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t m THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. mdnpat. April *. iyrr. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN (AND NEWS) JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L. SEELY, President. Published Every Afternoon, t Except Sunday) By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY. At 25 West Alabama St.. Atlanta. Oa. Subscription Rates: on#* Y#tr Sd.SJJ Thrw Month* l-$5 By Carrier, Per WeHt W Telephone* ronnertlnf all depart ment*. distance Terminal*. Smith A Thompson, adrertlslna rep- r#*(tentative* for nil territory outside of Georgia. ✓ f'blraco office Tribune Build n* New York office Potter Building It promptly remedied. Tf BeJi 4927 main. Atlanta 4401. It I* desirable that all communica tion* Intended for publication In THE GEORGIAN AND NEWS be limited to OUR PLATFORM: The Georgian and New* stand* for Atlanta** owning It* own ga* and electric light plant*, aa It now own* Its water work*. Other elite* do this and get gna aa low a* 60 cent*, with a profit to the city. Thl* should be done at once. The Georgian and Newa bellerea that If atreet rail way* can be operated auccaaafully by European cltlea, aa they are, there la no good reason why they eta not be ao operated here. But we do .not believe thl* can be done now, and It may be pome ye*r* before we are ready for *o big an undertaking. Still Atlanta The Baptist Revival and Revi valist. It Is altogether a remarkable revival of religion which Is going on In the Baptist churches of Atlanta at the present time, and In many ways a remarkable evangelist who la at the head of It Twenty-two Baptist churches of this city and suburbs arc holding double dally revival services In as many bouses of worship, and the whole great enginery of this great denomination is being concentrated effectively upon the evangel of the Master. The evangelist who Is the center of these great meetings Is not less a no table man. Rev. Henry M. Wharton, D. D., was bom In Culpeper county, Virginia. He is a farmer's son, the youngest of eight children. At fifteen he entered the Confederate army. At sixteen he- surrendered with General Lae at Appo mattox. He was educated at Roanoke College, the University of Virginia, and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He practiced law five year* and was pastor In Virginia and Baltimore, Md. He organized and built the largest Protestant church In Baltimore, known as the Brantly Memorial. He hat de voted recent year* to evangelistic work and held successful meetings In this country and In Europe. He la the author of "Pulpit, Pen and Platform," "Travels In Palestine,' "Volumes of Sermons," "The War Songs and Poems of the Confederacy,' “D. L. Moody, Hit Work and Work ers," and recently a novel, "White Blood.” As a lecturer bis subjects are “On Horseback In the Holy Land," "The Up* and Downs of Life," "The Man In the Moon." "The Confederate Soldier” and "Rambles in Europe." Dr. Wharton Is fundamentally a Vir ginia gentleman, genial, gracious, cor, ■Hal and loving. He preaches the old- faahloned gospel In all Its sweetness, solemnity and power and the good works which have followed him are his crown and reward. Vote the Water Bonds. As this la the laat day before the ballot for the water bonds. The Geor gian once more expresses the hope that thia bond Issue will be voted by the people. We believe that It la necessary at this time, and that with the modifica tion of bonds aa amended from the original proposition by the city coun cil, that It I* a timely and proper thing that good citizens should rally to the polls and vote for the measure. We are not much In sympathy with the rather radical reasona which are being urged for this. The doleful prognostics of a water famine, and of muddy water In the mains does not seem to be either necessary or proba ble. Prom what we hear there Is now more water la the Chattahoochee than Is usual at this season of the year, and more In fact, than the necessities of the city require. While we unquestionably need other mains and other Improvements to make the system entirely adequate both for protection and for water, we cannot with the best of our common sense understand any immediate pot- tlble contingency which ought to af flict this city with the admission of .muddy water through the pipes, and ino are sure that nothing less thin "an absolute and demonstrable necessi ty should permit such a catastrophe to occur. The pipes are clearer now than they have been In a number of years and the city water Is at Its best. It would take weeks. If not months, to get It