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THE ATLANTA GEOKHLAX oATl H L>A \ , DKt. EMIViK 5>, MIRANDY ON THlTVOICE THAT'IS STILLED BY DOROTHY DI X= DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER IS ACCORDED DISTINCTION IHHIIHMIMIHIIMHMHHHIUMI f VND BAKES," exclaimed Mi- . randy, I don’t know what we ' all Is a-comln’ to, but hit' looks lak to me dat ef folks don't stop In ventin’ things dere won’t be no peace, an* res’ In dls world nor de next. “Now, dere’s dat talkin’ machine what dey calls de funny graph, an’ what looks lak a cross betwixt u tin horn an’ a work box. Hit was skeery enough, de Lawd knows to see hit give a kind of hump to hltsaelf, an’ den bus* out Ringin', or preach In’. or spoutin' tin pan music dat put yo’ teeth, on aidge, but ef anybody saw fltten to afflict deirselfs warn’t nobody could kinder pass . deni what performs'on de plunoln. I married man dat felt "Dey brought delr troubles down on i de conversation of his back of his neck, an’ his hair a-rlsln* on his scalp as he listens to de voice of his departed Murlar a-tryln’ to boss him from de cemetery. *Ylt he won’t*da’r not to turn, on <te machine, for he can't look dat funny- graph In de eye a-knowln* dat hi: Is loaded to de g.vards wld las' words dat hit is bust In' to turn loose. . , . . . , , , •• •!>«!•« >«»• HfP Mill l.ioUx tui; would Beenr kind of quiet an’ lonesome uai s so, spurn* nee. nit mows laic | u . lflrtII# nniMU f V , ft w m nn' to dey was tryln to take away all de de ole familiar tones dat rips a man up de back lak a buz* saw when he comes home ’bout three o’clock in de mawnin’, dat I lay dat I’ll fetch hit one swipe wld de ax, an’ smash hit Into smithereens. ‘“Cose I specks dut Jest at fust dat de funnygraph mought be a. comfort de bereaved widower, case de house HUSBAND GONE FOUR YEARS WIFE IS REFUSED DIVORCE fort from de mourners.' " 'I call hit sweet.’ says Ma’y .fane, what la a gal an’ Is got romantic no- wldout nobody to quarrel wld. an’ to ax him whar he stopped on Ills way home, an* what lie did wld dat twoblts slip let him have out of his pay envel ope, an* to remind him dat everything ’ anybody saw fltten to lions, -tnlnk of do rapture of herfrln’ Sff'.ii-iT- tTwJit b«d forhiTVtum! to wld one of 'em. hit once luo' de voice dat I, .tilled;' ISJ hoilihVwbl chew' r cl»e» business. an' you " 'Humph/ '.claim* !l;e wld a moanin' I $ eiovS* d ?i*e slta km a^de Le f ot WM 'em. by lak you doe. Blame at.rle. I ain't never ylt seed no I LIStV. im? beer when she sniffs hit. ftnt after he gits over de habit of house, still you didn’t ha\ to pity ’em. "But dat was beeaxe you hadn’t prog nosticated de true Inwardncs . of dat contraptshun, for lilt ain’t nothin’ mo’ nor less dan a hant. , "Yassutn, hits de conjur. an’ no mis take. an’ dere ain’t no wav to git away from hit alive or dead. I always was suspicious of hit, an* now I knows, an’ ef Ike was to bring one of deni tilings home wld him, hit would lie me for de tall timber. Yassum,-you would see one fat ole nigger woman brenkln* de record at skedaddlin’. "What makes me say what I does Is dls—las’ night Ma’y Jane was a-leadin’ In de paper to me ’bout dat woman out In Colorado whats puttin' in de time whilst she’s dyln* a slow an* lingerin' death, by talkin' , in a funnygraph so dat when she’s dead an’ gone all her husband Is got to do Is des to turn on de machine, an* shet his eves, an* dere she'll' be a-handln* him back talk out of de grave, so to speak. " 'My Gord,’ says I, when I hears dat, 'dat po’ man sho* has got my sympa thy, an' what his suffering* Is gwlne to be Is somethin' dnt I trembles to ■ause, dat la done wo to a fraxzle ; g- amet t 0 hear de funnyKraph start UP a-telllii' deni of delr faults Is Itlsberi , v jj de remarks dat do dear departed rnever. * i was accustomed to uutklii’ ’bout dem "I hates to criticise a lady, but ef! what flung away delr money In games you axes my opinion of dat Colorado : of chance, an’ got too fumlllous wld de woman, r*e bound to say dat she's | demon rum, an’ socl&ted wjd dem low- takln* a mighty unfair advantage of down folks lak de company what was her husband. • present. "'.Maybe.' ray* I. 