The age-herald., 1900-05-14
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE


 to business"
 Expect troubles at every step; in thy business and domestic affairs thou wilt be much harassed those in employ will lose it, or get into trouble
 "A child born on this day will be very unlueky in employ, and find it difficult to obtain and hold situations.
 This is good day for fishing"
 The presence in the street yesterday of one of the Birmingham companies of the national guard was noticeable evidence of the fact that there is developing here gem eration of men physically very superior. The manlylooking young fellows are not only 1.-the, sinewy and well-shaped, but have bright, alert, keen and generally hand some faces. Though scarcely what would be called full-sized in other climates, nota- bly, in the middle west, and in the British isles and in Germany, they are straight and muscular, stout-legged and shapely. Some of these facts are a trife surprising in view of the probability that most of the younger men in question have been ad- dicted to the bicycle habit as they have grown up. The national guardsmen may be accepted as types of thousands of young WHO JuSI now coming or age III this city and district. Proof of this may be found constantly in public places. And what is true of the boys and younger men is relatively observable concerning the girls and younger women. Any thoughtful ob- server will find much to interest him in the amazing number of pretty and bright maid- ems he sees constantly. They look clever. well-mannered, smart" and, above all, are wonderfully tidy and of praseworthy bear ing. Their complexions are perfect All this would suggest that distinct types of men and women are being developed here; what may be called Birmingham types. And there is promise that these will be without superiors, generally speaking, in this any country They will be developments of many types from many districts and many lands subjected to the ennobling influence of an admirable climate, and to certain local conditions not to be dwelt upon in a brief paragraph. In the Birmingham of the future there will be no physical giants and no fat persons native here.
 "It is not seemly, and possibly it is unlaw- ful to discuss the merits of cause pend- ing in a court; but whether it be either seemly or lawful I have no wish to express an opinion concerning the great murder trial now in progress in the Jefferson county criminal court-don't know that I have an opinion-but there is no harm in saying that great cases not unfrequently bring about that laws delay regarding which there is such universal complaint" said citizen of intelligence. Such cases take up a great deal of the time of the courts, and must of necessity delay the trial of numerous other cases some of which may be of almost equal importance to the public, and certainly of equal m- portance to individuals. It is an easy mat ter to ascertain from the records just how many. cases are held back on account of the murder trial now proceeding; but mo- body is at fault. More than reasonable length of the courts time Is daily devoted to the trial Everybody connected with it is hard-worked, overworked, in fact and this is particularly true of the judge and the jury. The chief cause of the laws de- lay is that we haven't enough courts. Our local courts are engaged all the time; but court can't do the. work of two or three, any more than hard-pressed labor CT can perform the tasks of two or three laborers who would be equally hardwork- 
 ferson county would not only prevent de- lay in the law, but would mean an actual and important saving of money in the one particular of jurors fees. The courts have too much to do; judges. in many instances, are overworked. The remedy is in the hands of the state legislature. The courts can't help themselves"
 This week promises to be the joliest week Birmingham has experienced. For the first time we are to have "street fair," and 1t is to be on very large and attractive scale. There is every reason to believe that the town will be crowded with visitors, and there can be no reasonable doubt that everybody i'll have a good time. There is probably not one person in ten in this dis trict who knows what a great street fair is like Briefly, street fair is Hke--a street fair. All the fun, all the iolliness, all the attractiveness could not be easily described even by street fair expert. So everybody is advised to see and be con- vinced. Birmingham begins this morning to keep open house, so to speak-wiie open house-and, lawsy massy, the good times. The Hon. Walter Melville Drennen, the ad- mirable and popular mayor, is absent, and the keys of the city are III the nanuS oL 'Iie Hon. Basil Manly Allen, the lord high chief of all the Elks. After he unlocks the town this morning he will throw the keys in the river, and there you are! Birmingham is the best of all possible towns In which to have good time and this is to be Birming- hams jolliest time. Many of the street decorations last night were very praise- VI orthy. This was particularly true of the Alabama club decorations, a. Second ave- nue and Nineteenth street.
 Mir Charles Ham, the proprietor of large shoe store here and similar estab- lishment in Montgomery, is in Birmingham, the guest of MT. Mcleod, his local man. ager. MT. Ham formerly resided in Mont gomery, and subsequently, dwelt for time in Birmingham; but his home is now in Boston, where he has also shoe business He has beautiful summer residence on