The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-22
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

i the long run. either in the class of men enlisted or the amount of money saved by , those already in service. In fact for per- sonal use a private soldier requires very little. A majority squander their pay all most as soon as received and it would be good thing for army morals if there were some plan whereby pay could be deposited and thus saved from the dives surrounding our military posts.
 King Peter of Servia would like to visit Germany but Emperor William has given him to understand in no uncertain terms that regicdes will not be vel. come nor will the glad hand be extend. ed to those who countenance spillers oi blood. It is learned that a similar state. ment was made by Nicholas of Russia and it now seems that Servias new ruler will be shown scant courtesy by his brother monarchs in Europe. Such pious remarks sound very well coming from Germany because that country is com paFatively free from censure just now but when we think of Kischnief. Russia'a aversion to Servia is rather amusing. Now that there is no danger of an inter- national complication Russia and Ger many can afford to slight King Peter and his little domain Servia. is neither very powerful nor very important, hence her misdeeds are severely condemned by such examples as Russia, while the benevolent old world smiles approval
 That very original state of Missouri, on which the army mule has conferred chaplet of fame, has a new idea and has acted upon 1t at once A chair of dress making has been established in Ruskin university. Of course Chicago supplied the professor, and she is Mrs. Olga Gold zier, who has won prizes at Vienna and is an adept in her art. It is now predicted that all her young women graduates will be expert dressmakers so that young men in the state of Missouri are looking for ward to the time when they will have a wife and no dressmaking bills to pay. Such chair would prove useful in all our women's colleges but the young lady who leaves home to learn French, art and the piano. and looks forward to the time when she will be able to dazzie her old play mates has very little liking for the art of sewing It is entirely too humble for her notice This idea Is fortunately not so prevalent now as was the case few years ago. Practical utilities are return ing to favor by leaps and bounds. The old joke about the college young man who re- turns to the farm and is unable to use his football shoulders in tossing hay, or the young woman who knows Wagner but not pie will soon have to be relegated to the past.
 A dyspeptic club has been organized in New Jersey, where 1t seems the natives have other troubles than mosquitoes. The unfortunate members of the club propose to indulge in varied lines of breakfast foods and at the end of every three months the survivors will send in reports of their condition. The dyspeptic occupies a peculiar place in the category of inva- lids. Although his tortures are some times enough to make him a martyr to be admired he never receives any credit for being sick. Instead funny papers make witty remarks about him and even doctors tip the wink And yet dyspepsia is one of the most prevalent of diseases in America today. This state of affairs is due no doubt to the lives we lead but is neverthe- less well recognized We are all familiar with the woes of Rockefeller. but who ever heard of the millionaire receiving any sympathy in his sufferings? Instead, he is one of the most fruitful subjects of humor Of course 1t is easy enough to get rid of dyspepsia when we start in time but when it has reached an advanced stage all the breakfast foods in the world will not bring about a cure unless there are other methods of treatment also taken at the same time. For this reason it is likely that the New Jersey club, which is not corporation and boasts no watered stock, will not radiate much hope from it's 50 individual members who have wisely decided never to hold a meeting The talk on such an occasion would be awful even for dyspeptc, to hear. PC