The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-07
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

lowed by numbness. but this soon passes
away and he energies as fresh as If he
had just awaked from deep and unin-
terrupted slumber. The possibilities
afforded by this discovery are most al
Turing. Since a man can do without
sleep he can work just twice as long and
make just twice as much money, OF he
can devote his newly found leisure to the
pursuit of pleasure and general good
time. Still there are a great many old
fashioned people who still prefer to do
their sleeping in a bed and what's more,
it is still possible to discover persons
who will be satisfied with nothing less
than feather bed.
From time TO time stars In the theatre
cal world have given up Legitimate"
work to go on the vaudeville stage.
Pauline Hail. Lillian Russell. Rose Cog
Ian and many others are examples of tai
ented singers and actors who have been
fascinated by the high salaries and easy
vaudevillians. While there is no doubt
that the addition of such persons does
much to improve vaudeville 1t is UNI
fortunate in that the new stars In vaude-
vile are heneeforth cut off from large
part of the playgoing world and their
ambition is stifed. 1t is recognized that
vaudevillan is after money more than
fame or advancement wnen he leaves
opera or drama to do so many turns" a
week at fancy prices.
The negro chauffeur is becoming a per-
son of some prominence in various parts
of the south and east where the colored
coachman has been forced to relinquish
the lines for the steering wheel of an
auto car in order to hold his job. 1t
is noticeable that negroes make very good
chauffeurs and take a vast pride in their
new duties. An intelligent negro can
soon learn to take care of a machine
as well as -Nrenchman or any other
chauffeur and in many cases makes a
more satisfactory driver than white men,
although he Is yet very much in the min
GRITTY. 1t Is amusing to watch the defer
ence paid a negro chauffeur by other
members of his race. He is something
of czar in their estimation-as we'll as
his own-and when out for a spin the
OUTAGE him in dignity or Importance.
The Anti-Saloon league announces that
| drunkenness is decreasing in Ohio. While
Buckeye and Redeye are not synony-
nous in the state which produced Mark
Hanna and water has always been prom
inently mentioned in her annals especial
ly during flood time. the fact remains
that Ohio has done very well in the con-
sumption of spirituous liquors in the past,
but statistics compiled by the secretary
of state show that drunkenness as a plea
for divorce has decreased and the state
bids fair to continue improvement in this
respect without the services of Carrie
Nation.
man residing in the state of Indiana
has just had his hair and beard cut after
letting both grow wild for a period OF
fifty years in order to pay the usual cleo
ton bet The gentleman came very
near losing himself in his hirsuit adorn-
ment before MS time limit expired and
he was IS years old the day he had 1t
cut but he has the satisfaction of know
ing that he saved a neat sum in BARRIERS
fees, although he would have passed his
days in more comfort had he been blessed
with a bald pate. P. C.