The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-03
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H SideUaik Pencil4w.J The Henson for the smile. | You see;'' said well-known local | salesman the other day to an acquaint : ance who had asked him the secret or | the drummers perennial smile and ex- 1 ceeding goodwill, its like this: Busl- l ness men are never satisfied. as ruie. | at any condition. If Is either too not | or too cold too>wet. or too dry; too loud. or too quiet. Either they are wor- ried over slump in the financial mar pense when theft money is launched on a venture that Is at the present on the boom. or are recuperating from a srsa, socs or tsr are @ik SakeT ipfPease 9 their | possessions.
 l They are always worried. from one | source or another. and never have the | time to talk or purchases. II l, as | salesman. enter the establishment or 1 such merchant with the purpose ot condoiing with him, carry about with me long face and Sorrowing phrases l am an exceedingly unwelcome guest. 1 He has given the matter sufficient con | sideration, and needs neither advice | him all the more, and keep him in | state of suspense as long as am | present. | If, on the other hand. I enter his office with d smile and word or run. seeing only the cheer in life and naught or It's sorrows. care Tree, to all ap, pearances. and jovial, ten to one l cm able to get him into Il receptive state in the course of a few minutes It IS my task to make him as lively and as over life, come what may. His inter est once aroused, the rest Is compar- atively easy matter. and business rae5S n IS hy Se a, ba anY e in that direction. We are paid to be cheerful just as you are paid 10 man age your business. and in accordance with our success in restoring tnls req ture we are paid.
 And then, after all, it is not so hard once tried. 1t is invaribiY kept the purpose of keeping away the gray hairs that are all but too willing to conae."
 Cola Tor 0vcrcoats.
 Visitors coming into Montgomery from the North yesterday had on over coats as matter of course but Mont- on---shrugged their shoulders constant ly and uncomfortably at the unaccus- toned weight in clothing at so late a day as June 2, by which in most years the overcoat had lain in camphor balls in the big cedar chest in the attic Tor so long as to be forgotten: And And more more than one Of the g, coatG Sss
 You don't know what a difference there is, said one travelling man yes terday at the New Exchange where Yhs, ss ns city. Tt has been really cold in the North, and even as far south as Mont gomery 1t is decidedly chilly, even for one of us Northerners. and everywhere l have found an overcoat comfortabie. But it was almost startling yesterday when I got well into the South to hear surprise expressed that l was wearing an oVercoat. It seems mighty queer, said Southern friend of mine. to wear an overcoat down South in June
 He agreed that 1t was cold enough weather to indicate overcoats, but he just couldn't quite grasp the combina- tion of June and overcoat It is rath- I believe most of you dress hy in calendar rather than by the wOtther."
 
 Tickets Sales to West Increasing.
 Capt. George ". Ely. Travelling Pas senser Agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad, who was hurt few days ago in a wreck below Selma. is him self again, as much one If the hoys as any>of the younger solicitors of passengers .r the territory.
 He made the interesting statement yesterday that his ticket sales for April 1907 exceeded those of 1906 by clmost 100 tickets.
 He takes this as an indication that the natural increase in travel IS keep ing up and people are more able to go and come than they were year ago. This seems to be the experience of most of the roads, says Captain Ely. Mir. D. w. McIver. Jr.. has re- turned from attendance upon the Union Theological Seminary at Richmond, where he Is pursuing his studies prep aratofy for the ministry. He left Sat urday afternoon for Greenville. where he will remain for seveal days among the Presbyterians there. He will con duct services in the churches at Green | Lowndeshoro this summer. returning to the seminary In September. He has two years yet to complete his course. He has not been home in two years and is heinz cordially welcomed by many friends
 Hon. Henry B. Gray. Lieutenant Gov error. spent last night in Montgomery Gnd leaves this morning for Auburn, where he will attend the commence ment of the Alabama Polytechnic 1n- | stitpfn this week. Lieutenant Cover nor Gray arrived Tn the city early in Montromery friends. He Is in fine health and spirits.
 MT Hugh Stokeley. an attorney of Birmingham. Is in Montgomery MT. l StoGelcv is an attorney for the South ern Railway Company at Birmin Sham and will appear before the Alabama
  terest of his company.
 Mir w. K. Terry. of Birmingham, a member of the Board of Trustees Of the Alabama Polvtechnic Institute ar Auburn was in Montgomery last night on his way to attend the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Institute, Mir Fred Wilkerson, who has taken a course of medical lectures at COlum- hia College, New York. is home for the summer holidays for a visit with his parents. pr. and Mrs. w. M. Will | kerSon.
 MT Edwin Howell Lewis will leave for New Yorl, this morning. From there he will sail for Paris next thursday He will spend portion of the summer travelling abroad
 Hon. John McDufiie. Representative of Monroe County. in the Legtslature' snent yesterday with friends in Mont gomery,
 Mir, Sol Cadden left yesterday for New York. whence he will sail for Flu rope, to be gone until about Octo- Der 1.
 Mr. Howard Webber has gone to 1 New York. where he will spend the summer with his grandparents.
 Hon. w D. Jelks formerly Governor of Alabama, now in business In BIT mngham. spent yesterday In Mont i gomery.
 Mr. Pnp P Howard Drominent cot