The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-04
HOW GADSDEN ENTERTAINED
 THE PRESS ASSOCLA TTON
BY BRUCE KENNEDY

of Emma sansom. 1t will stand at the nead or Broad Street on the bank or the Coosa River and the city of Gads- den will surround 1t with one of the th9 state.
 Entertainment of Editors. The meeting of the Press Assoeia. :. tion was held in the Assembly Hall of when President Greer called the meet ing to order until the final adjournment every moment was full of interest. It was made doubly SO by the presence meeting began was escorted Into the hall by a special committee and amid the cheers Of the editors was given seat of honor.
 At the grand ball which followed in
 the evening for the pleasure of the ed- itors. the Governor led about seventy
 live couples in the march Mrs. Ev- erett T. Schuler. a handsome woman of
 regal carriage and eauxisite blonde oeauty was with the Governor: Mrs. Schuler is the wife of the multimillion- aire steel king of the Gadsden district. She. was at the head of the committee of Gadsden women who stayed at the hotel during the two days and added
 so much to the charm of the occasion. So gentle, so gracious, and so consid- crate was Mrs Schuler in performing the social amenities of the occasion that the visitors to Gadsden marvelled at her generalship. which is about the most expressive word one may employ. This gentle consideration for others
 moved one editor, more blunt perhaps
 several million dollars you wouldn't find me botheringl about lot of cour- try editors"
 The young son of the schulers. boy about Is years old, was at the hotel with his mother He Is bright youngster and he took much interest in Governor Jelks. The lad astonfshed
 the governor when he was first pre- sented.
 "Why, I know you Governor" he exclaimed. Don't you remember l met
 you on the train four years ago when
 you were coming up to Montgomery
 from Mobi1e?
 If the governors memory was faulty
 he did not say so. ,, f.. The ball given at the Bellevue Tn
 honor of the editors was an important social affair. Hundreds of Gadsden 12 o'clock Then a Dutch luncheon
 was served in the main dining halis oI
 the hotel completing an evening or
 rare pleasure. The second day the Association had
 morning and afternoon sessions The afternoon session was held in the Eto-
 wah county court house where the
 newspaper men heard Senator Morgan
 and Governor Jeiks speak. A large
 audience filled the court room and the speakers were frequently inter
 rupted by applause, When the meet
 ing was adjourned the editors and
 ladies of their party who had driven
 down ,the mountain in carriages were
 shown about the city of Gadsden, the
 drive ending at the Bellevue
 A card party In the music room of
 the Bellevue was the social feature
 of. the second evening and here again
 Mrs. Schuler, Mrs. Kyle, Mrs. Meeks
 and other charming Gadsden women
 were assiduous In their attention to
 the visitors. About twenty tables
 were used. and the prizes were hand some and appropriate.
 Reading by Miss Ives. A happy feature of the evening was the reading of Miss Emma Frances Ives of Florence. Called ont during
 the play at cards Miss Ives, a daogh, ter of Col s. s. Ives. who commanded
 the s5th Alabama regiment during the
 war. between the states. surprised the
 party by her talent. Of slender hg-
 ure and of dark brunette beauty. she
 the editors realized they were being entertained by no mere amateur reader. Miss Ives talent was cultivated in the best dramatic schools of the coun- try and if she chooses she may make her way esaily on the professional
 she selected "The French Lectnrsr' as her first number and. wlthouk che
 accessions of costume or setting. she
  ence a realism that was most effective.
 The shoulder shrug, the Parisienne ac- cent and the other nicetfes of detail
 showed that Miss Ives has been a
 close student of expression. Answer ing an enthusiastic recall. Miss Ives
 read Mrs Gielow's "De Pianner Juet." In the most diffcult of all dialects. , that of the negro, Miss Ives shone re- fulgent She convulsed her audience
 with laughter. Her readings are re-
 membered as one of the happy incl
 dents of a delightful trip.
 Friday morning the editors bade
 Inkeeper Hart farewell and were talk en down the mountain in vehicles to
 be shown the various points of interest about Gadsden. At II o'clock the drive ended at the Louisville and
 Nashville Railroad Station. where the party boarded the cars that ere to take them to Atlantic Beach. Fla Gadsden and Gsdsden peo1ie made | a lasting impression on the newspaper men. They will want to go there again next year after they have seen the beauties of Montgomery.