The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-09

pair OF soft brown eyes. and beneath
the nose. which r. somewhat fiat ard
full. falls Q golden brown moustache
covering q well formed mouth. His
hair 10 stiil innocent Of any strands
Of grey. In conversation he always
smiles a. II he were OVERLOOKING with
amiability. He talks half mockingly
OF revolution and social reform. OF
knocking down society, and replacing
1t with another, Of the need OF some
cosmic system Of insuring TO the work
Ing man . larger measure OF life and
enjoyment,
the Leaders Views.
Pataud has eioquence and persuasion
on his side. When he talks 81 all
seems so easy and delightful He Is
naturally proud of the postal strike,
and more particularly takes credit to
himself for having effected what looks
like q union between such divergent
classes Of workers as the government
servants and members of the trades
uniona
aged to effect that. He replied that
the functionaries had suddenly discov-
cred that they were being exploited
like other classes Of workers. And
for what7 For miserable pension.
And how many enjoy that pension7
An absurdiy small minority. And do
you mean TO assert that man must
submit toisiavery and all kinds of mis-
cry all his life because 1T sixty he Is
to have government pension. The
thing In grotesque?'
There Is this great danger In the
situation-that the only barrier be-.
tween an Industrial disturbance suf-
nciently wide and extended to affect
the whole : OF the industry of the
country is what one might term the
good win Of the workers them selves.
or at least their sanity. As mat
ter of fact, the functionaries do not
desire a strike at the present mo-
ment-they are not prepared for It;
neither do the mass of the working
men. When that moment arrives the
movement will prove irresistible But
1t Is absurd and gratultous to Ak a
date for this general upheaval. 1t
seems certain that the present Com
stitution could not withstand another
assault OF the kind delivered to 1t by
the postal workers.
Since Lent marrying and giving In
marriage are going on with redoubled
activity In France. Six brides, with
their attendant cavaliers were waiting
at one Of the Partisan town halls the |
other day to be united in the bonds |
Of civil vedlock before proceeding to |
church for the religious ceremony, |
out his watch, and exclaimed, Mon |
sieur le Marie 10 latei" All the other
men. following his example, consulted
their chronometers. and q cry of ex-
preston of impatience and disappoint-
ment was raised In chorus. II was
not the mayor himself. but one of his
deputies who was to undertake the
duty on this particular occasion, and
after the lapse OF another half-hour
recourse was had to the telephone. His
servant answered that the deputy had
been away for a couple of days, and
that he did not know when his master
would return. Then. In desperation
successive calls were made with the
telephone at the mayors residence. and |
at the dwellings, of his other deputies |
The mayor was lunching with friends, |
but where his people could not explain. |
One of his deputies was out of town, |
and not q single one of the others was
at home.
Situation In Desperate.
The situation became desperate. |
Here were six wedding parties In all |
the bravery OF bridal array, and no |
one was present to unite the couples |
Tears gtistened in the eyes of the |
pretty brides, and soon one of them |
0EVASAt AAaILcrS TO climax Dy 1aint- |
ing away. The girl had just been re-
vived when the chief secretary of the |
marie, who had had to listen to all |
sorts OF ironical and cutting remarks |
hurried In with the doleful announce
ment that the deputy who was to have
performed the ceremonies had tele-
phoned that he had missed his train, |
and that as all other means of reach
ing PaEis vas djsmally lacking. be |
had no en- Dice but to walt for the r,Sxf |
one. which YOU'D enable him to arr /
rive at the mairfe at o'clock that |
afternoon. Wrath and Indignation |
were promptly visible on every face |
Some of the PARTIES at once decided
in postponing the church ceremony |
until the next day and FASTENED to |
restaurants. whore the tempting feasts |
for which they hungered had been be-
spoken. Others FASTENED to church,
reversing the order OF things. But at
4 o'clock they were all back at the
marie. where the deputy whose delay
had been the cause OF all the trouble
was waiting them with some trepida-
ton, as he naturally dreaded re-
proaches. But he did his best to make
amends by getting through each civil /
ceremony with extra rapidity. ana by
paying graceful compliment to each
blushing bride.