The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-16
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

not elected to a private sanitarium in
stead of congress and reached the latter
place by mistake in counting the votes.
Mr. Baker is entirely too original for all
ordinary purposes.
As is perfectly natural and proper Pres
ident Roosevelt, whose name has become
forever associated with all that is strenu-
GUS, has as his pastor in Washington the
Rev. DR.. Schick, who is also strenuous.
DR.. Schick Is fine example Of muscular
Christianity. He can denounce sinners or
WELD a snow shovel with equal facility.
Moreover he can also enjoy his little joke
when opportunity affords DIR. Schick Is
pastor of the Grace Dutch Reformed
church. where President Roosevelt Is
regular attendant According to the New
York Tribune Mr.. Roosevelt surprised the
minister shoveing snow from before the
doorway of his church tee other day and
asked him the rather vacuous question,
What are you doing?' This was alto
gether unnecessary, since man of Mr..
Roosevelts keen perception could readily
see that the preacher was shoyeling snow.
However, DIR. Schick benevolently over
looked this stupidity and replied, II am
doing my duty, Mr. President. In a strict
ly limited but necessary sense am obey
ing the scriptural injunction, Prepare We
the way of the Lord =
W. T. Stead's remarkable newspaper
venture in London has proven too much
for his memory and he has been ordered
have known that he could not do the
shopping for a large part of Londons
female population and remain long out
side of a private sanitarium. Now 1t 10
announced that there will be a marked
changed in the paper which he has start
ed and no doubt many of it's communists
tic principles will be abrogated. 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Stead planned
to make paper that would not only be
newspaper but great many other
things besides, including a sort of bureau
of public utilities. The newsboys should
be newsgirls and the news should be
the only and original "all the news that
is fit to print" AS Mr. Stead has en-
countered such a serious obstacle at the
of his memory it is hardly probable that
he will again have the courage to assay
such an original paper as he at first pro-
posed. Utopian theories do very little
harm in books but they are to be care
fully avoided in everyday life.
The friends and admirers of Miss Viola
Allen are grieved to learn that she will
have to undergo a surgical operation, or
has already submitted to the knife, in
order to have an affection of the bone
in her head treated. Ror several weeks
past Miss Allen has been troubled by
an abcess in the ear, although she has
suffered no serious pain and she has
continued to appear as Viola in Twelfth
Night" Now her physician says that it
is a question of life or death and an op-
Grafton is the only alternative Miss AL
len has been appearing at the Knicker-
booker theatre in New York and has
not permitted her troubles to interfere
with her acting. although she was play
ing under the most discouraging circum-
stances. In addition a certain critic has
seen fit to roast her severely for her
performance in Twelfth Night" Alto
gether Miss Allen has not had a very
pleasant time since coming to the metro
polls. As a result of the operation she
will have to break her engagement at
the Knikerbocker which was to have
lasted three weeks longer, and the house
will probably remain dark during that
time unless Forbes Robertson, who was
to follow Miss Allen, can be moved up
to an earlier date than was at first
thought possible. p. c.