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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-22

Chicago Record-Herald.
In the tragic story Of Tess or tne
DaJrberviIles" the author makes the
pregnant statement that the girl Tess
wa 800 years ahead of her mother
and In the statement lies the clew 70
all the tragedy that followed. But IN
the probability Of such q SUGGESTION
being possible lies our greatest nope
for an ultimate civilization.
Here in the cities In countless cases
are examples of the younger genera
tion crossing easily and naturally tne
centuries that their parents nave NOT
bridged. Medieval ideas transpianteo
into the worst conditions fostered py
our modern civilization in cities 90
not make ideal homes. but into such
abodes are born many OF the chiloEsn
who throng our streets ana scnoois.
Our city is cosmopolitan. Our people
are from many nations and many CHI
mates. They represent almost every
state of civilization through which our
ancestors have lately passed, ana
once here, they are ahrust, because Oh
their ignorance and poverty. into tne
worst conditions which our complex
civiliza&ion produces In the modern
city.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-22

The Lobby 10 established for the
general good. The good men who con-
stitute the lobby are self immolating
gentlemen who have no FAX to grind"
At present they seem to be engaged
In fitting <fhe citisenship of Alabama
for heaven by law.
1t praieworthy Undertaking, the
more so when we reflect there Is no
money In II" for the good men who
won't soil their hands with filthy
lucre.
Perhap It ought to be admitted that
they feel justified In using. q little
church or Sunday School money to
advance nefarious purposes.
I use the word "nefarious'' with
out looking In the dictionary and in
tend for It to be construed as "chari-
table" since the money goes to worthy
distressed brethren. who with all their
manifold virtuea regard themselves as
kind of superior creation and. no
doubt. like that paragon Of excelience
mentioned In an ancient writing. who
thanked the Lord that he was not
like other men.
Thankful for Leaders.
1t is well we have such men to
study out moral and religious bills
for the legislators (ani careful cierks)
to enact into law.
These good men. who. at present,
bank ON the constitution. ought to go
for'' the police and, other constabulary
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due exposure. just as IL she were crfti-
caliy Ill. Again, a babe Is borrowed
from the neighborhood, where babies
are almost a drug on the market, and
the girls are taught how to wash and
care for 1t in the most approved fash
ion.
Already as an old story have baths
been Instituted in the more crowded
districts and bathing has become
part of the school curriculum. so
limited, though, are the facilities, so
great the number of unVashed ur-
chins, that once a week has to suffice
for each and the time allowed for
each relay is but twenty minutes. and
In such a limit there Is great educa-
tional value. To undress, battle fully.
and dress again in twenty minutes Is
a feat Of which any one might well be
proud, and 1t puts the bath, for once
and ali, into that class of luxuries
which even those most driven for time
can easily afford The children are
excused from the schoolroom for
twenty minutes, and are then supposed
to be back again. fully washed and
dressed.
In their zeal for cleanliness the,
school authorities have been guilty Of
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for the death of Col Hepburn. The
burial took place in the magnificent old
cathedral of Toul. in French Lorraine.
Many years afterward q noble monu-
ment was erected above the grave by
Louis XIV, bearing an epitaph to the
worth of one "who so deservedly was
deemed the best solder In Chrlstendom
and consequently In the world"
During the English civil war the
regiment was kept as far as possible
from England lest Charles I. should APP
ply for its return.
In 1859 we ind the regiment serving
under Turenne against the rebel Condo
and taking part in barricade fighting
in the streets of Paris.
It's next move was to the Neither
lands. where. In 1858, in a skirmish.
Col Lord James Douglas lost his life
and was succeeded in the colonelcy by
his brother, Lord George Douglas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-22

