The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-22


 ton's magazine. In 1t he cites his test. the reading of q sealed and hidden letter and asserts that after long in- vestigation he finds the alleged acts of such spooks as he has been able to learn about are too unifnportant and coiorless to make them worth consid- ering. But if there is a real ghost wandering around loose he now has a fine opportunity to earn $f0.00o. All that Is necessary is for him to under go successfully the tests prescribed. Meanwhile the air is full of psychical and telepathic terms strange to the ear of the laynaan such as telekeinsis. eiongation. levitation and other equal ly ghostly words.
 Golf, the ancient and royal pastime. Is in a fair way soon to be ranked in the gateway of undesirable" or even criminal pastimes here because of its alleged evil influence on the youths who act as caddies. At any rate Police Captain Mathot threatens to ap- peal to a Police Magistrates court to take drastic action against certain nail-
 uonaire golfers Of a noted local club and wealthy golfers" may soon. be- come as unpopular a term as wealthy malefactors'' provided of course that its use can be reconciled with the ath- letic propssitles of the present Presi- dent. elect. The eivI influences of golf for the youngsters does not. however. He in the picturesque language which they hear, nor even in the alleged bibuious tastes Of some of it's patrons. Rather 1t is found fh the manner in which ais game obstructs youthful education. according to Captain Mathot, who explains his position when he says. We have been trying to keep q kA,Maa fx l. At. .-A.A Influential golfers come along in their automobiles and whisk the schoo1boys off to the links where they pay them high fees to act as caddies." In other words young America hereabouts finds the opportunity to earn a dollar or a half dollar preferable to the unremun- erative education of the schoolroom. The dearth of caddies after the open ing of the school season is always 8 serious problem to local golfers, which Is now made worse than ever by Cap tain Mathot's threat to hays somebody arrested if matters continue as they are. It is for this reason that golf in New York at least may yet be listed in the category of legal offences.
 Anyone wishing to purchase a unique Christmas present for the children, who happens to have the necessary change to the amount of $3.000.000 in his pocket can step right up and buy New York's famous Madi- son Square Garden. With the passing of the Fifth Avenue hotel. the Garden is now New York's most historic pub lie gathering place. and should 1t be sold and the property. cut up into building lots it Is mardto figure sub the city would be able to find sub stitute for 1t. For, years Madison Square Garden has been center for gatherings and exhibitions attracting large crowds and of late years the only. adequate one, Tn it take place annually, the horse show. the auto mobile show, the circus. the larger winter athletic meets and all the greatest political satherinss. Since 1871 indeed Madison Square has been pretty well in the public, eye. Previ- ous3 to that time 1t ssfvsd as 3 Fail- road station but for the last forty seven years it' has been the largest amusement plscs in the country. The preseBt building is the most noted of tii . eAe kllfA cfeA Attons of the late Stangord whits $4ia it wac on the roof garden there, cnriously enough, that he was shot. The Garden was com pleted only in 1890 but has never been q profitable investin ent. And for several years rumors of the sale of the prop efLy- nave CTOppeQb up rom tune 10 time. Some seven or eight years ago It was reported that the ground would be used for thes erection of q rnamoth store. and later it was con- sidered as a site for the new postofice. Should the property now be sold juve- nile New York would probably shed-a good many tears for. no other building in the country has ever entertained so many children.
 Closely following the death of his most distinguished patron, Mrs. Astor. there passed away in this city a man who in his way was an equally im- portant parsonage In fashionable so- ciety, but whose existence was prac- tically unknown outside It's ranks. This was Frank Johnson who for many years has had charge of the outside for almost every we'd ding or other important function giv- en by members of the 400. His par ticular qualification was that he knew by sight every socially prominent man and women in, the city and was able to prevent uninvited persons from se- curing admission to these select af- fairs without; submitting real guests to the indignity of showing their cards His profession was unique and he% has left no successor to take his place in this particular need Of the socially elect.