'hi.', seclt a ,,o' " Xo - Mlrandy,” say* Ike, “don't you mery. shiftless. sort ..r a Creeter dnt 11"" no trouble to «0 talkln she couldn’t git through specify In’ her! 1,0 ^ K Into a funnygraph Vv opinion of him In one life tint*. "»«• bet »« e "> c “» c <le m? u . ld “ 'Or maybe he’s lak some folks ! proper to remove you fust t II try to dat I Could name ef I wanted to. dnt j wrastle alon* on what I kin remember would drap all of his money In crap *$,!** ' ‘ a foS? o„ d< l!Jo games, an' go trulpsln off after yultor (jji't.i? -~vfn,'Vm gats Wld straight front ligger* an' mar- j loin' -«Ki d shall waves, orpin' dat lilt gives him • J°L ? de shivers to think wlist Ids wife Is .".A'..„ un ,. ( ? a A. , *A 0 . r t*. J*..? 1 }?.'. awine In sac ef she belches him tillllg-dat ought to been **ld bout mV "• , "he Kelt her. nun. I faults un’ weaknesses dat you ain't said j’.°r what does de Good Hook sav | j dlsreinember* what hit could he. on dls pint: “De fear of Ills wife Is | “FurderraoV says he, "dat funny- graph busluess whar de dead keeps on a-talkln* tn you Is a Ilyin’ In de face of Providence. When de Lawd stills a voice, He wants lilt ta stay still be- cazc de one dat* had to endure hit has got enough of lilt.*’ "Amen,” 'spons I. "an* dal’s de rea son dat I’se tryln’ to say everything I got to say to you whilst I'se here, an’ you dam't shut me up.” nil de same I sticks to lilt c\at a worn- ! un says nil she’s entitled to say whilst she's alive, an* dat when she Is dead an’ gone her husband In entitled to some peace an' res’, i know dat when I’se a widower, an’ begins to sorter think 'bout, as he sets up of n evenin’ feel my freedom dm ef any tunny- wld de goose flesh combi' out on ncj graph gits to monkeyin' wld me In She Tells How Women ! DOROTHY PIX: ; SOUTH CAROLINA FOXHUNT IS REAL SOUTHERN SPORT; HISTORY OF THE RED FOX Fox hunters in the Southern states d.i not ride In white-top boots and cor duroys, yet the sport Is moro enthu- ► la tlcally pursued than In England, writes R. M. Chester from Columbia. S. r., to the Nashville Banner. They «rc hunters after a rude but thorough manner, and with horses doubly train ed In the deer and foie hunt, the South «rn fox hunter goes over hills, rough oaks, broken precipices, miry swamps and open fields with tfie greatest ease, wl.lle there can be no question but that the hounds they follow are the bm on earth. v From Maryland to Florida, and further west, through Tennessee, Ken tucky, Alabama, Mississippi und Lou- Mann, fox hunting contends with deer ' untlng as the favorite amusement. In kin. the chase of the fox may be propci ly regarded as a Southern sport, an! the inodes of hunting are much Mike In,all the Southern states. T-* it;> sound of the winding lurrn the neighbors collect at nn appointed place, • i> h accompanied by his favorite dogs. Tlifj send In their hounds to hunt "' i tin* selected ground, and wait the ' me Thickets on the edges of long "'hivuted plantations, brier patches, co rtfd fields covered with glass are ’ !<• places where Reynard Is most like ly t.i have his bed. The trail he has hk behind him during his nocturnal rambles being struck, the hounds are u'imaged by the voices of their I'ivci.N, and with great speed the trail followed through the crooked end • : ".tlou* ways the fox has taken In • - ***arch for quulls, meadow larks, bild mke and his bam yard prey. Wurly always, unless the tnill Is a '•■'T warm one. the dogH experience ei at difficulty in getting on the direct ''all. the fox having doubted his course *" "ften. When the trail la warm the ■ "R* follow with great precision and ■marring certainty, and the struggle •Kruincu exciting. . Then the hunters b iii. after the crying pack of dogs 1!,! when the woods are open the Hint era keep up with the hounds, and ,h ; fo * I* frequently In sight, bi bis efforts to escape, Reynard, !l< 1 Me despairs of h(s heels, c »m- ~maneuvers to elude his they have been In the races.' Reynard starts off across the bluff and througn an old field, followed by the hounds In a solid group, running with the precision of machinery. The pack Is In full cry, and such music. The hounds and the hunters are almost .Insane with excite ment, and Reynnrd is sorely pressed. He passes out of the old field and makes a circuit of a near-by swamp. Here he succeeds In throwing the hounds off his trail and by the time