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Merit Harked Them for Its Award!
Pianos entered in the Musical Instruments contests at the Georgia State Fair at Macon by LUDDEN & BATES
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE won above all competitors.
OUR GUESSING CONTEST IS IN FULL SWING,
rr closes on January i, however,
So buy your Plano or Organ NOW and make your guess.
It may mean that you will get your instrument absolutely for
nothing. Last May we sold 228 Pianos and Organs. If you
guess nearest the number we will have sold during 1904 the
instrument you buy becomes yours
Free of All Cost.
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which to record your guess*
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A Tour of Old England
A Savannah Lady's Impressions of London and
the Londoners.
Lodon, Oct. *4, 1904. —The overflow
of London’s population has formed
many suburban towns, some of them
having several hundred thousand In
habitants. They have, besides the par
ish church, many others of divers de
nominations, postofllces, schools, libra
ries, business colleges, theaters, asy
lums, fine dry goods stores, groceries,
numerous dairies, baker and meat
shops make up a town that rivals the
city (London), from whose turmoil
many escape to the more quiet towns
find a home. ,
v i he three last shops remind one of
colony of ants preparing for the
winter—so busy are they. The white
aproned boys are continually carry
ing in their hand or on bicycle carts
some of their wares to someone. One
gets the impression that English peo
ple do nothing but eat and drink. Food
the cheapest thing they have; per
haps might be added a few dry goods,
hats and laoes. Rent, furniture and
chma are high.
America has Invaded some of Eng
land’s markets, and the articles can be
purchased hare cheaper than in Amer
-la. The baby “go-cart” is here, so
also the American automobile. The lat
icr are allowed to go at an unlimited
speed. How people escape with their
'vea is a wonder. At a crossing, with
>io more space than we have at the in
t rsection of Bull and Broughton
s i eets, there will be ten trams (street
cars), eight omnibuses, a dozen carts,
■ ibs Innumerable, bicycles, hundreds
'f pedestrians, all going in different
reetions; yet with the help of a po
liceman, and a "refuge,” a curbing In
I be center of the street, where you
' an stop in safety, one can cross with
out a broken limb. To slip off a bi
cycle is fatal. This is the way an
English paper puts It: "Yesterday a
bicyclist and a motor car collided. Mr.
Smith, who lived at 100 N. road, is
dead,” Now an American reporter
would have made at least a half col
umn out of that.
The English are by nature very con
servative land indifferent to others;
y* t when you are acquainted, they Are
the most kindly, hospitable people in
the world.
London Is ugly. There Is no way
getting around that fact.
Ihe interior of Its famous museum,
abbey an <j ohurch is "grand and pe
culiar,” but. no amount of orn’amenta
,in can hide their dirty, gloomy ex
terior, When one views the million of
emmney pots, and knows how much
' 1 Is mixed with their soot, it
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is not surprising that it is so. That,
and the fogs which make it necessary
to light the gas at noonday, make a
light colored exterior almost impossible.
Then one wants a battering ram to use
on the high brick walls like those of a
convent, that shut in the beautiful
flower gardens.
Perhaps on a moonlight night,
when Luna casts her soft radiance
over the scene, it might be called pic
turesque. Especially is this so stand
ing on Westminster bridge hatching
the crowd, and the boats, the high
building in deep shadows, and listening
to the soft splash of the Thames.
Nothing of its kind can be more
diverting than a ride on the top of
an old fashion omnibus, through Lon
don streets. More so, if you can sit
next the driver, and have him tell you
quaint Jokes, and 'also point out to you
the smallest church in the world and
other points of interest. Though the
Strand j.nd Fleet streets, passing the
palace of Cardinal Wolsey, a narrow
three storied brick building, and a
similar building, with a projecting
casement from which the concealed
Lady Jane Grey looked. Through Ox
ford, a famous business street, to Pic
cadilly and CWaring Cross, where Nel
son's monument stands. Either at
night or day, there is a ceaseless surge
of humanity. London never sleeps.
The Englishman complains that the
that used to find its way to
LoiWon is dying out. But there are
still flashes of wit, or sarcasm, that
often passes for wit, as the following
will attest;
A diminutive specimen of a boy—
a baby in trousers —accosted a tall
gentleman thus:
"Say, mister, ’ave a shine?”
