The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-07
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

httle now that the eorkscrew hairpin has been found. The great attraction about the new hairpin is It's utility. Heretofore no one but woman could enjoy the use and privileges of hairpin To the male persuasion 1t was an encumprauce and a nuisance but now both sexes will be mu- tually benefited
 Before long 1t may be considered very chic and quite the thing for a girl to proffer a pin from her golden locks to her escort who will proceed at once to open bottle of golden wine.
 Boston is smitten by a pie famine that threatens to bring untold misery upon the town. This untoward state of affairs has been brought about by a strike among the bakers. Many of the restaurants have been forced to literally 'eut out pie from their bills of fare on account of the scarcity of the delectable dainty. Such a state of affairs in the Pie Belt is enough to cause grave alarm and a meeting of the citizens and their spec tacles should be held at once in order that some remedy may be suggested.
 A New, Jersey astrologer predicts that unspeakable disasters will overtake the St. Louis fair because 1t was opened at time when Saturn afflicts the moon." The gentleman reminds us that no govern ment undertaking should be started when this ev.l-omened combination prevails. As none of the fair authorities are first class astrologers they made grave mistake in starting the fair at this inopportune time. About the only thing they can do now is to purchase the good will of the New Jer- sey seer by giving him a pass to the big show, in hopes that he will be able to stave off complications until all the bills are paid.
 Charles Frohman has arranged to have John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress dra- matized for next season. The cast of characters will include 200 persons. While it may be possible to render that won derful book more vivid to the minds eye by stage representation, it is to be hoped that the present venture will not share the fate of other dramatizations of those books that are called popular. As a spectacle Pilgrims Progress" may prove interesting on the stage but it Is rather hard to see what dramatic poss- bilities are in it.
 For those people who are interested in making away with boil weevils 1t may be stated that paris green is an effective remedy when sprinkled on the cotton plants, but paris green has been so cheap ened by penny dreadful story writers and perpetrators of melodramatic absurdities that pest with the acknowledged acumen of the boil weevil would certainly shatter the high esteem in which he is held If he permits himself to be poisoned.
 meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy was held the other day at Baltimore, when 1t was discovered that not a member present could play "Dixie'' on the piano without notes. Shades of Emmett! Musical talent must have been at a premium in that assembly If there was no one who could play the immortal tune by ear. Almost anyone who has ever touched a plano ought to be able to pick out a few notes, but that was the state of affairs presented It is sad to contem- plate, but is nevertheless quite true, per- haps, for there are many people who do not remember single verse of The Star Spangled Banner" P. C..