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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16
A pIpE DREAM.

The Washington Post advances the fantastical prognostication that if Mir. Taft is elected President his Secre- tary of State will be one Theodore Roosevelt. We call 1t fantastical, be- cause we think if Taft should be elec- ted to the ofice of chief executive he will want to be President in fact as well as in name. This be knows he would not be with Roosevelt at the head of the cabinet. He has been so accustomed to being the whole thing.'i and Is so arrogant and dictatorial in his nature and manners that with him as Secretary of State the President would be little more than figure head, or if Taft should be the kind of man who would acknowledge no boss there would either be an explosion or continual bickerings in the adminis- tratfon. To those who know and know of Roosevelt the idea of him occupy ing second place and taking orders from q former member of his cabinet is absurd.
 But the imagination of The Post goes still further. It sees Roosevelt. after rounding out his term as secre- tary of State, follow the example of Jefferson, Madison. Monroe and Buchan- an and go up head by the votes of the people and again become President. It Is q pleasant dream. but that is all. The country will have had enough of Roosevelt when his present term ex- pires, and if he should become secre- tary of State 1t will get more than enough of him. Even if the Democrats fail to get possession of the govern ment we are of the opinion that even the Republicans will want another sort of man than Roosevelt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16
WISE AND FAR SIGHTED.

The Advertiser of yesterday contain cd an authoritative statement. which ought to remove any doubt as to the authorship of the plan under which the state Is now operating the ccnvicts It was the suggestion Of Lieutenant Governor Cunningham while Senator from Jefferson County, that the State take absolute control of the convicts, and work them in mining on it's own account instead Of turning them over to lessees at so much per capita. Judge Carmichael now auditor. but for sew eral years President of the Convict Board. makes this positive statement and he is endorsed in it by Governor Jelks. The old plan did not enable the State to take such supervision of them as health and morals would sug- gest Nor did it produce such amount of revenue as the State was entitled to. The report of Senator Cunningham in favor of the change was clear and lucid document Governor Jelks was the first executive who was willing to make the experiment. and change from hiring to lessees and work on the States own account He was enthu- siastically backed up by the Convict Board and the result is at once tri- bute to Dr. Cunningham's business sense and his great idea of humanity. The revenue from the department has risen from less than $ioO.o0o to nearly a million. the health of the prisoners is as good as can be desired. and in every way. the comfort and the morals of the convicts are better looked af- ter
 The credit for originating all this is due to Lieutenant Governor Cum ningham's comprehensive knowledge of the situation, to his fine business ability and his desire to conserve the health and morals of these wards of the state. It will serve as a monu- ment to his memory long after he has passed off the stage of existence. What can Conner show in behalf of the inter ests of the State that can begin to compare with this great benefaction?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16
pre.ldentlaI Interferenee.

The visit of MT. George B. Cortel- you to New York city and his. secret conferences there with the. leaders of the Republican party leave little doubt of the anxiety of the President over the situation in New York State. It is understood that Mir. Cortelyou made an earnest effort to bring. the warning factions In the Republican state organization into comDlete har- mony.
 publican national committee, and his friends say that in this capacity he had a perfect right to do all that he could to settle the differences in the Republican organization. But Mir. Cor telyou is also postmaster general in the cabinet of President Roosevelt. and nothing that he does can escape the suspicion of having been directed by the President.
 litical controversies in the past have been attended by unhappy results. The most celebrated case perhaps was. that of Charles J. Folger, secretary of the treasury in the cabinet of President Arthur, who was nominated for gover- nor of New York in 1882 in the midst of a fierce factional division in the re- publican organization, and was beaten by Grover Cleveland by nearly 2OO'OOo-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

We object to long words to express a meaning when a short one would be just as appropriate. This is a day Of economy of expression. Words of wondrous length and laundering sound" are no longer looked on as an evidence of wisdom or of education. Why should one use the word "aut1- mobilist" when 'autoist" or "autoer' would convey the same meaning? An auto is the vehicle and the autoer is the one who makes 1t go.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16
The Massachusetts aIdea,n