"No.”
"Buy some matches?"
"No; I don’t smoke.”
“Huh! Didn't yer mother let yer?”
Another, when given a penny for
polishing the shoes, and not being sat
isfied with this customary price, ask
ed:
"Sure, an’ kin yer afford hit?”
Nearly ail the literary landmarks
are fast disappearing to make room
for modern progress. Dickens’ "Old
Curiosity Shop” was pulled down a
few months ago. Carlyle's home has
been effaced.
The marriage question has Invaded
England (Americans settled that long
ago), and much discussion has en
sued.
George Meredith, the eccentric Eng
lish poet, who is little known In the
United States, suggests that there be
a marriage lease for ten years, a sep
aration, and the state take charge of
the children. This Is as halting an
tVAVATOAH MORNBW; SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1904.
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| idea as is his poetic food. That one.
who can write such exquisite thoughts
on love, should advise such cruel
treatment to women is at least sur
prising.
If this should meet a feminine eye
I would like to whisper that three
cornered toques, made entirely of
feathers, any kind and color preferred,
are displayed on Regent street, and
that the most fashionable color in
blue Is very dark, but bright, to be
compared only to the color of the Gulf
stream.
Nine out of ten London women have
no taste in dress, but the other tenth
make up for them in richness of ma
terial and style.
When one uses the words, "Our gra
cious Queen,” they do not always mean
what they say. But it can be truth
fully said of Queen Elexandra. In the
royal carriage drawn by four white
horses, on her way to open some char
itable Institution, she bows graciously
to the crowd eager to get a glimpse of
her beautiful face. Seated beside her
is the Princess, and the little Princes,
the elder of whom perhaps one day
will be King, have Just passed within
the gates of Buckingham palace.
A drive t *pugh the county of Sur
rey (London in both Surrey and
Middlesex) will bring you to Epsom
Downs, famous for its horse racing.
You go over well-kept roads, through
shaded lanes, by quaint brick cottages,
nestling at the side of a hill.
• Where there are no convent-like
walls one sees beautiful gardens. On
the sides of church and home the ivy
and Virginia creeper have changed
their green foliage for the warm tints
of October, and festoon the walls in
red, reddish pink and yellow.
Pretty tea rooms are numerous,
where one can refresh themselves with
a cup of tea and a scone, while the
team is being looked after in the old
fashioned court yard. The latticed
window is filled with flowering plants,
and everything looks “Just like what
you read about in an English novel.”
Perhaps if you are very fortunate
and are there before 3 o’clock in the
afternoon, you may witness the fol
lowing:
A bridal party is just entering a
quaint little church. The parents en
ter first, then a bevy of pretty girls,
relatives of the bride and then the
happy couple. Of Him history says lit
tle. We all know that he Is necessary
to such an event—well, he does not
wear a white dress, and his clothes
cannot be described to any advantage,
so we shall only speak of the bride
and the church. The ceremony was
performed by the vicar of the pariah
whose congregation on Sundays, apart
£ r<^„ the lord of the nrnnor and some
half-dozen other gentry of lesser de
gree, amounts to about forty agricul
tural laborers, who keep the Sabbath
as a day of rest In Its literal sense,
for they sleep through the greater part
of the service.
The bride was daintily gowned In
crepe de chene en train, with Tyrolese
chiffon hat. She and her bridesmaids
carried beautiful bouquets. The
bride's father gave her away, while
her brother acted as best man, and an
other of her brothers presided at the
organ, rendering with fine effect, as
soon as the ceremony was concluded,
Mendlessohn's Wedding March, this
being accompanied by the ceaseless
song of the multitude of birds which
make their home in the Ivy-clad church
tower. Seated among the family in
the front oew. was a silvery-haired
patriarch, who looked with pride at the
happiness of his grandchildren, and no
doubt said to himself, ’’God bless
them."