entirely clear of a muddy stream that ran In those pipes for even a sin* gle week, and the demonstration would have to be crystal clear to satisfy the people of any necessity for this misfor tune. Meanwhile In a fair, clear summary of the entire situation, we express the belief that it Is the prudent and proper thing for good citlzeiis to go out to the polls and vote the present hisue of bonds. THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK. While we are congratulating ourselves so keenly upon the factions In the Republican party, we Democrats would do well not to lose sight of the dlvlsloni In our own. It le just as well to pull the' beam out of our own eye before we begin to tug loo fiercely at the mote that la In our brother's eye. At this particular period of our party's life, It la just as well to take some stock of ourselves to see where we are, and what we can find it possible to do. It Is difficult to estimate just where the Democratic party stands since It came out of the shadow of the unparalleled defeat of 1904. How much nearer are we together now than wo were then? Is It any more possible now for Bryan and Cleveland to lie down In peace together or for Heerat end Belmont to embrace each other? Are the white wings of the Democratic camps of ultra-conservatism and of definite policy coming eny nearer to each other now than in 1904? And If so, In what way does It seem evident, and If not, In what way can we bring about the realignment so much to be desired? More than once In the period following upon the Isst national elec tion we have expressed the view that the ultra-conservatives lu the Dem ocratic party belong by right and by conviction to the Republican fold and that they ought to go there. We urged this view with the greater freedom because we knew that If they did go, their places would Immedi ately be filled by thousands of honest Republicans whom the times have educated Into sympathy with Democratic principles, end It has long since become evident that these conflicting theories within our own party were destructive to the life and effectiveness of the organisation. There does not seem to be any Immediate haste on the part of the ultra-conservatives to get out and leave a clean definite party of the peo ple. In fact, there does not seem to be anything definite About the par ty In any way. We have some candidates mentioned for office and one great and beloved representative around whom the nomination for presi dent seems to cluster, but with this exception tho Democratic party is ap parently aa vague, as unorganized, as undefined and as Indefinite as It has ever been before. It seems to be a fact that party lines are lying lightly everywhere. Neither the Democratic nor the Republican parties Is much afflicted with partisanship In these years of struggle which arc also the years of grace. Party ties nre not hanging oppressively upon any Intelligent par ty or Individual shoulders In this country. Men nre looking marvelously as If they intended to vote an they pleased, and are not to be Intimidated by party names or fetiches of faction or by any shibboleths that have grown meaningless from frequent repeti tion. Never In our history have the people been as Intelligent and wide awake as they are today. What they want Is result! and not names. They are much more concerned over the„establlahment of certain reforms In our economic system and in the honest administration of the government than they are in the names and traditions and organization of either aide. They have borne meaningless platforms In their hearts' for a score of years. It may be a strong thing to say, but it Is all too much the fact that for years thousands of people In the South and In the North have through a mere slavish fear of disaligning themselves with their factions, kept up n political affiliation which did not express either their consciences or convictions. - They have been true to party—some of them because of hereditary affection—many of them because of timidity and the fear of breaking their alignment, and perhaps even more of them over the appre hension that some day they might need office and It would not do to gqt out of plumb. The whole trend of the age seems to point toward realignments of party and a reorganization of the great political divisions. The age Is not half as reverent as It Is practical, and at a time when tho people know ao clearly what they want and seem to find a way to reach It, they are not likely to lash themselves too hopelessly to any floating maats or spars which happen to be labeled with the name of either one party.or the