The age-herald., 1900-11-20
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

1 A dOupbAul udg
 Thou wilt have rather a busy year for | thy business. and with care it will suc-
 ceed; leave no stone unturned, but keep
 well on the push''
 "The young will court" 1 "A child born on this day will be quick,
 steady and clever, and will rise in life; if
 a female, she will contract an unhappy
 marriage"
 Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for
 Wednesday, November 21 1900:
 Court travel sign writings in the after | noon or evening"
 Thy birthday is rather quiet but favor- | able, and with care thou shouldst succeed" 1 "The young will court or enter wedlock." ]" l "A child born on this day will be quick
 and clever and on the whole rather lucky"
 If a female, she will experience much
 sorrow after marriage, and her husband 1 will be harsh and cruel man." Brew strong drink; hire men servants" l
 Many persons in Birmingham will re-
 member personally and pleasantly Roy L. l McCardell, w4zs was a reporter here a little
 more than ten years ago, and who has since
 made his name and work known to all | Americans" said old reporter who used to work with McCardell on a Birmingham I newspaper. "McCardell was genius whom l Birmingham editors didn't fully appreci- 1 ate; and fortunately for him, he went to 1 New York He did all sorts<o jobs in this
 strict before he went to reporting; was
 a navvy for time, and worked at eXca- vatons on a railroad bed at a dollar a day.
 His copy of police news was invariably
 short and inadequate; but every day he | Wonld tn in a thipp Or and | occasionally some extremely clever verse; in
 one instance something about dog eat dog l in an account of fight between two men, | which pleasantly came nearly causing serious row for the heavy editor. In this | work the 'seamy side had more attractions | for him than the other side, and the at mosphere of the police court afforded him l most pleasure.
 From Birmingham McCardell went to | New York and got space work on the Even | ing Sun. As a reporter he appeared not to give satisfaction, and leaving the Evening Sun he began to devote his entire time to writing funny busness,' as he called his
 written humor. He prospered remarhably
 rising to the dignity of a whole page graph ically illustrated in holiday edition of the Herald, the subject matter being but a few lines of verse. Shortly afterwards he be- came an assistant editor of Puck, and then did a great deal of syndicate work so- called; his income reaching, it was said, hundred and fifty dollars a week. "Very shortly after McCardell arrived in
 New York he married, ana the tenth
 niversary of his marriage leads to these
 "reminiscences Friends of McCardell in
 Birmingham have received this greeting,
 signed Roy L. McCardell, Frances M. Me- Cardell.
 "'We are going to celebrate the tenth
 anniversary of our marriage, at our house
 on Thirty-fourth street, Woodcliff- ff-on-Hud-
 son, N J., Saturday evening, November
 twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred. We would
 be pleased if you would honor us with your
 presence'
 This most tasteful and artistic invitation
 covers the first of eight pages, tastefully
 fastened together by a white silk cord and
 most beautifully printed Then there are
 four pictures most excellently executed.
 The first is of MT. McCardell and Mrs. Me-
 Cardell and their three children; the second is a full face portrait of MT. McCardell and the third a full face portrait of Mrs. Me Cardell The fourth picture represents our mousse at Iue resi- dence Is of charming architecture, three stories in height, with rough stone to the second floor. It has even more gables than
 the house Nathaniel Hawthorne made inn mortal, and is altogether most attractive in appearance. Under the picture of the house are minute directions as to How to get to Woodcliff.'
 "On the seventh page of this novel invi- tation are these exquisite lines from the gifted and happy Roy McCardell, under the title of 1S90-1900:
 GA few little days to toll and moil, A few little nights to dream, A few little fears and a few little tears, A few little joys supreme. A few little treasures, d few little pleas ures,
 few little hearts so true, A few little hills and few little ills And our few little days are through
 50 few little simple songs we'll sing, A few little words we'll say, To make the changes that time arranges AS the little years go their way. X few little meetings, few little greetings, A few little hands to hold, That there be less sadness and little more SlauneSS,
 As life's little story is told" That is real philosophy, and very for tunate is it for the singer and funny busi- ness man, now son of fame, that he is come to be a happy philosopher before reaching the five and thirty mark the road of life!'
 "In the matter of the status of the Gov ernorship of Alabama in event of the death of the Governor-elect before he can legally | qualify, or his failure through any cause | to qualify, my opinion Is that the present | Governor will continue to hold office for | two years longer, if he desires," said | J. A. Winston Smith, considered to be one | of the best lawyers at the Birmingham bar. | Ut seems to be that the language of the l constitution is so plain that there Is no | way of getting around it, whatever the in- tent of the framers of the constitution may | have been. With original intentions we