created in 1878 Earl Of Dumbarton.
Next the treaty between Louis and
Cromwell caused the exi1ed Charles to
side with Spain. and the willy Louis
promptly removed the Douglas and all
other Scots corps to remote garrisions
In 10e0-6l, the restoration having
taken place, Charles II. disbanded the
old Commonwealth army, but owing 70
the rising of the Fifth Monarchy men
he sent to France for his Douglas regi-
ment, which request the French mon
archs, being at peace. was unable to
refuse.
Two hundred and twenty three years
have elapsed since the Second bait
TALON called its first muster roll i'm
Scotland. at Leith on May IS. 1889.
and more than 500 years since those
companies of adventurous Scots set
forth from their native land. in 1870, 10
seek fame and fortune on the battle
fields OF Europe.
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louisville Courier Journal.-
The oldest regiment In the world
the famous Royal Scots. or "Pontius
Pilates Bodyguard-has juht returned
to garrison duty in Edinburgh. its
home town. after years of service In
the. far parts of the British Empire
This distinguished fighting force Is
able To trace a direct descent from
those companies of bold and adventu-
rous Scots Infantry who proceeded In
1890 to Franco to assist Henry Nv. in
his wars with the Leaguers. Their SER
vices were retained by the Kings OF
France until the various companies
were finally. in 1888 formed into
REGIMENT ana the command given to
Sir John Hepburn. q cadet Of an old
East Lothian family, who was born at
-AtheIstaneford about 1900. says the
Baltimore Sun.
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sent in a formal challenge to this re.
doubtable antagonist to meet him In
single combat before the assembled
court in Mantua.
We can imagine what a sensation
the challenge aroused. On the one side
a powerful. expert bully. on the other
chivalrous. accomplished scholar,
whose association with learned profess
sors little augured any hope of sue.
cess against a professional swordsman.
SO confident was Criohton that IN.
stead Of the customary 500 pistoies, he
engaged to depoSi: stakes to the value
OF 1900. To this his opponent gladly
consented.
At the commencement OF the duel
the young Scotceaanan. calm and eau-
tious confined hit efforts to firing ont
the italian and 'oiding the savage
attacks which hey pressed time after
time. AS soon as these attacks began
to flag. Crichton, in his tlen. took the
offensive and got in ZEE thrusts
which brought the to sudden
close.
AS he expired the Italian. recovering
some OF the chivalry that had been
deadened by his SUCCESSES said that
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The regiment was called the Regi-
ment 6Hebron, the nearest French
pronunciation of Hepburn. From the
fact that the aforementioned compa-
MES had been raised and officered by
the officers of the Gems dArmes Ecos-
saisses and the Garde du Corps Ecos-
saisse the regiment can claim con-
nection with those two~ celebrated
corps and through them, with the
Scottish Archers of the Guard, OF
whom we read In Quentin Durwood,
and SO back to that earliest body OF
Scottish soldiers to whom there is any
record, 1.-THE four and twenty armed
Scots in whose fidelity and valor
Charles III. King of France, In $50,
SO confided."
In 1886 there was amalgamated with
the corps the remains of the we'll
known Green Brigade from the Swed-
ish service, which. composed of Hep
burns. Machay's, Lumsden's and Star
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cedence over all others in the service
of France.
In connection with this claim the
well-known soSriquet of Pontius
Pilates Bodyguard was acquired by
the regiment. The French regiments
especially that of Picardy, were jeal-
GUS of this precedence. and on one
occasion while the point was-in dis
pute between the officers Of the two
regiments a Plcardy officer remarked:
81 suppose you will next claim to have
been on duty at the crucinxionr
Nor sir" replied on officer Of Hep
burns "for had we been on duty at the
sepulcbre the Holy Body had never
left it,"
This was a particularly saHcastic re-
tort, for the sentihels of the Pieardy
regiment had been known to have
committed the serious military offence
of sleeping at their posts.
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The regiment served during the cam
paign of 1885 with the French army In
Germany, and on its retreat was placed
in the position Of danger as rear
guard, admirably acquitting itself by
turning and injecting a heavy defeat
on the Imperialists near Metz.
Losing of First Colonel.
In 1886, at the siege. of Saverne.
town in Alsace, the regiment lost its
first colonel. Volunteering to examine
the breach after the third assault. Hep
burn, with his usual GOODNESS and
temerity, approached too close, and re-
ceiving a musket ball in the neck. was
carried on by his faithful Scots, only
to expire in their arms, dying as he
would have wished, amid the sounds
of strife, with his sword by his side.
among his trusted fellow countrymen.
A letter is extant from Cardinal
Richelieu expression his great concern
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WeIcOnheu " Aust EEUeE'
We read in the record of the service
of Mackay's regiment, Munro's Expe-
dition," written by Hepburn's friend
and comrade Col. Robert Munro. that
on the meeting of these two bodies Of
Scots soldiers ''all greeted their OLD
commander with acclamations OF JOY
by beating the Scottish march as he
approached and the last, solitary piper
Of Mackay's' Highlanders blew long
and loudly note of welcome on the
great warpipe of the North"
Munro was appointed second In COM
mand under Hepburn In the new regi-
ment, which consisted of l54 ,offcers
and S,162 men men. Its clalmS to anti
auity were fully recognized by the
King of France who now gave 1t pre-
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welcomed by Last Piper.

