The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-09

IT HE first publicity news from the
Wy Lewis and Clark centennial expo
sition at Portland. Oregon, has
arrived and from now until the fair is
ended newspaper offices of the country
will suffer another deluge of special"
correspondence like unto that which came
to them from st. Louis Frank Merriek
Is manager of the general press bu-
reau at Portland and 1t seems to be the
intention to advertise this fair very much
after the manner in which the st. Louis
show was advertised. However, it Will
be remembered that the st. Louis press
agents were rather severely criticised for
the quality of copy they turned out and
It is to be hoped that the publicity
boomers" of the Portland fair will profit
by their mistakes The country will be-
gin to hear much of the Lewis and
Clark centennial, now that the st. Louis
fair is being forgotten. and we will
soon know all about the kind of en-
tertainment being provided on the Pacific
coast.
A rather interesting theory has been Of
fered that the Gibson girl is not type
of the American girl but that the inspi-
ration of the artist has been an inspira
ton to the girl. and she is striving to
live up to the model which Mr.. Gibson
has provided. There may be something
of the truth in this. for since the Glib
son girl became popular in periodicals,
on calendars, and In art albums, Gibson
girls have multiplied on the streets, I'M
til they can be seen in every depart
ment store, and by thousands along the
boulevards. Perhaps after all the Ameri-
can girl owes debt of gratitude to
Charles Dana Gibson for the admirable
way in which he had depicted charms
which she had not, for while the average
American girl is not so long and willowy
as the Gibson girl, she is adapting herself
to the type with remarkable ease.
Among the distinguished poets who
distinguished themselves In recent years
none is more worthy Of honors that have
fallen to his lot than Robert Loveman,
whose homo is at Dalton. Ga. There Is
a grace and charm about Mr.. Lovemans
verses that denote exquisite shades of
feeling and his best quality Is that he
never makes his poems too long Three
or four stanzas is about his average
Some Of his brightest thoughts have been
contained within a few lines. Mr.. Love-
man is yet a young man, and he has a
brilliant career in store for the future. II
his later work shows the genius evidenced
by the verses he has already had pub
lished he will deserve to rank with the
few real poets of the present literary era
Mr.. Loveman is well known. both in
Alabama and Georgia. He was at one
time student at the University of
Alabama.
A reformer who believes IN airing his
views in the newspapers thinks that
shooting would be good way to stop run
away horses in cities where they endanger
the lives of many people. He wisely argues
that the lives of thousand horses would
not compensate for the death or serious
injury of a policeman or civilian. Nearly
everybody has witnessed the operation OF
policeman trying to shoot a dog. Now
what would happen If he should attempt
to shoot down q team of runaway horses
flying down a crowded street, with the
people scurrying out of the way and the
widest excitement prevailing? The