Washington Post
 The Hon. Augustus P. Gardner of Massachusetts. is an authority on the Gloucester is in MT. Gardner's district, and Gloucester Is tarifr town--on the fish schedule. MT. Gardner has been talking about the tariff. and he veIl- the tarif should be revised" as to hides and as to sole leather, which. he thinks. should be on the free list.
 The honorable member from Glouces- ter mentions the metal and glass schedules, and he thinks that they, in the course of human events, may re- quire revision" Indeed, they do. The protective. but prohibitlve. The law Is tkis--no American citizen shall buy iron, steel and their resolvents, and glassware from a. foreigner For ex- and steel amount to a beggarly $22,- 000,0 and we are nearly 100000, 900 oi the most prodigal consumers of iron and steel in the world. Our importa- tions of glass are even more inconsid- etable-only or $5,776,66 and for that the American consumer was taxed 57 per cent.
 revision" but he opines that they can wait on hides and sole leather. Out in fcwa they had an "Idea"-the poor lit- tie thing Is dead, weTegret to say-and that Idea" was that hides must wait Idea" however dead 1t is in Iowa, is very much alive elsewhere and is la- ble to break loose everywhere every day.
 1t appears that MT. Gardner thinks the cotton schedule too unimportant for mention. We believe cotton spin ming Is a Massachusetts industry. It is enormously, outrageously protected, some of the articles above 100 per cent. and the average is 54.26 per cent. Raw cotton is a Mississippi industry and that Is free, competing with pauper In lila and with pauper Egypt.
 Strange as 1t may appear, there are tolks in this country who wear cotton skirts and cotton socks who have a mo- ton schedules.
 Hides! Only Is per cent duty, and Of the importations last year S225. .000,- 900 got in free and only $111.00o,OoU uaid tax
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

The Hardford. tconn.) Times is of thA opinion that If the Republican party had not been transformed into the Roosevelt party and if 1t were capable of nominating for president in 1908 it's ablest statesman, there could be no question about the selection 1t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

would make. It would nominate Eiihu Root of New York" So 1t seems to The Times that instead of being the Republican party or the Grand Old Party 1t is now the Roosevelt party" and MT. Root is not in favor with 1t. Well. that is compliment to Root.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

When Nicholas and Mrs. Longworth think of the quiet reception accorded them when they returned and then read of the big one that will greet MT Bryan they doubtless feel somewhat sliehted.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

A friend of Associate Justice Dow dell publishes in another place in to- days Advertiser, a strong argument in favor of his reelection. Judge Dowde1l has had great experience on the bench, and as the article referred to states. he was chosen with the idea of serving SIX years, and his reelection would only be satisfying the express ion of popular will at the polls two years ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

It is said that there are persons llv- ing at stratford-on-Avon the home of Shakespeare. who really believe that he wrote the Bible. That, however, is hardly more strange than that there should be many intelligent people who believe that Bacon wrote shRkespeare's plavs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

Some of the farmers in Indiana are arming themselves for protection against reckless autoists. and 1t is al- together probable that we may hear of some punctured tires and skins up there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
|. He Equal to the raakf

Is He Equal to the Taskf
 I note in the columns of The Ad- vertiser that the President of the Railroad Commission, Mir. B. B. Co., nner, has failed to make his official annual report as required by law and his oath of ofice. Has 1t occurred to you that maybe Mir. Conner isn't equal to the task. Question: Is Mir. Conner capable of making an official report as President of the Railroad Commission {? If he Is. why doesn't he make It? If he not afraid that his incapacity would be so apparent in his report as to de- stroy him as a candidate for Cover nor? Anxious.
 Gets Railroad FavOrs.
 Editor Advertiser:
 A few days ago MT. B. B. Conner had an appointment at Edwardsville In Cleburne county. He was at point to the east of that place and the fast train on which he took passage does not stop at Edwardsville. New ertheless MT. Conner obtained an order for the train to stop. In order that his majesty might keep his appointment. This is the road for which his friend, J. S. B. Thompson, is the agent and who has declared his preference for Mir. Conner in this campaign. This does not look like the railroads are run in the interest of Mir. Corners opponent-on the contrary quito the reverse. Curious
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16
Hnp paIslnr fn the South.