they are fairly on it again he Is making good time n couple of miles away. Rut soon the hounds have unraveled the tangled skein which the fox made for them In the swamp and are going it full tilt in hi* pursuit. Reynard takes his way through a hundred-acre cotton field, where the fleecy staple Is ripen ing In perfection, and he and the hounds knock the cotton from the stalks until It covers the ground like snow. It Is now’ nearly sun-up and the early-rising planter, the owner of the plantation, sees more than a bale of cotton ruined by the fox. the hounds and the hunters. The planter Is un poet leal enough to make the atmos phere lurid with unprintable language. The fine old fellow enjoys a fox bunt, but this time it is too near home for him: the amusement is too costly. The hunters tarry not to hear the cu*s words, but on they go following the hounds, now apparently closing In rap idly on the fox, but in this the hunters are In error, for Reynard seems to get his second breath, und he curries them more than twenty miles through field* and over hills*. Poor Reynard's brush I* somewhat lowered, and at last, fa tigued and stiffened by exertion, his enemies seize him, and he dies brave ly. defiantly fighting and snapping with his teeth to the last. The fox flnallv killed, the dogs and horses are stand ing with mouths and nostrils wide open for breath: the horses’ sides are heav ing and their bodies covered with foam. The hunters, however, ar>» gayer than ever, all tnlklng together and relating some amusing or extraordinary event connected with the chase. The hjm>H for the early morning being over the hunters return to their homes, l»ut Hot before arranging for another chase Just us soon as the hounds are in condition. There have been some notably long runs of the red fox In this state. Hev- al years ago a red fox was chased ■••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• A ccording to Brother jasper, "the sun do move," but ns far as w’omen are concerned, It !s Impossible to say whether It moves backward or forward. The modern woman has a great many rights of which her grandmother never dreame l, but her grandmother had a lot of soft snaps that the woman of today has missed: and so, at the last, the question narrows itself down to a choice 1k*- tween roost beef and pie. It must make any up-to-date, stren uous typewriter lady's mouth water us she swings to a strap In the crowded "L” car with one hand and turns the* leave** of n book with the other, to vead of the dem dead days when gallant* struggled with each other for the pleas- ure of picking up a woman’s handker chief when she dropped It. when there were rows of suitors sighing at each maiden’s feet, and when the sturdy masculine arm was nhvays outstretched to protect a woman from even being Jostled by the hardships of life. Being a woman; she thinks, must have been a cinch In those days, and then she looks at the long line of men lolling in their seats behind their even ing papers while the women stand, and she wonders how her grandmother did It. For this kind of woman—the woman who prefers to be comfortable to be ing helpful, and who yearns to trade oft’ All her rights for a few privileges— the novel* of ithe past contain three valuable tips. » Adam’s Burden. The first of these Is helplessness. The heroine of tho old-fashioned novel nev- by any chance knew how to do a single, blessed thing that iyaa of any practical use. Hhe touched the light guitar and em broidered dinky little things for her 1 tolre. It was then up to man to do the rest, and he did It. When Amelia’s father died bankrupt nobody expected that gentle and cling ing creature to hustle out und support the family by selling hooks or pros pecting for gold in the Klondike. When Clarissa’s husband went broke In the stock market nobody expected that tender floweret to turn In and help pull the domestic wagon out of the financial rut. and even In times of fam ily stress and troublo nobody looked for the poetic Angelina to do anything with her Illy* ivhltc hands except to w’ling them In helpless anguish. The whole burden of existence was shunted on man’s shoulders and worn- an stood from under, and that Is where our grnndmainmas were wise. The curse of work was laid on Adam and not