The happy couple were smothered in
confetti on ("suing from the church,
and again after the breakfast, where
the usual toasts were made. Then
they prepared for their journey to
Creus, where the honeymoon Is to be
•pent. They cleverly eluded the com-
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pany awaiting them at the station for
thetr arrival, by driving to another
station some miles farther; no doubt
laughing over the disappointment of
the many possessors of confetti who
had hope to deluge them.
This is finished like a novel with ai
happy wedding and reluctantly we turn
our faces toward London, our last view
of the country made beautiful by a
silvery crescent-moon resting amidst
rosy clouds. Surrey.
-T - T
—The following story is told of the
late Leo XIII; A number of English
women obtained an audience. When
the Pope came into the room, every
one knelt down except an extremely
tall woman of pronounced Protestant
proclivities. The Pontiff turned to his
secretary and said: “It is only too true
that my power is diminishing. There
Is anew statue in the Vatican, and no
one has told me.”
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WAR CORRESPONDENTS FLOCKING
HOME FROM MANCHURIA
Their Regard for Hay’s Diplomacy and Their
Predictions for End of War.
New York, Nov. 6. —The war cor
respondents are trooping back. Three
of them—Millard, Frederick Palmer
and O. K. Davis—have returned with
in a week. They are a unit In bound
less admiration of the Japanese as a
soldier, and say that nothing that Was
been told about him can convey mors
than a bare idea of what a wonder
he is.
Coming from Palmer, who has been
a frank lover of the Japanese ever
since the march to Pekin, these senti
ments are not so surprising. But Mil
lard went to the war with the con
viction that there was nobody like
the Russ. He maintained that the
Russians were right throughout, that
they ought to keep what they had in
Asia, and that, thanks to their won
derful military strength and ability,
they would succeed. He has returned
with the conviction that the Russian
has only one redeeming quality, which
Is bravery—sheer, unreasoning unfal
tering bravery. He says that the Rus
sians are stupid, from officers to men;
tWat they are devoid of knowledge of
most things pertaining to modern
war; and he thinks that before the
end of next year the Japanese will
have the Russian army locked up In
Harbin.
Palmer goes farther than this, and
declares that by the end of the year
the Japs will have taken not only Port
Arthur and Vladivostok, but Harbin
as well, and that the Russ will be
driven out of Eastern Asia. Davis also
believes firmly that the end of next
year will see a great and decisive
SONS OF MILLIONAIRES
FIGHT SHY OF POLITICS
Very Few of Them Are Found in the Political
Arena.
Npw York, Nov. s.—There are few
things that call for more comment
from visiting foreigners than the very
general abstention from open political
activity by the rich young men of the
country.
Here In New York this Is more no
ticeable, perhaps, than In most cities.
No Vanderbilt, no Gould, no Morgan,
no Aator, since the days when Wil
liam Waldorf Astor, the expatriate,
went to Congress, has ever asked for
the votes of bis fellow citizens or
Identified himself prominently with any
political organization. The activity of
the Belmonts in politics has been the
most noteworthy exception to ths gen
eral rule.
Even the Whitneys—Harry Payne
and Payne, sons of the late William
C. Whitney—and the sons of Richard
Groker, have kept out, and they, es
pecially, might have been expected
to take up politics because of the
political prominence of their father*.
The action of Clarence Mackay, son
of the late John W. Mackay, therefore,
In putting bis shoulder to the cam
paign wtoeel, as he did last wsek out
EXACT AWARDS IN THE PIANO CONTEST.
There was a close contest over the musical instruments,
entered at the State Fair, for the premiums offered by the as
sociation. The judges showed extreme care and patience.
The official record, duly signed and attested, is as follows:
No. 273—Best Parlor Grand Piano, Ludden & Bates,
on Chickering.
No. 277—Best Upright Piano, Ludden & Bates, on
Mathushek.
No. 278—Best Reed Organ, Irvine’s Georgia Music House.
No. 279—Best Pipe Organ, Cable Company.
No. 280—Best Display Organs and Melodeons, Cable
Company.
No. 281—Best Display Pianos (not less than ten), Irvine’s
Georgia Music House.
MARGARET GAFFNEY, Chairman Committee Judges,
Approved: W. D. HANCOCK, Supt. Dept. “G.”
