The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-28
Disease Has Seized on
 the English.
London is to Have Illustrated
 Testament.
French Woman Is in England Tell- ing The English How To Make Love-Other Gossip From The
 British Isles.
BY-w. HAMILTON RHODES.

BY w. HAMILTON RHODES.
 ; London. March 27-Influenza, after a period of quiescence, has again taken | possession of London. It has even in- | vaded the wards of hospital. There ] are five or six patients in many warda l of the hospital who have added in- | fluenza to their other ills. Fortunate ly this hospital influenza Is not of . | serious type, and in the hygienic sur- | roundings of the ward succumbs to the skill of the physician and the attention l of the nurses in two or three days. Nevertheless, it is true influenza. with all the accompaniments of pains in the | joints and high temperature. In sev- | eral doubtful cases the doctors have satisfied themselves by isolating tho characteristic Pfeiffer bacillus. which Is found in enormous quantities In the nasal secretions of influenza patients.
 Evidence of the epidemic is provided tby the Registrar Generals returns for last week. Influenza deaths rose from twelve. seventeen, and twenty-five in the three preceding weeks to thirty six. More significant still is the fact | that deaths from pneumonia were 237. I SDT sixty-seven and the other ninety above the average of the last five years.
 Influenza, pneumonia and bron- chitis," said a London doctor. "are the price we are paying for this season of east winds. snow, and slush. No doubt | many of the cases in which pneumonia and bronchitis are certified as the cause of death originated in. attacks of influenza.
 ITO prevent influenza keep warm, dry. and out of draughts. and above all. avoid crowds. In omnibuses and tranl- way cars. tubes and trains. the germa travel from the influenza patient to his nelghbor with fatal facility. It is difficult advice but the best can give keep away from the crowd"
 Rider Haggards View.
 Rider Haggard believes that afforess tation will do away with a vast amount of unemployment. In a recent address in this subject said that at last it had become apparent to the minds of the people of this country that something be done to repair the waste age of their wood. The Royal Ccm- mission has found that afforestation in this country was both practical and desirable. and that 1t ought to ba profitable to the state. If the full scheme suggested by the commissions that s,00O, 900 acres should be sffcrest- 
 time the state should have a property worth over $2.500.000.000 that amount being nearly t500,000. 900 in excess of the cost incurred in creating it, al- lowing per cent. compound interest upon the cost. At the end of that period the state would have an incoma of $s5,O0O 900 or $s0. 000. 900 year clear profit In case the state considered this too large a scheme. they had pre- pared another. providing for e.0o0,00t acres. In addition to the employment thus directly afforded, such a scheme would give employment to kindred in- dustries to an extent impossible to cal- culate. It would also be, of great bene- fit to small holdings and eventually give employment to at least s0,0o0 men.
 The deep interest which the public has always taken in pictures of Biblical character is responsible for an exhibition which will be held in the Albert Hall In the autumn of this year. The great building will be turned Into an illustrated New Testament. for q series of tableaux will be produced. giving realistic incidents In the life of Christ. The plan was proposed six teen years ago by the late Sir Augus- tus Harris to Mir. Louis Tussaud. Mir. Tussuad realized the magnitude of the undertaking. and for the last ten years he has been visiting the principal gall leries of Rome, Milan and Paris.
 "Of course. the success from a re- ligious as well as from an artistic point of view" Father Vaughan writes. will depend on the reverent way in which your idea is carried out. If theatrically done it will be worse than useless. if dramatically 1t will be in- structive and helpful. Make the work a mission. and live in the atmosphere of 1t. praying for direction and sue cess"
 The TabIeaux.
 There will be at least thirty seven tableaux. beginning with "The An- nunciation." and ending with The As- tension" The most dramatic tableaux will be '"The Crucifixion." rough plaster conception of which has al- ready been shown hare. The three crosses stand In the foreground. On the centre cross is stretched the figure of the dying Christ, his eyes turned on the repentant thief. The scoffing thief has just breathed his last and the sneering expression Is still stamped on the dead face.
 At the back Is a wide sweep of scen- cry showing the temple. This tab leaux will owe much of it's impressive ness to the lighting effect. Calvary will be plunged in twilight and only the figure of Christ will be bathed in light The dim outlines of the sorrow- ing Marys at the foot of the cross and to Roman soldiers with their officer will be seen. while thin ribbons of light will shine from the temple wip- dows.
 The Ascension" will also be caI- culated to grip the attention. The Holy Sepulchre will he surrounded by sleeping Roman guards. By the tomb will stand the form of Christ. of such ethereal substance that the fine scenery in the background will show through the figure. The effect is managed by aid of a mirror throwing a reflection of the waxen figure of Christ on a sIlken screen.
 The tableau will be taken to the principal provincial towns after being exhibited at the Albert Hall. The pro- ceeds will be devoted to Kng Edwa rd's Hospital Fund. charities of the Church of EnRlasd. charities of the Roman Catholic Church. and the Countess of Aberdeen's fund for the prevention of tuberculosis in Ireland.