The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-27

MA FORGE AIDE seems to have N achieved almost as much success
 as a playwright as he did when maker of fables in slang His first ef- fort, comic opera entitled "The Sultan of Sulu." made an Instantaneous hit and his new play, The County Chairman" has been the recipient of much praise in New York where it has recently been presented. Mir. Ades style of humor seems to be particularly acceptable just at present and is a refreshing change from the narrow and beaten paths so long fol- lowed by other laugh producers In fact there Is so much money in writing for the stage that MT, Ade shows no inclination to return to fables. No doubt he has had enough of steady grinding and pre- fers the latitude which he now enjoys of having plenty of time to think and being under nd obligations to turn out his dope at stated intervals. One can hard ly blame the humorist for having lean ing toward the more profitable as well as the more pleasant work which he has taken up. This is mercenary age, any way, and playwright also has a more imposing sound than the title usually be- slowed upon an humble producer of slang
 From present indications the Tuskegee postoffice affair is destined to be the topic for some useless discussion in various parts of the country where the eternal race question is never permitted to sleep. Assistant Postmaster General Bristow has decided to appoint John Washington, a brother of Booker T. Washington, post master of a sub-station which is to be established at Tuskegee institute Con- gressman Thompson has protested vgor- ousy against this plan but his protests seem to have been of slight avail. Ala bama representatives contend that there is no necessity for the new office and that its establishment will operate unfavor- ably on the Tuskegee office by cutting down its business and reducing the num- Der of clerks employed. The Tuskegee seminary, an old and we'll known school for young women, is, they claim, just as much entitled to have an office as Washington's school. From a superficial view of the matter it seems to be a well developed case of looking out for number one
 The Salvation Army continues to expand. General Booth is meeting with much suc- cess in his efforts to make the influence of the organization felt in every part of Europe. He is now in Paris addressing large audiences and will shortly go to Germany, Denmark Sweden Norway and Italy. It is also reported that he has pur- chased 5000 acres of land in Liberia which will be used for establishing an industrial colony where native officers will be trained in Salvation Army work.
 The latest edition of the English Who's Who" was destroyed by fire Tn a Fetter Lane bookbindery recently and this very valuable work will be delayed in making it's appearance. Such publications are sometimes very useful even if they do have weird names. They possess all the substantial qualities of a dictionary, while the men who compile them receive little thanks for their pains. Who's Who in America" is a publication that is of interest to people in this country, since it tells us just who we may do honor to and who deserves to be ignored because his name is not enrolled on its chosen