The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-26
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

Coronet of the Duchess' but the critics aver that the confession helps his case hot bit They say that the characters which Mir Fitch has imbued with life are not what the public wants to spend It's money to see and there is an end of the matter At any rate MT. Fitch has just cause to wax hot under the collar, for his new play Is being riddled by the critics.
 While discussing plays it may not be amiss to remark that crusade has been started against lurid melodrama A wo- man was so excited recently by the trou- bles of stage hero that she started up to come to the rescue and fell dead after taking a few steps. This case has lead to the question whether 1t would not be more desirable to counteract the high pressure of our every day lives by plays that are soothing. refreshing and yet entertaining, instructive or amusing in character. It is asking much of man who has spent a day Of unceasing tur- moil, hurry and hustle to expect him to follow the fortunes of a stage hero through three or four act that are brim- ming with sensational features while the sillain seems to be everywhere at once. Yet the people call for "thrillers'' and that Is what they get.
 Just here modest tribute to the per simmon must be offered. Before the world is much older this luscious fruit will waste it's sweetness on the desert
 
 interior of bears and other animals of the woods that value It's nutritive qual- ities. The perslmmon is not appreciated as 1t deserves and while it figures to a certain extent in foraging excursions to the fall woods it's humble worth is over shadowed by the lordy chestnut, the wild grape, and the muscadine
 If you would wax strong without ex- pense and without devoting all your spare time to the task try muscle ten | sion." Muscle tension is not a new trick | by any means but the government off, clals at Washington have just discovered that it is fine thing for persons who are confined indoors to desks. After an hour or two of strenuous labor over your papers you can rise. walk slowly to the window or step into a corner. distort your | features until your friends fear that you 1 have convulsion and then try ten sion." This is Accomplished by lifting imaginary weights, pulling imaginary ropes, grasping imaginary oars or wrest- | ling with an imaginary antagonist but | the results will not be imaginary. Like all other systems for acquiring strength muscle tension requires gerat patience and that is what very few people have when physical development is the prize | It is noticeable that seldom indeed does 1 harm overtake the railway passengers | who ride in Pullnan cars. 1t is inva- riably those in the day coaches who meet horrible deaths or receive injuries that maim them for lie. unless perchance. it
 is rear end collision, a rare occurrence on railroads. The superior construction 1 of Pullman cars, their great weight and 1 solidity ana their interior arrangements, 1 which prevents to some degree people | from being hurled through the length | of the car, accounts for their safety. A Pullman car is so heavy that it leaves | the track only under most unusual cir | cumstances and even when it does the | chances of a passenger being hurt are much less than would be the case in a | day coach. So it is a consideration of l safety more than personal comfort which I should actuate a traveller in spending ad-
 ditional fare for Pullman accommoda- ] tion. P. c.