gates regiments. had served under the
Lion Of the North, Gustavus Adolphus
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CONTINUED on Page Nina.l
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-04

fee, chief of staff; Maj.-Gen. Gillespie, of
the general staff and master of ceremonies,
and by Lieut.. Gen. Won Loewenfeld, one of the
special commissioners sent to the unwilling
by the kaiser. An address was also made by
Charlemagne Tower, American ambassador to
Germany.
Seldom has the national capital witnessed
more brilliant and distinguished assembly
than that which gathered on the esplanade
of the army war college around the pedestal
Of Emperor Williams gift. On the presidents
stand were seated the president and the mera-
bers of his cabinet, the German ambassador
and Baroness Speck Won Sternberg and other
distinguished persons. On the stand to ths
right and left of the statue we're the officers
of the army and navy in full dress uniform.
members of the supreme court, members OF
congress and a number of distinguished In
vited guests.
Germanys gift created considerable IN
favorable comment throughout the country on
the part of the foreign population with no
particular love for the emperor. The Poles
were especially critical and Polish societies
throughout the country met to protest against
the United States accepting the present from
royalty. The local Polish societies Joined in
the protest. There were many others who
wondered what Emperor William was aiming
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-04

Representative Bartholdt OF Mis-
souri, at the next session Of congress will
champion measure intended to change tho
name of Lafayette square to Independence
square and he will ask that the memorial to
Cen Jackson, which stands in the center OF
the park shall be replaced by one of George
Washington. Mr.. Bartholdt thinks that the
name Lafayette square gives too much promi'
nence to a man of one nationality, while there
were men Of other nationalities also to be re-
meu,bered by statues in the park who gave
Just as much service to the struggling colonies.
The Missouri congressman thinks that In
sense Lafayette square makes an invidfous
distinction. Lafayette holds peculiar place
in the affections of Americans, and though It
may be without right or reason, he is known
much better to the people than either Steuben
or Pulaski There will be opposition to the
change In the name of the square, but as La
fayettc is remembered in bronze at its most
commanding corner it may be that Mr.. Bar
tholdt is right in contending that the double
honor Is too much to give one man.
General Steubens service to the American
patriots hardly can be estimated It was not
so much his aid in actual battle as his teach.
ing of drill regulations and tactics and his i'm.
parting to the revolutionary officers Of the art
Of maintaining efficient discipline that brought
him fame and the honor Of the leaders Of the
revolutionary cause.
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CHAPTER VllI.-Continued,

Vernon was of this crowd, moving
from one group to another, smoking,
laughing, talking. His heart may have
been little sore at the thought of
Amelia's strange neglect of him, but
the soreness had subsidized until now it
was but slight numbness which he
could forget at times, and when he did
think of it, it but gave him resolution
to play the game more fiercely.
He found it pleasant as he threaded
his way through the crowd to halt SEN
ators as he met them and say:
well, the woman-suffrage resolu-
ton comes up tomorrow. You'll be
for it, of course?"
1t gave him such a legislative and
statesmanlike Importance to do this.
AS he was going leisurely about this
quest, testing some of the sensations
of a parliamentary leader, Cowley,
the correspondent of the Courier, &C.
costed him. and, showing his teeth in
that odd smile of his, asked if he
cared to say anything about the reso-
luton.
"Only that it comes up as special
order in the morning, and that I have
no doubt whatever of its adoption by
the senate
Have you assurances FROM
From everybody, and every assur-
ance," said Vernon. They're all for
It. Come and have a cigar
They went over to the cigar stand,
and when they had lighted their cigars
Cowley said:
Lets 60 out for little walk; I
may be able to tell you something that
will interest YOU"
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at By HE favor 70 the American people. but
except IN few instances this query took the
form Of sood-natursd curiosity rather than a
resentment.
On tho afternoon Of January 10. 1905. N
attempt was made to blow up the statue Of
Frederick the Great. No serious damage re.
suited and there were those who thought that
. practical Joker had been at work. but tho
force OF the explosion was such as to show
that the Joke. il joke it were, was decidedly
serious matter. Threats had been made from
time to time by anonymous letter writer's to
blow up the statue, but little attention was
paid to them. The tenor Of the written threats
was to the effect that no monarch ought to bs
remembered in the capital city of republic
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-08-04

