The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-27

That the purpose of the convention was not of such a nature as to pre-
 clude lighter forms of enjoymnet Wal shown at the presentation of The Mummy and the Running Bird a
 the Montgomery Theatre Wednesday night. Here and there through ! houses were to be seen lit~.e knots
 1.-the blue and gold ribboners Th, knowledge that a percentage of thu proceeds of the performance were tt
 be added to the fund for the San Fran cisco suffers probably did much to
 ward assuaging the bangs of con | science of those who attended. and |
 is in part due to them that the none, turned into the fund by the manage
 ment of the local theatre was as large as 1t was
 1 Approval of Convention.
 One noticeable feature about the diff ] ferent sessions of the convention which was due to the serious nature of tho work in hand. was the almost total | lack of applause which accompanied | the remarks of the speakers. While the enthusiasm of the delegates was In | evidence in their speeches delivered and in the conversation of the indi- viduals it was seldom indeed that this | spirit found more hilarious vent than
 in a ripple of laughter or of approval at some speakers remarks.
 During the report of Treasurer M M. Sweat at the Wednesday morning | session. there was a demonstration in | an undemonstrative way when the del | egates expressed their appreciation of | the splendid financial condition of the Association by the waving of hand | kerchiefs. It remained until yester- | day, however. for a spontaneous burs! of applause in the form of fand-clap- | ping. and it was after the remarks of | T. H. Johnston that it came The l speaker had delivered an address in
 which he urged that the sessions of | the convention should begin on time When he concluded, every hand in the congregation was busy seconding his | suggestion.
 It must not be understood. however | that the meetings were sober or som | Der in nature. The delegates were in
 Montgomery on serious business, and l the meetings were conducted with due | appreciation of the matter in hand | Frequently, however, there were fash | es of wit and humor which spread over | the entire crowd Tn the speeches of those who addressed the delegates there were a number of good stories and flashes of wit worthy of record. Workers as Story TeIlers. One good story was told by c. C.. Miles, chairman of the State Executive Committee. There were two women on | a train, he said, and both were weeping. | Inquiry of one revealed the fact that | she was weeping over the death of | her fifth husband. the cremated re- mains of which were being carried in | the baggage car. The kindhearted but | inouisitive individual offered his sym pathy and turned to console the other woman.
 What is your trouble?" he asked | The woman turned toward him a sad | face down which tears were streaming. q am a spinster," she replied in a | voice shaken with sobs, and have
 never been able to secure husband. | while that woman there has had hus- | bands to burn"
 | Another tale from the executive | chairman was used to Illustrate the necessity of having a good record. A l country boy, the story ran. attempted | to kiss the girl to whom he had been | paying his suit. and was warned that Y a persistence in his course would cause | her to inform her father sitting in the next room. The youth was not discour- aged and the young woman left the | room to carry out her threat. sec ! ond thought led her to change her in- l tention, and instead of telling her fla | tker the truth, she said that John was | interested in her fathers new shotgun and would the latter show it to him. | The father straightway produced the l weapon and went into the parlor with | it. just in time to see the recreant suitor dive headlong from the window That man had not good record, concluded Mr. Miles.
 The addresses of Marion Lawrance | abounded in bright sayings and sto- ries. One of the latter was of ne- gro who wished a chicken for Christ mas. He prayed that the Lord would send him a chicken for the annual feast day. but none came. Two days before Christmas he prayed that the Lcrd would send him for chicken, and the next morning the chicken was in I his possession.
 Perhaps one of the brightest bits of
 repartee of the entire convention ap-
 peared at the Wednesday afternoon ses- sion, when a delegate propounded to
 the National Secretary a question which has been the occasion of much dis
 cussion and dispute throughout the Sunday Schools of the country for number of years. My friend, said the speaker, q am long way from home. I refuse to start any trouble on that
 subject so far away from my own
 back yard"
 Visitors Leave City.
 The departure of the guests attend ing the convention began yesterday afternoon, and continued until late hour last night Large numbers of tho
 delegates stayed to attend the closing sessions of the Convention last night. and many will remain until this morn
 ing.
 validating offices at the First Presby-
 terian Church began to catch the out
 going tide. The band of white capped
 guides from the local Sunday Schools
 began their work of bidding Godspeed
 to the guests they had so eagerly and
 gladly welcomed when they came to
 Montgomery Tuesday morning. From
 tbe first beginning of the invasion un-
 I'll the exodus, these bands had been
 doing yeoman service. To them fell the
 care of guiding the delegates from
 other parts of the State to their lodg-
 ing places. of seeing that they were located. and that they learned their way
 about the streets of the strange city.
 Last night when the visitors left
 Montgomery. it was the hand of the
 guides that they last clasped. as 1t had
 bf en the same hands which had clasped
 theirs when they first made their ds-