The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-02
Sidewalk ,peneiIings
Intere.t In stage People.

WHY 10 LIZ 1ShCt ~ hOWDRoPOA
er of Montgomery, that the press of
the entire country invariably features
any item of news In which theatricai
person is In any way concerned? TAKE.
this woman been young girl earning
her living behind a counter or using a
typewriter. l doubt very much II we
would have had O one hundredth part
Patterson case. The same rule holds
good. and now we have the suit case
mystery. where one of the principals
was merely member of the chorus OF
was not even the hashy but always
picturesque, show girl. think our
newspapers overdo these things"
A newspaper man whom he address
cal people always furnish good sources
of news was due to the fact that the
newspaper-reading public Is more In
terested In theatrical people than in
AA TAKE axe the the Patterson case. for In
stance" he said. Before the killing
Of Caesar Young, perhaps, you never
heard of Nan Patterson. / never had.
OF the Fiorodora Company that toured
the South two years before the tragedy.
Hundreds of Montgomerians saw this
production and hundreds Of them Were.
Patterson case. This is In a measure
true of the suit case mystery and the
Yohe case. Now people who send out
J6ews figure on this when they decide
two columns. they know that 500
people have seen an actor or an ac-
tress, where one person has seen the
daughter of a prominent banker of a
small t towr or OF sfeas n the
story of the theatrical person where
one is interested in the story of the
bankers daughter.
does not have It's foundation in having
a theatrical interest, but the reasons
assigned are the causes of these mat
tiers being given great public circula-
ton by even the most conservative
news services
Pleased with Detention Camp.
One who signs himself Richmond
Willis, a yellow fever refugee from
estingiy as to the life in Camp Murray,
the place of detention established by
the United States Government for fe-
yer refugees between Flomaton and the
fever stricken Florida city.
According to Willis, all refugees are
met at the trains by United States Ma
rine Hospital Service surgeons and by
them examined and their temperature
taken. The refugees are then furnish
ed quarters in neat and comfortable
tents, three men or three women being
assigned to each tent. The people in
the camp are required to do police"
duty, as cleaning up Is termed In the
army, but are not made to do other
work The food Is especially prepared
by good cooks and the refugees are
waited on by servants at their meals.
Breakfast is served at a. m, dinner
at noon, and supper at 5 p. m. Each
afternoon at o'clock temperatures
of every person in the camp are taken
by surgeons. The rest OF the camp
life is made as homelike as possible.
willis has the warmest praise for
Surgeon c. p. Banks, Surgeons w. l.
sterns and Surgeon Won Esdorf, who
are in, charge OF the camp and says
SAINTS camp is pleasant life.
Mr., Kirkpatrick Mt Oxford.
Z Some time ago" said a Montgomery
educator y read sadh, n newspaperSGI
Alabama did not have student at OK
ford College, England, as the winner
of one of the Cecil Rhodes scholarships
IT have been waiting for some one
have not observed correction, think
1t should be stated that a Montgomery
young man, Mr.. James III. Kirkpatrick.
a graduate Of our state University, is
ford and is making fine record there
To say that Alabama is without repre-
sentation at Oxford means that Ala
bama boys could not come up to the
from each state in our Union. 1t is
true the examinations were rigid, but
Mr.. Kirkpatrick measured up to 1t, and
we ought to be proud that the young
man has taken such high stand at the
English university"
Mr.. KIRKPATRICK is son of Can't, ].
A. Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Kirkpatrick of
Montgomery.
DR.. J. l. Reynolds of Ozark passed
through Montgomery yesterday en-
route to Mobile, where he is in attend
ance on the State Medical College.
Mr.. f. r Norman, a clever Young
writer of The Birmingham Herald
staff. was in Montgomery last night en-
route to Auburn.
Mr.. @. r. McElderry of Talladeea
who has announced his candidacy for
Associate Railroad Commissioner, is in
town.
Mr.. w. E. Lum, formerly of Mont
gomery, but who now resides in Rjr-
mingham, was in the city last night.
Mr.. John Stanley of Andalusia was
in town yesterday and called on his
friends at the Capitol.
Mr.. A. d'P. Weaver. chief telerranber
for the Associated Press in The Adver-
tiser building, has returned from New
Orleans, where he went as a volunteer
telegrapher for the press agency sew
eraI weeks ago. He spent his deten-
tion period in Chicago. Mr. A. Silver