The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-25
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and another. Sometimes 1t Is a mere supposition, but If the outing may De called vacation by party Of women. 1t gives it a good taste With the newspaper woman her vacation pesins when she goes to the office and clears | out the rubbish in her desk, consigns tho reflected manuscript to the waste | ba sket and becomes the executioner or many aspiring hopes: pays last call | to the editor and leaves 6 batch of ad- vice as to how the enterprise should be run during the trial of her absence; bursts upon the vision. for the last time, of the foreman of the press room and makes a new ,or renews an old, complaint concerning some lost copy, the consignment of which to oblivion | is a boon to the "dear readers" Later at evenning-she is driven--ta woman will be driven to the station. even if she walks everywhere else on earth)-- and establishes herself in a Pullman. If one's vacation is to be spent any where up here" there is no place to go to first but Washington and after ward no where to go through save Philadelphia
 Confederate ReIict. Instinctively a newspaper woman be- gins to hunt items of interest" to fire I at the dear readers" left behind, that they may not feel too emancipated II !, picked up in the Quaker City was found l on the hotel elevator. It was the | elevator boy CD. He suggested during a trip up that we are having good weather" We were having good l weather. and the statement brought forth no argument. The appearance of this ebony-hued, frosted counte- nanced gentleman of the old school led me to begin my interview" vntf from fha South" Some white ivory and c touch of red came into view on the genial face as he smiled and proudly replied: "Yes mann am from Richmond, Va, was one of Jefferson Davis's messen- gers"
 What luck was in to find this Con- federate relic to tell about! We had as extended a conversation as was pos sible during a journey to the eighth | floor where with a Chesterfield bow he | landed me, remarking:
 "I would like to talk further with you"
 Of course I had played my trump card of interest to him by announcing | that I was from The Cradle of the Confederacy" We did talk further, and the delegates from the crade and from | the grave of the Confederacy were con genial. did not tell him that during those "troublous times" between the | occupation of the crade and the grave, my Idea of the terrible Yankee" was ! that he was something like a turtle with six legs, whose idea was only dls- | pelled when at the close of the war regiment camped on my fathers plan tation near the Montevallo coal mines and an officer with long brown curls won my heart when 1 stole Into camp and he rocked me to sleep. | James" the 70-year-old messenger | boy of Jefferson Davis never suspected my youth CD.
 l Independence Hall. There is one place in Philadelphia in which all citizens of the United States may feel a proprietorship. That is In- | dependence Hall. Two hours on a rainy morning were delightfully."- spent there; where in the hall on the left on entering Is the chair of state, so to speak, ofWashington. and chairs galore of the great men of the day who formed the list of government officials. In this hall are the pictures of every signer of the Declaration of Indepen- dence and a large picture of Governor Bradford of Plymouth colony occupies | a prominent place. A tablet here tells or reminds us of these facts.
 That here from May, 1775, the Con- tinental Congress sat until the close of the Revolutionary War, excepting in |
 cupied by the British army. Il That here on June 18th. 1775 Wash | ington accepted the command of the l Continental Army.
 That here on July 4th. 1776 the | articles of the Declaration of Inde- pendence were adopted.
 | There here on July 9th. 177S, the
 articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union of the United States were Il adopted and signed.
 That here on November Srd 17S1 the twenty-four standards taken at the sur render of Yorktown were laid at the feet of Congress and his Excellency, the Ambassador of France.
 stitution of the United States was adopted and signed.
 On the second floor of Independence
 Hall is the Banqueting Hall. and ad- joining are two rooms and a hall filled with paintings of the great men and women of those days. These have been recently restored by the Daughters of
 the American Revolution. II The tablet in the Banqueting Hall
 states that:
 The Hall was opened on September
 30, 1736. with an entertainment by the
 Mayor, Wm. Allen, to his fellow citi-
 zens.
 In November 17s6, a ball was given
 by Governor Hamilton to celebrate tho
 birthday of King George of England.
 In August, 1756 a dinner was given
 by the Assembly to the new Governor, Hon. Wm. Denny.
 | In March, 1757, an entertainment was
 given in honor of John, Earl of Lon
 don, General and Commander-in-C Chief
 of the English forces in America.
 On May 21st, 1766, !n this Hall. ban
 quet of 300 plates was given to cele-
 brate the repeal of the Stamp Act. In September, 1774, a banquet was given to the delegates to the first Con
 tinental Cor gress.
 In October, 1777. the wounded soldiers
 of the battle of Germantown wecc
 brought In wagons and laid on tho floor, in this hall, the scene of so many brilliant festivities,
 On July IS, 17S5. a banquet was giv- ] en here to celebrate the treaty of peace. Does not this our Historical Build
 ing not belong to every citizen of the United States? This Independence Hall
 where old Liberty Bell swings en-
 throned7
 Visits to the homes of Lucretla Motte and Miss Mister were delightful occa- sions during a stay of a few days in Philadelphia. And a charming occa-
 sion was an evenings entertainment
 at the home of Dr. Stewart a learned
 man, who was for years President of
 the Philosophical Society of Philadel-
 phia The home is colonial and Is filled
 with gems of art among which are
 paintings and sculpture by the famous
 artists of today. The guests of honor
 were MT. and Mrs Robert Eilenberg
 of Montgomery.
 House Party on New Jersey Coast.