The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-01-29
Clippings Of Interest to Women
By
Mrs. j. M deCotfes

fun loving faculty was intended to be
the strongest in human nature instead
OF the weakest. It IL the great medi-
cine Of the mind--the great uplifter
and iubrfcator." The doctor does not
advocate the establishment of q chair
OF cheerfuiness In our universities. but
ne strongly urges every reader of his
to constitute himself a teacher In a
sort OF peripatetic school OF the philos-
opy OF laushter--An Exchange
THE LANDLADY's SIDE.
The boarder's side OF boarding has
been frequently and eloquently venti-
lated; but in Smiths Magazine Anne
O'Hagan shows Il From the Land :
lady's Side" Reading. we sympathize
with her as the victim Of the non pay
ing boarders, the insoient housemaids.
the suddenly departing cook. and the
jarring elements that compose her es-
tablishment and expect her to reconcile
impoesibilities.
ly studied" says Miss OHagan, "by the
modern tragic poet would offer mate
rial for new and strictly up-to-date
inferno. Referring to the incessant
fault finding Of the typical boarder, she
remarks that they belong to the hyp-
ercriticai class OF failures. Great imam
cial successes do not board: great do
A@SDSAN DdSNGooC6 10 not OOalQs Rr@0t
sociaf successes do not board. And no
other class on earth is SO resentfuliy
disparaging Of all things as the class
Of failures"
Evidently, Miss o'Hagan has not en-
countered the successful. prosperous.
businesslike landlady known to 'the
woman who boards in the city,"
HUMANE SOCIETY AWARDS.
The Manchester Guardian says: The
completed list of awards for the PAST
year, issued last night by the Royal
humane Society, shows that e7S cases
OF gallant action in saving or attenpt-
ine 70 save life have been investigat-
60. resulting In 772 persons receiving
Iecogmtton Tor saving 2f4 lives and at
tempting to save II others who were
either drowned or succumbed to foul
gas IN sewers, etc. One hundred and
twenty-seven medals or ciasps have
oeen given In the most merttorioua
cases, with 523 testimonials and Ga ne
cunIary awards; "a certificates for
prompt action In restoring life and II
al n,ennorisms to relatives of those
others. ~ S"re
PASSING OF THE soMBREno
We learn. not without grief. saws The
view York Tribune, that Mexico Is like
~ to tax the sombrero out of existence.
Inc Legislature Of the State OF Jalisco
has declared It nuisance, and has de-
creed that the Mexican who wears n
must have license. for which he must
pay, and must wear numbered tag on
IT, without the license and the tag
the wearer is subject to arrest and fine.
The object Of the law is to cure the
poems taste for the picturesque mead
gear. which. corded with gold and ali.
yer and six feet or more across the
brim. 10 so expensive that the humble
mexican often works a whole year to
earn the price OF one. The LeRislaturA
% Jalisco IL OF the opinion that The
peon might easily spend a years wages
oetter than on one Of these gorgeous
hats The traveller, however, will have
his doubts about this, and Will hone
that the Deon will stick to his pIctur-
esque hat. paying his tax like 4 man
ana wearing his numbered tag like an
automobile.
CRUELTY To CHILDREN.
The Society for the Prevention oF
Cruelty to Children in New York. for
the convenience OF theatrical mana ears
makes out the requests when chfIdran
are 70 be put upon the stage. ana fhia
request 10 sent to the Mayor. He than
gives the order that enables the child
TO take part In the performance. n
goes without saying that the Society
gees not make out the order unless
convinced that the child will NOT conos
to harm. morally or physically. n is
worthy OF note that the New York Go.
ciety IN 1887 insisted that the child n.
ser Holman. be withdrawn from an
stage because of his health. This vas
done. and that is, no doubt, why he is
now the master that he is.