The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-26


that 1t marks the period when horse meat
was first officially recognized as legiti-
mate article of food by city authorities.
Although horse meat has been eaten in
Paris for several years and was served
as long ago as 1s47 by Isadore Geoffry
Saint Hillaire, it has been viewed with
some degree of suspicion and the great
abbatoirs have been vigorously closed to
such food. A few years ago compare
lively little horse meat was sold by the
butchers but it has grown rapidly in
favor until now there is a great demand.
Also. since 1t is fifty per cent cheaper in
price it will achieve important results
in general economy. French epicures,
who by the way have cultivated their
tastes further than the majority of AM
orleans, say that horse meat properly
cooked has delicate flavor which closely
resembles spring chicken. 1t is also re.
ported that horse meat makes excellent
stews and is palatabe in pot au-feu. Fer
haps this is all true. Let 1t go at that.
But industrials conditions In this country
will have to become decidedly worse be-
fore worINngmen or polished idlers
will learn to relish such diet.
Clothes do not make the man, but they
woman.
If reports are to be believed the north
and west are undergoing a winter that
even the memory of the most skeptical
oldtimer is totally unable to duplicate.
Although suffering has been intense and
f- IF orJxr
the loss of life has been conspicuously
small and for that. at least, the country
should be thankful A blizzard on western
plains is never a trivial matter and this
winter the storm king has surpassed him
self in a most surprising manner. How
ever, it is in the large cities where most
inconvenience is experienced. Here on
account of congested conditions and
heavy traffic ice or snow result in fire.
quent mishaps which too often become Sc
rious. AS a protection to horses the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals in New York is distributing bags
of sand to all drivers to be used on as
phalt pavements but so far the idea has
met with little success. There seems to
be strange apathy and Indifference to-
ward the society and horse owners prefer
to lose money rather than use sand to pre-
vent their animals from suffering.
The far eastern crisis has been placed
in the same class with Mrs Maybrick
release.
With the exception of Mark Twain AM
erican humorists are all laboring diligent-
| 4r fr,,o - ,of-
endeaevors are confined largely to the
columns of Sunday newspapers. this is
perhaps the best field for what is styled
American humor of today. Even Jerome
K. Jerome is frequent contributor, while
M Quad John Kendrick Bangs. and a
host of lesser lights are turning out
laughs in copious quantities There is
Dutch, Irish and advanced American phil
osophy and a great deal that is no philos-
ophy at all. But most of this stuff is
amusing and is satisfying mental pabulum
for the average Sunday reader who has to
digest a heavy meal and absorb his paper
at the same time There is undoubtedly
great demand for comic articles of all
kinds and anything that lays the slightest
claim to being meritorious is quickly COB
bled up by syndicates or newspapers. John
Kendrick Bangs holds on to public favor
very well for a humorst of his calibre and
M. Quad does so from the very fact that
he deserves popularity. Neither dabbles
in matters too deep for ordinary intelli-
gence. What they write may be regarded
by serious minded persons as mere drivel.
but it amuses and that is all that it is
intended to do. p. c..