The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-04
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLI

girders. Such an innovation will see
 strangely out of place in the hoary Va
 can but the march of progress Is not to
 stayed even in the worlds sanctnm sanctorum. There is a wonderful frieze in the Chapel sistine which was executed by Michael Angelo. In making the re- pairs extreme care will have to be exer- cised to prevent the masterpiece from being injured
 Five thousand typewriter girls pound machines every day from eight in the morning to six in the evening for Uncle Sam. The amount of copy turned out by these industrious young ladies would give an ordinary pencil pusher" seven different kinds of connption fits Uncle Sam Is a good boss to work for. however. and the typewriter girls are treated with much consideration. The salaries are large and when new girl Is employed she is asked what kind of typewriter she prefers and 1t Is immediately purchased.
 Wise antiquaraians tell us that green as the national color Of Ireland is of comparatively recent origin. Rev. can- non French. a member of the Royal Irish academy says that the emerald green standard was used in Ireland in the six- teenth century but did not become the national color until the eighteenth cen- tury. Others say that the present has was adopted at the close of the eigh- teenth century by blending the orange and blue.
 However 1t may be. the green banner Is firmly fixed in the affections of the people who call the Emerald Isle their home and 1t will always blossom forth with undiminshed vigor on St. Patricks day. Perhaps no people cling to their na- tive land more faithfully. while being equally devoted to foreign country, than the Irishmen. In the United States the sons of Erin constitute vast army. Of all the immigrants who reach our shores they become by far the most pa triotic and zealous American citizens. The rich brogue and the genial wit of the Irishman have shone conspicuously in al. walks Of life. And yet when occasion of- fers promptly the green banners are un- furled and the shamrock blossoms pro- fusely in many buttonholes, as the first brigade comes maching down the street. Frequent rumors have been heard of the spread of Buddhism in this country. They come chiefly from Chicago. the birthplace of all things new. Missionaries are arr irving to spread the doctrine every year and 1t is said that they are meeting with much success The new creed new to this country, at least, possesses a strange fascination for some people. especially
 women. and many of the converts are said to be society girls who have turned their attention to deep studies in preference to
 mingling longer in the social whirl. The Rev. K. Hori, who is the head of the Buddhist missions in America, has recent | ly established magazine in San Fran cisco called the Light of Dharma," which | will be used to spread Buddha's teachings l in the United States. It is announced that graduates from the University of rokio, | Japan. will be brought to this country to | aid in the missionary work.
 l It has developed that the Indian humor- l ist of the Eufaula, Indian Territory, paper 1 is the editor, Alex Posey, a Creek In- l dian, and owner of the first Indian paper
 ever published. Posey is called the Greek Bard and is a prominent man of his na-
 tion. He was educated at Bacone univer-
 sity at Muskogee seven years ago and has | engaged extensively in educational work before taking up journalism. He has been superintendent of the Creek orphan
 school, superintendent of public instruc-
 tion of the Creek nation. and superin- l tendent of the Eufauia Creek high school.