The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-31
DRIFT WOOD
Thls is watch-night.

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 Thts is wateh-nisht.
 twhich In a great many cases means that wives will watch what condition their husbands come. home in tonishtl
 A r,ri.s face may be her fortune. but giinE up beside her on the sofa she is dend.
 Don't try to make too many rssoiu- ti0ns. just one good one that y0d gan stick to is better than a, dhzsn thai i you aren't going to keep--or evsn s try to-,
 x Every bar-room door seems to wave goodbye as we pass 'em here m haoa.-
 womanss idea of an intelligentcon versationaIist Is one who is psrfeetly willing to let her do all the s@ilxins .vse se%:how ssh cy.ssr s o:sss Es sa s Ss there is a possibility of her nndfnk q pearl
 v,is M ass ssaa the s otef aef0e aay % that Eioked himself to deatn. There are people 1. ike that.
 ss:' fs s5 ss ss' a asat sBrovss sf' tst ss'sss ss weren't there
 |, mat horssraes at Savannah must have appeared tame after the sasoiine
 Have you got all the chrissmas kanks out of you vetG
 If pastro. the prodlsai son. shnuld saeTa would sivs him I nice hot roast policeman fl Eem tGsk tRs othef ah nlsht. @ Can you beat ft? Welt the thief "beat" H. and the the cop wsht back to his beat.
 Frsnch waiter is in jaii for trying to pull President FalIiere's beard. This fg a reversal of the usual custom. aa waiter generaiy pulls the leg,
 Dc your swearing of early this year and avoid the crush
 Do not think that man is green because his hat Is, rather he is green if his hat isn't.
 Trimmed with fifteen ostrich feath- CTS and measuring two yards the hat to De worn by Miss Madge Temple at $500. and with aii that ven bet dol- far to doughnut that she wouldn't look one-tenth ab fetching ea bare- stocking up agsinst besuty sh0w.
 There are no undertakers in Japan. It is ., live itttie nation. anyhow.
 A phiiadeiphia swsatshop boss pays women 10 cents a day and requires them to make 1b0 pairs of pants week. No wonder women want 10 wear the trousers in this country.
 In Japan there Is a movement to pre- vent the publication of love stories. This proves the Japs . sane and prac- ticai people.
 Did the members of ths musical comedy display much coolneBs at the lire in the Blank Theatre recently 2" Buster Brown chorus did--thsy didn't have on much.
 GOoaybe old Year. Goodbye, old Year. old NineteenEight. Au reyoir, you've done first rate. We think of all your hopes and fears, Of all yoar joys. and your tears. We're going to drink your health you Because we hate to see you so. An, how the years pass. one by one Through winters snow ant summers One by one the leaves we turn, Day by day Iife's lesson learn, How many sitting here tonight Can say each page Is clean and winter Goodbye, old Year, with tottsrins You join the cohorts of the dead. Mayts some of us have been sad. Maybe some of us have been glad. But you are dying. on your bier, We cannot help but drop a tear. For now a baby knocks outside, The Newborn Year. when you have We see his bright eyes all a sltlna anu '''e ' -P H. X
 The published likeness of Mir. Phtl- fellow of good looks as he is Is of inc Unite jest If Whibconbe Riley is cut out of 1t. the portrait gallery of Amer iesn ta hqmSTists SsS rSSS SSSd nSe 9s the a show.-Montgomeiy Evening Times. ~
 ThrOugh the Man Bag.
 It was pleasing to note the likeness of Phil Armstrong in yesterday's Ad- vertiser, as every reader of Drift woods column" feels an interest fn the personality of Alabama's gifted 4 dark eyed brunette was heard to thought he was fat and bachelor" - Selma Journal.
 thought he was fat and 2 bachelor Mir. Phil H. Armstrong. MontRemery, Dear Sir prift-Enclossd find cllp- ping from The Selma Journal Of course the dark-eyed brunette would say you are a fiat old bachelor" but we biue-eyed blondes would loyaiiy say:
 "A column of Driftwood underneath
 the bough, \
 thou. Beside us singing in the wilderness . Oh, wilderness were Paradise snow." With best wishes for a most happy ., new year, and all due apologies ia stlEaaaGs. rrona '-' ..--.-- -- ---. A sptnpter.