other. These reflections wo commond most cordially to tho party to which we belong and* we cordially commend to It the opportunity which the present prospect holds of success and of permanent usefulness before that organization which without regard to prejudice or tradition will take hold of the strong deep Issues of the present time end answer them In the real Interest of the people’s welfare and the people's rights. BIRMINGHAM’S BRIGHT BANQUET. From tho accouuts which come to us It seems quite evident that our bright brethren of the Fourth Estate of Alabama have pulled off In Bir mingham one of the moat brilliant banquets ever held In the South. South of tho Oridlron Club. In Washington, it is doubtful If anything more bright, humorous, n^oro hearty In fellowship, suggestive In fun and more perfect In arrangement, has occurred In the South. We had such a banquet some years ago given by the authorities of Cox Colloge to the bonch, bar and press of Atlanta that holds the record la fun and frolic, and wit and wisdom In our part of the country. But that event was purely Impromptu, born of the hour and holding Its crudities, whllo the Birmingham banquet was carefully prepared, dili gently thought out and brilliantly executed. We congratulate our brethren gt Alabama's Magic City upon the rare success of their entertainment and we acknowledge with a freedom which Is all the more goneroua In vlow of Birmingham’s audacious ambitions, that our sister of the slsg plies does almost everything well and Is working out Its own great future with genius and energy of the highest order. When we finally succeed In locating the subtreasury In Atlanta. It will give us unusual pleasure to establish those closer relations with Bir mingham which this great national depository will permit Maclean has long since adopted for his own private motto the ambition of Rusktn, who wrote Mrs. Carlyle, "I have great hope of disturbing the public peace in various directions"—which means to try to arouse a healthy discontent (surely only another word for ambition) and to be constructive. Thq, success of Atlanta Journalists In metropolitan centers Is the best demonstration of the quality of the newspaper work done In the capital of Georgia. i \ , | The Georgia fraternity extends its felicitations to Stuart Maclean who, with Grantland Rice, brilliantly reflects credit upon Atlanta in one of the greatest newspaper syndicate* of the time. FOUR SOUTHERN BOOKS GOOD, BAD AND INDIFFERENT Reviewed By ARTHUR PENDENNIS, JR. “THE LAW AND THE LETTER. By Mary I’olk Winn and Margaret Han nls. (The Neale Publishing Co,) The plot of "Tne Law and the Let ter" Is based primarily upon the legal statute In Louisiana which prevents a white person from marrying another who may have even the slightest trace of negro blood In his or.her veins. The heroine, a beautiful young wom en. a semi-foundling. Is the cause of all the trouble and tbere Is lots of it. The time of the story and Its loca tion—the Battle of New Orleans, and life among the Creoles—would seem to offer ss satisfactory an opportunity for a delightful story as can be Imagined. But that la about as far as an honest review of "The Law and the Letter’ should be willing to go. Cecelia de Choiseul, the lovely foundling. Is left on shipboard by her mother. The old tea captain takes her to his home and adopts her. The sea captain haa a nephew-, who, of course, falls In love with Cecelia, and when she grows old enough really to know belter, these two young people have secret marriage. The sea captain finds It out, as he should, and by appearing before the proper authorities, nnd explaining his reasons, then unknown to Cecelia, has this marriage, which is at variance with the Louisiana lawn, set aside. Ce celia. as In all stories of this kind, is discovered to be a "long lost grand daughter" of a sorrowing old man who has more money than he wants to give to his real heirs. All of this 1b so sim ilar to the stock In trade, made-to- fcrder novels, that Just about this time tho reader concludes that, after all, Louisiana Is not a much better loca tion for a novel plot than Is an Arizona copper mine. But just hire think, of life In the old times In and about New Orleans! Think of those lovely French people, their lives and their romances, and of the great possibilities for a charming story! Even today there are several dear old French ladles who live on the French side of Canal street In New Orleans who glory In the fact that they can speak no word of Eng lish, have never crossed Canal street and are quite proud of their aloof ness and self-supposed superiority. There