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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-15
CONNECTS FOR HIRE.

Sealed proposals, to hire from Daiias County about sixty conyictA will De received by the undersigned until 17 o'clock neon, November eth, 1909.
 Contract to- begin and oonvicts deiivssed The right is reserved to reject any sssd all bids. JULIEN SMITH
 Hard Labor Agent. ss If Selma. Ala.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-15
COLBERT ANTIs BUSY.
Organization of Committee FOretel
 Active Campaign.

ActAVe Onmp0I&ns
 Tuscumbia, oct. pecial.--Col Joseph N. Thompson, chairman of the anti-amendment campaign committed of Colbert county. has appointed as a campaign committee for Tuscumbia precinct, the following men. represent ing various business occupations:
 Judge E. E. Almon. chairman; Hous- ton Elledge, John Sherrod, E. A. Sock well Shelby Grlsham. Joseph Hurston. Mayor N. P. Tompkins. John ". Curry.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-15
R. s. Teague,
 Foreman

Why waist your valuable time with long waits between pictures when the Orpheum is continuous.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-15

AIINERALITE BALLS.
 Six new nsineralite Balls provided for general use at the Apollo Alleys, IO5 Commerce Street.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-15

WANTED, sALEsMEN Kahn's Saturday Shoe Sale. Apply this morning at 9 a. m., c Dexter Ave.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-15

The Apollo Alleys, 105 Commerce Street, best fitted up Alleys ever in the city,. Hix-GraveIy Cigar Co.,, Props.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-15

Excellent. Moving Pictures, Inspect them. Real to Life. Empire Theatre.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21
Druids To Form
An Entire Division

Among the fraternal orders which
are going to make elaborate displays
in today's big parade are the members
of the United Ancient Order of DPuids.
They will turn out 700 strong. This
order has been allotted the entire sixth
division and, as the Portola festival
calls forth the early history of Cali
fornia, so will the Druids, by their
manner of dress and their floats, call
forth the ancient history of the Eng.
lish islands and central Europe of 5000
years ago.
The line formation will be as follows:
California chapter No. 6, mounted.
Live Oak chapter No. 4, mounted.
j. S. Godeau, supreme arch of the
supreme grove of the United States,
and California representatives In dec
Grated carriages.
A beautiful float.
Flag bearers.
band of 20 pieces.
Elvin chapter No 3.
An elaborate float depicting charac-
ters of ancient Druidism..
One hundred Druids in long crimson
robes and hoods
One hundred bards in long blue robes
one hundred ovates in long green
robes and hoods.
Officers of the grand circle of Cali
fornia in decorated carriages.
Two hundred members in long white
robes and hoods.
Golden Gate circles float represent
ing an ancient .Druidic stonehing.
Past Noble Grand Arch C. d. Dorm
has been selected >as marshal of this
division, and he will be assisted by
past Noble Grand Arch G. III. Bertram
of Modesto and Deputy Grand Arch
G. O. Dunbar of Santa Rosa as his aids
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21
Naval Men Given
Auto Trip In City

The full extent of the work of re-
habilitating San Francisco was illus
trated to the officers of the American
and foreign warships yesterday morn
ing when they were taken around the
city in automobiles as the guests Of
the Portola committee.
1t was purely a sight seeing trip.
At the conclusion one and all were
enthusiastic over what had been ac-
complished in the last three years,
declaring that the published accounts
fell far short of existing conditions.
Every officer in every battleship In
the harbor, with the exception of a
few whose duties made it necessary
for them to stay on board their ves-
sells, was in the party. The tour was
under the management of James Rolph
Jr. The automobiles. so in number,
were provided by various garages and
individual owners, and formed in Mis-
sion street.
With Admiral Phelps of the United
States navy, Captain E. S. Fitzherbert
of II. M. s. Bedford. Captain H. S.
Schroeder of the German cruiser Ar
coma and Captain Giovannia CASANOVA
of the Italian cruiser Calabria in his
machine. Rolph led the way. Every
part of the city was visited. The
procession filed up Market street. shot
through the Mission districts aud then,
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21

