The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-20

cry year. says that girls who study are the ones who benefit the race and that educated women make the best mothers. Before going any further it might be well to state that the president of Bryn Mawr is herself woman and therefore auali- fled to speak. No one denies that an edu- cated girl is more to be desired than one who cannot read or spell. especially in the stenography business, but great many of the male persuasion live in mortal fear of the educated girl-that is one who Is educated enough to be for midabe Education that engenders fond ness for club life and bridge whist; that impells a woman to turn the nursery over to French hirelings while she delves in Browning or discusses Darwin is certain ly not conducive to happy homes Per haps after all that education which teaches a girl how to make good pie is not to be despised in the pursuit of at- tainments in music, art and poetry.
 A press dispatch tells of a stage villain who repeated the lines. "Oh, what vil- lainous world this is," until his brain turned and he tried to commit suicide by shooting himself. Now it Is generally agreed that the man who plays the part of a villain-on the stage. of course-has very hard and oftentimes painful job In real life the william has a very good time but on the stage 1t is different Although the stage villain may in reality be very good sort of man and fond of his family, that is not the impression he must create before the public He must ruin happy homes and merely laugh; he must dog the hero's footsteps, bringing disaster in his train and moreover he must submit to the misses of the gallery gods. After endur- ing these hardships for years a man of sensitive temperament is not to be blamed for losing his mind The only wonder is that more stage villains do not commit suicide.
 Current history tells us of some intel ligent persons who built fire around man while he was sleeping and the poor man slept until his toes burned off. That was called a practical joke, and was no doubt excruciatingly funny. At any rate it was perpetrated under that gtise, al- though the guilty persons are certainly well qualified to grace a cell in some jail or penitentiary In fact. of all the per- sons who manage to escape the fool kill , CT none deserves such good luck as little as the practical joker. He is menace who should be confined, as there is little danger of his ever becoming truly great.
 Bull fights are drowned upon very se- verely in the United States. In fact, we recall that not very long ago the pros pect of a bull fight caused a serious riot in St. Louis, but nevertheless gentlemen prizefghters still manage to get togeth- CT for purse. Now of course bull fight ing Is more brutal and more dangerous than prize fighting, but it is also more interesting and more exciting. and so long as ring gentry are permitted to pound each other until they resemble nothing so much as two stuck pigs there is no reason why Americans should Haunt in the Spaniards face his love for the bull ring. They are both survivals of the old sports of the arena that delight ed accomplished Nero in the intervals when he was not using Christians for street lamps. P. c.