The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-04
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

i as an athlete without par in his chosen profession-if 1t may be so designated-he Is altogether worthy of the distinguished consideration which Is accorded to him in the sporting world.
 A New Jersey jury has set brilliant and Illuminating example by giving dam ages to a young man who sued girl for jiltlng him. If the courts could be pre- vailed upon to bring all such fickle fe- males to taw in this manner there would be fewer broken hearts and young men without means would not have such hard time getting a wife. It would also make the girls more careful about en- agreements. In fact it Is probable that only the most courageous would dare to get engaged more than three times and the pericardial lacerations that present such a deplorable spectacle along our sea shores every summer would be elim- mated.
 For the benefit of those people who are under the impression that "Blind Tom has been dead about twenty years, 1t is announced that he is now playing a sue cessful engagement at a vaudeville the atre in New York, to the amazement of the masses. Some people may doubt that it Is the original Blind Tom but there is little foundation for their skepticism. Like certain veterans of the stage. Blind Tom" seems possessed of remarkable VI 1 talitv and his genius is yet marvellous although it has been impaired by age.
 story comes from Connecticut of a woman who successfully shingled A house. While some women have been known to wield a shingle with consider able energy and force when refractory offspring were subjects for castigation tbev have not made great progress as car nenters By the way, that is one profession where woman has not yet dared to en- croach upon man. We hear or women truck drivers, women farmers women lawyers doctors, business women, stock market operators, mechanics ana even plumbers, but the woman carpenter IS an anomaly With the hammer and the saw the average woman is helpless It IS hoped that woman's present inability to drive A nail will ever continue. It would l
 ures-they are all fair-clad in oVerails and hammering blanks while men sit in l the shade and worry over the color or /, paint to choose.
 IJncle Sam has contracted the explora- ton habit and has sent out cruiser 10 search for a mythical island off the Cal ifornia coast. The island is supposed to lie between Honolulu and the California bay. and if found it will be surprising The grand old Pacific offers attrac- tive field for these wild goose chases 1 after land that never existed and the fact that so many unknown islands have l been discovered in recent years and yet remain to the found no doubt has stim- ulated government curiosity.
 John E. Van Etten, known as the law yer, wit and poet of Ulster county, New York, has just demonstrated his qualih- cations to hobnob with the tribe of Ben Johnson by dying and bequeathing his | cook to his son. The cook must be good cook for she filled the soul and the stomach of Van Etten with delight and he has shown his appreciation of her dis- 1 tinguished services by willing her to new position. While no doubt the cook would have been very well satisfied had i she been the recipient of legacy instead of being a legacy herself she can not 1 but feel complimented and proud of the fact that she still retains her job with l prestige undiminished. F. c.