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Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
BY Katharine A. Karl

Miss Katharine Carl, an American,
long a resident of Neuilly, France, hap
pening to be in Pekin at time when the
Dowager Empress expressed a desire to
have a portrait painted by, a woman
and an American, which would constitute
her gift to the st. Louis exhibition, noti-
fled Mrs. Conger, wife of the American
ambassador, of her intention, asking her
to arrange with an artist for that pur-
pose Her experiences are of peculiar in
terest since Alice Roosevelt has been the
guest of the empress)
THE day of my first audience at
the Chinese court, August 8, we
were up betimes at the American
legation; for it takes full three hours
to drive out to the summer palace
from Peking, and punctuality is the
etiquette of Oriental as well as of
Occidental potentates. Our audience
was for half past ten o'clock and the
portrait of the empress dowager was
to be begun at eleven, that hour, as
we'll as the day and the month, hav-
ing been chosen after much delibera-
ton and many consultations of the
almanac, as the most auspicious for
beginning work on the first likeness
ever made Of her majesty.
We alighted at the foreign office and
were met by a number Of officials with
their interpreters, who came out to re-
ceive us. After readjusting ourselves
in the waiting room we were met, on
coming out, by the chief eunuch of the
palace, who conducted us to the red
covered palace chairs, each carried by
six men. They bore US past the impe-
rial gateway (used only for their
majesties), through a door of entrance
at the left, when we were within the
sacred precincts of one of the resi-
dences of the sons of heaven and
within the walls of the favorite palace
of the empress dowager.
Before we could take in our sur
roundings we had been rapidly carried
through various courts and gardens
and had come at last to larger,
quadrangular court, filled with pots
of rare blooming plants and many
beautiful growing shrubs. Here the
bearers put down our chairs; we de-
scended and walked through the court,
preceded and followed by number of
eunuchs. The great plate glass doors
of the palace in front of us, blazing
with the huge red character "Sho"
longevity. were swung noiselessly
back, and we were at last within the
throne room Of her imperial majesty,
the empress dowager of China.
A group of princesses and ladies in
waiting stood to receive us. The
ladies Yu-Keng, wife and daughter of
a former Chinese minister to France,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

hung string of eighteen pearls sep
arated by fiat pieces of brilliant, trans
parent green jade. From the same
button was suspended a large, carved
pale ruby, which had yellow silk tassels
terminating in two immense pear
shaped pearls of rare beauty. AT
each side, just under the arms, hung .
pale blue, embroidered silk handker-
chief, and a scent bag with long, black
silk tassels. Around her throat was a
pale blue, two-inch-wide cravat, en-
broidered in gold with large pearls.
This cravat had one end tucked into
the opening on the shoulder of her
gown, and the other hanging.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

- OOD morning. my daughter.
VI Many happy returns of the
day."
ooh, father. please don't remind me
OF the horrible fact"
Horrible fact, my dear?"
Eyes; that it is my birthday. What
have L ever done to deserve such a
fate"
"But I don't understand. I came to
congratulate"
"Well, don't. If you think there is
anything to congratulate in girl hav-
ing birthday you are very much
mistaken. Now, if you came to
mourn
But my dear. you have accomplished
another year-that is great achieve
ment"
1T may be up to a certain time, or
after a certain time, but between
thoSe times IL is 1tlle snort Oh
calamity and is an achievement only
too easy to accomplish. Why don't
you let me forget it was my birth
day and be happy while 1 could?"
Il wished to be the first to wish
you many happy returns"
"Well, don't. I have had too many
returns already"
"Only thirty, my dear
mEatherI A AhoNe and heYond eYerY-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01

why, Paula, in '75, when you were
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
Mobiles Future.
Mohile Item


 Business in Mobile has reached an unprecedented volume; every branch Is. taxed to the limit of it's present ca pacity, with. constant and rapid growth. Really, Mobile has not the fla trade. While we are growing as rap idly as any other Southern city. we are being crowded continuously for more facilities and greater growth
 This condition is the result of no ad- vertising Or imitation, but is born of natural causes; by our location and Extraordinary advantages in inland communication. The whole South is in a very prosperous condition. but Alabama stands at the very head. and with I2-cent cotton, 6S-cent turpentine, s15 per thousand superficial feet for pine logs, S23 and s27 per thousand for her pine lumber. and a corresponding price for timber-her coal and iron at the top of the worlds markets. her cotton, Sotton seed and cement mills, and In fact every industry, and all of these to find their natural outlet through the city and port of Mobile, is If any wonder that we are taxed be- yond our facilities?
 Mobile Is and must forever remain one of the greatest ports on the Gulf of Mexico, and in point of fact has ad- vartages and will take care of line of trade that no other Gulf coast port can handle, notably the iron and coal of North Alabama. Georgia and Ten
 Surely we are not unreasonable when we expect to cover the 100000 popula- tion mark in 1910.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
HAD COMPANY.
"The Devil is Always Looking for
 BOys."

