The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-02
N ED HAIR-or as those who have . 1t prefer to call 1t. auburn hair
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" II preler TO call II, auburn hair
 = -is to be quite the fad this year, and there is much confidence expressed that this shade of hirsuit adornment will be seen in the White House before the world Is much older. Be that as 1t may. people who are red-headed need feel their inferiority no longer. despite the fact that a certain Chicago professor says red hair Is a mark of degeneracy Because Alton Brooks Parker has red hair and Thomas Taggart has red hair, and several others who are prominent In democratic politics red hair is no longer to be regarded with amusement. It is strange why red hair has been in such poor favor among lat ter-day peoples In fact one may truth fully say that the fate of the red-headed while the fate of the red-headed girl was deplorable Red-headed people have had the frayed end of the rope for a long time, although they have proven themselves valiant soldiers, astute states men and skilled in the high arts. Now that the democratic party has nominated a red-headed man for the presidency all Is changed. Titan blonds, strawberry blonds, auburn-haired beauties and plain briclx-dust red-headed folk will be much in evidence between now and next No vember.
 The experiment of borber shop filled with mute operatives is being tried in Chicago. Whether It will prove a success remains to be seen but already much criticism of the venture has been evoked. Wise heads state that while they do not wish to put themselves in the position of defending the too-talkative barber. yet they must protest agaist the barber who cannot talk at all. It Is agreed that the barber who discusses his family affairs and his personal ailments while scraping the beard from your face Is an unmiti- who knows hls business is frequently an entertaining talker. and much current gossip of the day can be obtained from a bright fellow during the course of a shave. mute barber shop would be decided novelty no uoubt, but human ity is too garrulous to endure perfect si- lence very long, although there is great howl being raised all the time about the talking propensities of tonsorial artists. What we really need Is a barber who js also a scholar and can impart valuable information to his customer instead of regaling him with the latest horse news or base ball dope
 Already Judge Parker has fallen a vic- tim to the moving picture machine and some very life-like pictures of him bid ding goodbye to Mayor Mcclellan on the deck of the steamer at Rosemount after McClellans recent visit have been se- cured. These will be exhibited in Proc tors theatres in New York this week and the applause with which they are greet ed will be taken as evidence of the judge s popularity. Since he has reached the moving picture stage Judge Parker may well consider his case hopeless. It Is re- ported that he Is afraid to labor with his men in the fields because he fears he will be regarded as affected. As matter of fact he Is in great danger of being caught in the role of Cincinnatus by the ubiqui- tous moving picture man.
 Rumors that Dan Sully will attempt