The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-24

QUE sale here for use at baptismai ser.
vices. Accordingly the Colonel set out
to get the water After unfansling all
sorts Of red tape with the powers Of
the Ottoman Empire. the Colonel re-
ceivsd permission to take water from
try and made arrangements by which
The whole process Of putting II in the
800 gallon casks together. with IT'S
Shipment, was carried on under the
ef11cfai supervision OF both Turkish
ana American representatives, the gen.
uinsness OF the water being attested
In every case with seals and docu-
rnerita Special wagons had to be made
TO transport the enormous casks over
the mountains to Jerusalem and II was
not until. two years after the begin
ming of the undertaking that on
Christmas Evel 1905, the casks reached
New York and were placed in the ware
house. There they have remained ever
since. for somehow the water did not
sell. In the same warehouse. too, are
4o.0Se bottles IN the shape OF a cross,
which when filed were to bring 81
each. Anyone who wants these bot
Ties 70 welcome to them. and as for
the remaining water, It viii likely be
esea for washing down tire street dur
ins the summer.
Pageant Craze.
New York which has had various
crAxes Of late. 10 now inocu1ated with
the pageant craze. Following the se-
ries Of Greek pageants in which wo-
men Of the Four Hundred are particle
patffig Will come tie westchester His-
torfcaf Pageant at Bronxviiie In COM
nemoration Of various important cpl
sodes In the early settlement OF the
colonies. This viii be state ceie-
bfati0n and Governor Hughes will at
tend the costume ball at the Hotel
0ramatan with which IL IL to conclude
on Decoration Day. Preparations are
already under way for the HUDSON
S00th anniversary OF the discovery Of
the Hudson River. and q host Of 9th.
srs OF purely local interest are being
planned for the various summer res
sorts about the city. So popular has
the pageant fad become that II has
given rise TO new profession, that
of pageant builder. which numbers In
It's ranks men and women who are
making the entertaining of visitors at
celebrations and commemorative ser.
vices q regular occupation.
The handling of vast pageant such
as the westchester Historical affair, or
the Hudson Fulton memorial, is a work
calling for expert experience. II might
seem to those who know nothing
about such things that any man with
a few artistic ideas and a little spare
time could evolve the necessary
schemes for the production Of q pa
seant and then supervise their carry
Ing out. But until the recent awaken
Ing OF interest in historical reproduce
tions, America has had no pageant
masters. as they are called, although
England has had several of world
wide fame. Interest In the celebra-
lions Of the frsti settlement In Amer
Tea and the discovery Of the Hudson
River has given boom TO this new
form of entertainment which Is being
taken up all over the country.
A mtg Mouse.
The biggest mouse on record. weight
1875 pounds--and no nature fake--cre-
ated considerable interest in a local
police court yesterday after having
been arrested for blocking the trafic
on Broadway. Policeman Van ,,ieave.
who made the arrest, electrified the
court ana caused small panic among
the women prisoners by announcing
TO the magistrate that he had Just
caught A. Mouse. adding that the pris-
oner was confined In the ante room
Magistrate Dooley was a bit displeas-
ed at the announcement. suspecting an
affront to his of1cial dignity, and cold
~ advised the policeman TO get a cat
and not to trouble the court. On be-
Ing told that the mouse was too large
for any cat except a lion 10 handle
Magistrate Doo1ey expressed some Gu
fiosity and ordered that the prisoner
be led forth by guard with drawn
revolver. The policeman thereupor
explained that this was a human mouse
the name OF the prisoner as he explain.
ed to the magistrate being A. Mouse.
In auswer 10 the, questions of the court
the mouse confessed 10 having a nest
up town with three little white mice.
or Mouses. in IL. Magistrate Dooley
ordered the prisoner discharged. after
having It officially recorded that A..
Mouse. weight 1876 pounds, had been
seen in his court room. record which
10 likely to stand for some time in