The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-01

the world owe their wealth to tu.f such revelations"
 fame, as we'll as notoriety, carries It's own reward and it's own punish- Inent Fame Is sweet. but even the most famous of men will admit, with out being submitted to tho "third de. gree" that. the sweetness of fame has taste
 oscar Hammerstein is one of those men. He has become famous-every one knows how-and only his natural acumen has enabled him so far to escape the penalty for being so promi- nent in the eyes of the world. Had ne not been so famous. the Philadel- phia property owner. who recently Tiled suit against him for damages. because the horses of the contractor who is building the new theatre for Mr. Hammerstein, had nibbled off the unprotected bark of a couple of shade trees In front of the complainnut's property. The man might havo sued the contractor, but he would never have dreamt of making Mfr Hammer. stein the defendant.
 It is not clear what Mir. Hammer stein has to do with the nibbiing pro- pensities of the horses hauling ma- terial for q contractor in Philadelphia and by what logical process of reason ing the complainant expects to hold Mfr. Hammerstetn responsible for the alleged damage to the shade trees Hammerstein. duly served with the papers in the case.
 Some old fashionsd and fossiIfzed writers of the present day, who had the misfortune of being born two or three hundred years too late, have lately deplored the decadence of the spirit of chivalry which characterized the golden era of romanticfsm in Europe and found its final expression In the gallantry of the South before the war.
 These gentlemen with antediluyfan ideas may be right as 10 the fact, But their prejudiced eye seems to he un- able to recognize the reason. If they would only read the daily papers in- stead of their musty romances of past centuries they would know how dam gerous chivalry may be in this prosaic age.
 Only few. days ago a certain wealthy business man in this city, al. lowed himself to succumb to the Temptation of rushing to the aid of beauty in distress and it cost him sev- eral hundred dollars. and a heap of modification. On the street near his residence he met a woman crying as if her heart would break. Gallantly that modern knight errant approached the maiden in such evident distress anJ placed himself at her service. She accepted promptly, leaned against his shoulder and, while her tears were rolling down his coat sleeve, she skill fully and deftly extracted a good-slxed roll of bills from the knights inside pocket. If such things happen. is 1t to be wondered that chivalry is on the wane, .-s1y
 The festive and insuppressible press agents are a jolly lot and when they come together. as they did the other night at banquet which they tender ed to the ex-members of their guild who are now winning laurels in other fields, more particularly in the field of dramatic literature high jinks are bound to be order of the day. It was an interesting event that banquet and the hosts as we'll as their guests were so delighted that it was decided to have such "blow-outs" once a week after this.
 There is only one point that remains to be settled before the plan can be carried out with success an under standing must be reached that no one present shall talk shop" during the banquets and shall keep perfectly mumm about them afterwards. Owing to the peculiar propensity of the press agents 1t would otherwise be impos- sible to obtain a truthful account of the feastS