confided to their care by San Francic-
cos fathers and mothers who stood in
front to share the glory that reached
out from radiant faces. In front, be-
low the banked up children and lift
ing dizzily was a tiny stand where Miss
Carpenter gathered all the different
threads. The instrumental music was
under the direction of Dexter M.
Wright secretary of the Park band,
and the very spirit of punctuality
seemed to have obsessed him. At half
past nine there was a little hiatus,
little rustic of expectancy and then
pleasant impromptu feature of the af-
fair took place. In gaily. decorated
autos the dignitaries and notables from
all the world swept up the street.
Starting from pier No. ? at o'clock
the way had led through streets bloom
ing and frightened with red and yell
low until the grandstand fianked the
way and then there was a pause. The
time for commencing was not yet at
hand but all the world was gathered
there and as it paused the children
lifted up their voices and lifted forth
the Stars and Stripes; it made every
body cheer and cheer and cheer.
FOREIGN OFFICERS SALUTE
Brave German officers saluted Italy,
Netherlands, Great Britain and Japan
paid homage to the flag. The grand
stand was a mass of waving color and
the unison was perfect, the tempo ac-
curate, the ensemble one that those who
viewed will not forget. And then, TO
weave the heart of San Francisco into
perfect harmony, the fresh young
voices lifted up, lifted above the sky
scrapers, lifted above the drone and
hum of all the gathered crowds and
paeaned forth with the sextett from
Lucia di Lammermoor," San Francis
cos song and San Franeisco's children
singing 1t aroused a storm, hand clap
ping, cheers, waved handkerchiefs and
hats.
When the parade has passed ang
gone, the formal program was at once
entered upon. For weeks and weeks
Miss Estelle Carpenter, superintendent
of singing of San Franciscos public
schools, had planned and drilled the
children that were gathered there, drill
ed them in groups of thousand at
time. herculean task for woman.
With her was Mrs. Mary McGlade,
her assistant, and helping them. the
teachers of each and every school had
done their part Grouped in the grand
stand were Joseph O'Connor, president
of the board, with Mr.. Hayden and Mrs.
Kincaid and Mr.. Bannerman. Repre-
senting Portola and thoroughly in
sympathy was Chairman Mccarthy of
the music committee. The day was
perfect, the crowd was gathered and
the formal program was at once begun.
LEADS YOUNG VOICES
Lifted above the musicians, Miss
Carpenter reached out and grasped the
children and raised them into song.
First Keller's American hymn. Then,
in order followed, MY Fatherland," the
"Sextet from Lucia again, California
and two Spanish songs, "Piu Signor''
and La Culpa." by the pupils of the
Adams and Columbia schools
Then Portola and Vergilia appeared.
Down through cheering street they
rode and halted before the stand and
looked up at the smiling faces that
told of citizens TO be. The colors of
Portola broke forth in flag and hand
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21
Great Crowd Awed
By Nominations

The glittering downtown streets
garlanded with lines of incandescents,
the brilliant bell of many colors at Third
and Market streets and the canopy OF
light at the ferry tower received their
lust due of praise last night for the
first time. Tuesday evening the crowds
were too merry in confetti battles and
carnival riot TO examine the illumi-
nations closely. They did not care TO
do that 1t was enough for them that
the lights were there; joy and merry
making held sway over their minds
Last night, however, though the fun
was fast and hearty. there--was gen
eral disposition to take in the night
sights the Portola committee had pro-
vided, and all the illuminations received
their need of praise. Crowds packed
the streets from the ferry building to
the end OF the lights at Van Ness ave-
nue. in Market street the thoroughfare
OF the retail business districts, China
town, Kearny and Third streets, admir-
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21
Impressive Scene Union Square When 5000 Little Ones Sing
Allegiance Carnival Rulers

