The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-02

W. sounded far over the borough
w of Brooklyn 854s teachers asked
that their right to spank under any fit
circumstances be restored. The Brooklyn
Public School Teachers association has
petitioned the board of education for what
they consider their inalienable rights and
the persons most interested-the school
children-are waiting in some anxiety for
the result to be announced. According
to the Brooklyn pedagogues things
have not gone well since spanking priv
ileges were abolished and they long to
ply the paddle or ferule to the rising
cadence of youthful voices.
One learned gentleman states that he
| finds a section of rubber hose the most
satisfactory spanker he has ever used.
The hose is prepared by Sitting it down
one side and laying the canvas bare, thus
leaving broad and resounding surface
Tor corporeal contact The teachers do
no state specifically that they wish to be
restricted to a section of hose in their
spanking but demand general privileges
which shall not preclude the force or
duration of the castigation In the mean
time Brooklyn school children do not
second the wishes of their teachers with
any great hilarity. For a number of
years aesthetic teachers have commended
that fogging was barbarous and thew
have been unanimously supported by their
pupils, but the Brooklyn teachers evil
IDENTIFY belong to more vigorous class re-
sembling those early pedagogues who
thrashed their way to fame and left an
Impression upon the minds of youth
never to be oblterated
MISS Anna Il. Damn was recently we'd
ded to Mr.. Charles E. Gosh in Chicago.
IL is lucy she changed her name. There
is no suspicion of profanity about Anna
b. Gosh.
metropolitan newspaper describes the
latest and most approved wav 70 he rItra
ing hostess must be prominent and
wealthy, or her method of entertaining
would be considered distinctly VULGAR Tn
Vitations are issued to a number OF the
seiect bearing the date place and hour
ana requesting that each che annear !,
the cheapest and most common clotbas
"heh the chosen few are on the SPOT the
o aeious hostess leads them upstairs to an
apartment where they conceal their
reaoy-to-wea- countenances under a ib.
eral application of burnt cork. Then tbey,
go down to the dining room. This Is a
cream and plutocrat who thinks he 10
enjoying nightmare can convince him
seI OF his mistake by falling to-" Here
is picturesque disarray of red penners
suspended from the ceiling, strips of ba +.
con swinging about, and all the other evj-
uences OF sure enough" negro cabin
down south. On the table is spread a
ieast or cornbread, molasses and similar
oelcacies. When the ultra company has
satisfied itself at table the .bonesn arc
brought out and everybody has a high
old time shooting craps" Everybody
agrees that it is great fun, don'tcher
Know and so very original" but thew
remind one very forcibly of the little fell
low holding his breath In terror while be-
ing pitched IN the air, and yet vociferat.
ing every time he gets back to earth that
its fine"
Beginning yesterday the New York
ommercial-Advertiser, one of t,e oldest
and best known papers in the country
VIII bear a new name. 1t will hereafter
be known as the Globe and Commercial
Advertiser. The name Commercial Adver-
User has been used continuously for more
than 10Y years, and the change has been
brought about through combination of
modern influences that could not be re