During the past few months have had the pleasure of visiting several Southern farmers who are maklng hog raising profitable. This valuable adjunct Go the farm has been 100 much neglected. The hog should De
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16
cUxxINcHAMs APPOINTMENTS.

Lleutenant Governor Cunninaham will address the people at the follow ing times and placesi
 Akron, Hale County, Thursday, Aa- gust 10, 10 a. m.
 Nanafalia, MarenEO County, Friday, AuGnat IT, II a. ms
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

Net DMiiy AveFneg for Jame. ... ls,ee7 Net smmday Average for Jame ..... .17,0aS E q Noble. Circulation Manager of The Mcnt1oery Advertiser. being duly sworn. The foregoing statement of The Adver- fisers circulation for the month of JunA @ses ts true and correct. and complied after spoiled and tsft-oyer copies have been de- 1ucted- F. s. NOBLE,
 Circulation Manager. Sworn to and subscFibed before me thtp azth day of July. 1906.
 fseaLj F. W. JACKSON.
 Notary Public
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

A contemporary speaks of Roosevelt as playing at politics" We suppose that means jumping and side stepping
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

Running q bank Is a legitimate and proper business. but running away with the money is quite the reverse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

The latest news from the Kansas corn is that the stalks are fifteen feet tall and stiii a-growing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16

Love Was Blind. "She has no eye for the ridiculous ''lNo--sh ernarried Jones"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-16
Got on Light.

Did you lose anything on the "Lost my faith in human nature"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-08
How Artists Use Lines in Pen and Ink

ough comprehension OF what is said here.
A close study OF the Gibson picture re-
veals that the artist began by sketching in
pencil the outlines OF the figure. Having
got his outline to his liking he sketched
In the features, drew the shadows in PEN
Gil treating the hair faithfully and making
an almost finished sketch before touching
II with the pen. A certain roughness Of
the lines about the forehead and eyebrows
OF the man Is the result OF a few OF the
pencil marks that have not been rubbed
out perhaps left there Intentionally by
the artist
Then, with fine drawing pen. or perhaps
a quill II the picture was drawn on a
large scale for reproduction, he linked II In,
eliminating all that was not necessary and
with india-Tubber erased the pencil marks
Notice the strong yet graceful curves OF
the outlines OF the features, and the broad
nat shadows formed by few well placed
lines. Notice the difference In texture be
tween the mans coat and the girls dress
how strong the one Is how soft the other.
Notice also the exquisite drawing OF the
hands. the delicate roundness OF the girls
the power OF the mans.
Notice again. how few lines are used to
produce the effect; there Is not one line
too many, not one that could have been
spared This Is the ideal to be sought for
in pen-and-ink work. and 1t Is especially
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-08

difhcult, for the reason that a line once
drawn cannot be erased and must remain
to adorn or mar the finished sketch. 1t
is true that with a knife a line may be
scratched out from a drawing that Is In
tended for reproduction, and that the
erasurs need not mar the picture, but II
the original sketch Is TO be valued The
erasure mars 1t. for 1t destroys the sur
face OF the paper, making II impossible
to place clean line upon the scratched
spot.
In drawing from a living model the hrst
thing TO draw, as general rule, Is the
line that divides the hair from the face
Then the pupils OF the eyes, the tip Of
the nose, the center OF the mouth should
be indicated by points, and the outline OF
the face should then be sketched in The
beginner should learn to draw with the
whole arm and hand, not holding the pen
or pencil too stiny or tightly. then he win
be able to draw rapidly with well-shaded
and gracefully curved lines To learn
technique Il Is we'll at first to copy the
drawings OF great artists, not sticking 70
one, but as many as possible; but one
can learn more by drawing from life and
forming ones own technique than by ali
the copying In the world.
Next week The Bee will take up In de-
tail. with a view 20 guiding students, the
different elements Of Mr.. Gibson's art
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-08

