The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-10

NN HILE Dr. Mary Walker and her WN trousers have been creating
 w such an uproar at the St. Louis convention and incidentally advertising the glories of woman'5 suffrage an erring damsel in Colorado has cast a blight on the sex by being guilty of repeating" The gentleman who has officiated at a ballot box stuffing knows straightway that repeating means voting more than once when one vote is all that is allowed by law but, perhaps some of the warm advocates of female suffrage require en- lightenment on this point, since the brand of politics with which they are familiar is as pure as the driven snow. It pass eth ding-almost-that a woman voter could be a repeater" but this seems to be the sad state of affairs tn Colorado and discloses to view frightful possibility Suppose all women were granted the right to vote? In the excite ment of a campaign would not others be tempted to repeat and fall? Such be- ing the case the outlook for pure politics would be far more gloomy than now when the majority of would-be reforming fe- male suffragists are forced to confine their activities largely to talk and are not exposed to the temptation of repeating"
 Clothing for summer is quite live topic just now in the Ladies' Home Jour nal. Puck and other reputable publica- tions. There seems to be great diversity of opinion as to what is best to wear but all writers agree that one should wear something, even il it is nothing but a bathing suit. In fact the discussion of clothes has become so widespread here of late that the Filipinos have been involved. In view of the fact that man who has the price can purchase suit of clothes for $7.9S there is no excuse for anybody going without raiment but the question of style is one to be hotly debated. From a cursory examination of the fashion plates one is led to believe that the 1904 bathing suit for society belles. or ordinary beles, is about the most comfortable gar ment for summer wear that has yet been devised, but unfortunately it is inaccessi- ble to the male part of the population and is not considered good form anywhere ex- cept on the seashore. Nightshirts and pajamas are also very comfortable for summer but their enjoyment is restricted to certain times and places. It is a great pity that people cannot wear all the time the garments that have been found most comfortable. @
 A school teachers union Is the latest proposition and it is apt to meet With favor in the land. Heretofore about the only union that school teachers have suc- ceeded in making was the matrimonial union but even that has been placed un- der the ban and something should be done for those lady and gentleman in- structors of youth who have no chances of ever getting married. If such union as is proposed could affect an increase in the salaries paid to teachers 1t would prove an unmitigated blessing, but there is fear that such an organization might wax arrogant in course of time and go on a strike to the serious detriment of edu- cation.
 An Alabama daily paper of a recent date contains notice of a lynching bee. In two terse paragraphs the incident is related as if it were very ordinary affair-a picnic or wedding, for in- stance-and the story concludes with the statement that "the lynching was quite orderly" It is enough to give us pause, but there is no doubt that a quiet and orderly lynching is much to be preferred to one of those unseemly "crimes against law and order" that have been reported in the past.
 An Ohio man seeks a divorce He IS not blatant in his charges and 1t seems that he really hates to make spectacle of his domestic woes but the wife or ms bosom struck him with plate or nash and then beat him over the head with A potato masher lhe hash was bad enough but the potato masher was the straw that broke the came1s back. Things must be in bad way in this unfortunate mans household It is not related wheth- CT the plaintiff was making remarks de- roeatory to the defendants cooking when the culinary holocaust took place. Any way the aggrieved husband has the sat isfaction of knowing that he was struck with domestic hash and not the boarding house variety
 An Idaho editor named Harvey now repfnes in the city prison at San Fran cisco and bewails the fickleness of woman kind. Mr. Harvey has en six times we'd ded. all his wives are still alive and all have been granted alimony- Under such circumstances Editor Harve.. cannot be blamed for his disconsolate attitude He Cash Valley News in Idaho and the name of his paper is perhaps a mockery to him in his present plight. While Harvey tar. ries in jail his six wives are making