The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-15
ONE DINNER TO COST $4,000
Who VIII Be the New Harri-
mani
Americans Declare That German Life
b More Democratic Than Ameri-
can--Cupids Activity shows
Return of Prosperity in
New York.

New York, Sept. 4.-RroDapiy never
before in the history of any city has
single civic celebration as will be ca
pended by New York during the final
days OF this month in its combined
Observance Of the three hundredth an
ntversary of Hendrick Hudson's dis
sovery OF the river that bears his name
and the centennial of Fultonis inven-
tion of the steamboat. Five hundred
thousand dollars Is being raised by
public subscription to pay the expenses
of the Hudson Fulton Commission,
which has charge Of the general ar
rangements The Hudson monument
which is being erected under the
auspices of committee OF prominent
men on Spuyten Duyvil hill at the
point where the great explorer had his
first encounter with the Indians will
cost 100000. The outlay for private
decorations and appropriations made
for various purposes will amount to
a quarter of a million ana the official
Hudson-Fulton dinner. which is to be
given on September 20 at the Hotel
Aston will represent an expenditure
of between fifty and sixty thousand
dollars additional Three thousand
guests are expected to assemble at this
dinner ana five thousand dollars Is be-
ing expended to prepare the decora-
lions for the banquet room. including
mural paintings by well-known artists
especially Sone for this ,peeS oSsr
q million dollars on professions.
decorations, illumination and other
plans for iIonoring the memory OF TWO
of the most famous men connected
with her history. Apparently every
Imaginable contingency has been pro-
videi for except the matter OF takns
care of the vast throngs OF spectators.
This is causing some uneasiness as It
fs estimated that between 100000 and
100000 people will assemble to wit
ness some of the spectacles-a crowd
large enough to tax the resources OF
even the metropolis.
Germany. which we are accustomed
TO think of as a land where rigid dis
tinctions of class are enforced, really
has more democracy and less snob-
bishness in it's social life than has the
United States, according to the state
ments of American visitors who have
Just returned from attendance at the
500th jubilee anniversary of the
University OF Leipsic. one of the
largest as well as one of the oldest
institutions of higher learning In
Europe. The final act of the jubilee
which the foreign visitors were invited
mers" or students drinking party.
The king of Saxony provided at this
AFFAIR and he. with the Crown Prince,
who is q 'student at Leipsic, mingled
on terms of perfect equality with the
enthusiastic undergraduates In the
course of the evening the KING maze
little speech in which he defended Ger
man students against the charge OF
excessive drinking and declared that
their beer-drinking customs represent
ed the truest temperance. He added
humorously that he could not imagine
the achievements Of the German nation
and OF German scholarship to be
Founded upon the consumption Of moth
ing but raspberry Juice. At the con-
clnsion OF the address King, princes,
celebrities and students emptied their
glasses at q single draught in accord
ance with undergraduate custom.
while both Leipsic and Heidelberg
have educated many royal princes
these young men invariably conduct
themselves with more modesty ana
FOOD fellowship toward their less dis
finguished fellow students, the Amer
ican visitors declare. than DO the sons
of the average millionaire In our own
institutions.
general use by private citizens for
business and pleasure. not perhaps TO
~ great an extent as the automobile
is now. but to such a degree that their
appearance will excite no comment
whatever. his at least 10 ShO pio
tion Of an American automobile manu-
facturer who has just returned from
the aviation contests at Rheims. AS
a result of the progress shown at this
meeting and of the enthusiasm aroused
by the victory Of Glenn H. Curtiss In
his American machine, no less tnan q
dozen big concerns in ana about this
city are rushing plans for the manS-
facture of various types OF air crart.
several of these are companies now
engaged in making automobiles who
propose to take on the manufacture OF
air cars as q side line and one such
big firm is already advertising Its
readiness to supply aeroplanes to al
who may care to purchase. Others
propose to devote themselves ex-
clusively to meeting the dsm sI.aa,oo OF
nant of the interest in this subject is
mat the demand for designers and
pattern makers exceeds the supply and
Inc uattern-makers union announces
from it's headquarters here that scores
of experienced workmen can obtain
employment II they can be found on