The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-06
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

like David Copperaeld." Les Miser- ables." and other masterpieces would make the venture pay ample returns to the manager who had the moral cour- age to. cease pampering to sensationalism and the lurid clements of low lives. "Da~ vid copperfield" presents many possibili- ties for entertaining an audience on ae- count of It's intermixture of humor. pathos and trageSy. A dramauzation of the novel entitled "Emiy" was presented in London last Saturday and seemed to have met popular approval. Thirty-four years ago Little Emily" was given in London and was pronounced one of the dramatic successes of the season Such change from the mental froth of "Zaza' to the deep. ennobling scenes of David Copperfeld," would be decided change" 1t is true. but one that would prove beneficial
 At last one Englshman has taken up ths defense of downtrodden India Viceros Curzon has telegraphed a lengthy protes. to the home government against saddlins India with the cost of the South African garrison It seems that this country has been saddled with about everything else that could be devised and 1t Is high time the bleeding process be aleviated. The stories of want and suffering in India are probably worse than the most lurid de- scription has ever pictured them, although the revenues contributed to the British government have been enormous. The
 
 would seem out of harmony with the pro test which he makes but he has probably over1oled this fact.
 Now and then. struck or in some ob- scure corner of a newspaper. we come across brief dispatch telling of the murder of missionaries in far away parts of the globe. Scant honor is paid amid the rush and whirl of the present day. to the heroic men and women who spend their lives in working for the enlightenment of less fortunate races and frequently end their careers by suffering d horrible death. The woman who plays baseball or the man who robs the lambs of Wall street Is pie tured in the papers with bold headlines telling of his or her achievements. but the missionaries die unhonored and unsung. Even the friends and aeauaintances of their own homes forget them as the years pass and they are left alone in the wilds of Africa or the teeming lands of China It is not question of whether man is religious or not The missionary Is char acter whom the average man will admireif his attention is called to the matter He is too busy however. unless the press awakens his interest by five column head line.
 King Menelik of AbyssinIa is really in earnest about starting up a mint. He has accumulated one hundred and ten thou sand pounds of gold bullion and will have enough material to work on. at any rate. Abyssinia does not play a very conspicu- ous part among the worlds nations but she has little pile # wealth that some of assay the dons of Spain--or the Wall street operators. would be only too glad to possess.
 Mrs Lucretia Jeffries of Ellwood. Indi- ana, has begun crusade against the spit ters. After repeated attempts to get an ordinance passed by the city council with out success she has taken up the cudgels on her own responsibility and the spit ters are in danger. Mrs. Jeffries inhab- it's fortress near the passenger station of her town and the first offender she caught in the act of defiling her pavement received such vigorous treatment that he called on the police for redress. The war like matron stands guard and none dares to spit in her presence. Her method is effective in some eases and is directed against a great evil but is too much on the Carrie Nation order to be of lasting good.