The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-05

 cessful-a result that is almost certain it will neeessltate all the other roads following suit. Then will begin period of reconstruction and rebuilding that will be joyfully acclaimed by the manufactu- rers of railroad equipment. When cleo tricity finally supersedes steam travelling by rail will then be all that enthusiastic passenger agents would have us to believe it is now.
 Next week will be a gala one for the musical comedy-comic opera enthusiasts of Birmingham. There will be melody and pretty girls galore from Tuesday night straight through to Saturday night, with a plentiful sprinkling of matinees. The appearance of Dolly Warden" Miss Bob White,' Babes in Toyland." and "The Silver Slipper in Birmingham holds forth some delightful possibilities All these attractions are good in fact they are brilliant and the indications are that everybody will be whistling tunes by next Saturday night
 Since the cotton picking season began negroes in the south, and in fact anyone who could pick cotton, have been rolling in wealth. It does not take much for the average plantation darky to feel very prosperous, he has been flush since he began harvesting the south's great sta pie. And he picked he sang. Neither a roustabout nor negro cotton picker is worth shucks" unless he has music in his soul. If there is no melody near l.t IL tions he will furnish it himself and his plaintive songs will float far over the plantation from early morning until the shades of evening begin to fall. North ern people who are in search of a strik- ing picture should come south in the cot ton picking time and look out over the broad plantations dotted white with cot ton bolls and piclxers bending over the stalks as they chant their weird, half African songs It is picture to be seen nowhere else In the world and one that is the pride of the sunny south.
 At an election held for members of school board in Precinct A of the Thir- teenth ward in Cincinnati 1t Is reported that forty-one out of forty-nine women who applied for registration stated that their ageG were "twenty-one plus" The helpless election officers allowed them to register and now 1t is a question whether they have any legal right to vote. They will probably be challenged at the polls and may lose their valuable suffrage. That is flair femininity" through and | through. How can the female voter ever expect to become a power in the land until she succeeds in divorcing herself from those womanly inconsistencies that have kept her at home so long? If she | insist in concealing her age how will | her constituents ever be able to tell when she is old enough to hold office? There | is certain age requirement for all public places in this country and the woman | who calmly asserts that she is twenty | one plus' and would like to be elected to l the United States senate stands as much chance of ever getting there as John Alexander Dowie. An age of 'twenty-one | plus' may mean anything from 22 to | 104. Of course no man voter would ever be able to tell a woman's age by looking at her and there you are. female can- | didate might be too old to hold a certain office or too young and no one would be l the wiser. It Is easy to see that women | yet have a lot to learn about politics. P C.