The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

'Tis seldom, indeed, that sound, pracu- cal sense and an artistic temperament are blended together so admirably that their owner can make money out of both, but such seems to be the case of George Ley vernon an American tenor now residing in Paris who is piling up wealth at a rapid rate by manufacturing sauce. It seems that the recipe for a one-time fa- nous sauce was handed down to the singer from one of his New England for bears. About a year ago he organized a company for its manufacture and now his sauce is being turned out by the carload While it is far cry from warbling clas- sic airs on the stage to making hot sauce . MT Vernon has an eye for business that should make his fellow artists turn green with envy. Moreover his sauce is good sauce and he Is making lots of money.
 Chicago is making preparations to have what is said to be the most elaborate Fourth of July celebration ever before attempted by an American city. Presi- dent Roosevelt and other dignitaries too numerous to mention are expected to be present and take part in the street parade. There will also be more different kinds of excitement furnished for the populace than Thomas Jefferson ever dreamed of. In view of the fact that Chicago never does things by halves 1t is probable that the usual number of small boys will he The victims of too much fireworks.
 There is serious cause for alarm in the report that tin case containing several thousand deadly bacilli has been lost be- tween St. Paul and Chicago by a scien- tist from England who collected his pets from plague sufferers in India So long as there is no possibility of the bacilli escaping the country can rest easy but some ignoramus is apt to find the can and under the impression that he has discovered a new brand of timed meats will open it. Then there will be trou- ble. The fact that some of the ba- cilli are preserved alive makes the situ. ation all the more critical and it is to be hoped that the professor will soon have his pets restored to him intact. Few people want them, anyway.
 pr. .Wiley's "poison squad." hired by the agricultural department to carry out certain food tests will take a vacation and will not resume business until next fall. No doubt the young men compos- ing this "squad' will be glad of the op- portunity to try square meal once more. While they are not martyrs by any means and diet themselves for the money that is in it, they nevertheless have more courage than the average in-
 dividua1 who Is not intelligent or indus
 trous enough to get better job.
 Now since Professor Rutherford has ad- vanced the theory that radium and not
 molten mass which has been cooling for millions of years is responsible for the earth's heat some ground will be given l for the belief that the world is much older than at first supposed, and millen- ists will feel quite sure that their predic- l tions are bound to be fulfilled at an early | date. The only flaw in Professor Ruth
 erfords theory Is the difficulty he win 1 have in explaining it. The earth's age
 is a mere matter of conjecture any way.
 and very little practical advantage would be derived if we knew the very day of
 its birth. It Is more to the purpose to | know when it will die. P. c.