on Eve. and It was reserved for the modem woman to appropriate to herself a misfortune that was never Intended fop her, and for the accept ance of which she has never gotten any thanks from any man from Adam down. The old-fashioned heroines, then, teach the folly of butting Into trouble. They didn’t know’ how to work, and they didn’t have to work. We may th« same condition of affair* today. The woman who can support herself always line to do it. while tho one who Is utterly Incompetent finds some husky man who Is willing to stand be tween her mid the cruel world. The thrifty woman who knows how to fashion her own gown and pinch rind pare and economlso will alw*ays have the privilege of being her own costumer and of financiering a la Rus sell Sage, while the husband of the dainty darling who can’t set a stltcii and ha* to have luxuries will go about and get the money for her somehow. Furthermore, the husband of the first woman will not be grateful to her lovers that they wore next to their I for her helpfulness, while the husband hearts, and this exhausted her reper- of the second woman will love her for IHHIHHMI MMMHMMMMHMHMIHHMMIHHII ! her helplessness. Thi* Is not logical, but It Is fact. From which we learn that helplessness is woman's greatest graft. The next Interesting point to be noted in the old-fashioned novel Is that the heroine when confronted with any unpleasant situation always swooned. This made men careful about how they told her a disagreeable thing, so instead of coming and dumping all of his troubles down on a woman and exacting her to sympathize with him and help him hear it, ns the average man docs today, he locked his sor rows in his breast, all of which en abled the foxy ladles to escape all wor ries except their own. It is all very well, of course, to ask a modern girl who Is tuklng a course ff hospital lectures on "First Aid to the Injured" to bind up your wounds, but a man couldn’t be brute enough to expect a fragile maiden who would faint at the sight of a drop of blood to do such a service for him. Woman's Fault. No doubt It was also tremendously effective, and we can only surmise that tho ability of a fragile creature to swoon away at the psychological mo ment, and be caught tn the proper par ty's urms, had much to do with tho matrimonial boom that existed in those days. However, It Is Idle to discuss this phase of a subject, for fainting Is practically a lost art among women. The most Important thing to be learned from the old-fashioned novel, after all, though, Is the value of tears. The Amelias and Clarissa* and Ange linas could burst Into tears at a mo ment’s notice. They shed gallons and barrels and oceans of tears. And always and in variably they got what they wnted. It may be said that the Amelias und Clarissas and Angelinas did not rep resent the highest type of women, but they knew a lot about managing men. N. Y. SOUTHERN SOCIETY WHOOPS EM UP FOR DIXIE , IN ITS ANNUAL MEETING IMIHtMMIHHHHIHMIl IIMMMIMMHtllHIMHMMtMtHI ELLA WHEELER WILCOX She Warns Mr. Upton Sinclair Against the Danger of Caste Creeping Into His Socialistic- Colony. mbl. ■ ihr he plunges Into thlfket*. I from Kdgeflel.l county clear acres* the ■ ■ ■ ■— country Into Lauren* county, a distance of more than one hundred mile*: How long a fox—the red—will run. or tho exact speed ho will attain to, ore ques tion* not easily answered. It I* assert ed bv experienced hunter* that * park of superior hounds, led by n red fox, have run a mile In sixty seepnds, sur passing the best speed of a horse. The red fox I* supposed to have been Im ported front Englund to the eaetern shore of Maryland, anil to have emi grated across the lee to Virginia In the severe winter of ]77®-'S0, at which time the t'hesapeake was froxen over. In 17S1) the first red fox of which there Is record In the United States was killed In Pennsylvania. A few year* pre. vlous to this, one of the colonial gov ernor* of New York had Imported some red foxes from England, which were turned loose on 1-ong Island. T oat the red fox Is not a native of the soU I* shown from the fact that he Is only found In districts of country long set * on hi* track, runs Into water, - a fence top for a hundred or more, and then make* u des- hound to earth, no that he may his trail. Hut the bound* are mm. and the woods and field* r "Ith the soul-stirring music ‘ th- pack, whllo the fleet-footed and mg-winded deg* are encouraged with joy veils from the hunters. The fox « his ."natural smartness,” and tills against the combined te- ."urcts of the dog, the horse and men. m the contest he displays abilities hieh make It difficult to decide un- 1 'vilifiedly lhat he Is not entitled to an equal share of honors In what at llret jl iie.