little Spanish songs swung to and fro
and then a cheer burst forth, a cheer
for Portola, for Vergilia, for the chill
dren, for San Francisco, cheer that
lifted skyward from happy childrens
hearts.
After the Spanish songs came 'San
Francisco" with its group of cheers
songs March, March, March," Mar
cissus;" Sword and Gum" Angel Eyes
on the Watch "Rock-a-Bye Baby"
Grandpa, Grandpa" and MIR. Duck
and Mr.. Turkey"
The formal finale of the program
was the Pilgrims chorus and as this
began the king and queen, Portola
and Vergilia, rode slowly up. the street
and vanished in the crowd
HUMAN FLAG WAVES
Perched on her little stand Miss
Carpenter still held her children in
thrall. The chorus had fulfilled all
that the CITY had promised it's guests
and the drill had been a perfect motion
picture. The human flag, the stars
and stripes that waved and waved as If
some gentle breeze had crept in from
the Golden gate had pictured San
Francisco's schools and San Franciscos s
children and the great ensemble Pic
lures of the worlds fair at Chicago
and the st. Louis exposition when
children sang in chorus had faded
into mere nothingness compared to
what the children of the citys public
schools had done.
The strain of carrying a chorus of
more than five thousand children's
voices on into triumphant success has
been work of many weeks. The
work devolving upon Miss Carpenter
has been strain and but for the
teachers. whom she especially thanks,
there could have been no such complete
and perfect lift OF song and weave of
colors as marked the day Perched
on her tiny stand, tiny herself, she
seemed some fairy queen reaching
forth and gathering elves and sprites
from all the air and massing them into
a piled-up picture that was all happy
childish heart and graceful motion
and high, far reaching song.
The stars and stripes waved forth
at Union square yesterday, the flag
that is above us, and all that it stands
for, all the present pride and future
hopefulness that mark America. was
housed and centered in the happy
hearts and smiling childish faces that
made it with their flags and pennants
of red, white and blue.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21

The feature Of Portola's program
yesterday was the massed singing of
the school children in Union square.
Five thousand six hundred youngsters.
drilled perfectly and ranged in rows
that raised high before the gathered
crowds. made noteworthy spectacle,
and when their childish voices lifted in
unison the elimination of weeks OF
srduous work was reached.
The time set for beginning was 10
O'Clock. but long before that hour
brightly clad bevies of boys and girls
began to gather. 1t was their day. the
Gay when all the pageantry and pomp.
the gilt and glitter, The blare of band
and trumpets centered around youth.
Promptly the different school groups
were assigned 10 their allotted places
and al half past the grandstand was
z flower garden Of budding boys and
girls.
FLAUNT SCHOOL BANNERS
To those who viewed the spectacle
from Union square the enormity of the
undertaking was quite apparent.
Around the grandstand. grouped be-
meath shields<red, white and blue that
bore the names of each school group
the children sat. The Bernal school
came first and in the order named, the
Burnett grammar school. the Bryant
Cosmopolitan primary school, the
Buena Vista primary school. the Colum-
biz, grammar school, the Crocker gram
mer school, the Denman grammar
school. the Douglass primary school,
the Dudley Stone primary school, the
Golden Gate primary school, the Adams
Cosmopolitan grammer school, the
Richmond grammar school, the Glen
Park grammar school. the Yerba Buena
primary school. the Washington gram
mar school. the Laguna Honda pri-
mary school. the Garfield primary
school, the Fremont grammar school,
the Franklin grammar school, the
Paramount grammar school, the Emer-
son primary school. the Edison pri-
mary school, the Everett grammar
school, the Irving NJ. Scott grammar
school. the Haight primary school. the
Hamilton grammar school, the Hancock
grammer school, the Hearst grammar
school. the Henry Durant primary
school, the Horace Mann evening school,
the Hawthorne primary school, the Noe
Valley primary school. the Oriental
public school, the Monroe grammar
Scnool. the Mouidel primary Scnool, the
Lafayette primary school, the Lincoln
evening school the Jean Parker gram
mar school, the Jackson primary
school. the James Lick grammar
school, the John SWEET \grammar
school, the Oceanside primary school
the Madison primary school, the Spring
Valley grammar school. the Sutro
grammar school, the Mckinley primary
school. the washington grammar
school. the West End primary school
the starr King primary school. the
Sherman primary school, the sunny
side primsry school and the Sheridan
primary school.
TEACHERS IN ATTENDANCE
with each school group were the
teachers, retiring, modest but thor
oughly in harmony with the children
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21

