The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

way serene and undisturbed Even the fiery pen of Watterson was of no avail and his arrows served merely to a1nuse the national press. One reformer comes along and tells the smart set that they are deteriorating mentally, another that race suicide is their logical conclusion, another that late suppers and later hours are not conductive to health. But what is the result? So far no one has been able to find any after a most careful search and 1t would now seem the better part of valor to rest on our arms and see what the "4O0' will do with themselves. If they wish to tread the crimson paths of wickedness it seems very evident that they will do so and even Dr. Parkhurst cannot gainsay them this privilege After all there are sensible people among the 400" just as there are among other class es of people. Because a man moves in swell society is certainly no index that he must be an imbecile fop or a dandy
 The great cotton campaign is now over and to the victor belongs the spells In this case MT. Brown-plain MT. Brown of
 
 title and when next he comes to Gotham wise individuals styling themselves cot ton experts will treat him with the utmost consideration. MT. Brown has returned to his home in the Crescent City after con- ducting one of the most memorable spec ulative campaigns ever successfully car ried out in this country. It is difficult to cto fa i11cf yI.a+ of himself and backers but 1t is safe to say that they have been enormous MT Brown always was a quiet man, and at- tended to his business In fact he attend ed to it so well that eastern spectators will not cease to vince at hearing his name for many a day to come The deal that has made our southern cotton broker famous the world over, and fabulously wealthy besides, was consummated by the sale of ,0O0 bales of the staple, which had been received on contracts to spin ners in this country and Europe. No one dreamed that the southerner would &C., compish what he has done, but it is fin- ished now, and eastern bears are yet feeling sick. If MT. Brown is wise he will never work again and never allow his thoughts to stray again to cotton. But will he do this? It is hardly probable.
 There are always unpatriotic citizens in every town glad of a chance to sue it for personal injuries. There seems to be something essentially mean about a man who steps on the end of a loose board and U t1 lii. damages. At any rate such people are numerous in Chicago and that city has paid out S. 100000 damages in personal in- jury suits within a few years past. Of course man has legal right to ask pay for discomforts or injuries caused by mu- nicipal negligence but too often his claims far exceed the extent of his in- juries. We must also give lawyers credit for their share in such damage suits, for they frequently make substantial fees when they are successful.
 Dr. August Greth is the latest applicant for aerial honors, and announces that he has solved the problem. Dr. Greth got his ship up into the air but unfortunately if came down again, as all it's predecessors have done, and the doctor now claims that there is something lacking in his mo- tor. After the horsepower of his machine is increased it's inventor fondly predicts that there will be no trouble about it's soaring far up into empyrean blue. pr. Greth seems to be another addition tc those hopeful individuals who make great promises without results. So many at- tempts at aerial navigation have been proved farces and so many others have been real tragedies that what the pub. lie wants is evidence. If Dr. Greth can fly, why, a1lrifht. but if he turns out to be merely an aerial tumbler he will have to get out of the atmosphere and give some other Darius Green a chance.
 PC.