-.is a most unequal contest. Rc.y- isnf plays around as though he be- " ed nothing serious Is Intended and "eiises himself bv coursing hither and ' if her among the switch, cane und crossing and recrosslng his ' i ■ limbing from one sheltering " iff" tn another, apparently deter- ! i ' l nut to leave the comfortable •"roundings he had selected tor his 1 inalle the f„x realize* that thing- ■vetting too warm for hint, and he, me RIBW <■■■• u run for hi* life. After a half where ‘h'ckets. brter^atch'O He lia* worked Ids way I T IS Interesting tn read of the colony I ways follow in the wake of earthly ex. which Mr. Upton Sinclair lms I istenee. started on Socialistic principles. ■ Th# Danger Point. Vnythlng which can simplify the! The woman who takes her breakfast complicated machinery of modern life I In lied feels she Is on a little higher ■ plane of refinement than the woman who brings her breakfast to her. The man who sits before the fire and dreams of mental achievements feels, he Is of finer mold than the man who builds the fire before which he dreams. Oftentimes he Is. and again he Is not. and help to give people the opportunl ties of enjoying comfort and beauty without dispensing a fortune In the ef fort Is to be welcomed In this age. There is, however, a rock on which the colony I* liable to founder, unless it* meulbers are all developed to a high, broad understanding of life and .«| £&££ and wholly * emancipated from selfishness j literary and constructive ability, it and prejudice. | would be a crime for him to spend his 1 note In a recent account of this time In cutting wood, building fires, colonv that Mr. Sinclair emphaslies the cleaning floor* and milking cow*, it 'm-o-- • « : . |„ ! would lie frustrating God s plans, for fact that there are to be no servants in He flvef| lalentB to Jj*. the colony. The work, however. Is not BeaideH, It would also deprive other to be performed by dividing the task* ! men who are unfitted for mental work among the members, each perfermlng! of the means of a livelihood, undesirable duties In rotation. i . 11 proper that Mr. Sinclair Ihe colony: those who work for their living arc to be known a* workero. Now, human nature needs to he carcfullv educated to grasp new Ideal* to avoid the creeping of the serpent of caste Into this colony Irefore long. The ordinary Individual Is very lia ble to consider himself as a resident a little better than the -rorker who per forms the unpleasant duties Which al- iouthwa") driving before him the gray! Southern states the gray fox I* thought foT cnd ts never found In the pine bnr- I to be almost worthless for the chase; - ~n« ,?v the solitary wilderness, but 1n farther North the same species arc s iyis »»i in » of i}je country. I very game and afford most excellent /iisUsssll VwJkit- brier patch** nnd old ; *»i**i’t. Tfte r«*«f fox of (South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia In a *uperlor uni ^ r „ r . lv IC1 , , mal to hi* reproMMitatlv* In the Xorth- he mounts a high bluff, slope n T hc hist •>. country *ho»» »rn state*. He Is def*-!ic!cut upunflocal- « nt for fresh nlr, and select* h»* | in strength and sagacity j file* for til* development, und it:Jttnlns • .ores* tho country. He •'** ‘ i h *f 1 i52n' r ^•ttowln Utl* anlrSfh.r It* Highest mark In the Bnolliern stats.. "OS lu III Hi, bounds know that In different sretio.is. - It is quite proper that any other man or woman who Its* Intellectual pur. suits should do the same, and that those who know how lo perform the dqpiestlc tasks of the colony should be given this opportunity. Hut, 1 say again, that the utmost care should be exercised In the selec tion of the residents, or In a,very brief period of time the workers will feel there Is little difference between that word and the obi word servants. There Is not much In a word often times. It Is only how that word Is In terpreted. t The old fable i)f the "Hall of Man” and the curse winch God placed on him as b consequence, the Curse of Labor, lias done Immunity an almost Irrepar able injury. God never regarded hibor as a curse. How could lie’.