Is going to be written some day a great story In which those fine old French people will be made known to the world as they ought to be. But "The Law and the Letter" will not hur ry up this much-desired Interpretation and presentation of an alluring theme. Cecelia de Choiseul Is the grand daughter of a negro slave, but accord ing to the "Law and the Letter” she Is so beautiful and fair that only by a most minute examination of her finger nulls can the presence of negro blood In her veins be detected, if Cecelia and the nephew-hero were so very anx ious to marry each other the reader does not understand why they did not seek other cllmev, where the trace of Cecelia's negro blood would not have been microscopically -examined. A granddaughter of a negro In Atlanta would have more to fear than a mi croscope, should she desire to marry a white man—and the same conditions are thought to apply to New Orleans. There are so many evident faults In tho book that It is a painful task to recall them, but the greatest crime of all Is the author's appropriation or that Incomparable scene of Charles Dick ens' wonderful novel, "A Tsle of Two Cities,” wherein Sidney Carton makes Chnrlea Darnay change clothes with hlin; then chloroforms Darnty. thereby effecting an enforced escape from the guillotine for Darnay and self-sacrifice of Carton. When the authors take this treat scene bodtty with no excuse whatever from Dickens and place It In "The Law and the Letter,” It I* about time that a line should be drawn somewhere. And here It ts proposed to draw the aforesaid line, nnd to add that It la a great pity that the lovely old bayous and moss-covered cypress trees of "dear old Lutlanne" should be mud dled and fly-blown by “The Law and the Letter." Margaret Mason, the time Is well spent in reading "The Blrnnger." William Huntley Is a typical high-bred South ern gentleman and all of the other characters are genuine full-blooded Southern people. There haa been prettier pen picture written of Southern country home. Its owners, servants and life therein than Mr. cald well gives of Oak Hall. The reader enjoys with Eleanor her ktay at this lovely country place. Mr. Caldwell's descriptions of Sclplo, the butler, and Aunt Jane, the old family nurse, couldn’t be Improved upon. In show ing many phases of the period the au thor sends Eleanor to Columbia, where she sees a “Reconstruction" negro-car pet-bag-sraliaw-ag legislature In ses slon and all of thoss terrible times are described In a most realistic way. but with an attractiveness that "The Clansman" lacks. There le no brown taste In the reader's mouth after a pe ruaal of "The Stranger." whatever he may think about "The 'Clansman.' And the charm of "The Stranger” that we view the Injustice of Recon etructlon without any undue malice whatever. « The author give* a fair statement of the Ku-Klux Klan. not to Its detrl ment or to the wearlneta of the read tr. The whole novel Is so clean, bright nnd wholesome that this review at least will not attempt to give even an out line of the plot. But It le worthy of note that reader after perusing fif teen or twenty pages of the book, le not able to anticipate Just how It will end, or to know just what characters will marry the others; which Is such a relief In this day and generation of many books with weak plots. When an author can take a number of his characters and send them out on a camping trip and make an Interesting description of a three days' journey to the destination, wherein nothing happens beyond crossing a river ant buying provision*. It Is a great teat of hi* power*, to say the least, and Mr. Caldwell accomplishes this delightful ty, And as to the English and the style of Mr. Caldwell's composition, there has been nothing hotter written for many a day; how long a time It would be hardly fair to say. Mr. Caldwell shows so pointedly how Eleanor suffers from the ostracism of her own sex, In the few pages devoted to a dissertation on "woman’s Inhu manity to woman,” that ho covers the whole question, but uses no venomous pen. It le to be hoped that "The Stranger" will be read and re-read, for seldom does a long-suffering reading public have such a delightful gift presented to It. “ADRIENNE." ~By Mrs. Frank L. Hoy. (The Neale Publishing Com pany.) "Adrienne" Is another one of those before-the-CIvil-war and Immediately thereafter plot*. It will not tax the average Intellect to struggle through "Adrienne." Perhaps ithe only feeling the reader will have about the book will be a righteous anger against the book-seller who sold It to him. Noth ing will be lost, save time, by reading “AHHAnna " nallliae mill X.. THE PRESIDENT GARRIES THE FIGHT TO HARRIMAN. The president Is not waiting on Harrtman and his cohorts to begin the fight After hie usual dauntless fashion he Is carrying the battle to them. Having enlisted Governor Deneeu. of Illinois, as a lieutenant, he Is proceeding against Harrtman In the case of the Alton railroad to bring up the whole matter of the magnate's connection and his possible corruption In public affairs. It has been said with great force that God Almighty and the Ameri can people love a fighter and hate a quitter, and Roosevelt is as much the one as he Is not the other. He Is the kind of man whose leadership Is set to stormy times and great emergencies. And the way he has squared himself for the battle that seems to have been offered by the corporate force* of the hour baa made him not only the champion, but the firm friend of the people In the greet arena of economic liberty. If we know the iteople of the South, and we think we do. we are pret ty well prepared to say that without regard to party they are with the president heart and soul In the bsttle that Is on. STUART MACLEAN MAKES GOOD. It is not one out of a hundred of the bright young men who win their spurs in Atlanta journalism who fall to make good In the greater cities. New York la full of the graduates of the Atlanta reportorial force who are holding and adorning high stations In the great newspapers of the metropolis. And here comes Stuart Maclean, one of the brightest and most individ ual of the Atlanta camp who has gone to the front with a bound In Cleve land. He has just been appointed the editorial writer for the 8crippa- McRae papers and the Newspaper Enterprise Association, Including The Cleveland Press. The St. Louis Star-Chronicle, The Cincinnati Post, The Clover I-ear papers (which use this service). The Toledo Times and News-Bee, The Columbus Citizen and a number of others, making his dally reading public considerably over half a million. It la a promotion that gives him and his friends a great deal of personal satisfaction, and Is, of course, a work In which he cannot help taking the deepest Interest Brevity has to be the watchword of the Scrtpps-McRae writing, and Stuart “THE STRANGER)" By J. F. J. Caldwell. (The Neale Publishing Co.) How like an oasis In the desert does one reach 'The Stranger," by Mr. J. F. J. Caldwell, after a weary plodding over the dry sands and the pages of the majority of the books of today. From the number of book reviews In the current magaslnes and newspapers, the reader might unjustly Imagine that the crltlo Is plensed to review harshly and that he la delighted at the oppor tunity to cut and slash. But It I* well to remember that the reviewer la com pelled to read both the good and the bad; that It le a genuine delight to find a worthy production. Especially doe* this apply to a Southern book re view, when the characters, Incidents and happening* deal with our Beloved •ection of the country. There have been a number of book* dealing with "Reconstruction," among them "Red Rock," by DE Thomas Nel son Page, and "The Clansman," by Thomas Dixon, but "The Stranger" Is a better, fairer pen picture of the "Re construction" period than any of Its literary predecessor*. At about the beginning of this charming novel. Mr. Caldwell takes his evident theme, 'I sigh for the land of the cypress and pine. Where the jessamine blooms and the gay woodbine. Where ih* moss droops low from the old oak tree: Oh, the sun bright land Is the land for me." and Mr. Caldwell lives up to his theme right through the novel. The story of "The Stranger" le of the experience* of Eleanor Field, a lovely young woman of Connecticut, who comes South six years after the Civil War to teach school. The girl's family I* clamorous In disapproval of thl* move, but the young woman goes to South Carolina to a email village of a few hundred Inhabitants, to begin her work, knowing full well the trials and troubles the will encounter, caused principally by social ostracism. Southern people can easily under stand what that young woman suf fered; every person whom she met as wllte as possible, but all keeping be- ilnd a resistless wall of ice. Th^arhold novel la permeated with the experiences of Eleanor Field, at the same time giving without malice pen pictures of the Incident* of Reconstruc. tlon,tlme. Eleanor Is comforted by one lone woman friend In the entire Adrienne,” neither will anything be gained. One might take up "Adrienne” with the same feeling and sure result as would be endured and gained by a card game of solitaire—when there Is nothing else to do—and