foxes-begins 70 make Arrangements to
take the kids and run down in the country
for a couple OF weeks-"so poor hubby can
have plenty Of rest and sleep"
Hubby protests He doesn't want them
to go at all, and when the train pulle out
he breathes a great big sigh OF relief and
breaks for the nearest place where his
bachelor friends congregate.
For just two days he riots and rollicks
about town. He goes home when he
pleases. sleeps as long as he can. and en-
tertains his old chums at a dinner ar
ranged In honor Of his temporary freedom,
and gets up the next morning with head
ache, a bunch Of remorse and a sad sense
Of something missing
Then he notices how big the house has
grown. He wanders around from room TO
room, making a mental list Of the things he
was going to do while the folks were
away, and gets his own breakfast. He eats
on the kitchen table and uses one plate
one cup, one saucer and one spoon-to save
dishwas hing.
A strayed cat feels luxuriously at home
compared with him. He Wallis on his tip
toes, as II still afraid Of waxing the baby
He decides that he won't do any work
around the house that afterno On, but will
hurry down to the office. Maybe there Is
a letter from his wife there.
He finds none, so he wanders around and
around downtown. Every man who passes
him, bundle laden, with a wife beside him.
he envles. He goes home early and tries to
sleep, but finishes up by propping himself
up in the pillow and reading in bed until
nearly daylight, throwing his cigar ashes
on an outspread newspaper.
The next afternoon he goes over, borrows
the neiEhbor's baby and astounds her by
taking care OF It and playing with It all
afternoon, until she says to her husbands;
Il don't see why a woman with such a
good husband ever goes away from home.
He Just loves children, and you"
Don't feel swelled up over that. Your
wife will say the same when the neighbours
wife takes the baby and goes away.
At the end Of the first week a poor lone
some homesick and highly moral man is
writing ten-page letters. He Is disguised
utterly with his bachelor friends. Their
Jokes and what they call FUN" do not ap-
peal to him. He tries the theater, but goes
home after the first act and writes his
wife for heavens sake to come home.
When she comes he gets to the station
two hours ahead OF time and waits. He
rushes through the gates muses. up the
new silk shirt waist she has made, kisses
her 1--WE or six times, picks up one baby
and two grips, and, grinning like a Che
shire cat, leads the way. He puts the baby
to sleep that night washes the dishes he
has neglected for a week. helps unpack,
runs errands, offers to cook dinner and sets
the table.
He has been cured. He viii not want to
be a bachelor again-not until the next
spring.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-08

There IL no season Of the year when Dame
Fashion arrays her dsvotees 50 becomlngly
as during the spring and summer. The
daintiest OF creations are realised in the
sheer summer fabrics. which no amount Of
silks or chiftoas can surpass. Here Is
drawn a gown OF organdie, that most de-
lightful OF sheer fabrics. Tiny tucks form
and adorn the waist, while the sheer lace
yoke and embroidered trimming straps are
very pleasing and becoming. The skirt is
in three sections. each being a bit fuller
than the one above and sewed to a band OF
insertion. In this way the broad sweep at
the bottom is realized, while no bunchy
fullness appears at the waist band and over
the hips. ANY NULL swiss or other sheer
fabric may be used for this gown. For
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-08
Gossip and Stories for and About Women Folks

ways and against the walls OF the Railways,
they crowd her schoolhouse, while she
and her assistants are everywhere among
them, hearing Rotations, giving aid and
counsel, explaining. arguing laughing. en-
couraging-stirring the solid. sodden mass
OF the city's poor with the leaven Of hope
and possibility.
There is encoura cement for some one in
every act Of Sophie wrights life. Her
FIRST school may serve AZ an inspiration to
every girl looking about for some field OF
work to enter in order TO help others or
herself Tiny, crippled almost beyond en-
durance, herself only an eighth grader, +"
living in a city where women Of quality
did not commonly work, this 14-year-old
girl undertook the task with no hesitation
and with big anticipation. She borrowed
some unused benches from a public school
building to fll a room OF her mothers cot
tage, and on the door hung out her sign,
DAY School for Girls" The terms we're
30 cents a month for each pupil. The school
was from necessity designed for those who
had not yet attained to eighth grade stand
ards. Its mistress still wore her skirts
short and her hair in two comical twin
braids which stuck out oddly behind her
head. And yet IT succeeded, as with her
everything has succeeded. A pupil came
at once, and with an assured income of
30 cents a month Miss Sophie announced
her intention of supporting herself and
helping her family. Before the end OF the
first year she was doing so, with twenty
pupils and the fabulous income OF SO every
four weeks.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-08
A New Orleans Heroine.