Boys.
 Chief of Detectives Desmond in St.
 Louis Republic.
 The fate of Harry Wiegmann. who was led into crime through bad asso- citations, should be d lesson to every mother in St. Louis. The devil is al- ways looking for good boys.
 It is human nature for d mother to have every confidence in her own boy, but mother should combine common sense with confidence, and keep at least one eye firmly on that good boy
 Poolrooms and saloons particularly some of those in residence districts, are the starting points of q criminal career. sIndolence does no boy good A boy who will loiter around q pool room or a saloon day and night Is in- dolent and needs attention.
 HaIf-grown boys get the impression that they aren't smart or up-to-date unless they are frequentipg saloons and drinking alongside men. The really smart boy is the one who has a vision strong enough to see the folly of such practices, and remains away
 We have heard. all of us, facetious ana sarcastic remarks about the boy who can't get away from his mothers aprons strings. Let me tell you that a mothers apron strings are the strongest moral chains in any commu- nity, and a boy who clings to those strings will never be wanted at the Four Courts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
The Hearst Contention.

OHdtIdHOOBa Times.
 The contention of MT. Hearst's news- papers appears to be that the courts which do not settle things in our favor tunately few people take that unpa- triotic view of it. All the world likes a. fighter, but they draw the line at the winner. They expect a, man who goes into a fight to give up when he gets whipped. Courts are Institutions organized by the laws of our country for the amicable adjustment of our diff ferences and IS partners to the govern mental agreement all patriotic citizens are Loyalty bound to acquiesce cheer fully in their decisions. The man who wantonly and through selfish motives attacks the honor and integrity of the Judiciary is doing his best to light the fires of anarchy and mobocracy Mir Hearst is playing with a dangerous weapon in trying to force his political battles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21

Indian Territory and all matters relat- ing to them and their people. An in- teresting feature is found in the spec ial articles relating, to the Indians their history, traditions and literature. and to their condition and prospects at present. special Indian Depart ment is under the management of Mrs. Ora EddIeman Reed, an educated In- dian woman who formerly edited and published The Twin Territories Maga- zine. at Muskogee. The new maga- zine is handsomely illustrated and printed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
The Discordant Element.

Nashville American.
 The action of MT Williams in leav- ing them off the new committee is en- tirely justifiable. There was a gen. eral demand among the Democratic members that he do so, and he could hardly have afforded to name them as members of that committee had he personally desired to do so. They newspapers are daily abusing the mi nority leader. Lamar says of Will Hams: He's a dog, that's what he is. I'll show him, with his Heidelberg jokes and swelled head, that he can- not charge me with something he can not substantiate.' Wednesday in the House he assailed Williams, as did Shackleford. There is to be no har- mony in the Democratic minority if Hearst. Lamar and Shackleford can prevent it. The only time Hearst has ever essayed to speak in the house was last winter, when he made vi- cious. coarse attack on Representative Sullivan. of Massachusetts,, and added thereby to the profound contempt in which every member holds him. WAl- jams has placed Sullivan on the Com mittee on Appropriations, and has con- sequently. increased Hearst's venomous hatred of both of them. No matter how small the minority or how large the majority of Democrats in the House, they seem unable to act in har- mony. There are too many kinds of Democrats in the House.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
Crime Among Women.

Crime Among Women.
 Macon Telegraph.
 The recent hanging of a woman has brought out the statistician's showing of how small percentage of the crim- inals are of the female sex. We are told, and no doubt 1t is true, that in stitute only r per cent of the prison CTS; in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 14 per cent; in New York, IS; in Lou isiana, 12; in Virginia, II; in New Jer- land. g; in Connecticut, s; in Alabama. New Hampshire Ohio and South Caro- lima, '; in Florida. Maine, Mississippi. New Mexico and Tennessee, 6: in Geor- igan. Missouri. North Carolina and West Virginia, 5. in California, Minne- sota; North Dakota; Texas and Yer Kansas and Nevada and South Dakota, l; in Washington, four fifths of 1 per cent; in Oregon and Wisconsin. two- hfths of l per cent; in Wyoming and Idaho. none.
 That the percentage is so much smaller in States of the far West than in States of the East Is no doubt chief. women in the former section. But why the percentage is so much higher in New York than in Vermont, for ex- ample, and so much higher in Louisi- ana than in Georgia, is much less ob- yious. In fact, such marked differences between certain of the old Atlantic States seems unaccountable
 But 1t is easy to account for the fact that there are few women in compari- son with men criminals. Bishop Will mer used to say that it was easy enough to make angels out of women, but that close shave. The stronger inclinat ation toward correct morals on the part of women, however is mot the whole of the matter. Through nature and cir. Q r lac fr1 of temptation to commit the crimes of which men are mostly guilty.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21