one does not •mind being bored. "Adrienne" wanders all around and about both sides of the great conflict of *41-'45 and altogether hae a pretty good time. She—so ths book says—Is looking for her father, who knows thnt hi* daughter, an only child. Is practi cally alone, amid trying scenes. The father shows great control over his feelings and worries not one bit about "Adrienne"—the heartless man. But they finally get together nnd it makes everybody happy, or It should, as the reader knows the end Is near. There Is an English "lord” who fights on the Southern side, and who In the hero. He. of course, Is the' most charming of creatures, rich, and with a seat In the English house of lords, yet prefers the hardships of an alien camp life. Read ers of hooka la these and other days are struck with the fact that authors always represent their heroes as the finest products of the Divine hand, and everyone knows how lovely la everv heroine. But In It not wonderful that In nearly all novels that If the hero and heroine brought Into use the ordtnarv Intelligence of a fifteen-year-old child there would be no cause for at least half of these so-called love stories? The author of "Adrienne" gives about the longest alleged conversation with that taciturn man, General Grant, ever seen In print. Men, women and children of ’Sl-'SS may have fainted and had great floods of tears flow upon the slightest provo cation, but It Is hard to believe, In the face of what they had to endure and did overcome, that they were very dlf. ferent from the average people of this day, when there are no such swoons and no such tears as some booke tell ux there ueed to be. "Adrienne” will not hurt any read er'* morals, or change his or her opin ions, but It Is warranted to try the pa tience, beyond the acceptive point. “UNCLE TOM’S CABIN OF TO DAY." By Mrs. William Liddell Bruce. (The Neale Publishing Company.) Whether "Uncle Tom'* Cabin of To day" Is Intended as a reply to that no torious story of "Uncle Tom'* Cabin" of ante-bellum day*. It Is difficult to say. from a careful reading. As a general proposition. It would be a very difficult undertaking to cover In replies all of the unwarranted Interferences of Mrs. 8towe. If memory runneth not Incorrectly, the family and friends if Lord Byron treated the Insinuation* and statements of Mr*. Stowe os to the great poet'a married troubles with silent contempt, as they should have done. Their example Is worthy of em ulation. "Uncle Tom'a Cabin of Today" Is a novel dealing with a friendship begun upon the battlefield, when a Union surgeon saves the life of a Confederate soldier. After the war the son of the Union officer, broken In health at 34 years of age, goes on a visit to the family of the Southern gentleman. In the "Black Belt" of Alabama. The story hlngea upon the new experiences of the young Northern man. upon hi* first visit to the South. Before It le stated by the author, the reader knows that this weary, world-worn youth of 34. who ha* made a great name for village. U only to meet and know hlmeelf at the Chicago bar. Is bound Time Is Money Especially Is this true with the business man. We can reduce the time you spend Iq going to bank to a minimum. Being located right In the heart of the city, accessible to all car lines and with adequate facilities for handling every branch of bank ing, we enable you to transact your business with such dispatch as you may desire. We invite you to call and Inspect our commodious banking-room, and to give ua a part of your business. MADDOX-RUCKER BANKING CO. to fall In love and marry the daughter of the Southern friend of his father. That is the way all such machine made stories run, and ao this one Is worked out without uny great strain upon the Intellect, although the reader has a right to feel a little harshly about being so Imposed upon. There la not much of a plot, which la Just as well. There Is soms real good negro dialect, that at times vaguely reminds the reader, and very vaguely at that, of dear "Uncle Remus." One of the old negro characters. Uncle Ebe, ■tame out very well, and his faith cure le very much on the line of the teachings of the cults of like tenden cies. The hero from the North Is almost murdered by his Southern rival, and, of course. Is nursed back to health and happiness by the lovely Southern girl, assisted by faithful Uncle Tom. reader who has Imbibed much of this class of novels, can tell without any further help from this review what happened, or will happen, with the romantic uniting of "Tne Blue and the Gray." There Is an old saying, namely, thnt there are only eeven original