* - - the greatest work, i of all! ■ ■ Let Labor boldly walk abroad, and take Its rank with Kings, I'or who has labored more than God, the Maker of all things! Quit* Human. ' But because that mythological :ule was taken seriously and preached from all the pulpits of the Christian world human beings have gone on fedlng work a disgrace and leisure a sign of emancipation from the ban of God. And the feelings of superiority of the emancipated class over the world's workers has awakened the hostile class hatred which exists wherever society Is found. To annihilate this feeling and prevent any exhibition of It by the change of the word "servant" to "worker" will be a difficult matter. It will be quite human to find the workers In the colony envying the real. To a fanfare of trumpets about 400 members of the New York Southern Society gathered In the grand ball room of Hotel' Astor the other night to "K-e-e-ylp! E-e-e-yow!" .over any thing and everything said and done lo Impress upon New York that each Southern state ■ Is positively the best In tile Union, say* The New York Sun. From 7 o'clock till midnight the ban quet half made a noise like a Demo cratic convention. On the little balconies overlooking the diners were draped the red, white and blue In profusion, and behind the flags were the wives and .daughters of ths Southerners In those and all the other colors of the rainbow. Looking down on the scene one saw little trans parencies on each state's table on which was lettered the'nlekname of the commonwealth. The Alabamans sat around the Yel low Hammers' legend and In various parts of the ball room glowed'other transparencies that showed the location’ of the El Dorados of Florida, the Pel icans of Louisiana, the Mossbacks of Mississippi, the Palmettos of South Carolina, the Moonshiners of Tennes see, and the F. F. V.'s, the Crackers, the Blue Grass, the Orioles, the Tar Heels, the Lone 8tars and the Arkan sans, who spurn a nickname.. President Marlon J. Verdery, who hus taken George Ade's advice and lms deserted Georgia for New York, pre sided. At the head of the menu was a little quotation from ' Collier that runs: "Plainly Ihe crying need of Ihe twen tieth century Is a means or choking Oir long speeches after dinner." The toastmaster referred to this quotation in Ills opening remarks, and as each speaker came out on the car pet he also mentioned It feelingly and regretted that each one hadn't at least five hour* to tell of the glories of his partlculra stale. CYlp-e-e-e-yow!). Alabama led off as usual and the five minute talk on the state was de livered by Dr. John A. Wyeth, whose wltjy remarks early got the rebel yell Into its true stride. "Alabama has been ftret In everything ever since It came into the Union," began Dr. Wyeth, with the native mod- eaty that characterised all the talks of the night. "Tell me of one encyclo pedia published that doesn't give Ala- I hama the first place on the first page. Why, In my ofllce l have a copy of an dents and to find the resident* feeling 1 !mlmrl’' ! that rl< 'Mtalna th tlie Ie ruimei ,l of that they are entitled to privileges no*. ' lh t ontnln* the names of accorded to'the workers. I hope my prophecy Is not to be ful filled. I hope this colony Is to be a great and shining example of tit* progress of the race tow urd u higher development. Heaven knows the human family needs such development. And the efifort of Mr. Sinclair Is a noble one. May It prove the'nucleus of a new society! But no new society can make all va rying degrees of human evolution as similate as one, nor enn it bring to gether under one roof, however exten sive, a largo congregation of human be. Ings who vrill live harmoniously until parenthood becomes a science and chil dren are taught the lesson of unselfish ness and brotherhood In the home. One must lie (list a good human be ing tieforc hclifg u good Socialist or reformer. tionary that contains the names of lJV.Ouu practicing physicians