tuen country IN memorial form in Washing
ton Tor years. The statue of John A. Logan
the civilian soldier. has had a place in the ma.
tlon's capital for long time. Hancock was
not forgotten and neither were some eight or
ten otner officers whose fame was bright. but
winch never shone with the extraordinary lus.
ter OF that of Grant or Sherman.
Inere are scores of memorials of various
klnos IN washington Foreign nations are rep.
resented. In Lafayette square are the statues
OF the Frenchmen Lafayette and Rochambeau.
who came to the aid Of the colonies in their
struggle against Great Britain.
Before long there will be two other statues
IN the square, one to the honor of Pulaski and
anotner to Steuben. When these memorials
are In place Lafayette square will contain five
bronze figures, Lafayette, Rochambeau, Pu-
lask1, Steuben and Andrew Jackson. The Jack
con statue stands in the center of the park,
While each of the Frenchmen has corner to
himself. The other corners will be Occupied
by the Pole and the German
Emperor William about six years ago pre-.
scented to the United States statue of Fred
erfck the Great. 1t was dedicated with impress
sive ceremonies Nov. 19, 1904 It was unveiled
by the Baroness Speck Won sternberg, wife Of
the German ambassador. and was presented
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ready made the same observation. He
laid, this time, perhaps q little more
stress on the at last" She must have
noted that fact, for she blushed, red as
the strawberries she began to turn
over with critically poised fork.
"And did you come down alone?',
Vernon went on.
mo, not exactly" said Miss
Greene. MRS. Overman Hodge-La-
throp, and, believe, several"
MRS. Overman Hodge-Lathrop!"
Il think said Miss Greene, that
she sits somewhere behind" There
was a twinkle in the eyes she lifted
for an instant from her berries.
Vernon scanned the dining room.
There was Mrs. Overman Hodge
Lathrop, in all her-and yes, beside
her, sheltered snugly under her all-pro-
tecting wing, was Amelia Ansley!
They were at a long table, Mrs. Over
man Hodge-Lathrop at the head, and
with them half a dozen women, severe,
and most aggressively respectable.
They sat-all of them-erect, pecking
at their food with distrust that was
not so much a material caution as a
spiritual evidence of their superiority
to most of the things with which they
were thrust in contact every day.
Their hats scarcely trembled, such
was the immense propriety of their
attitudes; they did not bend at all,
even to the cream.
Vernon, who was taking all this in
at a glance, saw that Mrs. Overman
Hodge-Lathrop was severer than he
had ever imagined it possible for
women to be-even such a woman as
she. He would not have been sur
prised had he suddenly been told that
her name had acquired another n.y.
phen; certainly her dignity had been
rehyphenated. There she sat, with
her broad shoulders and ample bust,
her arms jeopardizing the sleeves of
her jacket.
1t was the most impressive break
fast table he had ever seen. 1t might
have given him a vision of the future,
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CHAPTER TX.

