The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-26

pofteness by the hope of inducing The impractical Person into pleasanter humor Yes. I enjoy travel aIways-- Is great educational factor: it broadens the person in proportion as It tiattens the pocket. A man may see much between Middle Alabama and the Gulf. If, when the cars make stop, he pokes his head out of the window and asks the owner of any set of whis- kers in sight he may ascertain the name of the station. and thus obtain a l reasonably clear idea of the geography of the counties through which he is travelling. Of course. 1t is still better if, instead of poking his head out. he steps impressively from the train with towering black cigar. a perfect pun of chewing-g gum huttering facetiously In the starboard compartment and a humorous candy pistol gleaming brave ly in the sunlight"
 If you please yesr' cried The Im- practical Person. now infected with agnesian politeness. Then you can hop the last platform of the last ear as it swings by"
 TO be sure you may-even if you can't" The Placid Person agreed, en- enthusiastically, but remembering he had once gotten left-"how 1t takes me back; had a very happy youth. Im- practlcability. But no matter, also had q happy voyage. which Is much more re- cent. Greenville, Brewton, Fiomaton. Pensacolas--ah. Impractica bility, we call Death the great leveller; why may we not call travel the great broad energ'
 You can if you want to. but you will sho' sound like a fool" The Impracti- cal Person answered.
 Tt was on my travels I saw the un fortunate tender juvenile" said The Placid Person.
 T thought maybe it was The Pretty Person" fmpracticability suggested very roguishly indeed.
 SHE has all three faces pretty" The Placid Person remarked very stify. in- deed, and then laughed when he found his friend smiling How have SHE and The Person. Who Periodically Ap- pears at Polite Parties come on this summer?"
 Very well. think: only believe The Perfectly Apparelled Person may have come on better" replied The Im- practical Person. You see Garments followed her out of town. But you never can tell as people used to say without quotation marks before Ber- nard Shaw said it as the title of a play! I heard SHE quoted frequently from the collected--not connected, mark you--works of The Poetic Person, whom SHE always spoke of as one of my friends. perfect genius I some times think SHE Is most affectionate with all the other dear charmers away"
 T dare say an every day suitor is as wearing as an every day shit The Placid Person commented. Speaking of clothing. as The Palpable Person would say. have you purchased your fall suity
 "No,r was the short answer; have your
 Don't be impudent," The Placid Per son said very severely, indeed. ''you must remember that I am a very old man. And, for your impotence. I hope you will not be able to buy either a natty overcoat, a hobby coat. the real thing in vests. a Jamestown Jaunty to put upon your head; or even something that will make you a good pant"
 Gee. what a cursory cuss? The Im- practical Person exclaimed. T have not heard such cuss since I was a young feller and read King Lear. Don't get it off on The Perfectly Apparelled Person; he'd wither or mott. according to the consistency of his raw mate rial"
 ~He has no consistency except in hIs clothes" said The Placid Person, to make a partipun and thus digust The Impractical Person; who glared at him for a moment and then stalked grandly away.
 "A magnificent creature" sighed The Placid Person as he mounted the stair way to the sweat shop. Magnificent but not Magnanimous."