The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-11-03
.H HE AGE-HERALD has an expla-
W nation to make to the Hon. Al
frnd Alsiin. rnct larrcaIn IF In

II HE AGE-HERALD has an expla-
Wy nation to make to the Hon. Al
fred Austin. poet laureate IF Eng
land. and the anonymous individual who
perpetrates THE Reflections of a Bach
elor" each day in the New York Press
In common with many other papers in
the country, The Age-Herald cherishes
a great admiration for 'The Reflections
of Bachelor" a feeling that is shared
by a large part of the papers readers,
so an effort is made each morning to pub
lish this epitome of photographic wisdom
with proper credit TO the New York Press
until such time as The Age-Herald can de-
velop a philosopher to write something
better. Now Wednesday morning 1t hap
pened that a poem by Alfred Austin APP
peared, entitled Nemesis" 1t was a very
good poem-for Alfred Austin-and there
is general regret that a blunder of the
typographical department should have
transferred the credit line by Alfred
Austin, Poet Laureate of England from
Nemesis" to THE Reflections of a
Bachelor" What became of the credit
line due to the New York Press is not
definitely known. The error Is to be re-
author of Nemesis or the author of
1.-THE Reflections of a Bachelor" should
feel discouraged 1t Is probable that the
author of THE Reflections of Bachelor
could not write Nemesis and 1t is quite
certain that the author of Nemesis
could not write THE Reflections of a
Bachelor so honors are about even.
| 1t is rumored that the esteemed board
OF lady managers of the Louisiana Pur-
| chase exposition-it Is meet that they
Should be addressed with all the dignity
due their position--are again considering
the feasibility of having the Pike dances
censored. 1t seems that the board of
lady managers have taken time in the
midst of their inter-necince strife to keep
one eye on the Pike. At one time 1t
appeared that these belligerent DANES had
forgotten all else but their own differ
ences, but not so. The Pike started out
moral and moral 1t shall remain so long
as the board of lady managers continues
| able to sit up and talk. But why all
this excitement over the Pike dances?
Public sentiment is so strong against them
already that the oriental maidens trem-
BILE at the thought of letting an unex-
pected wriggle escape them and IL there
Is more moral, intellectual and elevating
aggregation of harmless shows than those
now doing business alo.-S the Pike the
world would like to know where they
are playing. In fact the Pike Is so good
1t is almost too good.
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reign supreme in the United States. The
supreme court holds that palm oil. or
natural fat, which the oeomargarlne
makers have used to color their product,
produces an artificial and not a natural
coloring, and hence the margarine men will
be taxed 10 cents a pound for their COM
pound. This tax is generally prohibitive.
and times are dark for the makers of ar
tif1cial butter. As a matter of fact, o1eo-
margarine is about as healthful as butter,
but it Is not quite so palatable But pala-
table or not, oleomargarine seems to have
served its day, unless perchance the man.
ufacturers can procure a new coloring
matter that will circumvent the tax, as
they have no market abroad. There Is
great rejoicing among the dairymen as
a result of this ruling of the supreme
court, and the chances are that they will
take advantage of the opportunity to sell
worse butter than ever before.