Jokes in the world, but It does seem that there ts only one plot to be employed when authors want to. unite the North and the South in the holy bonds of matri mony or otherwise. There remains one saving means of grace, however; no body but the poor, patient reviewer Is expected to read them all, for which profoundest thanks are due. JUDGE HILLYER ADVOCATES THE B0ND8. To the Editor of The Georgian; I think It is due to the public, for me to say that while I have differed most earnestly with that policy of the city council which every year takes the large Income of the water depart ment and applies It to the support of the other departments, follow ed by de manding a bond Issue, and have‘felt so earnestly on the subject as that I have been tempted to vote against the bonds In emphatic protect against such a policy, and have said so. But as the time comes for action, and I re alise the danger. I have concluded to vote for the bonds, and would advise others to do the same. Yes, I will vote for the bonds this time. But we won’t do It In like case any more. As Judge Kontx said to me the other day, when discussing this subject, "The danger Is really urgent and pressing,” and no matter how It was brought about, It Is our first duty to take care of the city. The danger is indeed urgent and pressing. The- supply main from the river to the reservoir must be dupll cated; there must be a duplicate set tling basin: a duplicate clear water basin, and the filter plant must be en larged. These things should be done, and Indeed must be done Immediately. The new reservoir should also be press ed rapidly to completion. The city Is :>erilously near the precipice. There- : ore, as above Indicated, I think the voters had best waive all other consld. eratlons nr objections, and vote for the bonds this time. I shall do so myself at the election tomorrow. Respectfully, Atlanta, April 8, 1907. GEO. HILLYER. Army-Navy Orders —and— MOVEMENT OF VE88ELS, DOES THE HAT MAKE THE MAN? By REV. ALBERT E. GEORGE. (Copyright, 1906, by Amerlean-Jour- nal-Examlner.) Does a plug hat create a special Im pression? Does It give an ordinary man an extraordinary Individuality?l£KjV^otril^Tt^iSni A few clergymen In Boston the other day mode the test. They were Invited public reception. Two wore the plug hat, two wore the derby. Those who donned the plug had everything give way to them. A par ticular respect met them everywhere. On the street, they felt It. When they arrived at their destination, a certain amount of deference was shown them. The derbyltes took In the situa tion at every glance. They were always In the background. They saw It, and iven at the thresh old of the reception little things Indi cated they were only number two. There was evidently something about the plug hat conquered everything. In the corridor* of the hotel It was In evidence. Bell boys sprung from the exclusive corner as If the catch would be R profitable one. Clerks put on their best behavior, and the whole at mosphere was surcharged with attrac tion. When the derbyltes came along, there was perfunctory service. There was nif Intention to this, but It was notice able, and Instinctively every one felt the Influence of the plug and the tame ness of the derby. An exchange between these Individ uals was agreed upon at the latest re ception. The derbyltes wore the plug and pased their headgear to the other two. They soon began to enjoy distinction. They were no longer playing the sec ond fiddle. They marked the advance over the conventional derby. Their experience tallied with the marked respect they had- before noticed ac corded their other companions. What’s In a hat? Wei!, now, there Is a great deal In a hat. The stove pipe le a great vanquisher, and a great deal better than Ua name. A man can rot be thoroughly dressed till he gets a plug. In the British par liament It cuts an important figure, so Important that members arc nervous till they own two, or perhaps three.- Wherever you go, this type of hat knocks all the objectionable features out of the man who wears It. You respect the hat only before you think about the wearer. It Is truly wonderful what on Influence follows It, Army Order*. Washington. April S.