In the city of New Orleans are approx
mately 10000 white men and boys. says
EverybOdy's Magazine. OF these 1900
three out of every 200 you meet in the
street-are dependent for their education
this year, for the opportunity to learn to
read and write and 80 to advance their sta
ton In life-for all this absolutely depend
ent on one woman. This woman, whose
importance to the city Is so great that IL
by any sad chance her activity we're TO
cease. III per cent OF its white male popu-
lation would md itself deprived OF hope,
is not rich, but poor She is so poor that
before she can give an hour and a dollar
for the helpless ones who need her, she
must give another hour TO pay her own ex-
penses for the day She is so poor that
she has even earned her own education as
she has given II out, studying sometimes
but day ahead OF her pupils. She Is frail,
crippled, very weak; she goes about In a
steel harness and on erutches. Though she
is still under middle age. her hair is as
white as snow. from days and nights OF
unrelieving suffering.
From morning TIL mid-afternoon she
teaches In a private school TO earn money
for her charities. From mid-aftsrnoon
until evening II able to work. she devotes
herself TO the needs OF those poorer than
she. From supper time TIL g. tn 10, tin
midnight II need be. she faces the multi
tude OF men and boys-boys Of . ana men
Of 6o-who have come TO her for help.
Sometimes two In a seat. sometimes on
boards between the seats sometimes on the
edges Of platforms and the treads Of stair
Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-08

The ravages OF the souvenir hunters are
growing worse and worse. One hotel keeper
declares that he'll have to chain silver
cream pitchers. sugar bowls, etc, to the
tables, as the Bible used to be chained to
the pulpit in days of old.
Some people who were dining In a hotel
restaurant were observed to take a silver
pitcher After the meal, says Good House
keeping, when they came to pay the bill,
1t was mildly suggested that the pitcher
would better be included. OF course they
wero highly indignant.
"\ WELL" said the cashier II don't
wish to cause you unpleasant publicity"
and turned his back and walked OF.
When he returned the pitcher had reap
peared on the table.
In another case passerby outside saw a
woman OF apparent refinement and excel
lent social position conceal some table silver
In her clothing. That woman will be much
astonished the next time she patronizes
this hotel at the size Of her bill
Still another hotel patron on her way out
to car dropped a silver sugar bowl One
of the hotel employees happened to be near
He picked II up, and bowling politely said:
Thanks. So good OF you to leave It,"
Knives, forks and spoons are constantly
on the fine quality OF their china and silver,
so the aggregate loss yearly in dollars and
cents is enormous.
Nor Is It silver alone that is taken. Hotel
table linen and towels are favorite trophies.
Only those Of highest quality are used, but
none ever stay at the hotel long enough to
get worn.
Soap dishes vanish so quickly that they
are screwed TO the wall.
Sofa cushions cannot be kept on the
divans In the halls. After a recent large
banquet II was found that scarcely half the
spoons accompanying the after dinner cof-
fee returned to the kitchen, and a con-
siderable number of the cups were missing
These tiny cups, by the way, are favorite
trophies At one hotel fifteen dozen Of a
single design disappeared inside Of three
months. and the walters exercised consider
able discretion In their use.
At another hotel, where a large conyen-
ton was to be held, the proprietor resolved
to head of the inevitable loss OF his valu-
able table accessories, so he had made for
this occasion large number Of attractive
but comparatively inexpensive china dishes
with the name of the convention and the
crest OF the hotel
As he expected. when the delegates were
gone, practically all OF that particular set
OF china was gone too, but the hotel keeper
felt that the expense was more than bal
anced by the saving in other articles.
The Hotel Keepers association has been
forced to take the matter up, and a system
attic crusade against the nuisance Will
doubtless ensue; where one hotel could nor
run the risk Of alternating a patron, to-
gether they can work effectively