After reading what The Advertiser called full report of the speech de- livered by MT. Conner at Tuscaloosa we confess that we failed to find there mocratic party or any of its leaders could take offense. It appears to us to be a very conservative speech. The trouble about that speech with The Advertiser is that 1t hits the spot End goes home to the hearers of the speak CT most of whom are freight payers.
 The above is from the Opelika News. Like all the other Conner papers it un- dertakes to make opinion for their readers, rather than give them. a chance to reach their own conclusions. The Advertiser, anti-Comer as it is, has done that which no paper supporting him has done. It has gone to the trouble and expense of obtaining a full stenographic report of what he said in his Tuscaloosa speech. His ions and impressions to tell what he thinks, but they don't spread his own utterances out before their readers. That's what the public wants-not what some editor thinks. By the way, it has come to The Adverti
 ser from a trustworthy source that the speech he delivered at Tuscaloosa is mildness itself compared to some of his utterances at Union Springs where there was no short hand man to take down what he said and he allowed his tongue and fancy full play. . .
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
Let the Debate Go On.


 cal event from which there will be no appeal. It will be final, decisive and far-reaching. It will reach beyond two years. because two United States Senators are to be selected, and the term of one of them will not expire until March 4, 1915, and the term of the other will extend to March 4, 1913. The Governor and other State officers to be selected will stay In office until 1911.
 Long terms were ushered in by the Constitution of 1901. The legislators that are to be elected will remain leg islators until 1911. It behooves the people then to take plenty or time in which to study issues as well as men.
 If the primary were not essentially tho election of the constitution and the laws-if there were too we'll balanced parties in the State, it would not be so important to prolong the campaign and the work of educating the voters. The primary is, the po- litical event of the year, and the Mo- vember election has become but a rat ification formality. The nearer to November that the primary Is held, the better will the people be prepared to act intelligently and justly. Alabama needs her best men in the public ser vice. and the State committee will not err if it postpones the holding of the primary to the latest possible date.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
Goo Result From Good Habit, Gadsden Times News.

The young man who forms the habit of saving portion of his income for future investments is the one who be- comes successful business man. This habit insures the confidence of people who have money to lend, and at the op- perfume time he will find that he can borrow enough capital to begin a profi- table business career. Those who spend their earnings fast as they arc of those who have the forethought to save their money and become indepen- dent. The habit of saving while you are young is one that you should prac- tice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
Not Like a Judge.

B. B: Conner says: Keep lambasting the railroads" We submit to the vot- CTS whether or not that is the right spirit to manifest as pre- siiing officer the presiding officer of the commission to act for both the people and the rail roads. Take the other view, as an ex- if Comer's campaign slogan was: Give the people the worst of it, every time." What the people want-and all they wants square deal Justice to the prejudiced mind should be permitted to occupy position of trust. Don't eIecr a man to offce who doesn't believe in giving capital square deal. The cleo tion of such a man will retard the pro- gress of Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21

The failure of three banks or bank ing institutions in Chicago of which John R. Walsh was President cannot be attributed to general business con ditions, but to his own speculations and enterprises. He used too much bank money to exploit personal ventures, with the result of disaster to the in- terests of those whom he was supposed to serve. The Chicago business world had expected just what has happened, and the banking association of the city has wisely arranged that no loss es will follow, as what Walsh's, banks lack to make good the others will put up. It is believed that the good as- sets properly handled will enable the banks to pay everything in the end. The country is prosperous, and its f. nances are in a sound condition, and failures such as that of Walsh are due to personal causes or to local condi- tions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
Change nj Weather Bureau.

