The age-herald., 1900-07-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

many annoyances in they domestic life; thy business will succeed; those in employ will beneit.'
 "A child born on this day will be head strong and restless, but very fortunate in employ"
 Just fifty years ago today there died Sir Robert Peel, the famous English states man. Last week his grandson, Sir Robert Peel IT., was in a London court held guilty of criminal libel. In England, unlike in this free and profoundly law-loving coun- try, it is still considered bad form to violate the law and be convicted for such action. But the present Peel is of but little conse- quence. The great Peel did more for Eng land than any other man of the century. In that he differed from his colleague Gladstone. Sir Robert Peel loved his peo pie; Gladstone loved himself. The present police system of Great Britain, the best in the world, was devised by Peel, and to this day policemen are called Boobies" or 'Peelers' s''-generally "Bobbies'-in remem- brance of the famous Sir Robert. Through out Great Britain and Ireland there are rural police, well as urban Likewise, every person in those islands has his or her mail delivered at his or her door.
 The western organization of women call ed the Stepdaughters of the Rebellion has not as yet established any branch in Ala bama; but Montgomery has to the square yard more Daughters of the Confectionery than you can shake a stick at. The fifth chapter of the Daughters was organ ized the other day, and it is believed they will call themselves Secession chapter" not because they favor the disruption of the republic, but because this "chapter" seeded from volume one, known as Sophie Bibb. The tenderly turbulent and turbulently tender, and always charm ing, descendants of the "rebels' objected to ruling of Sophie Bibbs" chair, a point of order raised, the flavor of the ice cream, the shape of the lady stewards bonnet or something of that sort, and they forthwith took up their knitting and made for Cassimus' cream corner, their dreamfu noses held high in indignation. Montgomery women have the prettiest noses on the prettiest faces in the whole world.) The horrid old volume one shouldn't boss them! They would have ices, and then organize themselves. "Secession!" Ho. how do you like that, venerable volume one? We call ourselves Secession because we seeded from you. Bah, Bring forth the hatpins! We will have at you regarding our beloved White House. It isn't a White House at all, but but butbutbutbutbut! Ha!'
 "They tell me oft of the beautiful that dwells in Daughters face; of the soul lit eye, the fairy form-the poetry of grace, But vain are loves fondest words to tell sweet Daughters of thee: Pure as heaven, beautiful as a poets dream could be-"
 The Montgomery newspapers refer to the presence in that city of .Colonel' Michael J. Bulger of Tallapoosa. They mean Gen. eral Bulger, the oldest veteran of the war between the states; and the error is pe- culiar, seeing that those newspapers are even worse than the Birmingham journals in the giving of bogus titles indiscrminate- ly. In Montgomery they call man Major if he drinks excessively or swears loudly. Most men who offend otherwise are called Colonel" An exclusive "specaF' from that town says it has leaked out that the recent census showed that out of the 5000 white men enumerated 931 of them ac- knowledge that they were each called "Colonel," though only of them ever fit as Colonel. Montgomery gives every railroad conductor and engineer and every policeman the title of "Cap'n." In the local National Guard Lieutenants are called "lewt." That is about like Birming- ham, Here in the valley we are great on titles, but we run chiefly to the judiciary. Every man who was ever a justice of the peace, all who now hold such position, and oil are given the noble title of Judge" There are here eighty-odd, more or less defeated aspirants for judicial office who are each invariably referred to as Judge" One local citizen, one of the most familiarity known men in the United States, is invar- iably called Judge" because many years ago he was obliged to sign himself ire quently as IN. P and ex-oficio J. F." An other citizen is called Major because he likes corn whiskey. Still another is called Colonel" because he dosen't own a coal mine. More remarkable still, we have numerous Mrs. Colonels," Mrs Gener- als' and Mrs. Rev. Dr's," and so on. But our tenderest attachments are to our Cunnels and Maiahs!
 The captain of the local company of National Guard at Geneva, Ala, U. S. A. is Baptist preacher and has charge of the Baptist church in that town His name is Cahall, and the Montgomery Journal. referring to the preacher-captain's visit to the adjutant-general, says:
 He speaks glowingly of the commercial prospects of Geneva. The town is thriving and growing in every way One railroad is already building to Geneva and already an active effort is being made to get the Central of Georgia to extend its line This line only runs nine miles from Geneva"
 Good preacher-captain! He represents an odd combination in the piping times of peace in the "Wiregrass'' country In battle there would be many hymn and Sunday school song cries he could use, such as Onward, Christian soldier!' and the like Then, he could be his own chaplain and as captain could rebuke the swearing that to i'm, ,ha, lo;r