The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-04
MIXED DINNER |S
 ACCUSING PROTEST New York Intensely Southern
 In Many Ways HUGHES CHANGES PLANS Rumors Are To Effect That Governor Will Be Candidate for Reflection. Baby Cradle Georseeus
 Work of Art
HUGHES CHANGES PLANS
BY R. LEE EDWARDS.


 New York May 3-While 1t Is gen.
 erally understood that almost anything
 goes on Manhattan Isle nothing In re-
 cent years has aroused more comment
 and indignation than the dinner of the l Cosmopolitan club when white women
 occupied seats next to negroes and the
 intermarriage of the races was urged
 by various speakers. There Is to be another dinner on Monday night and the l police are preparing to prevent trouble. New York has grown to be as much of
 a southern town in some ways as the
 villages in the black belt of the south. 1 In fact the negro Is given less oppor- tunity than would be afforded him in At
 lanta. Memphis or Mobile and the class 1 hatred is much stronger As a result , of the Cosmopolitan club dinner there l have been a number of race clashes in
 the past few days and the police force
 has been doubled in the sections in- habited chiefly by the negroes.
 A rather unique proof of the sentiment 1 for restoring the canteen to the United 1 States army is afforded in the vaudeville l engagement of Burr Macintosh, actor, i photographer and magazine writer. During his engagement at the Union l Square theatre he reproduced number l of views showing the drunkenness and disorganization tha. has been caused by the abolition of the canteen. After point ing out that with the canteen in the 1 army the men could drink beer and light
 wines so long as they were sober and orderly and contrasting the fate of the soldiers when they were barred from this and compelled to frequent the low est saloons and brothels, he asked every person in the audience who favored a continuance of present conditions to ap- plaud. There was not a sound. Then he asked all who wanted the eanteen re- stored to applaud. and there followed an outburst of real enthusiasm
 An automobile romance that eclpses any fiction story was culminated this week when Miss Florence Bourne, daughter of Frederic S. Bourne, and Anson Wales Hard, Jr., were married at St. Barthol- omew's church. Just three years ago their acquaintance was very violently begun in collision of automobiles driven by the two young couple. It is gaso- line romance with happy jolt in it. The automobile of the bridegroom which came off second best in the mis- hap, has been repaired and the young couple are making a honeymoon tour in the fateful car. MT. Hard is the owner of several other automobiles and Com modore Bourne owns 16, but sentimental 1 regard for the old one determined Miss Bourne and MT Hard to ignore all the rest.
 In the summer of 1905 Miss Bourne was driving her machine along the Oakdale | road near the magnificent Bourne estate, at Indian Neck hall, when another ma chine whizzed toward her.
 Miss Bourne's car wabbled and got di- l recently in the path of the approaching machine, guided by young man.
 There was a rcrash and rip, and then indignant young MT. Hard was gazing at his brand-new car, minus a fender and scratched and battered Also, very sorry and pathetic Miss Bourne was gazing tearfully at the wreck. Her own car, being heavier was unhurt
 Shortly thereafter he became con stant visitor to Indian Neck hall and after several months their engagement was announced.
 Rumors that Governor Hughes will soon announce his withdrawal from the presi- dential race and ask renomination as governor are more persistent than ever, in spite of the qualified denial of few weeks ago. Now men who have been Tn the closest confidence with the governor are named as authority for these rumors, and there are few politicians who do not believe that in short time MT. Hughes l will declare his wish for a renomination. The failure of his boom for the presi- dental nomination is. partly at the pot tom of this reported change of attitude. i Of greater weight, however is the snarl 1 into which legislative matters have got l If the governor really hopes for success
 in his fight against race track gamphng IL i is almost certain that he must carry that | fight to the people, that they may register ! their wish at the polls. He can do this 1 only by abandoning his presidential can | didacy and making a campaign Tor re- l election
 1 One of the indications of Governor Hughes change of attitude is found III l the difference in the household talk A 1 few months ago the members of ms 1 family circle were quite confident that he 1 would be nominated and elected as Pres l ident. They frankly told of their dislike i for Albany. and the fond hope with whlci i they looked forward to life In the w i,l'e
 House. For several weeks nothing of thai 1 sort has been heard. It might not DC correct to say that the nope mas peer l abandoned; but it is sufficiently evident 1 that the outlook is no longer considered q l flattering one
 l Business depression so far as the rodds 1 are concerned, will not go lower than Il has been in April. predicts w. c. Brown
 senior vice president of the New orr
 Central. He spoke optimistically Of th'
 future from the railroad point or VieN
 and said A
 Horticultural conditions all over th'
 country could not be much better. Every l visible indication points to another yea
 of abundant crops. Improvement Tn pusi ] ness will be gradual. but believe IL VII
 be healthy and continuous. Furthermore
 I believe the coming period or prosperi.'
 will be more permanent than any in th
 past because it will be builded upon
 foundation of civic and commercial Ill
 tegrity and honor such as the country ha
 not recently known
 The most gorgeous works or art III 'h
 design of a babys cradle ever recelVe
 here, which is to be used by the heir 0
 a millionaire, came from Paris rev
 days ago. It is valued at 5000.
 It is of hand carved wood and IS 1itte
 with silk canopy, Afghan pillows an
 silk mattresses, all embroidered Tn
 cradle is made of rosewood, carved |
 figures of cherubs and fairies The woo
 portion alone is valued at $4Oo