MT. Robert T. Lindley. for some time the first assistant at the Monteomery office of the Weather Bureau, has been transferred to charge of the, weather Bureau office at Asheville, N. C., for which place he departed yesterday
 Mir. Iindley is genial gentleman, who has the good will of all his off, cial associates and the many friends he has made during his sojourn here: His transfer carries very suDstantlai
 Mir. De Graw of the Cheyenne (WyoD office of the Weather Bureau. has been assi iahed to fill the vacancy made here by MT. Lindley's transfer.
 MT. H. G. McNeer of the University of Alabama, is spending the holidays with student of the law department of the University. He Is well remembered throughout the state as the southern representative of leading baking wide circle of friends throughout the State He resigned the position dur ing the summer to enter upon the study of law at the state University, It being his purpose. although North Carolin- ian, to enter upon the practice of law in Alabama. :-....
 MT. Luke Williams. we'll known planter of Wetumpka, is critically i'll at a Montgomery infrmary. He was brought to the city several days ago and has since undergone an operation There is much anxiety over his condi- tion.
 Prof. George F. Mcdonald is desper- ately Ill at a local infirmary and his friends express grave doubt as to his recovery. He has been sick e.'al weeks. At late hour last night it was said that hls condition was criti- cal.
 Commander George w. Duncan of the Alabama Division, United Sons of Con- federate Veterans, is at the New Nab son.
 MT. Henry Mourning has gone to his old home in Kentucky to spend the Christmas holiday season.
 Probate Judge A. J. Driver of Cham bers County, spent yesterday in Mont gomerY.
 pr. John w Abercrombie, President of the State University, is in the city.
 Mir w. c. Fuller of Centervllle is a visitor in Montgomery.
 MT S. Y. Locke of Mobile came to Montgopery yesterday visitor in Montgomery.
 Mir. c. N. Wallace and wife 9f Tal- Iassee are in town.
 Mir. A, w. Cooper of Tuscaloosa is at the Windsor.
 MT. E. D. Wright of AbbeviIle is in Montgomery
 MT. T. II. Tyson of Thomasville is in town.
 Mir. w. c. Crumpton of Evergreen is in town.
 Mir. Newton Bright of Selma is in town.
 Mir. William R. Cunningham of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
A Good susrestIop

HIVHmOnu NNu.I journal,
 One of the favorite and time dishon- ored methods of hazing is for several upper classmen to overawe a green man with their numbers, and, if neces- sary. with their united strength. and compel him to let one of their number buck and spank him. Now, if these boys were taken by provost guard and each one of them bucked and given q reasonable spanking. we venture to say that half dozen or so exhibitions and punishments of this sort would do fifty eXpulsions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
Land-A Good Investment.

CUUHIV BTeeZE.
 The best investment that can be made with money in this section of the South is cheaper in the south than it is any where else in this country, and cheaper now than 1t will probably ever be again: Land values are advancing every day Land that used to sell for $1O an acre Is now bringing $20; and before great while will be worth s35 and $40 an acre. When the tide of there is now every indication, the agri- cultural lands of the south are going to be in great demand, and at fancy prices
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
A DIscOvery.

Raleigh (N. CD Times -. w :. 7
 MT. Sullivan of Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, on Saturday declared that he did not believe Prest- dent Roosevelt infallible either in his law State policy or in his recollection of conversations with distinguished visitors. MT. Sullivan Is truly to be congratulated upon discovering that the President is human and possesses some attributes in common with the rest of mankind. Not everyone has discovered
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
VERY SILLY THREAT.

MT. Paul Morton, President of the Equitable Life Insurance Society, Is regarded as a sensible person but he ly talk. He writes to the Baltimore Manufacturers Record, that the society will not do any advertising of any kind in the press of the country "un- til the newspapers shall have ceased filling their columns with articles about the evil of insurance" The Rec ord makes answer that the newspapers have not filled their columns with ar- ticles about the evils of insurance. but about the corrupt management of in- surance companies. There Is no charge that insurance is an evil, says the Record, MT. Morton will live a long time before advertising his company, if he waits until the free press of this free country ceases to publish facts about the way in which enterprises in which millions of people are inter- ested are mismanaged and policy hol- ders swindled. There has been no war on the great insurance companies. This papers and thousands of others, while showing up the misdeeds and rascality of trusted officers, have urged upon policy holders to pay their premiums and keep up their insurance. on the distinct ground that the companies are amply able to pay every obligati ton and have millions over. Mir Morton can't suppress the publication of facts even If he should pursue the policy of non advertising which he threatens. The papers of the country can live without 1t and continue to publish the truth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
Guarding secret of Their Ships.

So anxious are the British Admiralty to guard against the leaking out of details of the new armored cruisers that the chief draughtsman of the Els wick, Clyde end Fairfield yards have been sworn to secrecy before magis- trates, under the Official Secrets act.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
Knockina nuf RnIe af 4.f,ne r

Tallassee Trf-County Weekly.
 The Czar's in all counties and com munties will soon be a thing of the rast. Education is the blow and club by which the people defeat the bosses and the rule of one"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21
The Victims Overlooked.

A writer in a New York paper under takes to tell how the millionaires of Gotham spend their time, and strange to say. he didn't think of getting any information on the subject from the lambs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-21

The famous Web Davis says Presi- dent Roosevelt opened the doors of the Republican party for his return. He will hardly accuse Roosevelt of antic- ipating what would come in when he left the door open.