad Street, Philadelphia. Pine Level? Is it good from the Pine 1t must he confessed as to the cheek of his performance. mounted Mir. John- sons doorsteps and sounded the bell. A white servant woman answered it and being just now in the spell-binding business, I laid a spell upon her; she haltingly admitted me right in where the treasures were and took my card to her master and returning quickly invited me into the library; treasures all around about. as went forward, and they covered the walls of the libra ry itself. Mir. Johnson came in. made