The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-04
Sidescaik Penciiings
More Respect For women.

One thing I have had brought to my attention very much this summer, said a Civil War veteran yesterday. "is You may cali me a fogy, good .for-notI- ing growler, in the wager and all like that-and have no doubt but what you do-to the end of the list but the fact stands out clear as if printed, that the same courtesy is not extended the women of this city that was ex- tended five and more years ago. In which I am speaking Is more diligently looked after than it is here. and l, be- ing an old-timer, deplore the laxity here.
 ball fans, and I'm one myself, but not of that kind, do not pay women the re- spect they merit when they board the Montgomery Traction Company cars Commerce streets on Dexter avenue, en route for baseball game. The car will draw up to a waiting crowd, with its seats almost empty. and by the time it has stopped every seat in the. car will be filled by good for nothing en- thusiasts who think they must see the game if Q woman never gets there. sit. Women will roam from one end of the car to the other, looking for a seat at every step, and the men placid ly study the skies: obvious of the fact that the choice of creation desires to get seat.
 '"That, in part, is your New South, free. giddy and unrestrained. It Is not ssaaRt a a like for thf H Nay if ccnsHue fnS so. But did the men only. stop for moment to consider the embarrassment that a woman feels at taking a seat he only try to realize her embarrass- ment, even at accepting a seat that was freely and gladly rendered. they wouldn't make all this huliabaloo about ha a ffmaG Time and time again have seen crowded car leave one of the corners I have mentioned with exactly half of the with masses of seething. broiiing men:
 If such scant respect is to be paid our women by their Southern kinsmen, if progress means this-God pity the New south' l say.
 Not Like old Days.
 You won't complain so about Mont- gomery's failure to have a general Fourth of July celebration when you consider how greatly the amusement facilities of Montgomery have been in creased in the past few years, said a Montgomery business man yesterday
 T came to Montgomery with the new century, seven years ago. There Is nc disputing the fact that Montgomery was dull in the summer time. There was no way provided for amusing the h summer time. There was no such thing as League baseball. We had nothing approaching a park except the city's pretty little piece of property ! known as oak Park. If any one want l ed to get away from the heat of the city in tho afternoon or night there was no place for him to go except to
 "The change in amusement facilities since then has been remarkable. In the first place the two old theatres have been completely overhauled and renovated Then a handsome new the atre Is building. Pickett Springs has been opened and there is not a, nicer Park has been opened, and is fast be. coming a popular spot. We have league team and fine baseball park park l The Country Club has been organl1eo and has one of the prettiest clut | houses and grounds in the South. A summer theatre is open every nlgn' | at Electric Park A splendid Fail | Grounds has been built and the city gives each year fair that is the talk | of the State for the next twelve | months And the fine race track is | good for use for matinee races betweer the blooded stock owned by Montgom- ery's prosperous citizens.
 "Stiil it does look as though we l ought to have had general Fourth of July celebration like some other cities of the South."
 Judge W. D. Windham of Ozark was in Montgomery yesterday and Jeff | at night on triD to Texas.