The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-20
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

the flavor of good wines. As Citizen Jones he did not know whether honesty was the best policy or not.
 In another part of the town dweit a man who always paid his debts. He had large famiiy-honest men always have large families. especially If they are poor-and although it cost him grievous toll to keep them supplied he always managed to make both ends meet. He did not have the time or the means to move in good society When he reached home at o'clock Mary told him what the Jones children had done to little Harry, he enjoyed meal which consist ed largely of weak coffee, read the paper until lo.Se, put the cat out the back door anu then went to bed where he dreamed he owned an automobile. His sole recre- alton was rolling the baby carriage about town on Sunday afternoons and the only society he ever saw was the church sew ing circle which invaded the sancitity of his home once month. But this man was honest and always paid his debts Because he believed in paying for what he bought he did not wear sunntuou, garments and instead of maintaining a carriage he took car-when 1t was raining. The result was tat no enc look ed up to Citizen Brown. While everybody said he was an honest man he did not cut figure like that cut by Citizen Jones; he never was interviewed when the papers were discussing the new water works and when he died he was glad of it, because it was the first time he had ever quit work. That man believed hon esty to be the best policy but he never was happy.
 man who had tried everything and failed hired a typewriter. laid in a stock of white paper and became a novelist It seems that he had been a tramp at one time in his career, so he easily worked in the local color. By some good fortune this man contrived to get to the ear of the publishers before several hundred others of similar capacity and attain ments did so, and the result was that he got his book published After that it was easy. Press agents did the rest When the author dug up anything original from ancient history he immediately talked 1t out, and the press scattered his utterances around as the latest Tweedum anecdote; he nurtured about six frenzied hobbies which were continually getting him into trouble; he had more eccentricities than
 
 got dull he went out and captured a mountain lion with his bare hands. His horse his dog, his children and his study appeared often in public print, while his novel was quoted once a week in the best. selling column. Of course he wrote now and then but he recognized that the duty of the modern author is to keep in the public eye and he did.
 The natives of Colorado Springs pro- pose to celebrate the one hundredth an- niversary of the discovery of Pike's Peak. It seems that Lieutenant zebulon Pike started out to climb the pig white noun tain, but never got there. However, this failure did not damage his reputation, and the peak was named in his honor. The fact that Pike discovered PiPke's Peak Is immaterial What is of vital interest to the country is that the peak was dis covered it matters not by whom, for if there were no Pike's Peak there is no telling what tourists would do for some- where to go and something to talk about Lieutenant Pike was not philanthropst. perhaps, but he conferred a great favor on people who do not have to work and consequently have plenty of time to de- vote to studying natures scenic won- ders. P. c.