The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-16
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

tion too long for offering many oppor-
tunities of this kind but even in Hawaii
where the march If progress is apparent
there Is something in the climate at
quickly enervates a man who has not a
great deal of strength in his character.
Many people have seen the imposing
word 'Sarony" at the bottom of hand
some Photographic studies of stage folk
and have wondered over the personality
of the individual who obtained such good
effects. Otto Sarony died a few days ago
and there is host Of theatre stars who
mourn his demise. They realize that it
will be hard to find another photographer
able to fiatter their not always handso,.e
persons in a satisfactory manner The
man now dead was a son of Napoleon
Sarony, who was even more noted as a
maker of handsome pictures. Both men
were we'll known to the American public
and illustrate the old maxim that person
with talent will shine in any profession,
no matter how crowded with aspirants
for the public's patronage.
Danville, Ill, is clearing her name Of
the stain which was placed there by the
recent 1ynching. Twelve of the individ-
uals who participated in the riot have
walked to find themselves in Jail through
legal processes. The country is in the
meantime looking on with approval
which will do much to soothe the feelings
of those law-abiding citizens of the town
who were innocentIy involved in the dis
turbances. The hand of justice is not
al fI,ot Of fIa lN,,f
it is sure, and when once laid upon an
offender the results are lasting.
The baseball season is now drawing to
a close and the great American populace
will have to turn it's attention to other
sports. The past season has shown no
decrease in the interest taken in the
national game. Attendance has been
large in nearly all the cities, and in the
Southern league the prospects are par
ticularly bright for another successful
year. Baseball is distinctly an American
institution. In no other country has it
reached the popularity it has won in the
United States. English sportsmen make
a desperate effort to follow the game but
they are unable to compete with the best
has now become so important that 1t
must have trained specialists in every
department Baseball literature is prob
ably more widely read by the average
American citizen than the compositions
of the great masters. The baseball edi-
tor is legion and the baseball fan has
never been counted. The language Of
the game is divided into many dialects.
according to the ingenuity of the dope"
artists on the various papers, and is in
itself lurid assemblage of words for the
uninitiated. The man who figures the
percentage is more important than the
commonplace banker shaving notes; the
successful pitcher is an idol to whom
none can compare; and baseball players
during the summer months are more i'm
portant personages than the nations
chief executive. Even in winter months
enthusiasts gather about the stove to
discuss prospects for next season and the
interest in the game is never permitted
to flag.
New Jersey is a great place in which to
organize a healthy trust, but is not so
desirable for those that are weak. Since
January 1, 1908, fortyfour corporations
have gone to the wall in the mosquito
state and their projectors are now busily
engaged in Strengthening out the tangles
in which they have involved themselves
The authorized capital of the concerns
amounts to $S0.340,000 and is a lesson to
those ambitious business men who are
too anxious to avail themselves oil light
taxes. OF course New Jersey itself has
very little to do with the success or
failure of many firms Incorporated under
her laws. Great numbers have no bust
ness interests in the state, but so many
failing together affords a lesson that
combines are not always as strong as
they are pictured by the excited social
ist.