The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-21
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

i not be collegian and a good mayor at the same time. Municipal duties had a way of conflicting with scholastic duties. so the mayor deemed 1t best to resign ons position and devote his attention to the other. Mayor Leeds studied political science so asslduously at Yale that he ceased to be an ardent believer in municipal owner ship of public utilities. When he entered Yale he was a radical politician, now he is a conservative, practical, severely bus iness-like official. In a few words. the short schooling which his honor enjoyed at Yale has worked wonders and he has set an example that might well be follow ed by other executives of small towns who are barely on speaking terms with their jobs.
 Not for long could Harry Lehr remain in the obscurity which should be his rightful portion. Those who thought that this talented young man had exhausted all his schemes for starting society were badly mistaken, for he has bossomed forth now with black shirt studs some thing smaller than saucer but conspicu- ous enough to give him instant recogni- ton by the newspaper correspondents who have hastened to send out the &C., count of his latest escapade to all parts of the land. The new shirt studs are as large as a two-cent piece, are carved in black enamel with a gold rim and are altogether as bizarre as any articles of adornment ever worn by a Fiji islander in all his glory. MT. Lehr's originality is positively painful and may yet land him
 in sanitarium for people who have diff culty in adjusting their thoughts.
 Arrangements have been made for President Roosevelt to start the big fair at St. Louis. The interesting ceremony will take place In the east room of the White House and will be witnessed by a concourse of distinguished officials who will lend dignity to the occasion. Promptly at 1 o'clock Saturday, April 30, the President will touch the button which will put the machinery of the fair in motion. At once the spielers along the Pike will start their announce ments to the public, the bunco steerers will begin operations on rural visitors, the guards will strut about in all their dignity, Vulcan will look his best, and the Kansas exhibit minus a beauty show will be in full operation. All of these pleasures and many others besides will be offered to the public for the paltry sum of 50 cents per individual From present indications President Francis will amply deserve the message of con- graduation which President Roosevelt will send him from the east room of the White House.
 Theatrical managers in New York have decided to dispense with show window advertising, hand bills, and miscellaneous advertising posters after these features of the show business have become firmly established in all parts of the country. The show people claim that this method of advertising does not pay and perhaps they are right but the general public thinks otherwise. While it might not prove profitable in town like New York where people pay scant heed to posters. 1t certainly does much to brighten the landscape in smaller cities where the ubiquitous placards in windows are fa- miliar to all. P. c.