The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-15
MARDI GRAS TO CELEBRATE
AUTOS TENTH BIRTHDAY.

will be in every respect a complete
lgaoatInE city--a marvel undreanaed OF
either. in size or equipment only rev
yeats ago.
Father Kntckerbocker Is not sport
ing any diamonds at present Tor never,
since this city became a center TOT tne
gem trade have the imports OF these
precious stones fallen 50 low.
For the ffve weeks just ended, deai-
ers here imported only $37s,sT4 worth
of brilllants--a mere trihe Wnen com
pared to the sum of $4,bS5,lTe repre-
senting the value of similar imports TOT
the same period last year.
There is little demand for these
stones as a result of the panic, although
| the pawn shops are filled with them:
so far has this effect been felt mat
there is a noticeable diminution OF the
former glitter along Broadway IN cares
and theatres. 49,. no-
ava aryone who has q few dollars
tucked away m a stocking can PICK up
| stones with surprising cheapness. But
| ~ the midst OF all this. Diamond jim
Tz,adv. the Rajah of the Great white
vvav continues to scintillate without
| diminut.on like walking 1eWeiEv se0Fe
window. ,,.hi.
Tho efSuIgence Of this remarkable
nerson who wears the stones whicn
! have made him famous. as would otn
| ar narsons common bone buttons, Is 10
put 1t mildly, dazzling .,.
| diamond studs, stick pins. cum out-
4 tons. waist coat buttons. fobs ana the
| like. are the least among MS oeola
| monded possessions. among WHICH ,sH
| diamond headed canes and umoreilas,
| diamond shoe buttons, diamond-hand-
| lad uoclxet knives and diamond set CT
! gar and cigarette holders. He Is the
| nearest approach to walking ala
| fnond mine which this city knows; ana
\ his decorations of this sort are worth
| a large fortune. So numerous are hts
1awsIs' Indeed. that he employs "dia-
| mond valet to do nothing but look
| after them.
The excitement throughout the coun-
! try over anarchist outrages ana re-,
| ported plots has been rehected mere
during the week in ilvey oIseusslon
| Of various immigration problems since
most anarchists of the bomo-throWlnG
kind are OF foreign birth.
| The National Liberal immigration
League took up the subject at Its meet
ing here and advocated the deportation
| Of aliens who commit crimes whether
| thew have been in this country less
| than three years as ths Ia" now FSaoS'
or longer.
The League is also in favor OF gov
ernment aid for the distribution OF la
| borers, both native or foreign born.
| from the congested districts OF the big
| cities to regions where labor IL more
| In demand.
Another proposal advanced was to
extend the probationary period before
admitting the foreign born to citizen
| shin from Ave. to ten years and for
making them better Americans. by fos-
tering a spirit Of patriotism among
them.
New York society In the past has
provided many weird and wonderful
! entertainments to the edlhcation Of the
country in general. There have been
monkey dinners. dog suppers. doll baby
| suppers and innumerable other func-
tions Of the same sort antil II seemed
| as IL the limit must have been reached.
But now one more new fad, perhaps
the strangest of all has been added to
the list--tiie Bath Breakfast. The first
event Of this sort ever given here took
pJace this week when thirty Of New
| York's society women CARRIED In bath
robes and klmonas and attended q
function in which a Turkish bath and
a plunge were the novel features with
breakfast served between dips.
That New York society is In need OF
a cleansing physically through the me-
| dium Of additional ablutions is one
charge which has never been made
against 1t, and consequently the bath
breakfast must be regarded not as IN
effort at the virtue ranked next "a