The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-01
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

N recent address before the North H.
 linois Teachers association W. G. Frost, president of the Berea college at Berea, Kentucky, said that the real problem of the south Is not, what shall we do with the negro but what shall we do with the white man? Mir. Frost was referring to the mountaineers of his own state and other southern states. those picturesque individuals who are called "hill billies'' in Alabama and "crackers'' in Georgia. The plight of the mountain folk has not gone unnoticed but there Is no philanthropic movement for their benefit that com pares with the movements argosied by wealthy men of the east which are pro- Jected for the uplifting of negroes. A great many people seem to think that the mountaineers are a comparatively small class, cut off from the rest of the world and little to be considered in the scheme of national affairs. While it is true that so long as they stay in the mountains these people never emerge from obscurity they have proven their courage on many battle field and in politics the breed of mountaineers has been powerful. But even if the improvement or the neglect of our mountain people were to have lit tie influence on the history of the United States their condition calls for assistance so strongly that 1t Is remarkable how few answers are made to the appeal. For benighted ignorance it is hard to find more striking examples than those in certain mountain districts of this state and Georgia. Schools are needed, teach CTS are needed and more heed to the gospel with less attention paid to stills" would bring about wonderful changes. The education of southern mountaineers Is certainly one of the problems in the south, but it is not attracting one- tenth the attention that Is devoted to the negro problem.
 The boxing girl has arrived. Puglilism Is reported to be the latest fad among women and fistic bouts are popular. The female champions are using six ounce gloves at present and 1t is reported that thin figures are not apt to be benefited unless their owners begin the sport by easy stages. After madame has learned to feint, clinch, side-step and perform all those other little accomplishments of the prize ring she will have no further need of an escort and will be able to make matters interesting for the other party to a matrimonial contract. How ever. it Is probable, that madame as well as madamoiselle, will still rely on talk ing as her most effective mode of defense and attack.
 When Andy" Carnegfe waltzes Into a hotel emporium he does not dare to sign his name on the register. His name appears there but it is inscribed by the iron masters secretary who writes very differently from MT. Carnegie. The reason of this is not affection on the part of MT. Car negie because he does not want to con taminate his pen by touching it to a common hotel register and writing his own illustrious name in his own illus trious chirography, but simply because MT. Carnegie fears counterfeiters An dy' is "canny sould" and he does not intend that any nimble-fingered gentry shall get a copyright on his signature.
 The burglars trust seems to be a real