The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-25

In period in which politeness Is some time said to be a lost art 1t is interesting to know that there exists in Boston a school, part of whose business Is to teach manners to motormen. The school Is run by the Boston Elevated Railway company, which has gained more than a local reputation for the politeness of its men in uniform, and consists of weekly lecture to the employees of the com pany by a man who has grown old in the business of serving the publc Fifty to seventy-five guards, brakemen and motormen attend each session of the school and are thus coached on practi- cally every human condition that Is likely to disturb railroad mans tenn per, together with the best way of meet ing it. The interest that the men take in the school is so marked that although the attendance is altogether voluntary, extra sessions are often asked for and granted.
 Did the late French premier M. Wal deck-Rousseau look at life through a glass eye? The question, judging by re- ports from Paris, Is debatable and there are apparently two parties-one affirm ing that the statesman was provided with two equally practicable organs of vis- ion and the other fully convinced that he looked with one eye and made a bluff at it with the other Both parties agree that there was something peculiarly fixed and aggressive In one of his eyes.
 The discussion brings to light fact that probably few persons realize, name ", that there are artificial eyes nowadays so perfectly constructed that the wearer may go through life and few persons suspect the difference. The artificial eye in this case is attached, roughly speak ing, to the nervous machinery that once operated the genuine organ; 1t moves therefore in the same fashion as its real neighbor and can be detected with dif- ficulty even by an oculist. Whether M Waldeck-Rousseau had an eye of this Kind Is question that will apparently be added to the minor mysteries of his- tory. Meantime 1t has helped make con- versation in the gay French capital.
 Outside of a comic opera one would hardly expect to hear of a trade union of Dull lighters; but as a matter of fact this world famous sport of the Spanish hidaI- go is In fair way to be placed on a strictly up-to-date bull fighters protec- tive union basis under whose auspices If is not impossible that the toreador of the future Will absolutely refuse to contend with any bull not bearing the trade union label. Although the first steps have been taken, however, the bull fighters brotherhood is not yet an accomplished fact The first meeting has been held in Madrid, and a committe appointed, num- bering some of the leading toreadors matadors, bandllleros of the kingdom to say nothing of under strappers in general to consider the details of the proposed organization.
 Here is the story of how an ingenious blackleg recently made a small fortune in red necktes
 When the King of England made his latest visit to the baths of Marinebad he appeared in a red cravat that immediately started a fashion. Nothing would do for the sports and swells of the fashionable watering place but to blossom in red era vats And 1t soon came to be whispered about that one might even obtain a red crayat that had the further distinction of having been worn and discarded by the King himself, provided one were willing to pay the price to a certain underwater of the Kings chamber. Naturally there were many who were willing to pay the price and the undervalet did a thriving business in red neckties until the dav when 1t was discovered thut his post was fictitious and his red neckties bought | from the haberdashers