The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14

referred to as "the female Russell Sage" Is no mere guess based on the. hubbub her recent actions have creat- ed. It is an estimate backed by cold figures and comes from the man who Is engaged In supplying press clippings: to large number of well known per- sons and who recently enrolled Mrs. Green among his clients.
 According to this authority Miss Alice Roosevelt was the most written up woman In the country for some time before she became Mrs. L,ongworth. As steady recipien, of notice in the pub lie prints. however. he says Miss Helen Gould has held first place for long time.
 Mrs. Russell Sage Is another woman who, since her husbands death. has be7i profitable patron for the clip ping bureau. Now, however, Mrs. Green, whose given name of Mehitabel Is popularly shortened to Hetty. seems to have a safe lead over all rivals.
 It Is said that the clippings about her which the press bureau has been employed to furnish amount to 10000 a month which means that she must pay the tidy sum of s12.000 a year to learn what is printed concerning her.
 Bible texts as a substitute for the official "spotter" and a reminder to passengers inclined to ifnore the for mality of handing over their nickels to the street car conductor Is the novel idea that Is being tried by Frederick w. Whitridge, receiver of the Third Avenue car line in this city, one of the sections of the big Ryan-Belmont transportation system that went on the rocks of financial insolvency last win ter.
 Mir. whitridge has had posted prom inently in all the cars over which his {. ~.-fA l. ~f h.. faring letters, Thou Shalt Not Steal" !" with explanations that this applies to conductors who knock down fares and passengers who fail to pay. Inasmuch as 1t Is estimated that as high as 10 per cent of the passengers carried sometimes fail to yield revenue to the company for one or the other of these reasons. MT. Whitrldge's interest in spreading the influence of at least one of the Ten Commandments is likely to prove a good investment if those who read the message takes 1t to heart.
 The joke of the signs. as New York sees 1t. is that this Third Avenue line has been repeatedly plllaged by the financial wreckers and consolidators who have had charge of it's affairs at different times and the hope is fre- quently expressed that some of these fnanciers may occasionally ride fin the cars and study the precept displayed there.
 Among the throngs leaving for Eu- rope on the crowded ocean liners this week was one man who Is going on remarkable and unusual Journey.
 He Is F.. A. Ferret. an American scientist, who lives in Springfield, Mass, and whose name Is much more familiar to students of physical science than it is to readers of newspapers. KEx |. G cano and earthquake expert for he has devoted himself to the study of these great disturbances in the earth's inte- rior and undoubtedly knows more about the character and habits of both than any other man in the country.
 Mir. Ferret has discovered tbat 1t is possible to forecast the occurrence of both earthquakes and volcanic erup- tions by certain astronomical compu- tations and he js on his way to witness the eruption of Mount Etna which he foretold last year. This volcano re- sufned it's activity few weeks ago and the scientist says that it's action will become more violent during July and August. In order to add to his iIl- formation on the subject he Is going to spend these two months in the ob- servatory on the mountain, close to the crater whera ha. will miss nothing that goes on, with only two or three guards and attendants and possibly one fellow-scientist for company.
 MT Ferret believes that with the careful study of volcanic phenomena if VIII be possible in time to nravent great disasters and loss of life from this cause. 'o''
 A relic of the days of inc TvAad fing scandals of forty years ago came to iight the. other day in going over the citys accounts
 1t was in an item of nearly tbraa- quarters of mifllon dollars charged on the debit side of the city ledger on account of the erection of inc New oEk county court house, the city's un- slightly monument to graft. Tt aas-n. tn net In building the court house the piunderers were not satisfied with fine plckings available from the appronri- atlon but overdrew 1t more than s7oo 900. The City Comptroller refused to make good the amount but the bank in which the amount was deposited de- ducted It from other funds of the city m US keeping and the entry was made m order to balance the city's books. when the account was encountered af the recent inspection nobody knew what U meant OF where 1t came from. Ffnaliy an old employe who had heen snlrty-six years in the city's fnancIaI department, was hunted m and e~ plalned the origin of the charge.
 It IS said that an act of the State Legislature will be necessary to an aoie the city to charge off the amount.
 LonEacre.