Japanese triumph in all directions. He
says that he rode for almost three
hundred miles behind an army of 70,-
000 Japanese, and that In the whole
i time he did not see a single straggler
: —something positively unimaginable
| to men who have followed other mod
ern armies on lond-dlstance marches.
Besides these correspondents and
George Lynch of the London Tele
graph, mentioned in this correspond
ence last week, a number of foreign
correspondents have Just sailed for
the Old World, after a brief sojourn
here on their homeward way.
When they left Manchuria every
one of these men Imagined the fight
ing to be over for the season. They
all saw the battle of Liao Yang, and
they all thought both armies too ex
hausted to do anything worth while
before the early Siberian winter
should set in. It is violating no confi
dence to say that some of thorn were
pretty sore at missing the terrific
fighting which has since taken place.
Practically all the British corre
spondents agree with the views above
quoted, and they all agree that, should
the outcome be as expected, the
\ United States will be stronger in the
Far East than any Occidental nation.
“This," says one of them, “may all
be attributed to the splendid diplo
macy of your Mr. John Hay, Secre
tary of State. He has called the bluff
of the Russians over and over again
as the diplomats of no other country
have dared to do, and as a nation you
may thank most heartily whoever It
: was that persuaded Mr. Hay to retain
| his diplomatic post when he wished
I to give It up, soon after the unfortu
nate accident that ended the life of hls
*on.” Duane.
on Long Island, has caused some talk.
Clarence Mackay is a pretty good
sort of chap, in spite of the two score
millions and more which, aa the suc
cessor to bis father, he control* in
telegraph, mining and other enter
prises.
He was the younger of the elder
Mackay's two eons; the elder, John
W , Jr., was killed by being thrown
from a horse in France some years
ago. Throughout the boyhood ana
young manhood of the Mackay boys
it wa* John W., Jr., of oourse, who
expected to succeed hls father in the
management of the family properties,
and It was he, naturally, who was
trained with that dreumstanse espec
ially In view.
When the elder Mackay died there
many who wondered whether Clar
ence would be able to take up the
headship of the properties successful
ly. Among the officials of the Postal
i Telegraph Company there was marked
] indication of a desire to put off the
days of hls active management, aa
I Icng aa possible. They all liked the
i youngster, but they were far from
sure that he would rise to the sltua-
I tlon, and, as it appears, they rather
hoped he would be content to do the
■pending of tbe money and not take a
hand in the making of It.
Thin, however, wan exactly what
Clarence Mackay did not propose to
do. He was willing to wait a little
while, but not too long, and when he
took up the reins of power he took
them up In earnest. To-day his per
sonal force and hla good sense are be
coming steadily more and more ap
parent. He has already won a place
among the younger multi-millionaires
of New York that is quite as credita
ble In Its way as that of George Gould,
who, as his father's son, succeeded
to the headship of the Western Union
Telegraph Company and the numer
ous Gould railroad properties.
Clarence Mackay Is quite the an
tithesis of his father In everything—
looks, manner, temperament, method.
His nose is short. inclined to be tlp
tllted and thick, while his father's was
long, straight and Inclined to be sharp.
The younger man's brow is round,
the elder's was square: the son's eye#
are prominent, the father's were deep
set. John W. Mackay was one of the
most picturesque men that ever dug
gold on the Pacific slope: Clarence Is
anything but picturesque.
Clarence Mackay's wife was Kath
erine Duerr, a young woman of blood
ed ancestry, as ancestry goes In
America, and blessed with as great
possessions as her husband Is In the
way of wealth. Her tendencies are far
stronger toward the picturesque than
her husband’s, as witness the remark
able entertainment she gave "for
charity’s sake” not long ago. when
their fine place on Long Island was
thrown open to the rabble at half a
dollar a head. The entertainment pro
vided for the guests cost $6,000 or
$7,000 to get up, the goelps say, while
the receipts ran a little below the cost.
It is too early as yet, to predict
whether or not Clarence Mackay will
continue in ths political path along
which he has Just taken a few tenta
tive steps, but from all accounts he
has done many things that have made
him personally almost popular enough
■with his Long Island neighbors al
ready to warrant his calling upon
them for their votes without danger
of defeat. Duane.
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