and sur geons, and the Alabama scientists are listed, of course, on the very first page. The nature! inference from this Is, of course, that these men ure also the best men In their profession in tlio coun try. I Yip: Yip: E-e-e-yow! from the Tellow Hammers.) "Every Mrst-elass newspaper publish ed the election returns of Alabama on ■lie first column of the first page—and always U shows, too, the necessary Democratic majority. (B-e-e-e-yow!J Now Virginia, you will find way down at the bottom of the column with states like—like—well. Utah. If you come down to the Southern states proper— and they're all proper—and travel over the railroad of the late Samuel Spen cer, whom We have with us tonight (I any the lat<> Samuel Bpencer merely because lie ride* on Ills * fall Into the gulf the whole Union would fall after It. "We had ihn first cupltal of tho Con federacy (Yip! Yip! etc.) In Alabama, and it would have stayed there If Mr. Davis didn't find' It necessary to move further north In 'order to see the F. F. V.'s— which'letters, as we all know,, stand for ‘I'nst I'lylug Virginian*.'"' (Laughter.) Dr. Wyeth then told feelingly of Ala- , bsma’s part In the reconstruction work after the war. "And since (lie wor.l where else will you find such materlatj progress'; The heavens above our stats! arc black with the smoke of her fur- j mires, u pillar of cloud by day and of! (Ire by night. Her plains nre one great: field of snowy cotton, so that no longer; can France claim the field of the cloth of gold." - ,.: ' After the dust had semed William T. I McCombs rose to respond to the toast: "Arkansas.” The sparse representation of Arkansas at the dinner, argued Mr. | McCombs, gave evidence that few of them cared tn follow George Ado's ad- ' vice about 'leaving the state. Like th* 1 other speakers, Mr. McCombs proved I conclusively that hut for Arkansas there would be no civilisation, no any thing. William. A. Barber spoke for South, Carolina and said that after hearing' the other siieakers ho was glad that j his own state was on the same contl-j nont with those that hnd been praised J earlier. He thanked heaven, especially! after listening to Ralph Holland's talk o:t North farollnn. that South Carolina ; was so close to Its sister. Judge Charles F. Moore, the last speaker of the evening, denied for the Old Dominion State that F. F. V. stands for "Fast Flying Virginians.:’ "Nor do the letters Insinuate that tv* at the Virginia table tonight confined ourselves to fntit, fish and vegetables. ' (Laughter.) They <lo not stand cither for four Hushing vagrants, nor for the fifty-seven famous varieties, nn.l I ss- , sure you with all sincerity that they ) aren't an abbreviation for the five fool- J Ish virgins. No. those letters mean that ] despite a windstorm that recently j wrecked our railways a few faithful 1 Virginians have arrived here tonight, j (K-e-e yip! E-e-e yow!) "Vitglnla is always at the bottom • of the column, as has been said. That's where she belongs. Where else should Virginia be when she Is the foundation and support of all the others?" (Ex plosions.) Throughout the evening there wsrs parades of different orchestras of vari-,i otts nationalities. Hungarian. Italian ' and others, who came to play a selec tion and departed to give way to an- ’ other band, all supplied through the kindness, said the toastmaster, of Wil liam Mutchenhelm, of the hotel. Hein rich Corn-led sent two singers. Miss Lucllr Lawrence and Miss Lucy Lee Call, and the gallant Southerners lose to give them the Southern yell all the time they were iu the Jta.II. Walter Damroach. who rat with the North Car- olluaos, supplied more musicians, and there were three negro songsters that won wild applause. ■Scattered throughout the ball at tlto various state tables were John G. c jr- llslc. Stuyvesccnt Flail. Dr. William M. Folk, Thomas Nelson Pag*. Dr. John A. Wyeth. Samuel Spcjicer, John C. Cal houn, the Hon. Augustus Van Wyc k Samuel if. Jatvls, Walter L. McCorkle, .......... Dr. Virgil P. Gtbney, Lindsay Russell, n railroad) John It. Abney, f!har!es you will find a great arch of Southern | Hamilton Holt, Stanley I). states of which Alabama la the key-! Kart R. Miner, Perc y A. Ph k .hi le. Now, If lhat keystone v.ere to Charles S. Bryan.