The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

It is announced that DR.. Wiley's
poison squad will have vacation of
three months beginning July 1. The
young men composing this unique squad
have been eating preserved foods for the
agricultural department at Washington
to test the effects on the human system of
borax boracic acid. and other preserva-
lives used in food products. During their
vacation the young men will be allowed
to eat and drink anything their appe-
tito calls for. After such an unnatural
diet it is to be supposed that the squad
will be glad enough to try decent meal.
.tFhe poison squad" Will resume duty in
October and DR. Wiley proposes to use
their stonachs to test the effects of bot
tied beverages ON the human system
Mrs. Hetty Green has been guilty of
an unheard-of extravaganza. She bought
an automobile few days ago, paying for
1t the sum Of $4,000 without any discount.
Such a radical move on the part of the
noted female financier has caused much
comment in Gotham. and it has been sug-
gested that she ought to take Uncle Rus
sell Sage out for ride.
The famous sculptor. Bartholdl has de-
signed a novel monument to comment
crate the, aeronauts of the siege of Paris
which will be erected In Montmartre or
its vicinity. 1t will be about sixty feet
in height and will be capped by a balloon
Of bronze and glass or transparent mica.
The balloon will have diameter of ten
feet. Within will be an electric lamp
which will illuminate the monument at
night. Above the balloon will be figure
of Paris and beneath mother with her
dying children will represent the city
OF Paris
And now 1t seems that Governor Bailey.
of Kansas, has worked a smooth game on
his friends and political supporters. 1t is
whispered around that the promise that
In case he was elected ne would take a
wife was all put up job. as he already
had things fixed up beforehand. If this
be true, 1t will prove sad blow to the
lovers OF romance Commenting on this
sad state of affairs the Boston Herald
says:
And so the sly bachelor governor of
Kansas was engaged to be married to
the blooming widow all the while he was
on the stump promising to get splced If
he was elected. Moreover, he had en-
gagged to marry the widow long before
all those gratuitous Advertisements were
put out calling the attention OF the eligi-
BILE young women throughout the country
IL ~
case of false pretences, or contributory
negligence, It comes pretty close to those
fragrant offences The next time a bache-
lor candidate for office undertakes to put
up this sort Of game on confiding spin
sterhood. 1t will be necessary for the OPP
posing candidate to look UP his record and
see whether 1t is complicated with previ-
Gus entangling alliances
The stately lily and the blushing rose
have become too common for New York
ultra set, so they have found new flow
er, the stephanotis. 1t is all the rage be-
cause IL was used at the recent Wander
bilt Nelson wedding. The edict has gone
out that .4ilies are insipid and roses dead
common" To follow the pace society will
now have to adopt the stephanotis. which
has a perfume strong enough to odorize
an entire county in Rhode Island and re-
quires three washings at the laundry to
get 1t out Of pocket handkerchief.
A Brooklyn minister has outdone Park
hurst in the matter of sensationalism ana
has brought down upon his head storm
of criticism from the press This latest
aspirant to noise and notoriety is named
Harlan. Speaking Of HIS utterances in a
recent sermon the Washington Post says:
"A Harlan Horror" Is the appropriate
title under which the Brooklyn Eagle
comments on most shockingly indie