The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-08
'Mongst Pleasant Persons
The optlmIst on EarIy clo.lnE.
ss Q. 6. PARTRIDGE.

Tt might be worse" says Thomas aAlthough flnd 1t hard to while
 Away the endless night;
 But if find 1t hard 10 bear
 can reflect ! had my share
 Fro lids were put on tight"
 Sanitation r0mference Helpful.
 q think there has been no meeting in Montgomery in many years that VIII have more helpful results than the pr. W. H. Sanders and his fellows in the medical profession had with civic officers and with citizens Monday night" said a layman yesterday. T was present and found not dull moment throughout 1t all. pr. Sanders explaining the general construction of the system was both lucid and graphic and his address was siEnally interests ing. Those who assisted him by speak ing of the component parts of the whole frabric Of the public health laws were equally fortunate in the spirit with which they brought then lay brothers to a better comprehension.
 Alabama undoubtedly has the best public health system in the Union, and so soon as its citizens realize the fact and know just wiiat it stands for they State Health Officers and the generous physicians of the State who are rem dering such rarely strong assistance.
 An ola Story, But Good One.
 They say 1t is an old story. If it is, 1t has aged like wine, growing better with the passing of years.
 It was in Atlanta, they say, and 1t was at one of the baseball games One of the players, very facetious, ap- preached the grandstand and asked if pr. Pepsin happened to be present. pr. Pepsin alleged that he was; he stood up as high as he could, which was not sc very high, after all. and with a polite bow acknowledged the soft impeachment.
 "Weli. Doctor, there is a phone call for you oyer here in the dressing rooms"
 Dr. Pepsin went into the dressing rooms and was no more seen.
 Hut the player was again visible be- fore the grandstand and audible. too. Thirty minutes later he stood before the multitude and making a mega phone of his hands. shouted:
 'Is there an undertaken in the houseT
 Mir. W. M. Kelly, of watertown. Wisconsin. is a guest of Mir. and Mrs. John W. Ray and Mrs. W. C. Ray. He has been coming South for great many years. The first time he was in Montgomery was twenty-seven years ago and he says no city with n his knowledge has had better and more substantial and steady growth than this. He expressed surprise at the changes for the better that have taken place since he was here two years ago, to say nothing Of the growth ln business population and building since he first saw the town. He is firmly impressed with the great future that is ahead of Montgomery.
 
 Rev. w. B. Crumpton, Recording Secretary of the Baptist Mission Board, returned yesterday from trip to New Orleans and other points on the Gulf coast. He stated yesterday that fishing was good and that he had a most pleas- ant time while on the short vacation.
 + pr. J. W. Abercrombie, president o4 the University of Alabama, was vis- itor to Montgomery y. sterday. pr. Abercrombie wEs in the city for the Lock wood, the architect of the new buildings of the University.
 Hon. Alexander Troy has returned to MpGts9metfSy fbp0Srb tSs Sorth Stlf MT Troy afteP spendIng several days in New York, visited his mother in Indianapolis, whence he came to Montgomery.
 MT. Emile Holland. after spending the holidays with his parents, MT. ana Mrs. T. W. Holland, has returned to the University. MT. Paul Holland, of holidays in Charlottesville.
 Hon. W. L. Pitts, Representative of Perry county in the Legislature, was in Montgomery yesterday.