The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-15
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

an intelligent point of view. One Of those big puff affairs often serves as a chest protector, and the muffler Is very useful for that purpose. but the muffler is not necktie, and one of these little "spat' affairs about the size of two half dollars is ornamentive, but nothing more.
 If men would just make up their minds they could quit wearing neekties and would ever after bless the day they took the step The man who spends half an hour some mornings or evenings tugging at an unruly crumple of highly coLored silk and finally succeeds in tieing a mon- strous knot that would be laughed at by every one he met, would not be,very hard to convince that necxties ought to be abandoned. And they would not be missed after the first week or two Some kind of fancy collar button could be pro- vided which would more than atone for the loss of the tie and men who desired to be particularly swagger could have jeweled collar buttons that would not have to be tied and would look decidedly ultra. If this much desired change could be brought about much valuable time would be saved that is now spent before the dresser.
 Dr. c. Anderson of Yale has discovered that thirty per cent of the freshmen at his institution are troubled with indiges- tion. He is, moreover, of the opinion that this malady is most common among college men and attributes the state of affairs to the proverbial carelessness of college boys about what they eat, when they eat, and how they eat. Nearly ev- cry freshman will plead that he is vic tim of indigestion because he has to gup down his breakfast every morning in or der not to be late at chapel exercises. Of course this is just like freshman, whenever stops to consider that if he would go to bed earlier he could get up earlier aud would not have to be in such haste. College men are great sufferers from indigestion, not only at Yale but at all other institutions of learning in the country. This Is largely due to their careless habits, but sedentary occupa- tion, close confinement and lack of exer- else are also important factors, al- though it is said that some of the worst dyspeptics are to be found among the athletes who spend much of their time in training. An academic life is not as a rule associated with an idea of rugged health. People like to think of a scholar as pale emaciated. and grave. and often this is the kind of person he is, thanks to indigestion.
 talented New York woman announced in a recent address to Chicago art club t1,at Ao h. is not to marry. This Is question that has been often discussed, but no satisfac- tory conclusion has been reached, from the fact that where genius Is happily welded in one instance the reverse is true in another. However, the evidence would tend to show that genius is not very conducive to happiness in the home, probably from the fact that genius deems it a prerogative to be either cranky or disagreeable a large part of the time. It is remarkable that so few men and women can be above their fellows with out making themselves nuisances. It would not be bad plan to segregate all geniuses just as soon as they develop and permit them to live as they please. while the world keeps in touch with them just enough to enjoy the fruits of their labors. In that case it would not matter what they said or did, because the world would not be annoyed by their id,vsyn- crasies One of the noticeable character istics of welded genius is an original dis regard of family ties and certain vola- tility of affection which permits several loves in succession. This is a prerogative that genius has exercised in all ages and was still doing it at last reports. This class of geniuses is generally very amia- ble-extremely amiable, in fact-and therefore an indulgent world overlooks their faults. The other class of geniuses are very disagreeable and take pleasure in making life miserable for all with whom they come in contact. Either kind is bad enough in the home, but the Wife who is married to a man of genius would prefer him to be disagreeable rather than unfaithful. P c.