The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-28
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

l day Mrs. Fitz was there ana she is ae- cused of instigating the attendance of other ladies so that she would not be too conspicuous among the large crowd of gentlemen enthusiasts who always take an interest in an affair of this kind. The ladies went. TOT various req sons. One was there because her escort wanted to go and gave her the dare, which reminds one of the old grandfather who always had to carry the children to the circus when in reality all he wanted was an excuse to go himself. Another went to see just what it would be like and others were actuated by one motive or another but history relates that they all became deeply interested when Mir. Fltzsimmons began to mutiiate the coun- tenanee of Mir. O'Brlen. One society dam sel has even gone so far as to give her impressions of the fight in a yellow jour nal referring to the two strenuous bruisers as MT" Fitz ana MT o'Brien In a perfectly lady-llxe fashion In course Of time we may hope that there will be large attendance of the ladies at all Irize fights swhere they will wave their handkerchiefs enthusiastically and cheer the gladiators on to victory. They would do much to refine and elevate the sport
 After all the "Bostonians's were mi without friends and when their plight at Atlantic City became known they wers deluged with money orders by mall and by telegraph Most of the company have paid their board bills and have hied them- selves away to New York where 1t Is to be hoped that better luck will attend their efforts. It is to be regretted that an organization that has had such brilliant career should fall upon the rocks of ad- versity in its later years.
 Newspaper paragraphers are inclined to poke fun at little stories recounting how mosquitoes stop trains in New Jersey, eat up cows, carry off children and perform other surprising feats but that there is some foundation of truth for these mod ern Sinbad tales is proved by the adven- ture of a man who fell asleep in a mead ow on the bank of the Hackensack. Were 1t not that this happened in New Jersey one could readily believe that this is go- ing to be a fairy tale. We'll, the man fell asleep and while he was slumbering he came near being eaten alive by swarms os mosquitoes When found by two fsher1 men he was nearly dead. All of which goes to show that the New Jersey mos- quito is fully as bad as he is painted.
 It really seems that Governor Warfield of Maryland is taking too lively an in. terest in the question of when youns woman should marry, especially when we consider that MT. Warfield is himself married man and does not contemplate any further matrimonial ventures. Mary4 lands executive thinks that no woman should try to be happy in a fiat or cot tage, as the case may be, until she is A years old and has reached the age of discretion. Now the average 'bud" iz apt to disagree with Governor Warfield. Twenty-four is dangerously near the lins of old-maidism and no self-respecting girl { who gets a bid before that time is going to deny herself the pleasure of getting offp early As matter of fact a smart girl can make as good pies when she .s IS as when she is 24 and as, in a majority of cases, age does not improve her looks we would advise the youth of the iandS to pluck the buds before they are in fulA| bloom. p q