The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

.a AwsToN trembled and waited the E01 onslaught of Colonel Greene of A Gotham with a quaking heart Literau fingered their books in suspense and. with hands over ears and eyes rov- ing fitfully, anticipated the cyelonic ad- vent of the former bad man. of New Mexico who had sworn to tear out the heart of Thomas W. Lawson. T will call on you tomorrow in Bostonn' shout ed Colonel Greene in half page of the New York World As the colonel had remarked but a few lines higher up that Lawson was all that a gentleman and honest man ought not to be. the public naturally expected that there would be some lively times in the Hub when these two doughty fnanciers met. The calibre of Colonel Greene's guns could only be guessed at and the character of Tom Lawson's armament was a subject for conjecture, but everybody was sure that something dreadful would happen. Well, Colonel Greene has gone to Bos- ton, and Boston Is still on the map. Neither is the town aswim with blood, nor did the ambulance wagons do an unusual days business when Colonel Greene met Tom Lawson. Far from it. These two astute gentlemen, apparently the bitter and the bitten. proceeded to hold consultation. Those who waited for the sound of combat heard nothing. After the conference was over the hun gry reporters were waived away with the announcement that the incident was closed There was not a ripple of ex- citement. Colonel Greene ought to be able to- play a great poker game. for he is an elegant buffer.
 To the man who wishes to dispense sweet charity In way that will achieve results the Christmas collections of the Salvation Army offer abundant opportu- nities Down in the alleys and byways of the great cities noble men and women who wear the army uniform can be found raising up the fallen, feeding the starving and clothing the naked. In the south especially no other organization, whether of church or private philan- thropy, gets so close to weak and suffer- ing humanity. No resort is too low for
 
 carry comfort to an erring sister, and no district is too dangerous for the Salvation Army man to invade in his double work of salvation and philan- thropy. The example of these people is one of unselhshness and self-sacrifice that the world can profit by. Fill up the Christmas pots and the Christmas boxes until they overflow Every dime will carry It's message of good cheer in the glad Christmas time.
 Perhaps the man who has. gone up in an airship and has begun to fall to- ward the earth, after the fashion which Is characteristic of the modern alrship navigator, can alone realize the feelings of the person who has his hat lifted from his head by the wind and carried spinning down a crowded city street In peril of being demolished in a tnous- and different ways. The first impulse of the unfortunate who is thus divorced from his headwear is to sneak away somewhere and hide himself from the eyes of the world until his head Is cov- cred once more, leaving the errant hat to its fate. Then wisdom gets the better of this resolve. He starts out in a dienifed way to chase the hat He does not run exactly but he walks rapidly, while striving all the while to maintain an unruffled mien. He overtakes the hat. makes desperate lunge at 1t and misses. The hat, caught by another gust of wind, bowls merrily down the gutter. It's owner Is now running, he is beginning to perspire his face is crimson and after he has collided with some half dozen per- sons in his wild flight, stopping at every few steps to grab at his hat, his rage is consuming. Again and again he dives, but the elusive hat is not to be caught that way Finally the agonizing spectacle is ended. The man catches his hat because he has stepped through it. Oh, the hu-