pany commanders TO detail a number
of men, rs altogether. in citizens
clothes. to patrol Market street each
night until the close of the festival,
with instructions TO arrest every hood
Ium seen using a paint brush or feather
duster. or in fact anything else TO the
annoyance of women either on foot or
in automobiles. and the police judges
will be asked to make an example of
them.
Will Receive Veterans
Seven Pines circle No. 3. Ladies OF
the Grand Army Of the Republic. as
sisted by Mckinley and George H.
Thomas circles of San Francisco, Gen
eral w. w. Blackman circle of Berke-
lev and John B. Wyman circle OF Oak
land. will keep open house at 677 Nc
AlHster street Friday and Saturday to
receive comrades Of the Grand Army
of the Republic and members OF their
families and extend them a cordial
welcome
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21
Miss Estelle Carpenter Leading
the 5000 children in their singing


to the fact that your pessimistic words
pass unheeded during this gay week
Scan the heavens until your sight is
dazzled, pore over volumes filed with
tracing and figures and tables, Judge
of mercury tubes and mechanical con-
trivances for representation until your
brain turns to confetti-yet all this in
no wise affects the fact that this is
Portola week, and that all San Fran
cisco is merry Dyspeptic conjectures
concerning clouds can not unseat Don
Gaspar. and wildly flung forecasts of
rain and wind will not take from Queen
Vergilia her divine right to rule
Clouds, wind, high and low pressure
areas we have always. Portola comes
but once a year. Then strike up the
brass band and draw the glittering
floats through the bedecked streets, and
let prophets prophesy until their
throats are sorei Here comes Don Gas
par!
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21
Nirth Challenges
Gloomy Forecast

Weather Forecast for Today-Unset-
tied weather; showers; moderate south
winds.
Again that prophet of evil Prof.
Alexander McAdie, has croaked dis
NAL note of weather warning from his
gloomy Headquarters on the roof of
the Merchants Exchange building
And again some 100000 people crowded
the streets last night, caring not at ALL
and prepared to disport themselves to-
day in hundred varieties of joyous
ways.
Really, professor, you should awaken
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21
Insulting HoodlunS
Face Terms In Jail

Many women called at police head
quarters yesterday and complained to
Chief Cook that they had been an
noyed and insulted by hoodlums the
previous might in Market street by
thrusting paint brushes and feather
busters filed with powder in their
faces.
Most of them had been riding in
automobiles. and the hoadlums seemed
TO take particular delight in annoying
them.
The chief issued an order to COM
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21

turning. went through the western ad-
dition to the Pfesidio.
At the approach of the luncheon
hour members OF the several clubs-in
the city took charge of the guests
Some were taken to the Bohemian club,
others to the Family and still others
to the Press club. Captain Fitzherbert,
Captain Casanova and Captain Schroe-'
der were the guests of Rolph and had
luncheon at the Pacific Union club.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-21

ing the decorations and lighting effects.
A more appreciative thrOng, also,
listened to the great band concert in
Union square in the afternoon. when
so musicians under the direction of
Paul Steindorff played inspiring airs
for three hours
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-12
The President at the Inaugural Ball.

The dismal wrecking of the programme
for out door festivities in connection
with the inaugural seems to have had
the effect of enhancing by contrast the
brilliancy of the inaugural ball.
Allowance of course must be made for
eXuberance on the part of the reporters
who estimated the crowd in attendance
at 10000; but undoubtedly the attend
ance was immense and the scene was re-
splendent. The President with Mrs
Taft on his arm. followed by Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Sherman, led the grand
march, held an informal levee for the
reception of greetings from particular
friends, and spent the remainder of the
evening in the magniicently decorated
presidential stand watching the inspir-
ing spectacle ON the floor.
The President could have taken part
in the dancing had he felt so disposed.
Despite his generous avoirdupois he is
light upon mis- feet and an accomplished
disciple of Terpsichore In the Capital
City Club room at Atlanta. in January
last, he astoniShed and delighted the
Georgia bellies by waltzing till ? o'clock
in the morning Indeed. the story runs
that he became so much interested in
the glittering whirl that he ordered the
holding of the train on which he was
scheduled to depart for Augusta, in or
-
anxious to dance with a President-elect
and to indulge his own prediction for
the fascinationg recreation. Perhaps it
was the dignity of office that constrained
him to watch the proceedings at the in
augural ball instead of participating
with the young people on the floor
President Washington, it is true used
to dance at Presidential receptions, but
the popular step in his time was that
of the stately minuet, not the lively
waltz.
1t is pleasant to think that in spite
of the disappointment caused by the
blizzard there was a bright side to the
Inauguration CEREMONIES. To many peo-
pie comfortable feeling will come with
the reflection that there is now in the
White House a President whose 1ctivi
ties are likely to be restrained by pru-
dent judgment of the proprieti.s of his
position.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-12
A Warning Against Pragmahsm.

