The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15

" mingham will be blessed with a roof garden, the solution of sum- mer amusement at short notice. The great advsntageS of a roof garden Is its ac- possibility. It is but a matter of a few seconds to be whirled in an elevator from the street to the top of a lofty building, where the hreezes blow and palm trees rustle in the cool night afr. where ob- requious walters hustle about dispens- ing good things to drink and the voices of coon shouters mingle with the strains ot a blatant orchestra, whose tones are -tempered but little by the hum of traffic which comes up from below Then there is bewitching view over the city, brill liant with thousands of electric lights, and .hls Is no doubt the greatest attraction the average roof garden can offer. When Birmingham flock of skyscrapers is aug mented the town will no doubt have one of these Elyslsn fields on the roof, as it were. and the people will be made glad The Vaccinations of such an amusement resort are hard to resist Even now a small roof garden would prove paying proposition in Birmingham.
 Fashions in dogs change almost with the bewildering raploity of fashions in clothes but fortunately all parts of the country are not quite so subservent to the dog habit as Gotham Paris and other cities, where a great many people have nothing to do but be stylish. The Chow-chow dog is now all the rage In Paris. but the homely Appeared hound continues a favorite in rural districts Of the south where honest worth and common sense in canines are recognized.
 As result of the steamship rate war now being waged. 1t Is possible to bridge Father Neptune for the paltry sum of S9.6O The Cunard line has also announced that thirdrate passengers will be carried from Liverpool to New York or Boston for s12.60, and there is no excuse for any person on the other side of the pond stay ing there unless he would rather live in the old world than enjoy the civic joys provided by Uncle Sam. As result of the rate slashing 1t is feared that conslgn- ments of the scum of Europe will be brought to our shores and turned loose on an unsuspecting public just because the steamship lines must scare up busi- ness. But what does Uncle Sam care? Anybody from a Cingalese monkey to Europe's proud nobility without cash is welcome to this land of the free
 Fighting Bob' Evans has made him self immensely popular by joining the raplrs If haeehoII ,-onterc Tho admiral 1 witnessed a contest at Poughkeepsie the other day and distinguished himself by the strenuous manner in which he cheered the home team on to victory. As a matter of fact that Is one objection the fans have against Judge Parker as a presidential candidate He apparently takes no interest in the national game, al- though his reputation has been in a measure redeemed by the statement that he was very fond of the circus when a boy.
 Kentucluan who got too full of liquid cheer and enthusiasm the other day was arrested and after his pistol was separat- ed from his person he remarked plaintive- ly that he felt as if he were naked. That merely BOSS lO bIlOW Llc pdlllAu ul btdtO OA affairs that prevails in Kentucky and some speculation has been aroused as to how a Kentucky colonel would feel if de- prived of his mint julep at this season of the year.
 Rider Haggard the great English TO- mancer, has become such an expert on agricultural questions in England that he I Is about to forget how to tell good story. While his statistics and observations of