The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-05

downs, runaWays, explosions and the like.
Experienced ehaaffsTs state that thss sls-
ment Of danger and uncertainty Is enc Of
the chief attractions Of tho sport. When
a man starts cut from town On twenty
mile spin 1t gives him a delightful thrill
to speculate whether he will be able to
get bnek In safety or whether he win
come back In an ambulance. THAT Br-
nlngham's chauffeurs are strictly up-to-
date in their sport cannot be denied. They
have the Identical mishaps that hnrass
millionaire chauffeurs In the east; they
have the same adventures with rural We
hicles and display the same facility for
running over objects which they are sup
posed to pass around. In fact Birmlng-
hams automobiists could readily believe
themselves In the same class with Reg
gle" Vanderbilt. Harry Lehr and Perry
Belmont II they could only be chased by
rural constabulary and be hailed to court
every day for exceeding the speed limit.
But all these things will come in time
when automoblling In Alabama is further
advanced. At present patience Is the
watchword.
Miss Adele Richie is improving after
submitting to an operation for app...,di-
citis. Friends of the actress are conf
dent that she did not have this attack
merely for advertising purposes, nor as
a matter of good form. since appendicitis
has become distressingiy vulgar here Of
late and when a person or note suffers
from the complaint one may rect assured
that the pain is genuine. Appendicitis
apparently gives the followers or Thespcs
a vide berth but Miss Ritchie seems to
be an exception. However she should
feel gratified that there really was some
necessity for an operation and that she
did not suffer the fate of the minstrel
mans brother who was sent to a hos
Iital to he operated on for appendicitis
and was returned to his sorrowing rel
atives tagged Opened by mistake"
Within the past few years a decided
rise has taken place in the market value
of kisses Young women have demanded
various sums for these labia1 favors and
some of them have collected the money
tut the latest departure of this kind is
a damse who actually has the temerity
to ask $4,000 for four WRITTEN kisses.
1t seems that the defendant sent his
Kisses by mail and every time he made
row Of Os why that meant a number
Of kisses Now If the plaintiff were suing
because her lover took such an unsat-
isfactory, ard haphazard means to con-
vey his affection her motive could
be readily dscerned OF course, 1t
would be a hardship to make young
man pay for kisses he never kissed
but he should be taught lesson so that
next time he will not depend on cold
pen and Ink to do his osculating.
The fact that summer has been rather
reluctant to make itself known this year
probably accounts for the fact that a
great many people have been able to
live comfortably in Birmingham during
the so-called heated term. AS matter
of fact the temperature here has been
all that a person could wish, except a
few times when old Sol tried to assert
himself. Lots of people say we don't
have the hot summers of by-gone years
CT the cold winters, but they fail to ex-
rlain ust why this weather paradox ex-
lets. However, Birmingham has not
yet been foolish enough to eschew
electric fans. P. c.