The Dial, than which there is Mt the
present time no juster representative of
literary taste among American reviews,
expresses the following opinion regard
ing an important problem in education:
We do not hesitate to say that a very
large part of the instruction In English
now given III our schools is a sheer waste
of time and energy. lt fails to create an
intelligent comprehension of literary art or
feeling for its beauty or emotional sig
nitcanCc. The facts Of literature-its his
tory and mcchauics--may he drilled into
the mind 10y ordinary methods OF teaching.
hut the spirit that gives them life is to be
transmitted by some suhtlcr process. not
capable of formulation by any sort of peda-
gogy. Better no instruction at an
than instruction of the systematic kind
which may accomplish admirable results in
science, Tut which Is worse than useless
In aesthetics and ethics.
This is Il vital truth tersely and III
eddy expressed, and worthy the atten-
ton of all who are for economy aud
against wastefulness in the domain of
education. There are teachers of ltera-
ture who could accomplish valuable re-
suits if they were not tied down by syS-
tem-lf they were free to study the indi-
vldual bent of their pupils and 10 direct
for each the course best suited to his
temperament and taste. But uufortuu-
ately teachers belonging in this category
are hampered 10y hard and fast curricu-
lums, and also unfortunately, there are
many teachers of literature who do not
deserve the name-who are incapable Of
discriminating between its husk and its
soul Thus It is that in high schools. in
academies, and even higher up, instruc-
ton in literature is largely futility.
which consumes time and fosters pedan-
Try but does nothing Tor culture. Any
young man or young woman who can
read ana who has access to books VIII
find out great deal about literature
without any formal assistance. There
is danger of pragmAtism. Frying to
tench literature pragmatically, like try
ing 10 teach patriotism pragmatically. is
probably unwise.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-12
A Distinguished Englishwoman on Suf-
frape

The old saying that there is no sex
in intellect received Il notable dcmonStra-
ton ut the AthenAeum Wednesday even
ing while Miss Ethel Arnold lectured on
Woman Suffrage"
Her theme was without the element OF
novelty, but So fresh. SO clear SO broad
and 50 fair was her treatment Of il that
what she said proved destructive as well
as entertaining. She began with a sur
vey Of the situation in continental Flu
rope. and then in somewhat more detail
described the situation in England, con
Guiding with Il summing up of the ques-
ton its merits from her point of view.
In its freedom from emotional or sentl-
mental bias and its logical deduction
from premises her address might have
been that Of man.
Miss Arnold evidently thinks for her
self. She is not in accord with her SIS
ter Mrs. Humphrey Ward. who is prom
nent among the opponents of the pres
ent agitation in England Neither does
she defend the tactics Of the extremists
who are assailing Parliament with noise.
The su(fragettes, she says, have been
misrepresented. their extravag ances have
been exaggerated, but she believes they
made a mistake in not ceasing their
campaign for notoriety when Premier
AsQuith gave them assurance that sui
fragc should have Il fair chance at the
present session of Parliament.
She believes that the ballot for woman
will come because il ought 10 come. as
matter Of simple justice. She believes
that It will not bring all the results thar
are expected from it by its friends or by
its foes; but that in its outcome il viii
be morally and materially uplifting to
woman and beneficial 10 the community
sg n whole
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-03-12
Inventions by British Women.

Consul Frank w. Mahin quotes from
Nottingham newspaper the fact that
inventions by British women are broad
ening very much in their scope, and are
now including many articles with which
one wonlH suppose women would not
be intimately acquainted. About 600
patents are now grained to British
women annually. Formerly these pat
ents were confined to the dainty order
of things, but they now cover the broad
er sphere of mechanism. Some of tine
more effective recent improvements in
sewing machines, automobiles. and even
marine engines and motors have been
patented by British women. Patents
for inventions relating to flying ma
chimes have been applied for by British
women, and they have also directed in
ventive attention to railroad ears and to
wireless telegraphy