—Boards of medical officers have been appointed te meet April 29 at various military petis to conduct preliminary examinations .,f applicants for appointment In the med- leal department of the army. The following transfers are mads at the request of the officers concerned; Captain John McCllatock from the Fifth to the First cavalry; Captain Edward A. (Bruges from the First to the Fifth cavalry: leave of absence for fifteen days granted to Captain Ernest D, Scott, artillery corps. Captain John L. Barbour, retired, re. crultlng office, Parkersburg, W. Va, will proceed to Marietta. Ohio, for ths purpose of procuring evidence nsces. sary to complete the trial of an enlist ed man. Captain Spencer Cosby, corps of en gineers, will report to Colonel Stlckney, corps of engineers. New York, to ds- termlne his fitness for promotion. First Lieutenant John K. Cowan, Fourth Infantry, le detailed for general recruiting service and will proceed to Columbus barracks, Ohio. The reslg. nation of First Lieutenant Fred Bury, Twenty-third Infantry, has been ac- cepted. The following changes on the stations and duties of officers of the Inspector general's department are ordered: Major Zerah W. Torriy, Inspector general, Is relieved from duty as as sistant to the Inspector general. Pacific division, and will ptoceed to sail from San Francisco to Manila. Major Chat, G. Morton. Inspector general, le re- lleved from duty In the Philippines di vision. The retirement from, active service by the president Friday of Col. onel Harry R. Anderson, artillery corps, he being over 42 years of age, la an nounced. Leave of absence for one month on account of sickness Is granted Captain Edward P. Rockhlll. assistant surgeon. Naval Orders. t Commander W. B. Caperton detached duty as inspector In charge Fifteenth light district, St. Louis, April IS. to command Denver. April 20, 1907. Com. mander J. C. Colwell detached com mand Denver, April 20, to home and await orders. Lieutenant Commander Hughes detached duty command Poto. mac and resume duties on Washington. Lieutenant Commander H. George to the navy yard. New York, April .'o, duty equipment department of thnt yard. Lieutenant J. 'B. Gay. to duty la , charge of the navy recruiting atatlon, Minneapolis, April 15. Lieutenant I. C. Wettenget detached duty In charge af the navy recruiting station, Minneapolis, April 15, to Min nesota. Surgeon C. D. Langhorne de tached duty United States Naval Medi cal School hospital, Washington, to the navy yard, Washington. Passed As sistant Surgeon R. E. Riggs, detached duty naval station. Port Royal, S. C„ to Texas. Assistant Surgeon R. G. Helner de tached duty navy yard. Washington. April 15, to duty In attendance on ths course of Instructions at the United States Naval Medical School, Wash ington. Assistant Paymaster F. H. Atkinson detached duty bureau of supplies and accounts, navy department, Washing ton, to the navy yard, League Island. Pa., for duty In connection with the fitting out of Kansas and duty on board that vessel aa assistant to pay officer when commissioned. Boatswain J. Eb- statlon, San Francisco. Movements of Vessels. ARRIVED—April 4, Stringham. at Port Royll; April 6. Choctaw, at New. port Newa; Rocket, at Washington; Milwaukee, at San Francisco. BAILED—April 5. Annapolis, from Marc Island for Honolulu, Midway and Tutllla; Columbia ordered out of com mission at navy yard. league Island. Marine Hospital Ssrvles. Changes of stations and duties of commissioned and non-commissioned officers of the public health and ma rine fiiospital service: G. M. Guiteras, surgeon, relieved from duty at Cairo, III., and directed to pro ceed to Mobile. Ala., and assume com mand of the service at that port, re lieving Passed Assistant Surgeon Ed ward Francis. R. H. Von Ezdorf, passed assistant surgeon, assumed command of New Or. leans quarantine atatlon April 1. Edward Francis, "passed assistant surgeon, relieved from duty at marine hospital. Mobile, Ala., and directed to assume command of the quarantine service at that port. Hugh DeValln, assistant surgeon, re lieved from duty at Reedy Island quar antine station and-directed to go to New Orleans, report to the medical officer In command for duty and as signment to quarantine. A hoard of medical officer* was con vened to meet at Wilmington. N. C., April 4 for physical examination of an officer of the revenue cutter service. Detail: Passed Assistant Surgeon C. H. Lavlnder, chairman. SOUTHERN VISITORS AT NATIONAL CAPITAL. Washington, April 4.—At the hotels: ALABAMA—John M. Huger, of Montgomery, and W. E. Bleeo, of Bir mingham, at the Raleigh: J. D. Pea cock and wife, of Birmingham, at the St. James; W. B. Douglass, of Bir mingham, at the New Willard. NORTH CAROLINA—J. L. Davis and wife, of Rockingham, at the R»- lelgh. TENNESSEE—M. E. Temple and wife, of Chattanooga: C. B. Allen and Dr. Walter Miller, Johnson City, at the Raleigh: Mark J. O'Brien and wife, of Chattanooga, at the Netv Willard. TEXAS—Elizabeth M. Campbell, of Goliad, and U D. Lane, of Hillsboro, at the Raleigh.