Vernon was glad enough of a breath
of the evening air, and they went
down the steps to the sidewalk. Along
the curbstone many men had placed
chairs and in these cool and quiet ed
dies OF the brawling stream of politics
they joked and laughed peacefully.
Sixth street stretched away dark and
inviting. Vernon and Cowley turned
southwark and strolled along COM
panionably. The air was delicious aft
er the blaze of the hotel; the black
shade of moonless night was restful;
their cigars were fragrant.
1--WE just got hold of story" be-
gan Cowley, after they had enjoyed
the night for a moment in silence
i've just got hold of a story" he
spoke, of course, as always, from the
detached standpoint of a newspaper
man. (which you ought to know"
What is it," asked Vernon.
Porter and Braidwood are against
your resolution" Cowley spoke these
names in a tone that told how futile
any opposition would be. "And
Wright and his fellows are against it,
too" he added.
Nonsense" said Vernon.
well. you'll see," replied Cowley.
But they told me-
"Oh, we'll, that's all right. They've
changed in the last day or two"
"Why?"
well, they say it's risky from a
party standpoint. They think they
already have all the load they want to
carry in the fall campaign. Besides,
they"
"What?"
"They say there's no demand for
such a radical step, and so see no rea.
son for taking it,
Vernon laughed.
"An right" said Cowley in the care.
less tone of one who has discharged
a duty. wait till you see Mrs
Overman Hodge-Lathrop land in here
tomorrow"
Mrs. Overman Hodge-Lathrop!"
Vernon stopped still in the middle OF
the sidewalk and turned in surprise
and fear to Cowley. Cowley enjoyed
the little sensation he had produced.
But they were all for it," Vernon
nuttered.
"Oh, we'll, you know they never
took the thing very seriously. OF
course they passed it in the house just
to line up old man Ames for the ap
portionment bill. They didn't think /,
would amount to anything"
Eyes, l know-but Maria Burley
Greene"
We'll, she's q pretty woman; that's
all"
You bet she u.s." said Vernon, "and
she'll be down here again tomorrow
too"
will she?" said Cowley, eagerly
with his strange smile.
'Yes-but, look here, Charlie!" Yer
non exclaimed, don't you 60 mixing
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mer clothes his tailor had sent to him
from Chicago the day before. He had
a flower in his buttonhole; a red rose,
indeed, showing his colors for the final
triumphant day.
The rotunda Of the hotel, swept of
the litter of the night before, was
clean and cool, and the morning air
of a perfect day came in refreshingly
at the open doors. The farmer men,
rising, were already sauntering aim
lessly about, but otherwise statesmen
still slumbered, tired out by their Ia
bors of the night before.
Vernon, in the nervous excitement
which arouses one at the dawn of any
day that is to be big with events, had
risen earlier than was his wont. He
fastened into the dining room, and
!; there, at the first table his eye alighted
on, sat Maria Burley Greene. She saw
him at once, for she faced the door,
and she greeted him with a brilliant
smile. With springing step he rushed
toward her, both hands extended in his
eagerness. She half rose to take them;
their greeting silenced the early break
| fasters for an instant Then he sat
down opposite her and leaned over
with a radiant face as near to her as
might be, considering the width of the
tablecloth and the breakfast things be-
tween.
"And so you're here at last" he ex-
! claimed.
His eyes quickly took in her toilet;
remarkably fresh it was, though it
had been made on the Springfield
sleeper. It gave none of those evil
dences of being but the late Towering
of a toilet that had been made the
night before, as do the toilets of some
ladies under similar circumstances.
She wore this morning suit of brown,
tailored faultlessly to every fiat seam
and a little turban to match it. Be-
side her plate lay her veil, her gloves,
and brass tagged key. And her face,
clear and rosy in its rich beauty, was
good to look upon. The waiter had
just brought her strawberries.
'Send John to me-" said Vernon to
the waiter. "1'll take my breakfast
here. May T." He lifted his eyes to
Miss Greene's.
Surely" said she. well have much
to discuss"
"And SO you're here again at last, .
repeated Vernon. g II he had not Il.
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SYNOPSIS.

Senator Morley Vernon's visit with his
nancee was interrupted by a call from
his political boss at the state capital
Both regretted it, the girl more than he.
because she had arranged to attend a
dinner that evening with him. She said
she yearned for national office for him.
On Vernon's desk in the senate he found
q red rose, accompanied by plea for
suffrage for women. He met the au-
thoress. pretty Miss Maria Greene OF
Chicago. who proposed to convert him
into voting for house resolution No. 10.
Miss Greene secured Vernon's promise to
vote for the suffrage resolution. He also
aided her by convincing others. He took
g liking to the fair suffragette Miss
Greene consulted with the lieutenant-gov-
ernor. Vernon admitted to himself that
the suffragette had stirred a strange feel
Ing within him. He forgot to read his
speech in favor Of suffrage, aided by
glances from Miss Greene. The resolution
was made a special order. Vernon was
enthusiastic on the prospects for the res
olutiOn. He was much in Miss Greene
company. Vernon neglected thoughts of
Amelia. He took Miss Greene driving and
laid out plans for the success of the reso.
luton. Vernon's speech caused a great
newspaper sensation. He was being neg
lected by Amelia. who had not answered
his letter