The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-09
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

The book has been written by Mrs. May brick and is a truthful account of her career. On account of the great interest taken in her case 1t Is probable that her publishers will have no difficulty in dis posing of a great many copies on which Mrs. Maybrlck will receive 8 handsome percentage. It is said that the story uf Mrs. Maybrick's life as told in her book establishes her innocence very strongly. while the legal digest of the trial. which will be an appendix offers conclusive evidence that she was not convicted legally.
 The board of education at Washington. Pa. has been forced to take drastic steps to prevent cigarette smoking by pupils of the public schools, many of whom are girls. Out of a large number of pupils caught indulging in cigarettes a major ity were girls. Now 1t begins to appear that the school girl and the college girl of today is advanced, to say the least of it. In fact she may be termed trifie forward, if accounts of her escapades are to be credited. School girls and col lege girls between them have done about everything from chastising a football athlete and mixing matters with college boys in a class rush, to climbing poles. hazing fellow students unmercifully and making the lives of preceptors nothing short of misery. The pranks attributed to college girls since the various foun- 1 tains of knowledge in the country re- stunned business are too numerous to mention. They have tried about all the different kinds of excitement possible to experience and are still active. This state of affairs has awakened grave fears as to what will be the result and the country would breathe easier if the i college girl would settle down and again turn her attention to fudge.
 l Those exaggc rated humorists who make l queer election bets will have an opportu- ! nity today tc decide to what extent they have made asses out of themselves. It sounds very amusing to hear one man wager another that if his candidate is not elected he will play the horse about !, town and draw the winner in carriage, 1 or ride him in a wheelbarrow, or de- your a dozen raw eggs, >or promise to perform any one of a hundred insane | 1eaIS that nave SeLtleu eleCtlOu pets III the past, but paying the bet is another matter. The safest election bet to make is to wager ' fine hat and if you lose buy it on the credit.
 It is reported that the town of Hot Springs, Ark, is determined to make matters lively for doctors who drum up trade by hiring men to bring in patients from among the new arrivals at the re- sort who are then heeced and turned adrift Every one who has ever visited Hot Springs has probably experienced an en- counter with persons who frequent in coming trains ostensibly for the purpose of looking out for boarders but in reality to get patients for doctors who hire them and pay them a commission for every victim caught. It Is stated that no re- opectable physician at Hot Springs will drum for trade, and that the men who practice 1t ere quacks who are both un- scrupulous and lack medical knowledge. It is a violation of the city ordinance for a drummer to solicit for doctor, and the Visitors Protective Association announces laconically that visitors wish ing these tricksters prosecuted should report to certain city officials who guar antee to do the rest. P. c.