The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-05-20
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

object of their affections for paltry
consideration and largely because he loves
humanity SO, has been ''nabbed' by the
postofhce authorities for fraudulent use
Of the mails and will advise no more in
the affairs of Dan Cupid. This "profes-
sor" Inhabited a western state where he
was getting rich by easy stages when his
business was broken up by the emissa-
ries Of Uncle Sam, who are VIGOROUSLY
devoid of sentiment. In view of the fact
that the professor" charged the small
sum of % cents to unite two bleeding
hearts, 1t is a real hardship that the pub
lie will be henceforth deprived of his ser
vices.
A Chicago woman advocates a dress re-
form for children that Is already causing
talk She thinks that little girls should
be dressed like little boys until they
reach the age of r. regardless of the In
jured feelings of the little boys. While
little girls who have grown up have
been trying for some time to abolish
skirts the movement has not met with
general favor and 1t remains to see what
will be the fate of the little girls who
assert their independence.
A little story is going the rounds Of
trust at Paris. Tenn, which is conducted
in a manner that would make the STAN
dard Oil trust look like paper balloon
with large hole In the top If 1t only
had an opportunity to grow There was
once a man in this town who made
comfortable living hauling passengers and
their baggage from the depot in an omni-
bus for the modest consideration of
quarter each--for the passengers. Ger
tain business men in town saw the OPP
portunity of getting hold of a good thing
and gave the omlabns man the option OF
selling out or meeting destructive com
petition. Being a wise man he sold out.
The merchants Immediately put the fare
up to fifty cents per individual and be-
gan business. Now many of the visitors
to this particular Paris are travelling
men with an abiding dislike for trusts.
When they saw the turn matters were
taking they began to walk, but for one
time they were at fault. The business
men established picEets who took down
the names of those who declined to ride
and the drummers soon found that the
men who did not ride had very poor
chance to sell any goods, while those who
did were extended the glad hand" 1t
is supposed that the drummers capitu-
lated but as an Illuminating example of
the average Americans ability for bust
ness the Paris story is a good one
The Boston board of health has passed
law making it punishable offense to
sell milk In that town which contains
more than 1OO,0OOO0O microbes to the half
pint. Such decree is thoroughly Bos-
tonian and worthy of the Bostonese, but
who will count the microbes?
Fifty prominent Filipinos will visit
Washington next month. While there IT
is to be hoped that they will not share
the fate of those noble red men who
went to Washington and fell from grace
as result of the seductive qualities Of
cocktails and other forms of liquid re-
freshment. AS there will be no con-
pinos will be deprived of most inter-
esting sight and one that Is character
istic of American life but they will be
able to console themselves by going to a
ball game and may be able to catch a
glimpse of the White House barber off
duty provided they are not run over by
an automobile. P. c.